Sen. Cornyn Slams Gingrich, Limbaugh for "Racist" Talk
I don’t often have props to give to Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) but, credit where credit is due: A top Senate Republican is taking aim at recent statements from conservative commentators Rush Limbaugh and...
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Criminalizing Abortion Would Only Lead to Dangerous Abortions
One question that I think often gets lost in the abortion debate is “What would happen if we criminalized all abortion?“Well, here’s a brief answer in the context of Africa:Worldwide, there are 19...
View ArticleThe Media Treats Far-Right Views As Mainstream
Steve Benen highlights an article by E.J. Dionne in the Washington Post that sums up the main beef I have with the mainstream media: If you doubt that there is a conservative inclination in the media,...
View ArticleShepard Smith Calls Out "Frightening" Wingnut Viewers
I’m a little late to the party on this but Fox News’ Shepard Smith speaks some remarkable truth to power in this segment: Some excerpts via Steve Benen: “I read a lot of email around here,” Smith...
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Surprising Source Credits Obama Overtures to Iran
Read the following and see if you can figure out who wrote it:The Obama policy of extending an open hand to Iran is working and should not be abandoned because of the grim events in Tehran. For the...
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Buchanan’s Historical Reflection on Iran
Pat Buchanan has another interesting article up on the uprising in Iran and its relationship to other anti-authoritarian movements of the 20th century. For six days, the world has watched riveted as...
View ArticleUltraconservative Blogger Steps Off the Crazy Train
First Little Green Footballs became more sane, and now this: Some of you may have come across a neo-fascist blogger, Ace of Spades, who makes Glenn Beck seem like Jim Lehrer. All of this is to say:...
View ArticleDeep Thought: On Bias and Its Relationship to the Truth
My earlier post on Glenn Beck and a comment from a friend on Facebook prompted some thoughts on a construct relating to bias that I’ve been thinking about lately:Bias, in and of itself, doesn’t bother...
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Hard-Right GOP Senator Calls Death Panel Claim "Nuts"
More sad news for the Wasilla wingnut, this time via a Washington Post interview with a hard-right, staunchly conservative Republican Senator from Georgia: Is this bill going to euthanize my...
View ArticleABC News Fact-Checks Ludicrous "Death Panel" Nonsense
A rare moment of no-nonsense fact-checking from the MSM:
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Conservative Decries "The Reckless Right" That "Courts Violence"
Trendy Nouveau Conservateur* David Frum gives us a great run-down of some of the dangerous right-wing scare-mongering going on today: The Nazi comparisons from Rush Limbaugh; broadcaster Mark Levin...
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Quote of the Day: Dreher on Zombie Conservatism
Some wise insight from the self-styled crunchy conservative: [C]onservatism is not dead. Rather, it’s undead. The conservative movement is herking and jerking like a zombie, dedicated to little more...
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Senator Lindsay Graham Rips Glenn Beck a New One
You have to appreciate Senator Lindsay Graham for his sporadic moments of sanity. Here he is, talking ’bout Beck: “Only in America can you make that much money crying,” Graham said, as he suggested...
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Quote of the Week: Maddow on AFP President
Here’s Rachel Maddow calling out Republican operative Tim Phillips — who now heads the front group Americans for Prosperity (AFP) — with respect to his long history of orchestrating “grassroots”...
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GOP Rep. Blasts Republican Leadership in Congress
More of this please: Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) took shots at his own party’s leaders in the House currently, and blasted fellow Republicans for having failed to [pass] reform healthcare during...
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Former British Ambassador Reveals How Bush Transported People For Torture
This was done in all of our names and we should all, individually, be deeply and profoundly ashamed: We were receiving CIA intelligence. MI-6 and the CIA share all their intelligence. So I was getting...
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Bear In Mind: Reid’s Public Option NOT For Everyone
One thing that I didn’t take away from the news reports today about Harry Reid’s announcement about the inclusion of a public option in the bill that will be presented to the Senate for a floor vote...
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The Right-Wing Media Spin Cycle: Lie, Terrify, Win, Repeat
Great new video from Media Matters: Today, Media Matters for America released a new video demonstrating how the conservative echo chamber operates in the age of President Obama. Conservative activists...
View ArticleBill O’Reilly Calls Laura Ingraham A "Kool-Aid Drinking""Blind Ideologue"
It’s not often that I have reason to praise Bill O’Reilly but you really need to watch this clip: INGRAHAM: I’m gushing over your gushing last night about the Christmas party. I’m still trying to get...
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Former Top Intelligence Director Outlines Dire Consequences of Iraq War on...
Leave it to the British to be adults about the whole Iraq/war on terror imbroglio. Official inquiries into torture, official inquiries into the ginned up intelligence and now this, from the former...
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