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The Phantom Legacy: What Will History Say About Bush and Cheney's Secrecy?
Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:23 AM EST
With less than a week to go before Bush's reign as President and Cheney's reign as Vice President ends with a whimper, there has been an attempt by their administration to polish up their image for the history books.
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How to Get on an Atheist's Good Side
Seeded on Tue Dec 23, 2008 10:57 AM EST (AlterNet.org)
Every margalized group needs allies, atheists included. And atheists make good allies -- we're a growing movement that's lively, outspoken, and passionately committed to social justice.
Pentagon mixed propaganda with PR, report finds
Seeded on Fri Dec 12, 2008 11:54 AM EST (Raw Story)
The Pentagon may have mixed propaganda with public relations in an effort to win the "war of ideas" as part of the Iraq war, according to a little-noticed report released Thursday.
Economy claims 'conservative MoveOn'
Seeded on Tue Dec 9, 2008 4:32 PM EST (Raw Story)
Freedom's Watch, a group aimed at bolstering the "War on Terror," has gone the way of the Dodo on the back of economic woes for the group's largest donor, casino heavyweight Sheldon Adelson.
Pentagon raises status of 'irregular warfare'
Seeded on Thu Dec 4, 2008 4:49 PM EST (Raw Story)
The Pentagon has issued a directive putting the fight against terrorism and guerrilla warfare on the same footing as traditional warfare in terms of military planning and doctrine, officials said Thursday.
Ann Coulter's Jaw Wired Shut: Report
Seeded on Tue Nov 25, 2008 10:37 AM EST (The Huffington Post)
Ann Coulter may be completely silenced, at least for a while. If the New York Post's Page Six report is true, Coulter broke her jaw and her mouth is wired shut:
Obama team considering bankruptcy plan for automakers
Seeded on Fri Nov 21, 2008 9:37 AM EST (Raw Story)
President-Elect Barack Obama's transition team is considering a "prepackaged" bankruptcy plan for automakers as a solution to the looming cash-flow crisis, Bloomberg News reports Friday.
Diagnosing the GOP's ailment
Seeded on Fri Nov 14, 2008 2:34 PM EST (Daily Kos)
Tim Pawlenty, Republican governor of Minnesota: "We cannot be a majority governing party when we essentially cannot compete in the Northeast, we are losing our ability to compete in Great Lakes States, we cannot compete on the West Coast, we are increasingly in danger of compet …
National Enquirer: Cindy McCain Having Affair
Seeded on Wed Nov 12, 2008 5:55 PM EST (The Huffington Post)
The ENQUIRER's exclusive bombshell expose as Sen. John McCain's wife, Cindy, is caught with another man! Not only that but multiple witnesses have caught the pair lip locking on several other occasions.
Conservatives declare war on Obama
Seeded on Wed Nov 12, 2008 12:56 PM EST (Raw Story)
Right-wing politicians and pundits have already begun attacking the Obama administration, even though Inauguration Day is still more than two months away.
ACLU presses Denver to investigate events surrounding DNC arrests: Pepper-Sprayed Provokers were Undercover Cops
Seeded on Sun Nov 9, 2008 8:41 PM EST (Raw Story)
he American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado is renewing a call to the City and County of Denver's Independent Monitor Richard Rosenthal to investigate events surrounding the actions of metro Denver police and possible agents provocateurs at a demonstration on the opening night …
Towards a New Republican Party
Fri Nov 7, 2008 6:57 PM EST
While it may seem counter-intuitive to some, it's kind of sad to me that the GOP has lost its way so badly. Our nation needs a vibrant two-party system to ensure strong checks and balances on our government and a marketplace of ideas that will offer our citizens real choices.
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Focus On The Family Compares Obama To Nazis
Seeded on Fri Nov 7, 2008 12:06 PM EST (Crooks and Liars)
This evening James Dobson's Focus on the Family Action sent out a fundraising email to members that likened the victories of Barack Obama and congressional Democrats in Tuesday's election to the Nazi bombing of England during World War II.
The Obama Revolution: What is Likely to Change
Seeded on Thu Nov 6, 2008 12:47 PM EST (Politico)
The Democrats' moment with Obama, as a brilliant campaigner confronts the challenges of governance, could also prove fleeting.
Sorry, GOP: America Is Left Of Center
Seeded on Thu Nov 6, 2008 11:49 AM EST (Daily Kos)
1. Democrats have won the popular vote in 4 of the last 5 presidential elections. 2. Democrats have won the presidency in 3 of the last 5 presidential elections. 3.
The Election Winner: America
Wed Nov 5, 2008 8:51 AM EST
Last night's election victory for Barack Obama means any number of things to any number of people, but first and foremost it means one key thing to Americans and to people around the world: the idea of America has been redeemed.
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Palin Fears Media Threaten Her First Amendment Rights
Seeded on Fri Oct 31, 2008 6:47 PM EDT (ABC News Blogs)
ABC News' Steven Portnoy reports: In a conservative radio interview that aired in Washington, D.C. Friday morning, Republican vice presidential nominee Gov.
2004 Ohio voting data routed through company that hosted external Bush Administration email accounts
Seeded on Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:28 PM EDT (Raw Story)
Newly obtained computer schematics provide further detail of how electronic voting data was routed during the 2004 election from Ohio's Secretary of State's office through a partisan Tennessee web hosting company.
Obama ads in GOP turf; McCain says he's leftist
Seeded on Fri Oct 31, 2008 1:57 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
While the Obama campaign continued to tie McCain to the unpopular President Bush, McCain assailed Obama's economic policies as recipes from the far left of American politics.
Equality is 'not an American value': Righty tub-thumpers stump for Minnesota Republicans
Seeded on Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:01 PM EDT (minnesotaindependent.com)
The so-called "Three Tenors" of talk radio — conservatives Michael Medved, Hugh Hewitt and Dennis Prager — spoke before a crowd of 3,000 at Minneapolis' Orchestra Hall in an event attended by Republican candidates Michele Bachmann, Norm Coleman and Erik Paulsen, as well …
Republican caught on tape stealing opponent's campaign signs
Seeded on Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:04 PM EDT (Raw Story)
It's not unusual for political miscreants to steal campaign signs from neighbors' yards when election time comes around, but rarely is it done by the candidate himself.
McCain Would Be Bush's Third Term: Poll
Seeded on Tue Oct 28, 2008 1:44 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
A Pew Research poll released on Tuesday reveals that the Arizona Republican is not only trailing substantially (19 percent) among early voters, but faces political obstacles that seem downright insurmountable.
Holy "Real America"!! NASCAR'S Junior Johnson comes out for Obama
Seeded on Tue Oct 28, 2008 12:02 PM EDT (Daily Kos)
His support for Obama could actually be a game changer in North Carolina. He is that well know down there. NASCAR is the most Republican leaning sport in America and Junior Johnson announcing that he is voting Democrat is pretty f***ing amazing.
The McCain "Bounce": Built on Southern White Voters
Seeded on Tue Oct 28, 2008 10:28 AM EDT (The Washington Post)
The Washington Post-ABC News daily tracking poll shows Barack Obama kicking off the final full week of campaigning with a seven-point lead over John McCain, but beneath the nationwide number are big regional and racial differences.
Financial Times endorses Obama
Seeded on Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:04 AM EDT (Raw Story)
The Financial Times, the respected business daily, endorsed Barack Obama on Monday to become the next US president, even though it prefers the trade policies of his Republican rival John McCain.
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