From 1983, a young (but still melty) Brit Hume reports on Reagan's dismal poll numbers: ht Benjamin
Saint Reagan In The Doghouse
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Author - Bob Cesca
Here's Some Job Creation For You
The September jobs numbers are in and... This is the 9th straight month of private sector job growth in the midst of a devastating recession that has put a serious strain mostly on the poor and...
Ladies and Gentlemen, The President…
...of the United States. Just watch. (Adding... Just like Bush?)
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Bob Schneider - "40 Dogs (Like Romeo and Juliet)"
Tom Toles For The Win
I was just talking with my brother about how the banks and financial institutions who benefited from TARP are probably contributing to Republican candidates who are running against TARP. And minutes...
Keep Your Government Hands Of My Medicare
Via Amanda Terkel here's a significant example of wingnut hypocrisy -- all contained within the same 27 second commercial, courtesy of the fine bastards at the Chamber of Commerce:
Failing Up
Fox News always prepared to reward dumbstupid: Fox News Chief Executive Roger Ailes handed Williams a new three-year contract Thursday morning, in a deal that amounts to nearly $2 million, a...
The Bob and Elvis Show – October 21, 2010
Hotmail and Internet Fail; Classic Johnny Carson; Jimmy McMillan for Governor of the World; Juan Williams Fired; Sarah Palin Doesn't Understand the First Amendment: Christine O'Donnell is a Waste of...
Doof Quote of the Day
"I mean, look, Bill, I'm not a bigot. You know the kind of books I've written about the civil rights movement in this country. But when I get on the plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are...
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Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - "Stick with Me Baby"
New Huffington Post Column
The Republican Swindle About "Obamacare and Stimulus" Tweet, Digg and spread around generously. Thanks!
Typically and Predictably Republican
I'd love to see the cable news people come up with Democratic Party examples of this sort of awfulness: Virginia Beach Republican Party chair Dave Bartholomew forwarded a racist email comparing...
Sestak Fever! Catch It!
Fineman posted an item at Huffington about the rising tide of Sestak-mentum ("Joementum" means something else). Sestak has pulled up even with Pat Toomey here and it appears to be voter registration...
Oooh! They Really Hate Nancy Pelosi! GRRR!
Gallup is ballyhooing the results of its latest poll in which Speaker Pelosi's approval rating has dropped to an all time low of 29 percent. I still don't grasp all of the inchoate hatred for Pelosi...
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The Killers - "On Top"
Super Stupid
Sarah Palin picks her endorsements by randomly throwing lawn darts at crudely drawn caricatures of candidates. She has no idea what she's doing or what she's talking about. This, for example:...
Oh Please, Please, Please Do This!
Sarah Palin's greatest plan like ever ZOMG LSM also: In an interview on Fox News, Sarah Palin suggested a third party could form out of the Tea Party movement. Said Palin: "Some in the GOP -- it's...
Effing Idiot
Go to 2:50 and listen as the audience laughs and laughs at O'Donnell's stupidity. Damn. Well, at least she's losing. Badly. Thanks again, Sarah Palin! You successfully turned a Republican seat to a...
They're Not Embarrassed
Here's the news item that goes along with what Rachel was saying about Pete Sessions and the stimulus. Rep. Pete Sessions, the firebrand conservative from Texas, has relentlessly assailed the...
Rachel Maddow On Fire
This was such a fantastic and fiery review of the disconnect between reality and Republican/media fantasy. Part 1: Part 2: And people are buying it all (suckers!), and the rest of the "both sides are...