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Culture of Lies: Conservative Revolt

By Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check

October 28, 2008 - 7:00am

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Perhaps the most fascinating part of this mind-bendingly historic election cycle is that so many conservative Republicans are standing up to say they have had enough. They “aren’t leaving their party,” to paraphrase Ronald Reagan when he supported Barry Goldwater’s conservative movement, “their party is leaving them.”

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Republicans Running From Far-Right "Pro-Life" Culture Warriors

By Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check

October 23, 2008 - 1:50pm

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Goldwater. Eisenhower. Carlson. Powell. Not elites, but "real Republicans" who are very "pro-Republican" are challenging the far-right anti-choice extremes within their own party.

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Roundup: LA Times Says No on Prop 4, UK Makes Sex Ed Mandatory

By Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check

October 23, 2008 - 9:59am

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LA Times counters parental notification proponent's two central arguments; UK makes sex and relationship education mandatory in primary and secondary schools; British lawmakers leave Northern Ireland's women suffering; How the religious right drove Colin Powell to endorse Obama; Baptist minister says birth control is "murder."

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VIDEO: Gen. Colin Powell Concerned About Far-Right in GOP, Endorses Obama

By Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check

October 19, 2008 - 10:32am

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Gen. Colin Powell is concerned about the extreme rightward shift of the Republican Party and the potential for two more conservatives being appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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