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The Joy of Receiving: A Year of Bailouts, Handouts and Hypocrisynew

For the first time since 1995, Democrats in Washington bow to no one — except the emperor of Japan. While they have not stimulated the job market, they thoroughly Christmas-goosed us conservatives.
Isthmus  |  David Blaska  |  12-28-2009  |  Commentary

Mark Sanford's Fight for Conservatism Means Fighting the GOPnew

The state legislature that created S.C.'s current economic woes are the same leaders who are now saying Gov. Mark Sanford is the problem, as if a more cooperative gubernatorial extension of themselves would be preferable and somehow produce different, better results.
Charleston City Paper  |  Jack Hunter  |  05-27-2009  |  Commentary

Election '08: No We Didn't

Barack Obama's victory was notable. But nothing much has changed. Racism and its kissing cousin -- conservatism -- will remain with us. And the U.S. remains deeply divided.
Maui Time  |  Ted Rall  |  11-05-2008  |  Commentary

Ralph Nader, the Conservativenew

In this presidential election year, talk radio has tried to fool listeners into believing Mitt Romney is a conservative, and John McCain now spends his time trying to fool the talk radio crowd into believing that he's at least as solid as Romney was. Irony upon irony, it's worth pointing out that when it comes to having actual conservative positions, Ralph Nader shames the whole lot.
Charleston City Paper  |  Jack Hunter  |  07-09-2008  |  Commentary

Why Sean Hannity is Unpatrioticnew

It might be easy to dismiss Hannity as a mere hypocrite, but he's actually something much worse. He puts the Republican Party first and has no qualms about putting our troops in harm's way and policing the world so long as the sheriff's badge reads "GOP."
Charleston City Paper  |  Jack Hunter  |  07-02-2008  |  Commentary

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