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Hey Wait, Socialism Is Here Already?

Richard Laermer | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Steele, Health Care Reform, Washington DC, Socialism, Health Care, Rnc, Barack Obama, Public Insurance Option, Politics News

S-word users conveniently ignore (and are hoping we are to dumb to notice) that in America, many things are provided by the government, yet for some reason are not decried as "socialist" initiatives.

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The Silly Season In Politics

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Laffer Curve, John Bolton, Swiftboat, Appeasement, Swift Boat, Republican, Freezer, Fake Birth Certificate, Rnc, Clinton, Bolton, Freezer Full of Cash, Clunker, John Kerry, August, Birthers, Bill Clinton, Republican National Committee, Kerry, Redirected Calls, Democrat, Medicaid, Congress, Redirect, Democratic National Committee, Silly Season, William Jefferson, Prisoner, Obama Birth Certificate, Clunkers, Silly, Birth Certificate, Chris Weigant, Cash for Clunkers, Birther, Cucumber Season, Medicare, Dnc, Arthur Laffer, Cash, Kenya, North Korea, Laffer, Politics News

"Silly season" refers to late summer, when governments go on massive taxpayer-funded vacations all over the world. This year's season could produce a bumper crop of silly.

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RNC Refuses To Accept Calls About New DNC Ad

HuffingtonPost.com | Sahil Kapur | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: DNC Ad, Republican National Committee, Democratic National Committee, Rnc, Politics News

The Republican National Committee has taken note of the DNC's new town hall "mob" ad, which hit the airwaves last night. They don't want to hear your ...

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Former Republican National Committee Internet Director Hosts "Beer Summit"

Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 09.01.2009 | Home

Read More: Rnc Internet Chairman, Rnc, Michael Steele, Washington Post, Cyrus Krohn, Beer Summit, Republican Party in Chaos, Rnc Internet Guru, Home News

Cyrus Krohn was once the top dog at the RNC where all e-media and techno-whatsit matters were concerned. That all changed in March of 2009, after Mic...

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Gates's Arbitrary Arrest: It Happens in New York Too

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 08.27.2009 | New York

Irrespective of how educated or rich one might be, to be a black man in America is still a condition in which one feels he has no rights that any police officer is bound to respect.

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The Unteachable Lesson: Can We Learn From Gates and Crowley?

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 08.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: President Obama, Racial Discrimination, James Crowley, Hate Crimes, Gates Arrest, Henry Louis Gates Arrested, Ghetto, Cambridge Police, Rnc, Obama-Crowley, Black Men, Discrimination, Republican Party, African Americans, Po Po, Michael Steele, Obama-Gates Defense, Rush Limbaugh, Politics, Obama Crowley Gates, Harvard Professor, Barack Obama, Racism, Racial Profiling, Culture, African American, Sean Hannity, White Men, Police, Sergeant Crowley, Skip Gates, Henry Louis Gates, Obama-Gates Arrest, Hate, Racialism, Politics News

Whether he likes it or not, Gates stands as America's new 21st Century Poster Child for "racial profiling."

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Talk Radio Rules Blue Dog States

Sue Wilson | Posted 08.23.2009 | Media

22 percent of Americans get their news from talk radio, and conservative talkers, like Hannity and Limbaugh, have been lying to their listeners about what's in the health care bill.

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Steele: Dems Should Pass Health Care Bill Without Republicans

Think Progress | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Republican-National-Committee-Chairman, Republican National Committee, Gop, Michael Steel, Rnc, Health Care Reform, Sean Hannity, Democrats, Health Care, Republicans, Politics News

Michael Steele has spent a lot of time in his short tenure as RNC Chairman railing against President Obama for what he perceives as the president's la...

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Shadegg Won't Endorse Steele's Health Care Rhetoric

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rnc, Shadegg Health Care, Health Care Reform, Steele Rhetoric, Steele Shadegg, Congressional Republicans, John Shadegg, Politics News

Not every Republican, it seems, is entirely comfortable with the aggressive tenor of Michael Steele's attacks on President Obama's health care proposa...

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Steele: Obama Is Part Of Health Care "Cabal"

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 08.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rnc Chairman, Michael Steele, Health Care Reform, Gop, Health Care Debate, Health Care, Rnc, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Republican party is accusing President Barack Obama of conducting "risky experimentation" with his health care prop...

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RNC's New Website Helps Promote Anti-Semitic, Anti-Latino, Pornographic Literature: AMERICAblog

AMERICAblog News | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obamacard, Obama Card, Rnc, RNC Anti-Semitic, RNC Obama Card, Rnc Website, Politics News

It's not very often the boys at AMERICAblog get to type the word "clitoris" in a political blog post, but thanks to Michael Steele and the headquarter...

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Audra Shay and The New Ice Age of the Young Republicans

Michael Rowe | Posted 08.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sen. Diane Black, Michelle Obama, John Avlon, Audra Shay, Rnc, Sarah Palin, Gop, Rusty Depass, The Daily Beast, Barack the Magic Negro, Facebook, Young Republican National Convention, Barack Obama, Politics News

The GOP appears to be unable to put the genie of religion-based social intolerance, and racism, back in the bottle by calling it out, and distancing themselves from it in unambiguous terms once and for all.

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TwitNotes from #PDF09

Eric Kuhn | Posted 08.01.2009 | Media

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Over 1,000 people descended upon the annual Personal Democracy Forum earlier this week. Here are some of my notes -- taken on Twitter, of course -- from the two day conference.

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RNC Claims "Lights Out" If Climate Bill Passes

The Hill | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Environment, Climate Change, Henry Waxman, Rnc, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Republican National Convention, Waxman-Markey, Politics News

It'll be "lights out" for consumers if the climate change bill before Congress is allowed to become law, the Republican National Committee (RNC) warne...

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Dems Out-Fundraise GOP By Millions In May

CNN | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics

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The Democratic National Committee pulled in roughly $8.35 million last month, outpacing the $5.7 million raised by its Republican counterpart....

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GOP Trying To Counter ABC Programming

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abc News Health Care, Abc News Obama Health Care, Rnc Abc Health Care, Republican National Committee Abc News, Rnc, Republican National Committee, Politics News

Having failed to convince ABC News to include the GOP in a planned special on the White House health care plan, Republicans are trying to do some prog...

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ABC Responds To "False" RNC Attack On Planned Health Care Special

The Huffington Post | Megan Slack | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Healthcare, ABC News, Rnc, Drudge Report, Obama Health Care, Drudge Report Abc News, Ken Mckay, Healthcare, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News

An executive from ABC News has responded to a letter from RNC Chief of Staff Ken McKay that criticized a planned ABC series about health care, set to ...

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When Did Newt and the Gang Become Experts on Race? Playing the Race Card Against Sotomayor

C. Nicole Mason | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sotomayor Racism, Latinos, Supreme Court, Latino Politics, Rnc, Affirmative Action, Race Relations, Sonia Sotomayor, Women and Politics, Michael Steele, Racism, Obama Supreme Court Nominee, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, Politics News

According to the new definition of racism -- let's call it neo-racism -- anyone who believes we have not achieved racial equality can be considered a racist.

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Friday Talking Points [79] -- Judicial Activism And Bias

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics

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"Judicial activism" (or, alternatively, "legislating from the bench") is defined -- no matter what your political beliefs -- as "judges not ruling the...

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Steele To GOP: Be "Careful" With Sotomayor

CNN.com | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Gop, Republican Party, Rnc, Sonia Sotomayor, Michael Steele, Politics News

The head of the Republican Party wants his forces to watch their steps when it comes to Supreme Court hopeful Sonia Sotomayor....

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Picking on Pelosi

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

For all of the suspicion and projection upon her, Speaker Pelosi is really like a mom making her kids behave politely at a fancy restaurant.

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GOP Rep Jason Chaffetz Slams 'Reprehensible' RNC Video Comparing Pelosi To Pussy Galore

Politico | ANDIE COLLER | Posted 06.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nancy Pelosi and Pussy Galore, Jason Chaffetz and Nancy Pelosi, Rnc, Nancy Pelosi, Jason Chaffetz, Rnc Ad Nancy Pelosi Pussy Galore, Politics News

At least one Republican doesn't think it's OK to compare Nancy Pelosi to Pussy Galore. After viewing an RNC video that juxtaposed the speaker with th...

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RNC Hits Obama For Criticizing Slavery

Media Matters | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Rnc, President Obama, Obama, Obama Fundamental Flaw Comment, Obama Constitution, Politics News

RNC: As he prepares to deliver remarks in hall that holds the constitution, flashback obama: "constitution flawed" http://bit.ly/tFL7O #RNC [Twitter, ...

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Hispanic Republicans: RNC Hiring Leaves Us "Extremely Disheartened"

Politico | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Steele Hispanics, Rnc, Steele, Steele Hiring Hispanics, Michael Steele, Rnc Hispanics, Steele Hispanic Leaders, Republican National Committee, Politics News

Hispanic Republican leaders say they've lost patience with promises from Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele to hire high-profile Hi...

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GOP's Kryptonite Dulls The Man of Steele

Derrick K. Baker | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Steele, Republican National Committee, Gop, Rnc, Alan Keyes, Politics News

Both Keyes and Steele were played like a violin by GOPers who are searching for ways to remain relevant in voters' eyes without alienating the far right who navigate their ship's rudder.

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