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Sure there's a lot of media idiocy about healthcare, but Obama has to take some of the blame for the confusion
By Joan Walsh
September 2, 2009
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Nobody knows if he'd have demanded a public health care option, but he wouldn't have surrendered before the fight
By Joan Walsh
August 29, 2009
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When the GOP condemned MoveOn for its Petraeus ad, the MSM trashed the group. Should Dems return the favor?
By Joan Walsh
August 28, 2009
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Pundits and the GOP insist Teddy would have brokered a healthcare compromise. But the GOP fought Kennedy's own bill
By Joan Walsh
August 27, 2009
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If the late senator had been well enough for the healthcare fight, he might have pushed Republicans toward sanity
By Joan Walsh
August 26, 2009
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Open Salon's Gwen Cooper hits the bookstores, strikes another blow for bloggers with great stories to tell
August 25, 2009
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The media obsesses over Obama poll numbers, ignoring a surprising fact: His standing is dropping with liberals, too
By Joan Walsh
August 22, 2009
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Barney Frank's feisty retort to a town hell extremist may herald a tougher approach to pushing health care reform
By Joan Walsh
August 20, 2009
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The president and progressives may not share every goal, but they need each other
By Joan Walsh
August 19, 2009
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While the media covers Astroturfed outrage, thousands of underinsured Americans line up for free healthcare in L.A
By Joan Walsh
August 14, 2009
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The GOP senator falsely claims Obama "death panels" would "pull the plug on Grandma." Why negotiate with a liar?
By Joan Walsh
August 13, 2009
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Yet another Rush Limbaugh rant about having to "bend over and grab the ankles" for Obama
By Joan Walsh
August 12, 2009
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On the Web, William Kostric backs Birthers, secessionists and shooting cops who bust drug dealers in their homes
By Joan Walsh
August 12, 2009
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The president parries fear-mongers' healthcare claims, but more "town hells" make fact-based debate seem unlikely
By Joan Walsh
August 11, 2009
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He'll have rowdy tea-partiers, Glenn Beck acolytes, Birther admirers and an ex-aide to Abramoff-tied Rep. Bob Ney
By Joan Walsh
August 11, 2009
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Will any GOP leader denounce the bizarre claim that Obama's plan supports euthanasia?
By Joan Walsh
August 10, 2009
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Sarah Palin falsely claims Obama health care reform might have killed her son Trig, and so far most big media shrug
By Joan Walsh
August 8, 2009
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GOP mobs shout down Dems in "town hells," but right-wingers compare Obama to Hitler and call Dems "brownshirts"
By Joan Walsh
August 7, 2009
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Republicans brag about efforts to mobilize mobs to stop Obama. What are Democrats doing to counter them?
By Joan Walsh
August 5, 2009
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Limbaugh satirized my views on race knowing little about them. But he did reveal a lot about his own
By Joan Walsh
August 3, 2009
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It's good to see Obama, Gates and Crowley meet, but they can't fix years of racism with a few beers
By Joan Walsh
July 30, 2009
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Still, the media won't talk about the economic interests that profit from hate-preachers like Beck and Limbaugh
By Joan Walsh
July 30, 2009
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Even as a few GOP leaders try to dial back the crazy, Limbaugh and Beck spew hate, claiming Obama is a "racist"
By Joan Walsh
July 29, 2009
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The Cambridge cops acted "stupidly" in their press conference today, but the president showed class in following up
By Joan Walsh
July 24, 2009
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GOP leaders can't just say Obama has the "right" to be president, they must decry the racism of the Birther fringe
By Joan Walsh
July 23, 2009