One of my heroes, Roger Ebert, has written a must-read rant in his online journal. It is short, so I’ll repeat it in its entirety, but you should visit his site to read the comments. A depression has descended upon me. I look at the blank screen, and those are the words that come into […]
Republican Senstor Lindsey Graham said today the Obama administration’s handling of security for the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, where four Americans were killed is a “case study in failure” of the current American foreign policy. On Fox News, Graham said “This is Exhibit A of a failing national security policy. This is failed presidential […]
PolitiFact is widely acknowledged as non-partisan, and to many people even a bit conservative. Even so, it should come as a surprise to nobody that their truthfulness ratings for the presidential candidates are pretty dramatically skewed: That’s right, the Republicans lead in “Pants on Fire” lies, False, and Mostly False, while the Democrats lead in […]
© Adam Zyglis Not to mention Romney’s previous tax returns.
© Matt Bors Is this what happens when you evaluate everything based on how much money it makes?
I’ve heard people say a few times that if Barack Obama is reelected that there will be nothing but gridlock with the Republican House. The implication is that electing Mitt Romney would allow more stuff to get done. But one of my favorite websites, Electoral-Vote, has an interesting analysis of that situation. It is only […]
© Keef Knight Who says there is no diversity in the Republican party?
Jon Stewart brilliantly points out that Mitt Romney hangs himself with his own words: Sorry about having three videos, but all three are must sees (and they are relatively short).
© Tom Toles Did the first presidential debate really change things that dramatically? Or is the media jumping on this in order to keep the horse race close and attract election-weary viewers? Did Joe Biden’s debate performance stop the Democratic freak out? Or at least slow it down?
© Keith Knight Where do these people come from? And how do they get elected and put into positions of responsibility over our future?
A dead-on quote from Matt Taibbi that I think everyone, regardless to where they fall on the political spectrum, can agree: What we Americans go through to pick a president is not only crazy and unnecessary but genuinely abusive. Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent in a craven, cynical effort to stir up hatred […]
If you do a Google image search on “completely wrong” (or just click the link), you’ll get back a bunch of images of Mitt Romney. Some sites are calling this a “Googlebomb”, where social networkers deliberately attach a phrase to a person (the most famous being “Santorum“) But I suspect that this one was not […]
Who could resist an article — from CNN of all people — with a headline of “Thanks but no tanks”? Not me, obviously. Good thing the article is definitely worth a read. It details how the same Congress that is screaming about deficits is insisting that the military spend $181 million for tanks that the […]
Jimmy Fallon plays Mitt Romney playing Mister Rogers:
© David Horsey Who else thinks that defunding PBS has nothing to do with balancing the budget, and everything to do with pushing the Republican agenda. After all, you can’t buy public television. As the cartoonist David Horsey put it: So, after many long months of campaigning and promising to cut the deficit while also […]
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