"It took us a couple of days because I like to know what I’m talking about before I speak." —President Obama in his second prime time press conference responding to a question about why he waited to...
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Super Stupid
Despite the laundry list of critical issues on the table, CNN apparently has run out of news to report. There's no other way to explain this ridiculousness: Here's an answer for Wolf: OF COURSE HE IS...
Too Funny
I just watched Karl Rove complain to Bill O'Reilly about President Obama "doubling the size of the debt." Rove is a funny little dough-man.
Prime Time Thread
Open thread for talking about the president's prime time news conference, and whatever else you're doing. Hey look! Fresh blog design! Goddamn Uncle Sam is bigger and scowlier than ever.
Food Fight
I want to be clear that even though I ripped it apart this morning, my opinion of Geithner's plan is largely unformed. But my predominant view from weeks ago still applies: the problem itself is so...
Number One on Amazon? Really?
The number one book on Amazon belongs to Mark Levin, a far-right talk radio host I've never heard of before. Number one. It was just released today. And from what I've heard, he's really seriously...
Verbal Masturbation
Glenn Beck spends fourteen minutes reciting maudlin platitudes and jerking off his audience. Even though it's scripted, he just meanders randomly from telling his audience how awesome they are to...
Teleprompter vs. No Teleprompter
Letterman last night: This attack began with Michelle Malkin who, ironically enough, supported both President Peeance-Freeance and Sarah Palin. Sarah Palin! A candidate whose only public speaking...
The CBO Doomsday Projections
Just in case you've been hearing crazy talk about the latest CBO projections and how President Obama's spending will destroy America, Krugman offers up some much need analysis. In short, recovery...
Geithner's Spazzy White Guy Gift Card
From what I understand about the Geithner plan, we as taxpayers are paying for something like 90 percent of the cost (and risk) to invest in these horribly twisted assets -- these credit default...
Worst Person
Greg Gutfeld, one of several guys on FOX News with a gigantic bulbous forehead, said yesterday: ...Mr. Gutfeld said the Canadian military “wants to take a breather to do some yoga, paint landscapes...
The Mel Gibson Component
O'Reilly aired his ridiculous ambush of Amanda Terkel last night and it actually made O'Reilly look worse than before. If you recall, Terkel is the ThinkProgress reporter who called out O'Reilly's...
Morning Awesome
The New Pornographers - "Adventures in Solitude" Live in the CD101 Big Room. April, 2008.
Research Question
Did cable news ever once mention George W. Bush laughing and smirking while discussing Iraq casualties and the like? I don't think so. Paging Mr. Boehlert!
Prime Time Thread
Open thread for mocking the constant variety of cable news hackery or whatever else you're up to. It's time to coax some lurkers out of the shadows. Let's go, lurkers. Show yourselves!
Worst Person
Michele Bachmann inciting armed revolution and/or assassination: "I want people in Minnesota armed and dangerous on this issue of the energy tax because we need to fight back. Thomas Jefferson told...
Very Serious Question
Why couldn't President Obama break 500? Why couldn't he close the deal?
Tea Bag Hypocrisy
Alex Knapp summarizes the Tea Baggery: ● The folks in the blogosphere largely cheerleading the Tea Parties are the same folks in the blogosphere who cheerleaded the war in Iraq. So apparently...
Position Flexible
Remember when Sarah Palin constructed an entirely fake story about how she refused money for the bridge to nowhere when, in fact, she didn't really do that? And remember last week when she said she...
O'Reilly Reclaims Crazy Throne
For a while there, Glenn Beck was staging a serious coup d'etat for the coveted position of Craziest Bastard on FOX News Channel. But O'Reilly has gone all out to reclaim his gigantic splotchy crown...