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Jerome Corsi's Long Strange, Trip

Max Blumenthal | Posted 08.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Racial Politics, Swiftboating, Islam, John McCain, Conservatives, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Race, Conspiracy, Race, Corsi, Republicans, Politics News
Max Blumenthal

Corsi's success represents the apotheosis of a long, strange trip from the farther shores of the right into the national spotlight.

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Culture Zohn: Dear Democrats, Please Wake Up!

Patricia Zohn | Posted 08.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Karl Rove, John McCain, Wind Power, Swift Boat, Nuclear Power, Hunter Thompson, Aspen Institute, Convention, Republicans, Democrats, The China Syndrome, Barack Obama, Boone Pickens, Nicolas Sarkozy, Anita Thompson, Politics News
Patricia Zohn

McCain was droll, offensive without being nasty and very relaxed. He was handy at spewing mixed-up rhetoric about his position and Obama's on the war, oil drilling, NATO and tax cuts -- It was seductive.

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Race Isn't the Reason for Obama's Slide

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 08.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Kerry, Barack Obama, Presidential Race, Zogby/Reuters Poll, Al Gore, Democrats, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Republicans, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

McCain's inch ahead of Obama has little to do with race. It has everything to do with a candidate who can't decide whether he's Change Obama or Conservative Obama.

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US Oil Exports Hit Record Pace. That's Right, Exports

David Sassoon | Posted 08.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Renewable Energy, Oil, Climate Change, Republicans, Green News
David Sassoon

With access to global oil fields more restricted than ever, the oil companies are not going to be satisfied with the meager pickings from offshore wells.

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Rick Warren's Carnival of Confession

Wayne Besen | Posted 08.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Glbt, Social Conservatives, Homosexual, Ex-Gay, Obama, Mccain, Religious Right, Right Wing, Gay, Democrats, Presidential Debates, Wayne Besen, Evangelicals, Politics, Religion, Rick Warren, Saddleback, Same Sex Marriage, Russia, Republicans, Scott Mcclellan, Politics News
Wayne Besen

While Rick Warren is an improvement over Focus on the Family's James Dobson, he must teach evangelicals there is a better way than the selfishness of modern conservatism.

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Drill Here, Drill Now, Get Nothing but an Opinion poll point or two

Colin Beavan | Posted 08.19.2008 | Green

Read More: Leadership, Gas Prices, Pandering, Offshore Drilling, Oil, Republicans, Democrats, Global Warming, Political Pandering, Green News
Colin Beavan

My disappointment comes from the fact that politicians on both sides of the aisle still don't really get that climate change is a planetary time bomb. They still think it's a political football.

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A Vice President Can Make (or Break) McCain and Obama

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lyndon Johnson, White House, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Vice Presidency, Age, Bill Clinton, Democrats, Race, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Gender, Republicans, Barack Obama Vice President, Obama VP, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

This election the VP is more than just a standard dressing up of the presidential ticket. He must be able to actually help Obama or McCain win.

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Forces align against Republicans in Senate races

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 08.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Republicans, Gop, Senate Races, 2008 Senate Races, GOP Senate, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Even the top Republican in charge of the party's Senate campaigns concedes that the GOP will lose seats this year _ the only questi...

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A Political Party Working For Oil Companies -- For Money

Dave Johnson | Posted 08.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Drilling, Oil, Republicans, Politics News
Dave Johnson

Republicans are insisting that our government give oil companies leases to drill off our shores. We are witnessing an unprecedented joint, coordinate...

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Why Obama's VP Needs to be a 4-Star General

Andy Ostroy | Posted 08.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Evan Bayh, John McCain, November Election, Colin Powell, National Security, Anthony Zinni, Wesley Clark, Democrats, Tim Kaine, Barack Obama, Eric Shinseki, Republicans, Barack Obama VP, Obama Vice President Kaine, Obama VP, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

We are a nation at war -- why are two neophytes on the world stage, Bayh and Kaine, at the top of the list when Obama himself has zero foreign policy or national security chops?

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Thomas B. Edsall

Shy Sheldon: Secrecy Surrounds Billionaire's Contributions To Pro-Republican Group

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 08.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Freedom's Watch Fundraising, Sheldon Adelson Freedom's Watch, Republican Fundraising, Sheldon Adelson, 2008 Elections, Freedom's Watch, Republicans, Politics News

One of the best kept secrets of the current election cycle is the amount of money casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson has invested in a pro-Republican ...

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Why Hillary's Folks Won't Quit

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 08.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Red States, Hillary Democrats, Democrats, Barack Obama, Presidency, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Republicans, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

It's not just Hillary and Bill's ego, bruised feelings, and over inflated political self importance, to appease her supporters that move Clinton to agree to keep her name in play -- it's fear of losing this election.

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The Right Wing's Racist Attacks on Michelle Obama

Andy Ostroy | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Racists, Micxhelle Obama, John McCain, Racism, Andrew Wilkow, Republicans, Democrats, Barack Obama, November Election, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

The right wing attack dogs have one goal, and that's to scare the crap of America. It's 2004 all over again. But instead of gay marriage, it's angry black folk.

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Republicans For Obama

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 08.12.2008 | Home

Read More: Obama, Susan Eisenhower, Mccain, Republicans for Obama, Barack Obama, Republicans, Home News
Stephen C. Rose

It began back in 2006 and now it is surfacing in the New York Times. Led by a former Bush fund-raiser and a former U.S. Senator who bolted the G.O....

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The Pitfalls of Republican Leadership

Vanessa Tyson | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush, Republicans, Politics News
Vanessa Tyson

Saving for a rainy day has always been wise advice. Thanks to the Bush administration, our rainy day has come, and we have little, if anything, to fall back on.

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If You Can't Do The Time, Don't Do The Crime

Dave Johnson | Posted 08.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Accountable America, Republicans, Conservatives, 08 Election, Hess, Politics News
Dave Johnson

A new group called Accountable America is warning conservative donors about staying within election laws.

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The Maverick Myth Debunk Project

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 08.08.2008 | Home

Read More: Hop, Maverick, Mccain, Obama 2008, Republicans, John McCain, Senator McCain, Mccain Maverick Myth, Mccain Myth, McCain Maverick, Home News
Stephen C. Rose

The maverick narrative is being grinded at by the McCain camp, but together we can demonstrate that, of the two men, it is Obama who is the outsider and reformer. McCain is just a conservative hack.

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Protecting McCain's Ignorance with a 'Great Wall of Duh'

Bob Cesca | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, George Bush, Obama Pride in Being Ignorant, Ignorance, John McCain, Mccain Tire Pressure, Obama Tire Pressure, Fox News, Bush Republicans, 2008 Election, Tire Pressure, Republicans, Politics News
Bob Cesca

After eight years trapped aboard this dark ride, finally hearing a presidential candidate publicly and forcefully refer to the Republicans as ignorant liars ought to be enough to coax even the most indecisive leaner into the Obama column.

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The Right Wing Attack Machine and the Race Card

Andy Ostroy | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Michelle Obama, Rush Limbaugh, November Election, John McCain Sean Hannity, Andrew Wilkow, Republicans, Democrats, Barack Obama, Race Card, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

The race card's being played alright, but not by Obama. Let's not confuse playing the race card with pointing out the playing of a race card.

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Bush's Worst Legacy -- The Desecration of "Patriotism"

Larry Gellman | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Iraq War, Politics, Patriotism, Jack Kemp, Aspen Institute, Wartime Sacrifice, Republicans, Bush, Politics News
Larry Gellman

Before Bush, we could rightfully claim to be a moral country that refused to torture and demean people in the same ways as those countries we have criticized in the past. No more.

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It Is Not Offshore Drilling, Stupid!

Muhammad Sahimi | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Offshore Drilling, Republicans, Oil, Energy, Renewable Energy, Oil Prices, Politics News
Muhammad Sahimi

What McCain is not telling people is that oil is an international commodity. The U.S. owns only 3% of world's total known oil reserves and, therefore, it is not a player, in a positive way, in setting the price.

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The New Dirty Politics McCain

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democrats 2008, Dirty Tricks, Jack Kemp, Michelle Obama, Mccain, Obama, Republicans, Presedential Election, John McCain, Real Politics, Politics News
Frank Schaeffer

The new Dirty Politics McCain is the Republican's man of the hour, and Republican heavy hitters are conveniently forgetting that for years they have regarded McCain as mentally unfit for the presidency.

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Why Obama Must Beat McCain

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Presidential Candidate, Democratic Primary, Mccain, Obama, Dirty Politics, Gasoline Prices, Republicans, Politics News
Maggie Van Ostrand

We've got to tell the rest of the world that we don't like Bush either, that we intend to change things, that we won't put another out-of-touch billionaire in the White House.

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Pickens Plan Sounds Like A Poor Pick For We The People

Sandy Goodman | Posted 08.06.2008 | Home

Read More: Kevin Drum, Wind, Anthony Rubenstein, Kerry, Pickens, Gasoline, Gas, CBS News, Electric Power, Water, Republicans, Oil, Swift Boat Veterans, Home News
Sandy Goodman

If you think you can trust Pickens, remember he contributed $3 million to the Swift Boat Veterans For Truth that buried John Kerry's 2004 presidential candidacy in a cesspool of lies.

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David Brooks is Dead Wrong About Barack Obama

Andy Ostroy | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: David Brooks, John McCain, Democrats, Barack Obama, November Election, Republicans, New York Times, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

Brooks summarily tears apart Obama's entire career as if it's truly meaningless. Give us a break-- your shameless partisanship precedes you. You're a Rove in sheep's clothing.

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