Apparently it is a good thing when used by the Reverend Jerry Falwell. He called Hillary Clinton “Lucifer” in a sermon, and is defending that as being a “joke”. So when a religious leader calls one of our senators (and a former first lady) Lucifer, it is ok, yet when Chavez calls Bush the devil, […]
From Raw Story: The ratings for CNN and MSNBC in the month of August have risen since last summer, while Fox News Channel’s prime time ratings plummeted. According to the Nielsen ratings, as compiled by TV Newser, Fox News Channel’s total viewership dropped 7 percent from last August, and it’s prime time audience is down […]
Now things are starting to move in the right direction: Two attorneys representing claimants in a lawsuit over wiretapping by the National Security Agency will subpoena the White House today, RAW STORY has learned. Bruce Afran and Carl Mayer, who represent hundreds of plaintiffs in lawsuits against Verizon, AT&T, and the US Government, will announnce […]
Now this is the most disturbing information we have learned in awhile: A group of national security experts formed by Democratic leadership has reported to Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) that, “there is not a single non-deployed Army Brigade Combat Team in the United States that is ready to deploy,” RAW […]
From Raw Story: A report in this morning’s Roll Call shows that Norm Coleman, Sr., the father of Minnesota Republican Senator Norm Coleman, was arrested after he was caught having sex in public in St. Paul, Minnesota, RAW STORY has learned. Coleman’s father was arrested for lewd and disorderly conduct after he was found having […]
This is amazing. During an exchange on Capital Hill today between Senator Patrick Leahy and Steven Bradbury, legal council for the Department of Justice, Bradbury said that “the President is always right”. Here is the transcript compliments of Raw Story: MR. BRADBURY: Well, Senator, I think — as I said in my testimony, obviously the […]
This is large big huge enormous. Looks like the old N.H. phone jamming scheme is leading to the White House more and more, as Raw Story points out: The fourth man indicted in a New Hampshire phone-jamming scheme — in which Republican operatives jammed the phone lines of Democratic get-out-the-vote efforts in a 2002 Senate […]
Christy has a post up that says the DSCC will support whoever wins the primary in Connecticut: Boltin’ Joe is waking up to some startling news this morning — guess all those call arounds to party elders didn’t go a smoothly as Lieberman tried to spin them yesterday. When you decide to try and game […]
I have been waiting for this to happen. Olbermann has some more fun at O’Reilly’s expense. He is now taunting him over the news that O’Reilly’s ratings have plummeted and Olbermann’s has skyrocketed. You got to love this sort of news: OLBERMANN: Bill, boy. Bill-O! Hey! Over here. Back in reality-based reality. The latest ratings […]
This just in from Raw Story: BREAKING: The House Judiciary Committee unexpectedly passed a Democratic resolution calling on the Justice Department to turn over all documents relating to information collected under the NSA wiretap program and any and all agreements with telephone service providers. The measure was passed by a voice vote Wednesday morning with […]