Read more lefties stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5034/lefties.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:23:54 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70099/lefties-finally-get-their-undies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMale lefties of the world have long suffered inconvenience and embarrassment at the urinal, thanks to their underwear. One British store is making up for the indignity with a new line of undies featuring a horizontal, rather than vertical, opening—giving Britain’s lefties an alternative to boxer shorts, Reuters reports....http://www.newser.com/story/70099/lefties-finally-get-their-undies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 23 Sep 2009 10:07:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67581/after-beck-flap-advertisers-leery-of-politics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGlenn Beck’s antics could just kill the entire political talk show genre, Advertising Age reports. Beck will return to the air tonight 33 advertisers lighter, after calling President Obama a “racist." But the fallout could spread to other talk shows, too—Clorox has already announced it’s pulling its ads from...http://www.newser.com/story/67581/after-beck-flap-advertisers-leery-of-politics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 24 Aug 2009 8:00:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66542/lefty-talking-heads-fan-birther-flames.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen CNN correspondent Candy Crowley mentioned birthers on Lou Dobbs’ show last week, the host panicked. “Don’t say ‘birthers,’ whatever you do,” he said. “Not on this broadcast.” Dobbs has become a much-ridiculed face of the birther movement, but he's discussed the issue only five times since July, Politico...http://www.newser.com/story/66542/lefty-talking-heads-fan-birther-flames.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 10 Aug 2009 10:09:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/48702/obama-stokes-lefty-pride-in-more-ways-than-you-think.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama’s inauguration continues the lefty domination of the White House—after all, five other postwar presidents have been southpaws, too, MSNBC reports. Only about a tenth of the population is left-handed, but that includes a disproportionate number of politicians, athletes, and artists. “From a statistical standpoint, it looks like...http://www.newser.com/story/48702/obama-stokes-lefty-pride-in-more-ways-than-you-think.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Jan 2009 14:08:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47037/hey-sean-put-down-your-pen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSean Penn may be “the finest character actor around,” but he's “no journalist,” writes Roger Cohen in the New York Times . Penn’s recent “fawning tributes” to Cuban president Raúl Castro show the actor has “delusional, dangerous” beliefs about the dictator—a fact that “Penn as Harvey Milk gets,” while “Penn...http://www.newser.com/story/47037/hey-sean-put-down-your-pen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Jan 2009 10:36:47 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45203/cool-off-lefties-obama-wont-abandon-you.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama's cabinet picks may have elicited howls from the left, but he won't sell out his progressive supporters, E.J. Dionne, Jr. writes in The New Republic . For starters, Obama never was a true economic lefty—that was John Edwards' role. Like John F. Kennedy 45 years ago, Obama...http://www.newser.com/story/45203/cool-off-lefties-obama-wont-abandon-you.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 12 Dec 2008 20:22:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42954/rightosphere-hopes-to-reshape-gop.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe election of Barack Obama has energized conservative bloggers, who see a spell in opposition as an opportunity ideal for reshaping the party, writes Walter Alarkon for the Hill . Conservatives in the “rightosphere” are eying the progress the left’s “netroots” made during the Bush years, when sites like Huffington Post,...http://www.newser.com/story/42954/rightosphere-hopes-to-reshape-gop.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 18 Nov 2008 13:26:08 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/32206/obama-raises-30m-in-june-below-expecations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagInsiders say that Barack Obama raised about $30 million in June, which, by the campaign's own lofty standards, is a bit lackluster, reports the Wall Street Journal . Obama hopes to have raised $300 million by mid-October, with an additional $180 million for the DNC, bringing his record budget to nearly...http://www.newser.com/story/32206/obama-raises-30m-in-june-below-expecations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Jul 2008 11:45:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31668/a-lefty-will-be-president.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNo matter what happens in November, a left-hander will take the White House. In fact, five of the last seven presidents have been southpaws. While left-handedness has been taken as a sign of everything from artistic talent to brain damage, ambidexterity may be a desirable quality in a leader. Left-handedness...http://www.newser.com/story/31668/a-lefty-will-be-president.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 04 Jul 2008 20:07:00 CDT