Tag Archives: the right

This week’s Herald column: New America held hostage, by Old America

They aren’t going to secede …

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‘Friends of Hamas’, Breitbart’s ghost, and what’s really wrong with the right

So … Chuck Hagel has no ties to a group called “Friends of Hamas.” Ahem …

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Mitt Romney as Mr. Nobody

… and not from the left. Read on.

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In which Michael Tomasky calls Mitt Romney a wimp

“Dodging reporters, fearing his base, hiding his taxes—is Mitt Romney just too insecure to be president? In Newsweek, Michael Tomasky surveys a history of presidential manliness and asks just where Mitt would fit amid the studly swagger of Dubya and … Continue reading

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The right’s new goal: Bring Back Jeremiah Wright!

Disappointed that Sarah Palin wasn’t fully unleashed in 2008, to go all in on President Obama’s ties to scary black and terroristic people, and apparently out of ideas (and all but giving up on finding a presidential candidate they like) … Continue reading

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Gingrich: let the children go into the mines! … er, the school basements!

Tired of watching scruffy little urchins laggarding around the place, “reading” … “going to school” and begging their parents for meal, after meal, after tiresome meal? President Gingrich shall solve this festering cancer on America (and then, he will divorce … Continue reading

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Common sense: Dear media, please stop playing the right’s phony, racially tinged controversy game

If Sean Hannity poses a question, there’s a good chance there’s nothing newsworthy in the answer.

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Panic at the disco: Erickson, Human Events launch ‘urgent appeal’ for younger voters

At least they’re not saying they plan to apply right wing principles to “urban-surburban hip-hop settings.” But Human Events, which is your grandfather’s winger mag, is preparing to launch an all-out push to get fresh for the kids.

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Today’s Herald column: Rule book for tea party governors

In today’s Herald column: a few tips for enterprising conservative governors hoping to grab the national spotlight. Rule #1: punch the teachers…

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(Video) Rachel @Maddow on how Obama stopped the rightward drift of the center

Great segment by Rachel last night, on just how far to the right the American “center” has drifted since the days of Dwight Eisenhower, and how President Obama in his state of the union speech pulled it back. Visit msnbc.com … Continue reading

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