This is brilliant. Conan visits Springfield, Illinois and various Lincoln landmarks:
Conan O'Brien Loves Abraham Lincoln
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Mitt Romney is a Lying Liar
I'm sure this will appear in Benen's mendacity post today, but here's an advance look via a Sullivan reader who watched Romney's Cincinnati speech yesterday. I was startled while watching Romney's...
I Love Lamp
Mitt Romney still loves things. “It’s not just because I love job creators, it’s because I love jobs,” Romney said. “I want more good jobs for the American people and I want such competition for...
In Case You Missed It…
President Obama's speech on the economy yesterday. From Ohio... Ezra Klein: The Obama campaign’s line of attack does point to a difficulty for the Romney campaign in the coming months: Where can they...
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Shawn Colvin - "Polaroids"
Lance Armstrong, Drugs and the Ambivalence of a Sportsfan
I'm kind of happy with today's column. You should read it. Every year around this time, you can count on seeing several things. High temperatures, fireworks stands and new doping allegations against...
Quote of the Day
"[T]he Republican Party has come unhinged. Its fevered hallucinations involve threats from imaginary communists and socialists who, seemingly, lurk around every corner. Climate change - a reality...
NRA Sells 'Stand Your Ground' Insurance
After all, who wants to shoot a black kid and then deal with prohibitively expensive legal stickiness? Like a good neighbor, the NRA is there... with "stand your ground" insurance in case you kill...
DOJ Drops Charges Against John Edwards
The weasel continues to dance between the rain drops. The Justice Department’s dismissal of its case against John Edwards on Wednesday brought a close to a controversial prosecution which many...
Lance Armstrong Faces Renewed Doping Charges
It's June, and that means the perennial tradition of new doping charges against Lance Armstrong. Every year without fail. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has filed formal charges against the seven-time...
A Reality Check in the Progressive Civil War
I wrote about a familiar topic in yesterday's column. Here we go... There's a "cold" civil war among progressives that's always existed, but it's been rapidly heating up since the earliest days of...
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Guns N' Roses - "Rocket Queen" Live At The Ritz, 1988
Old People Could Be Their Own 'Death Panel'
From my column yesterday: Mitt Romney holds a lead among seniors and the trend line is showing that they'll totally vote for the Republican nominee if the election were held today. Meanwhile...
And Yet Another Big Fat Lie
Romney continues to lie his way out of his "teachers/firefighters" gaffe. Yesterday: "Of course, teachers and firemen and policemen are hired at the local level and also by states. The federal...
Romney Responds with a Big Fat Lie
In response to the biggest Romney gaffe of the campaign so far -- the one about how it's wrong to hire more teachers, firefighters and police officers -- the Romney team has released a video showing...
Exploiting and Indulging Fat, Stupid Americans
Ashby tells me that Burger King has introduced a bacon sundae. That's a hot fudge and caramel sundae with bacon pieces sprinkled on top and a whole stick of bacon jammed into the side. At the risk of...
Voters Agree on Republican Sabotage
TPM: The latest survey from Democratic-leaning firm Public Policy Polling (PPP), conducted in conjunction with Daily Kos and SEIU, shows that 49 percent of registered voters nationwide think...
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Glen Hansard - "Love Don't Leave Me Waiting"
Newt Gingrich Confirms the Truth
My column yesterday focused on the the most recent Romney gaffe in which he criticizing the president for wanting to hire more teachers, police officers and firefighters. One of my main points was to...
Glenn Beck is Profiting on Public Airwaves
Yeah, Glenn Beck is off Fox News Channel but his reach is larger than ever. And he's using publicly owned airwaves to build his empire of lies and googly-eyed conspiracy theories. Beck renewed his...