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John Harwood Draws Delusional Equivalence Between Fox and Other Cable Nets

Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog AlterNet: PEEK. November 2, 2009.
Real conservatives want to go where they feel completely at home and can get what they want full strength.

Conservative Bible Project Aims to Delete 'Liberal Bias' from the Bible

Daniel Tencer, Raw Story. October 6, 2009.
"Liberal bias has become the single biggest distortion in modern Bible translations," its website asserts.

Bill Moyers: Conservative Radicals and the Politics of Vengeance

Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal. September 21, 2009.
Intellectual conservatism is dead. And the angriest, most intellectually bankrupt elements have taken over the movement.

Corporate Media Continue to Play to Conservative Arguments on Health Reform

Joshua Holland, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. September 1, 2009.
Nothing new, but worth noting how this whole effort might look with more accurate reporting.

Is Bill O'Reilly Spawning Killers?

Nathan Robinson, AlterNet. June 4, 2009.
O'Reilly turns political spats into "moral" crusades and his opponents into monsters -- an extremist worldview that leads to violence.

The Results Are In: Americans Are Now More Closely Aligned With Progressive Ideas Than at Any Time in Memory

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. May 30, 2009.
On issue after issue, significant majorities of Americans favor progressive solutions to the nation's problems and reject the right's worldview.

Conservatism, It's Time to Shake It Off (Again)

Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. March 6, 2009.
"It doesn’t take long to shake off what you call conservatism ..." -Idaho Republican Senator William Edgar Borah, 1934.

So Long Worst President Ever; 10 Reasons History Will Hang You

Bernie Horn, Campaign for America's Future. January 16, 2009.
There are probably a hundred examples where Bush conservatism failed; here are the top 10.

American Liberalism Making a Come-Back

Daniel De Groot, Open Left AlterNet: Election 2008. July 12, 2008.
Data from 1984-2006, shows a narrowing gap between cons and libs.

Conservative Government Destroys Atlanta Like Gen. Sherman Never Could

Rick Perlstein, Blog for Our Future. June 23, 2008.
The colossal mismanagement of water in Georgia has produced an urban crisis with no clear solution other than a return to smart government.

How Did Conservatives Convince the Public to Think Differently About Government?

Sara Robinson, Blog for Our Future. March 15, 2008.
Part III of a series exploring how conservatives took their worldview to the streets, undermining long-held views about government and society.

Are the Dead From the Minneapolis Bridge Collapse Victims of Conservative Ideology?

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. August 3, 2007.
After swallowing 30 years of small-government rhetoric, our infrastructure, once the pride of the developed world, is falling apart around us. We're reaping what we've sown.

Social Conservatism As a Coercive Tool Of The State

Bruce Wilson, AlterNet: PEEK. April 29, 2007.
Bruce Wilson : Fundamentalism, Stalinism, and Fascism Have Much In Common

Conservative Policies Are Ruining Your Health

Rick Perlstein, TomPaine.com. April 20, 2007.
Conservative principle has turned into conservative and free market mania, crippling the FDA's ability to prevent health disasters like the contaminated pet food scandal.

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