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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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Joe Wilson A Darling Of The Health Industry

Raw Story | Sue Sturgis | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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During President Obama's address on health insurance reform to a joint session of Congress last night, he observed that some people have been spreadin...

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Why The Kennedy Eulogies Struck the Right Tone

William Bradley | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

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We live in a moment of hyperpartisan politics and hyperactive media. These things militate against what the Kennedy eulogies celebrated.

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Note To Spitzer: Gremilns?!

Lionel | Posted 05.09.2009 | Politics

No arena has been spared its own blemish and moral hiccup. Sports, entertainment, politics, the clergy -- name it.

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GOP Mini-Me: No Pubes, No Punditry Please!

Warren Holstein | Posted 04.09.2009 | Comedy

Yup, this home-schooled Doogie Howser R.N.C. is the latest offering from the downward-spiraling Republican Party's public relations arm.

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Far Right Inaugurates Palin as "Their President"

Darin Murphy | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

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In an unprecedented moment in history, Governor Sarah Palin was sworn in today by the far right wing of the Republican Party as the first female President of The Real America.

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Palin: The Worst Angels of Our Nature

Charles J. Brown | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics

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The Palinistas are far less interested in electing McCain than they are in putting the Sarahnator one step away from the White House (and, they hope, in it soon).

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A Historical Perspective On Divided Democratic Conventions

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

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Don't buy into the media narrative that this is some sort of "divided party" -- because today's Democrats aren't. All true Democrats are pulling hard to defeat the legacy of George W. Bush.

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Artificial Dissemination

Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler | Posted 07.10.2008 | Media

Read More: Network, Democratic Primary, Old Media vs. New Media, Big Media, Howard Beale, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, 2008 Presidential Race, 2008 Democratic Primary Debates, The Kingmakers, Democratic Party, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Mike Gravel, Breaking Media News, Justice Anthony Kennedy, Trent Lott, Kennedy v. Louisiana, Strom Thurmond, Books, Media News

Reading The Kingmakers evokes feelings not dissimilar to watching Mike Gravel during debates: you sympathize with him, but can't help concluding that he's a few bricks short of a load.

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Do They Really Want To Play The Mi-chelle Game?

John Ridley | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics

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Does the Right really want to shape the campaign by demonizing Barack Obama's wife Michelle? They might as well take out a full page ad in the Weekly Standard announcing: WE GOT NOTHING.

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