The GOP's favorability rating has slid noticeably from the spring, from 41 percent in early April to just 36 percent. At the same time, the party's unfavorable rating increased from 50 percent to 53 percent. Both of the current numbers represent new lows for the Republican Party in Fox News polling. At the same time, the Fox News survey finds … Read More
Facepalm Punditry Of The Day
Why is life expectancy higher in Canada than it is in the United States? Bill O'Reilly knows: That is to be expected…. we have ten times more people here [than in Canada]… … and therefore we have ten times more crimes and accidents, which is why we have a lower life expectancy than Canada. Video here. For what it's worth … Read More
K’ville’s Nathan Tabor Needs To Read The Constitution Before He Comments About It
You can read the full article for yourself, but Tabor's screed ("A Tale of Two Constitutions") starts like this: In the era of President Barack Obama, more than ever we will witness examples of selective application of the US Constitution's First Amendment. …Two recent cases reveal just how partisan advocates of First Amendment truly are. One might argue that the … Read More
If The Moon Landing Happened Today
Slate imagines how it would be covered by today's media: Yeah. I'm sorry but you just need Cronkite. Not Chris Matthews.
Better Conservative Criticism Please
Yes, the Obama Administration spendt billions of dollars in economic stimulus spending, and yes, it is important that that money be spent wisely. If conservative critics want to identify wasteful ways in which that stimulus money is spent, then all the power to them. In fact, the Obama Administration has made this very easy — by making sure that recovery.org … Read More
Quote Of The Day
Jeez. Pat Buchanan isn't even trying to hide his ignorance and bigotry now. Here he is from last night's Rachel Maddow show, in response to her point that 98% of all U.S. Supreme Court justices have been white men: "White men were 100% of the people that wrote the Constitution, 100% of the people that signed the Declaration of Independence, … Read More
The Conservative Media Game
Conservative pundits and the conservative media like to profess that, unlike the "liberal media", the "conservative media" is, well you know the phrase, "fair and balanced". But an interesting footnote to the whole Mark Sanford affair shows just how untrue, and how in-the-pocket conservative media outlets actually are. The State, the South Carolina newspaper which broke the Sanford affair, obtained … Read More
Fox News & Friends Host Makes Hitleresque Comment
Wow. Salon explains what you’re about to see: ….Host Brian Kilmeade’s performance on Wednesday was just terrible. Kilmeade and two colleagues were discussing a study that, based on research done in Finland and Sweden, showed people who stay married are less likely to suffer from Alzheimer’s. Kilmeade questioned the results, though, saying, “We are — we keep marrying other species … Read More
Bill Kristol On Sarah Palin (with updates)
He writes: I like Sarah Palin (though I don't know her well). I respect her (though I'm aware of some of her limitations). I wish her well (though I'm not convinced she should be the 2012 Republican presidential nominee). I am convinced, though, that she should have a chance to compete and make her case. Um, she made her case … Read More
Fox News Wants Bin Laden To Strike America Again
Why? Because that's the only way to protect America from those librul tree-hugging hippies in Washington DC who are letting America's guard down against the evil ones. We can't let our guard down because it is sure to result in another terrorist attack on American soil, which is bad, so therefore Osama needs to attack us like he did on 9/11 so that we'll wake up … Read More
Our Media
A 2012 presidential contender has an extramarital affair, bloody revolts in Iran, a military coup in Honduras, Congress considers bills which will fundamentally change health care as we know it, and there's movement on environmental cap-and-trade laws. Yet: Fully 93% of cable coverage studied on the Thursday and Friday following his death was about the King of Pop. Yeah, I … Read More
Great Moments In Pundtiry
Joe "the Plumber" Wurzelbacher, on the Constitution and Founding Fathers: "They knew socialism doesn't work. They knew communism doesn't work." The Constitution predates socialism by about 100 years.
Who’s To Blame For The Sanford Affair?
Who is responsible for Sanford flying down to Buenos Aires to spend five days with his paramour? Sanford, right? Seems like a good candidate for "the blame game". Nope, you silly person. Rush Limbaugh once again sets us straight. It's Obama's fault. Click here for the vid. "This is almost like, 'I don't give a damn, the country's going to … Read More
Fox News Continues Its Annoying Habit Of Identifying Shamed Republicans As Democrats
For crying out loud: Remember this from a few years back, regarding Senator Mark Foley (R-FL), who made sexual advances to underage male congressional pages? And when McCain was down in the polls just weeks before the election? Fox News: Inept or a Propaganda Machine? You decide…. RELATED: During his press conference, Governor Sanford said that he was "crying In Argentina". … Read More
Pat Boone Cannot Tell The Truth
Lot of really good over-the-top anti-Obama wingnuttery these days. Over at Renew America, Marie Jon No-More-Apostrophe has penned her solution to deal with Obama in a piece entitled "How do we stop Communism? Pray!" And Sher "It Appears That" Zieve is still using her favorite rhetorical devices — capital letters and the phrase "it appears that" — to gin up the … Read More