"President Obama could nominate the guy on the Quaker Oats box and Glenn Beck would find a way to connect him to Trotsky on his blackboard ("you know who else liked oatmeal!?")." Ezra Klein Beck's...
Author - Bob Cesca
Why The Democrats Suck And Should Be Fired
For the answer, I give you John Cole: In the past year and a half, they’ve stabilized the banks, the economy, and the major car companies, they passed health care reform that adds thirty million...
President of Poland Killed in Plane Crash
Unbelievable. MOSCOW — Polish President Lech Kaczynski and some of the country's highest military and civilian leaders died on Saturday when the presidential plane crashed as it came in for a landing...
Morning Awesome
MST3K Saturday - "Girls Town"
President Obama's Prior Nuclear Experience
Sarah Palin responded today to the president's criticism that she has ZERO experience dealing with nuclear weapons and non-proliferation. Which is true. She can no sooner tell us what "non...
Newt Is Creepier Than John Edwards
Jon Chait wonders why John Edwards' underpants party gets so much attention but there's never been any mention of the fact that Newt also cheated on and divorced a cancer-stricken wife: John Edwards'...
Quote of the Week
"Bob Cesca will be the one to take down Glenn Beck. And if not Bob, Elvis Dingledorf will." Glenn Beck You fudge with us, you fudge with the best. Better frisk all of your staff and hangers-on for...
Losing the Middle with Nukes
I really hope the Republicans keep ratcheting up the "nuke 'em all!" language because they will absolutely lose the middle and the center-right in the process. Please give us more Sarah Palin, Newt...
Yesterday's Bob & Elvis Show
Blow off the rest of your Friday afternoon and listen to the replay of yesterday's Bob & Elvis Show right here! We talk about Faker Glenn Beck, Faker Sarah Palin and her nookyooler insanity, and...
Jon Stewart On FNC's Nuclear Lies
Yep. Newt Gingrich is just running around like a doughy lie machine this week. It's actually quite amazing. Earlier, he was lying about the healthcare bill and something to do with an "army" of IRS...
Time for Another Supreme Court Battle
Justice Stevens is officially retiring. And so let us welcome the inevitable Republican schizoid embolism regardless of whomever the president chooses as a replacement. I'm so looking forward to the...
Stupid Questions
Inexplicably, George Stephanopoulos asked the president to respond to Sarah Palin's self-contradictory nitwit quote about nuclear weapons yesterday. Here was the president's pointed reply: OBAMA: I...
The Wingnut Freakout
For obvious reasons, Drudge posted the following lines above his logo today: GINGRICH: Obama 'most radical president ever'... LIMBAUGH: Obama 'inflicting untold damage on this great country'...
What Should We Cut?
On Morning Joe, they're talking in very vague terms about cutting the budget in order to reduce the deficit, prompted by the new USA Today / Gallup poll showing the federal budget deficit is more...
Morning Awesome
Broken Social Scene - "World Sick" From their forthcoming album Forgiveness Rock Record, due out May 4 -- yes, the same day the New Pornographers release their new album.
The Tea Party and Race
According to a poll by the University of Washington: Approximately 45% whites either strongly or somewhat approve of the movement. Of those, only 35% believe blacks to be hardworking, only 45 %...
'I See Him As A Performer'
From today's Forbe's profile of Glenn Beck's grifting operation: "I don't necessarily believe that [what Beck says] is reflective of his own personal politics--I don't even know if he has personal...
Glenn Beck Talking About Bob & Elvis
How much time do they spend on our names? Is that weird? Maybe on the Bob & Elvis Show we need more wacky Morning Zoo chimps, free cash giveaways and crazy sound effects! ZING! BOINK!
Why Am I Trying to Expose Glenn Beck?
I've written about Glenn Beck quite a bit over the last couple of years, but when I watched the following two clips from his show the other day, I was motivated to rev up the meat grinder. Here we...
The Thing About the Crying
At the heart of Glenn Beck's deception is his ability to cry on demand. Alexander Zaitchik at Alternet wrote almost a year ago: Those who take a single drop of Beck's tears seriously need simply...