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    • 9 Ratings
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    Another "Neo" conservative escapes right wing's Matrix

    MAY 30, 2012 11:36AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: lawrence wilkerson, richard clarke, bruce bartlett, david frum, barry goldwater, david stockman, george w bush, colin powell, weekly standard, forbes, washington times, national review, reagan administration, finance capitalism, wall street, plutocrats, robber barons, gilded age, liberty, freedom, allen west, clinton impeachment, authoritarianism, mike lofgren, traditions of civility, walter lippmann, democracy, nullification, fox news, iran-contra, watergate, bill clinton, barack obama, new deal, communist party, right wing extremism, alexis de tocqueville, edmund burke, bismarck, salon, mccarthyism, democratic party, liberalism, fascism, conservatism, michael fumento, neo, the matrix, republican party, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 344 Views
    • 8 Comments
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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

    • 5 Ratings
    • 223 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Barack Obama makes it easy to be Green

    MAY 28, 2012 6:19PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: gay/lesbian, working class, wisconsin gubernatorial recall election, wisconsin, war profiteers, war profiteering, war, vietraq war, u.s. military, same-sex marriage, saddam hussein, republican tea party, republican party, reichstag fire, presidential politics, politics, plutocrats, plutocracy, pepsi party, obama, nazis, nazi party, mittens romney, mitt romney, military-industrial-corporate complex, military industrial complex, middle class, memorial day, matt taibbi, labor unions, labor movement, labor, june 5 presidential primary election, john mccain, john kerry, jill stein, iraq war, iraq, halliburton, green party, gray davis, george w. bush, doma, democratic party, defense of marriage act, cruz bustamante, coke party, california gubernatorial recall election, california, bushcheneycorp, bill clinton, big oil, barack obama, arnold schwarzenegger, arnold

    • 13 Ratings
    • 188 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    Confessions of a Political Hit Man

    MAY 29, 2012 3:01PM

    By old new lefty


    Topics: politics, belief/religion, morality, machievelli, gop, republican party, christians, fundamentalists, evangelicals, wedge issues

    • Editor's Pick
    • 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

    • 0 Ratings
    • 91 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Lawyer With GOP Ties Apparently Died From "Huffing"

    MAY 23, 2012 2:45PM

    By RogerShuler


    Topics: inhalant abuse, huffing, karl rove, jack abramoff, william e. swatek, republican party, dax swatek, barret swatek, chace swatek

    • 3 Ratings
    • 206 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Aristocracy Now!

    MAY 20, 2012 12:04PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: no tax pledge, grover norquist, teddy roosevelt, jp morgan, french nobility, french revolution, free market capitalism, freedom of speech, black liberation theology, reverand wright, super pac, nixon enemies list, paling around with terrorists, john mccain, rachel maddow, alexis de tocqueville, fox news, bill o'reilly, president obama, mitt romney, democratic party, republican party, aristocracy, democracy, catholic bishops, religion, economics, politics

    • 4 Ratings
    • 348 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Americans Have 3 Choices: Bushbamney, Third-Party or Nobody

    MAY 18, 2012 12:29PM

    By Watching Frogs Boil


    Topics: vvv pr, ows, occupy wall street, fascists, fascism, sheeple, vote for nobody, gop, republican party, republicans, democratic party, democrats, elections, voting, romney, bush, obomney, obamney, bushbama, bushbamney

    • Editor's Pick
    • 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

    • 2 Ratings
    • 237 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    The Fat Is On The Fire

    MAY 12, 2012 1:00PM

    By Lauren J Barnhart


    Topics: republican party, religion, war on drugs, reagan, journalism, books, politics, generation of swine, hunter s. thompson

    • 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

    • 2 Ratings
    • 196 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Obama's Profile in Courage

    MAY 10, 2012 7:50PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, religion, religious right, president obama, gay marriage, republican party, mitt romney, tony perkins, family research council, bigotry, george bush, john kerry, rick santorum, joe biden

    • 6 Ratings
    • 336 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    America Faces Its Own "Clash of Civilizations"

    MAY 9, 2012 11:43AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, religion, republican party, catholic church, catholic bishops, nuns, war on women, karl rove, the inquisition, garry wills, authoritarianism, occupy wall street, social gospel, birth control controversy, free will, fascism, vatican, second vatican council, ej dionne, modernity, supreme court, citizens united, plutocracy, feminism, clash of civilizations, samuel huntington, saddam hussein, cold war, george w bush, democracy, republican in name only (rino), leadership conference of women religious, paul ryan

    • 8 Ratings
    • 806 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Wake up and smell the Koch Brothers, ALEC, and Astroturfing.

    MAY 6, 2012 12:53PM

    By zumalicious


    Topics: open+call, business, belief/religion, family research council, tim phillips, the christian right racial playbook, race baiting in america, war on women, the koch brothers exposed, republican party, right wing america, right wing politics, corporation as a person, astroturfing, alec, koch brothers

    • 1 Ratings
    • 276 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Americans Died So Republicans Could Play Politics

    MAY 3, 2012 10:22AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, right wing, republican party, osama bin laden, president obama, max cleland, karl rove, iraq, seal team six, al qaeda, 2002 elections, democratic party, foreign affairs, neoconservatism, john kerry, karl rove, george w bush, tom ricks, fox news, sean hannity, ed gillespie, john mccain, mark mckinnon, uss abraham lincoln, mission accomplished

    • 5 Ratings
    • 326 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Republicans Running Away From Their Own Party

    MAY 1, 2012 10:36AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, republican party, scott brown, us senate, right wing, frank luntz, elizabeth warren, president obama, filibuster, tea party, george w bush, propaganda, michael gerson, social security, medicare, wall street reform, big government, budget cuts, conservative movement, obamacare, paul ryan, ayn rand, capitalism, supply side economics, catholic church, catholic bishops, social justice, new deal, keynesian economics, mitt romney, socialism, conservatism, liberalism

    • 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

    • 2 Ratings
    • 113 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Independent Voter or Independent Poser? Take the Test

    APRIL 26, 2012 2:31PM

    By Howard Steven Friedman


    Topics: politics news, independent voters, bush v gore, saddam hussein, presidential election, john kerry, democratic party, 2012 presidential election, rick perry, barack obama, elections 2012, supreme court, rick santorum, republican party, osama bin laden, mitt romney, michele bachmann, john mccain, herman cain, george w bush, barack obama, elections 2012

    • 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

    • 0 Ratings
    • 203 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Mr. Fiscal Responsibility

    APRIL 22, 2012 12:18PM

    By Steven J. Gulitti


    Topics: politics, 2012 republican primaries, 2012 presidential race, republican party, secret service, liz marlantes, dan eggen, chris matthews show, fiscal responsibility, newt gingrich

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