-The New Republic: The Jokester
A unique profile of Senator Ben Nelson. Discusses in detail some of his funnier pranks, as well as his odd position within the Democratic Party.
-Politico (Glenn Thrush): 58% of GOP not sure/doubt Obama born in US
What do we take from this?
-Politico: Birchers to birthers: a GOP quandary
I discussed this yesterday here, [...]
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July 31, 2009
Morning Reads- July 31, 2009
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July 30, 2009
Rachel Maddow Discusses the Deathers and Other Anti-Reform Conspiracies
Here’s what I now know about the proposed government takeover of health care:
1. The government wants to kill my grandparents. They will be “put on a list and forced to die early”….by being sent out into the ocean on ice floes…
2. The government is going to use the takeover of health care to promote abortion. The more abortions people have the more the government benefits because (fill in the blank).
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July 30, 2009
Stephen Colbert Takes a Tough Look at Racism (and explains why nobody wants to talk about it)
more about “Stephen Colbert Takes a Tough Look at…“, posted with vodpod
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July 29, 2009
The Daily Show’s Larry Wilmore Says Henry Louis Gates “Ecstatic” To Be Profiled
The caption: As a distinguished black studies professor, Henry Louis Gates Jr. is ecstatic to finally feel oppressed.
I can’t top that…
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July 29, 2009
Deathers: The New Birthers
Christopher Beam writes on Slate.com:
First came the “birthers.” Now, as President Obama makes a final push for health care reform, we have the deathers.
Many senior citizens are concerned that health care reform would mean cuts to Medicare. That much was clear at a town-hall meeting hosted Tuesday by the American Association of Retired Persons at [...]
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July 29, 2009
National Review Online Editorial Board Debunks the Birther Claims
This article by the editorial board at NRO is absolutely worth reading. It simultaneously bashes Obama and liberals while doing a great job of trying to put the Birthers to rest. NRO has spoken: Obama was born in the U.S.A.
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July 29, 2009
Maddow and O’Reilly Agree on Birthers!?
You know what they say about politics and bedfellows (VIDEOS)…
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July 29, 2009
Stephen Colbert on the Birthers!- Pt. 2 (ORLY TAITZ IS ON THE SHOW!!)
Orly Taitz actually comes on the show to be interviewed!
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July 29, 2009
Stephen Colbert on the Birthers!- Pt. 1
Colbert is on his game.
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July 28, 2009
Glenn Beck: Obama a “Racist”
I find this completely astounding. I don’t even know where to begin…
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June 3, 2009
Interesting Op-Ed from…Jonah Goldberg?
I don’t think I’ve ever said this before, but there’s a great Op-Ed written by Jonah Goldberg on NRO. It may not be to everyone’s taste, but I think it’s a really interesting treatment of the Sotomayor nomination and the idea of a national discussion on race.
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May 19, 2009
“The Truth Commission” or “How To Avoid Repeating the Past” (I’m back!)
Let’s talk about this idea of a “Truth Commission:”
History (and I mean recent history) has shown us that it is extraordinarily important for a society to confront, atone, and record the grave misdeeds of its past, as opposed to simply “forgetting” about said past and looking toward the future. Even for me, it is difficult not to instinctively believe that simply moving forward is the best use of national resources, however vastly disparate contemporary political conditions in Germany and Austria attest to the cost of willful forgetfulness and the manipulation or glossing over of an unflattering historical narrative.
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March 9, 2009
John McCain Gets a Reality Check, or (alternately), Stay Out of South Carolina, Sen. McCain!
As a twitter follower of Senator John McCain (twitter name SenJohnMcCain), my text message box has clearly noticed that the Arizona Senator has started regularly sending out a Letterman-style top 10 list of that day’s 10 worst earmarks from the Omnibus bill. Granted, as a supporter of superfluous things like science, the environment, and the arts, I generally don’t agree with him, but this is his schtick and has been for a long time so I’m not at all surprised to see him list something like beaver management in North Carolina as an extraordinary luxury that the federal government shouldn’t have to foot the bill for. Has John McCain ever seen a North Carolina beaver? Has he ever looked into their beady little eyes? They’re like gremlins. Greatest national threat (besides bears) in my opinion.
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March 4, 2009
Why Ana Marie Cox Has More Twitter Followers Than God.
It must be hard being this good…A streak of tweets sent from Wonkette.com founder Ana Marie Cox this past Sunday (notice the time stamps. too funny.):
Orszag on “Week”! Intro’d as “OMB Director,” friend notes “More like OMG.”9:05 AM Mar 1st
Rahm on “Face.” Mmmmm Rahm on face. (Also someone gave pointing-with-thumb classes to WH staff this [...]
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March 4, 2009
Will David Frum Be Apologizing To Rush?
David Frum discusses the Rush Debate (though it’s blurry at this point as to what that debate is even about)…
Elizabeth Kaplan
