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"Socialized" Medicine: Next Front in the Right's -isms Arms Race

Karl Frisch | Posted 05.03.2009 | Media

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Msnbc, Ronald Reagan, Cnbc, Harry Truman, Mccarthyism, Fox Business Network, Socialized Medicine, Communism, Maoism, CNN Headline News, Sean Hannity, Joseph McCarthy, Marxism, Cnn, Fox News, Michael Savage, Fdr, Lyndon Johnson, Socialism, Health Care, Bill O'Reilly, Stalinism, Leninism, Media News
Karl Frisch

For more than 75 years, conservatives have smeared progressive attempts to reform our faltering health-care system as "socialized medicine."

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

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

"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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Yelling From the Back Step

B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 04.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Savings and Loan Industry, Merrill Lynch, AIG Bonus, Fdic, Chrysler, Blackwater, Chocolate, Economy, Enron, Toxic Assets, Aig, Aiu, Economic Recovery, Economic Stimulus, Socialism, Edward Liddy, Altria Group, Business News
B. Jeffrey Madoff

"Toxic assets" are two words that don't belong together in the English language. The meaning of one cancels out the meaning of the other.

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Jason Linkins

Socialism, Facism, Communism: Obama Attacked With Wave Of "Isms" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Communism, Media Criticism, Video, Smears, Media Matters, Socialism, Isms, Politics News

Media Matters has documented the way various media figures and partisan critics, confronted by the White House's attempts to do the things they were v...

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Liberation Theology vs. Victoria Jackson

Paul Raushenbush | Posted 04.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Victoria Jackson, Cornel West, Racism, Sean Hannity, Black Liberation Theology, Socialism, Chuck Norris, Texas, Gospel, James Cone, Union Theological Seminary, Barack Obama, Politics News
Paul Raushenbush

What our president is trying to do is not socialism, it is trying to help as many people get through this disastrous economic time with as little suffering and as much dignity as possible. Sounds Christian to me.

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Socialism Without a Soul

Robert Scheer | Posted 04.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Robert Scheer, Aig, Socialism, Bailout, Newt Gingrich, Wall Street, George W. Bush, Military-Industrial Complex, Business News
Robert Scheer

The great fear of the GOP seems to be that some of the stimulus program might actually prove helpful to struggling Americans.

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Mike Murphy Moves a GOP Message

Rick Horowitz | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: GOP and Socialism, Joe Scarborough, Obama Budget, Political Roundtable, France and Socialism, David Gregory, Meet the Press, Mike Murphy, Socialism, Newt Gingrich, Dee Dee Myers, Harold Ford Jr., Barack Obama, Obama Administration, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

In case you thought it was only the CPAC crowd arguing that Obama was the second coming of "European-style socialism," Murphy wanted you to know precisely which slice of Europe they had in mind.

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Jason Linkins

NYT Peppers Obama With Questions About Socialism

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Socialism, New York Times, Barack Obama, Obama New York Time Interview, Politics News

Over the course of what ended up being a six page interview with reporters from the New York Times, President Barack Obama was given some very smart a...

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Red-Baiting President Obama

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 04.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Communism, Barack Obama, Economy, House Republicans, Gop, Socialism, Rush Limbaugh, Michelle Bachman, Jim Demint, John McCain, Obama Communist, Socialists, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

In quick succession, Republicans have lambasted President Obama as the second coming of V.I. Lenin. Their silly, discredited, and thoroughly desperate commie slur of Obama is not new.

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Euro-Red Baiting

John Feffer | Posted 04.03.2009 | World

Read More: Socialism, Know Nothings, Europe, Foreign Policy, World News
John Feffer

With the U.S. on the verge of another Great Depression, the opposition to the Obama administration is fretting about the United States becoming an annex of Western Europe.

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An Open Letter to Outraged Conservatives

Aemilia Scott | Posted 04.01.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Nationalize, Education, Handout, Economy, Conservative, Obama, Socialism, Rush Limbaugh, Health Care, Stimulus Package, Obama Socialism, Limbaugh Wants Obama to Fail, An Open Letter to Outraged Conservatives, Aemilia Scott, Comedy News
Aemilia Scott

Dear Outraged Conservative American On The Verge Of Financial Ruin, I am so pleased you have found a way to express your hatred for Obama in reclaiming the word Socialism.

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Capitalism - the Gift That Keeps on Taking: Part I

Michael Gene Sullivan | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Wall Street Bailout, Government Bailout, Bailout, Corporations, Corporate America, Crime, Economy, George W. Bush, Obama Administration, Corporate Power, Socialism, Corporate Greed, Business, Capitalism, Politics News
Michael Gene Sullivan

Most Americans are not capitalists. They might want to be capitalists, but no matter how much you, or that hardworking barista, that well paid techno-nerd, small farmer, or gangsta rapping bank teller may want to be capitalists, you are not capitalists. You are workers.

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Conservatives, Liberals, and Freedom

Henryk A. Kowalczyk | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Freedom of Individual, Conservatives, Liberals, Progressives, Free Market, Socialism, Market Fundamentalists, Democrats, Politics News
Henryk A. Kowalczyk

Reading the Huffington Post or watching Fox News, one could conclude that liberals versus conservatives is the pivotal political division of our times. One could not be more wrong.

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Sean Hannity's Ridiculous War Against Socialism

Bob Cesca | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Joe Scarborough, Socialism, Economic Stimulus Package, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Socialists, Politics News
Bob Cesca

I'm calling upon Hannity to use his prime time television program as a platform to rally his base to refuse delivery of not just recovery bill spending, but all so-called "socialist" government programs.

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Chavez Wins: "Socialism" Or Death!

Marc Cooper | Posted 03.19.2009 | World

Read More: Term Limit, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Socialism, Chavez, Referendum Venezuela, Venezuela Referendum, Marc Cooper Anti-Chavez, Socialists, World News
Marc Cooper

Chavez is like a cross between Peron and Fidel with a dash of the Woody Allen character in Bananas. Make that two tablespoons.

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CON GAMES: Capitalism -- The God That Failed

Michael Conniff | Posted 03.16.2009 | Business

Read More: The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith, Communism, Socialism, Capitalism, Business News
Michael Conniff

When it comes to capitalism under a putatively conservative administration, the emperor may have had no clothes but the God of the Free Market was buck naked.

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Who's the Socialist Now, Mitt?

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 03.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Joe the Plumber, Economic Stimulus Package, Time Magazine, Mitt Romney, Socialism, Franklin Roosevelt, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

It speaks a great deal of the Republican Party that in the midst of a historic economic downturn they have chosen one of their major issues to be the right to make virtually unlimited salaries.

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We're All Socialists Now: Newsweek

Newsweek | Jon Meacham and Evan Thomas | Posted 03.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Newsweek, Economy, Socialism, Capitalism, US Economy, Newsweek We're All Socialists, Socialists, Media News

In many ways our economy already resembles a European one. As boomers age and spending grows, we will become even more French....

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KCRW'S Left Right & Center 1.31.09

Huff Radio | Posted 03.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tony Blankley, Al Arabiya, Wall Street, Socialism, Nancy Pelosi, Obama, Robert Scheer, Matt Miller, Politics News
Huff Radio

Slipping into Socialism or Sliding into Protectionism?

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Capitalists, Socialists, and OPM

Bob Rice | Posted 03.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Economy, Economic Crisis, Us Economic Crisis, Socialism, Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Bonuses, Obama Socialist, Barack Obama, Obama Socialism, Socialists, Business News
Bob Rice

There's nothing wrong with Wall Streets's "eat what you kill" mentality. Except the bankers must remember that, in the wild, if the Tribe doesn't survive, no one eats at all.

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Shameful Bankers: Time for a Revolution

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Russ Feingold, Financial Industry, John Thain, Economy, Barney Frank, Ponzi Scheme, Capitalism, Barack Obama, Robert Rubin, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street, Marxism, Richard Fuld, Treasury, Timothy Geithner, Socialism, Bank Bailout, Tarp, Bailout Bandits, Business News
Paul Jenkins

While there are many victims in the colossal Ponzi scheme that is the American economy, few of these victims have not in some way been complicit.

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My 2008 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 2]

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stuart Bowden, Ted Stevens, Jesse Jackson Jr, Ron Paul, Guantanamo, Al Franken, Best Government Dollar Spent, 50 State Strategy, Mccain, Primary Schedule, Awards, China, Worst Political Theater, Drill Baby Drill, Sarah Palin, Most Overreported Story, Andrew Cuomo, First Cat, Howard Dean, Socks the Cat, 2008, Bailout, Sofa, Condoleezza Rice, Katie Couric, Worst Political Scandal, John Edwards, Status of Forces, Sorry to See You Go, Health Care, Aids, Global Warming, Gravel, Election 2008 Coverage, Alaska, Bobby Jindal, Thomas Tamm, Reconstruction, Joe the Plumber, Tony Snow, Bernanke, Democrat, Letterman, Socks Clinton, Most Underrated, Democrats, Barack Obama, Best Idea, Predictions, George Carlin, 15 Minutes of Fame, Honorable Mention, Michigan, Hybrid, Wiretapping, Fred Thompson, Hillary Clinton, Executive Experience, Maliki, Caribou Barbie, Best Spin, Stuart Bowen, Destined for Political Oblivion, Kucinich, Jesse Helms, Private Jet, Beijing, Truth Commission, Going Green, Iraq, Most Overrated, Isaac Hayes, Spitzer, Caroline Kennedy, Bush, Wright, Blagojevich, Paulson, Bo Diddley, Mclaughlin, Unemployment, Inauguration, Destined for Political Stardom, Biggest Government Waste, Snl, Florida, Socks, Primary, Africa, Whistleblower, Best Political Theater, Most Underreported Story, Boldest Political Tactic, Castro, David Plouffe, Jeremiah Wright, Olympics, Harvey Korman, Beau Biden, Bernie Mac, Free Speech Zone, Wall Street, Chris Weigant, Oil, Most Honest Person, Socialism, Michael Crichton, Arthur C. Clarke, Saturday Night Live, Tina Fey, Worst Idea, David Letterman, Tamm, Wurzelbacher, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Love her or hate her, you have to admit that John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin for the Republican ticket this year was without any doubt the boldest political tactic of the year.

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The Pacifier Tree

Robert Koehler | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Environment, Blagojevich, Sustainability, Socialism, Denmark, Rod Blagojevich, Politics News
Robert Koehler

Flying shoes, collapsing Ponzi schemes -- I was blindsided by the the week's news. All it took was a week of expatriate perspective to see how surreal, how nuts, American normal has become.

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Republicans Bring Socialism to America

Robert Scheer | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Robert Scheer, Great Depression, Bailout, Bush, Reagan Revolution, Paulson, Pornography of Power, Fdr, Socialism, Economy, Detroit, Financial Crisis, Detroit Bailout, Politics News
Robert Scheer

Let the record show that it was George W. Bush, the rich Texas Republican, who brought socialism to America, so don't blame it on that community organizer who made it into the White House.

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There is an "I" in Team

Ben Fractenberg | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ronald Reagan, Civil Rights Movement, Socialism, Henry David Thoreau, Obama, Rugged Individualist, Walt Whitman, Walden, Politics News
Ben Fractenberg

I received a text message the night of Obama's historic victory thanking me for my involvement in the campaign. "This victory is all because of you," ...

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