Sarah Palin's brand of populism is dangerous and deceptive.
slate.com — Writing about Sarah Palin in Newsweek last month, I pointed out the crude way in which she tried to Teflon-ize herself when allegations of weird political extremism were made against her. Thus, she had once gone to a Pat Buchanan rally wearing a pro-Buchan (Submitted by DaydreamingIdly) More…
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Obama as Reagan
pollster.com — I've been struck for some time by the similarity of circumstance between Presidents Reagan and Obama. Both replaced deeply unpopular predecessors. Both enjoyed significant gains for their party in both houses of Congress. Both faced "worst since the depression" economic circumstances. And each in his own very different ways attempted to reshape gov (Submitted by amprather) More…
McCain on Palin: 'She's irrelevant'
rawstory.com — Sen. John McCain is amused by critics who think Sarah Palin is irrelevant but continue to attack her anyway. "I think Sarah Palin has earned herself a very big place in the political scene. I'm proud of her. I am entertained every time I see these people attack her and attack her and attack her. She's irrelevant, but... (Submitted by gavindahl) More…
How Ron Paul Can Save the Republican Party
newsweek.com — Ron Paul, the GOP's unlikely savior. (Submitted by itc518) More…
Obama Redeclares War
online.wsj.com — Can he fight and win without the support of his political base? FTA: "About two-thirds of the way through, the speech degenerated into the faux eloquence that makes people listening across our nation want to gouge out their eyes and run screaming from the room." (Submitted by Blinker1315) More…
Free Speech: Not always free
articles.orlandosentinel.com — Ever since James Madison penned the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, many Americans have mistakenly believed that those 45 liberating words entitle them to say anything anywhere at any time. They don't. (Submitted by DigSomeMore) More…
Is 'Teabagger' The Conservative N Word
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — As conservatives grapple with how to deal with being called "teabaggers," a National Review senior editor mulls whether to embrace the term like blacks using the "N-word" amongst themselves: "[T]his brings up the question of whether 'teabagger' could be kind of a conservative N-word: to be used in the family, but radioactive outside the family." (Submitted by amprather) More…
Hooked on privatized warfare in Afghanistan
foreignpolicy.com — Bring up the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and one of the first things bound to come up is contractors -- companies such as Blackwater/Xe, DynCorp, and ArmorGroup. But what most Americans do not realize is that they've only seen the tip of the iceberg. The United States has become addicted to contractors -- and it's an unsustainable habit. (Submitted by 0ldB0y) More…
Palin’s “Going Rogue” Tour Finally Jumps the Shark
politicususa.com — The Palinapoolaz Book Tour jumped the shark today, when an internal memo of her demands for her book-signing appearance at the Mall of America was been released to the AP by accident. We are told we must address her by “Governor”, in English only, and that no foreign press will be allowed. After she was tripped up by Canadians last week. (Submitted by PhilPerspective) More…
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