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Obama has added Rush Limbaugh and "some commentators on Fox News" to the list of those responsible for his failure as a president.  On the January 13, 2017 NBC Dateline, Obama told Lester Holt, also known as Candy Crowley Holt for his impersonation of Ms. Crowley during the presidential debate: The ability of Republican leaders to rile up their base, helped along by folks like Rush Limbaugh and some commentators on Fox News, I think created an environment in which Republican voters would punish Republicans for cooperating with me. In ObamaWorld, Putin is responsible for Hillary's loss, otherwise known as...

...If Fox News wants to play clips of the same offensive sound bites every day from now until November, that's their right, but that type of coverage does a disservice to their viewers and to a nation that is facing serious challenges that merit thoughtful and honest reporting.

Has Our Time Come? http://www.hereticalideas.com/ A **new study from the Cato Institute [see link below] suggests that libertarians might be the new swing vote. The libertarian vote is in play. At some 13 percent of the electorate, it is sizable enough to swing elections. Pollsters, political strategists, candidates, and the media should take note of it. After examining the relevant polling data, Cato concludes that libertarians and libertarian sympathizers constitute somewhere between 10 and 20% of the American population. Some explanations are offered as to why libertarians constitute such a bigger constituency than one might expect. First is that libertarians...

U.S. Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin's Senate campaign fired off a tersely worded letter to rival Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele yesterday, demanding an end to "offensive push-poll" phone calls from a conservative group that equates Cardin's support for embryonic stem cell research to "medical experiments on unborn babies." "While it's true that you and I have a fundamental difference on embryonic stem cell research, this sort of gutter politics must stop now," Cardin said in the letter. Steele, who is challenging Cardin in the Senate race, is opposed to embryonic stem cell research. Steele spokesman Doug Heye responded: "The Steele...

FLASH!!! Dixie Chicks Natalie Manes just now blamed the Free Republic for their downfall on "Hardball." She claims the FR had an organized effort to bring them down.

Prominent leaders from the Christian right have warned Republicans they must do more to advance conservative values ahead of the US mid-term elections. Their message to Congress, controlled by Republicans, is "must do better". Support from about a quarter of Americans who describe themselves as evangelicals was a factor in President George W Bush's two election victories. The Republicans will need to keep them onboard if they are to retain control of Congress in November. At a news conference in Washington, some of America's most influential conservative leaders said the current perception among evangelical Christians was that the Republican majority...