Posted May 27th, 2010 by editor
Already under increasing fire for his handling of what many experts now say will be the worst environmental disaster in US history, President Barack Obama is riling conservatives and many veterans with his decision to skip the traditional Memorial Day ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery.
Source:http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/obama-memorial-day-spill/2010/05/26/id/360187
Tags: arlington national cemetery, barack obama, conservatives, disaster, memorial day
Posted April 30th, 2010 by editor
How an unlikely tax became right-wing pundits’ latest fascination.
Source:http://www.newsweek.com/id/237078
Tags: conservatives, fascination, newsweek, pundits, vat
Posted April 29th, 2010 by editor
Politicians in at least five states are calling for their state legislatures to adopt immigration laws that mirror Arizona’s controversial new measure.State lawmakers and others in Texas, Utah, Georgia, Ohio and Maryland are seizing on Arizona’s hard-line approach to illegal immigration, which has the approval of many conservatives who say it…
Source:http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20003648-503544.html?tag=stack
Tags: conservatives, illegal immigration, immigration laws, politicians, state lawmakers, state legislatures
Posted February 7th, 2010 by editor
Sarah Palin’s campaign against the derogatory usage of the word “retard” collided with her campaign to maintain her popularity with conservatives today, with confusing results.
Source:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100205/ts_ynews/ynews_ts1114
Tags: confusing results, conservatives, popularity, sarah palin
Posted January 9th, 2010 by editor
The increased conservatism among Americans last June persisted throughout the year, so that the year-end political ideology figures confirm Gallup’s initial reporting: conservatives (40%) outnumbered both moderates (36%) and liberals (21%) in 2009.
Source:http://www.gallup.com/poll/124958/Conservatives-Finish-2009-No-1-Ideological-Group.aspx
Tags: conservatism, conservatives, gallup, liberals, political ideology, year end
Posted December 11th, 2009 by editor
Senate Republicans predicted on Wednesday that the 40 members of their caucus would unanimously oppose health care reform despite changes made by Democratic leadership to make the product more palatable to conservatives.
…
If they unanimously oppose it, then it wasn’t a compromise in the first place.
Obstructionists, one and all.
Source:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/09/gop-senator-we-will-unani_n_386470.html
Tags: caucus, compromise, conservatives, democratic leadership, gop, gop senator, health bill, health care reform, senate republicans
Posted October 15th, 2009 by editor
Somebody explain this to me: The president of the United States wins the Nobel Peace Prize, and Rush Limbaugh joins with the Taliban in bitterly denouncing the award?
Why Do Conservatives Hate America?
Source:http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091012_why_do_conservatives_hate_america/
Tags: conservatives, nobel peace prize, president of the united states, rush limbaugh, taliban
Posted October 6th, 2009 by editor
“The eager young men at Conservapedia are p.o.’d that the Bible might be seen as too liberal.
So they’ve come up with the Wiki-style Conservative Bible Project, to make sure the Lord doesn’t go all wobbly on us.”
Source:http://blog.beliefnet.com/crunchycon/2009/10/conservatizing-the-bible.html
Tags: bible project, conservatives, passages from the bible, young men
Posted October 4th, 2009 by editor
When the International Olympic Committee voted against Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Olympics this morning — after the President and First Lady flew to Copenhagen to push for it in person — the Weekly Standard newsroom burst into applause.
Cheers…
Source:http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/weekly-standard-newsroom-erupts-into-cheers-at-news-of-olympics.php
Tags: 2016 olympics, applause, burst, cheers, conservatives, copenhagen, first lady, international olympic committee, newsroom, olympics
Posted September 4th, 2009 by editor
The conservative freak-out over President Obama’s planned speech to students urging them to stay in school and work hard is due to fears that Obama will use his platform as an opportunity to push his agenda on unsuspecting students.
Ironically, that’s exactly what President Reagan did two decades ago.
Source:http://mediamatters.org/blog/200909030020
Tags: conservatives, decades, fears, freak out, obama, president reagan, tax cuts, unsuspecting students
