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Yes, People Do Cling To Guns And Religion

April 13, 2013

In April 2008, then Senator Barack Obama got into a bit of political trouble. Referring to working-class voters, the presidential [...]

Obama’s Drone Strikes: American Acceptance Of Perpetual War On Terror

February 10, 2013

Americans have voiced their decision; they have accepted perpetual war. The Obama administration no longer calls our indefinite conflict a [...]

Bill O’Reilly Says NBC News Is “Protecting The President” By Not Covering Drones

February 7, 2013

Last night Bill O’Reilly was even more dishonest than usual when he claimed NBC News was not covering the Obama [...]

Fact of the Day: Presidents Who Won 50 Percent Of Vote Twice

November 12, 2012

This is a bonus Fact of the Day and it comes from a conservative commentator. Four presidents in the last [...]

The 2012 Left Call “Front Yard Sign” Poll – South Carolina Style

October 15, 2012

So who is winning the 2012 Left Call “Front Yard Sign” Poll (South Carolina style)? Before revealing the results, I’ll [...]

Greetings from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

October 14, 2012

Hello Left Call readers. The view above is from my room at the Long Bay Resort in Myrtle Beach. This week [...]

Fact of the Day: Federal Budget Deficit Drops by $200 Billion

October 12, 2012

This article is intended to state facts, not sugarcoat reality. The federal budget deficit is massive, even if adjusted for [...]

VIDEO: Hardball with Chris Matthews: Woman Calls Obama A Communist

October 12, 2012

On Hardball, hours before the vice presidential debate, a woman tells Chris Matthews that President Obama is a communist. I can’t [...]

Paul Krugman: It Is The Job Of The News Media To Report Falsehoods

October 9, 2012

The media’s unwillingness or inability to consistently fact-check politicians and other high-profile newsmakers, is one of the primary reasons this [...]

Which Candidate Is Winning The 2012 Left Call Bumper Sticker Poll?

September 29, 2012

The Left Call is actively conducting an unscientific “bumper sticker poll” as part of our election 2012 coverage. So what [...]

Net New Jobs: A Republican Distortion That Can No Longer Be Used

September 27, 2012

For “low information voters,” Republicans have repeatedly used the talking point that President Obama has not created one net new [...]

President Obama Stays on Kansas Ballot, and Birthers are F’n Delusional

September 17, 2012

In case you missed this one, for a brief time Kansas considered removing President Barack Obama from the ballot this [...]