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Bill Scher of Liberal Oasis Enters Rebel HQ

posted by yturks 05/01/2008 08:30:38 PM EST

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Bill Scher of Liberal Oasis discusses the 6 degrees of separation associated with John McCain.

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Politics and College Students

posted by yturks 04/30/2008 07:57:39 PM EST

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Annika Carlson of Campus Progress discusses political organizing on college campuses.

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Do You Love Pearl Jam?

posted by AnaKasparian 04/30/2008 03:07:40 PM EST

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Remember when we had Steve Novick on the show? He's he guy who's running for Senate in Oregon and has the hilarious campaign commercials. Well, he wants to help out all you Pearl Jam fans. All you have to do is make a contribution to Novick's campaign and you get to see Pearl Jam in concert. In fact, if you go the concert in D.C, you get to meet Stone Gossard in person.

You can read the details HERE!

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Six Degrees of Barack Obama

posted by Cenk 04/29/2008 03:13:00 AM EST

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The latest right-wing game is to pin controversial figures, who might have said or done anything objectionable at any point in their lifetimes, to Barack Obama. Then make him apologize for them. Then make him denounce and reject them. And then say he hasn't done enough to "distance" himself from them.

It could be his pastor, it could be his neighbor, it could be someone he served on a board with, it could be someone who donated to him, it could be someone who gave him an unsolicited endorsement (Louis Farrakhan) or it can just simply be someone who is black (Harry Belafonte).

So, let's play the six degrees of Barack Obama game and see who else he should denounce and reject. I'll start off the festivities. I'm an easy one. I connect to him in only two degrees. I know Josh Orton, who worked on the online side of his campaign for some time. Bingo. Obama now owns everything I have ever said.

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Rev. Wright's New Speeches

posted by Cenk 04/28/2008 11:46:13 PM EST

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I want to provide the recent interviews and speeches of Rev. Wright for you to check out for yourself, if you want to. We'll talk about these tomorrow, too.

Bill Moyer's interview with Rev. Wright

Rev. Wright's speech at The National Press Club

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Michael Hirsh, Senior Editor of Newsweek, April 28, 2008

posted by yturks 04/28/2008 08:02:18 PM EST

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Talking about McCain, Obama, Clinton and the campaign, Michael Hirsh of Newsweek takes on a Frank Rich column in the New York Times from Sunday.

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Is This Article Useful?

posted by Cenk 04/28/2008 02:32:25 AM EST

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On Friday's show, Dave and I had a debate over whether this article from Huffington Post was useful.

I thought Thomas Edsall did an interesting job of breaking down how all of the media outlets parroted the same lines about how Obama supposedly has electability problems. Dave thought it didn't prove its premise that the media had jumped ship to Hillary Clinton over Obama and was generally pretty useless.

So, we're curious, who do you think is right?

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Income Inequality Under Republican Presidents

posted by yturks 04/25/2008 08:04:12 PM EST

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Princeton University Professor of Political Science Larry Bartels presents his findings that should guarantee that no Republican President is ever elected again.

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Documentary Filmmaker Defends all US Military Invasions

posted by yturks 04/25/2008 07:58:02 PM EST

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Mitch Anderson, Director of the documentary World Without US, is a Neo-Con mole who infiltrated Rebel Headquarters to discuss US foreign policy with Cenk.  Click here to watch the interview.

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Hillary Clinton Supporters -- The Global Warming Deniers of Democratic Politics?

posted by Cenk 04/25/2008 11:26:38 AM EST

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Hillary Clinton supporters seem to have become the equivalent of global warming deniers in Democratic politics. If facts don't suit your argument, insist on the opposite. And even more importantly, insist that your non-facts get at least 50% of the coverage.

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Cenk Quote of the Day -- April 24, 2008

posted by Cenk 04/25/2008 01:53:44 AM EST

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I've decided to blog it out more on the website. That is to talk about my life, my non-political views and my trifling musings more here. You gotta website, why not use it? Why not have fun?

In honor of this "epiphany," I will start by going back to the idea of Cenk quotes. So, here is my quote of the day (I really hope Ben and Jill see this at some point):

"If you ask the world for something, it usually, eventually gives it to you."

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Sports with Jayar

posted by yturks 04/23/2008 08:59:23 PM EST

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Cenk and Jayar discuss the NBA Playoffs and some of the back stories that are fueling the rivalries.

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David Baldacci

posted by yturks 04/23/2008 08:19:18 PM EST

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Author David Baldacci talks about the Military Industrial Complex and propaganda.

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Is Hillary Lucky to be a White Woman?

posted by Cenk 04/23/2008 01:47:18 AM EST

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First of all, you have to give Hillary Clinton a ton of credit. Whether you agree with the way she has run the campaign or not, she is a fighter and no matter what happens she keeps getting back up.

Her campaign theme song should definitely be "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor. I'm surprised they haven't used that on the campaign trail yet (it would also help because it's a rallying cry for women everywhere - if you don't believe me, just play it at any bar or club and see how the women in there react).

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Legendary Talk Show Host Phil Donahue

posted by yturks 04/22/2008 08:56:13 PM EST

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Phil Donahue talks about the Iraq War, suppression of dissent in the media, and his new documentary "Body of War".

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