Andrew Breitbart made his name as an "editor" for the Drudge Report, arguably one of the most influential and widely read blogs out there. It's penchant for overblown headlines and rumor mongering is part of what makes it so fun...
We've all heard the conservative revisionism of the Great Depression's cause and ultimate cure. Contrary to historical fact and data, the popular talking point is that the New Deal actually extended the depression, while the data shows that it was...
If you're watching the news theses days you're probably sick of at least two things: the octuplets mom saga and the debate around deficit spending. The former is annoying and basically nobody's business but hers and her family's. The latter...
I am not that bright. I have strong opinions and some people like the way I put them in writing, but I am not burning up the joint with my scary understanding of complex matters, especially those concerned with...
(via MediaMatters.org) Rush Limpaugh, de-facto leader of the remains of the Republican Party, tried to kill two birds with one stone on Tuesday by conveniently "confusing" President Barack Obama with Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe while peddling the tired Right-wing fantasy that...
Barack Obama's campaign inspired millions. Shepard Fairey's iconic rendering of Obama seems to have also moved other would-be artists to take brush in hand. Check out this gallery of...um...art. Bad Paintings of Barack Obama. My favorite: Maybe we wish now...
I have friends who simply don't see that much "change" coming from the Obama administration. They point to the President's recent decisions regarding Afghanistan or those relating to transparency in government as just "more of the same." While I'm...
Perhaps this was inevitable, but you can sleep easier tonight knowing that America's 44th President has been enshrined in the form of a limited-edition Chia-Pet. In fact, the manufacturer is offering two ChiObamas - Determined Obama and Happy Obama. Freedom...
This is what I'm talking about: I just received a fundrasing email from Michael Steele's RNC with the following unedited message: So our tax dollars are going to pay AIG executives millions in bonuses! Just another day of good news...
The President marred an otherwise pretty interesting appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno when he fumbled an attempt at self-deprecating humor by comparing his miserable bowling skills to being on par with what you'd find in the Special...
There's no question the Democrats, and the Obama administration in particular, fumbled this whole AIG bonus deal. The President has acknowledged as much. But they didn't screw up in the way Republicans today say they did. If anything Obama messed...
This is just too crazy to fully explain with text. The Village Voice's Alan Scherstuhl edited the "sexiest" parts of Bill O'Reilly's awful novels and posted the best bits online. You simply have to hear this. "Off With Those Pants":...
Ramesh Ponnuru tries valiantly to make the case in an op-ed "Why Rush Limbaugh is Good for the Republicans" and basically comes to the conclusion that it's better to feed the monster than to destroy it. (Emphasis added--ed.) Talk radio...
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Want to know why Democrats picked a fight with Rush Limbaugh? Just look at the polling: A new Democratic poll suggests that conservative talk radio show host Rush Limbaugh is an anchor around the ankles of the national Republican Party,...
Earmarks, as a practice, are not evil. They allow members of congress to direct federal funds to where they think those funds can have the best outcome. On its face, that's what they SHOULD be doing. But that's not how...
Somehow I knew this would not be a headline on the Drudge Report today: Stocks shoot higher on Citigroup profit news For those who are not daily Drudge readers, he's had a habit of late of running headlines of plunging...
Jim Cramer is awfully sensitive, and get a load of Joe Scarborough criticizing the Daily Show. Jon Stewart is maybe the last "comedian" on TV you want to pick a fight with right now. Jim Cramer Responds to Jon Stewart...
Republicans Lindsey Graham, Jon Kyl, and David Vitter have a message to their colleagues considering the $410 billion omnibus spending bill: your earmarks are "bloat" while ours are "priorities." Each has come out against the spending bill, attacking it in...
Bowling at the White House - a set on Flickr Cool!...
Politics is a messaging game. It's all about communicating your ideas to the people and then promoting your successes so they keep you in office. What to do then if you are flat out of ideas and largely out of...
It's become a bit of an online parlor game to predict when RNC chairman Michael Steele will step down to "pursue other interests" or "spend time with family" or "return to the private sector" or whatever excuse he'll give for...
Brilliant analysis, as usual, on the Limbaugh dust-up from FiveThirtyEight. Money quotes: Don't kid yourself. While L'Affaire Limbaugh is incredibly entertaining political theater – among others, it dominated Matthews, Cooper, Olbermann, Maddow and Jon Stewart last night – the tactic...
Let's remember this if and when Republicans decide to filibuster President Obama's judicial picks (emphasis added--ed.): Focusing on President Clinton's judicial nominations in 1999, I described what has been the Senate's historical standard for judicial nominations: "Let's make our case...
More of my current obsession...The White House takes the right tack on this whole GOP-Limbaugh dustup, which is to keep it in the news. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs is now calling Rush Limbaugh out by name from the...
I am quite frankly amazed and obviously fascinated by the current state of the GOP and conservatism in America. It was just a matter of months ago that Democrats took a decisive win in the White House and increased majorities...
