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Rick Santorum and the Closing of the Conservative Mind
FEBRUARY 29, 2012 3:09PM
Topics: liberalism, dennis prager, anti-intellectualism, richard hofstadter, christian right, lawrence welk, godliness, morality, liberal arts, good, evil, republican party, ayn rand, atlas shrugged, nazis, national review, william f. buckley, l. brent bozell, barry goldwater, freedom, virtue, francisco franco, fascism, liberal bias, truth
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- 7024 Views
- 46 Comments
Republicans Set to Repeat 1964 Disaster?
AUGUST 27, 2012 9:47AM
Topics: john birch society, young americans for freedom, peace corps, students for democratic society, freedomworks, town hall disruptions, sarah palin, crane brinton, revolution, partisanship, social conservatives, tea party, washington establishment, political polarization, anti-communism, olympia snowe, the syndicate, 1964 election, republican convention, moderates, geoffrey kabaservice, conservative movement, right wing, establishment republicans, nelson rockefeller, tom hayden, communism, jr., william f. buckley, national review, william rusher, extremism, barry goldwater, republican party, politics
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- 4733 Views
- 30 Comments
The common thread is white supremacy
AUGUST 12, 2010 2:12PM
Topics: jimmy zuma, supremacist, americans, brewer, arpaio, southern strategy, politics, lee atwater, reagan, pat buchanan, barry goldwater, russell pearce, arizona, tancredo, dick armey, immigration, racism, tea party, muslim, obama, civil rights, facial fear, backlash, republicans
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- 2766 Views
- 26 Comments
Romney Exposes Inner Ayn Rand
SEPTEMBER 19, 2012 3:30PM
Topics: politics, entitlements, jospeh stiglitz, too big to fail, wall street, financialization, cato institute, barry goldwater, mormonism, christianity, poor, massachusetts, citizenship, atlas shrugged, ludwig von mises, plutocracy, capitalism, 47%, ayn rand, tea party, republican party, president obama, mitt romney, economics
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- 3400 Views
- 18 Comments
License to Lie
AUGUST 23, 2012 2:21PM
Topics: white working class, welfare queen, ronald reagan, global warming, fiscal policy, deficit hawks, paul krugman, obamacare, fox news, budget deficits, brit hume, walter lippmann, jr., martin luther king, republican national convention, liberalism, conservatism, right wing, political extemism, barry goldwater, 2012 campaign, citizens united, joe soptic, bain capital, super pac, newt gingrich, president obama, " lies and deception, "morning joe, joe scarborough, medicare, welfare, paul ryan, george will, mitt romney, republican party, economics, politics
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Playing poker with Herbert Hoover, maybe
SEPTEMBER 20, 2011 2:58AM
Topics: barack obama, tea party, health care, budget deficit, gop, barry goldwater, nixon, impeachment, ronald reagan, george wallace, the great depression, cornel west, harvard, yale, the ruling class, bankers, politics, economy
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- 1214 Views
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Michele Bachmann’s Nation of Slaves
JULY 15, 2010 8:53AM
Topics: news, politics, michele bachmann, nation of slaves, western conservative summit, john jay, government tyranny, right wing extremism, kstp/surveyusa poll, minnesota's 6th congressional district, constitutional conservative, barry goldwater, edmund burke, e.j. dionne, aspen ideas festival, morris fiorina, tea party, republican rhetoric, minnesota politics
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- 1151 Views
- 16 Comments
Another "Neo" conservative escapes right wing's Matrix
MAY 30, 2012 11:36AM
Topics: politics, economics, republican party, the matrix, neo, michael fumento, conservatism, fascism, liberalism, democratic party, mccarthyism, salon, bismarck, edmund burke, alexis de tocqueville, right wing extremism, communist party, new deal, barack obama, bill clinton, watergate, iran-contra, fox news, nullification, democracy, walter lippmann, traditions of civility, mike lofgren, authoritarianism, clinton impeachment, allen west, freedom, liberty, gilded age, robber barons, plutocrats, wall street, finance capitalism, reagan administration, national review, washington times, forbes, weekly standard, colin powell, george w bush, david stockman, barry goldwater, david frum, bruce bartlett, richard clarke, lawrence wilkerson
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- 20 Comments
Republicans Were Grand Once Upon a Time
MARCH 5, 2012 10:10AM
Topics: politics, republican party, right wing, barry goldwater, racism, conservatism, olympia snowe, george wallace, civil rights act of 1964, everett dirksen, jim crow, lyndon johnson, democratic party, tea party, nelson rockefeller, moderate republicans, geoffrey kabaservice, founding fathers, bipartisanship, polarization, 1964 election, solid south, new deal coalition, dixicrats, compromise
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- 4838 Views
- 9 Comments
Joe Sarborough's Revisionist Reality
MAY 11, 2012 12:16PM
Topics: morning joe, massachusetts, mississippi, utah, 2012 presidential race, mitt romney, president barack obama, barry goldwater, william f. buckley, radical right, republicans, politics, gay rights, marriage equality, homosexuality, joe scarborough
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- 1054 Views
- 13 Comments
Did the Inglorious N.O.P. Bust a Cap in Health Care Reform?
AUGUST 18, 2009 12:55PM
Topics: the-birth-of-a-nation, steven colbert, soviet russia, senator charles grassley, sarah palin, rush limbaugh republicans, rush limbaugh, ronald reagan, right-wing-echo-chamber, republican party, republican hypocrisy, president obama, nazi germany, medicare, jon stewart, jim demint waterloo, iraq war, health care reform, hate speech, hate mongering, grand old party, glenn beck, ghw-bush, g.o.p., evangelicals, equal rights amendment, eisenhower era, democrats, d.w. griffith, civil rights, chuck grassley death panels, chuck grassley, caribou barbie, bush cheney, big tent, barry goldwater, barack obama, abraham lincoln
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- 459 Views
- 13 Comments
Conservatives Demand New Republican Party
FEBRUARY 23, 2013 10:50AM
Topics: 2010 mid-terms, corporate welfare, immigration, contraceptives, job training, education, social mobility, environment, supply side economics, ronald reagan, lbj, democratic party, barry goldwater, richard hofstadter, tea party, lunatic fringe, far right, michael gerson, david brooks, republican party, economics, politics
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- 1483 Views
- 19 Comments
No "Gipper" To Save GOP This Time
FEBRUARY 9, 2013 12:02PM
Topics: politics, economics, ronald reagan, barry goldwater, tea party, republican establishment, republican party, 1964 election, richard hofstadter, pseudo-conservative, right wing, new deal, eisenhower administration, extremism no vice, great communicator, bobby jindal, eric cantor, mark rubio, paul ryan, medicaid, vouchers, social security, evil empire, tax hikes
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- 698 Views
- 6 Comments
GOP A House Divided
FEBRUARY 2, 2013 8:57AM
Topics: politics, economics, david brooks, conservatism, supply side economics, charles krauthammer, deep south, republican party, tea party, president obama, second inaugural, globalization, financialization, inequality, ronald reagan, ideology, big government, personal freedom, radical individualism, ej dionne, government encroachment, public opinion, bobby jindal, barry goldwater, paranoid style, richard hofstader
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- 1556 Views
- 6 Comments
Goldwater-Style Union Busting?
FEBRUARY 2, 2012 9:31AM
Topics: barry goldwater, alec, the goldwater institute, koch brothers, union busting
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- 188 Views
- 4 Comments
Democrats Bring Knife to Gunfight
JUNE 14, 2013 6:41AM
Topics: gun control, air traffic controllers, richard hofstader, barry goldwater, white supremacy, southern strategy, joseph mccarthy, radical right, conservative christians, fascism, tribalism, infrastructure, education, transportation, polarization, faa, president obama, voting lines, airport lines, sequester, congress, karl rove, democratic party, tea party, republican party, economics, politics
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- 356 Views
- 5 Comments
Remembering the Moderates
OCTOBER 17, 2012 2:05PM
Topics: politics, jerry degan, olympia snowe, richard m. nixon, barry goldwater, arlen specter, tom degan
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- 380 Views
- 1 Comments
Living in Goldwater Country
APRIL 13, 2010 3:49PM
Topics: wingnuts, barry goldwater, arizona politics
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- 791 Views
- 4 Comments
I Wouldn't Keep Hitting You If You'd Just Do What I Say.
MARCH 21, 2010 6:28PM
Topics: obama, teabagger, tea party, gop, politics, white supremacists, glenn beck, violence, guns, congress, senate, washington, republicans, terrorism, teashirts, fascists, fascism, right wing, fox news, have you seen the little piggies, racism, conservatism, william f. buckley, barry goldwater, ronald reagan, healthcare, assassination, bastards
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- 2023 Views
- 2 Comments
New RNC "Terrorist" Flyer & The Goldwaters Endorse Barack
OCTOBER 23, 2008 1:45PM
Topics: campaign, mccain, sarah palin, biden, rnc, barack obama, mccain/palin, terrorist, smear, flyer, goldwaters, republican national committee, mail, cbs' early show, harry smith, negative ad campaign, socialistic, pals around with terrorists, barry goldwater, mr. conservative, granddaughter, cc goldwater, fear tactics, johnson/goldwater
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