Tea Party
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Politics
McCain censured in Arizona for amnesty, conservative betrayals
And we thought the tea party and Ted Cruz were on the run for daring not to cave in to…
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Media
The Nation’s Katrina Vanden Heuvel: Tea Party, ‘conservative populism’ racist
When nothing else works, throw out the race card. That seems to be the standard operating procedure of the left…
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Foreign Affairs
Does the Tea Party subscribe to an ‘isolationist’ foreign policy?
Leslie H. Gelb & Michael Kramer of the Democracy Journal are quite worried about what they see as a potentially…
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Law and Government
Report: Tea Party is only racist on the inside
In October, the left-leaning group “Democracy Corps” published a report based on focus group findings from Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, about conservatives…
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Politics
‘Obama barf bags’ make a big splash
“The Official Obama Barf Bag…” Congressman Steve Stockman is making a run for the U.S. Senate seat for the Lone…
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Economy
Tea Party targeting accelerates; mainstream media silent
In May, head of the exempt organizations division of the IRS Lois Lerner apologized for illegally targeting the Tea Party and…
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Politics
Charlie Rangel attacks Tea Party, says Obama should rule like dictator
According to Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., Tea Party Republicans want to destroy people in their districts, Senate Majority Leader Harry…
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Education
Teacher’s union head suggests Jewish parent a neo-Nazi for questioning assignment
Josh Barry, of Camp Hill, Penn., is hopping mad after the head of a local teacher’s union suggested he may…
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Law and Government
A house divided: The GOP dialogue continues
I wrote a few days ago about the current division in the Republican Party, which is as profound as I…
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Politics
Dem. Rep. Alan Grayson defends KKK-Tea Party comparison in fundraising email
On Monday, Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., issued a fundraising email comparing the Tea Party to the KKK, an organization founded…
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Politics
GOP: Polls and hinge points of history
What does it mean that recent polls show 7 in 10 respondents think Republicans are putting their agenda ahead of…
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Economy
Congressional records from 2006 on the debt ceiling
They were not in the Tea Party, but they sure sounded like they were when they talked about raising the…
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Law and Government
Mark Levin calls Harry Reid a ‘brazen, serial liar’
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid compared the Tea Party to “anarchists” (again) on Thursday. In this case, he said that “the…
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Politics
Advice for Chris Christie
I like Chris Christie. I’d like to see him run for president. But… The Republican governor of New Jersey is…
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Politics
Dem. Rep. Jim McDermott: Conservative groups deserved IRS abuse, harassment
On Tuesday, Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., told leaders of conservative groups appearing before the House Ways and Means Committee their…
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Law and Government
Yes, this is Watergate, the remake
Poor, misguided Lois Lerner, the Internal Revenue Service’s director of exempt organizations. She thinks she’s done nothing wrong, even though…
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Law and Government
'I'm asking for help, and all you give me is papers'
Gian Carlo Menotti’s first opera, The Consul, seems out-of-date now that communist Russia and its satellites have crumbled. This story…
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Politics
Scandals in a nutshell: You can't use power to stay in power
The scandal sweepstakes has begun, with pundits on the left and right taking chances on predicting which of the ongoing…
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Economy
The inside scoop
With so much riding on the fiscal cliff talks, I figured there would be tremendous interest in knowing just what…
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Economy
Republican counter-offer to Obama is bad for three reasons
Earlier today, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) released a letter to President Obama with the House’s counter-offer to President Obama’s…
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Economy
Two key points on the budget the pundits and politicians miss
Earlier today, I posted about the four prominent Republican Members of Congress who have recently said they are okay with…
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Media
They hate us, they really hate us
Recently, I shared my thoughts on compassion. More specifically, on how irritated I get when Republicans are portrayed as the…
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