100 Americans the Left Hates the Most

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AMERICANSTHE LEFTHates MOST

As we have watched the ongoing fight in

America over the direction of the country,

the actions of the Obama administration and

Democratic Congress, and the efforts of the tea

party movement, the Townhall editorial team

has noticed a disturbing pattern: the American

Left is trashing everyone who dares to stand

against them.

The more effective the voices that opposetheir agenda, the greater the venom the Left

spews in their direction.

Its this out-of-control behavior from our

fellow citizens who are sold out to the ultra-

liberal progressive Obama agenda to radically

transform the United States that led us to

create this list of The 100 Americans the Left

Hates Most.

The Townhall editorial staff compiled a

massive list of those we believe have the largest

bulls-eyes painted on them by the Left and

the Democrat-dominated government. From

that list, through a process of voting, debating

and prioritizing, we assembled the final 100.

There were only two absolute requirements:

1) They had to be living, which is why Ronald

Reagan and William F. Buckley Jr. are notfeatured; and 2) they had to be American,

which explains Mark Steyn and the Popes

absence from the list.

If you think were way off base with some

or all of our rankings or believe we missed

somebody, please let us know. We want to

know what you think, so submit your thoughts

to [email protected].


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#1GLENN BECK

Glenn Beck has been doing his thing for years. Hes had a growing radio audience of

millions as the third-most-listened-to host in America, and he has never shied way

from expressing his love of country (its why he gained the reputation for crying on

the air) and his disdain for liberal policies that run counter to everything our nation

was founded on.

It wasnt until the last couple of years that the rabid hatred of Beck went

mainstream. What happened?

On Jan. 19, 2009, just in time to counter the progressive agenda of the Obama

administration that would be sworn in the next day, Beck launched his Fox News

Channel (FNC) show. Though he had been on CNNs Headline News since May

2006, doing a very similar show, it took joining the Fox News family for Beck to

really gain the ire of the Lefas long has he was on a low-rated cable channel that

also happened to share the ultimate liberal agenda, they felt they could

at least co-exist with the conservative talker.

But it wasnt just Becks joining the Democrats most-hated network

that has driven liberals to hysteria and resulted in some sort of mental

condition that causes them to go into conniption fits at the meremention of his name in even casual conversation. (Just try uttering

the words Glenn Beck within earshot of your favoriteor least

favoritelefist and see what happens.)

No, its more than Beck becoming one of Roger Ailes minions

much more. Its also about more than the fact that he has a

massive radio and TV audience of millions.

Becks real sin is that he has successfully combined

his concern for the direction of this countrya direction

currently being dominated by progressives who hate what

America has beenwith a powerful defense of American

exceptionalism and a passion for the Founding Fathers

and the system of government and nation they created

to produce a show that both educates and entertains.(Seriously, not just anybody can get Americans riled up

about Woodrow Wilson and launch F.A. Hayeks Road

to Serfdom to the No. 1 spot on Amazons best-seller

list.)

AmericansDemocrats and Republicans, young

and old, those whove been political for ages and

those who are just beginning to get engagednow

truly sense the threat to the American way of life that

the radical Lefs agenda poses. They hadnt realized

it beforeboth because they had never seen such an

extremely progressive, uber-liberal, revolution-loving

president and because they had either forgotten or

never learned the real history of the United States.Thanks to Beck, Americans are waking up to what

our government is up to and are hungering for thereal

story of their nationthe one that the progressive

movement, using the schools and universities, has

tried to keep from them.

We are falling in love with our country again.

Thatis why the Lef hates him.

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#2 SARAH PALINLong afer her 2008 run to be vice president

ended, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is

continuing to make political waves.

As a favorite of grassroots conservative

tea partiers, Palin has used her star power

to bring attention to various underdog

candidates and issues facing voters this

fall. As a conservative working woman and

dedicated mom, Palins anti-feminist brand

of feminism has redefined the scope of

womens issues and shed light on blatantliberal hypocrisy.

Though try as they might to silence

herwith attacks on everything from

her outspoken criticism of the current

administration to her bra sizePalin is

a light that will not be snued out. Much

to the chagrin of the liberal elites and

lefist reformists, Palins down-to-earth

independence, patriotic spirit and no-

nonsense can-do attitude will only continue to

propel her popularity.

#3 RUSH LIMBAUGHWhen youre the leader of the opposition,

youve got a target on you at all times; youll be

under attack day and night. And El Rushbo is

cool with thatit means hes doing his job.

Limbaugh has been putting the lie to liberal

arguments and policies for decades, earning

a handsome sum along the way. And if theres

one thing liberals hate more than the truth

about their agenda being exposed, its people

who make money o exposing that agenda.

Rushs army of nearly 20 million listeners

is the biggest in the country, and theyare engaged. He impacts political races

across the country, and his work helps

keep the Republican Party in touch with its

conservative base.

Of course, the real root of the hatred

for Rush is that, without him, there is no

conservative talk radio as we know it today.

His is the voice that launched a thousand

stations, and now right-wing talk is the top

target of liberals, who are always looking to

shut down talk radio once and for all.

#4 GEORGE W. BUSHThe Lef hates everything about former President George W. Bush. His crooked smile is an

underhanded smirk; his southern swagger is arrogant clout.

Though they kept the country safe for years afer Sept. 11, his foreign and national security

strategies represented cowboy recklessness. Barack Obamas inauguration was the Lefs

celebration of George W. Bushs retirement. Now, more than a year and a half into the new

presidents term, these same haters are the first to bring Bush back into the public debate.

Trouble in the Middle East? Blame Bush. Al Gores getting a divorce? Blame Bush.

More than ever, the Lef finds it fashionable to relegate responsibility and blame Bush.Unfortunately for them, the Bush blame game is wearing on the publics patience and could cost

them in November.

#5 ANN COULTERPolitical correctness finally met its match with this conservative

bombshell. No one, including her most liberal adversary, ever has to

wonder, What did Annreallymean? Anns bluntness, coupled with

her eectiveness and habit of being right, has made her a burr in

the saddle of the Lef.

Her favorite place to do battle is on college campuses. Every time

shes booked for a college speech, you can bet there will be liberal

crazies protesting her very presence and determined to keep herfrom speaking. Ann credits the bravery and chivalry of male College

Republicans for warding o the lef-wing nuts and making her

appearances possible.

The Lefs hatred of Ann is not limited by international borders.

Last March, the provost of the University of Ottawa sent Ann a letter shortly before a scheduled

event there, warning her not to bring her hate speech to campus. And in Parliament, a socialist

Canadian MP denounced her. In the end, an angry mob and skittish police cancelled the speech,

once again proving that liberals love of free speech extends only to those they dont hate with the

red-hot passion of a thousand suns.

#6 MICHELLE MALKIN

She has been the frequent subject of racist rants from lef-wingers, been assaulted by some ofAmericas nastiest political activists, had her home address published by progressive crazies,

moved from the D.C. area to get away from the threats and been spat on, screamed at and cursed

by ever-so-tolerant liberals. We figure she must be doing something right.

A best-selling author, popular columnist and blogger, and Fox News contributor, Michelle Malkin

is making a killing doing what she does best: exposing the lunacy of Americas liberals and the

corruption of lef-wing and Democratic politicos. Needless to say, shes having a field day with the

Obama administrationand the Lef cant stop her.

Self-sacrifice produces resultsa concept the Lef doesnt graspand Michelles results are

making it very clear to the world what liberals are up to.

#7 THE TEA PARTY PATRIOT

Or as the snide liberal Lef calls these patriots, tea baggers.The tea party movement has presented a significant roadblock

for the presidents progressive agenda. This boisterous bunch of

impassioned patriots has helped the political climate quickly cool

down afer Obamas fevered supporters vaulted him into oce.

From a minute Facebook group to a mass movement of millions,

the tea party movement is driven by American tradition and is

focused on resurrecting the nations historical promise. They are everything the Lef hatesself-

motivated, self-educated commonsense patriots who love God, guns and Old Glory.

As this grassroots movement continues to grow, liberals know they dont stand a chance

their agenda cannot stand up to the greatness of Americas founding and the citizens who will

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#8DICK CHENEYUpon leaving his post as second in command at the White

House, former Vice President Dick Cheney retreated to

the peaceful serenity of scenic Jackson, Wyo. It wasnt

long, however, before the feckless policies of the new

administration forced the long-time public servant to re-

insert himself into Washington politics.

Cheney has since been a vocal critic of the Obama

administrations national security policies and proceduresfor interrogating and prosecuting accused terrorists. In

February, Cheney slammed the Obama administration,

stating that protecting America was a tough, mean,

dirty, nasty business in which evil people would not be

stopped by turning the other cheek.

The Lef, who have always seen Cheney as their Darth Vader, undoubtedly still despises

Cheney and his unapologetic pro-America stance on national security.

#9 BILL OREILLYAppearing on Fox News is enough to make the Lef angry, but being a Fox News host with the

highest-rated cable news program on television is enough for the Lef tohateyou.

The Lefs disdain for Bill OReilly, his staunch opinions and common sense with aconservative slant is legendary, spanning the last decade in which the no-spin OReilly Factor

has commanded its No. 1 spot.

In addition, OReillys streak as a best-selling author and former radio host only added fuel to

the fire. His most recent venture is likely to make liberals blow a gasketthe Bold & Fresh tour,

co-hosted with his Fox News colleague and the Lefs most-hated American, Glenn Beck.

#10 MICHELE BACHMANNAs Congress prepared to vote on President

Obamas overreaching health care overhaul,

one congressional Republican stood up and

encouraged Americans to rally in the nations

capital to protest.

Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann has

not only been an ardent critic of the current

administrations big-government policies, but has

also been an outspoken advocate for the tea party

movement and the constitutional principles for

which they fight.

Bachmann stands as a strong conservative

woman who, like Palin, challenges liberal women

to think outside the liberal box. In an attempt to

silence her outspoken candor, Democrats and their allies on the Lef are making ousting Michele

Bachmann their No. 1 goal in this falls elections.

#11 KARL ROVEAfer getting her copy of Karl Roves Courage and Consequence personally signed by

the author during a book-signing stopover, a retired Michigan woman whispers, Hes not

anything like I wouldve thought and he has the prettiest blue eyes.

Its true: Karl Rove has never been characterized as a sofie, but that may be a closer-to-reality

assessment of his true personality than the ruthless win-at-all-costs political operative persona

the Lef has assigned him.

Rove is considered to be the brainchild behind and architect of the ascendency of President

George W. Bush and numerous successful Republican electoral strategies in recent years. As a

result, Code Pink storms his book events to make citizens arrests, and hes greeted on college

campuses by hoards of young protestors.

#12 SEAN HANNITYHannity has been actively beating back the

liberal agenda with not only a conservative

message on his popular radio show and Fox

News program but also by promoting the

eorts of the Republican Party to take on and

defeat the Democrats.

Seans eorts have been invaluably helpful

to the GOP in its eorts to wrest control ofgovernment from the far-Lef, which has a

home in todays Democratic Party.

Once paired with liberal Alan Colmes on

Fox, Hannity has come into his own with his

eponymous prime-time show. He trails only

cable news heavyweight Bill OReilly in TV

ratings and is hammering the competition from

CNN and MSNBC.

Seans take-no-prisoners approach

enrages the Lef, and because his radio show

immediately follows Limbaugh on so many

stations across the country, liberals are daily

abused by the conservative talkers one-two

punch. The beating that Hannity has been

dishing out every day for years has lef the Lef

battered, spiteful and mad.

#13 MATT DRUDGEConsidering that the Drudge Report first

gained major notoriety by breaking the story

that Newsweekhad spiked a report about a

young intern and her sexual relationship with

the president of the United States, it comes as

no surprise that its namesake owner would be

among the Lefs most-hated.

Drudges site, one of the most popular

in the world, is a must-read for everyone in

politicsLef and Right. His constant exposure

of liberal hypocrisy, growing government,climate change scams, worldwide anti-

Americanism and global governance is a major

inconvenience for the Lef. When you hear the

president complain that there is too much

information available to the American public,

think of the Drudge Report.

Drudges power to impact the national

discourse from the Right and ability to expose

the Lefs wing-nutterymost of which is done

by linking to the reporting done by others

sends liberals into the stratosphere with rage.(AP/PatSullivan,

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#14 NEWT GINGRICHAs the leader of the 1994 Republican

Revolution, former Speaker of the House Newt

Gingrich has been a sore subject of disdain for

liberals for years.

Though Republican majorities in Congress

have come and gone, Gingrich has remained

a key player in Beltway politics and policy

debates. These days, Gingrich makes hisrounds on the media circuits, dropping crumbs

of discredited liberal rhetoric as he goes.

Further, his policy think tanksAmerican

Solutions and the Center for Health

Transformationare churning out

conservative alternatives to the Lefs radical

plans. And his walking tours of Washington,

D.C., reveal the truth about the religious

heritage of America. He may no longer be a

federal oceholder, but Gingrich still plays a

pivotal role in leading the Republican charge.

#16 MARK LEVINDubbed The Great One by Sean Hannity, Levin is the

conservative radio pit-bull that wont let go of liberals who

dare to tread on his country s values and history.

He hosts one of the top talk shows in all of America,

heads the Landmark Legal Foundation and has written

best-selling booksmost recently, Liberty and Tyranny:

A Conservative Manifesto, which was published in the

early months of the Obama presidency and sat in theNo. 1 spot on the New York Timesbestseller list for 12

weeks. Americans saw the danger the progressive Obama

administration posed to the nation and were looking for

information on not just how to counter it but also how to

gain a firmer grasp on the true meanings of liberty and freedom.

Levin has a powerful voice that intimidates weak-kneed liberals, and they have taken it upon

themselves to trash him and his cause.

#15ANDREW BREITBARTHe is the man behind the conservative voice

in Hollywood. He has given courage to thosesaints stuck in liberal bastions to find their

voices and begin to express their political and

social beliefs.

Andrew Breitbart is the master of New

Media. He spends his days and nights doing

everything he can to keep Tinsel Town,

government and the media accountable. It was

Breitbart who ran the videos showing ACORN

to be the fraudulent, Democrat-controlled,

criminal enterprise we all knew it was. And

hes been on top of exposing the media and

dirt bags in government for who they are.

Breitbarts online empireBreitbartTV,Big Hollywood, Big Government and Big

Journalismis leveling the playing field for

the Right. He once told Townhall, All I want is

a fair game. Im positive our ideas beat their

ideas when the game isnt rigged. I want

those of us on the Right to tell people what we

believenot to have those on the Lef do it for

us (see He Is the Breitbart Eect, by Ned

Rice, June 2009).

Fairness is something the Lef cannot

stand.

#18 ROGER AILESIts all his fault! Want to know who is responsible for bringing Glenn Beck to Americas living

rooms? Curious whos to blame for Bill OReilly and Sean Hannitys hate speech being blasted

from coast to coast? Looking for someone to blame for the insidious Faux News Channel?Roger Ailes, chairman and CEO of Fox News, is likely the most-hated man in the television

business. Under Ailes leadership, Fox News audience and revenues have continued to climb as

the cable channel provides a news source for conservatives sick of the liberal media and hungry

for fair and balanced news coverage and conservative opinion shows. Of course, liberals are

unfamiliar with the law of supply and demand, so they are totally flummoxed by FNCs success.

It wasnt supposed to be this way afer the inauguration of The One. Obama was to usher in

a new era of bipartisanship, making FNC unnecessary. Instead, partisanship has grown more

intense than ever, helping Fox to a record year in 2009. And its driving the wing-nuts crazy.

#17LAURA INGRAHAMAnother conservative talkerhave you noticed how much the Lef hates conservative speech?

tops the list of liberal targets for elimination. Though Laura knows politics forward and backward

and can debate the goings-on of Capitol Hill with anyone, she has been a leader in taking thefight to the Lef over our culture.

Her popular show and best-selling books confront the post-modern, hyper-sexual, atheistic

age that discounts family, American values, citizenship and virtuous living. Lauras message is a

constant call to arms for Americans to reclaim their culture and their country from a movement

that does not have their best interests at heart.

Ingrahams fearlessness in the face of hateful adversaries only makes her stongerand them

more insane with hatred.

#19CLARENCE THOMASSince assuming his position as a Supreme Court associate

justice, Clarence Thomas has been a stalwart conservative voiceon the Supreme Court, providing vital balance to the courts

roster.

Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1991, Thomas is

a rare textualist judge who seeks to uphold what he sees as

the original meaning of the Constitutionmuch to the chagrin of

progressive liberals who like to take the living document out for

a spin now and then.

As the Courts second African-American justice, Thomas has

also shrugged o the Lefs onslaught of personal attacks. In his

autobiography, My Grandfathers Son: A Memoir, he describes being pursued not by bigots in

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#20RUPERT MURDOCHThe chairman and CEO of News Corp, Murdoch is almost as hated as the man who runs News

Corps Fox News Channel. Though hes not as politically involved with the GOP as Ailes, he has

dared to make a fortune giving conservatives what they want: media that does not lie to them.

Murdochs News Corp owns (for the Lef that means controls!) hundreds of news and

entertainment outlets, the most oensive of which, in the eyes of the nations liberals, are FNC

and the Wall Street Journal.

The Lefs insanity when it comes to any media that doesnt toe the liberal line grows

exponentially when Murdochs name enters the conversation. If lef-wingers thought they couldget away with having the government seize News Corp, throw Murdoch in prison and turn the

Fox News studios into some sort of liberal commune for unemployed newspaper journalists, they

would have done it yesterday.

#21JAMES OKEEFE & HANNAH GILESThey are the Dynamic Duo that brought down ACORN. These two young, enterprising and brave

undercover journalists worked as a fluid single entity last spring and summer when they posed

as a pimp and prostitute seeking to get loans from the far-Lef activist networks housing and

business-startup arm. Using hidden video cameras and microphones, Giles acted the part of a

young hooker looking get a home loan but still hide her illegal profession from the authorities, and

OKeefe played the role of pimp and aspiring politician.

Not only did they seek and receive advice on how to keep the prostitution business under

wraps, but they also got advice on how to get taxpayer-funded assistance in establishing an illegal

prostitution ring to exploit imported, underage illegal immigrants.

Then came the media firestormnot against ACORN but against OKeefe and Giles. They

dared to mess with a social justice organization with close ties to Barack Obama and his

progressive thugs.

In the end, OKeefe and Giles had the last laugh as federal investigators are probing serious

criminal charges against ACORN and Congress has pulled the organizations funding.

#22ANTONIN SCALIAAnyone with a strict constructionist view

and willingness to mix it up from a powerful

seat on the bench of the U.S. Supreme Court

cannot be tolerated by the Lef.

Justice Scalia would be one of those

people.

He holds fast to the doctrine of

originalism and has no use for those whobelieve in a living Constitution. In fact, he

sees them as a threat to the United States

and its laws. Scalia laid out the dangers

of the non-originalist view in a speech at

Catholic University: These people who go

around talking about the need for growing and

bending [the Constitution]thats nonsense.

What these people want is to impose a view

of things on the whole society from coast

to coast, and it is most quickly and most

eectively done through the Constitution.

Scalias faithfulness to the Constitution is

helping to protect the nation from a thoroughtakeover by the progressives. He and a few

like him stand in the way of their domination

through constitutional reinterpretation. That

really ticks o the would-be tyrants.

#23 MITT ROMNEYFormer Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney

represents a significant threat to the Lef today.

As a Republican who managed to secure the

governorship in Massachusetts, liberals are wary

of his potential in running for federal oce. In

addition to his past political success, Romney is

also an accomplished businessman and leader,

following in the footsteps of his father, himself aformer governor of Michigan.

To add lefist insult to injury, Romney has good

looks and a huge fortune to boot. Since losing

the partys nomination in 2008 to John McCain,

Romney has barely stopped campaigning and

continues to be a de facto voice of the Republican

Partys national leadership.

He has made himself a major player in the 2010

midterm elections, and success this year could

catapult him to the front of the line among 2012

GOP presidential hopefuls.

#24 MARCO RUBIOA young lawyer from the Florida House of

Representatives is turning the states U.S.

Senate race to the Right and giving Gov.

Charlie Crist a serious run for his money.

When it looked like Marco Rubio had the

Republican primary nomination all locked up,

Crist jumped ship to run as an independentcandidate.

Not only is Rubio the tea party favorite

conservative candidate in the race, but

his candidacy is forcing Crist to look for

votes from the Lef, leaving the Democrats

candidate with zero chance of pulling o a

Florida victory.

This rising star Republican will be one to

closely watch this November as he takes on

the political establishmentboth in Florida

and in Washington.

#25JIM DEMINTDespite facing a filibuster-proof Democratic

majority at the start of 2009, Sen. Jim

DeMint, R-S.C., continued to stand firm

as one of the most staunchly conservative

Republican members of the U.S. Senate.DeMint has worked to oppose increases in

federal government spending under the Bush

and Obama administrations and remains one of

the Senates most relentless defenders of fiscal

responsibility. He is also a pro-life senator

who supports school prayer and the strict

enforcement of Americas immigration laws.

And in electing accused felon and political

neophyte Alvin Greene to run against him this

fall, South Carolina Democrats have ensured

at least six more years of hate from the Lef.(AP/HarazN

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#26MICHAELSAVAGEThe host of radios Savage

Nation, Michael Savage

makes it a habit to oend

the sensibilities of bleeding-heart liberals

daily. He eviscerates lefist arguments,

sending red-diaper-doper babies cowering

back to their mothers basements, and hasdiagnosed liberalism as a mental disorder.

His strong defense of borders and

opposition to illegal immigration landed him

on a U.K. blacklist in 2009, banning him from

visiting Britain. Like the American Lef, British

progressives deemed his speech as too

dangerous.

#29JOHN ROBERTSIf you watched the confirmation hearingsfor his nomination to be chief justice of

the Supreme Court, you know why the

Lef hates him. Without notes, Roberts, a

constructionist, schooled every single one of

the Judiciary Committees far-Lef senators

on constitutional jurisprudence.

Having someone of his intellect, worldview

and legal understanding as chief justice does

wonders to protect the Constitution from

those who would amend it by judicial fiat.

#32 GROVER NORQUISTNot only is Grover the leader of the movement

to protect Americans from higher taxes with

his famous Tax Pledge, he is the ultimate

Washington, D.C., insider. He can contact

any Republican senator, congressman,

consultant, staer or lobbyist at the drop

of a hat.

His Wednesday o-the-record meetings

have been a D.C. staple for years and are

where conservative journalists, right-

wing activists and new-to-the-scene GOP

politicians need to be.

#35 LIZ CHENEYThe second Cheney on the list, Liz Cheney

isnt known for her time working in public

oce like her father but has recently

become a target of the Lef for waging abattle from behind the scenes on the Right

and dedicating herself to fighting the Lefs

attempts to undermine national security. In

2009, Cheney teamed up with Bill Kristol

and Deborah Burlingame to found Keeping

America Safea group dedicated to providing

information to concerned Americans about

critical national security issues.

#27 CHRISCHRISTIEHes been in oce only

since January, but already

the dynamic new governor

of New Jersey has earned the nickname, the

Trenton Thunder.

Gov. Christies fiscal restraint and small-

government philosophy have captured the

attention of conservatives from across the

countryand the resentment of New Jersey

liberals. As Christie continues to confront

corrupt unions and slash the states budget,

he will remain a force to be reckoned with and

a rising Republican star.

#30DONALD RUMSFELDHe resigned his post as secretary of Defense

in 2006, but Donald Rumsfeld still draws

intense criticism from the Lef.

Though manyincluding former President

George W. Bushhave been thankful

Rumsfeld took the fight to Americas enemies

rather than welcome it to our shores, liberals

will continue to blame him for a whole slew ofissues, most notably the ongoing wars in Iraq

and Afghanistan.

#33 PAT BUCHANANStuck on the low-rated and annoyingly liberal

MSNBC, Pat Buchanan still represents old-

school conservatism.

Libs will likely never forgive him for daring

to speak those values aloud at the 1992Republican National Convention: We stand

with [President Bush] for freedom to choose

religious schools against the amoral idea

that gay and lesbian couples should have the

same standing in law as married men and

women for right-to-life and for voluntary

prayer in the public schools. There is a

religious war going on in our country for the

soul of America. It is a cultural war, as critical

to the kind of nation we will one day be as

was the Cold War itself.

#36 JOHN BOEHNERAs the House minority leader, John Boehner

has emerged as the (well-tanned) face of theGOP and, as a result, has become a target

for attacks from the Lef. When Obamas

supporters chanted, Yes, we can! in their

demonstrations in favor of ObamaCare,

Boehner took to the floor of the House of

Representatives to literally tell them, Hell no,

you cant! Most recently, Boehner has led the

GOPs charge to rein in government spending.

#28 BILL KRISTOLAs the editor of the Weekly Standardand a

regular on Fox News, Bill Kristol has become

one of the nations most influential political

analysts and commentators.

During the tea party debates over President

Obamas health care overhaul, Kristol urged

conservatives to throw the kitchen sink at

the legislation now on the table, drive a stake

through its heart (I apologize for the mixed

metaphors), and kill it.

#31 SCOTT BROWNPolitical underdog Scott Brown certainly had

an uphill battle facing him as a Republican

running to replace the late liberal lion Sen.

Ted Kennedy. This did not stop the eager

candidate from taking on the Massachusetts

Democratic establishment.

While the Lef may excuse Brown for voting

with Republicans on a number of issues,its a good bet theyll never forgive him for

tarnishing the states liberal Senate record.

#34 JANBREWERIt took only one governor

in one state to bring

immigration policy to the

front of Americans minds.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer boldly declared

that her state would no longer sit idly by as

the federal government neglected its duty tosecure the nations borders. Instead, under

her leadership, Arizonans took matters into

their own hands and passed meaningful

legislation. Unfortunately, standing up for the

rule of law has made her a primary target of

lefist hate.

#37 THOMASSOWELL

Hes one of the smartestmen in America,

conservative andgasp!

black. Sowells columns are regularly among

the most popular for Townhall.com readers

and his books have provided important

economic and political lessons for countless

young conservatives.

This Uncle Tom has been a bit uppity as

far as the Lef is concerned, but try as they

might, theyve never been able to shut him

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#41 DICK ARMEYAn author of the 1994 Contract with Americaand former House majority leader, Dick

Armey has taken charge as chairman of

FreedomWorks, a grassroots organization

focused on educating and mobilizing

conservative activists from across the country.

Armeys organization has worked to unite

the tea parties under one big conservative

umbrella and put together the nations largest

gathering of conservatives in Washington,

D.C., on Sept. 12, 2009.

#44 MIKE PENCEIndiana Congressman Mike Pence is not

one to mince words. His confrontational

style consistently draws ire from liberals. As

a reliable conservative voice in Congress,the Republican Conference Committee

chairman most recently slammed President

Obamas mismanagement of the Gulf oil

spill: I think the fact that he never spoke

to the CEO of British Petroleum for the first

50 days of this incident is emblematic of

the kind of detached style of leadership that

were seeing here.

#47 BOB MCDONNELLAfer Virginia voted for President Obama

during the 2008 election, it was an uphill

battle for GOPers to reclaim the traditionally

red state. The ecient and eective

campaign of Bob McDonnell beat the odds

and rode the wave of political discontent to

victory by a huge margin. His gubernatorial

victory in Virginia marked the beginning of a

conservative political resurgence.

#39 PAUL RYANWisconsin Republican

Paul Ryan was a relatively

unknown member of

Congress prior the debate

over Obamas health care overhaul. But as the

debate heated up and Ryan debased liberal

rhetoric with statistical facts, his star was on

the rise.

Ryan introduced his Roadmap for

Americas Future, a plan to solve Americas

growing debt and entitlement addiction. Sorry

liberals, its time to start cutting.

#42 MICHAEL STEELEThough he hasnt been conservatives favorite

Republican chairman, Steele has been a thorn

in the side of the Lef, which believes all blacks

should be beholden to the liberal-infused

Democratic Party.

Doesnt Michael Steele know his place? How

dare he escape the chains of liberalism and flee

the Democrat plantation. His skin color mixedwith his party aliation is more than enough

reason for lef-wingers to wish him ill.

#45 JIM INHOFEHes one of the most conservative senators

to have ever graced the U.S. Senate chamber.Where hes been most eectiveand,

therefore, most despised by the shrill

Democratsis in his eorts to blow wide

open the massive hoax that is global warming.

He has stood up to far-Lef Sen. Barbara

Boxer, D-Calif., and climate change snake-oil

salesman Al Gore. Daring to cross swords

with these liberal icons and intellectual

lightweights has put his reputation among

lefies in jeopardyand he couldnt be

happier.

#48 CHARLESKRAUTHAMMER

Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist

Charles Krauthammer oers up his expert

conservative opinion in weekly Washington

Postcolumns and regular television

appearances. His fortes include foreign

policy and domestic politics. As a former

medical professional, Krauthammer was a

vocal opponent of the Obama administrations

attempts to overhaul the health care industry.

#40JOHNBOLTON

When President George

W. Bush nominated

John Bolton to be U.S.

Ambassador to the United Nations, all hell

broke loose.

Bolton, a longtime advocate of a Reagan-

style foreign policy that doesnt pussyfoot

around with Islamist dictators, communist

thugs or tyrannical foreign entities, was

blocked from the post by a unified Democratic

front, plus a couple of rogue Republicans.

Hindsight being what it is, America would

have been better served had the Lef chosen

not to align itself with our enemies and opposed

Boltons presence at the United Nations.

#43SAMUEL ALITOThose darned Supreme Court

constructionists! The Lef fears those

Constitution-loving, Founders-respecting

jurists are going to be the death of their

pro-abortion, anti-gun, big-government,

high-tax agenda.

Democrats visceral attacks brought

Alitos wife to tears during his SenateJudiciary Committee confirmation

hearingsthats what she gets for marrying

someone who dared to believe the authors

of our Constitution might have gotten it

right when they wrote it more than 200

years ago.

#46DAVIDHOROWITZ

This radical-lefist-turned-

pro-American-conservative

has made it his mission

to combat the socialist, pro-communist, anti-

American Lefs attempts to transform America.

Horowitzs attention has been on the

radicalization of U.S. colleges and universities.He has documented case afer case of liberal

indoctrination, bias and abuse on campus, as

well as the growing impact of radical Islam in

our education system and culture.

#49 EDMORRISSEY

Ed Morrissey, the blogger

formerly known as Captain

Ed, is todays face of HotAir.

com. He ranks as one of the top bloggers in

America and hosts a daily online radio show

and a weekend talk show in Minneapolis.

Hand-picked by Hot Air founder Michelle

Malkin, Ed spends most of his time pointingout the folly of the Lef, the audacity of the

Obama administration and the lunacy of those

who would destroy our culture.

#50ERIC CANTORIn addition to serving as Virginias 7th

Congressional District representative, Eric

Cantor currently serves as Republican whip.

His fiscal discipline and pro-free trade stances

have earned him criticism from powerful

unions such as the AFL-CIO.

#38JAMES DOBSONHis priorities have long been God, family

and the preservation of traditional

American culture, which means the Lef

cant stand him.

Dobson founded the powerful

conservative, Christian non-profit

organization Focus on the Family in 1977.

Since that time, he has been ridiculed,castigated and demonized by American

liberals for holding to biblical principles

without compromise.

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#51 MIKE HUCKABEE

Former governor of Arkansas and

GOP presidential contender; host

of Huckabee on the Fox News

Channel

#52 TOM COBURN

Hardcore conservative U.S. senator

from Oklahoma

#53 RON PAUL

Conservative libertarian

congressman from Texas; former

GOP presidential contender

#54 TONY PERKINS

President of the Family Research

Council, a conservative Christian

think tank in Washington, D.C.

#55 DICK MORRIS

Pundit, author and political

consultant; former advisor to

President Bill Clinton

#56 CONDOLEEZZA RICE

Former secretary of State and

National Security Adviser to

President George W. Bush

#57 HUGH HEWITT

Nationally syndicated radio host

of The Hugh Hewitt Show and

outspoken socially conservative author

#58 FRANK LUNTZ

Political consultant, Fox Newscontributor, pollster and word octor

#59 DAVID PETRAEUS

Four-star Army general and head of

U.S. Central Command

#60 MITCH MCCONNELL

U.S. Senate Republican leader from

Kentucky

#61 JOHN STOSSEL

Libertarian television host on the

Fox Business Network and nationally

syndicated columnist

#62 JONAH GOLDBERG

National Review Online editor at large;

author of Liberal Fascism

#63 FRANKLIN GRAHAM

Christian evangelist and missionary;

son of the Rev. Billy Graham

#64 RAND PAUL

Self-described constitutional

conservative Kentucky Republican

nominee for the U.S. Senate

#65ALLAHPUNDIT

Anonymous blogging partner of Ed

Morrissey on HotAir.com

#66CHUCK NORRISHollywood celebrity, conservative

columnist and all-around tough guy

icon

#67 BOBBY JINDAL

Conservative Republican governor ofLouisiana

#68 WAYNE LAPIERREExecutive Vice President and CEO of

the National Rifle Association (NRA)

#69 RICK PERRY

Popular Republican governor of Texas

#70 HALEY BARBOUR

Republican governor of Mississippi

and rumored possible 2012 candidate

for president

#71 JON VOIGHT

Academy Award-winning Hollywood

actor and outspoken conservative

#72 TED NUGENT

Hard-rocking, outspoken Motor City

Madman and defender of all things

conservative, especially guns and

small government

#73 MICHAEL MEDVED

Host of nationally syndicated radio

show The Michael Medved Show;

conservative commentator and film

critic

#74 TIM TEBOW

Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback

recently drafed by the NFLs Denver

Broncos; pro-life advocate

#75 DON IMUS

Nationally syndicated radio hostand continuing target of the race-baiting Lef

#76 RUDY GIULIANI

Former mayor of New York and

Republican candidate for president

#67BOBBY JINDAL

#66CHUCK

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#59DAVID PETRAEUS

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#77 PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY

Syndicated columnist, author and

founder and president of Eagle

Forum

#78 BILL BENNETT

Conservative radio host, political

theorist and former Reagan cabinet

ocial

#79 MARC THIESSEN

Former President George W.

Bush speechwriter and author

of Courting Disaster: How the

CIA Kept America Safe and How

Barack Obama Is Inviting the NextAttack

#80 TUCKER CARLSON

Co-founder and editor in chief of the

Daily Caller

#81 JEFF SESSIONS

Conservative U.S. senator from

Alabama; ranking Republican member

of the Senate Judiciary Committee

#82 GEORGE WILL

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist,

author and journalist

#83 BRENT BOZELL

Founder and president of Media

Research Center

#84 DENNIS PRAGER

Conservative syndicated talk-radio

host, columnist and author

#85 KEN BLACKWELL

Columnist and senior fellow for

Family Empowerment at the Family

Research Council

#86 TIM PAWLENTY

Conservative governor of Minnesota

and possible 2012 GOP presidential

candidate

#87 PEGGY NOONAN

Author and Wall Street Journal

columnist; former special

assistant to President Ronald

Reagan

#88 JEB BUSH

Conservative and popular former

governor of Florida

#89 PHILIP ANSCHUTZ

Right-wing entrepreneur,

businessman and philanthropist;

founder of the Foundation for a

Better Life

#90MIKE GALLAGHER

Nationally syndicated talk-radio

host and conservative political

commentator for Fox News

#91 WALTER WILLIAMS

Economics professor at George

Mason University; libertarian

columnist and author; fill-in host for

Rush Limbaugh

#92 STEVE FORBES

Editor in chief of Forbesmagazine

and CEO of Forbes Inc.

#93 BERNIE GOLDBERG

Author, journalist and media

watchdog for Fox News

#94 ED FEULNER

President of The Heritage Foundation,

a conservative think tank in

Washington

#95 JASON MATTERA

Editor of Human Events; author of

Obama Zombies

#96 ERICK ERICKSON

Conservative blogger and founder

of RedState.com; CNN political

contributor

#97 ROY SPENCER

Climatologist and leading global

warming denier; considered

by Rush Limbaugh to be the

ocial climatologist of the EIB

network

#98 S.E. CUPP

Author, political commentator

and contributing editor to

Townhallmagazine

#99JOHN FUND

Author, political journalist and

conservative columnist for theWall

Street Journal

#100 MICHAEL BARONE

Political analyst, pundit and

journalist; Fox News contributor

#84DENNIS

PRAGER

#74TIM TEBOW

#78BILL BENNETT

#90MIKE GALLAGHER

#94ED FEULNER

#85KEN BLACKWELL

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