anonymousliberal.com - 11/21/2008
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Steve Benen is puzzled by the widespread and completely baseless paranoia among conservatives about the prospect of the "fairness doctrine" being reinstated. He links to this article by Marin Cogan of the New Republic who, after investigating the matter, concludes that there is almost no support ...
washingtonmonthly.com - 11/20/2008
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washingtonmonthly.com —
THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE, PARANOIA, AND RIGHT-WING SELF-PITY.... I've
been fascinated of late with the far-right hysteria about...
the reemergence of the "fairness doctrine," because conservative activists are gearing up for a knock-down brawl against an ...
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The fairness doctrine, paranoia, and right-wing self-pity
change.gov - 11/19/2008
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change.gov —
The Obama-Biden Plan Barack Obama and Joe Biden
will responsibly end the war in Iraq so that...
we can renew our military strength, dedicate more resources to the fight against the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan, and invest in our economy at home. ...
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Iraq | Change.gov: The Obama-Biden Transition Team
thenation.com - 11/20/2008
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thenation.com —
In 2006, when the Democrats recaptured the House
and Senate, there wasn't any doubt about the antiwar...
mandate. That election was widely seen as a referendum on the Iraq War, and the new Democratic majority felt empowered by it. In 2008, though, it ...
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Print: Obama's Iraq Challenge
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Some call it Fascism
Doug Ross @ Journal —
... seems threatened, there's no better way to unify the party than scaring up liberal bogeymen. Following Cogan's lead, the echo chamber -- asserting unfounded wingnut paranoia -- popped heads up like a choral version of Whack-a-Mole. [image] Taylor Marsh , Human Events , PoliGazette , Midwest Voices , The Heretik , Newshoggers.com , Washington Monthly , Lawyers, Guns and Money , Matthew Yglesias and The Anonymous Liberal all joined in the fun. Their diminution notwithstanding, certain facts are ...
uggabugga —
... I will scare you with tales of "reactionary liberals" wanting to reinstate the fairness doctrine, but without citing a single person or action taken towards that end. That's because fact-free conservative paranoia is an ...
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