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Right Wing Falsely Asserts Right Wing Boogeymen Bill Ayers And Jeremiah Wright Visited The White House

Amanda Terkel, ThinkProgress. October 31, 2009.

For the conservatives at The Weekly Standard, the story was simply too good to be fact-checked.

The National Review Is Screwing Over Brave Iranian Protesters...For a Second Time

Byard Duncan, AlterNet. October 12, 2009.

Attempts at supporting Iranians will fall flat as long as the Right's paternalistic foreign policy mindset endures.

Bill Kristol's Message to GOP on Health Care Reform: "Go For the Kill"

Rachel Weiner, Huffington Post. July 20, 2009.

Kristol: "Throw the kitchen sink at the legislation now on the table, drive a stake through its heart ... and kill it."

Conservatives Still Pushing for U.S. Meddling in Iran

Steve Benen, June 26, 2009.

Weekly Standard's Fred Barnes inexplicably argued that Iranians don't remember the 1953 U.S. overthrow of their democratically elected leader.

Bill Kristol Thinks America Should Reward Torturers

Faiz Shakir, ThinkProgress. November 30, 2008.

No Bill, these people should not get the Medal of Freedom.

The Real Story Behind How McCain Chose Sarah Palin

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. October 31, 2008.

Journalist Jane Mayer on how right-wing Washington insiders became "smitten" with Sarah Palin, and crowned her their VP.

Does the Conservative Movement's Crack-Up Spell Doom for McCain?

Rick Perlstein, The Nation. April 14, 2008.

The conservative noise machine is coming around to support him -- if it can keep its stories straight.

The Weekly Standard's Reliable Sources: Male Prostitute Matt Sanchez and Web Weirdo "Throbert McGee"

Max Blumenthal, Media Matters for America. August 3, 2007.

Apparently, those are the best sources that the Weekly Standard can find.

The Weekly Standard's Reliable Sources: Male Prostitute Matt Sanchez and Web Weirdo "Throbert McGee"

Guest Blogger, August 2, 2007.

Max Blumenthal: The right scrapes the bottom of the barrel.