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    • 8 Ratings
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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
    • 9 Ratings
    • 6303 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    The Strangest Campaign in Memory

    SEPTEMBER 1, 2012 9:38AM

    By Tom Degan


    Topics: politics, george and lenore romney, clint eastwood, occupy wall street, paul ryan, mitt romney, tom degan, the rewpublican national convention

    • Editor's Pick
    • 26 Ratings
    • 4439 Views
    • 47 Comments
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    I'd Sleep With Paul Ryan But I Wouldn't Vote For Him

    AUGUST 31, 2012 3:01PM

    By Kevin Army


    Topics: gay rights, glbt, clint eastwood, mitt romney, rnc, republican convention, news, belief/religion, comedy, politics, gay/lesbian

    • Editor's Pick
    • 44 Ratings
    • 8533 Views
    • 68 Comments
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    Ann Romney May Love Me, but I don't Love Her

    AUGUST 29, 2012 6:08PM

    By Kate Geiselman


    Topics: you didn't build that, education, republicans, hypocrisy, freedom, birth control, feminism, mitt romney, rnc, ann romney

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 3363 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
    • 19 Ratings
    • 4112 Views
    • 42 Comments
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    Yes, Biden Can Talk to Blacks in Ways That the GOP Cannot

    AUGUST 22, 2012 3:50PM

    By Chauncey DeVega


    Topics: politics, media, elections, joe biden, president obama, mitt romney, race, racism, african americans, language, rhetoric

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 2292 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    Mitt: “Division & Attack & Hatred”…Really?

    AUGUST 15, 2012 4:25PM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: “division and attack and hatred”, “chains”, campaign talking points, president obama, paul ryan, mitt romney, slurs, 2012 presidential campaign, : politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 2697 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
    • 15 Ratings
    • 3756 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    Romney bombs in Poland

    JULY 31, 2012 9:02AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: berlin, europe, 2012 election, politics, palestinians, israel, britain, poland, barack obama, mitt romney

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 7103 Views
    • 60 Comments
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    Obama wants to "punish success?" Give me a break

    JULY 27, 2012 10:01AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: health care, gun control, abortion, plutocrats, free market, public sector unions, richard hofstadter, nlrb, epa, affordable care act, colonial america, gordon wood, conservative media, national reivew, fox news, keynesian stimulus, fiscal policy, exotic derivatives, libor, predatory corporate raiders, capitalism, corporate contributions, citizens united, supreme court, voter disenfranchisement, labor, manufacturing, oligarchy, george romney, tax returns, democracy, think progress, paranoid style, conspiracy theory, big government, income tax, punish success, president obama, elizabeth warren, scott brown, mitt romney, welfare queens, republican party, ronald reagan, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 12125 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

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 1732 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Super Rich Hide $21 Trillion in Our "Offshore Economy"

    JULY 24, 2012 1:15AM

    By RogerShuler


    Topics: offshore tax havens, mitt romney, ted rollins, randall rollins, orkin pest control, vivek seth

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 4462 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
    • 6 Ratings
    • 2447 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Why Bain Matters.

    JULY 16, 2012 12:20AM

    By TheVagabond


    Topics: 2012 election, mitt romney, bain, politics, economy, business

    • Editor's Pick
    • 41 Ratings
    • 6434 Views
    • 78 Comments
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    A Less Perfect Union: Is Racism Now Socially Acceptable?

    JULY 12, 2012 10:27AM

    By Jaime Franchi


    Topics: politics open call, mitt romney, open call, obama, reverend wright, sarah palin, rush limbaugh, naacp

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1919 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Gov. Taskykakes or Rich Old White Guy?

    JULY 10, 2012 8:59PM

    By Bernadine Spitzsnogel


    Topics: vice presidential choice, mitt romney, romney's veepstakes

    • Editor's Pick
    • 23 Ratings
    • 5620 Views
    • 43 Comments
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    Mitt Romney barred from speaking at Brandenburg Gate

    JULY 9, 2012 7:41AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: berlin, brandenburg gate, mitt romney, germany, cold war, berlin wall, politics, ronald reagan, gorbachev

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 2504 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Tea Party Racism Stirs the Republican Martini.

    JUNE 21, 2012 3:55PM

    By Reflections of a shallow pond


    Topics: tea party, republican party, kids, racism, barack obama, mitt romney, humor, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 1641 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

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 2371 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Magic Underpants Mittens

    MAY 25, 2012 1:12AM

    By Farleftside


    Topics: pixar, bug's life, amazon.com, mitt romney, politics, cartoon saturday

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