Adam Serwer has written the only thing worth reading on the "controversy": Wanda Sykes' comedy routine at the White House Correspondent's Dinner was really offensive. In it, Sykes suggested that conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh is supported by Hamas, and that Islamists are "constantly issuing Limbaugh talking points." She joked about terrorists supporting conservatives in general, suggesting that recent violent … Read More
National Prayer Day
The rightwing just lies and lies and lies. Obama, like his predecessors, issued a proclamation(pdf) honoring today's "holiday." What he didn't do is what Bush did — open up the White House and make it a public event. Instead, he kept it a private event. And that's the full story. But that doesn't stop the lies: Rush Limbaugh said Obama tried … Read More
GOPosaur
I haven't written about it much lately, but I am constantly fascinated by the Republican party's attempts to "re-brand" themselves. It's really an interesting social-psychological phenomenon. The whole GOP implosion is the result of a rift which simply gets wider as each day progresses. What is going on — in case you're not following it — is a struggle between … Read More
Basketball Jones
From the White House blog, when Obama met with the women's college champions, the UCONN Huskies:
Don’t Hold Your Breath
The Washington Post/ABC poll found 21% of Americans identify themselves as Republicans. The NYT/CBS poll put the number at 20%. NBC/WSJ also put the GOP number at 20%. Nate Silver combines these and other polls to show party identification in this telling graph: That's the backdrop for this news from CNN: Coming soon to a battleground state near you: a … Read More
Bachmania!
Time to spread a little lovin' once again to "America's Worst Legislator"TM, Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-MN). First of all, she weighs in with her thoughts about the swine flu pandemic alert: "I find it interesting that it was back in the 1970s that the swine flu broke out then under another Democrat president Jimmy Carter," said Bachmann. "And I'm not … Read More
Okay, They’re In The Same Room Together….
…..so NOW nobody can insinuate that they're the same person. Photo proof:
A Lie Can Get Halfway Around The World Before The Truth Can Get Its Boots On
An interesting article by Michael Tomasky in The Guardian looks out how a conservative meme — one that is blatently false — gets started and circulated. Tomasky was reading an interview with Newt Gingrich in which Gringrich said: "You have Obama nominating Judge Hamilton, who said in her ruling that saying the words Jesus Christ in a prayer is a sign … Read More
Can Wingnuttery Be Cured?
I used to read Charles Johnson of the Little Green Footballs blog. I stopped because he was, to my mind, just another batshit crazy conservative, and his commenters were often outright racist. Blatently, unapologetically so. But according to The Washington Independent, something has happened to Charles as of late: But in the early days of Barack Obama’s presidency, LGF has … Read More
Deep In The Heart….
I can't believe that discontent is so high that there's secession talk. What's startling is that this is coming from the usual suspects — armed "militia men" running around in the woods and hills of some back country state. It's coming from the Governor of Texas: Texas Gov. Rick Perry isn't ruling out the possibility his state may one day … Read More
Memo To Tea Bag Protesters
You can't whine about being pegged as potential rightwing extremists and also hold up signs like this: Imagine if that sign had been carried by a participant at a CAIR event? UPDATE: Again, I'm sure this doesn't speak for a majority of the Tea bag protesters, but still, this type of "America-loving" speaks for some of them: Another … Read More
D.C. Teabag Event Poorly Planned
This is almost sad: In Washington, D.C., protesters had planned to dump a million tea bags in Lafayette Square and even promised to put the bags on the tarps and clean up afterward. But their plans were thwarted after National Park Service officials said protesters didn't have the proper permit to dump the bags, NBC affiliate WRC TV reported. "We … Read More
Report From The Winston-Salem Teabag Event
While I could only stay for the first hour or so of the 3 hour "protest", I can report the following: First of all, I take bad pictures, made even worse by the fact that I used a cell phone camera which was set to black/white (which actually seems to be blue/white). I'll pepper the most legible photos here. [UPDATE: … Read More
Happy Teabag Day!
I'll resist the urge of many of my liberal co-bloggers (as well as members of the librel drive-by media) to make snickering sexual references about the hissy-fit-a-thon being thrown across the country. But I just wanted to remind you it is happening. The gist of the rather nebulous complaints by these teabaggers is that the government taxes and spends too … Read More
Tea Parties Explained
I, like many others, have been confused as to what these tea party protests are actually about. Fortunately, a right wing blog weighs in: Much of the left, Steve Benen serving as a perfect example, are missing an essential point about the tea parties planned around the country. They aren’t about the level of taxation now. Instead, those attending them … Read More