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Palin's Unique Strategy: Attack From Left

Mark Russell — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 05:50:02 CDT

Sarah Palin's hot-blooded barrages were loved by crowds in Iowa on Saturday, but despite the usual right-wing boilerplate solutions, the former Alaska governor's attacks are coming dressed in uniquely left-wing language, notes David Sessions on the Daily Beast . "Crony capitalism," "corporate welfare," and "socialism for the very rich" were three...

Politics Has Lost Its Bleeping Mind

Polly Davis Doig — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:09:33 CDT

In case you hadn't noticed, American politics has flown off the handle, spun its head around crazily a la Exorcist , and sailed clear off the deep end. So to speak. Sure, we sort of took the battier candidates of both sides in stride (we're looking at you, Alan Grayson , Christine...

Watch Out: Glenn Beck Making Sense ...Kinda

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 06 May 2010 11:54:10 CDT

Even those who typically write off Glenn Beck as paranoid, even crazy, must admit sometimes he “catches a real-life demon in his fantasy-world gallery of rogues, and he becomes oddly reasonable”—and he did so twice this week. First, he argued the alleged Times Square terrorist should have been read...

Left Takes Out Rage on Rahm

Kevin Spak — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:57:39 CST

Liberals disappointed with Barack Obama are pointing their daggers less at him than at his chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel is not a popular guy on the left these days—many see him as the obstacle to the change they thought Obama would bring. One liberal radio host called him...

Air America Goes Bust When Left Needs It Most

John Johnson — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 13:11:50 CST

Air America has gone silent just when progressives need it most, writes Ron Reagan. The Supreme Court reveals its "corporatist agenda," Massachusetts gains a shade of red, health care reform is dying, and "without doubt Rush Limbaugh is making a complete ass of himself." But because the "long-suffering" liberal radio...

Air America Going Off the Air

John Johnson — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:43:03 CST

Tough week for the left: First, Ted Kennedy's seat goes Republican, and now Air America has gone bust. The liberal radio network will stop live broadcasts as of 6pm EST today. It will feed affiliates reruns through Monday, then cease operations altogether after 6 years. Air America, which gave a...

Why I'm Breaking Up With the Left

Kevin Spak — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:40:45 CST

EA Hanks and The Left used to have a good thing going. All those marches, all those sit-ins, even those Huffington Post columns; “We were dumb kids in love with hating,” she reminisces. But The Left’s “detestable” failure in Massachusetts was the last straw. “We’re through,” she writes in a...

Obama, Dems Catch Flak From MSNBC

Kevin Spak — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:48:19 CST

Forget Fox News, Barack Obama is catching just as much grief from MSNBC, as the network’s liberal hosts hammer Democrats for drifting right. Rachel Maddow, for example, spent most of last week lambasting House Democrats over the anti-abortion Stupak amendment, calling it an “electoral defeat,” and contemplating the consequences for...

Obama Scared to Show His Face in ... San Francisco?

Will McCahill — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:33:42 CDT

Given the adoring crowds he’s attracted in, say, Berlin, one would think President Obama would have a number of public appearances scheduled during a quick jaunt to San Francisco beginning tomorrow. But evidently, his staff is so worried about rabid lefties that Obama’s just dropping in for an evening fundraiser,...