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July 07, 2009 05:37 PM EDT --
In the first Senate hearing on clean energy legislation supported by President Barack Obama, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) compared the Senate to the “ExxonMobil board room.” Whitehouse . . .
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April 29, 2009 08:03 PM EDT --
Although he holds no position in government, Newt Gingrich said on Sean Hannity's Fox News talk show that a new contract with America would be a "very good idea for September of 2010." . . .
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June 22, 2009 08:55 PM EDT --
On CSPAN’s Washington Journal yesterday, former Republican congressman Tom Davis received a call from an elderly woman named Dorothy, who said that because she has diabetes, health insurance companies . . .
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August 15, 2009 05:52 PM EDT --
While the Democrats want Americans to face “death panels” as Sarah Palin said, the Republican health care plan wants Americans to live forever, just like Terri Shiavo could have, if the liberals . . .
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September 30, 2009 06:54 PM EDT --
Last night, in a controversial speech on the House floor, Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) announced that the Republican alternative health care proposals would force sick Americans to “die quickly” . . .
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October 10, 2009 04:49 PM EDT --
On MSNBC, Rachel Maddow reported that “two major power brokers” from the left are insisting that any Democrat (presumably Blue Dogs) who joins the Republicans to block health care reform . . .
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April 11, 2009 03:23 AM EDT --
Organizers of the radical anti-Obama “tea party” protests have been trying to claim that the events are rising up spontaneously. However, right wing lobbyist groups, think tanks and, especially, Fox . . .
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May 06, 2009 09:44 PM EDT --
On his radio show, Rush Limbaugh called General Colin Powell “just another liberal.” Limbaugh said Powell should “close the loop” and leave the Republican party instead of “claiming” to be interested . . .
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July 06, 2009 03:42 PM EDT --
On "Morning Joe," co-host Mika Brzezinski repeatedly stated that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's views connected with "real Americans." Her statement brought a flurry of e-mails from upset viewers. . . .
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August 09, 2009 01:51 AM EDT --
Rep. Steve Kagen (D-WI) faced a “heated” discussion about health care at a town hall meeting, with people in the crowd who were heckling, interrupting, and filibustering him. One vocal attendee . . .
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June 25, 2009 09:33 PM EDT --
Last week, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) boasted about breaking the law in refusing to complete the 2010 Census. The Census unites her conspiracy theories about the Obama administration with her monomaniacal . . .
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August 23, 2009 06:50 PM EDT --
At an Illinois state fair this past week, Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) fully embraced the GOP’s “party of no” obstructionist strategy. Shimkus stated that the Republican “chant for . . .
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September 15, 2009 08:03 PM EDT --
Two million “Real Americans” took their country back on 9/12/09. We defeated health care for all Americans, we won! We defeated the Kenyan! 50 million uninsured and climbing! USA! USA! Higher . . .
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April 10, 2009 07:16 PM EDT --
Glenn Beck was so outraged by President Obama's immigration plan that he imitated President Obama pouring gasoline on the "average American" by dousing "Red Eye's" Bill Schulz . . .
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April 20, 2009 06:25 PM EDT --
On Fox News, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) responded to the startling information that detainee Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was waterboarded 183 times. “It’s unacceptable,” McCain said, adding: "One is too . . .
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April 29, 2009 02:42 AM EDT --
During an interview with PajamasTV, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) falsely claimed that the last swine flu outbreak occurred under “another Democrat President, Jimmy Carter.” Bachmann, however, insisted . . .
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June 08, 2009 05:04 PM EDT --
On his radio program, talk show host Rush Limbaugh mocked Sonia Sotomayor for fracturing her ankle in a slight stumble at a New York airport. Limbaugh asked, “Now, the question is, would . . .
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June 26, 2009 05:31 PM EDT --
During the floor debate this morning over the historic American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES) , Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) received a round of applause from GOP colleagues when he claimed that man-made . . .
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June 23, 2009 03:37 PM EDT --
In a press conference this afternoon, President Obama defied right wing Republicans Sen. John McCain and Lindsay Graham's calls for US intervention in Iran: "this is up to the Iranian people to decide . . .
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July 26, 2009 06:57 PM EDT --
Two years ago, the city of San Francisco launched the country’s first universal health care program, Healthy San Francisco. Today, almost 75% of previously uninsured residents are enrolled in . . .
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