Creeptastic News of the Day
Sitting here in my home office with the cable TV news playing in the background, I occasionally overhear summaries of stories that have nothing to do with politics, but which are nonetheless interesting as news. The case of Utah mother Susan Powell’s disappearance has been much-discussed today. This would be just another one of those “Perils of […]
At Least One Florida Republican Party Official Who Is Not Batsh*t Crazy
“Sunshine State Sarah” reprints an e-mail from Republican National Committeeman Paul Senft: Republicans have always been law abiding people who obey the rules. If we don’t want to go by the rules — if we want to be arrogant and only abide by the rules we like or agree with — then we should consider […]
Plot Was ‘Not Reflective of a Particular Culture, Community or Religion’
Curious statement from U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz: “I want the public to understand that Mr. Ferdaus’ conduct, as alleged in the complaint, is not reflective of a particular culture, community or religion. In addition to protecting our citizens from the threats and violence alleged today, we also have an obligation to protect members of every […]
No, Sarah Palin Did Not Call Herman Cain ‘Herb’ and Did Not Put Him Down
UPDATE: Why Doesn’t the Fox News Transcript Match the Politico Video?
Somebody told me that Herman Cain was asked about this on CBS News and said Governor Palin was “wrong,” evidently based on media reports. But let’s go to the transcript, shall we? VAN SUSTEREN: How does, though, a politician, though, connect with the people and get it across so it doesn’t just sound like more […]
LATEST FOX NEWS POLL: Mitt Romney 23% Rick Perry 19% Herman Cain 17%
Published barely 10 minutes ago. UPDATE: The details: The Fox News poll is based on landline and cell phone interviews with 925 randomly chosen registered voters nationwide and was conducted under the joint direction of Anderson Robbins Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R) from September 25 to September 27. For the total sample, […]
Like Chris Crocker and Britney
T.C. Lynch says, “Leave Fatty McAwesome alone!” You know a Republican is weak when even Conor Friedersdorf can hurt him. Myself, I agree with 34% of American racists, as opposed to the 39% of anti-American racists who support Obama. Let’s face it: We’re all racists now.
‘It Brought Tears to My Eyes’
Ali Akbar and Doug Hoffman Ali Akbar’s open letter to Morgan Freeman is now a Memeorandum thread, linked by Big Hollywood, Pundette, Ed Driscoll, Underground Conservative and Kat McKinley at the Houston Chronicle. As the story goes viral, Americans are sending Ali e-mails like this: Ali, I don’t write many letters but after reading your letter to Mr. Freeman, […]
Insert Obscene Epithets Here
G–d— bastards in Florida threaten to f–k up everything: Florida will likely hold Jan. primary, threatening presidential calendar Never mind how this dumbass stunt could affect the Republican primary outcome. If those bats–t crazy motherf–kers do this, I’ll be spending Christmas in Iowa. Not since the five-week recount in 2000 will political reporters have had […]
« go back — keep looking »