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Republicans Think Colbert's Serious: Study

Conservatives actually think comedian is conservative, too

Apr 28, 09 7:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you’ve ever thought to yourself, “Geez, why do Republicans keep letting Stephen Colbert interview them?” some Ohio State researchers might have the answer: They don’t realize he’s making fun of them. According to a new study, conservatives “were more likely to report that Colbert... More »

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satire • study • conservative • Comedy Central • Stephen Colbert

ANALYSIS

 'Cone of Silence' 
 No Longer 
 Muzzles Cheney 

He just left—but the former VP is back as opposition voice

Apr 24, 09 8:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former vice presidents tend to keep a low profile right after leaving office—not so Dick Cheney, who has been making the rounds as a voice for Republican opposition. When Cheney “sees the current administration making decisions that he believes are making the nation less safe, he does not... More »

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Dick Cheney • conservative • John Bolton • Republican Party • vice president • Meghan McCain

(Newser) - Some conservatives see recent investments by Al Gore’s venture-capital group into stem-cell research involving a non-embryonic variety as a tacit denial of that more invasive method, the New Scientist reports. Gore’s company has put $20 million into a project researching treatment with induced pluripotent stem cells, which do... More »

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stem cell research • Al Gore • conservative • venture capital • Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers • induced pluripotent stem cells • embryonic stem cells

slideshow

 Anti-Tax Faithful 
 Rally at Tea Parties 


Apr 15, 09 6:32 PM CDT
(AP) - Whipped up by conservative commentators and bloggers, tens of thousands of protesters staged "tea parties" around the country today to tap into the collective angst stirred up by a bad economy, government spending, and bailouts. Protesters even threw what appeared to be a box of tea bags toward the... More »

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taxes • conservative • protests • tea parties

(Newser) - Want to get in on the fun and excitement of the anti-Obama Taxpayer Tea Party? Here’s how, writes Marc Cooper in the Los Angeles Times: “Go to a hobby store. Buy a scale model of a UN One-World-Government Black Helicopter and a tube of glue. Toss the... More »

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taxes • government spending • conservative • tea • protests • political demonstrations • Obama administration • tea parties

OPINION

 For Rush's 
 Cousin, 
 It's All 
 Relative 

Life as a Limbaugh

Apr 1, 09 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Almost all her life, people have been asking Julie Limbaugh if she’s related to Rush. It’s a vexing problem for a teacher at a very liberal high school, but she doesn’t deny the connection. “He's the relative you don't see much,” she writes for Salon.... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • conservative • family • liberal • Julie Limbaugh

Ingraham Calls Meghan McCain 'Useful Idiot'

Feud continues; 'I'm proud of my daughter,' says John McCain

Mar 17, 09 4:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Meghan McCain, who has recently attacked certain prominent female conservatives, is a “flavor of the month” being manipulated by the media, says one of her targets. Laura Ingraham writes on her blog—under the title 'Useful Idiot' Watch— that McCain is following her father’s maverick playbook, CNN reports.... More »

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John McCain • Ann Coulter • conservative • feud • Laura Ingraham • Meghan McCain • Meghan McCain Twitter

 Coulter, Maher Duke It Out 


Mar 10, 09 5:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ann Coulter and Bill Maher generated much buzz for their conservative vs. liberal road show last night, and the sparring continues tonight as part of the 2009 Speakers Series. Still, while the two will stake out enemy positions, they confess to being friends, writes Dave Itzkoff in the New York ... More »

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Ann Coulter • conservative • Bill Maher • pundits • Bill Maher Grid

analysis

Clarence Thomas
Strays From Righty Line

Slams Bush team, backs consumer protection in recent case

Mar 9, 09 9:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Clarence Thomas might be the Supreme Court’s rightmost justice, but he’s “never been shy about breaking with conventional wisdom,” writes David G. Savage in the Los Angeles Times. In the latest such instance, he upheld injured patients’ right to sue drug companies, arguing that “agency... More »

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Antonin Scalia • Samuel Alito • John Roberts • medical marijuana • conservative • Clarence Thomas • US Supreme Court • liberal • justices • decision • Bill Maher Grid

OPINION

 Moore: I'm Not Dems' Limbaugh 

People agree with me

Mar 6, 09 11:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Just as Democrats are gleefully strapping Rush Limbaugh to the Republican Party, President Bush’s team once hatched a plan to tie filmmaker Michael Moore to Democrats. But, Moore writes for the Huffington Post, there’s one crucial difference between him and Rush: “The American people agree with me,... More »

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Democrats • Rush Limbaugh • conservative • Michael Moore • liberal • George W. Bush • Republicans • Bill Maher Grid

OPINION

 Obama Makes 
 GOP Miss Clinton 


Mar 5, 09 2:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Back in the '90s you wouldn’t hear many Republicans waxing poetic about Bill Clinton, but these days, that’s exactly what Steve Chapman of the Chicago Tribune is doing. “Clinton, for all his appetites and excesses, was a cautious, centrist sort of Democrat” who “proclaimed—or conceded—... More »

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Barack Obama • Bill Clinton • conservative • budget deficit • balanced budget • fiscal policy • Republicans

ANALYSIS

 GOP Still 
 Hasn't Seen 
 the Bottom 

Republicans wonder when their woes will bottom

Mar 5, 09 10:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Just when the Grand Old Party thought it couldn't get worse, it has: Conservative infighting from a caustic radio host, stumbles from its emerging non-white leaders—Michael Steele and Bobby Jindal both—and polls that suggest just 25% of Americans support them. Meanwhile, Dems enjoy great popularity and steady donations.... More »

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Republican • Rush Limbaugh • GOP • political party • conservative • Bobby Jindal • leadership • President Obama • Michael Steele • Bill Maher Grid

(Newser) - This apparently isn't going away anytime soon. Rush Limbaugh today challenged Barack Obama to a debate on his radio show, Politico reports. “If these guys are so impressed with themselves, and if they are so sure of their correctness, why doesn't President Obama come on my show?" he asked.... More »

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radio • talk radio • Rush Limbaugh • conservative • debate • Bill Maher • right-wing media • President Obama • Bill Maher Grid

OPINION

 Limbaugh: Sun King of the GOP 

Unrivaled Rush is becoming the embodiment of the right: Schaller

Mar 2, 09 9:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh whipped last weekend's CPAC meeting into a frenzy, railing against Barack Obama and the socialists of the "Democrat Party" while Fox News and CNN rolled tape. For Thomas Schaller of Salon, the message was clear: Limbaugh, and not any elected official, is the leader of the... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • conservative • Republican Party • CPAC • Sarah Palin • Bill Maher Grid

 'Birthers' Dog Obama 
 From GOP Fringe 

'Birthers' are 'filthy conservative imposters'

Mar 1, 09 6:37 PM CST
(Newser) - The belief that Barack Obama is not American—and therefore is ineligible to be president—is thriving on the conservative fringes, Politico reports. Officials have denied the claim, citing Obama’s Hawaii birth certificate, but 300,000 people have signed a petition demanding more evidence. So-called “Birthers” are also... More »

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Barack Obama • conservative • citizenship • right wingers • conspiracy theory • birth certificate • birther

OPINION

Conservatives Must 'Obstruct and Delay' Obama: Kristol

GOP can check rush toward big government

Feb 26, 09 11:57 AM CST
(Newser) - The “day of reckoning” has come for Republicans, writes William Kristol in the Washington Post. On Tuesday, President Obama delivered “the most unabashedly liberal and big-government speech” since Lyndon Johnson, and seems poised to undo the whole Reagan agenda. “Conservatives can’t win politically right now,”... More »

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Barack Obama • Lyndon Johnson • conservative • US government • FDR • President Obama • conservative movement • William Kristol • Republicans

(Newser) - Bobby Jindal has been almost universally panned on both the left and right for his speech last night—with one notable exception. Longtime backer Rush Limbaugh defended Jindal today and warned his detractors to back off, reports ThinkProgress. "I love Bobby Jindal, and that did not change last night,... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • conservative • Louisiana • Bobby Jindal • governor • Republicans • Bill Maher Grid

Sen. Bunning Apologizes for Grim Ginsburg Comment

It's great to see justice back, Republican says

Feb 23, 09 3:05 PM CST
(AP) - Sen. Jim Bunning apologized to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg for saying he believes she is likely to die in less than a year from pancreatic cancer. The Kentucky Republican said over the weekend that Ginsburg has the type of cancer that is usually fatal within 9 months. In a statement... More »

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cancer • Senate • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Kentucky • conservative • US Supreme Court • Jim Bunning

(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh today complained on his radio show that Democrats have morphed into "liberal socialists" and "must be stopped." That was the routine part. But he then "pushed the envelope," writes Sam Stein in the Huffington Post, with a rant that linked liberal ideas to... More »

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radio • Rush Limbaugh • conservative • talk show • liberal

(Newser) - Pat Robertson thinks Barack Obama has plenty of flaws—he accuses him of letting Nancy Pelosi write the stimulus bill, for starters—but he's got no patience for Rush Limbaugh's hope that the new president fails. "That was a terrible thing to say," Robertson tells US News and ... More »

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Pat Robertson • Rush Limbaugh • conservative • President Obama

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