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    G.O.P.: PIGS ARE FLYING ALL OVER THE PLACE

    MAY 11, 2013 7:47AM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: gordon hilgers, the daily complaint, david duke, eric cantor, john boehner, charles and david koch, think tanks, koch industries, koch brothers, american enterprise institute, grover norquist, impeachment, freedomworks, matt kibbe, tea party express, tea party patriots, tea party nation, tea party, christian fundamentalism, american family association, family research council, focus on the family, theodore bilbo, adolph hitler, hillary clinton, barack obama, dallas, confederate states, old confederacy, alabama, jeff sessions, benghazi, low iq, house intelligence committee, hispanics, latinos, civil rights act, richard nixon, southern strategy, dixiecrats, jim demint, nazi germany, aryan nations, white supremacist movement, white supremacy, jonathan richwine, heritage foundation, jim crow south, jim crow, conservative movement, gop, g.o.p., republican party

    • 2 Ratings
    • 196 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    MASSIVE COVER-UP: McCAIN, GRAHAM ARE BONKERS

    FEBRUARY 18, 2013 1:25PM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: the daily complaint, gordon hilgers, kelly ayotte, military, politics, american crossroads, crossroads gps, club for growth, freedomworks, tea party patriots, tea party nation, tea party express, tea party, palestinians, israel, christian fundamentalism, armed forces, war, secretary of defense, dick cheney, george w. bush, donald rumsfeld, paul wolfowitz, richard perle, afghanistan, iraq, syria, iran, neoconservatism, conservatism, conservative movement, republican party, john hagel, lindsey graham, john mccain

    • 1 Ratings
    • 294 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    HOW ABOUT BENJAMIN NETANYAHU FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE?

    JANUARY 8, 2013 11:41AM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: the daily complaint, gordon hilgers, barack obamawitz, ted cruz, club for growth, americans for tax club, grover norquist, iran, syria, iraq, senate, congress, foreign relations, the west bank, gaza, palestine, barack obama, secretary of defense, dan hagel, american jews, jews, israel, christian fundamentalism, paul wolfowitz, dan senor, william perle, neoconservatism, zionism, zion, america, united states

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    RICHARD MOURDOCK: HARBINGER OF AUTOCRACY TO COME

    OCTOBER 25, 2012 10:44AM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: the daily complaint, gordon hilgers, americans for tax reform, grover norquist, hierarchy, authoritarianism, feminazis, rush limbaugh, feminism, american crossroads, crossroads gps, karl rove, jesus christ, evangelical movement, evangelicals, teavangelicals, tea party express, tea party nation, tea party patriots, tea party, mitt romney, paul ryan, todd akin, southern baptist convention, american family association, focus on the family, abortion, roe v wade, autocracy, taliban, sin, free will, rape, christian fundamentalism, christianity, religious fundamentalism, social conservatism, social conservatives, conservative movement, conservatism, republican party, indiana senate race, indiana, richard mourdock

    • 0 Ratings
    • 83 Views
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    ROMNEY DUPLICTOUS REGARDING WOMEN’S RIGHTS

    OCTOBER 23, 2012 11:39AM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: the daily complaint, gordon hilgers, economic collapse, economy, shadow issues, americans for tax reform, grover norquist, crossroads gps, american crossroads, female circumcision, neoconservatism, karl rove, glass ceiling, wage inequality, wage equality, americans for prosperity, charles and david koch, koch brothers, freedomworks, dick armey, tea party express, tea party patriots, tea party nation, tea party, feminism, soccer moms, walmart moms, barack obama, boca raton debate, foreign affairs, personhood, personhood amendment, roe v wade, taliban, christian fundamentalism, islam, the women's vote, women, contraception, abortion, paul ryan, mitt romney

    • 0 Ratings
    • 165 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    ANN ROMNEY SOFT PEDALS MESSAGE TO WOMEN

    AUGUST 29, 2012 8:28PM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: gordon hilgers, taliban, freedomworks, dick armey, americans for prosperity, crossroads gps, american crossroads, karl rove, americans for tax reform, grover norquist, tea party express, tea party patriots, tea party nation, tea party, american right to life association, focus on the family, christian fundamentalism, anti-choice, anti-abortion, feminism, pro-choice movement, freedom of choice, abortion, personhood bills, personhood amendments, paul ryan, todd akin, republican national convention, republican party, mitt romney, ann romney

    • 0 Ratings
    • 1134 Views
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    GOP: HURRICANE ISAAC A MESSAGE FROM GOD

    AUGUST 23, 2012 6:26PM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: women's rights, abortion rights, abortion, freedom, justice, plutocracy, americans for prosperity, charles and david koch, koch industries, american crossroads, crossroads gps, karl rove, romney's tax returns, americans for tax reform, grover norquist, freedomworks, dick armey, tea party express, tea party patriots, tea party nation, tea party, occupy wall street, black bloc, profit over people, politics over people, liberty university, regency university, christian fundamentalism, catholic church, christianity, mike huckabee, todd akin, rape, american right to life committee, focus on the family, jesus christ, god almighty, god, pat robertson, paul ryan, mitt romney, gop, republican party, vatican, david vitter, jim baker, marcus bachmann, michele bachmann, glenn beck

    • 1 Ratings
    • 353 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    TODD AKIN, LYIN’ RYAN: CHRISTIAN TALIBAN ALERT!

    AUGUST 21, 2012 12:08PM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: gordon hilgers, planned parenthood, americans for tax reform, grover norquist, michele bachmann, karl marx, religious right, crossroads gps, american crossroads, karl rove, freedomworks, dick armey, tea party patriots, tea party express, tea party nation, tea party, god, determinism, flip benham, focus on the family, legitimate rape, incest, rape, roman catholic church, american family association, family research council, free will, freedom of choice, christian fundamentalism, anti-abortion, abortion, campaign 2012, republican party platform 2012, republican party, mitt romney, paul ryan, missouri, todd akin

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    • 4 Ratings
    • 2708 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

    • 8 Ratings
    • 1398 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Is it time to let the South secede?

    AUGUST 13, 2012 6:52PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: gay marriage, strom thurmond, ronald reagan, tip oneill, john quincy adams, abolitionism, slavery, rush limbaugh, compromise, democracy, dixiecrat, trent lott, newt gingrich, tom delay, conformity, authoritarianism, new england, mayor menino, rush limbaugh, enlightenment, constitution, conservatism, liberalism, free speech, economics, politics, democratic party, republican party, biblical worldview, radicalism, freedom of worship, chick-fil-a, facebook defriending, christian fundamentalism, gag rule, nullification, civil war, secession, south, chuck thompson

    • 0 Ratings
    • 250 Views
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    MITT ROMNEY: MITTENS IS SMITTEN WITH JERUSALEM

    JULY 30, 2012 12:26PM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: gordon hilgers, war with iran, iran, americans for tax reform, grover norquist, obama administration, barack obama, american crossroads, crossroads gps, karl rove, americans for prosperity, koch industries, hitler, nazi germany, charles koch, sheldon adelson, david koch, freedomworks, dick armey, tea party express, tea party patriots, tea party nation, tea party, syria, egypt, libya, northern africa, the middle east, the endtimes, the rapture, christian fundamentalism, republican party, diplomacy, palestinians, israelis, london, jerusalem, 2012 olympics, england, great britain, israel, benjamin netanyahu, mitt romney

    • 1 Ratings
    • 395 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    MICHELE BACHMANN, AMERICAN TALIBAN, INFILTRATE U.S. GOVT

    JULY 24, 2012 12:40PM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: michele bachmann, u. s. house intelligence committee, christian dominionism, holy bible, christian fundamentalism, marcus bachmann, huma abedin, hillary clinton, u. s. state department, muslim brotherhood, allen west, communism, socialism, liberalism, taliban, texas, texas state board of education, infiltration, conspiracy, conspiracy theories, nazism, cults, gay therapy, homosexuality, u. s. house of representatives, lew rockwell, ludwig von mises, the mises institute, free market theory, free market, conservatism, neoconservatism, tea party, tea party nation, tea party patriots, tea party express, dick armey, freedomworks, karl rove, american crossroads, crossroads gps, citizens united, newt gingrich, louie gohmert, grover norquist, americans for tax reform, john birch society, gordon hilgers

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 4472 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

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    • 270 Views
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    DARRELL ISSA: LOVE CHILD OF A POLITICAL THREESOME

    JUNE 19, 2012 2:17PM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: gordon hilgers, zetas, government waste, economics, politics, freedomworks, dick armey, citizens united, american crossroads, crosroads gps, karl rove, americans for tax reform, grover norquist, tea party express, tea party patriots, tea party nation, tea party, fast and furious, bush administration, republican party, u s senate, u s justice department, josef stalin, joseph mccarthy, j. edgar hoover, stalinism, nazism, ideology, christian fundamentalism, conservatism, liberty university, regent university, harvard, yale, jerry falwell, pat robertson, john ashcroft, alberto gonzales, george w. bush, john cornyn, eric holder, darrell issa

    • 9 Ratings
    • 1119 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    "War on Women" Just Tip of the Iceberg

    MARCH 13, 2012 12:51PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, sandra fluke, bill maher, rush limbaugh, right wing, christian fundamentalism, orthodoxy, israel, netanyahu, women's rights, dinesh d'souza, andrew sullivan, feminazis, war on women, birth control, catholic bishops, religious right, theocracy, liberalism, conservatism, book of revelations, west bank settlements, likud, patriarchy, hillary clinton, women of the world summit, misogyny

    • 0 Ratings
    • 590 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Bullying: Newtie And Abuse

    DECEMBER 28, 2011 10:52AM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: gordon hilgers, selfish babies, ameicans for tax reform, grover norquist, upper class, disdain for the poor, selfishness, self-centeredness, adultery, christian fundamentalism, roads, crosses, american crossroads, karl rove, citizens united, freedomworks, dick armey, tea party express, tea party patriots, tea party, what's good for the goose is good for the gander, definitions, put-downs, patti smity, the devil, georgia, power-mongers, power, ego inflation, megalomania, dog and pony shows, republican party, callista gingrich, pearl jam, pearl harbor, napoleon, newt gingrich, bullying, domestic abuse, child abuse

    • 1 Ratings
    • 933 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Dr. Robert Jeffress: Christian Totalitarianism Anyone?

    OCTOBER 10, 2011 12:22PM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: gordon hilgers, business, finance, occupy wall street, church and state, politics, religion, americans for tax reform, grover norquist, americans for prosperity, charles koch, karl rove, american crossroads, dick armey, freedomworks, tea party nation, tea party patriots, tea party express, tea party, determinism, holy bible, church of latter day saints, mormon, mormonism, evangelicals, christian evangelicalism, christian fundamentalism, southern baptist convention, first baptist church of dallas, dr. robert jeffress

    • 3 Ratings
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    • 11 Comments
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    Republican Party: Uh, Which Theocracy To Choose?

    SEPTEMBER 27, 2011 2:10PM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: stealing jesus, bruce bawer, rupert murdoch, roger ailes, fox news, non-denominational, theocracy, glenn beck, sean hannity, bill o'reilly, rush limbaugh, gordon hilgers, grover norquist, wall street, finance, joel osteen, economics, politics, ideological purity, ideology, political fundamentalism, christian fundamentalism, atheism, ayn rand, tea party express, tea party patriots, tea party nation, tea party, family values, family research council, american family association, october revolution, mensheviks, bolsheviks, adolph hitler, karl marx, newt gingrich, mitt romney, willard mit romney, rick perry, jesus christ, heresy, christianity, left wing, right wing, republican party, christian dominionism, pat robertson, southern baptist convention, church of latter day saints

    • 1 Ratings
    • 656 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Rick Perry And Appeasement

    SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 5:33PM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: gordon hilgers, freedomworks, tea party patriots, tea party nation, tea party express, tea party, economics, religion, politics, evangelicals, palestine, israel, republican party, christian fundamentalism, right-wing, rick perry

    • 1 Ratings
    • 723 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Rick Perry: Educational Rapist Preaches To American Taliban

    SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 12:36PM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: gordon hilgers, harold simmons, crony capitalism, big business, finance, friedmanism, finance, holy bible, judas iscariot, jesus christ, religion, business, economics, politics, church and state, tea party patriots, tea party express, tea party nation, tea party, texas public schools, anti-intellectualism, christian fundamentalism, private education, public education, jerry falwell, liberty university, rick perry

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