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Opinion: Elections Have Consequences
President Obama won an Electoral College landslide on Tuesday. He held on to every swing state that Romney needed to win. Obama defeated Romney in his home states of Massachusetts and Michigan and in...
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Opinion: Petraeus Must Testify On Libya
By now, most everyone must know that General David Petraeus, the CIA director, has resigned from his governmental post due to an extramarital affair that he had with Paula Broadwell. Petraeus, 60, has...
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Opinion: Our Veterans Should Not Be At Risk In Fiscal Cliff Negotiations
This Veterans Day, American leaders should make a few simple commitments. First, America should not balance the budget on the backs of our veterans. Any budget deal has to protect the benefits that...
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Opinion: Just Biding Our Time
Since the election, I have seen several staunch President Barack Obama supporters who have had nearly-identical smirks across their smiling lips as they approached. The last time I’d seen each of...
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Opinion: Churches Shouldn’t Be The Next Super PACs
It is time to end the tax exempt status of religious organizations that advocated for a partisan candidate. Churches are free to exercise their First Amendment guaranteed right to free speech. But...
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Opinion: Scandals Outweigh Obama’s Reelection In Chicago
One would think that the top political story of the past week in Chicago would naturally be the reelection of Chicago’s political native son, President Barack Obama. As anyone from Chicago can...
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Opinion: Pelosi Stays On As Leader, Continuing To Defy The GOP War On Women
Depending on how leadership elections go in the minority party in the House and in the Senate, it looks as if all the party leaders will be the same as they were in the last Congress. Unless House...
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Opinion: Obama’s Press Conference Extremely Disturbing
President Barack Obama gave his first press conference since being reelected for a second term – as well as being as his first press conference in many months. First and foremost, though sounding...
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Opinion: Mitt Romney’s Parting Gift
Mitt Romney gave America a parting gift yesterday. It wasn’t his tax returns or the secret roadmap to make his tax cuts reduce the deficit. In fact the Romney campaign’s economic advisor came out for...
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Opinion: Now That Paula Broadwell And Jill Kelley’s 15 Minutes Are About Up
The nation has given Paula Broadwell and Jill Kelley more than their share of time in the spotlight. The unfortunate part is that it’s irritating to see anyone who wants 15 minutes so badly to...
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Opinion: Jobless Numbers And The Newest Right Wing Conspiracy Theory
There is a new breed of truthers on the right. Joining the paranoid ranks of the advocates of a government role in 9-11 and the birthers fascination with President Obama’s birth certificate are...
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Opinion: Chris Christie Is In The Wrong Business
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is obviously in the wrong business. He is becoming more of a television celebrity by the minute and getting much better reviews as a television performer than a...
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Opinion: Republicans Focus On Conspiracy Theories Instead Of Solutions For...
Republicans are spinning all sorts of conspiracy theories about General Petraeus’ unfortunate personal decisions. Revelations surrounding the affair have prompted the tin foil hat crowd on the right...
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Opinion: Why Benghazi Matters
As the politicians on the “left” and other persons on the political “left” insist that the election is over and that is why the rest of Americans should move on and drop the Benghazi, Libya...
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Opinion: Why Do The Liberals Keep Complaining?
Liberals and their ilk obviously won the executive branch of the United States government for another four years with the reelection of President Barack Obama, but they still pick fights as much as...
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Opinion: Happy Thanksgiving
The Buck Starts Here wishes a happy Thanksgiving to our readers. For progressives there is much to be thankful for this year. The election could not have turned out much better for those who support...
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Opinion: Seceding From The Union Is Not A Good Idea
Even though the United States are still governmentally united, the States of America are not United. And though I find interest in the circus surrounding people in the fifty states of the Union...
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Opinion: If Obama Is Impeached Over Benghazi Scandal
As the Benghazi, Libya scandal increases by the day, Americans need to consider what would happen if President Barack Obama is impeached over the events that led to – but allegedly were not honestly...
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Opinion: Jamie Foxx’s Obama Is Our Lord And Savior Remark Is Ridiculous And...
After a rather slow four days of politics and political news due to the four-day Thanksgiving holiday, the top story for Monday morning – Cyber Monday for those who are still in shopping mode – was up...
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Opinion: Republicans Finally Admitting To Voter Suppression Efforts
Throughout the election season, The Buck Starts Here followed the New Suppressionist’s efforts to disenfranchise voters in an effort to benefit Republican candidates. A state legislative leader in...
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