Tag Archives: Populists

Slate: Jamelle Bouie: Jim DeMint, American Abolitionism & Constitutional Conservatives

Source:The New Democrat  Representative Michele Bachmann announced she was running for president in, I believe, August of 2011.  Her  presidential campaign lasted all of four months.  It was one of the shortest presidential campaigns in American history.  When she announced … Continue reading

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American Thinker: Rick Moran: Can Stephen Colbert be Funny Without Making Fun of Right-Wingers?

Source:The New Democrat  There’s been this latest complaint, well not really a late complaint, it goes back to at least the 1960s, from the American Right that the American media, especially the entertainment industry, don’t like right-wingers and love to … Continue reading

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Liberty Pen: Megyn Kelly: ‘The Fuzzy Math of ObamaCare’

Source:The New Democrat  The FOX News specializes in fuzzy math. When they hear government reports that back up their argument, whatever it is at the time, they say, “Hey, see, we told you this is not working and we need … Continue reading

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American Thinker: Brad Lips: A Populist Libertarian Youth Movement?

Source:The New Democrat  As a member of Gen-X, I see two growing movements in American politics, both anti-big government. On the right, the young libertarians seem to be anti-government all together.  Both young liberals and young libertarians want the freedom to live … Continue reading

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Slate Magazine: Dave Weigel: Sarah Palin vs. Beltway Republicans: Conservatism in America 2014

Source:The New Democrat  If Rick Santorum and Sarah Palin are the faces of Conservatism in America in 2014, then we might as well start planning its funeral and Liberals can declare victory in this ongoing ideological war of some 50 … Continue reading

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American Thinker: Matthew Ernst: The U.S. Love Affair With Addiction

Source:The New Democrat  I just read an article in the far-right blog called the American Thinker, by Matthew Ernst, who says he is a law enforcement officer or retired law enforcement officer, who tried to make the case for not … Continue reading

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Conel Rad: How to Spot a Communist

Source:The New Democrat  The U.S. government, just a few decades ago, had an undemocratic habit of suppressing dissent by labeling any person or organization whom they perceived as disapproving official actions or policies, for whatever reason, as communist.  In the … Continue reading

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Daniel Hannan: ‘Hitler Was a Progressive’

Source:The New Democrat  When I first saw the title of this blog on Lew Rockwell.com, my first thought, to be perfectly frank, was “bullshit.” I mean, what is progressive about murdering millions of people simply because of their ethnicity, which … Continue reading

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The American Conservative: Leon Hadar: The Right’s Putin Problem’

Source:The American Conservative– Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin. “The counterintuitive argument that Putin should be considered a hero of American conservatives probably originated with the founder of this magazine who asked last year whether in “the culture war for mankind’s … Continue reading

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C-SPAN: Nadie Cohodas: Strom Thurmond Biography: The Politics of Southern Change (1993)

Source:The New Democrat  The best thing I can say about Senator Strom Thurmond, as someone who is not a fan, is that he was a reformed segregationist who reformed his views and rhetoric as the predominant views changed, even in … Continue reading

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