(via ThinkProgress) Former Resident George W. Bush's Ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, addressed a crowd of Republican radicals at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). While criticizing President Obama's foreign policy positions, particularly Obama's positions regarding Iran (Iran,...
In his weekly radio and video address, President Obama put out a challenge to those would try to oppose his budget proposals and work to reform various spending programs, specifically those tied to subsidies and tax breaks for health insurers,...
Big fun at CPAC. Dig the stickers you can get, they're HILARIOUS. I'm talking to Jake about selling conservative wares. I mean, it's easy pickin'... More at Talking Points Memo...
Nice shout out to Senator Claire McCaskill's Twitter habits from Rolling Stone. Her Twitter feed is actually really interesting and insightful...and surprisingly candid. Pres just hailed the Recov Act. Sen Spector was a lonely Republican when he stood to applaud.6:25...
This is what it's come to: languishing in the political deep woods without a leader nor bold ideas to tackle the big problems we're facing, conservatives in America resort to making up enemies and diabolical plots against which they rail....
On Thursday Cliff Kincaid, who heads a "conservative" watchdog group called Accuracy in Media, addressed a crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Moments before introducing the next speaker, Representative Mike Pence (R-IN), Kincaid told the crowd, "Back during the...
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According to a survey conducted by C-SPAN of historians and presidential experts, George W. Bush overall ranks 36th out of the 42 presidents: Bush scored lowest in international relations, where he was ranked 41st, and in economic management, where he...
Just a week after after he was freed from a 99-day jail sentence for perjury, former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick seems to have landed a sweet job. Details are sketchy still but the Detroit Free Press is reporting that Kilpatrick...
I once had a partner agency tell my Account Director, "This what happens when agencies try to integrate....someone gets screwed." Judd Gregg just screwed President Obama. There was a lot of clapping and cheering when Barack Obama announced he'd nominate...
(H/T Huffington Post) The Republicans recently selected Michael Steele to be their national committee chairman, apparently thinking that simply putting a black man in a prominent position will make them more competitive against Democrats under the Obama Administration. Whatever their...
Here's exactly why I didn't give a shit about Rick Warren speaking at the inauguration: Obama appoints gay man to faith-based initiatives office Yes, symbols are important and I understand why so many Obama supporters were upset to see a...
Jon Stewart and the Daily Show are national treasures... February 5, 2009: Clusterf#@k to the Poor House - Economic Recovery .cc_box a:hover .cc_home{background:url('http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/assets/syndicated-logo-over.png') !important;}.cc_links a{color:#b9b9b9;text-decoration:none;}.cc_show a{color:#707070;text-decoration:none;}.cc_title a{color:#868686;text-decoration:none;}.cc_links a:hover{color:#67bee2;text-decoration:underline;}The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10cClusterf#@k to the...
While I find President Obama's talk of bi-partisanship heartening, I think he needs to stop talking and ram through his plan. Democrats won back to back increases in both houses of Congress and Obama handily won the Presidency: that's a...
(via Salon.com) President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that in the future firms that take federal aid to stay in business will need to cap executive salaries at $500,000. Of course, this has CEO's across the country and especially on Wall...
Andrew Leonard wrote a must-read piece for his column at Salon.com about the efforts of Right-wing propagandists, enabled in this case by the Wall Street Journal, to rewrite history to their liking by pushing the idea that Franklin D. Roosevelt's...
The Onion: Cheney Dunk Tank Raises $800 Billion For Nation: "The water's great," Cheney said moments after being dunked by third-grader Sean Biller, who traveled all the way from Denver for his chance to meet the former vice president. "Hopefully...
