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- Business Leaders
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- Entertainers
- Journalists
- Politicians
- Scholars
- Founding Fathers
- Political Prisoners
- Whistle-Blowers
Biographies
A-C
- Sani Abacha military dictator of Nigeria from 1993 to 1998
- Clay Aiken 2003 runner-up on American Idol
- Akihito emperor of Japan since 1989
- Madeleine Albright U.S. Secretary of State, Clinton Administration
- Ann Althouse conservative blogger and law professor
- Kofi Annan Secretary General of the United Nations
- Moujahid Dokubo-Asari militant leader of the Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force in Nigeria
- Atrios nom de blog of the editor of Eschaton, a liberal blog
- Margaret Atwood Canadian author of the dystopic novel The Handmaid's Tale
- Tammy Baldwin Rep.; D-WI; first openly gay/lesbian candidate elected to Congress
- Fantasia Barrino 2004 winner of American Idol
- Evan Bayh Sen.; D-IN; Chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council
- Bob Beauprez Rep.; R-CO; will resign from Congress in 2006 to run for governor
- Stephanie Stuckey Benfield State Rep. from GA; D-Decatur
- Ken Blackwell Ohio Secretary of State and candidate for governor
- Morton Blackwell Inner Circle RNC, Purple Heart Bandages
- Tony Blair British Prime Minister
- Jim Blanchard former Rep.; D-MI; also former governor
- Tony Blankley former press secretary to Newt Gingrich; editorial page editor, Washington Times
- Samuel W. Bodman U.S. Secretary of Energy
- Barbara Boxer Sen.; D-CA
- L. Brent Bozell III founder and President of the Media Research Center, a conservative media watchdog organization
- David Brock founder of Media Matters, a liberal media watchdog site; former right-wing journalist
- Edward William Brooke former Rep.; R-MA; first black popularly elected to Senate
- Gordon Brown current Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Jerry Brown Mayor of Oakland, CA; former governor of CA
- Harry Browne Libertarian presidential candidate (1996, 2000)
- Pat Buchanan Reform Party presidential candidate; former advisor and speechwriter for Nixon
- Dan Burdish Former executive director of the Nevada Republican Party
- William S. Burroughs avant-garde author of Naked Lunch
- George H. W. Bush Pres.; Republican
- George W. Bush Pres.; Republican
- Jeb Bush governor of Florida; Republican; son of George H. W. Bush and brother of George W. Bush
- John Calvin Swiss Reformation figure; contemporary of Martin Luther
- James Carr Ohio Judge ruling on SOS Blackwell's election rigging
- Jimmy Carter Pres.; Democrat
- Brian R. Cartmell retired Internet entrepreneur; funder of anti-Michael-Moore movie; writer of blog with far-right views
- James Carville campaign advisor for Clinton
- Cesar Chavez founder of National Farm Workers Association
- Dick Cheney Vice-Pres. under George W. Bush
- Shirley Chisholm first African-American woman in Congress, 1972 Candidate for the Democratic Presidential Nomination
- Noam Chomsky linguist at MIT; leading progressive critic of corporate media
- Wesley Clark 2004 candidate for Democratic nomination; former NATO Supreme Allied Commander
- Grover Cleveland Pres.; Democrat
- Bill Clinton Pres.; Democrat
- Hillary Rodham Clinton Sen.; D-NY; wife of Bill Clinton
- James B. Comey Deputy Attorney General of U.S.; appointed Patrick Fitzgerald as special counsel for Plame case
- Joseph Coors beer magnate; co-founder of conservative Heritage Foundation
- Charles Edward Coughlin Father Coughlin, the "Radio Priest"
- Ann Coulter controversial television personality known for her virulent attacks on liberal voters and Democratic politicians
- Archibald Cox special prosecutor in the Watergate scandal
- John Cranley 2006 Canidate for U.S. Congress, Ohio 2nd District
- Mario M. Cuomo governor of New York; Democrat
D-F
- Donetta Davidson Colorado Secretary of State
- Howard Dean DNC Chair; 2004 Dem. presidential candidate; governor of Vermont 1991-2003
- George Deukmejian Repub. governor of California, 1983-1991
- Michael Dukakis 1988 Dem. presidential candidate; governor of Massachusetts
- David Duke former Louisiana state representative; former Ku Klux Klan leader
- Dick Durbin senator (D-IL); Minority Whip
- Drew T. Durham Colorado HAVA compliance director
- Edwin Edwards former Dem. four-term governor of Louisiana
- John Edwards 2004 Dem. presidential, then vice-presidential candidate; former senator (D-NC)
- Russ Feingold senator (D-WI); cosponsor of major campaign reform bill; leader of effort to censure President George W. Bush
- Dianne Feinstein senator (D-CA)
- Douglas Feith Bush II Undersecretary of Defense for Policy
- Steve Forbes editor-in-chief of Forbes magazine; Repub. presidential candidate in 1996 and 2000
- Harold Ford, Jr. Dem. Representative (D-TN); candidate for Senate
- Barney Frank Dem. Representative (D-MA)
- Al Franken progressive talk show host, comedian, screenwriter
- Martin Frost former Dem. Representative (D-TX); host on Fox News
G-I
- Jeff Gannon
- Janeane Garofalo
- Dick Gephardt
- Phil Gingrey
- Newt Gingrich
- Jack Goldsmith
- Barry Goldwater
- Al Gore
- Jamie Gorelick
- Matt Gonzalez
- Bob Graham
- Jennifer Granholm
- Robert Grant
- Anna Greenberg
- Stan Greenberg
- Mark Haim
- Alexander Hamilton
- Sean Hannity
- Tom Harkin
- Gary Hart
- Michael V. Hayden
- Joel Hefley
- Mary Herrara
- Leo Hindery
- Adolf Hitler
- Glenda Hood Florida Sec. of State, Chief Elections Official (2004)
- Herbert Hoover
- David Horowitz
- Hubert H. Humphrey
- Reed Irvine co-founder of Accuracy in Media, a conservative media watchdog group
J-L
- Jesse Jackson, Sr.
- Jesus
- Chris John
- Pope John Paul II
- Michael Johns
- Roger Johnson
- Tom Josefiak General Counsel, Bush-Cheney 04, Inc.
- Edward M. Kennedy
- John F. Kennedy
- Robert F. Kennedy
- John Kerry
- Teresa Heinz Kerry
- Bob Kerrey
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Mary Kiffmeyer Minnesota Sec. Of State and BC04 State Chairman
- Junichiro Koizumi
- Mike Krempasky graduate development director of the Leadership Institute, an Arlington, Virginia–based school for conservative leaders founded by Morton Blackwell
- Paul Krugman
- Dennis Kucinich
- Joseph Kyrillos
- John Laesch 2006 candidate for US Representative of the 14th District of Illinois
- George Lakoff
- John Lennon
- Bryan Lentz, Pennsylvania State Representative, 2010 candidate for US Representative of the 7th District of Pennsylvania
- Monica Lewinsky
- Theresa LePore Palm Beach County Elections Supervisor
- Scooter Libby
- Joe Lieberman
- Rush Limbaugh
- Abraham Lincoln
- Huey Long
- Frank Luntz
- Phyllis Lyon
- Teri Lynn Michigan Sec. Of State and BC04 State Chairman
M-O
- Garry Mauro
- John McCain
- George McGovern
- Lester Maddox
- Michelle Malkin
- Nelson Mandela
- Thurgood Marshall
- Del Martin
- Karl Marx
- Chris Matthews
- Ed Meese
- Bob Menendez
- Byron Miller
- Dennis Miller
- Judith Miller
- Zell Miller
- Bill Milliken
- George Mitchell
- Walter Mondale
- Reverend Sun Myung Moon
- Michael Moore
- Yoshiro Mori
- Oswald Mosley
- Rupert Murdoch
- Ralph Nader
- Richard Nixon
- Chris Nelson
- Isaac Newton
- Gavin Newsom
- Grover Norquist
- Oliver North
- Robert Novak
- Barack Obama
- Olusegun Obasanjo
- Theodore Olson
- Martin OMalley
P-S
- Greg Palast
- Edward Pankus Minor Ohio Zealot
- William Dudley Pelley California wing-nut in the inter-war years
- Richard Perle
- Franklin Pierce
- Valerie Plame
- Dan Quayle
- Al Quinlan
- Ayn Rand
- Ronald Prescott Reagan
- Ronald Reagan
- Randi Rhodes
- Condoleezza Rice
- Chuck Robb
- Jay Rockefeller
- Nelson A. Rockefeller
- Winthrop Rockefeller
- Mitt Romney Mormon Republican governor of Massachusetts
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Jeremy Rosner
- Karl Rove
- Chris Ruddy
- Brian Sandoval Nevada Attorney General & BC04 State Chair
- Mark Sanford
- Rick Santorum
- Michael Savage
- Jonas Savimbi
- Richard Mellon Scaife
- Joe Scarborough
- Terri Schiavo
- Phyllis Schlafly
- Ginny Schrader
- Charles "Chuck" Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani
- Olympia Snowe
- Charles Socarides
- George Soros
- Preston Smith
- Arlen Specter
- Nathan Sproul "Can do" Republican Dirty Trickster
- Howard Stern
- I. F. Stone
- Jon Stewart Comedian, host of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central network)
- Leo Strauss
- Stephanie Stuckey Benfield Democratic Georgia politician who would make a great future governor
- Andrew Sullivan
T-Z
- Bob Taft
- Strobe Talbott
- Tom Tancredo
- George Tenet
- Strom Thurmond
- Paul Tsongas
- Joe Trippi
- Richard Viguerie conservative fund-raiser
- David Vitter
- Scott Walker
- George Wallace
- Henry A. Wallace
- Henry Cantwell Wallace
- Mark Warner
- George Washington
- Harold Washington
- Daniel Webster
- Ben Westlund
- Caspar Weinberger
- William Weld
- Paul Wellstone
- Paul Weyrich
- Jamey Wheeler
- George Will
- Joseph Wilson
- Woodrow Wilson
- Marshall Wittman former Christian Coalition official, former communications director for John McCain, currently senior fellow at the Democratic Leadership Council
- Paul Wolfowitz
- Malcolm X
- Boris Yeltsin
- John Yoo
- Viktor A. Yushchenko
- Markos Moulitsas Zúniga
- Kevin Zeese
Organization Profiles
Progressive Groups
- American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
- Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
- American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)
- America Coming Together
- Americans for Democratic Action
- Americans United for the Separation of Church and State
- Center for American Progress
- Common Cause
- Democracy Corps
- Democracy for America (founded by Howard Dean)
- Democratic Leadership Council (DLC)
- Democratic National Committee (DNC)
- Democrats Abroad
- Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR)
- Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
- MoveOn.org
- Music for America (MfA)
- People for the American Way (PFAW)
- Greenpeace
- US Action (USAction)
- True Majority
Right Wing Groups
- Anti-Abortion Groups
- Americans for Tax Reform
- American Family Association
- American Freedom Coalition
- Cato Institute
- Christian Voice
- Club for Growth
- Concerned Women of America
- Eagle Forum
- Heritage Foundation
- Maclellan Foundation
- Media Research Center
- National Rifle Association
- Summit Ministries
- Unification Church
Notable Political Families
- Adams
- Brown (Cal.)
- Bush
- Cardenas
- Clinton
- Cohen
- Goldwater
- Gore
- Harrison
- Kennedy
- Long
- Pryor
- Roosevelt
- Sununu
- Taft
- Talmadge
- Udall
Universities and Colleges
- Adelphi University
- American University
- Amherst College
- Ashland University
- Baruch College
- Berry College
- Bob Jones University
- Boise State University
- Boston College
- Boston University
- Bowdoin College
- Bowling Green State University
- Brandeis University
- Brigham Young University
- Brown University
- California Institute of Technology
- Cambridge University
- Carleton University
- Carnegie-Mellon University
- Carthage College
- Catholic University
- Chapman University
- City College of New York
- City University of New York
- Claremont Graduate University
- Claremont McKenna College
- Clark University
- Clemson University
- Colgate University
- College of William and Mary
- Colorado College
- Colorado School of Mines
- Columbia University
- Concord College
- Cornell University
- Dartmouth College
- Davidson College
- Duke University
- East Carolina University
- Emory University
- Fairfield University
- Florida A & M University
- Florida State University
- Fordham University
- Francis Marion University
- Franklin and Marshall College
- Friends University
- George Washington University
- Georgetown University
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Hampden-Sydney College
- Harvard University
- Hillsdale College
- Howard University
- Illinois State University
- Iona College
- John Jay College of Criminal Justice
- Johns Hopkins University
- Kenyon College
- Lafayette College
- Lehigh University
- LeMoyne College
- Liberty University
- London School of Economics and Political Science
- Louisiana State University
- Loyola University (Chicago)
- Macalester College
- Manhattanville College
- Marquette University
- George Mason University
- George Washington University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Michigan State University
- Missouri State University
- New York University
- Nichols College
- Northern Illinois University
- Northwestern University
- Norwich University
- Notre Dame University
- Oberlin College
- Oglethorpe University
- Ohio State University
- Oxford University
- Pacific Lutheran University
- Pennsylvania State University
- Pepperdine University
- Princeton University
- Reed College
- Regent University
- Ripon College
- Rockefeller University
- Rutgers University
- St. John's College (Annapolis and Santa Fe)
- Santa Clara University
- Smith College
- Southwest Missouri State University
- Southwest Texas State University
- Springfield College
- Stanford University
- SUNY Stony Brook
- Syracuse University
- Texas A&M University
- Thomas Aquinas College
- Trinity College
- Tufts University
- United States Military Academy
- United States Naval Academy
- University of Arizona
- University of Calgary
- UC Berkeley
- UC Davis
- UC Irvine
- UCLA
- UC San Diego
- UC Santa Cruz
- University of Chicago
- University of Connecticut
- University of Dallas
- University of Georgia
- University of Hawaii
- University of Houston
- University of Illinois, Chicago
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- University of Kansas
- University of London
- University of Maine
- University of Maryland
- University of Miami
- University of Michigan
- University of Nevada
- University of North Carolina
- University of North Texas
- University of Oklahoma
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of Rochester
- University of the South
- University of South Carolina
- University of Southern California
- University of Toronto
- University of Tulsa
- University of Vermont
- University of Virginia
- University of Washington
- University of Wisconsin
- Utah State University
- Vanderbilt University
- Washington University
- Wellesley College
- Wesleyan University
- Williams College
- Yale University
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