Politics of Fear

Obama Defeats . . . Nixon?

Daniel Frick | Posted 11.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sarah Palin Attacks, Politics of Fear, John McCain, John McCain Attack Ads, Richard Nixon, Tricky Dick, President Obama, Obama Bipartisanship, Bipartisanship, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Politics News
Daniel Frick

Can Barack Obama succeed in laying Richard Nixon's ghost to rest? As Obama pledges bipartisanship and reaches across the aisle to John McCain, many of us can't help but hope that we've seen the end of the politics of denigration.

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Today, Talk About America's Future with a Veteran

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 11.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Dialogue, Military Families, Politics of Fear, Marine Corps, Bush Administration, Michelle Obama, Civil-Military Relations, National Service, The White House Project, Veterans Day, Congressional Oversight, Peacekeeping, Cold War, Politics News
Lorelei Kelly

Today we are sorely lacking informed public debate on national security and what it means to serve just when today's threats put us beyond the protection of the armed services.

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California's Shame

Emily Cotler | Posted 11.06.2008 | Home

Read More: Civil Liberties, Hazel Bryan, California, Proposition 8, Ellen Degeneres, Fear of Change, Race, Prejudice, Harvey Milk, Civil Rights, Politics of Fear, Cesar Chavez, Jackie Robinson, California Gay Marriage, Out of State Funding, Gay Rights, California Politics, Racism, Desegregation, Elizabeth Eckford, Separation of Church and State, Gay Marriage, Home News
Emily Cotler

Equality for all. What could be more basic and simple than that? And yet, California's Proposition 8 passed. If you don't know what Prop 8 entails, it...

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Tag Team Terrorism: The Bush, McCain, Palin Soap Opera

Linda Hansen | Posted 10.07.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Politics of Fear, Iraq War, Campaign 2008, Honor in Politics, Smearing Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Offthebus, Domestic Terrorism, Osama Bin Laden, Home News
Linda Hansen

That rabid filth-mongering Dubya campaign that crushed McCain in South Carolina, well, John Sidney McCain was too honest to go for any of that. Too honorable... Until now.

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Let The Politics Of Anger Prevail

Lance Simmens | Posted 09.25.2008 | Home

Read More: Change @Y:Politics, John McCain, Presidential Election, Barack Obama, September 11, Barack Obama Hope, Politics of Fear, Fear, Hope, Terrorism, 9/11, Election 2008, War on Terror, Home News
Lance Simmens

Fear versus anger, defense versus offense, past versus future, insecurity versus hope. These are the trademarks of the current decisions Americans must make in the next six weeks.

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Obama and the Palin Effect (Part 2)

Deepak Chopra | Posted 09.16.2008 | Living

Read More: Shadow Issues, Politics of Fear, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Living News
Deepak Chopra

People who were shocked and dismayed by the Palin effect generally don't know how to handle shadow energies. Here are a few salient points.

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Time to Go Daisy Cutter

Max Bergmann | Posted 09.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, John McCain, Politics of Fear, Fear Watch 2008, Attack Ads, Politics News
Max Bergmann

Who says Republicans are the only ones who can play the politics of fear? McCain's reckless temper combined with his inherent militancy is a very very dangerous combination.

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The Ludacris-Rove-McCain Axis

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics of Fear, John McCain, Ludacris, Karl Rove, Lee Atwater, Barack Obama, Willie Horton, Race Card, Politics News
Robert S. McElvaine

"The race card" is something that is only played by someone who can hope to use it to produce a winning hand. In this game, it is obvious that that player is John McCain.

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Resurrecting Literature: Sustenance for the Progressive Soul

Jennifer Nix | Posted 07.29.2008 | Living

Read More: Corruption, Nationalism, Short Stories, Literature, To Kill a Mockingbird, Police, Chicago, Anarchist, Xenophobia, George W. Bush, George Lakoff, Progressives, Fiction, Pet Goat, Terrorist, Immigration, Democrats, Bestsellers, Politics of Fear, Politics, History, Activism, Racism, Nonfiction, Aleksandar Hemon, Grapes of Wrath, Fox News Channel, The Lazarus Project, Sarajevo, Huffpost Books, Living News
Jennifer Nix

I once again see the potential and power of literature, and hope to tell new and necessary stories. As activists, we must not lose sight of art. Here are some questions I posed to Aleksandar Hemon.

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How I didn't end up being a criminal

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Black Nationalism, Flag Burning, Fearmongering, Fear, Michelle Obama, Rambo, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Politics of Fear, Race in Politics, Terror, Barack Obama New Yorker Cover, Religion and Politics, Patriot, Pan-Terrorism, Political Cartoons, Politics News
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

The imagery on the cover of the New Yorker represents the quality of conversation on race and religion in this country: mixed messages, nothing decoded.

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Why Obama Should Thank The New Yorker

Irshad Manji | Posted 07.17.2008 | Media

Read More: Politics, New Yorker, Campaign Strategy, Larry King LIve, Satire, Barack Obama, Politics of Fear, Obama Muslim, Barack Obama New Yorker Cover, Obama Muslim Smear, Media News
Irshad Manji

In shocking people with so many fierce images at once, the New Yorker has handed Barack Obama an opportunity to score three timely campaign victories.

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Can Radio with Heart Capture the Heart?

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 07.15.2008 | Media

Read More: Unity, Politics of Fear, Talk Radio, Oprah Winfrey, Rush Limbaugh, Oprah Obama, Attack Ads, Media News
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

It is possible that there is a greater power in bringing people together than there is in tearing them apart? Could it be that inspirational broadcasting which is Oprah's hallmark can ultimately triumph over calling people names?

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The Politics of Fear

Lucy Carrigan | Posted 07.15.2008 | Media

Read More: Politics of Fear, New Yorker, Barack Obama, Barack Obama New Yorker, New Yorker Cartoonist, Barack Obama New Yorker Cover, Media News
Lucy Carrigan

We are all terrified, plain and simple, that somehow the right-wing smear campaign will succeed in defeating our candidate. We are the ones who have become... not stupid, but scared-stupid and irrational.

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FearWatch '08: The McCain Campaign Takes Feargasm Advice From Bill Kristol

Bob Cesca | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics of Fear, Fear, Charlie Black John McCain, Fear Watch 2008, William Kristol, Charlie Black, Politics News
Bob Cesca

Even though Sen. McCain didn't truly denounce Charlie Black and, instead, basically supported the lobbyist's awful statements, the very serious cable news people are giving McCain a pass on this thing.

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FearWatch '08: Keeping an Eye Out for GOP Fear-Mongering

Arianna Huffington | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Lapel Pin, Fearmongering, Fear, Obama Osama, John McCain Hagee, McCain Iraq, Iraq War, Politics of Fear, American Flag Lapel Pin, Fear Watch 2008, John Hagee, National Security, Gop, Iraq, Republican Party, Obama Iraq, Politics News
Arianna Huffington

Things are always less scary when the lights are on, so throughout the campaign HuffPost will be conducting a FearWatch, keeping our eyes peeled for attempts to scare the public into voting their fears. And we need your help... Read More McCain's Campaign Funding Hypocrisy: Why Are the Media Looking the Other Way? Amidst all the attacks on Obama's public funding "flip-flop," how much have you read in the old media about the fact that McCain has completely reversed himself on public financing -- and is currently breaking campaign finance law on a daily basis? Read More Watch Arianna on: BBC News' Hardtalk, CNN's Election Center, and Anderson Cooper 360

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The Sleep of Monsters Produces Reason

Steven Weber | Posted 06.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics of Fear, Fearmongering, Barack Obama, Politics News
Steven Weber

While we are relishing our Obasm, we must be aware of the forces who peer jealously across the widening breach, who are becoming even more determined to prevent this movement from succeeding.

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Obama is full of it. Hope, I mean.

David Matthews | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Ex Reagan Democrats, Politics of Fear, Corrupt Politics, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Nice, Politics News
David Matthews

My worry is that Obama, who appeals to the best of our nature, and to the transformative power of government, lives in a fantasy world, disconnected from the peccant realities of what it takes to get things done in Washington.

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The Fear Fundamentalists

Robert Koehler | Posted 03.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics of Fear, Fearmongering, Fear, Bush, Clinton, Torture, Politics News
Robert Koehler

The Bush administration didn't invent the practice of selling fear, just employed it with shocking cynicism and assumed a mandate it didn't have.

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Kristol To Clinton: "I Recommend The Politics Of Fear"

Think Progress | Posted 02.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Primary, Bill Kristol Iran, Politics of Fear, 2008 Election, Bill Kristol, Bill Kristol Politics of Fear, Bill Kristol Hillary Clinton, Politics News

This morning on Fox News Sunday, New York Times columnist Bill Kristol recommended that Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) employ the "politics of fear" to a...

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