Archive for January, 2010
Sunday Papers: For Your Reading Displeasure
The New York Times does a profile of Fox News’s Roger Ailes. Here’s an excerpt to tempt you: In the fall of 2008, Roger Ailes, the head of Fox News, went to his boss, Rupert Murdoch, with two complaints: he had heard that Mr. Murdoch was considering endorsing Barack Obama for president in The New […]
CT-Sen: I heart Richard Blumenthal
Mother Jones tells why Senator Dodd’s retirement and likely replacement by Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is awesome news for progressives: Back in 2000, David Plotz wrote a great piece for Slate about Blumenthal, who was about to enter his second decade as Connecticut’s attorney general: Blumenthal was supposed to be “the Jewish Kennedy.” Now the […]
Obstacles to Reform in the Banking Industry
On Bill Moyers Journal, he recently talked about the state of the playing field for getting real regulatory reform done for financial institutions with David Corn and Kevin Drum. This was a great discussion and one that every one of us who cares about getting this done should carefully watch. Because what they are laying out here is how regulatory reform for banks is being gutted before our eyes.
Check Out My Family Values
A PPP poll released last night showed family values teabagger candidate Scott Brown ahead in the MA-Sen special election. While Democrats wring their hands and try to work up some enthusiasm in their electorate, this picture that Scott Brown did for Cosmopolitan resurfaced: Brown was just 22 when he won Cosmo’s “America’s Sexiest Man” competition. […]
Eagles v. Dallas Open Thread
We are about to watch Donovan McNabb’s last game as a Philadelphia Eagle. Yes, my prediction is that the Eagles will lose horribly, even worse than last week. This time they will be docked negative points for disgusting Pop Warner style play. Andy Reid will be fired mid game. Yeah, that bad.
The Clueless Harry Reid
Making the rounds today is revelations from a new book called “Game Change” by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann. One of the revelations is about Harry Reid: On page 37, a remark, said “privately” by Sen. Harry Reid, about Barack Obama’s racial appeal. Though Reid would later say that he was neutral in the presidential […]
Weekend Open Thread
It’s the weekend and I hope you’re enjoying it. I’m getting a new dishwasher installed today. I can’t wait! So let’s start this open thread. Michael Steele is in quite a bit of trouble. He wrote a book but forgot to let the party know he was doing it. It’s his 12-step plan for Republicans […]
Intimidation At Its Finest
What would you do if comments like this started arriving in your in-box? As I talked to Johnson in his office, an alert flashed on one of his two giant computer monitors. An angry screed targeting him on another website concluded: “I think a visit to Mr. Johnson’s home might be warranted. Anybody got his […]
Giuliani Forced To Backtrack
Rudy Giuliani was forced to backtrack on his comments that there were no domestic terrorism incidents under Bush on CNN yesterday: “I usually say, ‘We had no major domestic attacks under President Bush since September 11,’” he told Wolf Blitzer. “I did omit the words, ‘since September 11,’ and I apologize for that,” he went […]
Late Night Video
If this doesn’t make you smile, check for a pulse, or call 911, because you must be dead.
National Media beginning to notice that Mike Castle is a Liar
Over the past year, we have documented the instances where Mike Castle has lauded stimulus projects that he has voted against. And now the national media is beginning to notice, as a result of this Think Progress piece that links back to our original story in February about Castle voting against the very same stimulus […]
For Shame, Charlie Copeland
By now, we are all aware of the despicable crimes alleged of Dr. Earl Bradley, a Sussex County pediatrician. Charlie Copeland has now decided that it is all Beau Biden’s fault. Much like Rudy Giuliani, Charles Lamont du Pont Copeland has a faulty memory, or is an outright liar. Or perhaps Copeland, despite all his […]
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