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    Democrats expected to do GOP's dirty work for it

    MAY 29, 2012 6:24AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, republican party, democratic party, president obama, mitt romney, politifact, pants on fire liar, fedeal spending, tea party, deficits, joan walsh, american enterprise institute, ann coulter, wall street journal, david frum, fiscal austerity, economic crisis, herbert hoover, great depression, paul krugman, fiscal stimulus, conservative principles

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    • 6 Ratings
    • 2216 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Catholic on Catholic civil war brewing

    MAY 24, 2012 1:16PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: religion, politics, catholic church, bishops, contraception, president obama, republican party, religious right, leadership council of women religious, sister joan chittister, ej dionne, fascism, pope pius xii, us conference of bishops, national catholic reporter, nazism, adolph hitler, religious freedom, first amendment, maureen dowd, health insurance mandate, homosexuality, new ways ministry, catholic charities, caritas, girl scouts, vatican, authoritarianism, papal infallibility, democracy, women's rights, obedience

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    • 1 Ratings
    • 507 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Open Primaries: We Need a Return to Voting By Party Members

    MAY 14, 2012 6:30AM

    By Michael Russnow


    Topics: news, politics, washington state, u.s. supreme court, u. s. senate, republican party, proposition 198, proposition 14, primary elections, peace and freedom party, pat buchanan, non-partisan blanket primary, michael russnow, louisiana, libertarian party, google, george w. bush, dianne feinstein, california democratic party, butterfly ballot, blanket primary system, american independent party, al gore, 2000 presidential election

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 1810 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

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 2931 Views
    • 35 Comments
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    Romney, GOP Offer Only Empty Slogans

    APRIL 27, 2012 2:49PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: stereotypes, public opinion, walter lippmann, allegory of the cave, plato's republic, plato, david frum, planned parenthood, social justice, catholic bishops, catholic church, spending cuts, tax hikes, david brooks, partisanship, ezra klein, frank luntz, jennifer rubin, head start, medicaid, student loans, politico, class warfare, andrew breitbart, thomas frank, divisive, socialism, 2012 election, democratic party, president obama, poverty, lucky duckies, wall street journal, job creators, eric cantor, republican party, ryan budger, paul ryan, mitt romney, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 815 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    True Republican Mavericks

    APRIL 26, 2012 9:40AM

    By Steven J. Gulitti


    Topics: politics, david dewhurst, american action network, speechnow.org, freedomworks, club for growth, republican primaries, republican party, citizens united, adam kinzinger, don manzullo, richard lugar, mitch mcconnell, eric cantor, mitch daniels, john mccain, olympia snowe, republican radicals, tea party

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 2513 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    Good News! Mitt Romney Never Ate a Dog

    APRIL 20, 2012 10:19AM

    By Robert J. Elisberg


    Topics: republican party, gop, mitt romney, dog, president obama

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 2911 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    Mitt Romney and GOP: Wiping the Slate Clean

    MARCH 22, 2012 10:19AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, republican party, mitt romney, eric fehrnstrom, etch-a-sketch, conservatism, george w. bush, gaffe, president obama, ohio art, rachel maddow, timothy noah, cnn, massachusetts, mike dukakis, social media, going viral, fraud, november election, massachusetts state house press gallary

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 2042 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Another Limbaugh "Slut and Prostitute" not on Welfare

    MARCH 7, 2012 8:10PM

    By Francesca Biller


    Topics: mitt romney, republican party, 2012 presidential elections, ignorance, the pope, government aid, welfare, the food stamp president, president barack obama, modern women, former house speaker newt gingrich, birth control, fertile genes, georgetown university law student, unwanted child, welfare, prostitute, slut, rush limbaugh

    • Editor's Pick
    • 27 Ratings
    • 7094 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
    • 4 Ratings
    • 2463 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    The People's Action Committee: A Super PAC Bucks The Trends

    JANUARY 30, 2012 7:26AM

    By Heather Michon


    Topics: occupy2012pac, occupy, stephen colbert, bob stannard, vermont, kse campaigns, kse partners, todd bailey, disclose act, scott brown, elizabeth warren, mitt romney, newt gingrich, gop, republican party, independent expenditure committees, super pac, americans for a better tomorrow today

    • Editor's Pick
    • 20 Ratings
    • 10661 Views
    • 49 Comments
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    A Very Impersonal Thing: Ron Paul's Polite White Racism

    JANUARY 25, 2012 1:28PM

    By Chauncey DeVega


    Topics: ron paul, libertarianism, politics, republican party, race, civil rights, civil war

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 4174 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Why is the Republican field so weak?

    JANUARY 18, 2012 3:02PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: family research council, rick santorum, washington post, fred hiatt, tea party, right wing, 2010 election, republican party, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 2769 Views
    • 35 Comments
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    Gingrich pulls back curtain on "predatory" capitalism

    JANUARY 11, 2012 2:58PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: hedge funds, bain capital, financialization, wall street, republican party, mitt romney, newt gingrich, supply side capitalism, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 7695 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    Santorum Dials 911 for Sex Police

    JANUARY 6, 2012 11:53AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, religion, rick santorum, catholic church, birth control, republican party, tea party, radical right, president obama, health care, social compact, john f. kennedy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 37 Ratings
    • 5791 Views
    • 72 Comments
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    Gingrich Will Be the GOP Nominee

    DECEMBER 5, 2011 10:44AM

    By Procopius


    Topics: republican party, evangelilcals, election 2012, mitt romney, newt gingrich

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 3412 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    God Told Me to Write This Article

    NOVEMBER 16, 2011 8:40AM

    By Robert J. Elisberg


    Topics: religion, god, sarah pallin, rick perry, michele bachman, mitt romney, herman cain, presidential candidates, republican party

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 1771 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Republicans Channel Their Inner David Cronenberg

    OCTOBER 12, 2011 10:26AM

    By Robert J. Elisberg


    Topics: republican party, michele bachmann, jon kyl

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 1575 Views
    • 37 Comments
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    Time to Retire the Phrase "Tea Party"

    SEPTEMBER 8, 2011 1:31PM

    By Howard Steven Friedman


    Topics: politics, politics news, tea party movement, obamacare, media coverage, democratic party, 2012 presidential election, tea party, republicans, elections 2012, democrats, republican party

    • Editor's Pick
    • 1 Ratings
    • 1108 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Michele Bachmann’s New Normal: Damage Control

    JUNE 28, 2011 10:09PM

    By Steven J. Gulitti


    Topics: politics, tea party, iowa republican party, des moines register, kathie obradovich, cbs face the nation, bob schieffer, hardball with chris matthews, fox news sunday, chris wallace, sarah palin, rick perry, 2012 presidential election, iowa caucuses, mitt romney, republican party, michele bachmann

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