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We Don't Negotiate With Terrorists

Dan Sweeney | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ar-15, James Von Brunn, Jim Adkisson, Richard Poplawski, Karl Rove, Minuteman American Defense, Tom Delay, Terrorism, Health Care Reform, Joshua Cartwright, Scott Roeder, Health Care, Politics News
Dan Sweeney

Note the phrase "threatened use of force" in the definition of terrorism, and then ask yourself what the guy at Obama's event with an assault weapon was doing, given the events of the past year or so.

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Dancing Fool: A Moving Playlist For Tom DeLay, Our 'Dancing' Star With Two Right Feet

David Wild | Posted 09.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Frank Zappa, Aaron Carter, George Michael, Tom Delay, Abba, Shakira, Aerosmith, Lady GaGa, Elton John, Dancing With the Stars, Kelly Osbourne, Bruce Springsteen, Tom DeLay Dancing With the Stars, Entertainment News
David Wild

Watching Tom DeLay disgrace himself and the United States Congress over the years, I distinctly remember thinking, "Sure, he's ethically challenged, but can he dance?"

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Healthcare Reformers: Dance With The Ones Who Brung Ya

Christine Pelosi | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tom Delay, Too Big to Fail, Universal Healthcare, Democrats, Legislation, Wellness, Universal Health Coverage, Insurance, Prevention, Prescription Drugs, Transformers, Universal Health Care, Dance, Medicare, Health Coverage, Dancing With the Stars, Healthcare Reform, Pre-Existing-Condition, Health Care, Politics News
Christine Pelosi

While the dance of legislation can be painful to watch, I still like the Democrats' chances for healthcare reform better than Tom DeLay's on Dancing with the Stars.

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Tom DeLay: I Can Dance And Stop Obama At The Same Time

The Daily Beast | Lloyd Grove | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Right Wing, Dancing With the Stars, Tom Delay, Barack Obama, Politics News

Right-wing activist Tom DeLay--who was known as The Hammer during his reign as House Republican whip and then majority leader--has no intention of let...

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Tom DeLay Predicts Winning Dancing With the Stars Through Re-Districting

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 09.17.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Donny Osmond, Kelly Osbourne, Dancing With the Stars, Tom Delay, Macy Gray, Tom-Delay, Comedy News
John Wellington Ennis

Based on DeLay's history of money laundering, questions surfaced immediately surrounding corporate money being funneled into ABC through an arcane expenditure process known as "advertising."

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Tom DeLay: Making the Saints Cry One Rumba at a Time

Jamie Frevele | Posted 09.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Tom DeLay Dancing With the Stars, Gop Adultery, Dancing With the Stars, Tom Delay, Tucker Carlson, Entertainment News
Jamie Frevele

Is Tom DeLay actually going to move his body parts around on Dancing with the Stars as if he were performing some version of a seductive act? Are we going to see Tom DeLay's o-face?

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Tom DeLay Contestant On "Dancing With The Stars" Season Nine

Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tom Delay, Tom Delay on Dancing With the Stars, Dancing With the Stars, Delay, Dancing With the Stars Tom Delay, Delay Dancing With the Stars, Mark Dacascos, Politics News

AP -- Former Republican Majority Leader Tom DeLay will join 15 celebrities from the worlds of entertainment and sports in kicking up their heels on th...

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New 'Dancing' Stars Revealed: Tom DeLay, Melissa Joan Hart & More

PEOPLE TV Watch | Posted 09.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Reality Television, Melissa Joan Hart, Reality TV, Kelly Osbourne, Tom Delay, Dancing With the Stars, Aaron Carter, Entertainment News

It's going to be a crowded ballroom for Dancing with the Stars' ninth season. Sixteen celebrities -- including Donny Osmond, Melissa Joan Hart and Aar...

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"Death Panel" Scare Tactic May Backfire on Republicans

Robert Creamer | Posted 09.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, President Obama, Tom Delay, Death Panels, Breaking News, Health Care Reform, End-of-Life Care, Hospice Care, Living Wills, Terry Schiavo, Health Insurance Reform, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News
Robert Creamer

"Death panels" are made up out of whole cloth by people who specialize in generating fear to protect wealthy special interests -- in this case the health insurance industry.

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Lobbyist-Run Group Provides Birther With Talking Points For Town Hall

Think Progress | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Birthers, Jack Abramoff, Obama Birth Certificate, Tom Delay, Town Hall, Birth Certificate, Lobbyists, Tom Perriello, Americans for Prosperity, Glenn Beck, Townhall, Politics News

Last night, ThinkProgress attended Rep. Tom Perriello's (D-VA) town hall in Ruckersville, Virginia. Inside, many people were holding signs provided by...

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Health-Care Reform was the Key Issue in the 2008 Campaign...What Happened?

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Campaign, Medicare Prescription Drug Bill, Corporate Media, Hmos, Health Care Debate, President Barack Obama, Health Care Town Hall Meetings, George W. Bush, Tea Baggers, Health Care Elites, Single Payer, Big Pharma, Health Insurance Industry, Health Insurance Corporations, Paul Baran, Elites, Tom Delay, Billy Tauzin, The Wealth of Nations, Health Care, Public Option, Health Care Reform, Pharmaceutical Corporations, Pharmaceutical Industry, Thomas Scully, Adam Smith, Town Halls, John McCain, Democrats, Sarah Palin, Republican Party, Health, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

For some, the system works best when elites make the most fundamental decisions for our society, unencumbered by the trappings of "democracy", and when the population is depoliticized, misinformed, or both.

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How The GOP Plans to Redistrict Its Way Back Into Power

Nathan Daschle | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Governors Association, Michele Bachmann, Tom Delay, Congressional Seats, Democrats, Governors, Tom Delay Texas, Republicans, Republican Governors Association, Politics News
Nathan Daschle

For those in California, New York and Florida who wonder why you should care about governors' races in Nevada, Georgia and Texas: those states will all pick up Congressional seats in 2012.

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It's Time to Spay and Neuter the Blue Dogs on Health Care

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Blue Dog, Hmos, Ronald Reagan, Blue Dogs and Health Care Reform, President Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Newt Gingrich, Democratic Party, Democrats, Health Care Bill, Insurance Corporations, Blue Dog Coalition, Tom Delay, Congressional Democrats, Blue Dogs, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Pharmaceutical Corporations, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

The Blue Dog coalition loved spending lavishly on the Iraq war only to rediscover the evil of budget deficits as soon as Obama was elected.

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Why "60 Votes" Doesn't Matter (and 70 Wouldn't Either)

Jesse Berney | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate, Tom Delay, 60-Vote-Senate, Norm Coleman, Al Franken, President Obama, Minnesota Senate Race, Filibuster, Health Care, Politics News
Jesse Berney

What keeps Democrats from accessing their inner Tom DeLay and ramming effective bills through when they clearly have the power to do so? They've got a bug. It's called bipartisanship.

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The Republican Summer Olympics of 2009

Gary Cohan | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Mark Sanford, Ted Stevens, Jack Abramoff, Ann Coulter, Olympics, Lobbyists, Blue States, Larry Craig, Eliot Spitzer, Dick Cheney, Adultery, Condoleezza Rice, John Edwards, Michael Savage, Gop, Newt Gingrich, Manchurian Candidate, Constitution, Republican Party, Bob Ney, Randy "Duke" Cunningham, Jim McGreevey, Mark Foley, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Social Conservatives, Ted Haggard, Rush Limbaugh, Lobbying, Scandal, Barack Obama, Red States, Homosexuality, John Ensign, Sean Hannity, Oxycontin, Neocons, Hypocrisy, Homophobia, New York Times, Neoconservatives, Alberto Gonzales, Bill O'Reilly, David Vitter, Conspiracy, Contract With America, Prostitution, Mail-Fraud, Big Tent, Tax Evasion, Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, Tom Delay, Teenage Pregnancy, Divorce, Internet Porn, Fox News, Phil Gramm, Hal Turner, Al Gore, Summer Olympics, Pilonidal Cyst, Vietnam Draft-Dodger, Draft-Dodging, Vietnam War, Politics News
Gary Cohan

Republicans' private embraces are often in complete contradistinction with their own oft-trumpeted, Biblically-mandated "moral" guidelines for the rest of us.

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The Fraud of Honest-Services Fraud

Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mortgage Brokers, Tribal Casinos, Salvatore DiMasi, Michael Scanlon, Lawyers, John McCain, Jack Abramoff, Referral Fee, Lobbying, Congressional Record, Quid Pro Quo, Antonin Scalia, Native Americans, Bribery, Suborning Perjury, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Plea Deal, Kickback Scheme, Orthopedic Surgeons, Public Relations, Tom Delay, Honest-Services Fraud, Title Insurance, Constitutional Law Professors, Defense Attorneys, Politics News
Gary S. Chafetz

Essentially, honest-services fraud makes prosecutors omnipotent, because they can charge anybody they want with a federal felony.

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Think Again: Chiller, Socialist Theater

Eric Alterman | Posted 07.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Dick Armey, Tom Delay, Socialists, Jim Demint, John Boehner, Communist, Marxist, Jon Voight, Barack Obama, Socialistic, Michele Bachmann, Lawrence O'Donnell, Sean Hannity, Sarah Palin, Geoffrey Nunberg, Michael Savage, Fox News, Richard Shelby, Glenn Beck, Socialism, Newt Gingrich, Bill O'Reilly, China, Soviet Union, Media News
Eric Alterman

In conservative world, this administration is leading a march on socialism. Just last week alone, Media Matters counted more than 143 mentions of the word "socialism" on the cable news shows.

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Carrie Prejean to Appear on "I'm a Right-wing Tool...Get Me Out of Here!"

Andy Borowitz | Posted 06.11.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Andy Borowitz, Tom Delay, Carrie Prejean, Michael Moore, Lesbian, Miss California, Glenn Beck, Same-Sex Marriage, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

"It was a horrible experience," the former Ms. California said afterwards. "Maybe I should have just gone and posed for Playboy after all."

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Dick Cheney Does Not Support Gay Marriage. He Supports His Daughter's Gay Marriage

Andy Ostroy | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stem-Cell Research, Abortion, Tom Delay, George H.W. Bush, Joey Buttafuco, Mary Cheney, Newt Gingrich, Gay Marriage, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

If anyone thinks that, at his core, Cheney actually cares about gay rights, I have some cabins in the mountain region of Pakistan they might be interested in buying.

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The Specter Switch: The Downfall of the Democrats?

Susan J. Demas | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Gop, Karl Rove, Card Check, Tom Harkin, Al Franken, Filibuster, Bernie Sanders, Permanent Republican Majority, Pennsylvania, Democrats, Barack Obama, Chris Matthews, Mark Schauer, Tom Delay, Joe Sestak, Pat Toomey, Arlen Specter Republicans, Senate, Politics News
Susan J. Demas

Those who forget the fact that America is a moderate country tend to perish.

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The GOP Deserves Its Current State of Isolation

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Joe Mccarthy, Jack Abramoff, Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, President Barack Obama, Steven Griles, George W. Bush, Newt Gingrich, Clinton Administration, Eric Cantor, Clinton, President Bill Clinton, Republican Leadership, Tom Delay, Adlai Stevenson, K-Street Project, Republicans, Grand Old Party, Republican Party, Ike Eisenhower, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

A loyal opposition would be a great thing; an opposition that added constructive ideas to the nation's political debate. But that's not where the GOP is today.

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Green News Report - April 16, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy Efficiency, Tom Delay, Rising Sea Level, Tax Credits, Greenwashing, Pacific Gas & Electric, Somali Pirates, Terra Choice, Green News, Solar Energy Projects, Spam, Birds, Green News Report, Coral Reefs, Solar Power, Arctic, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Goodbye Tax Day '08, Hello Tax Day '09 (with big new incentives to sweeten the deal); Birds taking the long way home; "Green...

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How Tim Geithner Can Guarantee a 43% Return on Your Money This Year

Keith Thomson | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Tom Delay, Jimmy the Greek, Money, Rick Wagoner, Al Franken, Ray Paulick, Minnesota, Barack Obama, Caroline Kennedy, Gambling, Andrew Cuomo, Gasoline Prices, Rod Blagojevich, Rahm Emanuel, Norm Coleman, Voter Turnout, Michael Steele, Internet Gambling, Kentucky, Hillary Clinton, Timothy Geithner, I Love You Man, Leon Panetta, Scooter Libby, Betfair, Intrade, Politics News
Keith Thomson

I asked one of America's foremost horse racing handicappers to take time out from the grandstand and bet on political outcomes. What's his line on Geithner?

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Dems & Repubs on Health Care: 'Love a Lobbyist'

Michele Swenson | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bobby Jindal, Roy Blunt, Health Insurance Industry, Henry Waxman, Medicare Modernization Act, Newt Gingrich, Pharma, Socialized Medicine, Social Insurance, Billy Tauzin, Tom Delay, Max Baucus, Zach Wamp, Ahip, Medicare Prescription Drug Reform, Kleptocracy, National Healthcare, Health, Health Insurance, Healthcare, Politics News
Michele Swenson

The same insurance and pharmaceutical lobbies have granted themselves billions of dollars of taxpayer subsidies and inflated profits continue to shape the healthcare reform debate today.

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