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Published: 11/1/10

Opinion: The Conservative Defense Myth

By  not in system - AOL News
Opinion: The Conservative Defense Myth

(Nov. 1) -- The Republican Party, and by proxy its tea party brethren, would have you believe that they are anointed to carry the national security torch. They'd like the nation to think they offer policies that will keep us safe and ensure the wise and appropriate use of force in the pursuit of vital American interests. Nothing could be further from the truth. Right now, the Republican Party is split into two factions, the War Party and the Tea Party. The conservative "Pledge to America" outlines the War Party's foreign policy agenda or, more accurately, lack thereof. The "pledge" offers no ...

Published: 09/30/10

Republicans on the Other Side, What Say You?

By  Robert and Donna Trussell - Politics Daily
Republicans on the Other Side, What Say You?

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Published: 07/9/10

Campaign Attack Ads: As Old As the Edsel

By  Walter Shapiro - Politics Daily
Campaign Attack Ads: As Old As the Edsel

It has been lost in the mists of political history, but a 10-second clip from the 1956 presidential campaign is America's forgotten film classic, the primitive black-and-white precursor of the modern TV attack ad. Cynically exploiting the fears raised by popular President Dwight Eisenhower's heart attack, the cash-strapped Adlai Stevenson campaign aimed its TV arrows at Ike's gutter-fighting vice president. The brief commercial begins with a grainy photograph of a callow-looking Richard Nixon while an off-screen male announcer asks, "Nervous about Nixon? President Nixon?" Spooky ...

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