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    • 35 Ratings
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    What's In a (First) Name?

    DECEMBER 12, 2011 7:47AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: american politics, potus, presidential politics, 2012 presidential election, gop candidates, first names politics, newt gingrich, rick perry, mitt romney, leadership, politics, news

    • 28 Ratings
    • 1699 Views
    • 29 Comments
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    Best of Cuss

    APRIL 23, 2012 11:56AM

    By Matt Paust


    Topics: truer than true, satire, fiction, humor, 2012 presidential election, send in the clown car, cranky cuss

    • Editor's Pick
    • 23 Ratings
    • 2532 Views
    • 38 Comments
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    GOP Running On the Myth of "Reagan Conservatism."

    NOVEMBER 12, 2010 3:26AM

    By Roger Fallihee


    Topics: the myth of reagan conservatism, 2012 presidential election, hillary clinton, barack obama, winston smith, george orwell, mitt romney, newt gingrich, mike huckabee, sarah palin, john thune, ronald reagan

    • 22 Ratings
    • 983 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    Dear David Axelrod:

    MARCH 27, 2011 1:35PM

    By old new lefty


    Topics: politics, news, bullshit, win the future, republicans, presidential campaign, third parties, gop, the green party, barack obama, 2012 presidential election

    • 21 Ratings
    • 985 Views
    • 49 Comments
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    Cain Has Been Thomasized

    OCTOBER 31, 2011 1:19PM

    By L in the Southeast


    Topics: 2012 presidential election, herman cain, sexual harassment scandal

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 2962 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Ronald Reagan: Happy 100th to the Phony Conservative Icon

    FEBRUARY 4, 2011 11:30AM

    By Roger Fallihee


    Topics: ronald reagan, john thune, sarah palin, mike huckabee, newt gingrich, mitt romney, george orwell, winston smith, barack obama, hillary clinton, 2012 presidential election

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 1703 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
    • 15 Ratings
    • 12159 Views
    • 40 Comments
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    Mitt Romney’s $100M IRA: Gaming the System at Bain

    JULY 26, 2012 8:27AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: bain capital, personal integrity as a measure of fitness to lead, ann romney, mitt romney’s fortune, wall street journal, mark maremont, “bain gave staff way to swell iras by investing in deals”, tax avoidance run amok, tax code abuse, $100 million ira, 2012 presidential election, finance, mitt romney, politics

    • 15 Ratings
    • 2591 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Sarah Palin Declares Her Independence

    JULY 4, 2009 12:27PM

    By Michael Fox


    Topics: news, presidential election 2012, 2012 presidential election, third parties, william kristol, andrea mitchell, presidential politics, 2012 election, right wing politics, conservative politics, far right, palin resignation, conservatives, july 4, republican party, palin, sarah palin, epublicans

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 15202 Views
    • 48 Comments
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    Republicans are secretly voting for President Obama

    MARCH 23, 2012 9:08AM

    By potterpoliticalpickle


    Topics: politics, open call, barack obama, 2012 presidential election, republicans, mccain, palin, gingrich, santorum, mitt romney, president obama

    • 13 Ratings
    • 1024 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    10 Reasons Why I Could Never Vote for Mitt Romney

    JUNE 5, 2012 4:13PM

    By Barbara Weicksel


    Topics: mormon, republicans, gay rights, 2012 presidential election, mitt romney, politics, news, gay/lesbian, family, belief/religion

    • 13 Ratings
    • 1994 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Is Sarah Palin Coming to Your Neighborhood?

    JULY 6, 2009 6:57PM

    By Michael Fox


    Topics: news, third party palin, third parties, terminatrix, terminator, tea party, tea parties, tax revolt, talk radio, schwarzenegger, sarah palin, rush limbaugh, right wing radio, right wing politics, republicans, republican party, presidential politics, presidential election 2012, palin resigns, palin resignation, palin, orange county, mitt romney, meg whitman, kfi, ken chiampou, john kobylt and ken chiampou, john kobylt, john and ken show, john and ken, governor arnold schwarzenegger, far right, conservatives, conservative talk radio, conservative politics, california republicans, california republican party, california politics, california budget, california, arnold schwarzenegger, anti-tax movement, 2012 presidential election, 2012 election

    • 10 Ratings
    • 889 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    It’s a Thumpin’

    NOVEMBER 7, 2012 9:55AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: a thumpin’, campaign commentary, barack obama, mitt romney, 2012 election results, 2012 presidential election, 2012 presidential campaign, politics

    • 9 Ratings
    • 629 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    Why is it the women taking one for the team?

    MARCH 16, 2012 4:26PM

    By Barbara Weicksel


    Topics: belief/religion, environment, family, gay/lesbian, music, poetry, 2012 presidential election, abortion, war on women, christians, organized religion, evangelical chritstians

    • 8 Ratings
    • 2208 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Will the Orcs in the audience hurt the Repugnicans in 2012?

    SEPTEMBER 24, 2011 4:53PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: saruman, wingnuttery, treason, traitors, stephen hill, right wing, rick perry, republican tea party, republican presidential debates, republican party, politics, orcs, nazis, mitt romney, michele bachmann, homophobia, hatred, haters, fascists, fascism, far right, execution, evil, death penalty, cold-heartedness, cold-bloodedness, bigots, bigotry, barack obama, 2012 presidential election, 2012

    • 7 Ratings
    • 834 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Why you wanna make me have to defend Michele Bachmann?

    DECEMBER 6, 2011 11:16PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: theocrats, theocracy, south carolina, republican tea party, politics, newt gingrich, mitt romney, michele bachmann, lyin' ass bitch, jimmy fallon, homophobia, homophobes, child exploitation, bachmann, 2012 presidential race, 2012 presidential election, "christo"fascists, "christo"fascism

    • 6 Ratings
    • 465 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Campaign Redux: The Lesser of the Lesser of Two Evils?

    NOVEMBER 1, 2012 9:20AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: bill clinton, campaign commentary, “obama’s squandered advantages”, frank bruni, barack obama, mitt romney, 2012 presidential election, 2012 presidential campaign, politics

    • 6 Ratings
    • 724 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Mitt’s IRA Reminds Us Ours is Toast

    AUGUST 2, 2012 8:36AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: mitt romney, finance, business, working, retirement, 2012 presidential election, $100 million ira, tax code abuse, “bain gave staff way to swell iras by investing in deals”, mark maremont, wall street journal, teresa ghilarducci, failure of iras, retirement crisis, defined contribution plans, pensions, retirement crisis, john bogle, vanguard investments, pension proposal, retirement saving reform

    • 4 Ratings
    • 648 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Obama’s move to the middle takes us off a cliff

    APRIL 13, 2011 4:54PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: social security, medicare, politics, republican tea party, republican party, president obama, president barack obama, politics, obama, mitt romney, glenn greenwald, democratic party, cowardice, centrism, barack obama, 2012 presidential election

    • 3 Ratings
    • 294 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    How do Gays and Lesbians talk to Republicans?

    OCTOBER 25, 2012 11:52AM

    By Barbara Weicksel


    Topics: equality, gay marriage, civil rights, human rights, president obama, 2012 presidential election, republicans, news, politics, gay/lesbian, family, belief/religion

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