It is hard to read this article about media manipulation in Russia without worrying that we have started down the same path here in the US. In Russia, journalists critical of the current administration, including popular political satirists and other humorists, have been all but banned from television. The media has gone so far as […]
A few days ago, Bill Clinton started placing blame for Hillary’s failing nomination bid on a number of “enemies”, powerful forces including a brazenly biased media, and the group MoveOn.org. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0508/10715.html Speaking about the press, he said that Hillary faced a hostile and imbalanced media environment. But a new study by Harvard University says that […]
Richard Clarke appears on The Daily Show to promote his new book “Your Government Failed You”. But before they talk about that, Jon Stewart quotes the Bush administration’s response to Clarke’s previous book “Against All Enemies” from March 22, 2004: Well, why, all of a sudden, if he had all these grave concerns, did he […]
That’s fine, as long as Obama gets dibs on the election in November!
Emerging today from 3 1/2 hours of risky brain surgery to remove a cancerous tumor, Sen. Edward Kennedy remarked “I feel like a million bucks. I think I’ll do that again tomorrow.” http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gNDIXzKvyoGpfOSCYkzQg0thsDvgD9126N380
Today at the National Press Club, VP Cheney was asked about his wife Lynne’s claim that he was related to Barack Obama (eighth cousins). Then Dick put his foot in his mouth, when he explained that the same genealogical research turned up that there are Cheneys on both sides of the family tree, including a […]
In a stunning triumph of spin over reality, the blogosphere is going crazy over a videotape — a tape that none of them have actually seen or heard, and might not even exist. Reports have been circulated (conveniently enough on the eve of the last two democratic primaries) that there is a tape containing video […]
McCain has been losing campaign staff left and right since he decided he needed to get rid of all (current) lobbyists from his staff, but I’m not sure that the new replacements are any better. Consider Michael Goldfarb, the newly appointed Deputy Commications Director for McCain. Goldfarb’s previous job was at Bill Kristol’s The Weekly Standard, […]
The following photo from a previous trip to Iraq shows McCain walking around a market, wearing a bullet-proof vest, accompanied by 100 American soldiers, three Blackhawk helicopters, and two Apache gunships: But where are the photos from his most recent trip last week? We managed to get ahold of one photo, which we share with […]
“According to a new poll, Barack Obama is doing particularly well with one important demographic: voters.” –Amy Poehler “All three presidential candidates appeared on ‘American Idol.’ It was interesting. Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell looked at them and said, ‘Wait, there’s a black guy, a woman and a cranky white guy. You stole […]
Now that the Democratic party has bent the rules for Clinton and seated the Florida and Michigan delegates, she now only needs 153% of the remaining delegates to win. Prior to the new rules, she needed to pick up 181% of the remaining delegates, so momentum is clearly in her favor! http://mwcnews.net/content/view/22900/26/
