"For some in my caucus, when they talk about a public option they’re talking about another entitlement program, and we can’t afford that right now as a nation." —Senator Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas...
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When You Go Full Joe McCarthy…
...you had better police your own shit. Source
It Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means
I've been thinking about the array of polls from today and the conventional wisdom coming from the cable news people. Bear with me on this. I've written before that if a pollster asks a typical...
More Republican Death Panels
Why do Republicans hate senior citizens? Since his son died a few years back and with his nearest relatives in New Mexico, 86-year-old Phil Duran is mostly, but not completely, alone. The Modesto man...
Perspective on the Economy
For the last week or so, MSNBC has been comparing various financial numbers from prior to the Lehman collapse with various current financial numbers. Of course the whole thing is very misleading. So...
The Public Option Explained in 70 Seconds
This was all over the place last week, but I just realized I didn't post it here. Since there's been some confusion about the public option, I thought it might be good a idea to turn to Mr. Reich for...
Poll: Renaming the Public Option
We've talked about this before, but the public option needs a catchy nickname in order to boost support and to make it sound generally more awesome. So here's a poll. Add your additional suggestions...
Armed And Stupid
In the competition for the most idiotic teabagger sign, we have a winner. Via Oliver Willis: There's a lot of talk lately about (false) equivalencies between liberal opposition to the Bush...
Good News, Frustrating News
New Washington Post-ABC News poll on the public option: But it is the public option that has become the major point of contention, with support for the government creation of an insurance plan that...
Morning Awesome
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Can't Stop" Live from 2007 (Chili Peppers theme week!)
It's Not Just Television News, Of Course
The Washington Post seems to crap all over the left and elevate the right in order to appear "not liberal." Media Matters reports via Benen: For instance, in October 2002, when more than 100,000...
Fact Checking the Healthcare Lies
Simon Owens posted a terrific interview with Brooks Jackson, director of Factcheck.org. As you can probably guess, only four out of 48 of the rumors being circulated via wingnut email are actually...
Why Is NBC Protecting the Wingnuts?
Chez details how NBC sanitized a wingnut quote about Muslims taking over the country. Of course, here's precisely why: They're well aware of the accusations of a liberal bias -- very, very tired...
Zero Cred
Despite all of the chaos, it seems as though too many people have forgotten what happened for the eight years prior to the election of Barack Obama. Here's a bit of crazy wingnut pop culture that...
Going Full Joe McCarthy
I've wondered how long it would take before someone would literally invoke the name.And maybe exterminating the indians will come back. Why not try witch trials, too?
Wingnuts Lying About Attendance
Malkin blogged about how ABC News estimated 2 million people at the crazy rally yesterday. She made it up. ABC News did not estimate 2 million people. There were around 60,000 people at the rally...
Morning Awesome
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Parallel Universe" Live at Slane Castle
More Random 9/12 Crazy People
This hand-written sign underscores the Wingnuts As Victims theory: How dare you make us act like crazy people! And next time we're bringing our guns -- and that will be your fault, too! And the...
Hail to the Chief
Today was the second presidential event in a week in which they played Hail to the Chief when the president entered. I could be wrong, but this is a new development in the Obama presidency. I don't...
No Wonder People Don't Know Anything
The networks spent more time covering that racist wingnut's obnoxious Tourettes outburst than they spent reporting on the president's address. It's no wonder why people are generally clueless about...