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Why the Conservatives Won't Crack-up, But the Left Probably Will

Rupert Russell | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

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Rupert Russell

The conservative Counter-Establishment is the most cast-iron entanglement of alliances and dependencies known in modern American history.

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The Last Time We Vote For Bigotry

Paul Jenkins | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gay Marriage, Abortion, Taxes, Mormons, Proposition 8, Louisiana, Christian Right, Affirmative Action, Economy, Immigration, Larry Craig, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, California, Religion, Gay Rights, New Jersey, John Edwards, Christianity, Hillary Clinton, Coretta Scott King, Health Care, African-American Issues, Florida, Congressional Black Caucus, Deval Patrick, Massachusetts, New York, David Patterson, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

The time has come to put our votes and our money where our mouth is and no longer tolerate the malleable bigotry of those who profess to be our friends, but also say we are not quite worthy of the same rights.

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Karl Rove's Bad Advice

Bill Scher | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Secular, Religious Right, Conservative Base, Karl Rove, Evangelical Christians, Christian Right, Obama Evangelicals, Evangelicals, Politics News
Bill Scher

Bending over backwards to pander to conservative Christians will only further worry secular voters that conservatives don't properly prioritize issues that are most important to good governing.

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Christian right regroups after Obama victory

AP | ERIC GORSKI | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics

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Pundits declared evangelicals among of Election Day's losers. Conservative Christian leader James Dobson confessed he was grieving. Barry Lynn of Amer...

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Evangelical Leaders Using God Like a Hired Gun

Christine Wicker | Posted 10.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Abortion, Pentecostal, God Politics, John McCain, James Dobson, Christian Right, McCain Evangelical, Focus on the Family, Religion Politics, Gary Bauer, Barack Obama, Evangelicals Fear Obama, Religion, Evangelical, Townhall Magazine, Talk Radio, Anti-Christ, White House, Evangelicals Attack Ads, Janet Porter, Mickey Rooney, Religious Right, Christianity, Obama Evangelicals, Keating Scandal, James Strang, Jim Henderson, Home News
Christine Wicker

The evangelical Christian mullahs are declaring that Obamageddon is at hand. One warned that people who hate Christianity will take over the country if Obama is elected. "Life as we know it will end!"

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The Christian Right Killed the Republican Party

Jane Devin | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home

Read More: George Bush, Religion, Michele Bachmann, James Dobson, Pat Robertson, Christian Right, Ethics, Barry Goldwater, Jerry Fallwell, Republican Party, Sarah Palin, Home News
Jane Devin

Under the thumb of right-wing religion, the Republican party became a bloated fool, stuffed with hypocrisy, greed, and anti-intellectualism. The price is now being paid through lost elections and a loss of public trust.

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Christian right intensifies attacks on Obama

AP | ERIC GORSKI and RACHEL ZOLL | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

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Terrorist strikes on four American cities. Russia rolling into Eastern Europe. Israel hit by a nuclear bomb. Gay marriage in every state. The end of t...

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On Colin Powell

Etan Thomas | Posted 10.21.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Religion, Colin Powell, Christianity, Christian Right, Obama Muslim Smear, Election 2008, Barack Obama, Republicans, Entertainment News
Etan Thomas

The Republican Party has transformed what used to be a common thread uniting just about all Americans, into an exclusive department of the GOP.

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Religious Right Trolls "Horror Stories" to Oppose Gay Troops

Nathaniel Frank | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics

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Nathaniel Frank

I set out to learn if reason or prejudice was behind the gay ban in the military.

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Why Clay Aiken's Coming Out Matters

Andrew Belonsky | Posted 09.25.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Melissa Etheridge, Religion, Lance Bass, Gay, George Michael, John McCain, David Crosby, Culture, Rosie O'Donnell, Ellen Degeneres, Politics, Clay Aiken, Sarah Palin, Culture Wars, Christian Right, American Idol, Entertainment News
Andrew Belonsky

Aiken's outing is different in two notable, intrinsically entwined ways.

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The Women in McCain's Life

Paul Jenkins | Posted 09.20.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

In 10 days Sarah Palin's standing has crashed an awesome 24 points, with a clear majority now having a negative opinion of the Alaska Governor. This k...

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Palin's Handlers, Part Two

Nina Burleigh | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Christian Right, Wall Street Crisis, The Rapture, Sarah Palin, James Dobson, Liberty Legal Institute, Politics News
Nina Burleigh

Liberty Legal Institute is not the only national right wing Christian group on Palin's speed-dial. All these big-time "legal" foundations beavering away in Palin's camp doesen't sound so small-town to me.

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Bigoted Obama Waffles; Bigoted Values Voter Conference

Chip Berlet | Posted 09.15.2008 | Home

Read More: Sarah Palin Vice President, Christian Right, 2008 Election, Values Voter Bias, Values Voter Racist, Obama Waffles Values Voter, Values Voters Summit, Home News
Chip Berlet

The decried waffle packaging accurately reflected the preoccupations of the conference speakers and attendees, who addressed the same topics as did the waffle-box makers -- and in similar language.

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Why I Believe (Specifically) That Sarah Palin Is A Really, Really Bad Idea

Brad Listi | Posted 09.13.2008 | Home

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Brad Listi

Palin gives me the creeps the way Bush and Cheney give me the creeps. Similar ideology. Similar whiffs of God-fueled certainty, incompetence, callous indifference, culture war. But I can do better than that...

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The Divided States of America: One Nation Under Two Gods

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics

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Michelle Haimoff

These diametrically opposed, partisan visions of America can never be reconciled because both parties feel that they are fundamentally saving the other party from itself.

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Palin's Religious Beliefs Must Be Explored

Chip Berlet | Posted 09.10.2008 | Home

Read More: Christian Right, Dominionism, Sarah Palin; Apocalyptic Nightmare; End Times; Christian Right; Palin Mccain; Religion Politics; Church State;, Home News
Chip Berlet

Does Sarah Palin share with millions of other evangelicals a nightmare vision of an approaching global battle between Godly Christians and evil Satanic agents of the Antichrist in the End Times? We need to know if Palin shares the vision of an apocalypse soon.

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Sarah Palin: Game Changer Or Sacrificial Lamb?

John Shay | Posted 09.08.2008 | Politics

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John Shay

Interestingly, Sarah Palin appears to be the perfect person to carry out a dead-old-man-walking strategy.

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Bush Calls Palin "An Inspired Pick"

Time | Mark Halperin | Posted 09.08.2008 | Politics

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The President tells Fox News in an interview to air Tuesday morning that the Alaska Governor is "a very dynamic, capable, smart woman" and has the exe...

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The True Values of Values Voters

Robyn Blumner | Posted 09.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bristol Palin, Christian Right, Sarah Palin, Values Voters, Teen Pregnancy, Abortion, Levi Johnston, Unions, Politics News
Robyn Blumner

The life prospects of a teenage couple with a child and only high school degrees have collapsed in this modern economy.

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McCain Wimps Out, Country Shrugs

Paul Jenkins | Posted 09.06.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

Far from the eccentric rebel he likes to portray, McCain is a sad pawn in the religious right's attempt to maintain power in the GOP and over the country.

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Palin: The Most Extremist Candidate Since Goldwater

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 09.05.2008 | Politics

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Miles Mogulescu

Palin's nomination marks a decision by McCain to try to turn the election from one about the economy to a replay of past elections about cultural issues and about which candidate represents real Americans.

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What is Dominionism? Palin, The Christian Right And Theocracy

Chip Berlet | Posted 09.05.2008 | Home

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Chip Berlet

Sarah Palin is a "Dominionist" with an apocalyptic End Times theological viewpoint that sees the war in Iraq as part of God's plan. That's different than practicing a form of "Dominion Theology" or "Christian Reconstructionism."

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The Palin Paradox: Does Her Candidacy Mark the Death of the Christian Right?

Paul Abrams | Posted 09.05.2008 | Politics

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Paul Abrams

By being forced to embrace Palin, the Christian right is acknowledging that "legitimate" families have morphed into a variety of shapes and forms that all need to be supported and accommodated.

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Who is the Handler?

Nina Burleigh | Posted 09.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Christian Right, Sarah Palin Reaction, Church and State, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Nina Burleigh

Sarah Palin's entry into politics and subsequent rise has all the hallmarks of having been engineered, coached and groomed by bigger outside forces with a bigger plan.

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So Sarah Palin Outranks Me on the Morality Scale?

Stephanie Losee | Posted 09.03.2008 | Living

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Stephanie Losee

The New York Times reported yesterday that Christian conservatives were gratified by John McCain's choice to run with a pro-lifer who married her boyf...

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