I'm Debating the College Republicans - Help Me Out!

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Monday March 08, 2010 · 12:37 PM PST

2010/03/08 · 12:37

This coming Wednesday night, I'll be participating in a debate against our local College Republicans as a representative of the College Democrats. The format will be a formal, Lincoln-Douglas style debate. We will be debating the resolution,

Resolved: President Obama's policy have been ineffective at combating terrorism.

Republicans will debate as affirmative and Democrats as negative. Audience members will be welcomed to ask questions and cast a vote for the side that presented the best case and arguments.

So, in addition to my own research and that of the College Democrats, I though it would make great sense to harness the raw power of the Kossack community.

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Friday October 16, 2009 · 3:34 PM PDT

2009/10/16 · 15:34

I assume that most people here know about PolitiFact, the non-partisan fact checking organization run by the St. Petersburg Times. In a time when rampant dishonesty and factual distortions muddle the political rhetoric on all sides, this resource is invaluable.

The other day, an idea popped into my head: how often, according to PolitiFact, have politicians, advocacy groups, and media figures wandered into the realm of lies and unreality, and which political persuasion is more likely to do so?

PolitiFact doesn't provide aggregate tallies that would answer these questions - so I decided to break the data down myself. Check out the results below the fold.

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Tuesday September 01, 2009 · 1:22 PM PDT

2009/09/01 · 13:22

In a recent diary I detailed a response from Binder & Binder concerning their policy in regards to Glenn Beck. The advertising coordinator, Mr. Summers, explained that Binder & Binder had instructed Fox News to remove its ads from Beck's program. Since Binder & Binder uses a Run of Schedule (RoS) advertisement scheme, Fox retains the right to assign ads; however, convention generally dictates that networks honor their advertisers' requests.

That response came August 28th. On August 31, Fox News ran two Binder & Binder ads in a single broadcast of the Glenn Beck show.

So, what happened?

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Friday August 28, 2009 · 3:22 PM PDT

2009/08/28 · 15:22

Like many on this site and others, I've decided to take action against Glenn Beck in response to his stunningly inflammatory rhetoric. Yesterday, I sent emails to several of the show's (remaining) advertisers. Several have responded, though none so encouragingly as Binder & Binder, the Social Security advocacy firm. After the jump, my original message and the reply.

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I'm Debating the College Republicans - Help Me Out!

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Fox Refuses to Honor Binder & Binder's Request to Pull Beck Ads

Binder & Binder asks Fox to Rescind Beck Ads