To Schieffer, Bayh Just a ‘Democrat’ While Lindsey Graham a ‘Conservative Republican’
To Schieffer, Bayh Just a ‘Democrat’ While Lindsey Graham a ‘Conservative Republican’
Not the biggest deal, but emblematic of how the Washington press corps consider anyone to the right of center, no matter if barely so, to be a “conservative,” while anyone who strays at all from a perfect liberal line is not worthy [...]
WaPo Defends Rationing of Gun Rights: One Gun a Month Is Enough, Virginia!
WaPo Defends Rationing of Gun Rights: One Gun a Month Is Enough, Virginia!
Print newspapers are an ecological nightmare, what with the trees felled to make them, the fossil fuels burned to print and then deliver them, and the tons of unrecycled paper that millions of Americans toss into the garbage instead of a [...]
ACORN’s Apparent Break-up Not News at AP
ACORN’s Apparent Break-up Not News at AP
In a week where several news outlets recognized significant happenings involving the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), the Associated Press seems to have decided that none of them merit mention. A search on "acorn" at the AP’s main site returns the following:
This search doesn’t [...]
ABC: ‘Pelosi Says She Has Much In Common With The Tea Party’
ABC: ‘Pelosi Says She Has Much In Common With The Tea Party’
"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she has much in common with the Tea Party."
So began an article published by ABCNews.com Sunday about Pelosi’s interview with Elizabeth Vargas on "This Week."
"The speaker now says she shares views with movement she dismissed last summer [...]
Banking Activity for TARP CPP Recipients!
Banking Activity for TARP CPP Recipients! If you're so inclined to track every dollar and every bailout recipient of our U.S. Government, there is a frequently updated database to help you with this, no doubt pleasurable endevour. Subsidyscope, a project of the PEW Charitable Trusts, enables you to mouse any county in the U.S. to [...]
Jon Stewart Bashes CPAC As ‘This Year’s Festival of Whites’
Jon Stewart Bashes CPAC As ‘This Year’s Festival of Whites’
Comedian Jon Stewart on Monday bashed the just-concluded Conservative Political Action Conference by calling it "this year’s Festival of Whites."
The "Daily Show" host devoted two segments to the conservative gathering going after many of the presenters including former Vice President Dick Cheney and former [...]
Dutch Government Collapses Over Afghanistan Debate – Is Geert Wilders In As PM?
Dutch Government Collapses Over Afghanistan Debate – Is Geert Wilders In As PM? Im up out of my chair again. DutchNews.nl has a breaking story: The Dutch government collapsed early Saturday morning, setting up new elections for March. "The Dutch government collapsed in the early hours of Saturday morning over Labours insistence that the Netherlands [...]
Sarah Palin, Joe the Plumber – Splitsville over McCain endorsement
Sarah Palin, Joe the Plumber – Splitsville over McCain endorsement
Family Feud on the Libertarian Right
From Eric Dondero:
In a heartbreaker for Libertarian Republicans who admire both Sarah Palin and Joe Wurzelbacher, the Ohio Plumber now says he is no longer backing the Alaska Fox.
From State House Sound Bites, PA:
Wurzelbacher touched on several different points [...]
Its Never Too Early for a 2012 GOP Primary Preview
Its Never Too Early for a 2012 GOP Primary Preview I cant take it anymore! I have to comment on the 2012 race. I love analyzing presidential elections like a normal guy loves critiquing football coaches. I spend an inordinate amount of time looking at polls and studying the moves of every potential candidate. Already, [...]
Maddow’s MSNBC Promo: ‘I’m Not Trying To Push An Agenda’
Maddow’s MSNBC Promo: ‘I’m Not Trying To Push An Agenda’
Rachel, stop, you’re killin’ me . . .
If Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC gig doesn’t work out, why not a career in stand-up? Earlier today, Tim Graham highlighted a Howard Kurtz WaPo article on Maddow. Although she has persistently focused on the gays-in-the-military policy, inviting [...]
All political issues aside, which candidate is the most unappealing and abrasive personally?