A look at George Bush in 2000. And get your anti-ironic tablets, because what he says here is 100% right. Unfortunately, it has nothing to do with what he did as President.
Yes, That’s Senator Al Franken
Offical announcement is tomorrow. Chalk up another Democratic win, making the Senate an almost filibuster-proof majority. Until then, enjoy the senator's Mick Jagger impersonation:
Franken (Finally) Wins Minnesota; Isreal Invades Gaza
The weekend in the world that I didn't pay attention to.
Washington Post Delivers News Of The Obvious
Apparently — hold on to your hats, now — some conservatives think that Obama's Administration is too liberal.
GMILF?
Sarah Palin has become a grandmother.
The First Draft Of The Bush Presidency
This Vanity Fair "oral history" is excellent. It goes through key moments of the Bush Administration, and the story is not told through narrative, but rather, through the comments of Bush insiders. Here, for example, are some insider comments about the time when the Bush Administration confronted (well, failed to confront) Katrina: Dan Bartlett, White House communications director and later counselor to the … Read More
Senator Franken — Finally?
TPM: It's now official that Al Franken is ahead in the Minnesota recount by 50 votes, after the state canvassing board finally approved a spreadsheet of all the ballots that have been counted, recounted and examined again over this very long process. And while it now appears to be almost certain that Franken will defeat GOP Sen. Norm Coleman in … Read More
Yarrow, The Magic Folk Song Writer
So there's this controversy regarding Chip Saltsman, a GOP bigwig who is apparently under consideration for head of the Republican National Committee. Saltsman, you see, sent out a CD to members of the RNC as a Christmas gift. The CD contained spoof political songs, including one played by Rush Limbaugh during the campaign entited "Barack, The Magic Negro". "Barack, The … Read More
Top Ten George Bush Moments
I hadn't seen some of these:
Gillespie Working Hard On Bush’s Legacy
There's much to dispute with Ed Gillespie's article "Myths & Facts About The Real Bush Record", a deceptively written article which, while heavy on facts and numbers, also obfuscates many more important facts. For example, Gillespie points out that, under the Bush Administration, we had 52 consecutive months of job growth. What he ignores are the statistics that, under the … Read More
Sarah Palin: Conservative Of The Year
According to conservative Human Events magazine, Governor Sarah Palin is the 2008 Conservative of the Year. And Ann Coulter has the honor of explaining why Palin is the 2008 Conservative of the Year, in an article more telling than Coulter probably imagined. The reason why Palin is 2008 Conservative of the Year? Apparently because she annoys liberals. Seriously! Read Coulter's … Read More
Crackpot Conspiracy Theories
Remember how the Clintons murdered Vince Foster? That tripe was peddled around for years by conservative talk radio, and many still believe it today. As the New York Times pointed out yesterday, conservative talk radio is salivating now at the prospect of an Obama presidency. And already, they're rolling out conspiracy theories. We've already heard (endlessly) about how Obama's parents, the … Read More
Dumb Analogy Department: Caroline v. Sarah
I'm reading this sentiment a lot these past few days: In fact, Sarah Palin was more qualified to be vice-president than Caroline Kennedy is to be a Senator. Well, duh! Seriously, the only qualification to being vice-president is to have a pulse. (The stickier issue, and one that dogged Sarah Palin, is that the vice-president could conceivably become president, and for … Read More
I’m Beginning To Think Of Alaska As Just One Large Trailer Park
Thank you, Sarah Palin, for educating me. You all remember Levi Johnston? The baby-daddy to Sarah Palin's pregnant teenage daughter? [UPDATE: The baby is due tomorrow, and the announced wedding strangely hasn't happened yet]. Well, Levi's mom is having some legal troubles: A 42-year-old Wasilla woman was arrested Thursday at her home by Alaska State Troopers with a search warrant … Read More
Minnesota Senate Seat Still Ridiculously Close
Norm Coleman's lead over Al Franken melted away during the Board of Canvassers' deliberations on Coleman-challenged ballots yesterday. According to the Star Tribune, it is down to five votes. According to the AP, it is down to two. UPDATE: Now we're hearing that Franken is, for the first time, ahead. The Minnesota Star-Ledger has a real-time running (re)count. As of … Read More