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AMERICANS
THE LEFT Hates 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 oppose
their agenda, the greater the venom the Left
spews in their direction.
It’s 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.”
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The Townhall editorial staff compiled a
massive list of those we believe have the largest
bull’s-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 not
featured; and 2) they had to be American,
which explains Mark Steyn and the Pope’s
absence from the list.
If you think we’re 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 Feedback@Townhall.com.
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#1
GLENN BECK
Glenn Beck has been doing his thing for years. He’s 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 (it’s 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 wasn’t 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 CNN’s 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 Left—as 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 wasn’t just Beck’s 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 mere
mention of his name in even casual conversation. (Just try uttering
the words “Glenn Beck” within earshot of your favorite—or least
favorite—leftist and see what happens.)
No, it’s more than Beck becoming one of Roger Ailes’ minions—
much more. It’s also about more than the fact that he has a
massive radio and TV audience of millions.
Beck’s real sin is that he has successfully combined
his concern for the direction of this country—a direction
currently being dominated by progressives who hate what
America has been—with 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. Hayek’s “Road
to Serfdom” to the No. 1 spot on Amazon’s best-seller
list.)
Americans—Democrats and Republicans, young
and old, those who’ve been political for ages and
those who are just beginning to get engaged—now
truly sense the threat to the American way of life that
the radical Left’s agenda poses. They hadn’t realized
it before—both 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 the real
story of their nation—the 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.
That is why the Left hates him.
(George Lange)

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#2 SARAH PALIN
Long after 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, Palin’s anti-feminist brand
of feminism has redefined the scope of
“women’s issues” and shed light on blatant
liberal hypocrisy.
Though try as they might to silence
her—with attacks on everything from
her outspoken criticism of the current
administration to her bra size—Palin is
a light that will not be snuffed out. Much
to the chagrin of the liberal elites and
leftist reformists, Palin’s down-to-earth
independence, patriotic spirit and no-
nonsense can-do attitude will only continue to
propel her popularity.
#3 RUSH LIMBAUGH
When you’re the “leader of the opposition,”
you’ve got a target on you at all times; you’ll be
under attack day and night. And El Rushbo is
cool with that—it means he’s 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 there’s
one thing liberals hate more than the truth
about their agenda being exposed, it’s people
who make money off exposing that agenda.
Rush’s army of nearly 20 million listeners
is the biggest in the country, and they
are 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.
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#4 GEORGE W. BUSH
The Left 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 after Sept. 11, his foreign and national security
strategies represented cowboy recklessness. Barack Obama’s inauguration was the Left’s
celebration of George W. Bush’s retirement. Now, more than a year and a half into the new
president’s term, these same haters are the first to bring Bush back into the public debate.
Trouble in the Middle East? Blame Bush. Al Gore’s getting a divorce? Blame Bush.
More than ever, the Left finds it fashionable to relegate responsibility and blame Bush.
Unfortunately for them, the Bush blame game is wearing on the public’s patience and could cost
them in November.
#5 ANN COULTER
Political correctness finally met its match with this conservative
bombshell. No one, including her most liberal adversary, ever has to
wonder, “What did Ann really mean?” Ann’s bluntness, coupled with
her effectiveness and habit of being right, has made her a burr in
the saddle of the Left.
Her favorite place to do battle is on college campuses. Every time
she’s booked for a college speech, you can bet there will be liberal
crazies protesting her very presence and determined to keep her
from speaking. Ann credits the bravery and chivalry of male College
Republicans for warding off the left-wing nuts and making her
appearances possible.
The Left’s 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 don’t hate with the
red-hot passion of a thousand suns.
#6 MICHELLE MALKIN
She has been the frequent subject of racist rants from left-wingers, been assaulted by some of
America’s 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 America’s liberals and the
corruption of left-wing and Democratic politicos. Needless to say, she’s having a field day with the
Obama administration—and the Left can’t stop her.
Self-sacrifice produces results—a concept the Left doesn’t grasp—and Michelle’s results are
making it very clear to the world what liberals are up to.
#7 THE TEA PARTY PATRIOT
…Or as the snide liberal Left calls these patriots, “tea baggers.”
The tea party movement has presented a significant roadblock
for the president’s progressive agenda. This boisterous bunch of
impassioned patriots has helped the political climate quickly cool
down after Obama’s fevered supporters vaulted him into office.
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 nation’s historical promise. They are everything the Lef t hates—self-
motivated, self-educated commonsense patriots who love God, guns and Old Glory.
As this grassroots movement continues to grow, liberals know they don’t stand a chance—
their agenda cannot stand up to the greatness of America’s founding and the citizens who will
stand to defend it.

#8 DICK CHENEY
Upon 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 wasn’t
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
administration’s national security policies and procedures
for 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 Left, who have always seen Cheney as their Darth Vader, undoubtedly still despises
Cheney and his unapologetic pro-America stance on national security.
#9 BILL O’REILLY
Appearing on Fox News is enough to make the Left angry, but being a Fox News host with the
highest-rated cable news program on television is enough for the Left to hate you.
The Left’s disdain for Bill O’Reilly, his staunch opinions and common sense with a
conservative slant is legendary, spanning the last decade in which the no-spin “O’Reilly Factor”
has commanded its No. 1 spot.
In addition, O’Reilly’s 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 gasket—the “Bold & Fresh” tour,
co-hosted with his Fox News colleague and the Left’s most-hated American, Glenn Beck.
#10 MICHELE BACHMANN
As Congress prepared to vote on President
Obama’s overreaching health care overhaul,
one congressional Republican stood up and
encouraged Americans to rally in the nation’s
capital to protest.
Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann has
not only been an ardent critic of the current
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administration’s 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 Left are making ousting Michele
Bachmann their No. 1 goal in this fall’s elections.
#11 KARL ROVE
After getting her copy of Karl Rove’s “Courage and Consequence” personally signed by
the author during a book-signing stopover, a retired Michigan woman whispers, “He’s not
anything like I would’ve thought … and he has the prettiest blue eyes.”
It’s true: Karl Rove has never been characterized as a softie, but that may be a closer-to-reality
assessment of his true personality than the ruthless win-at-all-costs political operative persona
the Left 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 he’s greeted on college
campuses by hoards of young protestors.
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#12 SEAN HANNITY
Hannity 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
efforts of the Republican Party to take on and
defeat the Democrats.
Sean’s efforts have been invaluably helpful
to the GOP in its efforts to wrest control of
government from the far-Left, which has a
home in today’s 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 O’Reilly in TV
ratings and is hammering the competition from
CNN and MSNBC.
Sean’s take-no-prisoners approach
enrages the Left, 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 left the Left
battered, spiteful and mad.
#13 MATT DRUDGE
Considering that the Drudge Report first
gained major notoriety by breaking the story
that Newsweek had 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 Left’s most-hated.
Drudge’s site, one of the most popular
in the world, is a must-read for everyone in
politics—Left 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 Left. When you hear the
president complain that there is “too much
information” available to the American public,
think of the Drudge Report.
Drudge’s power to impact the national
discourse from the Right and ability to expose
the Left’s wing-nuttery—most of which is done
by linking to the reporting done by others—
sends liberals into the stratosphere with rage.
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#14 NEWT GINGRICH
As 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 his
rounds on the media circuits, dropping crumbs
of discredited liberal rhetoric as he goes.
Further, his policy think tanks—American
Solutions and the Center for Health
Transformation—are churning out
conservative alternatives to the Left’s 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 officeholder, but Gingrich still plays a
pivotal role in leading the Republican charge.
#15 ANDREW BREITBART
He is the man behind the conservative voice
in Hollywood. He has given courage to those
saints 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
he’s been on top of exposing the media and
dirt bags in government for who they are.
Breitbart’s online empire—BreitbartTV,
Big Hollywood, Big Government and Big
Journalism—is leveling the playing field for
the Right. He once told Townhall, “All I want is
a fair game. I’m positive our ideas beat their
ideas when the game isn’t rigged. … I want
those of us on the Right to tell people what we
believe—not to have those on the Left do it for
us” (see “He Is the Breitbart Effect,” by Ned
Rice, June 2009).
Fairness is something the Left cannot
stand.
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#16 MARK LEVIN
Dubbed “The Great One” by Sean Hannity, Levin is the
conservative radio pit-bull that won’t 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 books—most recently, “Liberty and Tyranny:
A Conservative Manifesto,” which was published in the
early months of the Obama presidency and sat in the
No. 1 spot on the New York Times bestseller 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.
#17 LAURA INGRAHAM
Another conservative talker—have you noticed how much the Left 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 the
fight to the Left 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. Laura’s 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.
Ingraham’s fearlessness in the face of hateful adversaries only makes her stonger—and them
more insane with hatred.
#18 ROGER AILES
It’s all his fault! Want to know who is responsible for bringing Glenn Beck to America’s living
rooms? Curious who’s to blame for Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity’s “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 FNC’s success.
It wasn’t supposed to be this way after 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 it’s driving the wing-nuts crazy.
#19 CLARENCE THOMAS
Since assuming his position as a Supreme Court associate
justice, Clarence Thomas has been a stalwart conservative voice
on the Supreme Court, providing vital balance to the court’s
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 Constitution—much to the chagrin of
progressive liberals who like to take the “living document” out for
a spin now and then.
As the Court’s second African-American justice, Thomas has
also shrugged off the Left’s onslaught of personal attacks. In his
autobiography, “My Grandfather’s Son: A Memoir,” he describes being “pursued not by bigots in
white robes but by left-wing zealots draped in flowing sanctimony.”
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#20 RUPERT MURDOCH #22 ANTONIN SCALIA

The chairman and CEO of News Corp, Murdoch is almost as hated as the man who runs News Anyone with a strict constructionist view
Corp’s Fox News Channel. Though he’s not as politically involved with the GOP as Ailes, he has and willingness to mix it up from a powerful
dared to make a fortune giving conservatives what they want: media that does not lie to them. seat on the bench of the U.S. Supreme Court
Murdoch’s News Corp owns (for the Left that means controls!) hundreds of news and cannot be tolerated by the Left.
entertainment outlets, the most offensive of which, in the eyes of the nation’s liberals, are FNC Justice Scalia would be one of those
and the Wall Street Journal. people.
The Left’s insanity when it comes to any media that doesn’t toe the liberal line grows He holds fast to the doctrine of
exponentially when Murdoch’s name enters the conversation. If left-wingers thought they could “originalism” and has no use for those who
get away with having the government seize News Corp, throw Murdoch in prison and turn the believe in a “living” Constitution. In fact, he
Fox News studios into some sort of liberal commune for unemployed newspaper journalists, they sees them as a threat to the United States
would have done it yesterday. and its laws. Scalia laid out the dangers
of the non-originalist view in a speech at
#21 JAMES O’KEEFE & HANNAH GILES Catholic University: “These people who go
around talking about the need for growing and
They 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 bending [the Constitution]—that’s nonsense.
as a pimp and prostitute seeking to get loans from the far-Left activist network’s housing and What these people want is to impose a view
business-startup arm. Using hidden video cameras and microphones, Giles acted the part of a of things on the whole society from coast
young hooker looking get a home loan but still hide her illegal profession from the authorities, and to coast, and it is most quickly and most
O’Keefe played the role of pimp and aspiring politician. effectively done through the Constitution.”
Not only did they seek and receive advice on how to keep the prostitution business under Scalia’s faithfulness to the Constitution is
wraps, but they also got advice on how to get taxpayer-funded assistance in establishing an illegal helping to protect the nation from a thorough
prostitution ring to exploit imported, underage illegal immigrants. takeover by the progressives. He and a few
Then came the media firestorm—not against ACORN but against O’Keefe and Giles. They like him stand in the way of their domination
dared to mess with a “social justice” organization with close ties to Barack Obama and his through constitutional reinterpretation. That
progressive thugs. really ticks off the would-be tyrants.
In the end, O’Keefe and Giles had the last laugh as federal investigators are probing serious
criminal charges against ACORN and Congress has pulled the organization’s funding.

#23 MITT ROMNEY

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney #24 MARCO RUBIO

represents a significant threat to the Left today.
As a Republican who managed to secure the
governorship in Massachusetts, liberals are wary
of his potential in running for federal office. In
addition to his past political success, Romney is
also an accomplished businessman and leader,
following in the footsteps of his father, himself a
former governor of Michigan.
To add leftist insult to injury, Romney has good
looks and a huge fortune to boot. Since losing
the party’s nomination in 2008 to John McCain,
Romney has barely stopped campaigning and
continues to be a de facto voice of the Republican
Party’s 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.
A young lawyer from the Florida House of
Representatives is turning the state’s 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 independent
candidate.
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 Left, leaving the Democrats’
candidate with zero chance of pulling off a
Florida victory.
This rising star Republican will be one to
closely watch this November as he takes on
the political establishment—both in Florida
and in Washington.
#25 JIM DEMINT
Despite 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 Senate’s most relentless defenders of fiscal
responsibility. He is also a pro-life senator
who supports school prayer and the strict
enforcement of America’s immigration laws.
And in electing accused felon and political
neophyte Alvin Greene to run against him this
fall, South Carolina Democrats have ensured
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SAVAGE
The host of radio’s “Savage
Nation,” Michael Savage
makes it a habit to offend
the sensibilities of bleeding-heart liberals
daily. He eviscerates leftist arguments,
sending “red-diaper-doper babies” cowering
back to their mothers’ basements, and has
diagnosed 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 Left, British
progressives deemed his speech as “too
dangerous.”
#27 CHRIS
CHRISTIE
He’s been in office only
since January, but already
the dynamic new governor
of New Jersey has earned the nickname, “the
Trenton Thunder.”
Gov. Christie’s fiscal restraint and small-
government philosophy have captured the
attention of conservatives from across the
country—and the resentment of New Jersey
liberals. As Christie continues to confront
corrupt unions and slash the state’s budget,
he will remain a force to be reckoned with and
a rising Republican star.
#28 BILL KRISTOL
As the editor of the Weekly Standard and a
regular on Fox News, Bill Kristol has become
one of the nation’s most influential political
analysts and commentators.
During the tea party debates over President
Obama’s 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.”
#29 JOHN ROBERTS
If you watched the confirmation hearings
for his nomination to be chief justice of
the Supreme Court, you know why the
Left hates him. Without notes, Roberts, a
constructionist, schooled every single one of
the Judiciary Committee’s far-Left 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.
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#30 DONALD RUMSFELD
He resigned his post as secretary of Defense
in 2006, but Donald Rumsfeld still draws
intense criticism from the Left.
Though many—including former President
George W. Bush—have been thankful
Rumsfeld took the fight to America’s enemies
rather than welcome it to our shores, liberals
will continue to blame him for a whole slew of
issues, most notably the ongoing wars in Iraq
and Afghanistan.
#31 SCOTT BROWN
Political 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 Left may excuse Brown for voting
with Republicans on a number of issues,
it’s a good bet they’ll never forgive him for
tarnishing the state’s liberal Senate record.
#32 GROVER NORQUIST
Not 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, staffer or lobbyist at the drop
of a hat.
His Wednesday off-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.
#33 PAT BUCHANAN
Stuck 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 1992
Republican 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.”
#34 JAN
BREWER
It 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 to
secure the nation’s 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
leftist hate.
#35 LIZ CHENEY
The second Cheney on the list, Liz Cheney
isn’t known for her time working in public
office like her father but has recently
become a target of the Left for waging a
battle from behind the scenes on the Right
and dedicating herself to fighting the Left’s
attempts to undermine national security. In
2009, Cheney teamed up with Bill Kristol
and Deborah Burlingame to found Keeping
America Safe—a group dedicated to providing
information to concerned Americans about
critical national security issues.
#36 JOHN BOEHNER
As the House minority leader, John Boehner
has emerged as the (well-tanned) face of the
GOP and, as a result, has become a target
for attacks from the Left. When Obama’s
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 can’t!” Most recently, Boehner has led the
GOP’s charge to rein in government spending.
#37 THOMAS
SOWELL
He’s one of the smartest
men in America,
(AP/John Storey, AP/Mel Evans, AP/Ross D. Franklin, Tk)
conservative and—gasp!—
black. Sowell’s 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 Left is concerned, but try as they
might, they’ve never been able to shut him
down.
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#38 JAMES DOBSON
His priorities have long been God, family
and the preservation of traditional
American culture, which means the Left
can’t 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.
#39 PAUL RYAN
Wisconsin Republican
Paul Ryan was a relatively
unknown member of
Congress prior the debate
over Obama’s 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
America’s Future,” a plan to solve America’s
growing debt and entitlement addiction. Sorry
liberals, it’s time to start cutting.
#40 JOHN
BOLTON
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 doesn’t 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 Left chosen
not to align itself with our enemies and opposed
Bolton’s presence at the United Nations.
#41 DICK ARMEY
An author of the 1994 Contract with America
and 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.
Armey’s organization has worked to unite
the tea parties under one big conservative
umbrella and put together the nation’s largest
gathering of conservatives in Washington,
D.C., on Sept. 12, 2009.
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#42 MICHAEL STEELE
Though he hasn’t been conservatives’ favorite
Republican chairman, Steele has been a thorn
in the side of the Left, which believes all blacks
should be beholden to the liberal-infused
Democratic Party.
Doesn’t Michael Steele know his place? How
dare he escape the chains of liberalism and flee
the Democrat plantation. His skin color mixed
with his party affiliation is more than enough
reason for left-wingers to wish him ill.
#43 SAMUEL ALITO
Those darned Supreme Court
constructionists! The Left 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
Alito’s wife to tears during his Senate
Judiciary Committee confirmation
hearings—that’s 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.
#44 MIKE PENCE
Indiana 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
Obama’s 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
we’re seeing here.”
#45 JIM INHOFE
He’s one of the most conservative senators
to have ever graced the U.S. Senate chamber.
Where he’s been most effective—and,
therefore, most despised by the shrill
Democrats—is in his efforts to blow wide
open the massive hoax that is global warming.
He has stood up to far-Left 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
lefties in jeopardy—and he couldn’t be
happier.
#46 DAVID
HOROWITZ
This radical-leftist-turned-
pro-American-conservative
has made it his mission
to combat the socialist, pro-communist, anti-
American Left’s attempts to transform America.
Horowitz’s attention has been on the
radicalization of U.S. colleges and universities.
He has documented case after case of liberal
indoctrination, bias and abuse on campus, as
well as the growing impact of radical Islam in
our education system and culture.
#47 BOB MCDONNELL
After Virginia voted for President Obama
during the 2008 election, it was an uphill
battle for GOPers to reclaim the traditionally
red state. The efficient and effective
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.
#48 CHARLES
KRAUTHAMMER
Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist
Charles Krauthammer offers up his expert
conservative opinion in weekly Washington
Post columns 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 administration’s
attempts to overhaul the health care industry.
#49 ED
MORRISSEY
Ed Morrissey, the blogger
formerly known as Captain
Ed, is today’s 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.
(AP/Harry Hamburg, AP/Jose Luis Magana, AP/Lawrence Jackson, Tk)
Hand-picked by Hot Air founder Michelle
Malkin, Ed spends most of his time pointing
out the folly of the Left, the audacity of the
Obama administration and the lunacy of those
who would destroy our culture.
#50 ERIC CANTOR
In addition to serving as Virginia’s 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.
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HUGH HEWITT
#59
DAVID PETRAEUS
#66
CHUCK
NORRIS
#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
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BOBBY JINDAL
#57 HUGH HEWITT
Nationally syndicated radio host
of “The Hugh Hewitt Show” and
outspoken socially conservative author
#58 FRANK LUNTZ
Political consultant, Fox News
contributor, 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
#72
TED NUGENT
#73
MICHAEL MEDVED
#64 RAND PAUL
Self-described “constitutional
conservative” Kentucky Republican
nominee for the U.S. Senate
#65 ALLAHPUNDIT
Anonymous blogging partner of Ed
Morrissey on HotAir.com
#66 CHUCK NORRIS
Hollywood celebrity, conservative
columnist and all-around “tough guy”
icon
#67 BOBBY JINDAL
Conservative Republican governor of
Louisiana
#68 WAYNE LAPIERRE
Executive 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 drafted by the NFL’s Denver
Broncos; pro-life advocate
#75 DON IMUS
Nationally syndicated radio host
and continuing target of the race-
baiting Left
#76 RUDY GIULIANI
Former mayor of New York and
Republican candidate for president
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#94
ED FEULNER
#90
MIKE GALLAGHER

#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
official
#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 Next
Attack”
#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
#90 MIKE 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 Forbes magazine
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
“official climatologist of the EIB
network”
#98 S.E. CUPP
Author, political commentator
and contributing editor to
Townhall magazine
#99 JOHN FUND
Author, political journalist and
conservative columnist for the Wall
Street Journal
#100 MICHAEL BARONE
Political analyst, pundit and
journalist; Fox News contributor

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