Being a liberal Democrat, there are certain opinions that I have to either keep to myself or roll the dice and mention publicly at the risk of irritating people who might otherwise agree with me on...whatever. It's never a pleasant experience, but I've tended toward going public ...read more
This article originally appeared on PoliticsWhip. Since all mainstream media outlets are currently authoring saccharine hagiographies of former President George H.W. Bush, this is a good time to look back at the man he chose to run his 1988 presidential campaign: Lee Atwater. ...read more
Regardless of what you might think of the Bush family and their political legacy, Barbara Bush was by all accounts a highly intelligent and decent woman in her personal life. Furthermore, she was horrified by the emergence of Donald Trump in the 2016 election and spoke out ...read more
There's a new poll out showing that President Obama is the Worst President Since World War II, a poll which CNN reported on with the not-even-skin-deep shallowness we've come to expect from the mainstream media. The Quinnipiac poll shows that Obama was rated worst by more ...read more
Our guide to the biggest flops in politics last week: 1. Presidential Fail: Your Credibility IS on the Line The jury is still out on whether President Obama’s belated decision to go to Congress for the authority to intervene in Syria (something he does NOT need to get) was a ...read more
By Ben Cohen: Romney campaign co-chairman John Sununu told CNN's Piers Morgan on Thursday night that Colin Powell endorsed President Barack Obama not because of his policies, but because Obama was somebody of Powell's 'own race'. Sununu served as the 75th Governor of New ...read more
Andrew Sullivan has this gem from Bill Clinton's debate with George Bush Sr, where the then governor of Arkansas draws a direct contrast between the economic theories of the Republicans and the Democrats. It is painful to watch Bush try to empathize with an audience member's ...read more
By Robert Parry: Mitt Romney’s debate team reportedly has armed the Republican presidential nominee with a list of “zingers” designed to deflate President Barack Obama in Wednesday’s first presidential debate, a tactic employed by other presidential candidates but one that ...read more
By Bob Cesca: Okay, so this won't be a column about the biggest lie in the history of the universe. I have no idea what that might be. But I can safely say that today's column is about the biggest lie in the history of the last several days. Before I dive into the specific ...read more
By Robert Parry: Over the past four-plus decades, one of the biggest differences between the two major American parties has been how they have approached the practice of politics. Democrats have mostly played nice and Republicans have played rough, which is why the pugnacious ...read more
By Bob Cesca: Ever since President Obama became a frontrunner in 2008, far-right conservatives, especially those tasked with feeding myths and propaganda into the atmosphere for politics and profit, have been exploiting the racial resentment among angry white Republican ...read more
By Ben Cohen: Mitt Romney continues to rack up endorsements in the never ending Republican primary, getting recent boosts from party stalwarts like George H Bush, Paul Ryan, and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. Romney will most likely take Wisconsin today, adding to his already ...read more
By Robert Parry: Americans sometimes wonder how the nation’s political process got so unspeakably nasty with vitriol pouring forth especially from right-wing voices like Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Michael Savage, to name just a few. Yet, whenever called on this ugliness, ...read more
By Robert Parry: Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney has taken a page from right-wing mythology as the foundation for his tough-guy policy toward Iran, citing the supposed “history” of Ronald Reagan scaring the Iranians into releasing 52 American hostages on Jan. 20, ...read more
