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America Needs A True Revolution Of Values

David A. Love | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics

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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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Secesh 3.0: Fear Of A Black President

David A. Love | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

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When the Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) disrupted the President’s health care address before a joint session of Congress, it was not the first time th...

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A Case for Republican Secession (From Itself)

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

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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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Emerging GOP Theme: Nullification

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

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The code words change over time (from "nullification" to "states' rights" to Pawlenty's "state sovereignty"), but the idea is the same -- we retain the right to ignore any laws we don't feel like following.

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Dickipedia: Rick Perry

Dickipedia | Posted 06.18.2009 | Comedy

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James Richard "Rick" Perry (born March 4, 1950) is the secession-happy governor of Texas, an outspoken Christian Conservative despite the fact that ou...

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Scritti Politti: May 6, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.06.2009 | Media

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AFP has the story on the effects of the swine flu on the nation of Afghanistan, where officials have locked up the country's only pig for the time bei...

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John Oxendine: GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Joins Perry States' Rights Stance

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

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Is support for states' rights the new litmus test for the GOP? For the second time in as many weeks, a Republican gubernatorial candidate in the Sout...

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Palin and Perry Skirt Secession

Matt Sledge | Posted 05.27.2009 | Politics

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The Tenth Amendment resolutions have been promoted by the Council of Conservative Citizens, the racist successor organization to the White Citizens' Councils of the 1950s.

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Secession Favored By Half Of Texas Republicans: Poll

Daily Kos | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics

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With numbers like these, it's obvious why Texas Gov. Rick Perry is talking secession in the runup to what will be a tough primary battle against Sen. ...

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The Republican Choice: React or Modernize

William Bradley | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

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It's been a strange week for the Republican Party, with noisy events pushing the old-time religion, a speech urging a new moderation, and back-to-the-future reactions to Obama's friendly gestures to Chavez.

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Secession Politics

Mike Lux | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics

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When Gov. Perry of Texas, or the Palins of Alaska associate themselves with something as crazy sounding as secession, don't be surprised: it really is what they believe.

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Ron Paul Defends Secession: "Very Much American" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics

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Texas Governor Rick Perry may be on the receiving end of some political mockery for his recent endorsement of his home state's right to secede from th...

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The Conservatives' Dangerous Game of Hate and Consequences

John Ridley | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics

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Empty of better ideas -- of any ideas -- of how to remain relevant, the reactionary wing of the conservative movement has chosen to quit faking respectability and get back to doing what they do best: cranking up the hate to eleven.

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Dear Rick Perry, If You Don't Like This Country, Leave

Baratunde Thurston | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics

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You know what? Leave! Reactionary, white supremacists have been yelling this line to minorities forever: "If you don't like this country, leave." Time to flip the script.

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Glenn Beck: Secession Or Suicide (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.17.2009 | Politics

Yesterday, I couldn't help but feel cheated that the doom-rooming, gasoline-pouring, fake-sobbing, out-freaking Glenn Beck went all the way to the Ala...

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Threats of Secession and Other Recent Republican Rhetoric

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.17.2009 | Politics

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Those on the far right can't have it both ways, calling for revolution and secession on the one hand, while protesting a report raising concerns about right wing extremist violence on the other.

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Rick Perry Should Stop Embarrassing Texas

Joe Cutbirth | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

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Partisanship and political philosophy aside, I can think of few things more irresponsible in this economy than the governor of Texas speaking freely about secession.

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Chuck Norris Volunteers To Lead Texas Into Bizarre New Future

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

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When Republicans become president, or threaten to, you often hear some of your fellow countrymen vow to move to Canada. And why not? They have reall...

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FDR, Obama and Their Enemies

Caryl Rivers | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics

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Could FDR have succeeded with the New Deal if he had been operating in a 24-hour continuous news cycle? The answer is probably not.

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Where Will Conservatives Threaten to Move To When Obama Takes Office?

Jason Notte | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

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Alaskans may actually welcome secession and a few more like-minded friends with whom to celebrate it.

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Friday Talking Points [46] -- Moose Poop!

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

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Sarah Palin has already singlehandedly introduced several terms into our political lexicon. "Hockey mom" is probably the most recognizable of these. ...

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