Weird. I thought it was a beard. Anyway. Our corporate media stooges commenting on Senator McCain's "joke": NBC’s Chuck Todd: “That’s what makes him real and that’s what makes people who disagree...
Author - Bob Cesca
Political Science
Following up on a "scientific method" metaphor I wrote yesterday in my Huffington Post item. So the corporate media treat the Republicans like the control group... They're allowed to stand pat and be...
The Thing With Congress Is…
...With all of the problems we're having right now, the can't-live-without-it bill on the table for the last two weeks has been about electronic eavesdropping. It's like being in the desert, dying of...
Morning Awesome
WTF?
The Drudge headline: REV. JESSE JACKSON APOLOGIZES TO SEN. BARACK OBAMA FOR 'CRUDE AND HURTFUL COMMENTS' CAUGHT BY OPEN MIC... CNN DESCRIBES AS 'UGLY WORDS,' 'VERY, VERY DISPARAGING'; JACKSON IN...
Senator Obama Screwed Up
Senator Obama voted for the FISA Amendments Bill which passed this afternoon by a large margin. No sir. I don't like it. This was a major mistake by the senator. Even though it's terrible for the...
Aw Crap
All three FISA amendments failed today. Both Senators Clinton and Obama voted for the Dodd, Specter and Bingaman amendments. Also, I don't understand what Greenwald meant when he wrote today: But...
New Huffington Post Item
Guess what it's about today? If you guessed Senator McShecky's remarks about killing Iranian civilians, then you'd be correct.
Worst Person In The World
This is the most awful thing I've read this week: McCain was also asked about an Associated Press report indicating that exports to Iran have increased largely on the basis of cigarette sales, to...
Morning Awesome
The Reel Geezers review Wall-E. Possible spoilers.
They've Run Out of News!
We began the day with Morning Joe discussing which script to use for this election: 1976 or 1980. And tonight, this was also a topic on Hardball. In other words, two different MSNBC shows today (one...
Bankrupt
Senator McCain's soul, that is. Senator Obama blasted McCain today for supporting that awful and unnecessary 2005 Bankruptcy Bill. And what was the McBush response? “Eighteen Democrats and John...
They're Effing Pickles, Malkin. Sheesh.
Here's a classic Michelle Malkin post in which she brings us a wingnut two-fer... She starts with some concern trolling, then follows with some outrage over the fact that Senator Obama's kids like...
Obama Defends His Progressivism
Senator Obama in North Carolina: “Look, let me talk about the broader issue, this whole notion that I am shifting to the center,” he said. “The people who say this apparently haven’t been listening...
Oh You Stupid Rednecks
Sacha Baron Cohen is in the midst of filming his next movie, titled "Brüno: Delicious Journeys Through America for the Purpose of Making Heterosexual Males Visibly Uncomfortable in the Presence of a...
Public Service = Slavery
Far-right translucent sack of cottage cheese, Jonah Goldberg: There’s a weird irony at work when Sen. Barack Obama, the black presidential candidate who will allegedly scrub the stain of racism from...
McCain = Bush
This is unbelievable. Also, don't miss the guy in the McBush pea pod costume. Classic.
Tomorrow's FISA Votes
The Senate will be voting on various amendments to the FISA bill tomorrow. Now, Senator Obama isn't responsible for the new FISA bill and he certainly isn't the tie-breaking vote. But if you're...
Bush v. Jefferson
Via Steve Benen, here's President Bush quoting Thomas Jefferson at Monticello: On the 50th anniversary of America’s independence, Thomas Jefferson passed away. But before leaving this world, he...
You're On Notice!
Congress is one step closer to smacking down oil speculators: Before legislators left town, the House overwhelmingly approved legislation that would require a federal regulatory agency to employ its...