I hate to think that our race for the Presidency boils down to style and perceived personality. Heaven knows the "have a beer with" test has doomed us to 8 years of George W. Bush, but a politician's ability to...
In what must be one of the most pathetic smear attempts in years, some right wingers are actually trying to paint Barack Obama as—get this—a Marxist. On right-winger Mike Gallagher's radio show today, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX)...
Andrew Sullivan has a growing list of awards he likes to give out. There's the Malkin Award, the Yglesias Award, and now...The Hewitt Award. As Sullivan describes it, "The Hewitt Award, named after the absurd partisan fanatic, Hugh Hewitt, is...
Mitt Romney appears to be a souless political machine. He has no known heartbeat and is rumored to be powered by lima beans alone. But he has some funny writers. At Wednesday night's Radio and Television Correspondents Dinner in Washington,...
Gotta love YouTube mash-ups. If you're following the whole "Hillary in Tuzla" hub bub, this is for you. Hillary in Tuzla: The Movie...
President Busha dn Vice President Cheney might want to think twice before visiitng the Vermont towns of Brattleboro or nearby Marlboro. Voters in both towns voted to indict both men for what they say are "violations against the constitution" and...
I love interviews with Georgia Republican Jack Kingston. He's a buffoon and completely unaware of his own ignorance, which makes watching his interviews like watching an exercise in social retardation. Last night on MSNBC's Live with Dan Abrams, Kingston laid...
Astonishing. Seriously, take a minute and watch this homemade campaign ad for Hillary Clinton. Who says user submitted material isn't as good as the pros' stuff? I guarantee this will get more mileage than that awful "Hillary Just Quit the...
A reader at Talking Points Memo comes up with an brilliant idea: I actually like the idea of a unitary executive, because it implies that there could be a unitary citizen. I have begun to consider myself a unitary citizen....
Well, Super Tuesday is here and I am just in from voting. Things were brisk in Chicago's 47th Ward but there wasn't the snaking line of rowdy teenagers that I expected. Just the same, EVERYONE in my polling office was...
This is a significant milestone: The first time I watched a clip of Ann Coulter commenting on an issue without my head exploding. Which isn't to say I agreed with her, but it was certainly entertaining without any bile rising...
Nice video mash-up of that creepy Tom Cruise Scientology video and Hillary Clinton's "breakdown" a few weeks back. I don't know what it means but they both kinda give me the willies. Again, VIA Andrew Sullivan...
Bill Maher, telling it like it is, on Conan O'Brien: Politicians always try to say that you can reconcile faith and science, and you can't ... you can't be a rational person six days of the week and put on...
Curb Your Enthusiasm and Seinfeld creator Larry David is out stumping for Obama and told students at Dartmouth College, "If you don't vote for Obama, I'm never doing the show again." Please, people...don't let this happen....
There are lots of reasons to hate the blogoshpere. There's a lot of weirdo bullshit out there, especially when it comes to politics. But there's also a lot of really funny one-liners floating about, and that's what I love about...
Here's your Friday video fun. A new documentary by Morgan Spurlock - of Supersize Me fame - chronicles the efforts of Reverend Billy of the Church of Stop Shopping to bring American consumers to their senses in a new documentary,...
Reason.tv is also highlighting this gem: A Keith Olbermann interview from 2006 with Dr. Claudia Jensen, who advocates for using cannabis as a treatment for ADD and ADHD instead of Ritalin, which is basically speed. And she has some credibility:...
Courtesy of TPM, a funny montage of clips surrounding Karen Hughes announced departure from the State Department (why was she ever allowed in there in the first place?): In the first season of 30 Rock, there's a bit where Tina...
If you have yet to be tazed by an officer of the law - or even a fellow citizen, in states that allow "regular" folks to own and use tasers - or haven't yet tazed a fellow American, don't worry....
I don't really watch SNL much anymore, but when I catch it, I like the stuff that Andy Samberg does. Last Saturday night, he did a short on the recent NYC visit by Iran's president. Sad to say, but it's...
Gotta love this. A state legislator in Ohio is giving a lecture on how a bill becomes a law (hasn't anyone heard of School House Rock???) and up pops a nudie picture of some gal showing her tatas. Looks like...
Here's your Friday video fun. If you haven't checked out the HuffPost and Yahoo! Democratic primary online debate mash up, it's worth a look. Here's a clip, where Bill Maher asks Dodd why marijuana isn't legal, which has been specially...
The signs have been there for years. Watch this clip of Craig on Meet the Press back in '99. Then watch Chris Matthews' reaction (he's running the clip on Hardball): Hysterical. I saw the clip on Bill Maher's show. It...
In a post yesterday, I suggested that the biggest problem facing hyper rich investment bankers is "What in the hell do I do with all this money?" Well, a hyper rich guy (don't know if he's a banker) in Connecticut...
Here's your Friday video fun. Puppets helping Senator Craig demonstrate his position on not being gay now, in the past, or in the future. He is so not gay! Leave him alone, people!...
OK, actually he didn't apologize. According to the Nuge, it's just rock n' roll, baby! Get out of the kitchen if you can't take the heat. Bitch! "Rock and roll is too much fun. ... Trying to explain the intensity...
Instead of wasting his breath on declarations that he's not gay (the louder he yells, the less likely I am to believe him), Sen. Larry Craig should have just hired a lawyer and had the charges bounced. According to legal...
Boing Boing: Karl Rove's pierced family jewels, pt. 3: Louis Rove, the man identified as the adoptive father of Deputy White House Chief of Staff Karl Rove, apparently lived the latter part of his life as an out gay man...
Apparently, earlier this summer, somebody wrote a blog comment about shooting Rush Limbaugh and Ted Nugent, if it ever became legal. I know what you're thinking. Weird combination, right? Those two don't usually pop up in my head together. Well,...
Here's your Friday video fun: The so-called Foreign Policy Community has, for decades, presided over the militarization of countries in the Middle East. Each time, it comes back to haunt us (Osama Bin Laden, Iraq, Iran, etc.). But, it's been...
Rob Riggle's second report in Iraq aired on the Daily Show last night. Brilliant and sad at the same time. Brilliant, because the satire is so spot on. Sad because it's the only reporting that exposes legislators like Lindsay Graham,...
Rep. Bob Filner (D-CA) is being charged with assault and battery for an incident at Dulles International Airport that appears to stem from a lost baggage claim and a sissy of a security guard. According to Roll Call, Filner walked...
This Modern World - Salon Comics Hopefully it worked as planned... See the start of this sinister plot after the jump....
US News and World Report collects 10 Things You Didn't Know About Karl Rove, such as: 1. Karl Christian Rove was born on Christmas Day 1950 in Denver. His family moved a lot until settling in Salt Lake City. Rove's...
According to the rich themselves, it's apparently quite hard to get by in Silicon Valley when your net worth is less than $10 million. It's a constant struggle: "Here, the top 1 percent chases the top one-tenth of 1 percent,...
Here's your Friday video fun. The other night, Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT) appeared on the O'Reilly Factor to discuss O'Reilly's attacks on DailyKos and the YearlyKos convention. He practically wets himself in his self righteous fury, and ends up telling...
From the too easy to pass up file... Headline: Doctors find no cancer in Bush's colon You have to wonder if they found his head though?...
A John Kerry penned Vitter limerick: There once was a man named Vitter/Who vowed that he wasn't a quitter/But with stories of women/And all of his sinnin'/He knows his career's in the — oh, never mind...
In this piece on the 2007 College Republican National Convention, Max Blumenthal shows us how uninformed, stupid, and hypocritical young Republicans can be. Plus, he introduces the piece with an audio clip from Funkadelic's March to the Witche's Castle. And...
Deborah Jean Palfrey, the so-called "DC Madam," appeared on Larry King, with Larry Flynt: Louisiana Sen. David Vitter, a Republican who pressed "family values" issues, admitted he hired a prostitute from so-called "DC Madam" Deborah Jean Palfrey after a reporter...
7 British cabinet members have admitted they smoked marijuana. Not now, of course, but in their youth. Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, admitted smoking the weed in college. So have 6 others: Alistair Darling, the Chancellor, later confirmed he had...
"Get thee behind me, beef!" was the 666th post on POLJUNK, and since 666 is the number of the beast, I thought it appropriate to highlight some news about Dick Cheney, who is, according to some reports, Satan's lead man...
This is what happens when people have too much money, and the government doesn't help them out by raising their taxes... In a law suit filed by an ex-employee, Broadcom founder and billionaire Henry T. Nicholas III is accused of...
From Media Matters: On the July 6 edition of MSNBC's Tucker, host Tucker Carlson read the following excerpt from a speech delivered by Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) in Fairfield, Iowa, on July 3: "Somehow we have lost the capacity to...
In an interview with Chad Pergram of the Capitol News Connection radio service, Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) imparted this bit of wisdom on the exposure of Senator Vitter as a "john": I think all of us have to look at...
We need a distraction. It would be good for the country to take our minds off the diabolical acts of the Bush administration and the exhausting depression of Iraq. What DC needs right now is a good sex scandal and...
Short but sweet: Adam Corolla Hangs Up On Ann Coulter - Watch more free videos...
Ann Coulter gets the smackdown. You're watching haaaaaardball....
It's a Cheney lovefest here at POLJUNK today. Here's some more Cheney related goodness:...
Could it be true? Is Senator Trent Lott (R-MS) reading POLJUNK again? Based on a statement he made about electric fences, I'm afraid he may be taking my satirical suggestion that we electrify fences on the border a bit too...
Yes, it's true. The Pentagon actually considered trying to develop a non-lethal bomb that would turn enemy troops into drooling, foaming at the mouth, sex obsessed.... gay boys. Back in 1994, a research lab in Ohio (where else?) sought $7.5...
Dare I say it? Could the Rovian grab bag of deceits, tricks, and spins be used to help America rather than destroy it? If op-ed columnist David McGrath, writing in the Daily Southtown, could have his way, the answer is...
For some, today was a glorious, magical day. The Creation Museum - a museum that tells their side of the story - opened to the public today. Over 4,000 visitors showed up to celebrate. And the O'Reilly Factor covered it,...
Jon Stewart ties the whole attorney purge thing together:...
Here's some good political satire for you on a Friday morning, delivered in a way that only Stephen Colbert can deliver. In his own special way, he takes the Chicago Tribune and Politico.com to task for some super nitpicky stories...
This one pretty much speaks for itself....
Not only that, he apparently hates Jeff Spicoli... Art and politics collide at event: Before the Illinois senator spoke Tuesday night at a Richmond art gallery to about 500 Democrats, an Obama advance woman asked the gallery to cover one...
Yes, that's right, it's that time of the week again... Time for Friday video fun. Here's a must see Daily Show clip on the "MessO'Potamia." About half way through, he goes after Cheney: "Would you look at him? He can't...
Rush Limbaugh: "Long after we're all dead and gone, when historians who are not yet born begin to write about this era, they're going to place George Bush in the upper echelon of presidents who had a great vision for...
Last night on the Daily Show, Jon Stewart captured the crux of the conflict of interest charges facing Paul Wolfowitz, the beleaguered president of the World Bank (and architect of the disaster in Iraq). And in less than two minutes:...
ThinkProgress has video of President Bush dancing at the White House for malaria relief in Africa. He's kinda getting down and the clip makes me sort of like him for a minute. But just for a minute....
It's been a while since we've done the Friday video and this has certainly made the rounds of Bloggers high and low, but what the Hell, it's Friday!...
Crooks and Liars has a great clip of John Stewart sticking it to Bush and his bullshit rhetoric on the Defense bill and what it means to troop deployments. Too good to be missed. The gall of this administration...
Hacking John McCain - This is fantastic. McCain's myspace page was deeplinking images from this dude's web server, so the dude replaced the image with a great new message: Dear Supporters, Today I announce that I have reversed my position...
Apparently, American Christian conservatives are so fed up with living in an environment that doesn't mold itself in strict accordance with their views that they have embarked on a mission to literally redefine every aspect of the world we all...
Seems the DNC Executive Director Tom McMahon is a POLJUNK reader, or it's just an amazing coincidence that his latest email uses my words in an attempt to sway fence sitting war opponents to fall heavily onto the Democratic side....
Nothing to add. The picture says it all....
I love it. Get yours here....
"He's tried this two times — it's failed twice," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) says of President Bush's escalation plan. "I asked him at the White House, 'Mr. President, why do you think this time it's going to work?' And...
In what can only be described as a sad, sad attempt to one-up Keith Olbermann's Worst Person in the World segment, Fox News dipshit Sean Hannity has launched what he calls "Enemy of the State." No, that is not a...
As a farewell to everyone's favorite Secretary, here's a look at some of Donald Rumsfeld's lesser known talents. Adios, Rummy....
Comedy Central is launching a new parody of the Bush White House with Lil' Bush, a cartoon depicting members of the administration as school children. CNN reports that one episode has the gang torturing cafeteria workers with techniques made famous...
Not to be outdone by Rolling Stone, the Washington Post has convened a panel to investigate the possibility of George W. Bush being the worst president ever. Not as pithy or witty as the Stone's piece, WAPO does have some...
In a personal email to ME from Bill Frist, the retiring Senate Majority Leader implores me to send money to the RNC to ensure Democrats don't take over Congress. To read his words, one would think the commies themselves were...
A recent GOP memo (PDF) attacking (and even blantanlty misquoting) Al Franken is accompanied by this tastefully enhanced photo of Franken as a baby. Now this is good use of Photoshop in political ads, unlike those lazy Bush ads...
Sen. Hillary Clinton's Republican challenger, John Spencer, is denying a report that he described the former First Lady and current Senator from New York as "ugly" and implying that she's had cosmetic plastic surgery to improver her looks. "It's a...
The bidding is up to $255.00, but there's still time to get your own Mark Foley Action Figure. Complete with dropped trou and a bottle of bubbly, this little doll knows how to get action all right! *Denny Hastert...
I have no idea whether the NRCC considered this ad or not, but it's an example of both the ugliness of American poltics right now and the power of a focused creative mind bent on disparaging anyone associated with Bill...
This is totally awesome. Only $12 for a "Pedophant" T-Shirt. Be informed: read the transcript. Via Boing Boing....
Sometimes life really is stranger than fiction. George "Macaca" Allen is actually advertising on his website pictures from his "ethnic rally." What goes through someone's mind when they label a pathetically obvious rally comprised of a variety of people—yes, of...
The political fallout from Bush's disastrous foreign policy is now reaching beyond the beltway and across the pond. Yesterday, under increasing pressure, British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced he would resign from his post within a year. Blair has been...
The Hill has a rundown of the hottest people in the Capitol and hotdamn if there aren't some hotties working up in there. Just check out #3 Lauren Huly, 23 (pictured) who is Communications Director for Rep. Louie Gohmert...
These were the top two headlines on Yahoo News at 10:45 pm: Rockets hit Lebanon despite cease-fire (AP) Bush says Israel defeated Hezbollah (AP) Heck of a job, Olmert!...
Next Tuesday, Joe Lieberman will face his constituents in the Democratic primary. His opponent, Ned Lamont, is a darling of the liberal netsphere and has a double digit lead on old Joe. Lots of people are shocked--SHOCKED!!--that Lieberman is having...
Stephen Colbert riled the Right with his ballsey send up of President Bush (to his face) at the Washington Press Correspondents dinner a few months ago. Well, this time he's convinced a Democrat facing an uncontested mid-term election to say,...
In 1962, the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) gathered in Eastern Michigan to draft their political manifesto. The Port Huron Statement included the phrase, "We are people of this generation, bred in at least modest comfort, housed now in...
"What they need to do is get Syria to get Hezbollah to stop doing this shit and it's over," said our President to British PM Tony Blair when both thought the mics were off. Well, no shit. When you look...
It was reported this week that the US Taxpayers are funding the salary of a "Director of Lessons Learned" at the White House. It's a silly sounding title, but I don't think it's necessarily a bad idea for thsi President--who...
From Real Time with Bill Maher, we have a video promoting the VP's new album, Get Quail or Die Trying. Do not step to this mutha fucka or you'll get a boot in the ass!...
Republican Congressman Lynn Westmoreland sponsored a bill allowing the display of the Ten Commandments in public buildings. Obviously, he feels very, VERY strongly about this. But can he actually name all ten? Not so much... More......
A vision of grace and poise......
A painting of Rummy by Iraqi artist Muayad Muhsin is expected to be the main attraction in an exhibition opening in Baghdad on Monday. The painting, which shows Rummy kicked back in a lounger with his army boots on...
Stephen Colbert gave the commencement address at Knox College on Saturday. He wasn't totally "in character" for this speech, but it's still pretty great: First of all, I'm facing a little bit of a conundrum here. My name is Stephen...
Critics Blast Al Gore's Documentary As 'Realistic' NEW YORK - The Al Gore-produced global-warming documentary An Inconvenient Truth is being panned by critics nationwide who claim the 90-plus minute environmental film is "too disturbingly realistic and well-researched to enjoy." "I...
I am now starting to believe the British are smarter, by nature, than Americans. All my favorite people right now are from Britain: Eddie Izzard, Christopher Hitchens, Andrew Sullivan, and Ricky Gervais. This week's Friday Video is a lesson in...
Florida Governor, and little brother to the President, is being courted by the NFL to take over as Commissioner. I want to lend by undying support to this effort. I think Jeb Bush would make a fine Commissioner to...
