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    Go Ahead, Make My RNC

    AUGUST 31, 2012 11:43AM

    By Erica K


    Topics: weirdness, pooka, jimmy stewart, harvey, speech, romney, obama, rnc, clint eastwood

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    • 42 Ratings
    • 1506 Views
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    When the Words Are Gone

    JUNE 11, 2012 10:32AM

    By jlsathre


    Topics: speech, aging parents, nursing homes, aphasia, strokes

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    • 39 Ratings
    • 2992 Views
    • 77 Comments
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    An Open Letter to the Capitulator-in-Chief

    AUGUST 1, 2011 8:19AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: tom harkin, senator harkin, senator, senate, speech, harkin, democracy, process is broken, process broken, political process, majority rule, minority rule, take over, take-over, takeover, coup, surrendering, surrendered, surrender, unilateral surrender, pre-compromise, invoke 14.4, invoke the 14th, 14.4, constitution, fourteenth amendment, 14th amendment, debt, full faith and credit, tea partiers, tea party, obama, caving, caved, cave, folding, folded, fold, give away the store, give in, capitulation, capitualted, capitulating, capitulate, kidnaped, kidnaping, kidnapping, kidnapped, kidnap, extorting, extorted, extortion, negotiating with terrorists, terrorist, terrorism, negotiating with hostages, negotiating, hostage, negotiation, duress, unfair, sold out, politics

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    • 811 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Now Let’s Get the Health Care Job Done!

    SEPTEMBER 10, 2009 9:16AM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: medicare, ted kennedy, television, sicko, sick, democratic party, single payer, public option, politics, news, media, speech, baucus, healthcare, corporations, greed, human rights, obama, democrat, republican, liberal, progressive, health care

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 2451 Views
    • 29 Comments
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    about Obama indoctrinating our children

    SEPTEMBER 5, 2009 6:52PM

    By carolita johnson


    Topics: carolita johnson caj, schools, socialism, politics, cartoon, speech, children, indoctrination, obama

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    • 19 Ratings
    • 2146 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Obama to Address Congress About Health Care

    SEPTEMBER 2, 2009 5:20PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: obama, health care, congress, speech, breaking news, politics, president barack obama

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 2989 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Maddow, Olbermann & the Shock Troops of the Radical Right

    AUGUST 13, 2009 9:13AM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: right, right wing, nazi imagery, rhetoric, speech, protest, violence, abortion, anti-abortion, pro-abortion, pro-choice, anti-choice, olbermann, maddow, politics, news, obama, barack obama, television, civil rights, assassination, healthcare, health care

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 1713 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    The Cairo Speech: A Lonely Little Live Blog

    JUNE 4, 2009 7:31AM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: women's rights, religious freedom, nuclear weapons, iran, palestine, israel, the pottery barn wars, foreign policy, politics, muslim, arab, speech, obama, egypt, cairo speech

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 2520 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    A Plea For a One-Line Inaugural Address

    JANUARY 13, 2009 10:53AM

    By Heather Michon


    Topics: expectations, george washington, historic moments, speech, inauguration, barack obama

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    • 6 Ratings
    • 1184 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Daring to Do the Wright Thing?

    DECEMBER 22, 2008 12:07AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: intolerance, tolerance, united church of christ, church, same-sex marriage, gay marriage, gay, speech, speaker, invocation, rick warren, warren, reverend jeremiah wright, jeremiah wright, reverend wright, barack obama, obama, election 2008, inauguration, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 624 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    'Sarah Palin's Book Corner' (Video)

    OCTOBER 27, 2008 10:14PM

    By groptimum


    Topics: sarah, palin, cnn, nbc, msnbc, salon, cbs, cnbc, abc, tina fey, snl, election, debate, news, funny, ad, speech, mccain, barack, obama

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 3410 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    The John McCain We Only Hear About

    OCTOBER 18, 2008 7:37PM

    By Hal_M


    Topics: speech, sincere, john mccain, high-road, funny, catholic archdiocese, barack obama, alfred e. smith

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    • 15 Ratings
    • 2925 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    President Palin's Powerful Performance

    SEPTEMBER 4, 2008 5:27PM

    By Mortimer Hayden Smyth


    Topics: convention, john mccain, president, republican, speech, sarah palin

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 1219 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    From the GOP War Room: Depressed about Hillary... (Updated)

    AUGUST 27, 2008 1:07PM

    By Mortimer Hayden Smyth


    Topics: open call, convention, politics, democrats, denver, hillary, clinton, speech, obama, bill, biden, mccain, ron fournier, romney, puma

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