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Voight Takes
Obama-Is-Marxist
Rant to O'Reilly

Jun 10, 2009 9:07 AM CDT

Voight Takes Obama-Is-Marxist Rant to O'Reilly

Even Bill O'Reilly doesn't agree with all his theories

(Newser) - Just in case you missed Jon Voight's speech at a Republican fundraiser where he accused a “weak” President Obama of thinking “he’s going to bring all the enemies of the world into a little playground where they’ll swing each other back and forth,” the actor...

Sexist? Racist?
Chill Out,
GOP Pundits

OPINION

May 30, 2009 11:21 AM CDT

Sexist? Racist? Chill Out, GOP Pundits

Sotomayor's right; her gender and ethnicity do matter

(Newser) - The conservative chattering class needs to chill out about Sonia Sotomayor, writes Kathleen Parker of the Washington Post. Bloggers are frothing with rage over Sotomayor’s infamous comment that a Latina woman might make better decisions than a white man. “Could a white man get away with saying something...

Lefties: Obama's
Becoming Dubya

ANALYSIS

May 17, 2009 9:53 AM CDT

Lefties: Obama's Becoming Dubya

Left feeling spurned by new president's policies

(Newser) - Sorry, ladies: Hell has no fury like a political base scorned, and tensions are simmering among liberals, who feel spurned by President Obama, Josh Gerstein writes for Politico. With his reversals on military tribunals and releasing photos of abused detainees, and reluctance to tackle gay rights and immigration reform, some...

Abortion 'Purity Test' Is New to Republicans

OPINION

May 15, 2009 1:45 PM CDT

Abortion 'Purity Test' Is New to Republicans

Not even 'conservative issue' for older generation: Goodman

(Newser) - Abortion has become “the purity test for remaining in the GOP’s inner circle,” writes Ellen Goodman in the Boston Globe: The Republican Party is shedding and shunning abortion-rights supporters it once called its own. But it wasn’t always that way—even “Mr. Conservative” Barry Goldwater...

Little Backlash as
Gay Marriage Spreads

Analysis

Apr 22, 2009 2:01 PM CDT

Little Backlash as Gay Marriage Spreads

(Newser) - Gay marriage rights are spreading faster than ever, and it’s happening awfully quietly, reports Rick Klein of ABC News. Conservatives barely made a peep when gay marriage was legalized in Iowa or Vermont, and aren’t mounting much resistance to motions to do the same in New York, Connecticut,...

Right Can't Stand 'Cranky' TARP Overseer

Apr 20, 2009 9:55 AM CDT

Right Can't Stand 'Cranky' TARP Overseer

Liberals love Warren, but financial industry sees an activist

(Newser) - Dr. Phil, Jon Stewart, and liberals everywhere may love her, but Elizabeth Warren is causing an uproar in Washington, Politico reports. Conservatives and financial service lobbyists say the Harvard professor is using her post atop the TARP oversight committee to push an anti-industry agenda, exploring liberal approaches like nationalization and...

Obama Hatred Boils Over

OPINION

Apr 16, 2009 2:20 PM CDT

Obama Hatred Boils Over

For some, the economic crisis has catalyzed cultural suspicion of the president

(Newser) - President Obama has enjoyed a pretty good week—the rescue of the kidnapped cargo-ship captain went swimmingly, and the first family enjoyed some softball coverage of its new dog. But this week also saw the boiling-over of the segment of Americans who loathe the president, observes the Economist. Besides the...

There's Method to Andrew Sullivan's Madness

GLOSSIES

Apr 16, 2009 8:02 AM CDT

There's Method to Andrew Sullivan's Madness

... But conservatives, gays can't figure it out

(Newser) - At age 8, Andrew Sullivan asked his mother if God really was omniscient. Her affirmative reply terrified him: “Then there’s no hope for me, Mum.” Despite his success, conservatives, Catholics, and gay activists might agree—even though he belongs to each of their constituencies, Johann Hari writes...

Even the Right Can't Stand Glenn Beck

analysis

Apr 15, 2009 9:09 AM CDT

Even the Right Can't Stand Glenn Beck

Conservatives take issue with histrionic Fox newcomer

(Newser) - Glenn Beck’s prophesies of doom don’t just infuriate the left. Some conservatives are denouncing the histrionic Fox anchor as well, worried he’ll endanger the movement, reports Benjamin Sarlin of the Daily Beast. Fellow Fox anchor Shephard Smith often mocks Beck, calling his show the “fear chamber....

Meghan Gets 6-Figure
Deal for Book

Apr 9, 2009 6:52 PM CDT

Meghan Gets 6-Figure Deal for Book

(Newser) - Meghan McCain has snagged a book deal thought to be in the high six figures, the New York Observer reports. The 24-year-old chose Hyperion over at least three other publishers. No official word on the subject, but a good bet is the future of the Republican party and how to...

Fellow Conservatives:
Obama Is Not the Antichrist

opinion

Apr 2, 2009 2:20 PM CDT

Fellow Conservatives: Obama Is Not the Antichrist

(Newser) - Barack Obama is not the incarnation of evil, David Horowitz cautions his right-wing brethren in FrontPage Magazine. Don’t get him wrong: Horowitz remains fundamentally opposed to Obama’s liberal leanings and thinks he’s shown “surprising ineptitude,” but he’s tired of fellow conservatives’ increasingly “hysterical”...

Meghan McCain: I'm a New Kind of Republican

Mar 24, 2009 2:41 PM CDT

Meghan McCain: I'm a New Kind of Republican

Tells Larry King she supports Obama, but is 'totally daddy's girl'

(Newser) - Meghan McCain considers herself a “progressive Republican,” she told Larry King last night on CNN—a new, younger voice for the party. McCain, who’s been in the news lately for her spat with conservatives Laura Ingraham and Ann Coulter, said she was “totally daddy’s girl,...

Newt Is the Conservative
Al Sharpton

OPINION

Mar 4, 2009 8:00 AM CST

Newt Is the Conservative Al Sharpton

He'll never run for office again; he just wants attention

(Newser) - Trendy political predictions to the contrary, Newt's not "back," and he most certainly isn't going to run for president, writes Jason Zengerle in the New Republic. The former House speaker has maintained political longevity by dangling flirty intimations before story-hunting reporters. Given how he loves to talk, Gingrich...

Limbaugh to CPAC:
'Take Country Back'

Feb 28, 2009 6:15 PM CST

Limbaugh to CPAC: 'Take Country Back'

(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh thrilled an overflow crowd of conservatives in Washington, DC, tonight by urging them to "take this country back. All we need is to nominate the right candidate." Following speeches by Newt Gingrich, Mike Huckabee, and Ann Coulter at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Limbaugh surprised attendees...

Bush Fans Rare at Conservative Pow-Wow

Feb 28, 2009 9:50 AM CST

Bush Fans Rare at Conservative Pow-Wow

CPAC speakers slam former president, along with Obama

(Newser) - George W. Bush spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference every year of his presidency, but this year when you hear his name, it’s usually being derided, writes Andy Barr of Politico. Newt Gingrich spent his speech railing against “Bush-Obama big spending,” while Mike Huckabee cited Bush’...

Critics Invoke Jesus
in Anti-Stimulus Ad

Feb 20, 2009 3:58 AM CST

Critics Invoke Jesus in Anti-Stimulus Ad

Conservative group launches $1M ad to slam government spending

(Newser) - A conservative group has brought Jesus into the fray over the stimulus package, Politico reports. An anti-stimulus ad from the American Issues Project set to start airing today flashes a picture of the three wise men on the screen and asks viewers to imagine spending "$1 million every single...

Limbaugh, Palin to Address
Conservatives

Feb 5, 2009 6:09 PM CST

Limbaugh, Palin to Address Conservatives

(Newser) - Talk about your right-wing star power: The annual CPAC convention for conservatives later this month has both Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin as speakers, notes US News & World Report. Limbaugh will give the closing speech on Feb. 28 and is expected to expound on his "I hope he...

Obama Has Met
Only Half of Rick Warren

Opinion

Jan 19, 2009 1:51 AM CST

Obama Has Met Only Half of Rick Warren

Evangelical's split personality includes 'bland Pastor Rick' and arch conservative

(Newser) - Evangelical Rick Warren has fooled many Americans, Barack Obama included, with his lifelong attempt at creating a double personality, Amy Sullivan writes in Time. There's Pastor Rick—the apparently progressive anti-poverty, concerned-about-AIDS persona Obama invited to deliver the inaugural invocation, and there's the divisive staunch conservative the president-elect should quickly...

Obama Can't Win 'Em All

ANALYSIS

Jan 18, 2009 1:12 PM CST

Obama Can't Win 'Em All

Some conservatives can't get into the spirit of unity for the inauguration

(Newser) - Washington will be swimming in champagne for the inauguration Tuesday, but some conservatives are warning merrymakers to stop drinking the Obama Kool-Aid, Politico reports. “While we’re sitting around the campfire and trying to sing Kumbaya, our country is slipping away from us,” said one. Another predicted, “...

Obama Builds Even
More Bridges to GOP

Jan 16, 2009 7:22 PM CST

Obama Builds Even More Bridges to GOP

(Newser) - Barack Obama's courting of conservatives is well-known, but he's done even more quiet outreach behind the scenes, Politico reports. Obama has publicly extended an olive branch to the likes of John McCain, Rick Warren, and George Will—but he's also contacted prominent Republicans on Capitol Hill and organizations such as...