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    Conservative Political Correctness

    JANUARY 8, 2013 5:17PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: republican party, president obama, wall street journal, rupert murdoch, fox news, reality based communities, george w. bush, speech codes, college officials, liberals, totalitarianism, censorship, racial harassment, notre dame, kkk, right wing bubble, epistemic closure, right wing double standards, hypocrisy, traditions of civility, culture, minorities, freedom of speech, multi-culturalism, campaign finance, political correctness, conservative movement, bruce bartlett, george f will, conservatism, economics, politics

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    • 16 Ratings
    • 1766 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Why I Love Ayn Rand's Books But Am Still a Liberal

    FEBRUARY 1, 2013 1:50PM

    By David Biddle


    Topics: ayn rand, paul ryan, liberals, conservatives, politics, freedom

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    • 10 Ratings
    • 2530 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Why I am not a brain-dead adherent to either party.

    AUGUST 3, 2012 1:49PM

    By Jeff Wilder


    Topics: democrats., republicans, liberals, conservative, divisions, politics

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    • 2 Ratings
    • 693 Views
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    When Callow Conservatives Mature

    JULY 6, 2012 4:57PM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: lynx gaede, lamb gaede, prussian blue, marijuana, terre haute indiana, bakersfield california, kalispell montana, mark harrington, april harrington, david lane, alan berg, fragment of the future, neo nazis, white supremacists, fox news, liberals, conservatives, cpac, jonathan krohn

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    • 22 Ratings
    • 23598 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    The 3 Reasons All Young Adults Are Liberal

    JANUARY 17, 2012 9:06AM

    By blucey


    Topics: elections, government, democrats, republicans, liberals, tea party, politics

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    • 8 Ratings
    • 856 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    The Kind of American I Don't Want To Be

    MAY 19, 2011 11:23AM

    By Jan Linn


    Topics: conservative, liberals, budget, values, priorities

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    • 9 Ratings
    • 1512 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Job One for Liberals is to send more Americans to college

    DECEMBER 27, 2010 9:36AM

    By Jimmy Zuma


    Topics: jimmy zuma, american exceptionalism, george bush, newt gingrich, mitch mcconnell, john boehner, conservatism, workers, education, unemployment, dropouts, degree, jobs, republican, college, liberals

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    • 75 Ratings
    • 3200 Views
    • 89 Comments
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    Have Yourself a Merry Little Apocalypse

    DECEMBER 20, 2010 7:11PM

    By Monsieur Chariot


    Topics: news, fiction, tt, manners, holiday from hell, open call, passion, fall in love, love, vivacity, depression, bombs, snuggie, camouflage, holocaust, self-destruction, self-destructiveness, bacchanalia, rage, vengeance, scapegoats, mobs, lynching, veils, masks, disguise, madness, anxiety, fear, poise, style, panic button, panic, flaming cocktails, absinthe, sackcloth and ashes, bunker, cocktail party, post-apocalyptic world, revolution, doom and gloom, gun owners, liberals, homosexuals, abortionists, muslims, politics, comedy, civilization, the end of the world, destruction, apocalypse

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    • 7 Ratings
    • 1869 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    "One Nation" Event A Bit Disappointing, We Didn't March

    OCTOBER 4, 2010 9:48AM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: unions, workers, jobs, washington d.c., lincoln memorial, tea party, beck, rally, one nation, one nation working together, education, environment, immigration, liberals, progressive, enthusiasm gap, obama, president obama, democrats, republicans, reporting the midterms, midterms, elections, voting, change, hope

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 2105 Views
    • 39 Comments
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    How Liberals Can Send the Right Message this Election

    SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 8:01AM

    By Kemstone


    Topics: 2010 elections, alan grayson, democrats, liberals, politics, russ feingold, washington

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    • 11 Ratings
    • 2249 Views
    • 37 Comments
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    Enthusiasm Gap Haunts Democrats as November Nears

    SEPTEMBER 13, 2010 12:33PM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: corporations, president obama, obama, hope, change, voting, gotv, fear, socialist takeover, muslims, sharia law, birth certificate, birthers, newt gingrich, sarah palin, glenn beck, tea party, gop, republicans, 2010 elections, midterm elections, reporting the midterms, progressives, liberals, democrats, enthusiasm gap

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 4311 Views
    • 40 Comments
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    HOW GLEE IS CHANGING THE WORLD, ONE 12 YEAR-OLD AT A TIME

    MAY 14, 2010 10:51AM

    By Holly Robinson


    Topics: broadway actors, mothering, acceptance, tolerance, bullying, liberals, massachusetts, brittany, catholic school, mike o'malley, burt, chris colfer, santana, jane lynch, sue sylvester, kurt, rachel, cripples, celibacy, down syndrome, jonathan groff, jesse st. james, straight jacket, newsweek, glee, lesbians, gays

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1408 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Sen. Ted Kennedy Was Pro-People & An Exception to the Rule

    AUGUST 26, 2009 8:48AM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: humanity, people, medicare, war, iraq, conservatives, fox news, public option, health care, chappaquiddick, republicans, liberals, democrats, barack obama, obama, edward m kennedy, ted kennedy, kennedy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 30 Ratings
    • 5050 Views
    • 88 Comments
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    Obama Didn't Betray the Left, the Left Betrayed the Left

    MAY 29, 2009 8:51AM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: politics, health care, freedom, liberty, constitution, accountability, betrayal, left, kucinich, wars, afghanistan, iraq, change, hope, republicans, progressives, liberals, obama

    • Editor's Pick
    • 45 Ratings
    • 6991 Views
    • 92 Comments
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    What Pisses Me off about Gay Marriage

    MAY 27, 2009 9:25AM

    By Mungular


    Topics: california, liberals, conservatives, proposition 8, gay marriage, gays

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 2181 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Intellectualizing '30 Rock' Into Political Psychobabble

    MAY 7, 2009 2:18PM

    By Dorsey Shaw


    Topics: television, tina fey, liberals, conservatives, politics, 30 rock, jonah weiner, slate

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