Blog Archive: January, 2009


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The Big Con Back to the Seventies (2): This One's for the True Blues Only

By Rick Perlstein
January 31, 2009

Anyone who follows my work closely knows that one of my obsessions is conservative zombie lies about Vietnam: stories made up, often at the highest levels, by right-wing moutebanks to spread the propaganda that VIetnam was a noble and successful venture until liberals in Congress came along and screwed it up. read more »

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Obama pledges fealty to middle class; conservatives squirm in horror

By Rick Perlstein
January 31, 2009

One of my points in this article was that, in this age of their decrepitude, we can expect conservatives to have a hard time keeping their stories straight—that conservative activists are required to memorize so many intersecting seams of bullshit that, in the absence of strong leadership and obvious media direction, they'll simply fo read more »

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Obama pledges fealty to middle class; conservatives squirm in horror

By Rick Perlstein
January 31, 2009

One of my points in this article was that, in this age of their decrepitude, we can expect conservatives to have a hard time keeping their stories straight—that conservative activists are required to memorize so many intersecting seams of bullshit that, in the absence of strong leadership and obvious media direction, they'll simply fo read more »

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What Would Molly Think?

By Betsy Moon
January 30, 2009

It's unfortunate that Molly Ivins left us two years ago. She would have loved the beautiful sight of "We the People" finally stepping up to become the real deciders.

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Will Obama Keep His "Buy America" Promise?

By David Sirota
January 30, 2009

Back in August, presidential candidate Barack Obama made his commitment to the concept behind "Buy America" legislation very clear in a series of campaign statements and ads lambasting John McCain fo read more »

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The Big Con: Back to the Seventies (1)

By Rick Perlstein
January 30, 2009

I've been working on a big post on the politics of government spending that has ballooned into something that will take a few more days to complete, so to tide you all over I offer three recent research finds from the bowels of the disco era on Big Con themes of longstanding interest. Enjoy!

Is Nixonland over? One pundit's opinion: read more »

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The "Make Him Do It" Dynamic

By David Sirota
January 30, 2009

"I agree with you, I want to do it, now make me do it." - Franklin Roosevelt read more »

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Buy America

By Leo Gerard
January 30, 2009

To survive this economic catastrophe, Americans must assert themselves as economic patriots. They must stand up to the likes of the Chamber and the Roundtable and call them out for being economic traitors to the United States of America.

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What A Difference Ten Days Make

By Isaiah J. Poole
January 30, 2009

Consider how far we've come since January 20. read more »

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Keep Your Job, Lose Your Health Insurance

By Monica Sanchez
January 30, 2009

These days you don't have to lose your job to lose your health care benefits, see them cut or have to pay more for them. Employers are trimming costs by decreasing their share of the cost of employee health insurance coverage. Health reform that includes the choice of a public health insurance plan can turn this trend around and guarantee stable access to quality affordable health care for all.

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