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mediamatters.org - 26 days ago
Following Rep. Foxx's lead, media conservatives compare health care reform to terrorism
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On November 2, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) said on the House floor regarding health care legislation before the House: "I believe we have more to fear from the potential of that bill passing than we do from any terrorist right now in any country." Following Foxx's statement, Fox News' Glenn Beck ...
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 26 days ago
Exit poll: In Virginia, it's all about the economy
— politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — (CNN) - The economy and jobs are the number on issue on the minds of voters in... Virginia, according to data from CNN exit polls Tuesday. Forty-six percent of Virginian voting Tuesday, as Republican Bob McDonnell and Democrat Creigh Deeds faced ... (more) Exit poll: In Virginia, it's all about the economy

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Gubernatorial Races a Poor Yardstick
fivethirtyeight.com - 27 days ago
Gubernatorial Races a Poor Yardstick
— fivethirtyeight.com — Here is the problem with using the results from New Jersey or Virginia tonight to judge the... status of the national political environment. It's not so much that the races are "meaningless" in the abstract, but that ticket-splitting is so common in ... (more) Gubernatorial Races a Poor Yardstick

Comments vote down The Rude Pundit found this 27 days agofound this
Election 2009: What Happened in Virginia?
fdlaction.firedoglake.com - 26 days ago
Election 2009: What Happened in Virginia?
— fdlaction.firedoglake.com — Democrats welcome (really) (photo by M.V. Jantzen) For those of you following the 2009 elections, I don’t... have to tell you that Virginia–one year after voting Democratic for President for the first time since 1964–is about to sweep ... (more) Election 2009: What Happened in Virginia?

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AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth:  Following GOP Rep. Foxx's lead, media conservatives compare health care reform to terrorism

Political Animal:  Avoid the terrorism comparisons

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Following GOP Rep. Foxx's lead, media conservatives compare health care reform to terrorism
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — From Media Matters: On November 2, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) said on the House floor regarding health care legislation before the House: "I believe we have more to fear from the potential of that bill passing than we do from any terrorist right now in any country." Following Foxx's statement, Fox News' Glenn Beck compared health care reform to 9-11, and talk radio host Neal Boortz and the Fox Nation promoted Foxx's attack. ...

Avoid the terrorism comparisons
Political Animal — ... and conservative radio host Neal Boortz . Far be it for me to give reform opponents advice, but my hunch is this isn't going to sway people -- equating health care reform and terrorism tends to appear insane to casual observers, and Democrats aren't exactly going to feel intimidated by unhinged rhetoric that sensible people won't take seriously.— ...

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