Monthly Archives: April 2010
New Yuck!
From The New York Times: ALBANY — Carl P. Paladino, a Republican candidate for governor from Buffalo, drew fire on Monday for racist and sexually explicit e-mail messages that a left-leaning Web site claimed he had sent to friends and … Continue reading →
Filed under 9/11, Barack Obama, Democrats, humor, parody, politics, Racism, Republicans, Scandals, September 11, snark, television, Wordpress Political Blogs
Tagged as 2010 election, adultery, bestiality, Carl Paladino, Ellicott Development, family values, governor, health care, misogyny, New York, pornography, Rick Lazio, Steve Levy, Tea party
Old King Coal Has a Very Dark Soul, and So Do His Buddies
From TALKING POINTS MEMO: These aren’t the best of days for Don Blankenship, whose systematic downplaying of safety concerns as the CEO of Massey Energy helped lead to last week’s deadly mining disaster, and got him named the “seventh scariest … Continue reading →
Filed under 2008 election, Al Gore, Barack Obama, Congress, Democrats, Global warming, humor, John McCain, movies, parody, politics, Republicans, Sarah Palin, snark, Supreme Court, Wordpress Political Blogs
Tagged as 2010 election, climate change, coal, Don Blankenship, Elliott Maynard, energy, Harman Mining, Hugh Caperton, Larry Starcher, Massey Energy, mining, Nick Rahall, Southern Republican Leadership Conference, Spike Maynard, SRLC, Warren McGraw, West Virginia, worker safety
Rupert Murdoch: Fairly Unbalanced
From Ben Dimiero at MEDIA MATTERS: Is anyone in charge at Fox News? This week was a bit of a mixed bag for the journalistic ethics of Fox News. On the upside, we confirmed that News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch … Continue reading →
Filed under Barack Obama, Democrats, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Greta Van Susteren, Gretchen Carlson, Harry Reid, humor, Media, Media Matters, parody, politics, Republicans, Roger Ailes, Rupert Murdoch, Sean Hannity, snark, television, Wordpress Political Blogs
Tagged as Bill Hemmer, Conservative Woodstock, conservatives, Fox and Friends, health care, Joseph Stalin, Megyn Kelly, National Press Club, Neil Cavuto, Nevada, News Corporation, Stuart Varney, Tax Day Tea Party, Tea party, Victoria Jackson
Cheesy in the Big Easy
From The New York Times: NEW ORLEANS — Should Republicans be the party of no? Or the party of yes? There was a hint of disagreement on that count as a parade of Republicans took the stage here on Friday … Continue reading →
Filed under Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, humor, Mitt Romney, movies, Newt Gingrich, parody, politics, Republicans, Sarah Palin, snark, Wordpress Political Blogs
Tagged as Bobby Jindal, health care, Liz Cheney, New Orleans, Party of No, Rick Perry, Southern Republican Leadership Conference, SRLC, tax cuts, Tea party, Tim Pawlenty
Can he balance a ball on his nose?
From Forbes: Five and a half hours before showtime Glenn Beck still isn’t quite sure how he’ll provide tonight’s entertainment, “The Future of History”–two hours of monologue (and answers to preselected questions) before a nearly sellout crowd of 1,000 or … Continue reading →
Filed under Al Gore, Barack Obama, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Greta Van Susteren, humor, Media, movies, Nancy Pelosi, parody, politics, Racism, radio, Republicans, Rupert Murdoch, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity, snark, television, Wordpress Political Blogs
Tagged as Fusion, Gretchen Carlson, health care, Megyn Kelly, Mercury Radio Arts, Michael Moore, Mormon, Nazis, right-wing radio
Bob McDonnell: No Slave to History
From PostPartisan at The Washington Post: So it turns out that slavery did cause the Civil War. So says Bob McDonnell, Republican governor of Virginia — a student of the Better Late Than Never School of Political Damage Control. On … Continue reading →
Filed under Gay rights, humor, parody, politics, Republicans, Sarah Palin, snark, Wordpress Political Blogs
Tagged as 2009 election, African-Americans, Army of Northern Virginia, BET, Black Entertainment Television, Bob McDonnell, Civil War, Confederacy, conservatives, discrimination, Ginny Brown-Waite, History, Ken Cuccinelli, Marsha Blackburn, Michele Bachmann, neo-Confederates, Sheila Johnson, Shelley Moore Capito, Sons of Confederate Veterans, South, states' rights, Tiger Woods, Virginia, Virginia Foxx
The Junior Senator From Neva-duhhhh
From J. Patrick Coolican the LAS VEGAS SUN: Last summer, Sen. John Ensign was with his wife, Darlene, at Palace Station for a meeting of Nevada Republican women. It was a somewhat awkward venue, coming soon after he had confessed … Continue reading →
Filed under Christianity, Harry Reid, humor, Iowa, Justice Department, movies, parody, politics, religion, Republicans, Scandals, Senate, Senate Ethics Committee, snark, Tom Coburn, Wordpress Political Blogs
Tagged as 2009 election, adultery, C Street, Chip Pickering, Cindy Hampton, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, CREW, Cynthia Hampton, Darlene Ensign, Doug Hampton, Douglas Hampton, Hypocrisy, John Ensign, lobbying, Mark Sanford, Mike Ensign, Mike Slanker, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Nevada, NRSC, Promise Keepers, Sharon Ensign, The Family, The Fellowship
Maverick? Who’s a Maverick?
From Newsweek: Late last month, at a dusty fairground outside Tucson, John McCain stood behind the person who is, at least for the next few years, surely his most important legacy to American politics. And speaking to the adoring mob, … Continue reading →
Filed under 2008 election, Alaska, Barack Obama, Congress, Corruption, Democrats, FEC, Federal Election Commission, Global warming, Homophobia, Homosexuality, humor, Immigration, Jack Abramoff, Jeb Bush, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, movies, parody, politics, radio, Republicans, Sarah Palin, Senate, snark, Wordpress Political Blogs
Tagged as Arizona, campaign finance, conservatives, DADT, earmarks, health care, Independents, J.D. Hayworth, Joe the Plumber, Maverick, military, Miss Wasilla, moderates, primary, Straight Talk Express, Tea party, Tim Pawlenty
