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Reid Ribble

2011-06-08T21:20:55Z

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'''Reid Ribble''' (born April 5, 1956 in Neenah, Wisconsin) is the [[Republican]] U.S. Representative from [[Wisconsin]]'s 8th congressional district, defeating [[Democrat]]ic incumbent [[Steve Kagen]]. Ribble is a contractor and president of The Ribble Group, Inc., a roofing company in Kaukauna, Wisconsin.
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[[Category:United States Representatives]]

John Adler

2011-06-08T21:20:10Z

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|party=[[Democrat]]
|spouse=Shelley Levitan Adler
|religion=Jewish
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|state=New Jersey
|district=2nd
|terms=January 3, 2009 - January 3, 2011
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'''John Herbert Adler''' (August 23, 1959-April 4, 2011) was the [[Democrat]] U.S. Representative from [[New Jersey]]'s third congressional district, having been elected in 2008 in a close and bitter campaign. He currently serves on the Committees on Financial Services and Veterans' Affairs. Adler has voted with a majority of his Democratic colleagues 92.1% of the time during the current [[Congress]]. <ref>http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/A000364/</ref> He supported major Democratic legislation, including the [[economic stimulus package]] <ref>http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll070.xml</ref> and [[cap and trade]]. <ref>http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll477.xml</ref> However, he voted against [[health care]] reform. <ref>http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll887.xml</ref>

Previously Adler served in the New Jersey State Senate from 1992 through 2009.

He lost re-election in 2010 to [[Jon Runyan]]. Three months after leaving office, he died of endocarditis<ref>http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/04/us_rep_john_adler_has_died_say.html</ref>.

==See Also==

*[http://www.conservapedia.com/2010_House_Elections#New_Jersey 2010 Reelection]

==External Links==
*[http://adler.house.gov/ U.S. House Website]
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[[Category:United States Representatives]]
[[Category:Democratic Party]]
[[Category: 111th United States Congress]]

John Adler

2011-06-08T21:12:54Z

JimBobBigbam: passed away

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|name=John Adler
|image=Johnadler.jpg
|party=[[Democrat]]
|spouse=Shelley Levitan Adler
|religion=Jewish
|offices=
{{Officeholder/representative
|state=New Jersey
|district=2nd
|terms=January 3, 2009 - January 3, 2011
|preceded=Jim Saxton
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'''John Herbert Adler''' (August 23, 1959-April 4, 2011) is the [[Democrat]] U.S. Representative from [[New Jersey]]'s third congressional district, having been elected in 2008 in a close and bitter campaign. He currently serves on the Committees on Financial Services and Veterans' Affairs. Adler has voted with a majority of his Democratic colleagues 92.1% of the time during the current [[Congress]]. <ref>http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/A000364/</ref> He supported major Democratic legislation, including the [[economic stimulus package]] <ref>http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll070.xml</ref> and [[cap and trade]]. <ref>http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll477.xml</ref> However, he voted against [[health care]] reform. <ref>http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll887.xml</ref>

Previously Adler served in the New Jersey State Senate from 1992 through 2009.

He lost re-election in 2010 to [[Jon Runyan]]. Three months after leaving office, he died of endocarditis<ref>http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/04/us_rep_john_adler_has_died_say.html</ref>.

==See Also==

*[http://www.conservapedia.com/2010_House_Elections#New_Jersey 2010 Reelection]

==External Links==
*[http://adler.house.gov/ U.S. House Website]
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==References==
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[[Category:United States Representatives]]
[[Category:Democratic Party]]
[[Category: 111th United States Congress]]

Jon Runyan

2011-06-08T21:09:03Z

JimBobBigbam:

[[File:Jon-Runyan.jpg|right|150px]]

'''Jon Runyan''' (b. November 27, 1973) is a former all-pro lineman for the [[Philadelphia Eagles]] who is the Republican U.S. Representative for [[Congress]] in the [[New Jersey]] 3rd congressional district, defeating incumbent [[Democrat]] [[John Adler]] in 2010. Jon Runyan was a two-time Michigan state shotput champion and an all-star basketball recruit of Michigan State. His professional football career included playing for the Houston Oilers, Tennessee Titans, Philadelphia Eagles and the San Diego Chargers. Also, he was a broadcast announcer for the 2007 NFL Europa season. Runyan has three children with his wife Loretta.

==2010 Midterms==
A poll released shows Runyan leading New Jersey Democrat Rep. [[John Adler]] 48 percent to 43 percent among likely voters. <ref>[http://dailycaller.com/2010/10/28/former-nfl-player-takes-lead-in-poll-despite-presence-of-democrat-backed-tea-party-candidate/ Former NFL player takes lead in poll, despite presence of Democrat-backed Tea Party candidate, Daily Caller, October 28, 2010]</ref> Real Clear Politics has the seat leaning Republican. He is facing a third-party challenge from [[Peter DeStefano]]. DeStefano calls himself the Tea Party candidate but nobody in the [[Tea Party Movement]] recognizes him. It has been speculated that DeStefano is a Democrat endorsed candidate running to siphon votes from Runyan.

Runyan defeated Adler by a 51%-47% margin.

==References==
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==External Links==
* [http://runyanforcongress.com/ Campaign website]
* [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jon-Runyan/248926979306?v=app_4949752878 Facebook page]
* [http://twitter.com/runyan2010 twitter page]
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/JonRunyanforCongress YouTube channel]
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/runyanforcongress/ Flickr page]
[[Category:politics]][[Category:Republican Party]] [[Category:2010 Midterm Elections]]
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[[Category:United States Representatives]]

Sean Duffy

2011-06-08T21:07:26Z

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'''Sean Duffy''' (born October 3, 1971 in Hayward, Wisconsin) is the [[Republican]] U.S. Representative from [[Wisconsin]]'s 7th congressional district, succeeding [[Democrat]] and House Appropriations Committee Chairman [[David Obey]]. Although Duffy served eight years as district attorney in Ashland County, he is best known for his role on MTV's "The Real World."
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Sean Duffy

2011-06-08T21:06:17Z

JimBobBigbam: no longer elect

Anderson Cooper

2011-06-08T21:04:01Z

JimBobBigbam: tag

[[Image:Anderson Cooper.jpg|left]]
'''Anderson Hays Cooper''' was born on June 3, 1967, and is an American television personality. He is the main anchor of [[CNN]]'s liberal news show ''Anderson Cooper 360°'', and hosted the first two seasons of the ABC reality game show ''The Mole''. The program is based out of New York City. Cooper is the son of the writer Wyatt Emory Cooper and the designer and heiress [[Gloria Vanderbilt]]. He graduated from Yale in 1989 in Political Science and International Relations.

Though Cooper is popular, he is no stranger to controversy and accusations of [[media bias]].
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=20972&keywords=anderson+cooper|title= Presidential Debate Topic: Bill Clinton's Influence? |last=Oddis|first=Michelle|date=06/04/2007 |language=English|accessdate=2008-12-31}}</ref> For example, during the time of [[Hurricane Katrina]], he consistently played-up the government's poor response, even appearing on ''[[Oprah Winfrey|The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'' to accuse the government of negligence while at the same time, giving [[John Edwards]] what one media watchdog group called the "silk glove treatment".

Cooper's first major interview occurred on April 22, 2007, when he interviewed the infamous rapper Cam'ron about the "Stop Snitching" campaign. During the interview, Cooper asked Cam'ron if he lived next door to a serial killer and knew for a fact that person was killing people if would he tell or "snitch" to the police. Cam'ron said, "No, I wouldn't call and tell on them but I'd probably move."

Cooper is currently in a homosexual relationship with gay bar owner Benjamin Maisani<ref>http://gawker.com/5392965/what-we-know-so-far-about-anderson-coopers-boyfriend</ref>.

==See also==
*[[Erica Hill]]
*[[Chris Matthews]]
*[[Sean Hannity]]
*[[Jack Cafferty]]
*[[Lou Dobbs]]

==References==
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[[Category:Media personalities]]
[[Category:Liberal Media]]
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Keith Olbermann

2011-06-08T21:03:28Z

JimBobBigbam: not liberal, far left

[[Image:Keith-ratingslie.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Keith Olbermann, liberal commentator]]
'''Keith Olbermann''' is a [[liberal|far-left]] commentator, activist, liberal propagandist, <ref>Keith Olbermann ... is notorious for anti-Bush, anti-conservative rants. [http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brad-wilmouth]</ref> high-profile [[Democrat]]ic donor<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/WN/keith-olbermann-suspended-msnbc-political-contributions/story?id=12074305</ref> and former host of ''Countdown'' on [[MSNBC]]. ''[[New York Times]]'' media critic David Carr has referred to Olbermann as "one of the most rabidly partisan figures in national news."<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/08/business/media/08carr.html?_r=1</ref> Olbermann's show is known for an extreme liberal distortion of the issues, with [[conservatives]] rarely being invited to discuss news events. Collegues such as former NBC News anchor Tom Brokow have complained Olbermann has badly damaged MSNBC’s reputation for independence<ref>http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-11-14/keith-olbermanns-civil-war-with-nbc-executives-over-campaign-donations/?cid=hp:mainpromo3</ref> while the [[Media Research Center]] has characterized Olbermann's views as "beyond partisan....radically extreme and hateful."<ref>http://www.mrc.org/press/2006/press20061102.asp</ref> His nightly segment, ''The Worst Person in the World'' regularly [[demon]]izes any point of view at variance with Olbermann.<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2010/05/05/2010-05-05_starting_in_left_field_keith_olbermann_hes_embraced_by_mlb_and_the_nfl_while_lim.html</ref> It is a classic example of the role of [[propaganda]] in modern American discourse and has contributed to the coarsening of political debate in [[America]]. Olbermann was also a co-host of NBC's ''Football Night in America''.

==Olbermann sees conspiracies==
In a broadcast after the FBI made an arrest of four [[terror]] suspects for plot to attack JFK International Airport and plant explosives to blow up major jet-fuel supply tanks and pipelines,<ref>[http://newyork.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel07/plot060207.pdf Four Individuals Charged in Plot to Bomb John F. Kennedy International Airport], FBI Press Release New York Field Office, June 2 2007.</ref> Olbermann charged the [[Bush adminstration]] with [[conspiracy]]. JFK handles, on average, over 1,000 flights daily. The plotters were assisted by an international network of Muslim extremists from the United States, Guyana, and Caribbean, including senior leadership of [[Jamaat Al Muslimeen]] ("JAM"), which was responsible for a deadly coup attempt in Trinidad in 1990. In Olbermann's mind:

{{Cquote|the so-called plot happens to be revealed the day before the second [[2008 Presidential Election|Democratic presidential]] debate and, as the scandal continues to unfold over the firings of U.S. attorneys and their replacements by political hacks. The so-called plot is announced by the Bush-appointed U.S. attorney for Brooklyn, New York, and by the police chief of New York City, the father of a correspondent for [[Fox News Channel]]." Olbermann further theorized that President Bush was "fomenting yet another war...a new Cold War with Russia, possibly to obscure the unending nightmare in Iraq. <ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2007/06/05/publiceye/entry2886646.shtml Olbermann Overstates?,] Matthew Felling, ''CBS News'', June 5, 2007.</ref>}}

Matthew Felling of ''CBS News'' noted in the same piece, "Hammering away at things that aren’t there – or barely there – is a surefire way to dilute your message."

==Nazi salute controversy==
In July of 2006, the [[Anti-Defamation League]] filed a complaint to MSNBC because of Olbermann's repeated use of the [[Nazi]] salute while attacking popular commentator [[Bill O'Reilly]] on his television show and in public.<ref>[http://www.adl.org/media_watch/tv/20060728-MSNBC.htm Anti-Defamation League Letter to MSNBC], July 28, 2006.</ref>

==''24'' controversy==
In January of 2007, Olbermann attacked the popular FOX television series ''[[24]]'' with rather bizarre claims.

On the January 16, 2007 edition of Olbermann's show, ''Countdown with Keith Olbermann'', he accused the widely acclaimed ''24'' of "fearmongering" and being "propaganda designed to keep people thinking about domestic terrorism to keep us scared," asking, "is it a program-length commercial for one political party?" Olbermann also asked the rhetorical question, "if the irrational right can claim that the news is fixed to try to alter people's minds or that networks should be boycotted for nudity or for immorality, shouldn't those same groups be saying ''24'' should be taken off of TV because it's naked [[brainwashing]]?"

This was in response to the January 15 broadcast of ''24'' in which a low-grade nuclear weapon is detonated in the [[Valencia]] community of [[Los Angeles]] by a [[terrorist]] group. Fox Commentator [[Cal Thomas]] had written an editorial in which he advised, "Watch the TV drama 24 for what could be our prophetic and imminent future, with a nuclear device exploding in major cities."

On the February 2, 2007 edition of ''Countdown'', Olbermann gave the show the "bronze" in his nightly "Worst Person in the World" segment.

==Suspension==

On 5 November 2010, Olbermann was temporarilly suspended from MSNBC for ethical violations of the company's policy on campaign contributions <ref>http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/05/olbermann-donated-to-three-dems-in-apparent-violation-of-nbc-policy/</ref> and reinstated three days later.

==Fired From MSNBC==

Less than a week after Comcast was approved to purchase MSNBC, Keith Olbermann was fired January 21, 2011. Official word states Comcast has nothing to do with the firing. He was their top-rated host so the statement is likely false. [[Glenn Beck]] predicted his firing months before it happened, which led Olbermann to mock Beck as not knowing anything about television and made him his ''worst person in the world''. <ref>[http://www.mediaite.com/tv/glenn-beck-keith-olbermann-is-the-biggest-pain-in-the-ass-in-the-world/ Glenn Beck: “Keith Olbermann Is The Biggest Pain In The A** In The World”, Mediaite, January 24, 2011]</ref>
[[Stephen Colbert]] made laughs at Keith's expense. A clip of Olbermann saying ''this is the last edition of Countdown'' for which Colbert replies "Well we finally know what they were counting down to." <ref>[http://dailycaller.com/2011/01/25/colbert-channels-keith-olbermug/ Colbert channels ‘Keith Olbermug’, KeithOlbermann.com, January 25, 2011]</ref>

==See Also==
*[[Olbermann Watch]]
*[[Bush derangement syndrome]]
*[[Liberal hate speech]]

==References==
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==External Links==
* [http://www.keitholbermann.com/ KeithOlbermann.com (A DailyCaller.com website)]
*[http://media.nationalreview.com/post/?q=N2IwYTc1MTVlMTU0ZDZlN2ViZGI0YzJmZWJiZjBhZTE= Keith Olbermann: "24" is a Right-Wing Plot]

*[http://newsbusters.org/node/10206 Olbermann Denounces '24' as Part of Pro-Bush 'Fearmongering' and 'Brainwashing']

*[http://newsbusters.org/node/10224 Olbermann Hates '24', NewsBusters, and All References to Terrorism]

*[http://www.opinioneditorials.com/freedomwriters/syuhas_20070118.html MSNBC's Very Own Conspiracy Nut: Keith Olbermann & Fox's fictional TV show '24']

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Anderson Cooper

2011-06-08T21:01:07Z

JimBobBigbam: fix

Anderson Cooper

2011-06-08T21:00:29Z

JimBobBigbam: Boyfriend

[[Image:Anderson Cooper.jpg|left]]
'''Anderson Hays Cooper''' was born on June 3, 1967, and is an American television personality. He is the main anchor of [[CNN]]'s liberal news show ''Anderson Cooper 360°'', and hosted the first two seasons of the ABC reality game show ''The Mole''. The program is based out of New York City. Cooper is the son of the writer Wyatt Emory Cooper and the designer and heiress [[Gloria Vanderbilt]]. He graduated from Yale in 1989 in Political Science and International Relations.

Though Cooper is popular, he is no stranger to controversy and accusations of [[media bias]].
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=20972&keywords=anderson+cooper|title= Presidential Debate Topic: Bill Clinton's Influence? |last=Oddis|first=Michelle|date=06/04/2007 |language=English|accessdate=2008-12-31}}</ref> For example, during the time of [[Hurricane Katrina]], he consistently played-up the government's poor response, even appearing on ''[[Oprah Winfrey|The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'' to accuse the government of negligence while at the same time, giving [[John Edwards]] what one media watchdog group called the "silk glove treatment".

Cooper's first major interview occurred on April 22, 2007, when he interviewed the infamous rapper Cam'ron about the "Stop Snitching" campaign. During the interview, Cooper asked Cam'ron if he lived next door to a serial killer and knew for a fact that person was killing people if would he tell or "snitch" to the police. Cam'ron said, "No, I wouldn't call and tell on them but I'd probably move."

Cooper is currently in a homosexual relationship with gay bar owner Benjamin Maisani<ref>http://gawker.com/5392965/what-we-know-so-far-about-anderson-coopers-boyfriend<ref>.

==See also==
*[[Erica Hill]]
*[[Chris Matthews]]
*[[Sean Hannity]]
*[[Jack Cafferty]]
*[[Lou Dobbs]]

==References==
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[[Category:Media personalities]]
[[Category:Liberal Media]]