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The Phyllis Schlafly School of Politics 08/10/2009 by Kyle Mantyla USA Today's Cathy Lynn Grossman takes a look at Sarah Palin's "death panel" nonsense to make an astute point : What interests me here is the tactical gimmick of arguing-by-extremes. Palin …

O'Reilly to Receive "Media Courage Award" At Values Voter Summit 07/30/2009 by Kyle Mantyla We already knew that Phyllis Schlafly would be receiving the "James C. Dobson Vision & Leadership Award" at this year's Values Voter Summit, but now we find out …

Right Wing Leftovers 07/27/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Gordon Klingenschmitt is on a crusade [ PDF ] to keep the F-22 in the Defense appropriation bill in order to get President Obama to veto it and thereby veto hate crimes legislation. In announcing that he …

Bachmann Joins How To Take Back America Conference 07/06/2009 by Kyle Mantyla A few weeks ago I wrote a post about the How To Take Back America Conference being held in St. Louis in September.  As I wrote then, the event was being hosted by Phyllis …

Religious Right, Heal Thyself 07/01/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Yesterday I wrote a post noting that a bunch of Religious Right groups had come together to form a new coalition known as The Freedom Federation which unveiled a "Declaration of American Values" and …

Janet Porter's Terminal Optimism 06/23/2009 by Kyle Mantyla One thing I will say about Janet Porter is that she is always moving forward with her efforts to shape America to suit her fevered right-wing dreams and is constantly positive that the next thing …

The Right Joins Hands To Stop Hate Crimes Legislation 06/17/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Last week we noted that Religious Right groups were planning on making a coordinated push to stop hate crimes legislation by threatening to "shut down the Capitol Switchboard …

Look Who's Joining Tancredo and Buchanan to Build A New Majority 06/17/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Given the recent insulting and offensive statements made by Pat Buchanan and Tom Tancredo about Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, coupled with the recent …

Right Wing Leftovers 06/16/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison is officially running for governor of Texas. Phyllis Schlafly explains why women are unhappy.  Short answer:  feminism . Peter LaBarbera, Matt Barber, Sally Kern, and others are …

Huckabee: A Right-Wing True Believer 06/15/2009 by Kyle Mantyla When Mike Huckabee was seeking the Republican Party's nomination during the last election, the Religious Right's DC powerhouse insiders wanted nothing to do with him, forcing him to seek …