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    2013: The stupid white man’s last stand?

    FEBRUARY 12, 2013 7:49PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: politics, belief/religion, wingnuttery, wingnuts, vietraq war, vatican ii, treason, traitors, ted nugent, stupid white men, stupid white man, south carolina, secretary of defense, republican tea party, republican party, popes, pope palpatine, politics, osama bin laden, navy seals, mittens romney, lindsey graham, joseph ratzinger, john mccain, iraq war, hurricane katrina, hitler youth, gun nuts, germany, germans, george w. bush, evil emperor, esquire, closet cases, closet case, chuck hagel, catholic church, candy crawley, 9/11, nra, national rifle association

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    • 3 Ratings
    • 883 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Marco Rubio's High Wire Act

    FEBRUARY 11, 2013 9:35AM

    By Robert J. Elisberg


    Topics: state of the union address, republican party, marco rubio

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 1442 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    No "Gipper" To Save GOP This Time

    FEBRUARY 9, 2013 12:02PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, ronald reagan, barry goldwater, tea party, republican establishment, republican party, 1964 election, richard hofstadter, pseudo-conservative, right wing, new deal, eisenhower administration, extremism no vice, great communicator, bobby jindal, eric cantor, mark rubio, paul ryan, medicaid, vouchers, social security, evil empire, tax hikes

    • 6 Ratings
    • 552 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    GOP A House Divided

    FEBRUARY 2, 2013 8:57AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, david brooks, conservatism, supply side economics, charles krauthammer, deep south, republican party, tea party, president obama, second inaugural, globalization, financialization, inequality, ronald reagan, ideology, big government, personal freedom, radical individualism, ej dionne, government encroachment, public opinion, bobby jindal, barry goldwater, paranoid style, richard hofstader

    • 2 Ratings
    • 226 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Paul Ryan Drives the GOP’s Clinton Love Bus

    JANUARY 29, 2013 10:44AM

    By Robert J. Elisberg


    Topics: paul ryan, barack obama, hillary clinton, bill clinton, republican party, gop

    • 7 Ratings
    • 573 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    "Liberal! Liberal! Liberal!"

    JANUARY 28, 2013 3:50PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: communist manifesto, declaration of independence, obama second inaugural, ayn rand, 47 percent, paul krugman, welfare state, gun control, ronald reagan, l-word, pell grants, theocracy, democracy, bain capital, income tax, tea party, right wing, conservatism, social security, medicaid, mediare, fdr, marxist, radical, reactionary, charles kruathammer, peggy noonan, president obama, republican party, democratic party, liberal, new deal, economics, politics

    • 5 Ratings
    • 347 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Repugnican losers are trying to rig the game

    JANUARY 24, 2013 12:31PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: 14th amendment, barack obama, blue states, california, d, democracy, democratic party, election rigging, electoral college, electoral votes, equal protection clause, equality, fairness, fourteenth amendment, maine, mitt romney, nebraska, new york, pennsylvania, politics, presidential elections, red states, republican party, republican tea party, traitors, treason, u.s. constitution, united states constitution, virginia, wisconsin, politics, ohio, michigan

    • 2 Ratings
    • 257 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    SHUTDOWN? FIRE ALL CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS

    JANUARY 14, 2013 11:12AM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: the daily complaint, gordon hilgers, freedomworks, tea party express, tea party patriots, tea party nation, tea party, big business, supermax, grover norquist, conservatism, conservative movement, conservatives, small government, americans for tax refrom, club for growth, raising revenue, tax cuts, afghanistan, iraq, military/industrial complex, food stamps, welfare, medicaid, social security, medicare, budget battle, partial government shutdown, john cornyn, small government, republican party

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 2906 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Conservative Political Correctness

    JANUARY 8, 2013 5:17PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: republican party, president obama, wall street journal, rupert murdoch, fox news, reality based communities, george w. bush, speech codes, college officials, liberals, totalitarianism, censorship, racial harassment, notre dame, kkk, right wing bubble, epistemic closure, right wing double standards, hypocrisy, traditions of civility, culture, minorities, freedom of speech, multi-culturalism, campaign finance, political correctness, conservative movement, bruce bartlett, george f will, conservatism, economics, politics

    • 5 Ratings
    • 622 Views
    • -20 Comments
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    Obama’s Round Two already shaping up just like Round One

    JANUARY 6, 2013 4:28PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: wingnuts, war criminals, vietraq war, vietnam war, u.s. secretary of state, u.s. secretary of defense, u.s. defense department, taxes, taxation, susan rice, social security, sellouts, robert gates, rich, republican tea party, republican party, politics, plutocrats, plutocracy, pepsi party, mittens romney, mitt romney, medicare, lindsey graham, john mccain, john kerry, jews, james hormel, israel-first lobby, israel, iraq war, homophobia, green party, george w. bush, gay rights, donald rumsfeld, dinos, dino, democratic party, coke party, chuck hagel, chickenhawks, bipartisanship, bill clinton, barack obama

    • 0 Ratings
    • 198 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Psst, Hey, Buddy, Can You Spare a Pledge?

    JANUARY 2, 2013 11:01AM

    By Robert J. Elisberg


    Topics: congress, republican party, pledge, economics, budget, fiscal cliff

    • 4 Ratings
    • 809 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    GOP Needs "Big Tent" For All Those Leaving It

    DECEMBER 29, 2012 12:24PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: house republican caucus, john boehner, john mccain, tax hikes, fiscal cliff, religion, assault weapons, nra, sandy hook massacre, gun control, theocracy, right wing, radicalism, governing, ronald reagan, george w. bush, mark mckinnon, charles krauthammer, democratic party, liberalism, conservatism, ideology, tea party, republican party, economics, politics

    • 1 Ratings
    • 329 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    CONGRESS: PROTECT THE RICH, KILL THE POOR

    DECEMBER 29, 2012 12:11PM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: the daily complaint, gordon hilgers, the disabled, the poor, the elderly, protected minorities, fiscal cliff debate, americans for tax reform, grover norquist, nazi party, club for growth, freedomworks, tea party express, tea party patriots, tea party nation, tea party, communist party u. s. a., capitalism, commericalism, corporatism, oligarchy, aristocracy, goldman sachs, wells fargo, citigroup, bank of america, chase, strike debt, occupy wall street, one percent, entitlements, medicare cuts, chain cpi, medicare, social security, social safety net, regulatory agencies, downsizing government, debt, bush tax cuts, war in afghanistan, war in iraq, conservative movement, republican party, boehner caucus, tea party caucus, eric cantor, john boehner, u. s. house of representatives, u. s. congress, congress

    • 0 Ratings
    • 121 Views
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    THE G.O.P. CONGRESS’ CONTEMPT FOR THE POOR

    DECEMBER 27, 2012 10:05AM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: the daily complaint, gordon hilgers, gop congress, republican party, freedomworks, tea party express, tea party patriots, tea party nation, tea party caucus, tea party, plutocracy, americans for tax reform, grover norquist, war on the poor, social welfare programming, government intervention, government, free market, economics, liberalism, socialism, glenn beck, ann coulter, michele malkin, bill o'reilly, sean hannity, rush limbaugh, american crossroads, crossroads gps, americans for prosperity, club for growth, fundamentalst christians, christian values, mutual responsibility, personal responsibility, cato institute, heritage foundation, conservative movement, conservatism, campaign finance reform, lobbyists, spending cuts, the national debt, the fiscal cliff debate, economics, meritocracy, the disabled, the elderly, the poor, the rich, the upper class, entitlements, wall street, occupy wall street, the one percent, medicaid, medicare, social security, ron paul, rand paul, michele bachmann, eric cantor, john boehner

    • 2 Ratings
    • 2089 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    NRA, Tea Party GOP in Rebellion Against America

    DECEMBER 26, 2012 12:26PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: conservative movement, the true believer, eric hoffer, fascism, right wing, assault weapons ban, second amendment, ej dionne, fiscal cliff, debt ceiling, speaker boehner, president obama, democratic party, republican party, oath keeprs, confederates, rebellion, sandy hook shooting, nra, tea party, gun control, politics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 94 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    CONGRESS IS WHAT THE MAYANS WARNED US ABOUT

    DECEMBER 21, 2012 7:18AM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: john boehner, eric cantor, u. s. congress, congress, u. s. house of representatives, house of representatives, house, republican party, conservative movement, fiscal cliff, sequester, dysfunctional government, barack obama, progressives, liberalism, progressivism, democratic party, big business, financial sector, regulations, government intervention, government intrusion, small government, big government, extremism, heritage foundation, cato institute, club for growth, occupy wall street, one percent, taxes, taxing the rich, economics, free market economics, ludwig von mises institute, ron paul, rand paul, libertarianism, double dip recession, middle class, karl rove, crossroads gps, american crossroads, freedomworks, tea party, tea party nation, tea party patriots, tea party express, tea party caucus, michele bachmann, speaker of the house, grover norquist, americans for tax reform, gordon hilgers, the daily complaint

    • 0 Ratings
    • 103 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    JOHN BOEHNER: SPEAKER LOONEY TUNES PASSES THE BUCK

    DECEMBER 20, 2012 11:17AM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: the daily complaint, gordon hilgers, americans for prosperity, american crossroads, crossroads gps, karl rove, freedomworks, tea party express, tea party patriots, tea party nation, tea party, corporatism, wall street, financial sector, deficit hawks, right wing blogosphere, bloomberg news, current television, msnbc, fox news, cbs, nbc, abc, commercial media, cato insititute, heritage foundation, conservative movement, conservatism, republican party, double-dip recession, economy, free market, free market advocacy, tea party caucus, dysfunctional government, fiscal cliff, occupy wall street, one percent, social security, medicare, fiscal cliff, bush administration, bush/cheney administration, smaller government, government regulation, national debt, obama administration, barack obama, tax cuts, tax hikes, americans for tax reform, grover norquist, heritage action fund, eric cantor, john boehner

    • 1 Ratings
    • 663 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Republicans Ambush Labor in Michigan

    DECEMBER 19, 2012 2:45PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: plutocracy, middle class, tea party, minimum wage, social security, collective bargaining, freedom, worker rights, democracy, ej dionne, theodore st. antoine, mediation, university of michigan law school, governor snyder, michigan, labor law, right to work, republican party, labor unions, economics, politics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 202 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    And What Do You Believe In?...

    DECEMBER 17, 2012 10:31AM

    By Robert J. Elisberg


    Topics: republican party, gop

    • 4 Ratings
    • 862 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    When Conservatives Play God

    DECEMBER 16, 2012 9:09AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: the conservative mind, russell kirk, supply side economics, road to serfdom, friedrich hayek, milton friedman, laissez faire, traditionalism, family values, founding fathers, supreme court, vatican ii, origionalism, catholic church, morality, gay rights, voter suppression, republican party, howard dean, the federalist, constitution, planter elite, james madison, walter lippmann, newt gingrich, absolutism, autocracy, liberalism, conservatism, justice scalia, economics, politics

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