Here is MSNBC "Hardball" host Chris Matthews, last night on a gala on the 10 year anniversary of "Hardball": In front of an audience that included such notables as Alan Greenspan, Rep. Patrick Kennedy and Sen. Ted Kennedy, Matthews began his remarks by declaring that he wanted to "make some news" and he certainly didn’t disappoint. After praising the drafters … Read More
“Conservatives Are A Joke”
Read Krugman. He’s good today.
Thompson’s Failing Campaign
It was only a couple of months ago that Republicans were looking to Fred Thompson as their savior: the great whie (male) hope of the 2008 election. What a difference a few weeks makes. Rather then energizing his party, Thompson has proven to be perhaps the least capable candidate of the 18 people running for president. Twenty-four minutes after he … Read More
Ann Coulter Dreams Of The Day When Women Can’t Vote
Coulter in the New York Observer: If we took away women’s right to vote, we’d never have to worry about another Democrat president. It’s kind of a pipe dream, it’s a personal fantasy of mine, but I don’t think it’s going to happen. And it is a good way of making the point that women are voting so stupidly, at … Read More
The GOP Logo For the 2008 Presidential Convention
Yes, this is really it. Features: (1) A blue elephant: Republicans? In blue? I guess they don’t have a lot of confidence this election. (2) Elephant is doing what?: Your guess is as good as mine. Gay dancing? Trying to engage in fornication with ‘2008’? All of these are good guesses. But in actuality, he is looking over an imaginary … Read More
Religious Right To Consider Supporting Third Party Candidate
And with that, we can officially write off the religious right as a viable political movement in this country. Finally. Steven Thomma lays out the current landscape: Today, their nearly three-decade-long ascendance in the Republican Party is over. Their loyalties and priorities are in flux, the organizations that gave them political muscle are in disarray, the high-profile preachers who led … Read More
Bush-Clinton Fatigue
AP: Forty percent of Americans have never lived when there wasn’t a Bush or a Clinton in the White House. Anyone got a problem with that? Ummm, I might, yeah. But mostly, I agree with Professor Gitlin: The thought is seconded by Todd Gitlin, a professor at Columbia University’s School of Journalism who has written a new book about national … Read More
Bad Taste
Giuliani Fundraiser to Charge $9.11 Per Person WASHINGTON — A supporter of Rudy Giuliani’s is throwing a party that aims to raise $9.11 per person for the Republican’s presidential campaign. Abraham Sofaer is having a fundraiser at his Palo Alto, Calif., home on Wednesday, when Giuliani backers across the country are participating in the campaign’s national house party night. But … Read More
The Bush Family Pool Boy Speaks
Not a particularly interesting article. The pool boy, as it turns out, doesn’t have a lot of inside poop. But this was interesting — a run-in he had with members of Bush’s extended family: Turns out a leaf-skimmer doesn’t have tremendous access. In fact, the most insider-y stuff came from outside the gates, at a recent war protest aimed at … Read More
Idiot
FYI, for those playing at home, Mandela is alive:
Grade Inflation 101
Bush today at a press conference: QUESTION: Do you think there’s a risk of a recession? How do you rate that? BUSH: You know, you need to talk to economists. I think I got a B in Econ 101. I got an A, however, in keeping taxes low and being fiscally responsible with the people’s money. It’s nice to see … Read More
He Just Wants To Pump (Clap) Them Up
Last week Arnold told California Republicans that the GOP was "dying at the box office." On Wednesday he explained what he really meant: If I see you gaining weight and gaining weight and gaining weight, I would eventually — if I cared at all about you — I would say: "You know something? If you continue this way, you may … Read More
Biden Does Political Seriousness
Sen. Joe Biden, on the GOP’s successful filibuster of legislation restoring habeas corpus for enemy combatants: “As I’ve said before, the terrorists win when we abandon our civil liberties. The way we win is to show them that we can fight this war without changing our character as a nation. I hope the Senate reconsiders this issue once again.” . … Read More
Hillary Does Political Humor
Sen. Hillary Clinton: "You can always tell when the Republicans are getting restless, because the Vice President’s motorcade pulls into the Capitol, and Darth Vader emerges."
Hillary Writes A Good Letter
Be honest tomorrow, Mr. President, she says… Via TPM (click to enlarge):