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Candorville lampoon of Senator Bunning "treasonous and traitor-like"

Blog: July 20th, 2006

From yesterday’s Lexington Herald-Leader:
Sen. Jim Bunning made newspapers across the United States again yesterday — this time in the funny pages.A national cartoonist with a reputation for wry political humor took a swing at Kentucky’s Hall of Famer after Bunning called for The New York Times to be charged with treason.Candorville, which runs in about […]

BE AFRAID! Plot to bomb planes thwarted!

Blog: August 10th, 2006

Nabbing a few poor Black people from the projects who surprisingly aren’t fond of the government wasn’t scary enough. Neither was foiling a boneheaded plot to flood Manhattan by bombing the Holland Tunnel - a scheme that didn’t take into account the fact that New York is above the water level (you never know when […]

Foiled Terrorist Plot Doesn’t Help Republicans

Blog: August 13th, 2006

Dick Cheney and others in the G.O.P. (which, for all intents and purposes, includes Joe Lieberman), are trying to use the recently-foiled, alleged terrorist plot for partisan gain. According to them, Connecticut Democrats who voted against Lieberman last week are America-hating, terrorist-supporting surrender monkeys. The G.O.P. is blanketing the nation with the message that Democrats […]

Is the Boogeyman dead?

Blog: September 23rd, 2006

First the crocodiles are denied their chance to bring Steve Irwin to justice, and now this…
The information purporting the death of the world’s most sought after terrorist is based on what the newspaper calls “a usually reliable source,” stating that Saudi intelligence sources “are convinced” of bin Laden’s death.The French intelligence report goes on to […]

Clinton Unloads on Faux News

Blog: September 24th, 2006

As anyone who’s seen a brilliant trailer and then gone to find out that the movie was total crap knows, it’s easy to give a false impression with a few simple editing tricks. For the past couple days, the Drudge Report and other right-wing sites have been downright orgasmic over a 50-second clip that they […]

Clinton on Faux: How could Roger Ailes be so confused?

Blog: September 27th, 2006

There’s been so much whine coming from the direction of the “Fair & Balanced” network that you’d think they were based in Napa. “Boo hoo, Bill Clinton raised his voice! Waaaah, Bill Clinton looked at me angry! Mommy! Mommy! Mommmmyyyyyy!” Today, Fox even tried to portray Clinton’s forceful response to their interviewer as an attack […]

I’m sorry about what you said I said.

Blog: November 1st, 2006

What I learned this week:1. John Kerry inadvertently insulting the intelligence of the troops is far worse than George Bush getting those troops stuck in Iraq without adequate manpower, armor, or planning. It’s certainly far worse than Mr. Bush and his Congressional rubber stamps not having any plan (or intention, it seems) of getting our […]

October Surprise: the Saddam Death Sentence

Blog: November 3rd, 2006

October Surprises happen in November these days. After being delayed for nebulous reasons, the Iraqi court trying Saddam Hussein (a court whose logistics are largely controlled by agents of the United States) has decided to announce its verdict this Sunday, two days before the U.S. Congressional elections.
As President Bush faces mounting criticism over the war, […]

Has Sean Hannity Gone Crazy?

Blog: January 10th, 2007

OK, let me get this straight: If you criticize Sean Hannity and call for the impeachment of George W. Bush, that makes you an “Enemy of the State.” (I know, I know, Hannity and his kind confusing a man - whether himself or the President - with “the State” isn’t anything new).I don’t know what’s […]

Lib’ral Media Covers Up for Obama

Blog: January 23rd, 2007

Nice try, Chicago Sun-Times:
Barack Obama’s week-old presidential campaign has been hit with a smear. Hillary Clinton’s White House bid, launched Saturday, has been attacked with an unfounded accusation. Contrary to what was reported in Insight magazine and then repeated on Fox News and in other news outlets, including a column that ran in the Sun-Times by […]