Yesterday Dick Cheney restated his claim that “Obama has made us less safe”. Today we have seen the right defending Cheney’s comments. This morning while watching Morning Joe, Scarborough kept defending the comments by saying “well Clinton was out bashing Bush right after Bush took office”. As usual with Joe he is in another attempt […]
Saturday night Wanda Sykes hosted the annual White House Correspondents Dinner. During her presentation she made a joke about Rush Limbaugh. In case you missed it, here it is: When I heard that I knew there would instantly be outrage from the right, and they didn’t disappoint. Just for a little taste of the anger […]
TPM has dug up a CBS report from 1986 when Jeff Sessions, the now ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, was rejected by the Senate for a court appointment over his racial views. How’s that for the Republicans trying to “reach out”.
You would never guess that if you went on the Sunday talk shows lineup: ABC’s “This Week” — Retired Marine Corps Gen. James Jones, the president’s national security adviser; Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Former Vice President Dick Cheney. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai; Pakistani […]
This is absolutely horrendous. Rape victims in Texas are getting billed for their medical treatment, and specifically the forensic rape kits. To make matters even worse, the fund that is supposed to pay these bills has been ending every year with a surplus. Is this the type of conservative governing that Republicans and their heroes […]
Here is Worst Persons from April 22 of this year. Pay attention to the first person that Olbermann names: Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Just some lonely county commissioner here in Ohio, but now he is planning on becoming a little bit bigger of a name: Warren County […]
All these Republican state legislatures whine and cry that Washington is taking away their states’ sovereignty, yet when George Bush took control of their National Guards to fight in a foreign war, the same people defended the decision.
Joe “the Plumber” is quitting the Republican Party. Is that really any shock? Hell the guy couldn’t even complete the requirements to become an actual plumber.
Some good news on the jobs front: New applications for U.S. jobless benefits plunged to the lowest level in 14 weeks, a possible sign that the massive wave of layoffs has peaked. Still, the number of unemployed Americans getting benefits climbed to a new record. The Labor Department reported Thursday that the number newly laid […]
This country has tried the prohibition experiment on marijuana for too long now and it’s time to end it. We now see that sentiment being relayed amongst public polls: A new Zogby poll commissioned by the conservative-leaning O’Leary Report has found 52 percent voter support for treating marijuana as a legal, taxed, regulated substance. The […]