Who can forget the conservatives screaming during the election about ACORN and supposed voter fraud? Well, like a gay basher tapping his foot in a public toilet stall, new evidence shows that Ann Coulter — one of the loudest voices complaining about voter fraud — is herself guilty not of (relatively minor) voter registration fraud, […]
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© Steve Sack When Coleman was slightly ahead of Franken the day after the Senate election in Minnesota, he tried to get Franken to concede. But now that the recount is done and Franken is slightly ahead, we’re seeing an all-out attack from the Republicans saying that Franken “stole” the election, despite no evidence to […]
Yesterday, was a rather bad day for Levi Johnston (supposedly Sarah Palin’s future son-in-law). Not only did he have to quit his north slope oil job because he does not have a high school diploma, but his mother Sherry went to court on drug charges. What’s sad about the latter is that she appeared alone to […]
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I have noticed that the number of articles I have posted with the “hypocrisy” tag has gone down quite a bit since the long presidential campaign. But yesterday’s opinion piece in the NY Times more than makes up for it. In it John “I hate the UN” Bolton and John “I love torture” Yoo discuss […]
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Alberto Gonzales, Bush’s former Attorney General, who resigned in disgrace 16 months ago, whose famous repeating of “I don’t recall” to Congress showed that he has the memory capacity of someone who has been repeatedly struck on the head, who was ultimately responsible for the scandalous purge of US Attorneys, who filled his department with […]
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Even though most people probably just want to forget about the Bush presidency (what were we thinking, anyway?), there are two wrap-ups that are definitely worth reading: The first is AlterNet’s “The 10 Most Awesomely Bad Moments of the Bush Presidency” with some outrageous lines like “One of the Bush administration’s favorite pastimes over the past […]
Sunday, December 28, 2008
An article in The Guardian gives a scary view at the depths that the US media will sink in order to kiss up to the Bush administration. The article is about the $70M lawsuit that Dan Rather is bringing against CBS for breach of contract. Rather was fired the day after the 2004 election because […]
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Sunday, December 28, 2008
Normally it is the liberals who are doing all the infighting, with conservatives all reading from the same talking points. But James Dobson’s Focus on the Family has pulled an interview with Glenn Beck from one of its websites in response to protest from a group of their followers that claims that “Mormonism is a […]
Monday, December 22, 2008
An in-depth study of government records by the Associated Press shows that the banks that are receiving government bailouts paid their top executives nearly $1.6 billion in salaries, bonuses, and other benefits last year. The average amount paid to each of the banks’ top executives was $2.6 million — not bad for someone whose business […]
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
In a completely self-serving interview in the National Ledger, conservative columnist Robert Novak admits that — despite his mantra that he was “just a simple reporter reporting the facts” — he did have an agenda that he pushed. So his “mantra” is a lie — no big surprise. But the really stunning part of the […]
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Monday, November 10, 2008
Former GOP Congressman and now cable TV commentator Joe Scarborough has a long history of fighting against obscene words on TV. In 2003, Scarborough was incensed that the FCC refused to impose fines on ABC when Bono used “the F word” during a live broadcast of the Golden Globe Awards. Scarborough even claimed that because […]
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Saturday, November 8, 2008
You might recall the term “nuclear option” from 2005, back when the Republicans still controlled both houses of Congress (not to mention the Executive and Judicial branches). Even if you remember the name, do you remember what it was all about? Bush had successfully gotten over 95% of his judicial nominees approved by the Senate (who have […]
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
In a result that will surprise nobody, the Alaska State Personnel Board’s Troopergate report has been released, and it clears Palin of any wrongdoing. The three members of the Personnel Board are appointed by Palin. In fact, Palin initiated this investigation by filing an ethics complaint against herself. These results directly contradict the findings from […]
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Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Two weeks ago, the Palin campaign told several reporters that a summary of her medical records would be made public before Election Day. Well, that day has come, and nothing appears to be forthcoming. Did they have any intention of releasing those records? Or did they just lie on purpose to get people to stop […]
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