This is an interesting CNN clip from yesterday. Blitzer opens by mischaracterizing what Senator Obama said. Then you'll notice the uber-emergency "three-window" array on the screen. More bobbles...
Author - Bob Cesca
Rural Pennsylvanians Are Racists
Remember this?
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Senator Obama Responds To Attacks
Everything Senator Obama said was 100 percent true. I swear -- if we don't start going after the Republicans RIGHT NOW, we'll be way behind the curve while they try to paint Senator Obama with the...
Whoops!
Long sigh... Here's another sad quote from President Clinton: "You know, I got tickled the other day. A lot of the way this whole campaign has been covered has amused me. But there was a lot of...
Desperation and Obsfucation
President Clinton continues to make me sad: And you just can't be carried away by some of these things. I saw – y'all seen this television ad on, where Hillary's opponent says I don't take money from...
Four More Years!
Everyone in the Bush administration -- except President Bush -- discussed andauthorized torture against detainees. Senator McCain, meanwhile, voted against a law banning the CIA from using torture...
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#7 from the 50 Greatest Sketches of All Time. The great Ernie Kovacs.
New Huffington Post Item
This week, a Q&A with Cliff Schecter.
More Apologies
Another sincere apology for light blogging this week. I deliver the book on Tuesday (it's good -- you'll like it) and so I'm busy making sure I've re-written every line three or four times. I've also...
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Sleestak in a library.
Your Fictional Press
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The hearing on Iraq depicted just how deeply divided Americans remain on the war. As Atrios pointed out, Americans overwhelmingly support ending this war. By describing the nation...
Seriously?
General Petraeus mentioned this yesterday: "Every Iraqi is allowed an AK-47 in his house, by law." It's Neocon Disney over there.
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On April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia. In honor of that: the best of Shelby Foote.
New Al Gore Presentation
This is required viewing. So if you have some time, please watch and spread the word.
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Buy Cliff Schecter's Book
Cliff wrote a book and you should buy it because Cliff is awesome. I haven't read it yet, but check this blurb: Three reporters from Arizona, on the condition of anonymity, also let me in on another...
Condoleezza?
The only thing more awesome than McCain-Romney would be McCain-Rice. Because there's this: And this:
Mark Penn Quits Clinton Campaign
Penn resigns to spend more time with his Karl Rove playbook. And the process of the Clinton campaign rebuilding its dignity and veracity can begin.