Right Wing

Unwinding the "Obama is a Socialist" Spin

by Anne Landman — April 20, 2010 - 11:59am

Statements that President Obama is a "socialist" don't fly with the Socialist Party, USA.

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CNN, April 15, 2010

Chamber Publicizes Bogus Poll

by Anne Landman — April 16, 2010 - 4:29pm
  • Topics: Right Wing, Lobbying, Media, Politics, Propaganda

    • The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is publicizing a set of state-level polls that they claim show that "voters overwhelmingly oppose the creation of a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency," a component of financial reform legislation set to be debated next week in the House of Representatives. The survey polled 500 voters each in Nebraska and Arkansas, and was performed by the polling firm Ayres McHenry & Associates. Previous polls done by Ayres McHenry for the Chamber have been deemed unreliable by the New York Times, and not up to their standards for publication.

    McCain De-Mavericks Himself

    by Anne Landman — April 13, 2010 - 2:41pm

    John McCain (R-Arizona) who has long proudly promoted himself to the public and the media as a "maverick" politician, is now disavowing that label.

    Main Source: 
    Newsweek, April 3, 2010

    Bondage-gate and Donor Money

    by PRW Staff — April 12, 2010 - 9:40pm
  • Topics: Right Wing, Ethics, Politics

    • For a political party that presents itself as the party of morality and family-values, should spending $1,946 at a topless, West Hollywood bondage club be interpreted as family bonding? While both parties occasionally fail to spend political donations most efficiently, the Republican National Committee (RNC) faces questions as major newspapers reported last week on the RNC's expenditure at Voyeur, a topless bondage club in West Hollywood.The expenditure was listed on RNC's monthly financial disclosure report to the Federal Elections Commission (FEC). The entire situation is filled with irony as the Republican Party purports to be the party of morals. How moral is it to spend political donors' money at a club with topless dancers? 

    Tea Party and GOP Working Together in Wisconsin

    by Anne Landman — April 9, 2010 - 3:25pm

    Even though most Tea Partiers insist they are independent from mainstream political parties, members of Wisconsin's tea party are openly working hand in glove with Republican leaders.

    Main Source: 
    WCCO/CBS Wisconsin AP News, April 5, 2010

    Supreme Discomfort: Doubting the Thomases

    by Brendan Fischer — April 7, 2010 - 10:20pm
  • Topics: Right Wing, Democracy, Ethics, Politics

    • Virginia Thomas, wife of United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, recently created the conservative lobbying group Liberty Central, Inc. (http://libertycentral.org), raising concerns about political impartiality for the nation's highest court. Although Americans generally expect justices to be politically neutral and judicial rules prohibit judges from participating in political activity, those rules don't extend to spouses, and a justice's decision to recuse him or herself from a case is theirs alone. Ms. Thomas' group, which has connections to the Tea Party movement, plans to be involved in November's elections and issue "score cards" rating Congress members on their conservatism. According to the group's mission statement, "LibertyCentral.org will serve the big tent of the conservative movement" and aims to "make a difference in the fight for liberty and against the liberal Washington agenda."

    Fake Interviews for Palin's "Real American Stories"?

    by Anne Landman — April 1, 2010 - 6:30pm

    Fox News will debut a new program featuring Sarah Palin called "Real American Stories" that, according to Palin's introduction of the show, tells true stories of real Americans who have overcome adversity and who pride themselves on their character. But Fox has had to pull one of the initial episodes because of objections from the subject of the segment.

    Main Source: 
    New York Times, March 31, 2010

    In Full Page Ad, Maddow Calls Out Senator Scott Brown's Lie

    by Anne Landman — March 26, 2010 - 12:02pm

    Rachel MaddowMSNBC TV talk show host and Massachusetts resident Rachel Maddow took out a full page ad in the Boston Globe saying that Republican

    Main Source: 
    Boston Globe, March 26, 2010

    FreedomWorks/Tea Party Leader Dick Armey Lobbied for Terrorist Group

    by Anne Landman — March 22, 2010 - 3:21pm

    Dick ArmeyThe magazine In These Times reports that in his previous position with the lobbying firm DLA Piper, Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey promoted the interests of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, otherwise known as Mujahedeen-

    Main Source: 
    In These Times, March 21, 2010
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