Archive | June, 2007

I defer to Lewis Black (one of my favorite comedians, tied with Chris Rock), who pointed us all to the offensive video above. The slander of Obama, in which the likes of Ann Coulter delights, was kicked off by none other than Roger Ailes, the chief Republican at the top of Fox “News,” Rupert Murdoch’s [...]

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Conservative Court Overturns Brown updated I know, I know, SCOTUS is denying they’re dismantling one of the historic rulings of yesterday, but that’s what they did, pure and simple. Sometimes supposedly brilliant people are just book read individuals without any common sense or understanding of culture and the realities of real life. Today the Supreme [...]

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Not this Immigration Bill updated UPDATE: The news just broke. The immigration reform bill has been defeated; 14 votes short, the vote was 46 to 53. To add, here’s Kennedy’s statement. The bill’s supporters fell 14 votes short of the 60 needed to limit debate and clear the way for final passage of the legislation, [...]

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Subpoenas and Stalling for Time EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE UPDATE The Bush-Cheney edition. Republicans voted with Democrats demanding the White House turn over documents. It doesn’t get any clearer than this. No indication White House will comply Echoing its response to previous congressional subpoenas to former administration officials Harriet Miers and Sara Taylor, the White House gave [...]

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Romney’s Gitmo Fetish Turned on Fido updated Slick Mitt wasn’t kidding when he said gleefully that he would “double Guantanamo.” Now we learn, in a very bizarre story now being teased, that he allegedly strapped his family dog to the roof of his car. Can this be accurate? I’ll have a more formal version of [...]

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Excuse me, but does this look like a riot to you? A Tehran blogger has amazing photos (h/t Andrew Sullivan). Throngs of cars line up rushing to fill up on gas as quickly as possible. Here’s ABC’s take. Angry Iranians set fire to a Tehran petrol station and chanted anti-government slogans in a north-west area [...]

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Subpoenas for Dubya and Dick updated Oh, what a difference a day makes. Got subpoenas, fellas? The best headline of the day as far as I’m concernced reads: Dems force Cheney to flip-flop on secret docs. The best back and forth of the day comes from Tony Snow: Q Can we go again with you, [...]

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Republicans to Codify Radio Unfairness updated with Malkin hilarity! If you want to know the type of democracy wingnuts on the right are interested in supporting, just look at terrestrial radio. They think everything is “fair and balanced” as long as liberals can get to a mike and broadcast on the net or on satellite [...]

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After Senator Lugar’s speech on the Senate floor a couple of nights ago, it’s been the light has dawned for all of Dubya’s men. Excuse me, but how long does it take for supposed “leaders” to figure out that Iraq isn’t going to end well? Personally, I just love the headline on the story. Sen. [...]

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The Legacy of Deadeye Dick updated There is a reason Republicans are losing the west one person at a time, without regard to political party. It’s because of the disrespect Republicans have shown for the land, the water and the environment outdoor sportsmen and women, whether hiker or hunter or fisherman, love with all of [...]

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Elizabeth Edwards Confronts Coulter updated Elizabeth Edwards phoned into “Hardball” today and called Ann Coulter out. Part of the conversation revolved around Coulter’s slander of Edwards on ABC, which the campaign is utilizing to pump up the volume on their campaign cash. It was clear she was stunned by the call when Matthews announced who [...]

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Making the rounds on the so called liberal media to pimp her book coming out in paperback, Ann Coulter began her harangues against Democrats by calling Candidate Obama a terrorist, while Fox “News” wingnut Sean Hannity stood by and watched, then joined in. Then Coulter took her hate speech to ABC to slander John Edwards. [...]

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The CIA ‘Family Jewels’ updated More like dirty laundry if you ask me. But regardless, they’re now online. It’s really a remarkable move by the C.I.A. Read and report. Then get ready for the blowback, because there will likely be quite a bit. I’m not so sure about that statement anymore. The “family jewels” remain [...]

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Immigration Bill Moves Forward bumped VIDEO: Immigration debate The president “misspoke” this morning, says Tony Snow. I’ll say. “You know, I’ve heard all the rhetoric — you’ve heard it, too — about how this is amnesty. Amnesty means that you’ve got to pay a price for having been here illegally, and this bill does that. [...]

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Republicans cement their xeonophobia, while Democrats gain on the economy, the War in Iraq, Government Ethics, but most important for me is that we lead Republicans by 4 points on national security. Rasmussen Reports updates these tracking polls in separate banks of five issues at a time. In our previous update, Democrats gained modest ground [...]

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