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    Worst Since Watergate? Please

    MAY 22, 2013 7:14PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: al qaeda, osama bin laden, kevin drum, war on terror, right wing propaganda, rush limbaugh, lindsey graham, john mccain, neoconservatives, watergate, peggy noonan, meet the press, david gregory, dick cheney, karl rove, scooter libby, george w bush, valarie plame, ronald reagan, iran contra, benghazi, irs scandal, president obama, peggy noonan, liberalism, conservatism, tea party, democratic party, republican party, politics

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    • 1277 Views
    • 31 Comments
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    Hagel Blows Chance to Show Israel Who's Boss

    FEBRUARY 3, 2013 2:16PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, foreign affairs, chuck hagel, israel, middle east, united states, president obama, john mccain, lindsey graham, secretary of defense, iran, neoconservatives, bibi netanyahu, likud, palestinians, nuclear bombs, tea party, ted cruz, peter beinart

    • 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

    • 3 Ratings
    • 767 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Two Views of the Republican Party's Future

    NOVEMBER 14, 2012 10:19AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: military action, neoconservatives, conservative talk radio, pragmatism, compromise, ronald reagan, gypsy moths, boll weevils, democracy, plutocracy, oligarchy, patriarchy, authoritarianism, reproductive freedoms, voter suppression, labor unions, 2016: obama's america, dinesh d'souza, ted kennedy, bill weld, obstructionism, filibuster, southern planter class, democratic machines, wasps, boston brahmin, revanchist, mitt romney, scott brown, yankee conservatism, massachusetts republican, john silber, ray shamie, jeff jacoby, james peyser, boston globe, reactionary, cory robin, tea party, republican party, economics, politics

    • 7 Ratings
    • 615 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Romney Fails Commander-in-Chief Test

    OCTOBER 23, 2012 11:17AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: secretary of state, andrew jackson, john quincy adams, henry clay, corrupt bargain, war hawks, neoconservatives, bill kristol, muslim brotherhood, al qaida, islamic terror, hosi murbarak, ohio, women's issues, food stamps, unemployment, tax increase, vietnam, war, defense budget, afghanistan, iraq, libya, syria, israel, iran, middle east, foreign affairs, presidential debate, 2012 election, president obama, mitt romney, economics, politics

    • 2 Ratings
    • 437 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Mitt Romney's Lehman Moment?

    SEPTEMBER 14, 2012 7:28PM

    By Steven J. Gulitti


    Topics: politics, right-wing pundits, marist polling, rasmussen reports, geroge w. bush, jimmy carter, herbert hoover, eugene robinson, bush administration, bill o'reilly, fox news, buzzfeed, mark salter, ron fournier, national journal, laura ingraham, bill kristol, rush limbaugh, swing state polls, the weekly standard, david ignatius, howard fineman, david frum, terry jones, appeasement, american exceptionalism, muslim street protests, anti-american violence, embassy attacks, egypt, libya, jewish voters, u.s. embassy in cairo, john mccain, peggy noonan, neoconservatives, colin powell, ambassador chris stevens, 2012 election, anti-muslim films, muslim protest, foreign policy, barack obama, mitt romney

    • 4 Ratings
    • 346 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Romney Foreign Policy Would Make Americans Unsafe

    JULY 15, 2012 8:05PM

    By Kenn Jacobine


    Topics: al qaeda, neoconservatives, israel, romney

    • 0 Ratings
    • 607 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Ron Paul's newsletters and the failure of mainstream media

    DECEMBER 30, 2011 1:36PM

    By Bruce Majors


    Topics: ron paul, james kirchick, the new republic, new york times, bigotry, zionism, reason magazine, neoconservatives, libertarians, economy, gossip, politics

    • 15 Ratings
    • 989 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    ILLICIT LOVE TRIANGLE!

    NOVEMBER 1, 2011 9:55AM

    By old new lefty


    Topics: economy, politics, news, china, iran, north korea, international relations, nukes, neoconservatives, balance of power, militarism, defense contracts, great britain, france, pakistan, john wayne, hans morgenthau, wikipedia, colonel kurtz, joseph conrad, foreign policy magazine, arthur miller, death of a salesman, willy loman, bobsled running, the decline of the american empire, ows

    • 0 Ratings
    • 608 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    First Responders: #Obama and #Osama on Twitter

    MAY 2, 2011 2:35AM

    By Daniel Rigney


    Topics: rigorously unscientific, red meat district, overheard on tweet street, danagram, daniel rigney, rocket's red glare, twitter nation, tpm, tweets per minute, blogosphere, death of osama, neoconservatives, 9/11, jon stewart, red meat district, twitter, #obama, tweet, #osama, nbc news, sarah silverman, jimmy kimmel, historianess, journalist, we are the champions, comedians, comedy, open+call, politics, technology, television, human comedy, future historians, cultural historians, open call

    • 1 Ratings
    • 442 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Response to Elliot Abrams’ “Bush was right” in WaPo

    JANUARY 30, 2011 7:45PM

    By markpkessinger


    Topics: elliot abrams, washington post, president bush, bush, george w. bush, neoconservatives, middle east, egypt

    • 2 Ratings
    • 327 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Attn Progressive Movers and Shakers: We Need A Plan

    FEBRUARY 24, 2010 1:12AM

    By shellouise


    Topics: news, politics, polarization, right-wing, progressive movement, liberals, neoconservatives, libertarians, global economy, corporate power

    • 1 Ratings
    • 512 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    "This god, this one word: I" Writing the Right.

    FEBRUARY 17, 2010 12:01PM

    By Doug Storm


    Topics: ayn rand, god, neoconservatives, fountainhead, greed, self-interest, capitalism, american, recommended, republican, conservative, jesus, immoral philosophy, gore vidal, esquire, mumford

    • 0 Ratings
    • 762 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    The Flawed Logic of William Kristol

    DECEMBER 19, 2009 11:32AM

    By Steven J. Gulitti


    Topics: newt gingrich, william kristol, glenn beck, rush limbaugh, mike huckabee, sarah palin, mitt romney, tea party, freedom works, americans for tax reform, olympia snowe, lindsey graham, john mccain, bob inglis, mickey edwards, christie todd whitman, tom ridge, colin powell, david frum, andrew sullivan, kathleen parker, republican party, conservatives, neoconservatives, politics

    • 1 Ratings
    • 229 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Obama stock Rally

    SEPTEMBER 20, 2009 5:21PM

    By Bart Stratton


    Topics: lawrence kudlow, club for growth, neoconservatives, stock market crash, rally, stock

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