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    Seriously, Is Mitt Really Qualified?

    MAY 16, 2012 10:28AM

    By The Flylooper


    Topics: flylooper, obama, romney, democrats, republcans, election of 2012, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 2946 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    Empathy Wars: Mitt Romney and the GOP's Bully Politics

    MAY 15, 2012 1:24PM

    By Chauncey DeVega


    Topics: bullying, politics, 2012 campaign, republicans, democrats, obama, romney, authoritarianism

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 2212 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    History Repeats Itself in New Gilded Age

    APRIL 20, 2012 3:29PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: occupy wall street, robber barons, 14th amendment, declaration of independence, constitution, new deal, conservative movement, alliance for justice, women's rights, health care reform, socialism, paul krugman, michael lind, corporations are people, mitt romney, progressive movement, john marshal harlan, plessy v. ferguson, kevin phillips, jeff rosen, george will, constitution in exile, capitalism, right wing, democrats, republicans, federal income tax, bush v. gore, citizens united, judicial activism, founding fathers, civil war, pollock v. farmer's loan and trust, supreme court, conservatism, liberalism, democracy, plutocracy, gilded age, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 3250 Views
    • 45 Comments
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    Obamacare: Unconstitutional, but Necessary

    APRIL 13, 2012 9:24AM

    By blucey


    Topics: healthcare, law, legislation, obamacare, republicans, democrats

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 1094 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Wisconsin's Recall: Time for New Thinking

    APRIL 7, 2012 11:45PM

    By Kristen Raney


    Topics: democratic primary, scott walker, unions, doug la follette, kathleen vinehout, kathleen falk, tom barrett, wisconsin, democrats, primary elections, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 34 Ratings
    • 2004 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    We Told You So, Democrats

    MARCH 6, 2012 9:54AM

    By fingerlakeswanderer


    Topics: reproduction, democrats, contraception, abortion, family, feminism, health, news, politics, science

    • Editor's Pick
    • 38 Ratings
    • 5771 Views
    • 70 Comments
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    Hate speech at my US Post Office

    MARCH 2, 2012 1:08PM

    By David Satterlee


    Topics: values, us post office, threat, social anxieties, slavery, salami, review, republicans, public decency, psychology, post office, post, ocean, obama, neighbor, name, march, liberalism is a mental disorder, liberal ideas, iowa, interview notes, information board, hate speech, hate, faith, evangelical, democrats, dayton iowa, dayton, courage, convenience, conservative, civil rights, christian, chicken, bottom of the ocean

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 4111 Views
    • 46 Comments
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    Are We Too Dumb for Democracy?

    MARCH 2, 2012 8:52AM

    By blucey


    Topics: republicans, tea party, politics, obama, democrats, mass media, media, technology, journalism

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 8201 Views
    • 32 Comments
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    Obama Continues to Box In His Opposition

    FEBRUARY 14, 2012 1:06PM

    By The Flylooper


    Topics: election of 2012, gop, republican, democrats, obama, flylooper, birth control, catholic, democrats, obama, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 16850 Views
    • 31 Comments
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    The 3 Reasons All Young Adults Are Liberal

    JANUARY 17, 2012 9:06AM

    By blucey


    Topics: elections, government, democrats, republicans, liberals, tea party, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 4260 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    GOP Economics: Failure Is Not An Option. It's a Requirement.

    JANUARY 16, 2012 5:13PM

    By Bob Simpson


    Topics: unions, labor, democrats, republicans, politics, economy, business

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 5401 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Shattering the class warfare taboo

    JANUARY 13, 2012 12:49AM

    By Jimmy Zuma


    Topics: politics, rush limbaugh, election, class conflict, president obama, mitt romney, middle class, jimmy zuma, republicans, independents, democrats, wealthy, citizens united, class warfare, occupy wall street, pew research center

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 3923 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    Journalism School No Longer Will Teach Ethics

    DECEMBER 22, 2011 1:59PM

    By Arthur Louis


    Topics: republicans, democrats, politics, ethics, journalism

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 3388 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    John Boehner Operating on Borrowed Time?

    DECEMBER 21, 2011 12:39PM

    By The Flylooper


    Topics: election of 2012, flylooper, senate, house, obama, democrats, gop, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 839 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    The Democrats' Worst Nightmare.

    DECEMBER 2, 2011 1:34AM

    By Farleftside


    Topics: cartoon saturday, hermain cain, democrats, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 1923 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Does Perry's Debate Regret Speak to a Broader Trend?

    OCTOBER 28, 2011 4:35PM

    By Brian Carter


    Topics: gingrich, debates, media, press, candidates, primaries, president, democrats, gop, republican, republicans, rick perry, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 973 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Who Is Making Congress Look Bad?

    OCTOBER 15, 2011 11:15AM

    By MuddyPolitics


    Topics: democrats, gop, washington, conservatives, tea party, congress, president obama, barack obama, mitch mcconnell, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 1155 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    Gang of 12. Ready. Aim. Negotiate!

    OCTOBER 7, 2011 12:46PM

    By Graham Sale


    Topics: saturday cartoons, cartoons, humor, graham sale, congress, obama, economy, debt, jobs, negotiation, democrats, gop, follies, super debt committee, gang of 12

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 1801 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    Obama Is Still in the Driver's Seat.

    OCTOBER 6, 2011 8:31AM

    By The Flylooper


    Topics: elections, republicans, democrats, obama, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 25 Ratings
    • 1581 Views
    • 39 Comments
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    A Political Education

    SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 10:27AM

    By fingerlakeswanderer


    Topics: freshman orientation, politics, potus, magnuson, bayh, reagan, young love, teen pregnancy, senate, republicans, democrats

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