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Chuck Todd: 'The Tea Party Gets a Big Benefit' From Fox News' Promotion

Posted on Jan 25, 2010, Source: ThinkProgress

Fox News has repeatedly rallied their viewers to support the Tea Parties.

Poll: Americans Think Standing for Principle Is More Important Than Bipartisan Compromise

Posted on Jan 15, 2010, Source: ThinkProgress

So, now can we get some health care reform passed?

Mass Amnesia: Right-Wingers Forget Who Was President on 9/11/01

Posted on Jan 8, 2010, Source: ThinkProgress

Must have been a Democrat, though.

Bachmann: GOP Should "Allow Themselves to Be Re-defined By the Tea Party Movement"

Posted on Jan 5, 2010, Source: ThinkProgress

She's not alone. "We need to stop looking at the tea parties as separate from the Republican party," Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) said last month.

Fox News Guest: "If You Are an 18 to 28-Year-Old Muslim Man Then You Should Be Strip Searched"

Posted on Jan 4, 2010, Source: ThinkProgress

On Fox News, retired Lt. General Tom McInerney said the U.S. needs to "be very serious and harsh about the profiling" but denied he supports racial profiling.

Obama Declares That 'No Information May Remain Classified Indefinitely'

Posted on Dec 31, 2009, Source: ThinkProgress

The order is part of a sweeping overhaul of the executive branch's system for protecting classified national security information.

Cheney Joins Hypocritical Attacks On Obama's 'Low Key Response' to Failed Terrorist Attack

Posted on Dec 30, 2009, Source: ThinkProgress

Not surprising.

Gay GOP Group Co-Sponsors Conservative Political Conference, But Not Allowed to Speak at It

Posted on Dec 24, 2009, Source: ThinkProgress

Really, why are there still gays in the GOP?

Sarah Palin Doesn't Want to Debate Al Gore on Climate Change

Posted on Dec 10, 2009, Source: ThinkProgress

Surprise.

Poll: Strong Majority of Americans Still 'Favor' a Public Option

Posted on Dec 10, 2009

The stable popularity of the public option suggests that Americans may want the expansion of existing public programs.

Alberto Gonzales Inspires Students to "Dream Big" and Hope to Meet "the Next George W. Bush" One Day

Posted on Nov 30, 2009, Source: ThinkProgress

"You never know when the next George W. Bush is going to come along and give you a once in a lifetime opportunity like he gave me."

Lou Dobbs On Whether He's Thought About Running For President: "Yes Is The Answer"

Posted on Nov 24, 2009, Source: ThinkProgress

In an interview on Fred Thompson's radio show today, Dobbs suggested that he might actually considering a run for the White House.

Glenn Beck Has a 'Plan' to Sell Books With March On Washington on the Anniversary of MLK Speech

Posted on Nov 23, 2009, Source: ThinkProgress

Glenn Beck announced that he was crafting "a 100 year plan."

G. Gordon Liddy "Convinced" Obama is a Muslim

Posted on Nov 15, 2009, Source: ThinkProgress

Wingnut Gary Bauer doesn't disagree.

Conservatives Register Tea Party as Official Third Party In Florida

Posted on Nov 9, 2009, Source: ThinkProgress

Die-hard right-wingers have announced that Florida Governor Charlie Crist is the next target in the GOP civil war.

Palin to Promote Her Book With Multiple Fox News Interviews: 'Variety Is the Spice of Life.'

Posted on Nov 4, 2009, Source: ThinkProgress

Apparently, she plans to follow the same strategy as she used during the election.

Inhofe's Copenhagen 'Truth Squad' Expands to a 'Truth Squad of Three.'

Posted on Oct 22, 2009, Source: ThinkProgress

Scary.

Bill Kristol Thanks God "Most of the Workforce Isn't Unionized"

Posted on Oct 18, 2009

Kristol's idiotic attack on unionization ignores the fact that unions are good for the American economy since unions help workers secure higher wages and greater benefits.

Sexist Jackass Scorns Rachel Maddow at Values Voters Summit: "I Prefer That My Women Not Look Like Dudes"

Posted on Sep 22, 2009, Source: ThinkProgress

In a breakout session at the conference, Young America's Foundation spokesman Jason Mattera launched a pathetic, chauvinist defense of conservatives: "Our Women Are Hot."

Audio: Limbaugh Fill-In Advocates Secession: 'I'd Like To See' Whether 'We Could Have A Sovereign Nation'

Posted on Sep 5, 2009, Source: ThinkProgress

Limbaugh's guest host calls for a take-over of the State of New Hampshire by secessionists.

Enzi: 'I'm Pretty Sure' That Health Care Reform Is 'Going to Fail'

Posted on Sep 3, 2009, Source: ThinkProgress

There's that vaunted bipartisanship again.

GOP Congresswoman Tells Uninsured Woman at Town Hall to "Be a Grown-Up"

Posted on Sep 1, 2009, Source: ThinkProgress

U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins responds to a question posed by a 27-year old waitress who cannot afford health care.

More Texas Crazy: Speaker at Pro-Secession Rally Declares "We Hate the United States!"

Posted on Aug 31, 2009, Source: ThinkProgress

Another speaker was overheard telling a pro-healthcare reform advocate, "Go back to the U.S. where you belong."

Mike Huckabee to Headline Bizarre Conference on Electromagnetic Pulse Attacks

Posted on Aug 25, 2009, Source: ThinkProgress

Along with other conservative hawks, Huck is planning to use this unrealistic "threat" to rally support for pre-emptive war.

(Video) At Netroots Nation, Blogger Challenges Bill Clinton on Don't Ask Don't Tell

Posted on Aug 14, 2009, Source: ThinkProgress

"Nobody regrets how this was implemented anymore than I do."

Sarah Palin's Crazy 'Death Panels' Claim Gets a Thumbs Up from Giuliani

Posted on Aug 13, 2009, Source: ThinkProgress

Way to add to the health reform debate Rudy.

GOP Rep Fans Birther Flames

Posted on Aug 13, 2009, Source: ThinkProgress

Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) told a constituent that he did not know if President Obama was a United States citizen.

Second Lawmaker Receives Threatening 'Death to All Marxists' Fax with Obama's Picture on It

Posted on Aug 12, 2009

The fax also included racial slurs aimed at Obama.

Another GOP Senator Pays Lip Service to The Birthers

Posted on Jul 27, 2009, Source: ThinkProgress

Republicans continue to feed "the wacko wing" of the party, with Sen. Inhofe saying they "have a point."

CNN's Howard Kurtz Criticizes CNN's Lou Dobbs For Giving Airtime To 'Birther' Conspiracies

Posted on Jul 27, 2009, Source: ThinkProgress

Dobbs is now getting attacked on his own network.

John Yoo Responds to IG Report -- Without Really Responding

Posted on Jul 16, 2009, Source: ThinkProgress

In a Wall Street Journal Op-ed, Yoo accuses inspectors general of engaging in the "politics of recrimination." But he doesn't deny their accusations.

GOP Responds to Cheney's Concealment of CIA Program with Strawmen and Shrugged Shoulders

Posted on Jul 13, 2009, Source: ThinkProgress

On the Sunday shows, several Republican lawmakers attempted to defend or divert attention away from the revelation about Cheney.

David Brooks: A Republican Senator Put "His Hand on My Inner Thigh" for a "Whole" Dinner Party

Posted on Jul 11, 2009, Source: ThinkProgress

Brooks says politicians are all emotional freaks of one sort or another.

Palin, Perry and Jindal Are Refusing to Talk to Biden About the Stimulus

Posted on Jul 3, 2009, Source: ThinkProgress

You can draw your own conclusions.

Gay Sailor Found Dead on Military Base in a Suspected Homicide

Posted on Jul 2, 2009, Source: ThinkProgress

The sailor, August Provost, said he was being harassed, but didn't report the harassment because of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell".

Looney Oklahoma Legislator: Gays to Blame for Econopocalypse ... 'Bigger Threat than Islam'

Posted on Jun 30, 2009, Source: ThinkProgress

Sigh ... it's actually not a new meme, just a pathetic one.

Sharks Vs. Very Mean Pirates: Michael Steele's Latest Incoherent Analogy

Posted on Jun 25, 2009, Source: ThinkProgress

RNC Chairman Michael Steele is known for his creative analogies. Here's the latest.

Will the Right Succeed in Butchering the American Clean Energy and Security Act?

Posted on Jun 24, 2009

As Congress inches closer to ushering in a clean energy economy that protects our planet, the far right is ramping up efforts to block it.

After Attacking Obama For it, Charles Krauthammer Calls Khamenei 'Supreme Leader'

Posted on Jun 23, 2009, Source: ThinkProgress

"Note the abject solicitousness with which the American president confers this honorific on a clerical dictator." huffed Krauthammer last week.

Despicable: Bill O'Reilly Continues to Attack the Late George Tiller, Referring to Him as 'Dr. Killer'

Posted on Jun 3, 2009, Source: ThinkProgress

O’Reilly is not "backpedaling" from his incendiary attacks on Tiller.

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