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Monday, July 21st, 2008A convention swag bag with the AT&T logo? For real, Democrats?
Here’s a tip from the folks at the Republican Party, who have been doing this whole “corporate sellout” thing a lot longer and are a hell of a lot better at it: When accepting corporate sponsors who happen to have lobbied for reprehensible legislation which […]
A brief word from our sponsors
Monday, July 14th, 2008Dylan and John are both friends of the blog, and I think they’re mostly right. Threatening to not vote for Obama because he’s disappointed you on a few issues when he’s still, by leaps and bounds, the superior candidate, is really dumb. And this Stephen Suh post is as absurd as the well-deserved takedown by […]
The road to Denver
Monday, July 14th, 2008It really is a brand new day in the Democratic Party. And what better way to signal the party’s newly found independence from corporate lobbyists than putting the fundraising for their convention almost entirely in the hands of one of one of the bigger corporate lobbyists?
Party conventions these days are all about symbolism, so let’s […]
Yay, compromise!
Thursday, June 19th, 2008Compromise, paraphrased:
We want retroactive immunity and you don’t. So, as a compromise, how about telecom companies only receive retroactive immunity if we provide evidence that they thought they weren’t doing anything illegal? And by “evidence” we mean, “you taking our word for it.”
Once again, the glorious forces of capitulation have defeated the evil armies of […]
Tom Tancredo strikes again
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008If this whole thing about Karl Rove getting canned in a church is true, then it is, indeed, hilarious. But the money quote in this whole thing comes buried at the end of T-Rex’s post.
“To do what he did politically to us is unforgivable,” Rep. Tom Tancredo told Alexander. “It will take generations to recover. […]
Say cheese!
Monday, June 9th, 2008The ghost of Jack Abramoff* continues to haunt the corridors of the White House. The Waxmeister, head of the House Oversight Committee, has put out a report conclusively demonstrating the corrupt lobbyist extraordinaire’s involvement in setting White House policy. Among the highlights: “Abramoff was, in essence, human resources manager for the policy arm of the […]
The Scott we know and love
Saturday, May 31st, 2008With Scott McClellan making the rounds with his book and trying desperately to repair his thoroughly obliterated credibility, now seems as good as ever to revisit some of his greatest hits as press secretary. Ben Craw, you’re up.
I guess now we know where that deer-in-headlights look came from and why it was so entertaining. It […]
Putin in charge
Thursday, May 8th, 2008Vladimir Putin resigns as president, becomes prime minister. But he’s totally gonna be a hands-off kind of prime minister. Right, guys?
Today’s lessons in the liberal arts
Thursday, May 1st, 2008First up in freshman English, Paul over at TPM provides scenes of disgraced former GSA head receiving a badly needed grammar lesson:
Next up, American history. Listen, FOX News, Stephen Douglas is the guy who Lincoln debated in the Lincoln-Douglas debates. Frederick Douglas was an emancipated slave who never ran for office and never debated Lincoln. […]
Respect my authoritah
Thursday, April 24th, 2008Based on this exchange between the FBI Director Mueller and Reps. Wexler and Cohen, you would think that the FBI basically what authority it has to police other federal agencies. But that’s not true at all! They actually have a very simple process for investigating other federal agencies.
Step 1: A federal agency (let’s say, the […]