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Mr. Blackwell and The Hammer
Monday, 3 December 2007, 9:44 am | Bill Berkowitz
Two rejected Republican politicians form new "grassroots" organization aiming to challenge Democrats and regain control of Congress More >>
No Second Acts, Except in Iraq
Wednesday, 28 November 2007, 12:34 am | Bill Berkowitz
OAKLAND, California, Nov 26 (IPS) - Earlier this decade, Manuel Miranda spent a good deal of time figuring out how to pilfer documents related to the Democratic Party's strategy for dealing with President George W. Bush's judicial appointments. More >>
Robertson and Giuliani: A Not-So-Odd Couple
Thursday, 22 November 2007, 9:35 am | Bill Berkowitz
Not long after Saddam Hussein was captured in 2003, Rudy Giuliani and Pat Robertson shared a flight back from Israel. More >>
oe Allbaugh: 'Disaster Pimp'/ War Profiteer Joins
Tuesday, 20 November 2007, 9:57 am | Bill Berkowitz
On October 30, Joseph Allbaugh was named Senior Advisor to Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign. According to a Giuliani campaign press release, Allbaugh "will advise the campaign on general strategy and homeland security." More >>
Philip Anschutz: Transforming the culture
Tuesday, 13 November 2007, 11:30 am | Bill Berkowitz
Named nation's 'greediest executive' by Fortune magazine in 1999 and recently identified by Beliefnet as the tenth most powerful Christian in Hollywood, Anschutz is bringing faith-based movies to the nation's cineplexes More >>
Will Catholics Lean Right or Left in '08?
Thursday, 1 November 2007, 8:03 pm | Bill Berkowitz
Over the past two decades, Catholic voters -- once consistent supporters of the Democratic Party -- have been heavily courted by the Republican Party. In the 2004 presidential election, Republican organizers, together with a cadre of high-profile neoconservative ... More >>
Freedom's Watch targeting Iran
Thursday, 18 October 2007, 11:38 am | Bill Berkowitz
After successfully holding the line on Congressional support for the surge in Iraq, wealthy Bush backers are turning their attention and money to drumming up support for military action against Iran More >>
James Dobson and the Implosion Factor
Monday, 15 October 2007, 12:11 am | Bill Berkowitz
Is the Christian Right's threat to consider supporting a third party candidate smoke and mirrors? More >>
Methodists battle George W. Bush
Sunday, 7 October 2007, 7:07 pm | Bill Berkowitz
Methodists battle George W. Bush over SMU Library & 'Freedom Institute' Despite an architect being chosen, money being raised, and Karl Rove in the mix, opponents claim that it can still be stopped More >>
Gingrich will enter presidential race for $30m
Tuesday, 2 October 2007, 9:00 pm | Bill Berkowitz
When Fred Thompson rode his "Law and Order" pickup truck into the crowded GOP presidential field a few weeks back, he was expected to be greeted as the man who would appeal to the Religious right and would bring all factions of the party together. However, ... More >>
Neocon Catholic leaders on their heels
Sunday, 30 September 2007, 6:17 pm | Bill Berkowitz
In the 2004 presidential election cycle, Catholics, whose vote was considered open to both parties, were carefully courted by the Republicans. GOP organizers -- accompanied by their neoconservative Catholic brethren -- brought the "traditional family values" ... More >>
Christian Right Still Neoconned
Tuesday, 25 September 2007, 1:00 pm | Bill Berkowitz
In the late 1960s and early '70s, then U.S. President Richard Nixon appealed to the country's "Silent Majority" to oppose growing anti-Vietnam War sentiment in the United States. More >>
Ward Connerly's 'Equal Rights' con
Monday, 17 September 2007, 6:34 pm | Bill Berkowitz
Conservative philanthropy product Connerly launching 'Super Tuesday for Equal Rights' -- a series of November 2008 anti-affirmative action initiatives More >>
Rumsfeld Redeploys to Right-Wing Think Tank
Saturday, 15 September 2007, 3:59 pm | Bill Berkowitz
OAKLAND, California, Sep 13 (IPS) - While General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker were giving the U.S. Congress an upbeat assessment of the situation on the ground in Iraq this week, one of the chief architects of the war was preparing ... More >>
Republicans trying to split California Vote
Friday, 14 September 2007, 8:51 pm | Bill Berkowitz
A well-connected California Republican law firm is pushing a ballot initiative that would split the state's Electoral Votes according to Congressional districts won Election chicanery -- aka voter fraud --is as American as lead-laden Mattel toys, ... More >>
Ben Stein to battle `anti-religious dogmatism'
Tuesday, 11 September 2007, 10:52 am | Bill Berkowitz
`Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed,' takes on Darwinism, and uses Hitler's concentration camps to push `intelligent design' and build a movement countering evolution More >>
Kenneth Blackwell: Pontificating from on high
Tuesday, 4 September 2007, 12:27 am | Bill Berkowitz
Still under fire for dirty tricks in the 2004 presidential election, Blackwell, the Republican gubernatorial loser, is under the wing 0f Tony Perkins' Family Research Council More >>
Surgeon General to be...or not to be?
Monday, 3 September 2007, 12:35 am | Bill Berkowitz
Dr. James Holsinger's nomination to be surgeon general colored by questionable deaths at a VA hospital where he was Chief Medical Officer, along with his record of homophobia and involvement in a questionable Kentucky land deal While the George W. Bush administration ... More >>
Frank Luntz effect: 'Spraying perfume on dog turd'
Friday, 31 August 2007, 11:48 am | Bill Berkowitz
Often affable and self-effacing, Luntz hopes to transition from GOP political operative to a non-partisan political commentator More >>
Last stand for Bush's 'stay the course' crowd?
Monday, 27 August 2007, 11:20 am | Bill Berkowitz
It's been a long time since the halcyon days of the 1980s when religious and secular right wing organizations would round up the troops, create a letterhead group, drop a boatload of direct mail fundraising letters, and successfully promote the domestic ... More >>
