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On Maher, Rob Reiner Equates Tea Party to Hitler: ‘All They’re Selling is Fear and Anger and That’s All Hitler Sold’

Prefacing his remarks by proposing “you never get into a political discussion unless you bring the word Hitler in. You have to have Hitler, so let's put Hitler out there,” as if that caveat lessened the vulgarity of his impending comparison, on Friday night’s Real Time actor/director/writer Rob Reiner ( IMDb page ) contended all the Tea Party needs to match Adolph Hitler is a charismatic leader: He wasn’t a majority guy, but he was charismatic and they were having bad economic times – just like we are now – people were out of work, they needed jobs and a guy came along and rallied the troops. My fear is that the Tea Party gets a charismatic leader, because all they're selling is fear and anger and that's all Hitler sold. “I’m angry and I’m frightened and you should hate that guy over there.” “Right,” Bill Maher chirped in as Reiner, to applause from HBO's Los Angeles audience, declared: “And that’s what they’re doing.” (Apparently, that means he at least doesn’t consider Sarah Palin to be a Hitler-like charismatic leader.) Audio: MP3 clip . read more

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Obama Steps Up for Boxer

The midterm elections are nearly upon us, and things are looking a little dicey for longtime California Sen. Barbara Boxer in her race for re-election against newcomer Carly Fiorina. That’s why President Obama happened to be at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles on Friday, along with gubernatorial hopeful Jerry Brown and actor Jamie Foxx.

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Fine French Whine

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Fine French Whine

By Nate Beeler, Cagle Cartoons, The Washington Examiner

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Press Freedom in China

By Paresh Nath, Cagle Cartoons, The Khaleej Times, UAE

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Sarkozy’s Crisis

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Sarkozy’s Crisis

By Dario Castillejos, Cagle Cartoons, Dario La Crisis

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Haircut

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Haircut

By Cam Cardow, Cagle Cartoons, The Ottawa Citizen

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‘Left, Right & Center’: Juan Williams, Fannie/Freddie, Midterms

NPR canned Juan Williams and created a firestorm of negative publicity and political calls to defund public broadcasting. Is there such a thing as separation between so-called objective versus opinion media? And how much is the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage mess costing Americans?

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Myth Busted

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Myth Busted

By Nate Beeler, Cagle Cartoons, The Washington Examiner

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Good Grief, Barack Obama

By Mr. Fish Related Entries October 21, 2010 A National Election, Like It or Not October 21, 2010 I’m Lovin’ It

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‘Colbert Report’: The Tea Party in Four Minutes

It’s hard to believe that the tea party movement is less than two years old. Just think of the cast of colorful characters we’ve gotten to know in such a short time—from old favorites repurposed for the job like Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin and Michele Bechmann to newcomers like Christine O’Donnell. Stephen Colbert relives the magic in this special ‘Colbert Report’ mash-up. Related Entries October 21, 2010 A National Election, Like It or Not October 21, 2010 I’m Lovin’ It

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