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    CPAC Follies of 2013

    MARCH 18, 2013 3:45PM

    By Tom Degan


    Topics: politics, molly colgan, chrsi christie, sarah palin, cpac, marco rubio, rand paul, wayne lapierre, alan west, tom degan

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    • 11 Ratings
    • 913 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    "Madhouse" Speaker John Boehner

    MARCH 1, 2013 3:57PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: president george h. w. bush, newt gingrich, rick scott, democracy, filibuster, israel, iran, neoconservatism, friends of hamas, james inhofe, rand paul, mccarthyism, ted cruz, rush limbaugh, fox news, jonathan chait, entitlement cuts, tax cuts, propaganda, james madison institute, defense, medicaid, chuck hagel, speaker boehner, president obama, sequester, push poll, republican party. tea party, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 23 Ratings
    • 7840 Views
    • 109 Comments
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    ObamaCare’s Day in Court: Reductio ad absurdum

    MARCH 28, 2012 2:10PM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: chief justice roberts, roger pilon, cato institute, free market solutions to health care costs, ayn rand, rand paul, national public radio, nina totenberg, emtala, the emergency medical treatment and active labor act, supreme court review of the affordable care act, individual mandate, obamacare, affordable care act, health care reform, health care, public policy, law, justice alito, : justice scalia

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 2549 Views
    • 29 Comments
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    Koch Brothers v. Health Reform

    MARCH 26, 2012 3:41PM

    By Robert Greenwald


    Topics: open call, health care reform, landmark legal foundation, family research council, cato institute, freedom works, texas public policy foundation, pacific research institute, competitive enterprise institute, galen institute, claude r. lambe charitable foundation, national federation of independent business, koch brothers exposed, americans for prosperity, affordable care act, supreme court, rand paul, jim demint, michelle bachmann, jesse lava, brave new foundation, robert greenwald, david koch, charles koch, koch brothers

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    • 2 Ratings
    • 2319 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Republican Anagrams 2012

    JUNE 24, 2011 12:26AM

    By Daniel Rigney


    Topics: anagramistan, rimshot the sitdown comic, red meat republicans, red meat conservatives, reddest of the red meat republicans, tea with that red meat?, fallon, frenemies, puns want to be free, word games want to be free, use without permission, attribution appreciated, republican, crab lineup, republicans, caliber puns, supreme court, prosecute rum, computer user, scores guns, democrats, curse songs, old rant dump, damn turd pol, rick perry, rick prayer, rick santorum, catkin rumours, iran must rock, republican anagrams, republican anagrams 2012, daniel rigney, danagram, open call, politics, comedy, satire, humor, internet anagram server, i rearrangement servant, wordie, scrambled words for breakfast, jumble puzzle, anagram puzzle, word puzzle, pun puzzle, houston chronicle, la piranhas, sarah palin, sharia plan, metro minty, memory tint, mitt romney, michele bachmann, i becalm henchman, red meat republicans, oral pun, a pol run, ron paul, rand paul, paul ryan, ayn rand, from the same pod, thanks for the memories, usual gang of idiots, mad magazine, colbert, daily show with jon stewart, go rachel maddow, msnbc, comedy central, wordies of the world unite, word nerds of the world unite, word nerds, steal this blogpost, word nerds of the world unite, danagram salutes comedy writers, conan o'brien, letterman, rice thresher+back page, earth certificates, jon huntsman, nut man, man nuts, letterman + squirrels, we report you decide, fair and balanced, satire, frenemies, brooke alvarez, onion news network, onn, the onion, wait wait don't tell me, paula poundstone, 'gram, encryption, retching wing, crew night gin, newt gingrich, television, news, gossip, 'gram, political amnesia, video, belief/religion

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 1925 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Donald Trump Tries to Stand Out in 2012 Presidential Field

    FEBRUARY 16, 2011 4:02PM

    By John S


    Topics: comedy, news, politics, economy, business, trump, donald trump, 2012, republican, cpac, conservative, van susteren, president, whitman, meg whitman, new york, gay marriage, south korea, bloomberg, reagan, rand paul

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 1657 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    CPAC 2011 was a carnival of weirdness

    FEBRUARY 14, 2011 9:10AM

    By Jimmy Zuma


    Topics: jimmy zuma, republican, tom tancredo, donald trump, john boehner, governor mitch daniels, trey stinnett, sarah palin, jimmy mcmillan, michele bachmann, rand paul, booth, john birch, wooldridge, howard, american conservative union, cpac

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 1711 Views
    • 67 Comments
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    Either way, Senate gridlock is certain

    NOVEMBER 3, 2010 3:59PM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: senate election 2010, midterm elections 2010, open call, reporting the midterms, politics, marco rubio, joe manchin, jerry brown, deval patrick, harry reid, tea party, michael bennet, lisa murkowski, u.s. senate, 2010 u.s. senate election results, rand paul, russ feingold, sharron angle, joe miller, chris o’donnell, senate democrats 2010, senate republicans 2010

    • Editor's Pick
    • 31 Ratings
    • 6045 Views
    • 55 Comments
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    Now What, Washington?

    NOVEMBER 3, 2010 3:02AM

    By Gwool


    Topics: judd gregg, mike huckabee, harry truman, newt gingrich, mitt romney, bill clinton, bob dole, john boehner, george bush, mcglaughlin group, tip o'neil, morningjoe, ronald reagan, bush the better, mika brzezinski, joe scarborough, jon stewart, james carville, right?), karl rove, dick nixon, wtf, dick morris, james madison (i know, you'll get it), nikki haley, elizabeth taylor (read it, susana martinez, richard burton, charlie crist, mark rubio, john kasich, john mccain, russ feingold, deval patrick, ted kennedy, scott brown, arnold schwatzenegger, jerry brown, meg whitman, carly fiorina, arlen specter, joe sestak, pat toomey, bush, nader, al gore, alex giannoulias, mark kirk, obama, joe miller, lisa murkowski, tea party, sarah palin, sharon angle, harry reid, chris coons, christine o'donnell, rand paul, mid term elections, and last and certainly least ... jimmy carter!, fdr, dick lugar, judd gregg, mike huckabee, mitt romney, bob dole, john boehner, mcglaughlin group, morningjoe, mika brzezinski, joe scarborough, jon stewart, karl rove, dick nixon, dick morris, you'll get it), elizabeth taylor (read it, richard burton

    • Editor's Pick
    • 24 Ratings
    • 2242 Views
    • 66 Comments
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    How the Democrats Will Hold the Senate

    OCTOBER 28, 2010 8:24AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: rand paul, russ feingold, sharron angle, joe miller, chris o’donnell, senate democrats 2010, senate republicans 2010, senate election 2010, midterm elections 2010, open call, reporting the midterms, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 2244 Views
    • 47 Comments
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    Talking Points in the War on the Poor

    OCTOBER 7, 2010 12:04AM

    By aaroncynic


    Topics: medicaid, kentucky, rand paul, elections, news, politics, poverty

    • Editor's Pick
    • 52 Ratings
    • 3233 Views
    • 87 Comments
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    Renouncing my Status as a Republican Wannabe

    JUNE 7, 2010 10:27AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: politics, constitution, republican, libertarian, libertarianism, tea party, independent, democrat, republican wannabe, legal juvenile, spanking, time out, talking to, hedonism, values, party of values, bp, oil spill, financial crash, financial collapse, the big short, somalia, rachel maddow, richard engel, ronald reagan, rand paul, ron paul, goldwater, rockefeller, greed, greed is good, trust but verify, the constitution is not a suicide pact, we the people, general welfare

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 3151 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Obama’s Pragmatic Problem

    MAY 19, 2010 5:25PM

    By Rebecca Sarwate


    Topics: change, anger, gulf oil spill, rand paul, elena kagan, obama

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 2659 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Rand Paul isn't an outsider

    MAY 19, 2010 1:04PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: senate races, trey grayson, election 2010: game on!, kentucky primary, kentucky election, rand paul

    • Editor's Pick
    • 42 Ratings
    • 27701 Views
    • 52 Comments
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    Free PR Tips for Tea Partiers! (Updated!)

    APRIL 16, 2010 12:59AM

    By Drewonimo


    Topics: comedy, humor, andrew breitbart, rand paul, sharron angle, homophobia, racism, news, politics, tea party

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