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Punching the Tar Baby

Larry Gellman | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Confederacy, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Mark Levin, Right Wing Media, Congress, Audra Shay, Peggy Noonan, Colin Powell, Rush Limbaugh, Limbaugh, Jeff Sessions, Right Wing, Hispanics, Democrats, Democratic Party, Uncle Remus, David Brooks, Sonia Sotomayor, Sotomayor, David Frum, Racism, Hate Speech, Black, Glenn Beck, Republican Party, Right-Wing Extremism, Republicans, Politics News

From the moment Judge Sotomayor was nominated to the court, the Right wing made it clear that they were going to play the only card left in the Republican deck -- the race card.

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Far-Right Terror Attack Feared By UK Police, Mirroring Similar Warning By DHS in US

Guardian | Posted 08.06.2009 | World

Read More: Right Wing DHS Report, Scotland Yard, Far Right, United Kingdom, Terrorism, Janet Napolitano, Foreign Affairs, England, Right Wing, Far-Right Fundamentalism, Far-Right Terror, Right-Wing Extremism, Advocacy, World News

Scotland Yard's counter-terrorism command fears the extreme right will stage a deadly terrorist attack in Britain to try to stoke racial tensions, the...

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New SPLC Report Details 75 Radical Plots, Rampages

Mark Potok | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: White Supremacists, Southern Poverty Law Center, Domestic Terrorism, Right Wing, Right-Wing Extremism, Terrorism, Politics News

This special report by the Southern Poverty Law Center shows that domestic right-wing terrorism is far more prevalent than most Americans realize.

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Right Wing Hate Getting Out of Control

Mike Papantonio | Posted 07.31.2009 | Media

Read More: Tiller, Gop, Air America, Murder, Donnie Baker, Mike Papantonio, Right Wing, GoLeft.Tv, Golefttv, Barack Obama, Immigrant, Conservative, Muslim, Abortion, Hate Talk, Latino, David Neiwert, Joshua Cartwright, Republicans, Ring of Fire, Media News

About an hour's drive from where I live, a miserable 60-year old man by the name of Donnie Baker murdered two Chilean college students and wounded fiv...

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I Just Don't Get It

Larry Gellman | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Economy, Right Wing Media, John McCain, Global Economy, Rush Limbaugh, Iran Election, Cnbc, Economy, Economic Crisis, President Obama, Bank of America, Right Wing, Iran, Obama Economy, Lindsey Graham, Iranian Election, Barack Obama, Investment Banks, Goldman Sachs, Investing, Economic Stimulus Package, Finance, Larry Kudlow, Rush Limbaugh Obama, Fox News, Henry Paulson, Financial Crisis, Economic Stimulus, Saxby Chambliss, Fox, Citigroup, Politics News

It seems pretty clear that Obama is actually insisting that we change the approach that led the economy off a cliff. I just don't get it.

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Iran Uprising Changes Nuclear Calculus

Joe Cirincione | Posted 07.17.2009 | World

Read More: Nationalism, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Negotiations, Regime-Change, Twitter, Joseph Cirincione, Nuclear Weapons, The Uprising, Economy, President Obama, Leslie Gelb, Right Wing, Iran, Richard Lugar, Iran Election, Iran Nuclear Weapons, World News

Mousavi was always more open to dialogue with the West. If president, his discourse could now include the nuclear program with much less fear of attack.

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What Does an Extremist Look Like?

Geri Spieler | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Is an extremist tall, short, young, old, thin, fat? Would you know if the person standing next to you was about to pull out a gun and shoot? Scary ...

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Sotomayor: A Strong Choice for Supreme Court

Ira Forman | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jewish Community, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, Sonia Sotomayor, Right-Wing Smear, National Jewish Democratic Council, Right Wing, Ira Forman, Politics News

The ridiculous Sotomayor bashing must stop. Republicans and Democrats should work together to review Sotomayor's record and work towards a confirmation this summer.

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Was Tiller's Murder Justice?

Eric Sapp | Posted 07.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Christianity, Right Wing, Far Right, Living News

When Christians decide lies are the best way to inspire the "faithful" to fight for justice, and when Christians demonstrate through our actions that we believe that any means are justified as long as the end is just, we are lost.

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What Is So Outrageous About Paying Our Bills?

Larry Gellman | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

I always thought that taxes were the way we paid our bills. In a democracy we have elected representatives who spend money on our behalf on things like defense, security, wars, bridges, and health care benefits.-

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100 Days of Competence Versus Crazy

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Glenn Reynolds, Michele Bachmann, Rush Limbaugh, Bobby Jindal, 100 Days, President Obama, Michael Steele, Glenn Beck, Right Wing, Michelle Malkin, Republican Party, Tea Party, Fox News Channel, Politics News

I'm reasonably certain that historians will peg the legacy of the president's first 100 days based partly upon this contrast between the crazy and the calm.

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A Reasonable Observer's Response to the Torture Memos

Martha St Jean | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Left Wing, Guantanamo Detainees, Sam Stein, Detainee Abuse, Right Wing, Waterboarding, Dietary Restrictions, Obama Tortue Decision, Torture Memos, Barack Obama, Detainees, Torture, Bush Torture Memos, Politics News

The Bush torture memos have provided more questions than answers. Where were the "reasonable observers" who should have given dissenting viewpoints based on legal and moral ramifications?

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The Immorality of Intolerance and Inconsistency

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Iran, Intelligent Design, Jesus, Cheney, Korea, Evolution, Gingrich, Bush, Left Wing, Right Wing, Partisan, Politics News

The inconsistent standards by which Gingrich, Cheney and Republicans are judging Obama are troubling.

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Lenin Rules!

Larry Gellman | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

It was Lenin, after all, who almost 100 years ago stated what has become the mantra of the angry Right and the deluded media nearly a century later: A lie told often enough becomes the truth.

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Time for a Tea Party with the Right: Why Progressives Need a Transpartisan Strategy

Bill Shireman | Posted 05.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Tax Day Tea Party, Hate, Government Bailout, Conservatives, Liberalism, Protest, Government Spending, Fox News, Hate Speech, Conservatism, Paul Krugman, Right Wing, Tea Party, Barack Obama, Politics News

Let's sit down with the right for tea. Let them vent their anger and hate - and we can vent ours. Let's listen to the fear that lies beneath the hate, to the reasons they're afraid.

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Life in These Untied States

Ellis Weiner | Posted 05.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Outrage, Glenn Beck, Republicans, Rush Limbaugh, Tea Parties, Rage, Right-Wing, Tea Bagging, Politics News

This entire cycle (rage; exploitation; more rage) seems to me worse than usual, as does its manipulation by the wealthy and their servants. Or is it a relatively minor, if lurid, sideshow?

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Arianna on Countdown Discussing Republican Desperation and Culture Of Conservative Paranoia

Huff TV | Posted 05.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Fox News, Spencer Bachus, Right Wing, Michele Bachmann, Rush Limbaugh, Michelle Malkin, Sean Hannity, Right-Wing Extremism, Media News

Arianna joins Keith Olbermann on Countdown to discuss the increasingly desperate state of the right-wing media and the dangerous statements of some Re...

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Sharing Tea Bags with Right Wing Extremists

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, Tax Day Tea Party, Wingnuts, Warrantless Surveillance, Terrorism, Homeland Security, Glenn Beck, Right Wing, Fisa, Michelle Malkin, Politics News

Whether intentional or not, the talkers and bloggers who appear to be driving the post-Bush crazy train have opened up the conservative tent to some pretty unsavory and dangerous characters.

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Conspiracy Theory Conservatism

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 05.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tax Day Tea Party, Glenn Beck, Barry Goldwater, Republican Party, Right Wing Media, Wingnuts, Rush Limbaugh, Right Wing, Tea Parties, Politics News

Should it come to pass that conspiracy theory conservatism wins out once and for all over Goldwater conservatism, the Republican Party will be doomed, broken, kaput.

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Take The Right Seriously, Please

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Propaganda, Marketing, Conservatives, Right Wing Direct Mail, Wingnuts, Gop, Right Wing, Politics News

The right may appear to be crazy -- and they are -- but this doesn't mean it isn't going to work. Let me explain. In another life I was involved in direct mail -- I learned a lot.

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The GOP: Conservatism's Empty Vessel

Andrew Sargus Klein | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Congress, Independents, Right Wing, Media, Democrats, Republican Party, Fox Business Network, Republicans, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News

There will be plenty of battles in and outside the Democratic Party in the months to come; what is evident now is the very real and uncertain shift toward to left's slightly more pluralistic platform.

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Obama Declares Himself President-For-Life (No Fooling!)

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Market, Populism, President Obama, Economy, Jindal, Poll, Obama, Media, Agenda, America, Blagojevich, Hat. Aretha Franklin, Pelosi, Muslim, Populist, Bonus, Socialist, Tax Cut, Auto Workers, Over-Exposed, Stimulus Package, Limbaugh, Reid, Teleprompter, Rush Limbaugh, Budget, Socialism, Do Too Much, Conservative, Congress, Right Wing, Sixty-Percent, Capitalism, Bipartisan, Stimulus, Barack Obama, Mainstream Media, Wall Street, Chris Weigant, Palin, Hypocrisy, Political Capital, Msm, Two-Thirds, Bipartisanship, Pundit, Class Warfare, Partisan, Leona Helmsley, President-for-Life, Helmsley, Politics News

"I am ashamed at getting my stimulus bill passed so quickly. Republicans, those masters of bipartisanship, offered their sincere efforts to delay this bill for months and, I admit, I ignored them."

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Oh, The Humanity! Godless Huffington Post Commenters Wickedly Destroying Conservatism

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Liars, George Bush, Andrew Breitbart, National Review, President Obama, Leftist, Communist, Free Speech, Moral Relativism, Obama, Liberal, Jed Babbin, Cold War, Lunatic Ravings, Republican, Bush, Reality-Based, Internet, Goons, Cold War Is Over, Irony, Dirty Tricks, Vandalism, Irony-Impaired, Rush, Socialist, Moveon, Huffington Post, Limbaugh, Totalitarianism, Ends Justify the Means, Marketplace of Ideas, Boycott, Ideologue, Rush Limbaugh, Blog Readers, Commie, Propaganda, Hugh Hewitt, Conservative, Right Wing, Blog Commenters, Ironically-Challenged, Election, Wicked, Barack Obama, Ironic, Fair Play, Media Matters, Blog, Chris Weigant, Instapundit, Dogma, Humanity, Nixon, Censorship, Breitbart, Crazytown, Crazytalk, Media News

Due to a genetic deformity among conservatives, they are seemingly born without being able to spot irony in all its delicious forms.

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Laura Ingraham is Scared of Meghan McCain

Taylor Marsh | Posted 04.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Meghan McCain, Women, Right Wing, Laura Ingraham, Gop, Media News

Ms. Ingraham went after John McCain's daughter, Meghan McCain, using weight to get the job done. She might as well have challenged Meghan to a pillow fight.

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Hey, Remember the War President...? Guess What?!

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Radical Right Wing, War President, 100 Days, Right Wing, Barack Obama, Republicans, Politics News

Apparently, Republicans in Congress and the radical far right don't believe you should fall down on your knees in total obedience to a war president.

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