From Broadway Buzz: Tony winner Kristin Chenoweth’s new TV series GCB may be all about “characters and fun,” according to the Broadway vet, but Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich isn’t so sure. After the ABC series, which is about conniving church ladies in Texas, first aired on March 4, Gingrich spoke out against the comedy's subject matter, labeling the show “anti-Christian bigotry,” as reported … Read More
Oops
A news crew in Germany went to the zoo to report about a rare earless bunny that was captivating the crowds and on its way to becoming a little earless celebrity. But the cameraman accidentally stepped on it and killed it. Journalism 101: you're not supposed to become part of the story.
The Right Wing Continues To Vet Obama As If He Hasn’t Been President For 3 Years
Let's see… So last week the bid deal-i-o was that Obama, when he was a Harvard Law student in the 1990's, said something positive about Harvard Law's first tenured black professor, Derrick Bell. This means that Obama is a radical Muslim who wants to put white people in concentration camps (and the first few years of normalcy under the Obama … Read More
Olive Garden Is Great
A guest post by Mitt Romney: Let me tell you, this place is great. Is this where you folks normally eat? Only when you're broke, that's right. Heh. Ann and I sat in a booth near the kitchen. There was a fireplace, a real old-fashioned hearth, in the corner, and a nice vase on the ledge. I love décor; napkins … Read More
Failures In Moral Equivalence
Shorter Slate columnist Katie Roiphe in "It's Not Just Rush" Although I can't find examples that back up this premise of mine, liberals today do as much slut-slamming as Rush Limbaugh has done. Also, Mary McCarthy and Virginia Woolf were slut-slammed in their day, and a book written in the 1950s insinuated that some college girls are sluts. So there.
At The Pump
Can we get one thing straight? The Republican candidates are hoping to make it Obama's fault that gas prices are on the rise. It's ridiculous. Gas prices are on the rise because of the unsettled Middle East. And while Obama hasn't resolved the Middle East conflicts, nobody has in… well, centuries. The other thing the GOp candidates say is that … Read More
What’s Up With The Polls?
They are all over the place. This week began when a national Washington Post/ABC poll (conducted March 7-10) revealed that President Obama's approval rating had dropped from 50% to 46% — and it cited rising gas prices as the culprit. Then a New York Times/CBS survey (conducted March 7-11) found the president's job rating declined to 41%, which seemed to cement this narrative: … Read More
Too Soon?
I think this is a little TOO politically correct: The Gettysburg Museum & Visitor Center bookstore has removed bobblehead dolls of Lincoln-assassin John Wilkes Booth clutching a pistol, The (Hanover) Evening Sun reports. The newspaper says the figurines were pulled this weekend after a reporter began making inquiries about them. The Sun, quoting an email from the Gettysburg Foundation, says its president, Joanne Hanley, … Read More
Was Last Night’s Primaries A Game Changer?
Like most people, I'm waiting for things to get to the next stage in the GOP primaries. Right now, we're stuck with the same scenario — Romney ahead but unable to close the deal, Santorum splitting the conservative vote with Gingrich, and Ron Paul diddling around. Even Super Tuesday didn't move the dial much. Last night's primaries in Alabama and … Read More
Sarah Palin Wants To Debate Obama
In response to the Obama ad featuring Sarah Palin, Sarah responded via her Facebook page: Exhibit A in these diversionary tactics is an absurd new attack ad President Obama has released taking my comments out of context. I’m not running for any office, but I’m more than happy to accept the dubious honor of being Barack Obama’s “enemy of the week” if … Read More
Rush: The Final Tally?
Just because people moved past the "Rush/Fluke" kerfuffle doesn't mean that it ended. To date, 140 advertisers have pulled their ads from Limbaugh's show. Many of them came to light after a memo was published from Premiere Radio Networks. Read the details.
Dispatches From The War On Women
State legislatures are busy debating another round of anti-choice legislation (after passing a record number of anti-abortion measures in 2011). But this year, women are speaking up more loudly. To push back against the Republican-backed proposals, Democrats have proposed satirical bills mocking extreme measures bestowing personhood on a zygote and requiring women to have ultrasounds before abortion procedures. And constituents have voiced their … Read More
Obama Capitalizes On The Palin Attack
This is a great ad, coming simultaneously with the airing of Game Change. Palin has responded by linking to Breitbart.com, which says that the ad was "heavily edited". And it's true, what Palin said WAS heavily edited. It had to be, because the ad is short and her segment on Fox News was several minutes. But was she misquoted or … Read More
Utah Goes Back To The Victorian Era
Utah's legislature gave final passage this week with a Senate vote of 19-10 to an abstinence-only sex-ed bill that forbids discussion of homosexuality even if the student asks, FOX13 reports: After the new bill goes into effect, the teaching of sex education in Utah classrooms has to be about not having sex before marriage and fidelity within marriage. Teachers cannot advocate … Read More
This Might Be The Stupidest Thing Sarah Palin Has Said (And That’s Saying Something!)
Background: Sean Hannity is talking to Sarah Palin about Professor Derrick Bell (a former law professor of mine). Bell, who died last year, is in the news because of a video that surfaced showing Obama speaking highly of him. Conservatives are trying to now paint Bell as some sort of — I don't know — marxist Black Panther boogeyman. Anyway, … Read More