John Stewart is a genius:
Movie critic Roger Ebert has a terrific column where he responds to Bill O’Reilly putting the Chicago Sun-Times in his “Hall of Shame”, and cuts him a new one. You really do need to read the whole thing, but here’s the last few sentences: Bill, I am concerned that you have been losing touch with […]
“Barack Obama made his first trip as president to England. Here is my question. If the President is in England, who’s running General Motors?” – Jay Leno “Anybody here got a General Motors car? Well, look out for this guy, this Barack Obama. He comes in, doesn’t like what he sees at General Motors and tells […]
© Steve Sack Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell now: The court’s decision in Minnesota leaves no other choice but to continue the process to ensure that every legal vote is counted. But back in 2000 during Bush v. Gore, McConnell urged Al Gore to be a “statesman” and “give it up”. “Enough is enough. Where […]
It’s tough being a conservative politician right now. You can’t really run on the conservative record of fiscal restraint, and (formerly hot-button) social issues only work with a shrinking number of Americans. So what’s the safe thing to run on? One possibility that we are seeing more of is to be against anything that the […]
If religious conservatives thought that eight years of George Bush would help them gain strength, they are going to be disappointed. Not only did his administration not manage to pass any of the big social conservative issues — no abortion ban or amendment against gay marriage — they didn’t even do so well on more […]
“President Obama is giving General Motors 60 days to come up with strategy of viability for the American taxpayers’ money. You know what G.M. should have said? ‘Hey, you first.’” – Jay Leno “You know the big story yesterday? President Obama, he goes to the GM people and he says, ‘All right, look, guys, do […]
It looks like Queen Elizabeth and the Obamas are BFF. Or at least Michelle, who broke the centuries-old rule that you never, never, EVER hug the queen — except that the queen made the first move! © Walt Handelsman UPDATE: Obama gave the queen an iPod: © Steve Benson
“President Obama said this week that things will get worse before they get better. That’s something you never hear before the election. ‘Let me tell you, if I’m elected it’s going to get a lot worse.’” – Jay Leno “We’re down to the Final Four now. And by that I mean we’re down to the […]
(cats are so dramatic!) [Incidentally, does anyone know the source of this image? I’d like to give proper credit.]
“Now here’s evidence of actual progress in Iraq. Iraq, as of today, is officially open to tourism. Cut me a slice of that.” – David Letterman “You can tell it’s tourism season in Iraq because today an American had to duck a pair of flip-flops.” – David Letterman “I have a plan to end the […]
