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The Demonization of Barack Obama

Sheldon Filger | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Obama, Conservatives, Republican Party, Barack Obama, President Obama, Tea Party Protesters, Conservatives Cheer Olympic Loss, Birther Movement, Birthers, Obama Olympic Bid, Chicago Olympics, JFK Assassination, Protestors, Politics News
Sheldon Filger

While wrapping their vituperation in the American flag, these extremists masquerading as patriots are actually damaging the heart and soul of the conservative movement in the United States.

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Reagan's Response to the Revolt of '78 and the Relevance for Republicans Today

Lou Zickar | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Republican Party, Ronald Reagan, Rnc, Politics News
Lou Zickar

For all the talk about moving beyond Reagan and becoming a party of the future instead of the past, the fact is that the GOP would benefit greatly from a dose of Reagan-style optimism at this time.

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All Aboard! The Right's Fox News Gravy Train Rolls On

Karl Frisch | Posted 10.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Health Care Town Halls, Greta Van Susteren, Dick Morris, 9/12 Tea Party March, Steve Doocy, Roger Ailes, Rep. Joe Wilson, Fox Business Network, Barack Obama, Republican Governors Association, Fox Business, Mike Huckabee, Gretchen Carlson, Sean Hannity, Tax Day Tea Parties, Joe Wilson, Health Care Reform, Rupert Murdoch, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Neil Cavuto, James Rosen, Independence Day Tea Parties, Health Care, Town Hall Meetings, Republican Party, Fox News Channel, Republicans, Media News
Karl Frisch

Perhaps it's the rallies or the fundraising or the demonstrably false attacks that have kept Obama from appearing on Fox. Regardless, the right's gravy train rolls on undeterred, facts be damned.

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Republicans: The Party of Whiners

Gail Vida Hamburg | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Chicago Olympics, Gop, President Obama, Chicago, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Politics News
Gail Vida Hamburg

Republicans have perfected their shrill and tuneless whining into an art form. In place of Newt Gingrich's "Contract with America," we now have the GOP's "Book of Lamentations."

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Krugman: The Modern Conservative Movement "Has The Emotional Maturity Of A Bratty 13-Year-Old"

New York Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, 2016 Olympics, Paul Krugman, Republican Party, Politics News

So what did we learn from this moment? For one thing, we learned that the modern conservative movement, which dominates the modern Republican Party, h...

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GOP Leaders Tell Steele To Back Off

Politico | Manu Raju and Jonathan Martin | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Steele, Gop, John Boehner, Republican Party, Politics News

GOP leaders, in a private meeting last month, delivered a blunt and at times heated message to RNC Chairman Michael Steele: quit meddling in policy. ...

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Steven Hayward Laments 'Brain-Dead Conservatism'

Washington Post | Steven Hayward | Posted 10.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Republican Party, Conservatism, Steven Hayward, Republicans, Politics News

During the glory days of the conservative movement, from its ascent in the 1960s and '70s to its success in Ronald Reagan's era, there was a balance b...

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Brazil Beats America And Wins Olympic Gold; Republicans Dance In The Streets

Jackson Williams | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Msnbc, William Bennett, Cnn, Robert Reich, Chicago, Rio De Janeiro, Copenhagen, Keith Olbermann, Republican Party, Olympics, President Obama, Barack Obama, George Bush, George Bush Legacy, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Fox News, Gop, Politics News
Jackson Williams

You know we're in trouble when a major political party openly roots for its own country to lose, as Republicans did for President Obama's bid to win the 2016 Olympics for Chicago.

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Ryan Grim

GOP Opposition To Health Bill Goes Beyond Details, Right To The "Core"

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Gop, Health Care Reform Bill, Mitch McConnell, Health Care, Republican Party, Politics News

The Senate Republican leader made clear on Wednesday that his party, despite all its griping over the public health insurance option, abortion-fundin...

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America Needs A True Revolution Of Values

David A. Love | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fundamentalism, Evangelical Christians, United Nations, Secession, Green, Green Business, Obama, Health Insurance, Green Energy, Fundamentalists, Fascism, Tax Day Tea Party, Values Voters, Mike Huckabee, Values, Green Technology, Republican Party, Health Care, Tea Party, Carrie Prejean, Jim Demint, Fascist, Environmentalism, Christian Right, Green Living, Barack Obama, Values Voters Summit, Michele Bachmann, Martin Luther King, Family Values, Health Care Reform, Environment, Green News, Value Voters Summit, Bill O'Reilly, Healthcare, Republicans, Marvin Gaye, Politics News
David A. Love

Who made Carrie Prejean and Mike Huckabee the experts on values? What can Sen. Jim DeMint, Bill O'Reilly or Rep. Michele Bachmann teach me on the subject?

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Sarah Palin Is Winning

Michael Wolff | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Wolff, Politico, Republican Party, Sarah Palin Reaction, Republicans, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Michael Wolff

There are only two political stars in the country. One is president, the other is Sarah Palin.

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Wall Street Journal Reporter Conceals Facts About The Real Countrywide Mortgage Scandal

David Fiderer | Posted 11.29.2009 | Media

Read More: CBS News, Fox News, Wall Street Journal, Republican Party, Darrell Issa, Countrywide Financial, Friends of Angelo, Countrywide, Ris Dodd, Mike Quigley Congress, Mike Quigley Subpoena, Kent Conrad, Mike Quigley, Media News
David Fiderer

Just like the birthers, who refuse to acknowledge Obama's birth certificate, Rep. Darrell Issa and Wall Street Journal reporter Emshwiller refuse to acknowledge the mountain of evidence that the Countrywide VIP "scandal" has been thoroughly discredited.

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Liz Cheney Taking The Stage For The GOP

New York Times | Mark Leibovich | Posted 11.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Republican Party, Liz Cheney, Dick Cheney, Politics News

Liz Cheney looks nothing like her father, but it is clear who he is. She was introduced as "our favorite vice president's daughter" at a recent gather...

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For Liberty Examines the Kingmakers

J. Bradley Jansen | Posted 11.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: David Boaz, War on Terror, Rasmussen Poll, Antiwar Movement, Grassroots, Markos Moulitsas, Ron Paul, George W. Bush, David Kirby, Thomas Jefferson, Libertarian, Campaign for Liberty, Republican Convention, 2008 Election, CNN Poll, Arianna Huffington, Afghanistan War, Daily Kos, Iraq War, Nicholas Sanchez, Joe Scarborough, Tax Day Tea Parties, For Liberty, David Brooks, Alternative Media, Grover Norquist, Tea Party, Republican Party, Swing Voters, Republicans, 2010 Elections, 2012 Election, Politics News
J. Bradley Jansen

The documentary For Liberty beautifully shows us what Markos Mousitlas called the only true people-powered campaign in 2008: Ron Paul's campaign.

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The Impeachment of President Obama

Bob Cesca | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Racism, Pat Buchanan, Republican Attacks, Wingnuts, Impeachment, Joe Biden, Rush Limbaugh, Jack Kingston, John Ensign, Nazis, Joseph McCarthy, Racism, Adolf Hitler, Cable News, Lee Atwater, Alex Jones, Glenn Beck, Southern Strategy, Republican Party, Czars, Republicans, Politics News
Bob Cesca

I've been following the Republican descent into the realms of the bizarre for some time now, and I'm convinced that if they retook Congress the Republicans might try to impeach the president.

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Republicans Dominate Twitter, Accounts Double The Dems'

Politico | Posted 11.23.2009 | Technology

Read More: Dana Rohrabacher, Republicans Twitter, John McCain, Mccain Twitter, Jim Demint, Roy Blunt, Twitter, GOP Twitter, John McCain Twitter, Chuck Grassley, Claire McCaskill, Republican Party, Democrats Twitter, Technology News

Nearly twice as many Republicans as Democrats have accounts on the social networking platform Twitter (101 compared with 57), and the GOP dominates Tw...

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Americans Abroad Debate Healthcare Reform

Denise Dennis | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senior Citizens, Public Option, Health Care Reform, Pawlenty-Nullification, Health Insurance, Democratic Party, Racism in Politics, Obama Health Care, Republican Party, Politics News
Denise Dennis

PARIS -- September 22 -- The heated debate over healthcare reform continued last week in an unlikely place, the cobblestone courtyard of an apartmen...

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Happy Birthday, Dad: My Father's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2

Tony Sachs | Posted 11.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Michael Jackson, Pat Buchanan, Sharon Stone, Joe the Plumber, George W. Bush, Absinthe, Alex Rodriguez, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, The Beatles, Fox News, Max Baucus, Ll Bean, Republican Party, Rolling Stones, Living News
Tony Sachs

Last year, for my dad's birthday, I trawled through his hundreds of comments on HuffPosts ranging from Sarah Palin to baseball. With that in mind, here's the sequel to "My Dad's Greatest Hits."

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Roy Blunt (R-MO) Tells Racism-Tinged Monkey Joke at DC Conference

Bruce Wilson | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Voter Values, Monkey, Roy Blunt, Gop, Republican Party, Value Voters Summit, Republicans, Roy Blunt Monkey Joke, Politics News
Bruce Wilson

Blunt's anecdote at the Value Voters summit Friday seemed like a direct window into the psyche of the revanchist wing of the GOP: politics is a golf game and unruly Democrat "monkeys" seek to disrupt the play.

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A Case for Republican Secession (From Itself)

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Al Qaeda, Slavery, Rush Limbaugh, Afghanistan, John Boehner, Adultry, Pakistan, Secession, Taliban, Race Baiting, Lindsey Graham, Civil War, Glen Beck, S.C. Governor Mark Sanford, Republican Party, Politics News
Michael B. Laskoff

Sometimes the body from which a political party springs is so filled with bile and corruption that its healthiest components should seek to go their own way. A case in point is today's Republican Party.

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Why 2010 Will Not be a Replay of 1994

2morrowknight | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: President Obama, 1994, Democrats, Barack Obama, 2012, Shpadoinkle, Social Media, The Tonight Show, Tea Party, Univision, Democratic National Convention, Espn, Jay Leno, Stimulus, David Letterman, 2008 Campaign, The USA Today, Yes We Can, The Economy, Cable News, Democratic Party, Wall Street Journal, Will.I.Am, Viral Hit, Barack, Nancy Pelosi, Republican Party, Demographics, 2010, Politics News
2morrowknight

You remember the story quite well: a young president and his party are soundly defeated in the midterm elections. It really sounds good, but it ain't gonna happen this time.

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Defending Unpatriotic Racism

Robbie Gennet | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Msnbc, Hate, Bush, War, George W. Bush, Racist, President Obama, Obama, Democratic Party, Democrats, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Iraq War, Religion, Bush Administration, Patriotism, Joe Wilson, Jimmy Carter, Fox News, Racism, Glenn Beck, Hate Speech, President Bush, Health Care, Town Hall Meetings, Republican Party, African Americans, Republicans, Politics News
Robbie Gennet

They say the best offense is a good defense. Our only real defense against right wing insanity is to put them on the defense and keep them there.

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The GOP Is Too Crazy To Be Racist

John R. Bohrer | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Drugde Report, Maureen Dowd, Matt Drudge, You Lie, Tea Parties, Race, Bill Richardson, Barack Obama, 2010, Joe Wilson, John Edwards, Jimmy Carter, Hillary Clinton, Glenn Beck, Republicans, 9/12 March on Washington, Republican Party, Tea Party, Politics News
John R. Bohrer

The color of the President's skin does not matter to the lunatics dictating the direction of the Republican Party. I mean, it matters in that it's icing on the cake -- but they were baking regardless of all that.

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Rush Limbaugh's Big Fat Republican Health Care Plan

Beth Armogida | Posted 11.15.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Rush Limbaugh, Death Panels, Ann Coulter, Health Care Reform, Glenn Beck, Newt Gingrich, Health Care, Republicans, Republican Party, Comedy News
Beth Armogida

Homosexuality will be classified as a mental illness, unless of course you're a male, Christian politician. OxyContin will be free, untraceable and in donut form. All illegal aliens will be covered... with dirt.

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The Silence of the Republicans

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Birthers, President Obama, Rush Limbaugh, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Truman, Joe Wilson, Harry Reid, Republicans, Franklin Roosevelt, Democratic Party, Democrats, Republican Party, Nazi, Barack Obama, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

A clear line can be drawn from the red-baiting and Muslim-baiting of Obama during the campaign to the birther movement and the accusation that the president was a Nazi to Joe Wilson's behavior.

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