Archive for January, 2010
Name That Pol
There’s a special election next week to fill the Senate seat of the dearly departed Ted Kennedy. The race, due to the possibility of a flip that would give Republicans 41 seats and the ability to filibuster anything, has been somewhat nationalized, with all kinds of interesting ads from both sides. This one really caught [...]
My Country ‘Tis of Thee
Remember Kanye West‘s post-Katrina comment that “George Bush doesn’t care about black people”? Has any American president ever cared about Native American people? The Guardian has a really depressing story about life on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota. If post-Katrina New Orleans brought the American people scenes that they could scarcely believe were [...]
The Best Laid Plans Of Men and Mice…and God?
It’s a good thing that God plays such an active role in Republican politics. Here he is, putting Sarah Palin forward as their vice-presidential candidate in 2008: Sarah Palin believed that Sen. John McCain chose her to be his running mate in 2008 because of “God’s plan,” according to a top political strategist in the [...]
Fun With Presidential Appointments
I don’t think I’ve been surprised to the upside about anything that Obama has ever done, but this comes the closest: President Obama will renominate Dawn Johnsen to serve as one of the Justice Department’s top officials, TPMDC has learned. A White House official confirms that Obama will renominate Johnsen, along with a handful of [...]
Giuliani Clears Things Up Nicely
From time to time, the question occurs to every keen observer of the political scene: just how deeply up the bottom end of his alimentary canal is Rudy Giuliani‘s head actually lodged? Out of the goodness of his heart, Rudy has decided to clear up the matter once and for all. And he chose Larry [...]
Compounding Insult With Insult (CORRECTED)
MEA CULPA: This is going to sound incestuous, but quoting from the Huffington Post story that had quoted this post yesterday: It’s been pointed out to me that however hilarious the insertion of “engine” is, the fault here is not Fox‘s at all, but the automated transcription service that provided the transcript in the first [...]
Crazy Like a Foxx
Matt and I are nowhere near as smart as we like to think. During the last presidential election, we managed to completely miss all the various campaign promises Obama made to endanger our lives. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postShare on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itBookmark in BrowserTell a friend
IOKIYAD?
Josh Marshall at TPM appended this reader comment to a post about the Crotchfire bomber: You’re focusing too much on the father’s warning. It’s the warning combined with these additional facts that make the government’s failure so alarming: 1. Passenger’s name: Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab 2. One-way ticket from Yemen to Detroit 3. Ticket paid for [...]
Inevitable Comedy-in-Waiting?
In other news, RNC chairman (and all round loose cannon) Michael Steele today accidentally called for himself to resign over the Christmas Day Crotchfire bombing attempt. (Okay, maybe this didn’t happen today, but just by the laws of probability, one of these days he’ll do it too, won’t he, over whatever the made-up-flap-of-the-day happens to [...]
Leaden-Footed European Response To Call For Increased Security Precautions
It’s not clear what to make of the immediate international response to the increased airport security precautions just announced by the US. The 14 countries whose citizens were singled out for intensive screening don’t seem to be cooperating; that may not be such a big surprise. But most European countries are not exactly bounding to [...]