AUDIO: Sarah Palin: “We Gotta Stand With Our North Korean Allies”

Sarah Palin

Genius. Absolute genius. When Glenn Beck is correcting you on foreign policy, well… genius. Oliver WillisOne of the first political bloggers in the world, Oliver Willis has operated OliverWillis.com since 2000. Contributor at Media Matters for America and The American Independent. Follow on Twitter at @owillis. Full bio.

Republicans Like Eric Cantor Aren’t Actually Serious People

This is the kind of thought process that comes out of a Republican nowadays. In fact, Cantor is a Republican leader. Asked about a proposal to fix the nation’s federal deficit co-authored by a Democratic budget expert and noted non-European retired Sen. Pete Domenici (R), which would actually lower taxes on income and corporations, Cantor … Read more

New GOP Rep Andy Harris Wants To Take Away Your Health Care, Bitches About Not Getting His

New GOP, same as the old GOP A conservative Maryland physician elected to Congress on an anti-Obamacare platform surprised fellow freshmen at a Monday orientation session by demanding to know why his government-subsidized health care plan takes a month to kick in. Republican Andy Harris, an anesthesiologist who defeated freshman Democrat Frank Kratovil on Maryland’s Eastern … Read more

The Redskins Suck: Albert Haynesworth Just… Lays There

Here’s $100 million money vacuum Albert Haynesworth just laying down. LAYING DOWN on a play. LAYING DOWN. I didn’t think the Redskins could be worse than last year, and yet… Oliver WillisOne of the first political bloggers in the world, Oliver Willis has operated OliverWillis.com since 2000. Contributor at Media Matters for America and The … Read more

Full Transcript Of President Obama’s Meeting With Progressive Bloggers

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ___________________________________________________________ Internal Transcript October 27, 2010 ROUNDTABLE INTERVIEW OF THE PRESIDENT WITH BLOGGERS Roosevelt Room 3:14 P.M. EDT   THE PRESIDENT: Well, listen, I know we’ve got limited time, so I’m not going to give a long speech on the front end. I thank you guys for … Read more

Apple Does Something Microsoft Could Never Get Away With

Apple’s latest edict on the type of software used to develop for the iPhone seems to me a step beyond any of the anti-competitive stuff Microsoft has ever done. Apple’s position in the consumer smartphone space is getting to such a dominant status that this type of practice ought to be completely frowned upon. I’m … Read more

They’ll Own The First Body

Looking around at the conservative blogosphere’s reaction to threats and actual violence versus Democratic lawmakers that instead of condemning the actions the right is actually excusing it, and in some ways, egging it on. When the first dead body turns up as a result of tea party terrorism, they’ll own it, completely. Nobody’s arguing that … Read more

Sarah Palin Caught Reading Answers Off Her Hand*

Yeah, the teleprompter stuff was already dumb (I’d like to see some conservative pols handle an unscripted session like Obama did with the House GOP), but after seeing dear Sarah read off her hand at the teabag convention, that talking point should die. It should be noted that in this speech Palin referred to President Obama … Read more

Dow Down, Blame Brown

Not really, the reasons are multifold, but using the logic of Fox News and the conservative media, the 157 point drop in the Dow is clearly a reaction to Scott Brown’s election last night, right guys? Riiiiight. Oliver WillisOne of the first political bloggers in the world, Oliver Willis has operated OliverWillis.com since 2000. Contributor … Read more

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Slaps Down Rush Limbaugh

Bwahahaha. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell failed to offer support of Rush Limbaugh’s bid to buy the Rams on Tuesday and said the talk-show host’s ‘divisive comments’ would not be welcome in the league. ‘I’ve said many times before, we’re all held to a high standard here,’ Goodell told reporters, via the New York Times. ‘I … Read more