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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

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 3923 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    Losing GOP in denial over own failures

    SEPTEMBER 12, 2012 12:36PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: conspiracy theories, bailout, taxes, naill ferguson, cia, intelligence community, new york times, daily caller, navy seals, liberalism, conservatism, tea party, right wing, ideology, denial, right wing noise machine, wall street, economic crisis, george will, rush limbaugh, fox news, ross douthat, afghanistan, iraq, daily intelligence briefings, terrorism, september 11 attacks, osama bin ladin, dick cheney, george w. bush, president obama, mitt romney, democratic party, republican party, neo-conservatism, supply-side economics, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 6917 Views
    • 46 Comments
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    Republicans Set to Repeat 1964 Disaster?

    AUGUST 27, 2012 9:47AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: john birch society, young americans for freedom, peace corps, students for democratic society, freedomworks, town hall disruptions, sarah palin, crane brinton, revolution, partisanship, social conservatives, tea party, washington establishment, political polarization, anti-communism, olympia snowe, the syndicate, 1964 election, republican convention, moderates, geoffrey kabaservice, conservative movement, right wing, establishment republicans, nelson rockefeller, tom hayden, communism, jr., william f. buckley, national review, william rusher, extremism, barry goldwater, republican party, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 3366 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    License to Lie

    AUGUST 23, 2012 2:21PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: white working class, welfare queen, ronald reagan, global warming, fiscal policy, deficit hawks, paul krugman, obamacare, fox news, budget deficits, brit hume, walter lippmann, jr., martin luther king, republican national convention, liberalism, conservatism, right wing, political extemism, barry goldwater, 2012 campaign, citizens united, joe soptic, bain capital, super pac, newt gingrich, president obama, " lies and deception, "morning joe, joe scarborough, medicare, welfare, paul ryan, george will, mitt romney, republican party, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 5121 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    The Fox News Way

    AUGUST 19, 2012 10:30AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, fox news, sean hannity, propaganda, right wing, strom thurmond, dixiecrats, southern strategy, trent lott, segregation, republican party, mitch mcconnell, mainstream media, liberal bias, conservatism, liberalism, double standards, rush limbaugh, gay rights, chick-fil-a, bigotry, president obama, democratic party, bill clinton, democracy, authoritarianism, theocracy, big business, states rights, angry left, propaganda, news judgment, joseph pulitzer, conservative movement, plato, noble lie, southern conservatives, ku klux klan, civil rights act of 1964, al gore

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 2717 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    Catholic Ryan Needs to do Penance for Sins

    AUGUST 15, 2012 10:30AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: poliitcs, economics, paul ryan, ayn rand, mitt romney, right wing, capitalism free market, catholic church, sin, atheism, immorality, ryan budget, paul ryan, objectivism, conservatism, nuns on a bus, charity, compassion, tea party, christian fundamentalism, christianity, georgetown university, laissez faire, supply side economics, gospel of love, jesus christ, william f. buckley jr., republican party, democratic party, president obama, fiscal conservative, social safety net, tax cuts, food stamps, poverty, free market, atlas shrugged

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 4479 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Right wing takes aim at public education

    JULY 23, 2012 10:32AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, education, public schools, charter schools, texas board of education, right wing, history, massachusetts education reform act, a nation at risk, william weld, bi-partisanship, curriculum frameworks, teachers unions, tenure, mandatory testing, class size, republican party, rick scott, scott walker, president obama, mitt romney, diane ravitch, george h.w. bush, bill clinton, school vouchers, school choice, evolution, creationism, bible-based math, religious right, christian fundamentalism, outcomes based education, john birch society, john adams, horace mann, civil war, confederates, jim crow, ku klux klan, mccarthyism, education reform, tax cuts, national governors association, federal student loans, privitization

    • Editor's Pick
    • 25 Ratings
    • 5673 Views
    • 31 Comments
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    Right wing attacks one of its own -- again

    JULY 6, 2012 3:49PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: small government, constitution, paul krugman, william buckley, michael savage, john roberts, david frum, dissent, politico, conservative movement, fascism, sarah palin, abortion, conservative talk radio, cpac, jonathan krohn, tea party, right wing, republican party, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 30 Ratings
    • 6579 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    Scalia embodies power corrupt right wing

    JUNE 27, 2012 1:00PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, antonin scalia, supreme court, citizens united, constitution, arizona immigration law, right wing, conservatism, walter lippmann, catholic church, absolutism, autacracy, dream act, president obama, birth control, salon, fox news, talk radio, roberts court, clarence thomas, bush v. gore, roe v. wade, james fallows, dana milbank, vatican ii, voter id, chris hayes, twilight of the elites, meritocracy, ed schultz, msnbc, oligarchy, plutocracy, democracy, political power, rule of law

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 2915 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
    • 10 Ratings
    • 3801 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    History Repeats Itself in New Gilded Age

    APRIL 20, 2012 3:29PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: occupy wall street, robber barons, 14th amendment, declaration of independence, constitution, new deal, conservative movement, alliance for justice, women's rights, health care reform, socialism, paul krugman, michael lind, corporations are people, mitt romney, progressive movement, john marshal harlan, plessy v. ferguson, kevin phillips, jeff rosen, george will, constitution in exile, capitalism, right wing, democrats, republicans, federal income tax, bush v. gore, citizens united, judicial activism, founding fathers, civil war, pollock v. farmer's loan and trust, supreme court, conservatism, liberalism, democracy, plutocracy, gilded age, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 2874 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    No Preacher Presidency this year. Santorum is out.

    APRIL 11, 2012 9:12AM

    By Ramona Grigg


    Topics: constitution, focus on the family, fundamentalism, james dobson, presidential campaign, religion, republicans, rick santorum, right wing, theocracy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 5863 Views
    • 132 Comments
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    Bishops' rift with Obama about politics, not religion

    FEBRUARY 8, 2012 1:40PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, religion, catholic church, president obama, conservatism, right wing, birth control, secularism, fox news, theocracy, democracy, religious freedom

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 5080 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
    • 4 Ratings
    • 4142 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    The Vicious, Unfounded Accusations That James O'Keefe Rapes Hamsters

    MARCH 9, 2011 3:44PM

    By John L. Roberson


    Topics: james o'keefe, project veritas, npr, media, gop, republicans, right wing, furries, hamsters, satire, sean hannity, rupert murdoch, fox news, rumors

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 2330 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    Tucson Will Change Nothing

    JANUARY 12, 2011 10:11AM

    By The Flylooper


    Topics: society, violence, right wing, political murder, political assasination, loughner, gabrielle giffords, tuscon, free speech, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 2668 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Glenn Beck: If You Like it, It's Right Wing

    SEPTEMBER 14, 2010 4:21PM

    By American Heretic


    Topics: politics, belief/religion, glenn beck, restoring honor, rally, mlk, martin luther king, civil rights, obama, social justice, racist, racism, communist, communism, progressive, 8/28, lies, libertarian, conservative, right wing, jack o'dell, stanley levison, elizabeth dilling, slavery, nazism, anti-semitic, nazi, socialist, marxist, church, religion, the red network, conspiracy, infiltrators

    • Editor's Pick
    • 25 Ratings
    • 6173 Views
    • 128 Comments
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    Against the NYC Mosque? You are not an American.

    AUGUST 17, 2010 11:30AM

    By joethenerd


    Topics: belief/religion, politics, right wing, 9/11, american, mosque, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 4929 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Intergalactic Jesus

    APRIL 10, 2010 1:23AM

    By Graham Sale


    Topics: mormon, evangelical christians, jehovah witnesses, right wing, fundamentalist, loonies, space travel

    • Editor's Pick
    • 36 Ratings
    • 12580 Views
    • 65 Comments
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    Hated Roosevelt, Hate Obama: Paleoconservative Persuasions

    NOVEMBER 5, 2009 10:11AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: belief/religion, politics, albert jay nock, our enemy-the state, republican talking points, great depression, opposition to roosevelt, glen beck, michele bachmann, sarah palin, rush limbaugh, barack obama, cato institute, anarcho-capitalists, anarcho-libertarians, libertarian, frank chodorov, murray rothbard, william f. buckley jr., ayn rand, paleoconservatism, neocon, statism, anti-statism, conservative, praise god but get even, franz oppenheimer, conservatism, right wing, economic bailout, economic meltdown, “great recession”, herbert spencer

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