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• Rush Limbaugh: America's Biggest Welfare Recipient

  By MARC McDONALD
  
  The OxyMoron, Rush Limbaugh, is always bitching and moaning about welfare recipients (and, indeed, he slams any working person who gets any kind of assistance from the government).
  
  Limbaugh's hysterical screeds about the evils of "welfare" seem to get more extreme with each passing year. [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 9:15pm EST
  

• Infamous Episodes in GOP History: Rush Limbaugh Mocks Michael J. Fox

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  The OxyMoron, Rush Limbaugh, has done a lot of despicable things in his time. But one of the most infamous occurred on Oct. 23, 2006, when Limbaugh mocked Michael J. Fox's symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Limbaugh mocked and imitated the symptoms that Fox displayed during a TV [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 3:39am EST
  

• Hold Glenn Beck, Fox, and News Corp Accountable

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  From ColorOfChange.org:
  
  Rupert Murdoch, chairman of Fox News Channel's parent company News Corp, said he agrees with Glenn Beck's statement that President Obama is "a racist" -- a clear sign that Fox's problems with race start at the very top.
  
  Now that he's been called [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 12:54am EST
  

• Would Black NFL Players Refuse To Play For Limbaugh's Rams?

  By MARC McDONALD
  
  "In Obama's America, the white kids now get beat up with the black kids cheering"
  ----Rush Limbaugh, Sept. 15, 2009.
  
  There's growing speculation brewing now that black players will refuse to play for the St. Louis Rams, should hatemonger Rush Limbaugh succeed in his [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 6:56pm EDT
  

• Boehner Said He's Never Heard from a Supporter of Public Option - 202-225-6205

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  From Jon Ponder, at Pensito Review:
  
  House GOP Leader John Boehner (Ohio) told reporters yesterday that, based entirely on his empirical experience, there aren't any supporters of an optional government-run health-insurance plan. He said the government option is as "unpopular as a garlic milkshake." He also' [...]
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  Posted: October 02, 2009, 12:07pm EDT
  

• An American Progressive In Paris

  By MARC McDONALD
  
  Where are all the rude waiters, I wondered?
  
  Isn't that supposed to be what Paris is notorious for among U.S. tourists?
  
  I recently returned from a week-long trip to Paris, with my girlfriend and her 12-year-old son, and I have to admit, I didn't [...]
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  Posted: October 01, 2009, 3:10pm EDT
  

• The Debtors' Revolt Begins Now

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  Ann Minch of Red Bluff, Calif., a 46-year-old stepmother of two is angry as hell, and she's not going to take it anymore, according to HuffingtonPost. Minch has carried a balance of several thousand dollars on her Bank of America credit card for years and says' [...]
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  Posted: September 15, 2009, 2:41am EDT
  

• I'm Thinking About Killing Glenn Beck

  By MARC McDONALD
  
  "Hang on, let me just tell you what I'm thinking. I'm thinking about killing Glenn Beck, and I'm wondering if I could kill him myself, or if I would need to hire somebody to do it. No, I think I could."
  
  No doubt, the above' [...]
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  Posted: September 12, 2009, 11:22pm EDT
  

• Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC), Not Obama, Is A Liar

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  President Obama: "There are also those who claim that our reform effort will insure illegal immigrants. This, too, is false---the reforms I'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally."
  
  Rep. Joe Wilson: "You Lie!"
  
  
  As CrooksAndLiars.com points out, Rep. Joe' [...]
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  Posted: September 10, 2009, 1:10am EDT
  

• Beck Boycott Continues To Expand, As Advertisers Refuse To Support Hate Speech

  By MARC McDONALD
  
  When Fox News commentator Glenn Beck called President Obama a "racist," on July 28, he likely had no idea of the firestorm of controversy he was about to unleash.
  
  After all, Fox News (along with HateWing radio and the Wingnut blogosphere) spew out even [...]
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  Posted: September 06, 2009, 6:34pm EDT
  

• What's Really Stupid: America's Racist Justice System

  By MARC McDONALD
  
  As the controversy over the arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr. continues to grab headlines, a debate rages over President Obama's description of the police acting "stupidly."
  
  But as long as we're on the subject, it seems to me that we're ignoring a larger issue:' [...]
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  Posted: July 28, 2009, 10:09pm EDT
  

• With Misleading Obama Photo, Drudge Again Shows He's A Lying Sack of Sh*t

  By MARC McDONALD
  
  Yesterday, I was browsing a message board when I noticed that a lot of the wingnut participants were abuzz about a photo of President Obama at the G8 summit. At first glance, the photo appears to show Obama leering at the backside of a passing woman.
  [...]
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  Posted: July 11, 2009, 2:31am EDT
  

• Months After 'Pelosi Would Get Shot' Remark, David Feherty's Career Is Doing Just Fine

  By MARC McDONALD
  
  Remember back in March, when CBS Golf Analyst David Feherty, in a column in D Magazine, spewed this crazy, violent comment:
  
  "From my own experience visiting the troops in the Middle East, I can tell you this, though: despite how the conflict has been portrayed" [...]
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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 1:05am EDT
  

• Gannett Co. Lays Off Thousands As CEO Pockets Millions

  By MARC McDONALD
  
  Gannett Co., the biggest U.S. newspaper publisher by daily circulation, has been taking a hatchet to its work force in recent years, even as its CEO pockets millions in compensation.
  
  In the latest round of cuts, announced Wednesday, Gannett announced another 1,400 layoffs in [...]
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  Posted: July 01, 2009, 6:08pm EDT
  

• Reports: King of Pop Michael Jackson Dead At 50

  By MARC McDONALD
  
  Has the King of Pop Michael Jackson died? Reports of Jackson's death have begun to emerge on the Web. The entertainment news Web site TMZ.com broke the stunning story (which, if true, would be a tremendous scoop for TMZ).
  
  The Drudge Report then picked up [...]
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  Posted: June 25, 2009, 5:41pm EDT
  

• Mark Sanford News Roundup

  By MARC McDONALD
  
  Look, I don't really care about the extramarital affair of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R). But it is pretty nauseating, as always, to hear about the hypocrisy of politicians who belong to the supposed "Family Values" party.
  
  Sanford, let's not forget, was relentless in [...]
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  Posted: June 24, 2009, 6:07pm EDT
  

• Mark Levin: The Most Extremist and Frightening HateWing Talker of Them All

  By MARC McDONALD
  
  Talk radio these days is becoming more and more extremist and frightening. And HateWing spewer Mark Levin is the most frightening and extreme of them all.
  
  Clearly, though, there's an audience for Levin's twisted vision. After all, his latest book, "Liberty and Tyranny: A" [...]
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  Posted: June 22, 2009, 9:07am EDT
  

• GOP Politicians OK With Tax-Funded Health Care---But Only For Themselves

  By MARC McDONALD
  
  Contrary to what you might have heard, GOP politicians aren't opposed to all taxpayer-funded health care. For example, they've got no problem with the lavish, taxpayer-funded health care that they themselves receive as members of Congress. They just don't want anyone else in America to enjoy' [...]
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  Posted: June 17, 2009, 8:02am EDT
  

• Iranians Are Showing Major Juevos---Unlike "Murkans"

  By MANIFESTO JOE
  
  Maybe they had it right, in a sense, when they said it can't happen here. In 2000, the U.S. had a presidential election blatantly stolen, with the 5-4 blessing of our Supreme Court. Four years later, the national election results sharply contrasted with the exit polling,' [...]
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  Posted: June 16, 2009, 3:05am EDT
  

• Doctors Who Performed Abortions In Nazi Germany Faced Death Penalty

  By MARC McDONALD
  
  If you browse an anti-abortion Web site, or listen to an anti-abortion activist these days, you'll encounter plenty of references to Nazi Germany.
  
  For example, on Monday, Randall Terry, founder of the Operation Rescue said: "I believe George Tiller was one of the most'" [...]
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  Posted: June 01, 2009, 10:38pm EDT
  

• Marking 75th Anniversary Of 1934 San Francisco General Strike

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  This video takes a look at the 1934 San Francisco general strike. May 9 marks the 75th anniversary of this historic event, which occurred during an era when U.S. workers were willing to stand up to defend their rights.
  
  Sadly, today's working class in America seems' [...]
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  Posted: May 08, 2009, 10:30pm EDT
  

• Forget Michael Savage, When Will Britain Ban George W. Bush?

  By MARC McDONALD
  
  So Michael Savage has been banned from entering Britain? If Britain really wants to do its society a favor, it will ban George W. Bush, who is guilty of vastly greater crimes than any of the two-bit assholes that it included on its newly published [...]
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  Posted: May 06, 2009, 2:19pm EDT
  

• Alleged "Craigslist Killer" A Member Of College Republicans

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  Philip Markoff, the medical student accused of killing a masseuse he met on Craigslist, was "a member of the College Republicans" at SUNY Albany, where he attended classes, according to a CBS report:
  
  
  Friends and acquaintances talking to CBS News have variously described Markoff as "likable," [...]
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  Posted: April 28, 2009, 11:02am EDT
  

• Mike Malloy: A Beacon Of Truth For Our Troubled Times

  By MARC McDONALD
  
  With his fury and righteous anger, Mike Malloy is a bit like right-wing talkers such as Michael Savage and Mark Levin.
  
  Except Malloy is a progressive.
  
  And he doesn't tell lies.
  
  And he is well-informed.
  
  And he tells the truth (unlike the' [...]
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  Posted: April 27, 2009, 5:35pm EDT
  

• Progressive Music Classics. The Clash: "Guns On The Roof"

  
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  By MARC McDONALD
  
  The punk sound that was causing a musical earthquake in Britain in the late 1970s seemed light years away from where I was living at the time: dreary, boring Corsicana, Texas.
  
  After reading about The Sex Pistols in "Rolling Stone," I desperately wanted [...]
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  Posted: April 15, 2009, 2:09am EDT
  

• Where Were The "Tea Party" Protesters During Bush Years?

  By MARC McDONALD
  
  Lately, Fox News has been hyping the upcoming "Tea Party Protests," set for April 15. The event is supposed to be nonpartisan. But the people who purport to represent the movement are doing a lot of Obama-bashing.
  
  Typical of the latter is a comment by [...]
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  Posted: April 13, 2009, 12:22am EDT
  

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  Posted: April 07, 2009, 11:48pm EDT
  

• New York Times Company CEO Pockets Millions While Demanding Steep Union Concessions

  By MARC McDONALD
  
  The New York Times Company, owner of The New York Times and The Boston Globe, has taken the gloves off (and put on a pair of brass knuckles) in hard-line negotiations with its unions. The company is threatening to close The Boston Globe unless the newspaper's' [...]
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  Posted: April 03, 2009, 10:01pm EDT
  

• Steele Attacks Limbaugh's Show As "Incendiary," "Ugly"

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  Today's Republican Party is a sinking ship. And now the rats are turning on each other. As Politico reports, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele has attacked the OxyMoron's HateWing radio program. Steele called Limbaugh an "entertainer," whose show is "incendiary" and "ugly."
  
  I'm sure that GOP' [...]
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  Posted: March 02, 2009, 12:57pm EST
  

• And the Kool-Aid Drinker of the Day Award Goes To...

  BeggarsCanBeChoosers.com reader Victor gets the Kool-Aid Drinker of the Day Award for his insightful response to the recent article by Manifesto Joe that we posted here, titled "Is A Capitalist Meltdown Upon Us?" which took a look at the current economic crisis.
  
  Victor's award-winning comment reads thusly:
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  Posted: February 13, 2009, 6:24pm EST
  

• Is A Capitalist Meltdown Upon Us?

  By MANIFESTO JOE
  
  I'll only be 53 on my next birthday in late July, yet it already seems like I've lived a tiring amount of history. Only 20 years ago, the world saw the meltdown of Soviet-style communism -- and many observers, largely neo-conservatives, interpreted that as an ideological [...]
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  Posted: February 09, 2009, 7:38pm EST
  

• Progressive Pop Hits: "There Is Power In A Union," by Billy Bragg

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  Welcome to the first edition of Progressive Pop Hits, in which we'll take a periodic look at the best music out there that has a message, a soul, and a social conscience. Granted, most of this music has never actually featured on any "pop hits" music chart [...]
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  Posted: January 17, 2009, 9:29pm EST
  

• How Bush Unwittingly Helped Bin Laden's Plan To Wreck U.S. Economy

  By MARC McDONALD
  
  "We are continuing this policy in bleeding America to the point of bankruptcy."
  ---Osama bin Laden, 2004 videotape statement.
  
  "The past eight years of imperial overstretch, hubris and domestic and international abuse of power on the part of the Bush administration has left the U.S." [...]
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  Posted: January 11, 2009, 7:53am EST
  

• Bush's Last 10 Days, Part 1: Recipe For Fiscal Disaster

  By MANIFESTO JOE
  
  As the countdown to Bush as ex-"president" begins, it might be good to put into context why some Americans, even some U.S. historians, regard Il Doofus as the worst "president" of modern times.
  
  The federal deficit for the current fiscal year is being projected at [...]
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  Posted: January 10, 2009, 8:17pm EST
  

• Rick Warren's Hero, W.A. Criswell, Was Fierce Foe of Desegregation

  By MARC McDONALD
  
  Rick Warren is a big fan of the late Southern Baptist pastor, W.A. Criswell (1909–2002). Warren once wrote, "In fact, I believe W.A. Criswell was the greatest American pastor of the 20th Century."
  
  And just who is this pastor, who Warren believes is worth [...]
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  Posted: December 19, 2008, 8:16pm EST
  

• Iraqi Shoe-Throwing Journalist Speaks For A Lot Of Us

  By MARC McDONALD
  
  I'm not sure what the specific grievance was that motivated an Iraqi journalist to throw two shoes at George W. Bush during a news conference in Baghdad. Throwing shoes at someone is a considered a supreme insult in the Middle East.
  
  But I do know' [...]
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  Posted: December 14, 2008, 4:36pm EST
  

• Chicago Factory Sit-In: The Dawn of a New Era For Unions in America?

  By MANIFESTO JOE
  
  This is an example of why a bailout, any bailout, is fundamentally a no-win situation for the taxpayer.
  
  You may have heard news that workers at the Republic Windows and Doors factory in Chicago occupied the building and began a sit-in after the factory shut [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2008, 11:32am EST
  

• Poll: Bush Less Popular Than Nixon In Final Days

  From Politico:
  
  With 71 days left in office, President Bush is less popular than President Nixon was at the time of his resignation, according to data released Monday by CNN and Opinion Research Corporation.
  
  The new poll, taken Thursday through Sunday, showed an approval rating of 24 [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2008, 2:46pm EST
  

• Despite GM's Staggering Losses, CEO Still Rakes In Millions

  By MARC McDONALD
  
  It's difficult to imagine a more poorly run corporation than General Motors these days. The company reported a $2.5 billion loss in the third quarter and warned that it could run out of cash in 2009. GM's share price is down 78 percent this year. [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2008, 6:50pm EST
  

• Al Franken's Bid For Senate Still Alive

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  From the Associated Press:
  
  WASHINGTON — The Associated Press is uncalling the Minnesota Senate race.
  
  Republican Sen. Norm Coleman finished ahead of Democrat Al Franken early Wednesday in the final vote count, but his 571-vote margin falls within the state's mandatory recount law. That law requires a' [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2008, 5:20pm EST
  

• Election 2008 Voting Information From MoveOn.org

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  Today's the big day. This is from MoveOn.org; it includes a lot of useful info for voters:
  
  Election 2008 Voting Information
  
  Today, November 4th, is Election Day! Remember to vote---not just for Barack Obama, but for Congressional, state, and local candidates as well.
  
  Where' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2008, 12:36pm EST
  

• Republicans Who Call Obama A Socialist Are Showing Either Ignorance Or Desperation

  By MANIFESTO JOE
  
  In the demented spirit of a godfather of American fascism, Joe McCarthy, plenty of Republicans, led by McCain attack dog Sarah Palin, are hurling the dreaded "S" word at Barack Obama. It's right-wing regurgitation.
  
  The dreaded word in McCarthy's time was "communist." Now it is [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2008, 12:16pm EST
  

• Obama Hatred At McCain-Palin Rally: "Kill Him!"

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  By MARC McDONALD
  
  Right-wing nutcases are displaying their foaming-at-the-mouth hatred of Barack Obama at McCain-Palin rallies lately. In this video, you can hear one nutjob scream, "Kill Him!"
  
  But should we really be surprised at such unhinged hatred by Republicans?
  
  After all, we've seen' [...]
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  Posted: October 11, 2008, 5:57pm EDT
  

• Fearmongering Finally Blows Up in GOP's Face

  By MARC McDONALD
  
  At one time, fearmongering was the best thing that ever happened to George W. Bush and the NeoCons, as they cynically exploited 9/11 to advance their agenda. But now it's backfiring, as panic and fear fuel the economic meltdown.
  
  For the past seven years, the' [...]
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  Posted: October 10, 2008, 12:27pm EDT
  

• How the American Economy Became a Sleazy Carnival Freak Show

  By MARC McDONALD
  
  Whatever happened to the once-mighty American economy?
  
  The United States once had the mightiest economic juggernaut of any nation in history. Our "Arsenal of Democracy" played a big role in winning World War II. During that conflict, we overwhelmed our enemies with a tidal wave [...]
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  Posted: September 30, 2008, 9:17pm EDT
  

• Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid: The Right-Wing Lunatic Fringe Loves Palin

  By MARC McDONALD
  
  What was your reaction to John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin as his VP pick? Curiosity? Indifference? Bafflement?
  
  The more one learns about Palin, the more afraid we progressives ought to be.
  
  After all, a quick scan of the lunatic fringe blogosphere reveals that' [...]
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  Posted: August 30, 2008, 2:09am EDT
  

• MSM Gives McCain Free Pass On His Terrorist Friend: G. Gordon Liddy

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  Blogger Joseph Miller has a good article on yet another free pass the MSM is giving John McCain:
  
  In light of the completely unsurprising news that McCain is going to try to tie Barack Obama to Bill Ayers, I thought it might be fun to look [...]
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  Posted: August 28, 2008, 12:07am EDT
  

• Will Democratic Delegates Mock McCain With "Purple Heart" Bandages?

  By MARC McDONALD
  
  The 2008 Democratic National Convention kicks off Monday. And I'll go ahead and make one fearless prediction about the convention: no one there will mock John McCain's military service.
  
  Speakers at the convention will likely criticize McCain's political agenda and his proposals for America. But' [...]
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  Posted: August 24, 2008, 8:54pm EDT
  

• Great Moments in Debate History: Lloyd Bentsen Smacks Down Dan Quayle

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  Posted: August 24, 2008, 3:09am EDT
  

• Joe Biden is Barack Obama's Vice Presidential Pick, Sources Say

  The Associated Press and other sources are claiming that Barack Obama has selected Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware as his vice presidential running mate.
  
  Officially, though, the Obama campaign has yet to make its official announcement (which is set to be made Saturday morning via a mass mobile [...]
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  Posted: August 23, 2008, 1:56am EDT
  

• Whatever Happened to the Anger On the Left?

  By MARC McDONALD
  
  The past three decades have been a Right-Wing wet dream for America. The Republicans have gotten their way on virtually every single issue while the Democrats have meekly rolled over.
  
  Which raises a question. Why are the Republicans so angry these days? And why are [...]
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  Posted: August 20, 2008, 2:47am EDT
  

• Get a Free Obama Button

  
  
  Step right up: come one, come all, and get your own free Obama button. The progressive site, MoveOn.org is currently giving away a nifty-looking free Obama button to anyone in the U.S. who requests one. Allow four to six weeks for delivery. Click [...]
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  Posted: August 16, 2008, 1:35am EDT
  

• How Bush and the NeoCons Lied America Into the Iraq War

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  This video does a good job of summing up the blatant, outrageous lies that George W. Bush and the NeoCons told in leading America into the $3 trillion Iraq War fiasco, which has led to the deaths of over 1 million Iraqi men, women and [...]
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  Posted: August 10, 2008, 4:18pm EDT
  

• No President Has Ever Handed Off A Greater Mess To His Successor

  By MARC McDONALD
  
  When Bill Clinton handed off the keys to the White House to George W. Bush in 2001, the nation was in good shape, having enjoyed eight years of peace and prosperity. America was enjoying its first budget surplus in three decades. The economy was healthy. The [...]
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  Posted: August 07, 2008, 12:02pm EDT
  

• Did A Culture of Right-Wing Hate Lead to Church Shootings?

  By MARC McDONALD
  
  A man who is accused of shooting and killing two at a Tennessee church apparently targeted the congregation "out of hatred for its support of liberal social policies," police said Monday.
  
  One might ask: where would such extreme hatred of Liberals come from?
  
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  Posted: July 28, 2008, 3:44pm EDT
  

• Slicing Through 'Surge' Propaganda: Haven't We Heard It All Before?

  By MANIFESTO JOE
  
  Full disclosure: I have no military background. I do have 30 years of experience as a professional journalist, and have known enough U.S. history, for long enough, that at 17, I earned 6 hours of college credit in that subject just by taking a test. Take [...]
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  Posted: July 24, 2008, 2:02am EDT
  

• Why Al-Maliki Had Better Watch His Back

  By MARC McDONALD
  
  Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is starting to become a real pain in the ass for the Bush White House. Instead of being a good little client state puppet, he keeps shooting his mouth off, asking for a timetable for the U.S. military to leave [...]
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  Posted: July 21, 2008, 7:04pm EDT
  

• The Problem With "The Dark Knight"

  By MARC McDONALD
  
  One of the most heavily-hyped and highly rated films in years, The Dark Knight is more than just a mere movie: it's an industry unto itself. This juggernaut, which cost an eye-popping $180 million to produce, opened to rapturous response, and massive crowds on Friday. As [...]
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  Posted: July 19, 2008, 6:10pm EDT
  

• Phil Gramm: Porn Mogul

  By MARC McDONALD
  
  Molly Ivins once exposed Phil Gramm as the typical sort of GOP hypocrite who (like George W. Bush) loudly denounces all government programs, even as he rakes in tax dollars from various government programs.
  
  In 2002, Ivins wrote:
  
  "Gramm, [...]
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  Posted: July 18, 2008, 2:33am EDT
  

• The Great Prevaricator Remembered II: With Reagan Policies, Seldom Has So Much Harm Been Done To So Many By So Few (Plus Swipes At Phil Gramm)

  By MANIFESTO JOE
  
  With news of a Bush/Treasury/Federal Reserve bailout of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac, I'd say it's unofficially official: Reaganomics, and the 30-year era of helter-skelter deregulation that came with it, is at long last dying for good.
  
  No, it's not dead yet. [...]
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  Posted: July 15, 2008, 4:18pm EDT
  

• The Great Depression of 2008

  By MARC McDONALD
  
  Until last week, most economists were divided on whether the U.S. was in a recession or not. Now, with the ailing mortgage agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on the ropes, it's clear that what's unfolding is far worse than any recession.
  
  As Britain's normally [...]
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  Posted: July 15, 2008, 2:01am EDT
  

• A Reminder From Woody Guthrie That Jesus Was No Capitalist

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  For all the manufactured "shocking" behavior of today's music stars, there is nothing around today that is as remotely subversive as this 1940 Woody Guthrie song. After all, it celebrates the Bible's most subversive passage, Mark 10:21: a verse in which Jesus tells the rich that they [...]
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  Posted: July 13, 2008, 10:54pm EDT
  

• Why Is The MSM Afraid Of Scrutinizing Rush Limbaugh?

  By MARC McDONALD
  
  The New York Times Magazine's recent ridiculous puff piece on Rush Limbaugh continues a trend in which the mainstream media has shied away from any serious scrutiny of the nation's top-rated talk radio host.
  
  It's a courtesy that Limbaugh has never reciprocated. After all, [...]
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  Posted: July 09, 2008, 11:50am EDT
  

• $10 Billion Pentagon Program Fails To Defeat IED Threat In Iraq

  By MARC McDONALD
  
  Taking a look at the latest troop casualties from improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Iraq, it quickly becomes apparent that IEDs remain a lethal threat to the U.S. military. In April, May and June, IEDs killed at least 54 U.S. troops, causing over half the [...]
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  Posted: July 06, 2008, 9:30am EDT
  

• Protesters Heckle Bush At July 4 Monticello Event

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  With the carefully pre-screened, hand-picked audiences that he has always faced in his eight years in the White House, it's not often that George W. Bush gets a earful from ordinary citizens.
  
  But he did on July 4, as protesters spoke out for many of [...]
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  Posted: July 05, 2008, 6:34am EDT
  

• Your Fourth of July and My Fourth of July

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  Juan Cole's piece sums up the way I feel about Independence Day, 2008 nicely:
  
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  Your Fourth of July is blood for oil.
  
  My Fourth of July is the pure sunbeam of peace.
  
  
  Yours is the imperial presidency and "so what?" to public [...]
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  Posted: July 04, 2008, 8:12am EDT
  

• Speaking Of The Worst Ever...

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  Seven years into the fiasco of the Bush Administration, everyone these days (outside of the hard-core, cult-like 25-percent base) now agrees that Bush is our Worst President Ever.
  
  Speaking of "The Worst Ever" and cult-like bases, I got to wondering: What is the worst movie [...]
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  Posted: July 03, 2008, 6:36am EDT
  

• The Word "Tan" Has Long History In Racist Rhetoric

  By MARC McDONALD
  
  Leading GOP activist Grover Norquist caused quite a stir Friday with his racist comment that Barack Obama is "John Kerry with a tan."
  
  But Norquist's remarks become even more offensive and racist when you take a look at the long history of the word [...]
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  Posted: June 30, 2008, 7:13pm EDT
  

• Growing Right-Wing Chorus Backs Impeachment. When Will Pelosi?

  By MARC MCDONALD
  
  When Lou Dobbs recently called for the impeachment of George W. Bush, he became only the latest in a growing number of Right-Wingers who are harshly criticizing the White House these days. Dobbs joined Conservatives like Pat Buchanan and Chuck Hagel in slamming Bush and [...]
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  Posted: June 22, 2008, 8:22pm EDT
  

• Deliver Us From Evil

  
  
  
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  Whenever I think about what George W. Bush and the NeoCons have done to America over the past seven years, I always think of this scene from Deliverance. Outside of Bush's rich and powerful cronies, we've all been screwed in Bush's America. Just as in Deliverance, I [...]
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  Posted: June 14, 2008, 4:42pm EDT
  

• Americans Want Bush Impeached Far More Than They Ever Supported Clinton Impeachment

  By MARC MCDONALD
  
  When Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) introduced articles of impeachment against George W. Bush on Monday, he drew ridicule from Republicans, apathy from most Democrats, and silence from the mainstream media.
  
  However, polls show that Americans want Bush impeached far more than they ever supported [...]
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  Posted: June 11, 2008, 4:31pm EDT
  

• Right-Wing Web Embraces "N" Word In Attacking Obama

  By MARC MCDONALD
  
  If anyone is under the delusion that America is a colorblind society, consider this: the Right-Wing Web has embraced the "N" word in its attacks on Barack Obama.
  
  It's true: a lot of the major right-wing players, like Rush Limbaugh, have been careful to avoid [...]
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  Posted: June 09, 2008, 3:43pm EDT
  

• Is The U.S. Compiling A Secret List Of Citizens To Detain Under Martial Law?

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  "The truth is yes--—you do have these standby provisions, and the plans are here...whereby you could, in the name of stopping terrorism, evoke the military and arrest Americans and put them in detention camps."
  ---Late Democratic Congressman Henry B. Gonzalez
  
  I heard about this chilling Radar magazine [...]
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  Posted: June 05, 2008, 9:47pm EDT
  

• WSJ Bizarrely Claims Surge's "Success" Means Troops Must Stay

  By MARC MCDONALD
  
  In its lead editorial Friday, The Wall Street Journal took a swipe at Barack Obama for calling for a withdrawal of American troops from the fiasco in Iraq. That much was predictable from this right-wing rag. But what's bizarre was the Journal's reason for opposing the [...]
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  Posted: May 31, 2008, 7:44pm EDT
  

• McClellan Reports Bush Said, "I Honestly Don't Remember Whether I Tried (Cocaine) Or Not"

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  Scott McClellan has raised eyebrows with his new book, which says George W. Bush misled the nation into an unnecessary war in Iraq. Note that this isn't a left-wing blogger making this claim---it's none other than the former White House press secretary.
  
  Among the revelations in McClellan's book, [...]
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  Posted: May 28, 2008, 8:43am EDT
  

• While Bush Drags U.S. Back To Dark Ages, Other Nations Forge Ahead

  
  
  
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  By MARC MCDONALD
  
  The U.S. used to be the world leader in science and technology. A lot of Americans still think it is.
  
  But the fact is, the U.S. is no longer the leader in much of anything (except in exporting death and destruction around [...]
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  Posted: May 26, 2008, 4:51am EDT
  

• New York Times Continues To Peddle Myth That Bush Won Florida In 2000

  By MARC MCDONALD
  
  In reviewing the upcoming HBO film, Recount, (which takes a look at the 2000 election fiasco), The New York Times continues to peddle the fairy tale that George W. Bush won the state of Florida in 2000.
  
  In reviewing Recount, the Times makes this [...]
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  Posted: May 23, 2008, 8:24am EDT
  

• Ted Kennedy's Hospitalization Prompts Laughter In Right-Wing Blogosphere

  By MARC MCDONALD
  
  "At least he got a stroke in, which is more than the girl he drowned could manage. He should be rotting in jail, not making law. Disgusting."
  ----Geoff, a commenter at RightWingNews.com
  
  For normal, sane Americans, the news that Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was hospitalized [...]
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  Posted: May 17, 2008, 7:01pm EDT