If you're a smug, "civil liberties progressive" who's voting for a third party candidate, you're actually voting for this: Q: Waterboarding: do you think it’s torture? Romney: I don’t. … We will have...
Romney Will Bring Back Torture
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Author - Bob Cesca
Six Hour Lines and Voter Suppression in Florida and Ohio
My Monday column. Voter suppression and Voting Rights Act violations in Florida and Ohio: For the last year or so, I've been tracking the Republican effort to suppress voting rights by passing...
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Blur - "Tender"
Director’s Cut of ‘Lincoln’ from SNL
Written by Seth Meyers who nailed the tone and style of Louie.
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Stevie Wonder - "Fear Can't Put Dreams to Sleep" Live at the 2008 DNC
‘If Obama Wins, America Wins. If Romney Wins, Comedy Wins.’
Bill Maher's election wrap-up was brilliant last night. "With four days left in this campaign it means there's only time for five more reincarnations of Mitt Romney. By Tuesday he'll be insisting...
General Keane Debunks Ridiculous Benghazi Conspiracy
First of all, Bolling doesn't know what the hell he's talking about. Two of the four Americans, Doherty and Woods, were killed by mortar fire at the CIA Annex after the rest of the consulate staff...
Pay Attention to the Nerdy Number Wizards
All of the serious math nerd statisticians and their electoral maps have been compiled here. But watch out. Dean Chambers from Unskewed Polls and other right-wing bubble boys think Nate Silver and...
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MST3K Saturday - "Warrior of the Lost World"
Geraldo Destroys Bolling on Benghazi
Presented without comment. Okay one comment: holy shitballs. (via Chez)
Obama’s Katrina
Drudge and the rest of the right-wing goon squad are on the march -- insisting the president isn't doing enough to mitigate the aftermath of Sandy. Hmm. Interesting, though, that small government...
The Benghazi Impeachment
I don't appear to be the only one predicting a Benghazi impeachment crusade against the president if he's re-elected. A friend of Kevin Drum concurs: "If Obama wins, you'll soon start hearing the...
Balance Versus Extremism
EJ Dionne's endorsement of the president: This election does not represent a choice between left and right. It represents a choice between balance and a new, extreme form of conservatism. This new...
Vote for the Daily Banter Mail Bag or You’re a Stupid Child
This week's questions. Answers from me, Chez and Ben here. 1) I live in Australia and voting is mandatory here. In fact, my wife and I just had to vote this last weekend in council elections. It's...
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The Pixies - "Where is My Mind" Live
The Sad Takeaway from Hurricane Sandy
This is going to sound cynical but I witnessed the exact same thing with support for healthcare reform after SiCKO was released and with the climate crisis after An Inconvenient Truth. In the wake of...
Romney Rhymes with Money
'The Duke of Fancy' endorses Mitt Romney for president:
Barack Obama: Great President or the Greatest President?
Jonathan Chait's resoundingly positive endorsement of the president is up at New York Magazine. It's a glowing and thoughtful review of Obama's first term. His summation: What can be said without...
Obama Nearly Regains Pre-First-Debate Poll Average
No, national poll averages aren't as important as the state-by-state averages, other than as a predictor of the popular vote, but I thought it was worth noting that the president has almost entirely...
Chris Christie Outshines Mitt Romney in Wake of Hurricane
My Thursday column compares Mitt Romney and Chris Christie and how each handled the hurricane response. I've been extraordinarily critical of Chris Christie since he first emerged as a gubernatorial...
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