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    • Editor's Pick
    • 43 Ratings
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    I'll Take Republican Game Show Hosts for $20, Alex

    NOVEMBER 1, 2010 5:25PM

    By O'Really?


    Topics: midterm elections, get out and vote, profiling, daily beast, national review, chuck woolery, pat sajak, wink martindale, drew carey, merv griffin, jeff foxworthy, ben stein, alex trebek, john edwards, republicans, democrats, tea party, election day

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 6921 Views
    • 46 Comments
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    Republicans Set to Repeat 1964 Disaster?

    AUGUST 27, 2012 9:47AM

    By Ted Frier


    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

    • Editor's Pick
    • 27 Ratings
    • 8014 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    Rick Santorum and the Closing of the Conservative Mind

    FEBRUARY 29, 2012 3:09PM

    By Ted Frier


    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

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 2916 Views
    • 29 Comments
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    "Liberal Fascism" and Other Rightist Deceptions

    MAY 11, 2012 12:09PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: american prospect, divisiveness, plutocrats, tax cuts, deficits, david stockman, supply side economics, pathway to prosperity, pell grants, ayn rand, president obama, paul ryan, charles krauthammer, neo-conservatives, thomas mann and norm ornstein, conservative movement, pulitzer prize, national review, hack list, alex pareene, jonah goldberg, republican party, right wing, fascism, liberalism, poliitcs

    • 9 Ratings
    • 1110 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    Another "Neo" conservative escapes right wing's Matrix

    MAY 30, 2012 11:36AM

    By Ted Frier


    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

    • 3 Ratings
    • 725 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Neocons Exploiting Benghazi to Regain "War on Terror"

    NOVEMBER 21, 2012 11:59AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, foreign policy, terrorism, benghazi, mitt romney, neoconservatives, president obama, george w. bush, condi rice, susan rice, ambassador stevens, libya, donald rumsfled, dick cheney, marines, iraq, green zone, john mccain, lindsey graham, watergate, downing street memo, valarie plame, osama bin laden, 9/11, ann coulter, richard clarke, the war on terror, october surprise, 2012 election, national review, fox news, afghanistan, kevin drum, michael tomasky, andrew sullivan, ron suskind, one percent doctrine, pre-emptive war, american exceptionalism, united nations

    • 6 Ratings
    • 18245 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    A Citizens United conspiracy, complete with two Supremes

    OCTOBER 22, 2010 9:26AM

    By Jimmy Zuma


    Topics: justice thomas, ginni thomas, koch brothers, david koch, antonin scalia, citizens united, supreme court, fox news, national review, washington examiner, mccain-feingold, john birch society, new yorker, new york times, washington post, karl crow, liberty central, jimmy zuma

    • 3 Ratings
    • 2226 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    America: A Culture Of Bullies & Violence?

    FEBRUARY 21, 2010 12:51PM

    By Hal_M


    Topics: the plague, dick cheney, sarah palin, republicans, democrats, washington post, barack obama, russia, middle class, america, national review, violence, black, q&a, tea party, fox news, african-american, bomb iran, bully, intimidate, weak, house republican retreat, baltimore, teleprompter, luke russert, ezra klein, marco rubio, libertarian, daniel pipes, mike tyson, a really good one-term president, chuck todd, sam stein, dee dee myers, irs, plane, common-sense solutions, teabaggers, big business, corporate entities, wealthy

    • 2 Ratings
    • 569 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    GOP: America's "Ruling Class?"

    DECEMBER 4, 2012 9:40AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, republican party, fiscal cliff, ruling class, tea party, debt ceiling crisis, democratic party, speaker boehner, president obama, recession, tax increase, entitlement cuts, medicare, social security, national review, conservative movement, brent bozell, john fund, reince priebus, mitch mcconnell, slavery, ed kilgore, peggy noonan, plutocracy, democracy, chris matthews, white men's party, founding fathers, paul krugman, class warfare

    • 4 Ratings
    • 2716 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Obama Birth Certificate History Lesson 101

    AUGUST 1, 2009 4:32AM

    By Hal_M


    Topics: world net daily, wnd, wikianswers, washington post, wall street journal, usa today, united states, u.s. news and world report, u.s., southern, short form, sarah palin, research 2000, republicans, politico, okubo, national review, muslim school, msnbc, miss california carrie prejean, miami herald, lou dobbs, los angeles times, lolo soetoro, linda lingle, leonard pitts jr, larry johnson, kenya, jon klein, john mccain, james taranto, indonesia, honululu advertiser, honolulu star-bulletin, hillary clinton, hawaii, george w. bush, factcheck.org, don ho, dixie, dhll, democrats, daily kos, cnn, citizen, chiyome fukino, certification of live birth, catholic school, cambridge, c.i.a., birthers, birth certificate, bill maher, bill clinton, barry soetoro, barack obama, ancestry, 2001, 1967

    • 5 Ratings
    • 508 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    GOP Out Of Touch With The World. Again.

    OCTOBER 9, 2009 7:16PM

    By Hal_M


    Topics: yasser arafat, taliban, rush limbaugh, redstate's erick erickson, rebulican national committee, out of touch, obama, nobel peace prize, national review, mark krikorian, john miller, john bolton, iran, ignorance, hamas, gop, glenn beck, democratic national committee, brad woodhouse, bill kristol, andy mccarthy, affirmative action

    • 3 Ratings
    • 366 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Hilarious, Pseudo-Scientific Right Wing "Research" on OWS

    DECEMBER 23, 2011 10:39PM

    By ezra.silk


    Topics: occupy america, national review, frontier lab

    • 2 Ratings
    • 152 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Cruzing for a Bruising

    MAY 2, 2013 10:22AM

    By Robert J. Elisberg


    Topics: ted cruz, conservative, republican party, national review

    • 0 Ratings
    • 237 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Careful who you Call a Liar, Thomas Sowell

    NOVEMBER 15, 2012 7:45PM

    By The Bruzzer


    Topics: national review, liars, liar, lies, lie, minimum wage, sowell, obama

    • 0 Ratings
    • 287 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Republicans show desperation after NY 26th loss

    MAY 25, 2011 7:28PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: ej dionne, national review, ideology, right wing, conservatives, new york 26th, republican party, politics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 63 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Oh, Mitt!

    NOVEMBER 18, 2012 9:16AM

    By The Bruzzer


    Topics: politics, election, economy, economic, romney, national review, charen

    • 0 Ratings
    • 153 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    ROMNEY: NEO-CONS AND GIANT-ROBOT AMERICA

    SEPTEMBER 1, 2012 12:56PM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: occupy wall street, wall street, finance, politics, gordon hilgers, new america foundation, americans for tax reform, grover norquist, americans for prosperity, charles and david koch, american crossroads, crossroads gps, karl rove, american right to life association, rapture, focus on the family, shared sacrifice, freedomworks, dick armey, tea party patriots, tea party express, tea party nation, tea party, national review, william kristol, vladimir putin, russia, war with syria, war with iran, syria, iran, national debt, economic downturn, u. s. economy, u. s. treasury, non-governmental operatives, shadow elite, janine wedel, flex-net, foreign affairs, foreign policy, israel, needless war, perpetual war, war for profit, republican party, trotskyites, neo-con, neoconservatism, irving kristol, donald rumsfeld, paul wolfowitz, daniel perle, mitt romney

    • 1 Ratings
    • 787 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Sometimes you just have to bite your tongue

    JANUARY 9, 2012 2:55PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, national review, john yoo, torture memos, recess appointment, consumer financial protection board, republican party, mitch mcconnell, rick santorum, social conservatives, jobs, economics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 853 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    The Proof of the Pudding Concerning the Koch Brothers

    FEBRUARY 27, 2011 10:20PM

    By Steven J. Gulitti


    Topics: americans for prosperity, scott walker, charles koch, david koch, ohio, indiana, pennsylvania, wisconsin public union protests, anti-union animus, rupert murdoch, news corp, american legislative exchange council, the pbs news hour, jim leherer, national review, tim phillips, george soros, scott hagerstrom, cornelius vanderbilt, andrew carnegie, open society foundation, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 0 Ratings
    • 541 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Detention Industry Surges in Economic Crisis

    FEBRUARY 19, 2009 2:27PM

    By The Media Consortium


    Topics: immigration reform, terrorism, ice, detention centers, national review, mark krikorian, immigrants, newsladder, immigration newsladder, detention, economic crisis

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