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    • 9 Ratings
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    Another "Neo" conservative escapes right wing's Matrix

    MAY 30, 2012 11:36AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: lawrence wilkerson, richard clarke, bruce bartlett, david frum, barry goldwater, david stockman, george w bush, colin powell, weekly standard, forbes, washington times, national review, reagan administration, finance capitalism, wall street, plutocrats, robber barons, gilded age, liberty, freedom, allen west, clinton impeachment, authoritarianism, mike lofgren, traditions of civility, walter lippmann, democracy, nullification, fox news, iran-contra, watergate, bill clinton, barack obama, new deal, communist party, right wing extremism, alexis de tocqueville, edmund burke, bismarck, salon, mccarthyism, democratic party, liberalism, fascism, conservatism, michael fumento, neo, the matrix, republican party, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 343 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Democrats expected to do GOP's dirty work for it

    MAY 29, 2012 6:24AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, republican party, democratic party, president obama, mitt romney, politifact, pants on fire liar, fedeal spending, tea party, deficits, joan walsh, american enterprise institute, ann coulter, wall street journal, david frum, fiscal austerity, economic crisis, herbert hoover, great depression, paul krugman, fiscal stimulus, conservative principles

    • 5 Ratings
    • 223 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Barack Obama makes it easy to be Green

    MAY 28, 2012 6:19PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: gay/lesbian, working class, wisconsin gubernatorial recall election, wisconsin, war profiteers, war profiteering, war, vietraq war, u.s. military, same-sex marriage, saddam hussein, republican tea party, republican party, reichstag fire, presidential politics, politics, plutocrats, plutocracy, pepsi party, obama, nazis, nazi party, mittens romney, mitt romney, military-industrial-corporate complex, military industrial complex, middle class, memorial day, matt taibbi, labor unions, labor movement, labor, june 5 presidential primary election, john mccain, john kerry, jill stein, iraq war, iraq, halliburton, green party, gray davis, george w. bush, doma, democratic party, defense of marriage act, cruz bustamante, coke party, california gubernatorial recall election, california, bushcheneycorp, bill clinton, big oil, barack obama, arnold schwarzenegger, arnold

    • 3 Ratings
    • 206 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Aristocracy Now!

    MAY 20, 2012 12:04PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: no tax pledge, grover norquist, teddy roosevelt, jp morgan, french nobility, french revolution, free market capitalism, freedom of speech, black liberation theology, reverand wright, super pac, nixon enemies list, paling around with terrorists, john mccain, rachel maddow, alexis de tocqueville, fox news, bill o'reilly, president obama, mitt romney, democratic party, republican party, aristocracy, democracy, catholic bishops, religion, economics, politics

    • 4 Ratings
    • 346 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Americans Have 3 Choices: Bushbamney, Third-Party or Nobody

    MAY 18, 2012 12:29PM

    By Watching Frogs Boil


    Topics: vvv pr, ows, occupy wall street, fascists, fascism, sheeple, vote for nobody, gop, republican party, republicans, democratic party, democrats, elections, voting, romney, bush, obomney, obamney, bushbama, bushbamney

    • 3 Ratings
    • 179 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Fair Weather Dems will be the Death of Us Yet

    MAY 18, 2012 8:51AM

    By Ramonas Voices


    Topics: privatize, vast right wing conspiracy, republicans, ralph nader, presidential election, mitt romney, george w. bush, fair weather dems, democratic party, barack obama

    • 1 Ratings
    • 276 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Americans Died So Republicans Could Play Politics

    MAY 3, 2012 10:22AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, right wing, republican party, osama bin laden, president obama, max cleland, karl rove, iraq, seal team six, al qaeda, 2002 elections, democratic party, foreign affairs, neoconservatism, john kerry, karl rove, george w bush, tom ricks, fox news, sean hannity, ed gillespie, john mccain, mark mckinnon, uss abraham lincoln, mission accomplished

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 2931 Views
    • 35 Comments
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    Romney, GOP Offer Only Empty Slogans

    APRIL 27, 2012 2:49PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: stereotypes, public opinion, walter lippmann, allegory of the cave, plato's republic, plato, david frum, planned parenthood, social justice, catholic bishops, catholic church, spending cuts, tax hikes, david brooks, partisanship, ezra klein, frank luntz, jennifer rubin, head start, medicaid, student loans, politico, class warfare, andrew breitbart, thomas frank, divisive, socialism, 2012 election, democratic party, president obama, poverty, lucky duckies, wall street journal, job creators, eric cantor, republican party, ryan budger, paul ryan, mitt romney, economics, politics

    • 2 Ratings
    • 113 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Independent Voter or Independent Poser? Take the Test

    APRIL 26, 2012 2:31PM

    By Howard Steven Friedman


    Topics: politics news, independent voters, bush v gore, saddam hussein, presidential election, john kerry, democratic party, 2012 presidential election, rick perry, barack obama, elections 2012, supreme court, rick santorum, republican party, osama bin laden, mitt romney, michele bachmann, john mccain, herman cain, george w bush, barack obama, elections 2012

    • 3 Ratings
    • 441 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Mrs. Mittens is NO feminist

    APRIL 13, 2012 3:26PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: ann romney, church of jesus christ of latter-day saints, feminism, feminists, hilary rosen, misogyny, mitt romney, mittens romney, mormon cult, mormonism, mormons, motherhood, parenthood, parenting, patriarchy, politics, sexism, stay-at-home moms, stay-at-home mothers, women, women's rights, ann romney, church of jesus christ of latter-day saints, democratic party, feminism, feminists, hilary rosen, michelle obama, misogyny, mitt romney, mittens romney, mormon cult, mormonism, mormons, motherhood, parenthood, parenting, patriarchy, politics, republican party, republican tea party, sexism, stay-at-home moms, stay-at-home mothers, women, women's rights

    • 3 Ratings
    • 1026 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Mitt Romney's Lying is the Real Voter Fraud

    APRIL 9, 2012 9:15AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, right wing, republican party, mitt romney, acorn, voter fraud, voter suppression, conservative movement, atticus finch, to kill a mockingbird, democratic party, fox news, rachel maddow, lying, dana milbank, james fallows, medicare, great depression, president obama, politifact, chevrolet volt, false equivalence, mainstream media, conservative movement

    • 4 Ratings
    • 290 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    "We the People" and other things that aren't true

    MARCH 31, 2012 10:41AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, right wing, fox news, propaganda, president obama, freedom, tyranny, plutocracy, economics, tax, sarah palin, republican party, democratic party

    • 2 Ratings
    • 267 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    In which I actually defend Team Mittens

    MARCH 22, 2012 10:34PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: barack obama, bill clinton, birth control, change, clinton, clintons, contraception, democratic party, etch-a-sketch, hillary clinton, hope, mitt romney, mittens romney, mormonism, obama, politics, pornography, president obama, presidential politics, prick santorum, republican party, republican tea party, rick santorum, romney, santorum

    • 9 Ratings
    • 804 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    Republicans Were Grand Once Upon a Time

    MARCH 5, 2012 10:10AM

    By Ted Frier


    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

    • 1 Ratings
    • 422 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Assorted shit Sunday!

    FEBRUARY 19, 2012 4:18PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: 2012 presidential election, arizona, babeu, barack obama, bill clinton, bill maher, california, change, closet case, closet cases, coen brothers, democratic party, gays, george w. bush, green party, head case, head cases, hillary clinton, hope, hypocrisy, hypocrites, immigration, jan brewer, jill stein, joe wilson, john mccain, jose, mexico, mitt romney, new times, obama, obama slogans, paul babeu, phoenix, phoenix new times, pinal county, pinal county sheriff paul babeu, politics, president barack obama, president obama, prick santorum, racism, racists, ralph nader, republican party, republican tea party, rick santorum, romney, roseanne barr, santorum, sex scandal, sex scandals, white supremacism, white supremacists, wingnuts, closet cases, head cases, politics, gay/lesbian

    • 0 Ratings
    • 177 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    The Obama Conundrum: Is Accepting Super PAC Money Hypocrisy?

    FEBRUARY 10, 2012 5:37AM

    By Michael Russnow


    Topics: news, television, politics, business, gay marriage, cpac, banks, financial crisis, economy, liberals, conservatives, health care reform, mitt romney 2012, financial crisis, environment, gay rights, democratic party, republican party, congress, elections 2012, super pac money, marquess of queensberry, joe lieberman, ben nelson, supreme court, tea party, fox news, abc, cbs, msnbc, nbc, cnn, anderson cooper, the house of representatives, the senate, democrats, newt gingrich, rick santorum, mitt romney, sheldon adelson, swift boat veterans for truth, george w. bush, 2012 presidential campaign, barack obama, john kerry, ram productions international, michael russnow

    • 3 Ratings
    • 894 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Assorted shit Sunday!

    JANUARY 29, 2012 5:01PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: wealth disparity, violence, vandalism, texas, sexual preference, sexual orientation, separate but not equal, separate but equal, same-sex marriage, rick perry, republican tea party, republican party, protests, protest, prick perry, politics, plutocrats, plutocracy, ows, occupy wall street movement, occupy wall street, oakland city hall, oakland, nonviolence, mitt romney's wealth, mitt romney, income disparity, human rights, homosexuality, heterosexuality, flag burning, equality, democratic party, cynthia nixon, civil rights, california, anarchists, american flag, american flag, anarchists, california, civil rights, cynthia nixon, equality, flag burning, heterosexuality, homosexuality, human rights, nonviolence, oakland, oakland city hall, occupy wall street, occupy wall street movement, ows, plutocracy, plutocrats, politics, prick perry, protest, protests, rick perry, same-sex marriage, separate but equal, separate but not equal, sexual orientation, sexual preference, texas, vandalism, violence, politics, gay/lesbian, feminism

    • 3 Ratings
    • 665 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Obama angers GOP by standing up for middle class

    JANUARY 29, 2012 9:11AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: saul alinsky, clintonism, neo-liberalism, fox news, frank luntz, democratic party, fdr, great depression, 2008 financial crisis, state of the union address, wall street, southern strategy, populism, newt gingrich, thomas frank, middle class, supply side economics, rightt wing, tea party, president obama, republican party, economics, politics

    • 6 Ratings
    • 1323 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    The Time has Come

    JANUARY 13, 2012 5:16AM

    By Written by an American


    Topics: politics, obama, democratic party, 99%

    • 1 Ratings
    • 437 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    A Ceiling, a Crackup and the End of a Dream?

    JANUARY 5, 2012 4:55PM

    By Steven J. Gulitti


    Topics: politics, 2012 presidential election, newt gingrich, christian conservatives, iowa caucuses, republican party, democratic party, barack obama, tea party, 2012 republican primary, rick santorum, ron paul, mitt romney

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