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...to end a contentious day. Al Franken is projected to win by 89 votes.
Prime Time Thread
Open thread for documenting the constant variety of cable news hackery and whatever else you want to write about. Tonight! Lurkers and first-time commenters are encouraged to stop in say hello to the...
A Word About Tolerance
I wrote a version of this in the comments and thought I'd graduate it up to its own thing. This isn't about tolerating Rick Warren or not. I'm tolerant of his opinions and lifestyle in that I don't...
Evangelical vs. Crazy
Glenn Greenwald: There is a respectful and civil (even if clearly wrong) case to make against gay marriage, or against abortion, or in favor of a hard-line towards Iran. But in each case, Warren opts...
Aw Man.
For too many reasons to list, I really, really admire Thom Hartmann. But wow. With all due respect, I just don't understand his latest column in which he applauds the inclusion of Rick Warren in the...
Gibbs: Ignore and Avoid The Hackery
Robert Gibbs recognizes the hackery of the Halperin: ...the Obama campaign's communications strategy was predicated in part on an aggressive indifference to this [Washington] insider set. Staff...
It Puts The Lotion On Its Skin
Serial-killerish pronoun avoidance from President Bush: Yeah, I think it's a reporter. At least that's what they told me on the way out, that it's a person who works in the Iraqi press... Refusing to...
Disagreeable
The president-elect defends the Warren fiasco: I don't think Rick Warren is being at all "agreeable" when he compares same-sex marriage to incest and pederasty. In fact, I can think of very few...
Here's Something Reeeally Controversial
I have no interest in watching A Christmas Story this year. I'm extraordinarily sick of it. Seriously, just recalling some of the jokes in my head ("Frageeelay!") makes me a little barfy. And I love...
'A Cruel Thing' Indeed
Ezra Klein: This might be a wise political calculation on Obama's part. But it is a cruel thing to ask of his coalition. [...] Pro-choice women and gays were a significant part of Obama's coalition...
Obama on Warren
In his press conference just now, the president-elect made the expected argument in favor of Rick Warren -- basically (paraphrasing) there are a lot of opinions in America and the inauguration will...
Again, What's the Prize?
I slept on it, but I still can't see an upside in this thing -- political or otherwise. Rick Warren is such a terrible, terrible idea. Conservative evangelicals won't budge on abortion or same-sex...
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Believed In God
by Lee Stranahan You've heard of King. He believed in that invisible man in that sky, that myth. He brought up religion, God, and Jesus constantly in a political context. In speech after speech, he...
Crazy Train
Crazy, but thats how it goes Media people living as foes Maybe its not too late To do some research And not bloviate Mental midgets squealing Without an ounce of shame They're going off the rails on...
Prime Time Thread
Open thread for documenting the constant variety of cable news hackery and also. Tonight! Rick Warren is going to be doing what at the inauguration?
The February 2002 Torture Memo
Tonight on Hardball, Chris Matthews held up a February 2002 memo signed by the president authorizing the use of torture. Here's my analysis of the memo in a blog post from December 2004. I also...
Ha-ha. Funny.
Rick Warren? Giving the invocation at the inauguration? This is a joke, right? Hoo-hoo! Good one, Mr. President-elect. Wait. Seriously? Rick Warren, a known homophobe, is really speaking at the...
New Huffington Post Column
Why the Media Taint-Mongers Continue to Wrongfully Accuse Obama Enjoy!