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    Beating a Very Dead Horse 101

    APRIL 17, 2013 10:28AM

    By Robert J. Elisberg


    Topics: 47%, taxes, mitt romney, republican party

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 1264 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    2012: A Very Weird Year

    JANUARY 4, 2013 1:51PM

    By Tom Degan


    Topics: politics, newtown, abraham lincoln, jack kennedy, eric holder, dan rather, john edwards, ted nugent, george mcgovern, the beatles, mitt romney, barack obama, campaign of 2012, rick santorum, tom degan

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    • 28 Ratings
    • 156397 Views
    • 76 Comments
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    Why is this man Romney even close?

    NOVEMBER 1, 2012 2:52PM

    By Ramona Grigg


    Topics: barack obama, chris christie, crass politicking, disaster relief, fema, hurricane sandy, mitt romney

    • Editor's Pick
    • 30 Ratings
    • 1970 Views
    • 42 Comments
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    Eight Shallow, Offbeat Reasons to Reelect President Obama

    OCTOBER 18, 2012 3:38PM

    By Lea Lane


    Topics: satire, comedy presidential race, barack obama, mitt romney, ann romney, michele obama, seamus the dog, photography, poetry, politics, comedy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 1738 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    How to Lose a Debate

    OCTOBER 17, 2012 1:48PM

    By Isaiah L. Carter


    Topics: tcot, p2, hofstra, mitt romney, barack obama, 2012 election, debates

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 3426 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Romney/Ryan and That Supply-Side Black Magic

    OCTOBER 15, 2012 12:39PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, 2012 election, paul ryan, joe biden, mitt romney, president obama, supply side economics, bruce bartlett, john f. kennedy, tax cut, tax deductions, ronald reagan, president eisenhower, economic growth, trickle-down economics, bain capital, china, plutocracy, oligarchy, grover norquist, middle class, keynesian economics, stimulus package

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 2913 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    Forget Boxing, the 2012 Election is More Like Pro Wrestling

    OCTOBER 12, 2012 1:24PM

    By Chauncey DeVega


    Topics: professional wrestling, popular culture, boxing, sports, democrats, republicans, barack obama, mitt romney, media, politics, elections

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 828 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    Democrats 1, Republicans 1

    OCTOBER 12, 2012 12:19PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: balanced budgets, jack kemp, middle east, laffer curve, ronald reagan, deficit, afghanistan, foreign policy, syria, iran, frank luntz, charitable giving deduction, health care deduction, mortgage deduction, tax dedictions, jfk tax cut, tax cuts for rich, supply side economics, vice president debate, democratic party, republican party, president obama, mitt romney, joe biden, paul ryan, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 1801 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Mittens’ Etch A Sketch at full tilt

    OCTOBER 4, 2012 3:41PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: romney, reset button, presidential politics, presidential debates, presidential debate, president obama, president barack obama, politics, plutocrats, plutocracy, pbs, obama, mittens romney, mitt romney, lies, liars, john kerry, jim lehrer, george w. bush, etch-a-sketch, eric fehrnstrom, big bird, barack obama, 47 percent, barack obama, big bird, george w. bush, jim lehrer, liars, lies, mitt romney, mittens romney, obama, pbs, politics, president barack obama, president obama, presidential debate, presidential debates, presidential politics, romney

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 3187 Views
    • 43 Comments
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    That Was No Rope-a-Dope: Obama Got His Butt Kicked by Romney

    OCTOBER 4, 2012 12:29PM

    By Chauncey DeVega


    Topics: popular culture, boxing, sports, democrats, republicans, barack obama, mitt romney, media, politics, elections

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 1287 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    The Panic Must Cease

    OCTOBER 4, 2012 12:12PM

    By Isaiah L. Carter


    Topics: tcot, p2, mitt romney, barack obama, 2012 election, debates

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 2036 Views
    • 32 Comments
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    Presidential Debates, Appearance VS Substance

    OCTOBER 3, 2012 4:19PM

    By Sally Swift


    Topics: politics, technology, news, television, president obama, mitt romney, what do voters really think, happy anniversary barack and michelle, game on!

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 3274 Views
    • 43 Comments
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    10 Reasons Why Mitt Romney’s Debate Prospects are in Trouble

    SEPTEMBER 27, 2012 11:05AM

    By Robert J. Elisberg


    Topics: politics, mitt romney, barack obama, debate, election

    • Editor's Pick
    • 31 Ratings
    • 3613 Views
    • 38 Comments
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    Mitt Romney's Home Movie

    SEPTEMBER 26, 2012 1:53PM

    By Cranky Cuss


    Topics: political satire, mitt romney

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    • 10 Ratings
    • 1467 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    So, who's "dependent" on government?

    SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 3:20PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: president obama, republican party, walter lippmann, private property, rule of law, william blackstone, civil war, progressive movement, teddy roosevelt, robber barons, supreme court, income tax, democracy, state of nature, tea party, let the market decide, capitalism, socialism, supply-side economics, 47%, individualism, community, plutocracy, wall street, government dependency, survival of the fittest, herbert spencer, freedom, caveat emptor, top 1%, corporate welfare, labor unions, capital, politics, economics, mitt romney, gilded age

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 2597 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    Reports of the Romney Campaign's Death Greatly Exaggerated

    SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 5:30PM

    By Howard Steven Friedman


    Topics: politics news, mitt romney gaffe, mitt romney 2012, independent voters, bain capital, the economist, swing states, electoral college, paul ryan, elections 2012, presidential debates, mitt romney, middle east

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 2722 Views
    • 26 Comments
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    Romney Exposes Inner Ayn Rand

    SEPTEMBER 19, 2012 3:30PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, entitlements, jospeh stiglitz, too big to fail, wall street, financialization, cato institute, barry goldwater, mormonism, christianity, poor, massachusetts, citizenship, atlas shrugged, ludwig von mises, plutocracy, capitalism, 47%, ayn rand, tea party, republican party, president obama, mitt romney, economics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 1 Ratings
    • 746 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    A Dispatch from the 47 Percent

    SEPTEMBER 19, 2012 9:04AM

    By Livia Gershon


    Topics: taxes, economy, working poor, mitt romney

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 1703 Views
    • 26 Comments
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    Mitt Romney’s Insurmountable Problem

    SEPTEMBER 18, 2012 10:54AM

    By Robert J. Elisberg


    Topics: campaign, barack obama, mitt romney

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 1706 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    The End of Mitt Romney

    SEPTEMBER 18, 2012 10:50AM

    By Isaiah L. Carter


    Topics: conservatism, mother jones, tlot, tcot, p2, gop, 2012 election, mitt romney

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