A new low in anti-intellectualism
Sarah Palin is a pathetic, mush-for-brains dolt. I used to think she was monumentally dumb and incurious, but had political instincts that could compensate enough for her to succeed in …
The problem with McCain-Palin, condensed
Mccain and Palin and their ilk don’t laugh. They patronize. They don’t smile, they snicker. They don’t debate, they denigrate. They don’t talk, they condescend. They don’t argue, they ridicule. There is a nastiness, a mean-spiritedness, a smug certitude, and a profound and baseless arrogance seething from both of them. These aren’t leaders. They’re not even grownups.
Signorile visits Oklahoma delegation at RNC
There’s ALL kind of riots going on in St. Paul. This is the big effing LOL variety: Check out gay activist/journalist/radio host Mike Signorile with our very own lovely right-wing …
Who the heck is Sarah Palin? Updated
Update below. Well just about the whole world started asking that question this morning (followed swiftly by “What the heck was he thinking???”). And, thanks to the netroots, we didn’t …
Jim Inhofe eats crow for McCain
Our own ultra-conservative stalwart is one of the few GOP members in high office willing to show their face at RNC, though doing so means swallowing his pride . Sen. …
Craig's 'wide stance' enters lexicon
I hate to gloat while people are being publicly embarrassed, but really, Republicans just beg for it with their hypocrisy and sleazy politicking to save themselves at any cost to …
Van Taylor piles on
Van Taylor wants you to know Van is mad at Murtha for something he didn’t actually say. The Miami Sun-Sentinel misquoted him and no one checked the quote (sounds like …
Working the Refs
Eric Alterman, with yet another (quite apt) sports analogy about the media: Much of the public believes the myth about the so-called liberal media, and the media themselves have been …
Letter to Frist
There were myriad unwise words said today in the Senate. These undoubtedly were the unwisest: On the same day that a federal judge whose family was assassinated testified to the …