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tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com - 28 days ago
Here He Goes Again
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Last year here I criticized George Packer, an enlightened denizen of the Chattering Classes Zoo, for trying to rehabilitate David Brooks, an ingratiating neo-con who's as doomed as any other charming, brilliant vampire to suck the blood of the American republic while thinking he's in love.  ...
Conservatism Didn't Lose in NY-23
rushlimbaugh.com - 25 days ago
Conservatism Didn't Lose in NY-23
— rushlimbaugh.com — RUSH: These are my thoughts on New York 23. In the first place I'll have to double-check... this but I'm reasonably sure that this was the highest percentage of the vote ever won on the Conservative Party line by a House or Senate candidate. I think ... (more) Conservatism Didn't Lose in NY-23

Comments vote down The New Republic blogs found this 25 days agofound this
David Brooks and Mark Shields Agree Again on PBS: Cheney, Limbaugh and Beck Wreck GOP
newsbusters.org - 10/26/2009
David Brooks and Mark Shields Agree Again on PBS: Cheney, Limbaugh and Beck Wreck GOP
— newsbusters.org — The taxpayer-funded PBS sandbox knows how to keep looking down their nose at their competitors in conservative... talk radio and TV. Once again, on Friday night’s NewsHour , the supposedly opposing duo of Mark Shields and David Brooks offered their ... (more) David Brooks and Mark Shields Agree Again on PBS: ...

Comments vote down Think Progress found this 10/26/2009found this
DISPUTATIONS: What If Obama Didn’t Need 60 Votes?
tnr.com - 30 days ago
DISPUTATIONS: What If Obama Didn’t Need 60 Votes?
— tnr.com — Richard Yeselson is a research coordinator for the labor federation, Change to Win. The opinions he expresses... are his own. read more (more) DISPUTATIONS: What If Obama Didn’t Need 60 Votes?

Comments vote down Ezra Klein found this 30 days agofound this

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The Hollywood Liberal:  So Why Was It We Didn’t Kick Joe Lieberman Out of The Caucus?

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So Why Was It We Didn’t Kick Joe Lieberman Out of The Caucus?
The Hollywood Liberal — So Why Was It We Didn’t Kick Joe Lieberman Out of The Caucus? My inclination as a diehard Obama supporter is to assume that, in the long run, his decisions turn out to have been right. But it became ever more clear yesterday hat his “forgive and forget” policy toward Joe Lieberman was… [image] [image] [image] Sponsored Topics: Joe Lieberman - Barack Obama - United States - Politics - Society and Culture Presented By: [image] Here They Go Again Last year here I criticized enlightened denizens of the Chattering Classes Zoo for trying to rehabilitate David Brooks, an ...

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