Scare Tactics

Sam Stein

Senior Citizens Group Pledges To "Re-Evaluate" Its Scare Mailer

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics


A senior issues group that caused an uproar by sending out a mailer jam-packed with misleading scare tactics regarding health care reform now says it ...

Sam Stein

Senior Citizens League Mailer The Holy Grail Of Elderly Scare Tactics

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics


A new mailer being sent to senior citizens warns that Democratic-considered health care reform would result in the rationing of care and the creation ...

Poll: Majority Dismiss Right Wing Healthcare Attacks As "Scare Tactics"

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics


Wow, this is cause for cautious optimism: Buried in a new Bloomberg poll is evidence that solid majorities dismiss all the leading right wing health c...

Fearing Government Involvement in Health Care

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics


Lincoln Mitchell

Before we collectively start quaking in fear of a government takeover of health care it might make sense to slow down and consider that a fair amount of our health care system already has strong government involvement.

It's Time to Pull the Plug, But Not on Grandma!

Tom Gerdy | Posted 09.16.2009 | Politics


Tom Gerdy

The founding fathers must be rolling over in their graves as they listen to what has become of their dream of free speech.

How to Fight Healthcare Fearmongers and Demagogues

Robert Reich | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics


Robert Reich

Obama's health care problem is that the legislation is still in the works. It's always easier to stir up fear and anger against something that's amorphous than it is to stir up enthusiasm for it.

Ten Telltale Signs of Republican Disease

Bob Burnett | Posted 09.07.2009 | Comedy


Bob Burnett

New Daily Kos poll: 58% of Republicans believe Obama isn't a US citizen or aren't sure. Out here, we don't know many Republicans, so it's hard for us to understand how they can be that stupid.

Republicans Use Fear to Win

Scott Foval | Posted 12.03.2008 | Home


Scott Foval

It has been a long eight years, and this past week saw the politics of division pushed to the absolute limit of absurdity. We must not allow it to go on any longer.

Prominent Republicans Invoke the Holocaust to Win Jewish Votes in Pa

Brian Ross | Posted 11.27.2008 | Home


Brian Ross

The McCain-Palin campaign has reached a new low. An email that was sent to Jewish voters invoked fears of the Holocaust to stampede them away from Obama at the polls next week.

Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dow?

Max Keiser | Posted 11.06.2008 | Business


Max Keiser

That's right, Americans are mad as hell and they aren't going to take it anymore.