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Wednesday September 30, 2009 · 6:22 PM PDT

2009/09/30 · 18:22

Yesterday, the conservative, often controversial (and even more often debunked) media organization Newsmax published an article by John L. Perry that describes how a coup d'etat against President Obama might occur. Newsmax quickly disowned the article, removing it from its Website and issuing a statement (per Media Matters):

In a blog posting to Newsmax John Perry wrote about a coup scenario involving the U.S. military. He clearly stated that he was not advocating such a scenario but simply describing one.

After several reader complaints, Newsmax wanted to insure that this article was not misinterpreted. It was removed after a short period after being posted.

Newsmax strongly believes in the principles of Constitutional government and would never advocate or insinuate any suggestion of an activity that would undermine our democracy or democratic institutions.

Mr. Perry served as a political appointee in the Carter administration in HUD and FEMA. He has no official relationship with Newsmax other than as an unpaid blogger.

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Thursday September 03, 2009 · 12:07 PM PDT

2009/09/03 · 12:07

On Tuesday September 8th President Obama will be speaking to students across the nation on the importance of education. Therefore Obama is clearly attempting to indoctrinate America’s youth to his socialist ideology, at least according to Florida GOP Chairman Jim Greer

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Tuesday August 25, 2009 · 7:50 PM PDT

2009/08/25 · 19:50

As I witness all the hate that has come to the surface in America over the last year or so I am often left wondering what has to happen before the majority of the population takes it seriously. Clearly a shooting is not enough. When an elderly white supremacist opened fire in the Holocaust Memorial Museum killing a security guard there was an initial hope that perhaps now the hate and fear mongers would be shamed into silence, unfortunately they were not. Then again why should we be surprised? America is used to shooting; we nationalize a shooting story at least once a month.

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Thursday August 20, 2009 · 8:22 PM PDT

2009/08/20 · 20:22

This phrase has been spoken with terrifying regularity since January of this year, almost exclusively by those from the right wing. Lately, it has been expressed repeatedly at "town hall" meetings that Congressmen have been holding about healthcare across the country. The literal insinuation of the phrase is scary: it conveys their belief that the country has been taken from them and they want it back. I cannot help but wonder what has changed so quickly that anyone could possibly be driven to that belief.

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Friday April 17, 2009 · 3:10 PM PDT

2009/04/17 · 15:10

I was born in San Antonio, Texas. I have also lived in Austin and Nacogdoches. I lived in Boston for 4 years and am currently on my third year in New Jersey. However, my 20+ years in Texas and it being the place of my birth cause me to consider myself a Texan.

Rick Perry is a loon. So are the conservatives that support his comments and the surprising 1/3 of Texans who in a recent poll said that a state should have the right to leave the United States if it wishes. However, it should also be noted that Perry won the last state election with just over 1/3 of the vote.

I agree that more so than most states Texans can be a cocky lot. Many of them (mostly conservatives) have rarely if ever traveled outside its borders and therefore don't really know better, but many of you should.

To be frank, I am disgusted by many of the anti-Texan posts I have seen here recently. I wonder how many of you haters have ever spent any extended amount of time there. Many of you need to learn to think before you speak, because when you do not you sound like the Conservatives you despise.

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Monday November 24, 2008 · 5:28 PM PST

2008/11/24 · 17:28

Hello everyone, this is not a typical diary but I was curious as to what kind of response it would get here.

My professor is teaching a class on political parties and electoral behavior. He has asked us to interview people using the questions you see below.

I have performed the interviews but I am really curious to see what kind of responses KOS participants will give.

If any of you feel inclined I would like you to cut and paste the questions and answer them yourself, the length of the response is not an issue so keep it as short as you like. If you do not feel like answering every individual question feel free to paraphrase everything.

I will pass the results along to my professor.

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This survey is:

34 votes Vote Now!

This survey is:

good

3 votes

bad

1 vote

interesting

8 votes

full of confusing/poorly worded questions

6 votes

boring

5 votes

fun

0 votes

redundant

6 votes

other

5 votes

McCain Wants to Postpone Election Results to Nov. 14

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Monday November 03, 2008 · 8:32 PM PST

2008/11/03 · 20:32

It sounds insane, but the McCain camp has filed a lawsuit in Virgina demanding that Virginia not certify election results until November 14. Virginia is a heavy military state, and McCain expects many veterans votes will go for him.

The lawsuit asks a federal judge to order the State Board of Elections to count any overseas absentee ballots sent by November 4 and received by local election officials as late as November 14.

The lawsuit claims that Virginia's absentee ballots were sent out later than the September 20 deadline mandated by federal law.

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Should Virginia certify election results after Nov. 14?

327 votes Vote Now!

Should Virginia certify election results after Nov. 14?

Yes

14 votes

Hell no

138 votes

Won't matter, Obama will win even without Virginia

175 votes

The Undecided Voter

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Wednesday October 29, 2008 · 8:18 PM PDT

2008/10/29 · 20:18

Throughout the election, but particularly in the last week or so we all continue to hear about the "undecided voter". About how McCain needs a disproportional amount to break his way in order to win or how Obama needs to "close the sale" with them.

I am sure a lot of us are in disbelief that anyone could truly still be undecided at this point in the election. Do they really expect something to happen in the next six days to make their choice for them? Perhaps some people just cannot decide until they are actually alone in the booth, maybe they will just close their eyes or flip a coin once they are there.

Understanding how to convince the undecided voter is something most political campaign managers would give anything for. But can anyone really understand them?

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Why is Someone an "Undecided Voter"?

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Why is Someone an "Undecided Voter"?

They need more information.

0 votes

They are ignorant.

6 votes

They are incapable of understanding the issues.

8 votes

Their brains are wired differently.

0 votes

They have made a choice and just don't want to share.

12 votes

They have trouble making choices.

10 votes

They have made up their minds and just don't know it yet.

7 votes

The truly "undecided voter" does not exist.

15 votes

Hate Breeds Violence

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Monday October 27, 2008 · 1:24 PM PDT

2008/10/27 · 13:24

While I will not say that the McCain/Palin ticket is in any way directly responsible for this, the tone of their campaign over the last month has certainly done nothing to lessen the tension.

That being said, tolerating the kind of hateful rhetoric spewed forth by their supporters allows it to fester. I do not need to repeat some of the things I am sure you all have already heard.

I hope this is a wake up call for McCain, but I will probably be proven wrong. We will continue to see robocalls, ads and interviews which basically tell us that Obama is dangerous for America, none of us can act surprised at the result of this campaign of hatred and fear.

story can be found at www.msnbc.com

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Tuesday October 21, 2008 · 5:51 PM PDT

2008/10/21 · 17:51

John McCain loves to claim to be a "Maverick". It along with his POW status represent the foundation of his campaign.

He loves to talk about how he reaches across the aisle, how he has worked with Kennedy, Feingold and other democrats.

He loves to talk about how he "bucks" his own party (despite the whole voting 90% with Bush thing) usually pointing to his stances on torture and pork barrel spending.

But is John McCain really capable of doing real bipartisan work after the campaign he has run?

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Sunday October 19, 2008 · 8:47 AM PDT

2008/10/19 · 08:47

After this mornings endorsement of Obama by Colin Powell I hope we can all wait for Michelle Bachmann to rear her head and accuse the Republican former General, National Security Adviser, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of State of harboring anti-American views similar to those of the man he just endorsed for president.

Perhaps Sarah Palin will say Powell does not care about the "pro-America" parts of the country, or that he looks down on "Joe Six-pack/the plumber."

Maybe some automated phone calls will go out claiming that Powell supports Obama who is linked to Ayers and is therefore a terrorist.

John McCain can come out and say that Powell is a socialist, after all he supports Obama who wants to "spread the wealth around".

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Friday October 17, 2008 · 5:45 PM PDT

2008/10/17 · 17:45

Like many of you this evening I had the unpleasant experience of watching Michelle Bachmann on Hardball. The ensuing argument between Pat Buchanan and Katrina vanden Heuvel featured Buchanan's indignation at Kartina's mention of Bachmann's fear mongering as possibly being the beginning of a kind of American fascism. Buchanan was visibly agitated with the mere mention of the word fascism, he seemed to consider Heuvel's use of it ludicrous.

This caused me to think, in recent months the right has seen fit to toss about terms like "socialism", "communism", "spreading the wealth around" (a clear attempt to connect with a communist redistribution of wealth), I even recall Buchanan some months ago accusing Rachel Madow of using "Marxist rhetoric."

So why is it fine for terms like socialism and communism to be tossed about casually and yet fascism is off limits? Is this simply another case of the right wanting it both ways?

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