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2010 Midterms

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  1. 2008-11-05 November 5-12, 2008: Experts Refute Conservatives’ Characterization of ‘Obama Recession’
  2. 2008-11-11 November 11, 2008: Republican Lawmaker Compares Obama to Hitler, Calls His Philosophy ‘Radical Socialism or Marxism’
  3. 2008-11-18 November 18, 2008: Conservative Radio Host Savage: ‘Socially Promoted’ Obama Will Fire ‘Competent White Men’ throughout Federal, State, Local Governments
  4. 2008-11-23 November 23, 2008: Conservative Editorial Predicts Forced Euthanasia of Disabled Children under Obama
  5. 2008-12-08 December 8, 2008: Conservative Pundits: Mainstream Media ‘Overstating’ Economic Crisis to Help Obama
  6. 2009-01-16 January 16, 2009: Limbaugh: ‘I Hope Obama Fails’
  7. 2009-02-01 February 1, 2009: Michigan Investors Stage ‘Commemorative Tea Party’ to Protest Economic Policies
  8. 2009-02-04 February 4, 2009: Cheney: Obama Policies Put US at Risk for Devastating Terror Attack
  9. 2009-02-09 February 9, 2009: Conservative: Obama Will Deny Elderly Health Care
  10. 2009-02-09 February 9-10, 2009: Fox Anchors, Wall Street Journal, Limbaugh, Drudge Echo False Claim by Health Care Lobbyist
  11. 2009-02-11 February 11, 2009: Washington Times: Obama Health Care Program Will Euthanize Old, Infirm, Others
  12. 2009-02-16 February 16-17, 2009: ’Porkulus’ Rallies Protesting Obama Economic Policies Occur in Seattle, Denver; Rallies Have ‘Tea Party’ Connections
  13. 2009-02-18 February 18, 2009: Conservative Columnist: Obama Will Euthanize Americans to Save Money
  14. 2009-02-19 February 19, 2009: Business Commentator Calls for ‘Tea Party’ to Oppose Obama Economic Stimulus
  15. 2009-02-20 February 20, 2009: Fox News Host Pushes Militia-Led Insurrection against US Government
  16. 2009-03-05 March 5, 2009: Republicans Call Obama’s Health Care Plans ‘Socialism’
  17. 2009-03-13 March 13, 2009 and After: ’9/12’ Project Created by Corporate ‘Astroturf’ Organization, Fox News
  18. 2009-03-15 March 15, 2009: Cheney Defends Bush Policies, Says Obama Putting US at Risk of ‘Another Attack’
  19. 2009-03-22 March 22, 2009: Obama Repudiates Cheney Accusations of Endangering America
  20. 2009-03-23 March 23-24, 2009: Fox News Anchor Touts Anti-Obama ‘Tea Parties’
  21. 2009-03-25 March 25, 2009: Republican House Leader Says Public Finally Waking Up to ‘One-Party Government’
  22. 2009-03-25 March 25, 2009: Gingrich: Obama Moving US towards ‘Dictatorship’
  23. 2009-03-31 March 31, 2009: Congress Passes Serve America Act; Conservatives Claim Act Will Mandate ‘Re-education,’ Prohibit Church Attendance
  24. 2009-04-06 April 6-7, 2009: Fox News Anchor Touts ‘Tea Party’ Protests, Decries ‘Obama’s Radical Shift to Turn [US] into Europe’
  25. 2009-04-08 April 8, 2009: Lobbyists Organize ‘Tea Party’ Tax Protests; Republican Lawmakers Join In
  26. 2009-04-09 April 9-22, 2009: ’Seventeen Socialists’ in US House, Republican Claims
  27. 2009-05-13 May 13, 2009: Beck: Health Care Reform Is Eugenics
  28. 2009-05-13 May 13-14, 2009: Fox News Promotes ‘Tea Party 2.0’
  29. 2009-05-15 May 15, 2009: Gingrich: Pelosi ‘Despicable, Dishonest, and Vicious’
  30. 2009-05-28 May 28, 2009: Conservative Radio Host: Supreme Court Nominee Part of a ‘Hostile Takeover’ of US by ‘Marxists’
  31. 2009-06-02 June 2, 2009: Fox News Anchors Air Cropped Clips of Speech to Falsely Imply Obama Only Criticized US During Previous European Visit
  32. 2009-06-05 June 5, 2009: Washington Times Editor: Obama ‘Grovels’ before Foreign Leaders, Has No Understanding of American Culture and History
  33. 2009-06-22 June 22, 2009: Town Hall Health Care Meeting Disrupted by Angry Protesters; Representative Needs Police Escort to Leave Safely
  34. 2009-06-25 June 25, 2009: Nigerian-American Conservative: Obama Is an ‘African Colonial’ Plotting to Become a ‘Despot’
  35. 2009-06-25 June 25, 2009: Conservative Columnist: Obama Wants to Deny Care for Elderly Americans
  36. 2009-06-26 June 26, 2009: Corporate Lobbying Firm Issues ‘Action Kit’ for Health Care Protesters
  37. 2009-06-29 June 29, 2009: Beck: Obama Hates British Due to Kenyan Grandfather’s Mistreatment by British in 1950s
  38. 2009-06-30 June 30, 2009: House Member Faces Charges that ‘Dead Baby Juice’ Used to Create Diseases, ‘Socialized Medicine’ Will Destroy America
  39. 2009-07-06 July 6, 2009: Anti-Health Care Reform Protesters Disrupt Syracuse Town Hall
  40. 2009-07-10 July 10, 2009: Republican Congressman: Obama Health Care Reform ‘Is Gonna Kill People’
  41. 2009-07-16 July 16, 2009: Republican Lawmakers: Government-Run Health Care Will ‘Kill More People than It Saves’
  42. 2009-07-16 July 16, 2009: Republican Health Care Reform Opponent Says Obama Reform Proposal Will Encourage Elderly to Die Sooner
  43. 2009-07-17 July 17-22, 2009: Senator: Republicans Intend to ‘Break’ Obama over Health Care
  44. 2009-07-17 July 17, 2009: Conservative Radio Hosts: Health Care Reform Will Encourage ‘Inconvenient People’ to Die Sooner
  45. 2009-07-20 July 20, 2009: RNC Chair: Obama’s Health Care Plan Is Socialism, Democrats in ‘Cabal’ to Enact Government-Controlled Health Care
  46. 2009-07-21 July 21, 2009: Limbaugh: Health Care Reform Mandates ‘Death Counseling’ for Elderly
  47. 2009-07-21 July 21, 2009: Conservative Columnist Falsely Claims Reform Bill Would Mandate End-of-Life Counseling
  48. 2009-07-22 July 22, 2009: Republican Senator: GOP Must Stall Health Care Reform to Win 2010 Elections
  49. 2009-07-23 July 23, 2009: Beck: Obama Colluding with Labor Union, Community Organization to Create ‘Modern-Day Slave State’
  50. 2009-07-23 July 23, 2009: Conservative Lobbying Organization Launches Bus Tour to Protest Health Care Reform Proposals