The next time someone complains about how the media is in love with Obama, just show them this graph: This chart is driven by data from the non-partisan and widely respected Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism. It tracks negative and positive coverage over time for the major political candidates. The red lines […]
The ironic thing about all this birther nonsense is that it applies just as much to Romney as it does to Obama (which is to say, it really doesn’t apply to either of them). People argue that Obama’s father was born in Kenya. But Mitt Romney’s father, George Romney, was born in Mexico. So what. […]
I think one of the problems of the conservative echo chamber is that encourages people like Michelle Malkin to get even more strident and crazy, because their primary audience eats it up, as long as they are saying negative things about Obama. Even if they make no sense at all. My big question is, now […]
Donald Trump complains that the media is not covering the “birther” question, then when they ask him about it, he changes the subject: I almost didn’t post this, because Trump is becoming the new Palin. He doesn’t add anything to the conversation, he just wants attention. But I posted it anyway, since after all, Romney […]
I’m more and more impressed by Eclectablog, whose plain-speaking posts are like a breath of fresh air during this election season. A good example is the recent post there by LOLGOP “The GOP is Threatening Your Job“, which is about Republican efforts to sabotage the economy. The GOP figured out that if the economy is […]
Cops in Texas want to equip their unmanned aerial drone with weapons — so far rubber bullets and tear gas, but who knows in the future. Yes, these are the very same cops who crashed their first drone into their SWAT team’s tank-like armored vehicle. You can’t make stuff like this up. © Tom Tomorrow
Once upon a time, the media thought of itself as a watchdog. Now they just work for the banks, like everyone else. Adam Savage of Mythbusters, with a myth he wasn’t allowed to bust:
© Matt Wuerker I find it ironic that the GOP stridently defended Bush and Cheney against all criticisms, yet now seem to have rewritten history so that the former occupants don’t even exist. Even more ironic, the Republicans have Romney promoting the very same policies that made them suck so bad. I guess the lesson […]
Michael Fumento, who worked for Reagan and wrote for the National Review, has published an excellent rant about the new right. I had trouble finding a quote or two to entice you to read the article, because the whole thing is excellent. Go read it. But if you need convincing, here’s one tidbit: A single […]
This is what I admire about Joe Biden — his ability to speak about his own feelings and convey raw emotion in a very real way. I remember him doing a similar thing during the hearings about torture. UPDATE: Here’s an unedited video of Biden.
Forbes magazine is reporting that Barack Obama is the smallest government spender since Eisenhower. Yes, that’s right, under Obama, spending increased less than it did under both Bushes, Nixon, even Reagan. The article tries to be even handed, even including a link to a Heritage Foundation rebuttal. Even so, the most interesting (and ironic) part […]
© Matt Wuerker Actually, I think the bankers own the dogs. After all, they own the rest of the government.
© John Backderf Anarchists want to destroy government. Republicans want to destroy government. Or at least drown it in a bathtub. What’s the difference?
© Jim Morin The GOP solution of “starve the beast” and tax cuts for the rich didn’t work for Greece. Heck, it didn’t work for us just a few short years ago. In fact, it has never worked. So why do voters keep believing them? I realize the following numbers only reflect which party controlled […]
The Senate Banking committee started hearings on the recent problems at JP Morgan (which even Mornan’s chairman said were “sloppy” and “stupid” and would increase the pressure for additional regulation). But thanks to generous donations of campaign cash, the hearing got turned into a circus. Committee members weren’t about to actually, you know, investigate any […]
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