Oliver Willis A lot of noise is being made about the Media Bloggers Association and their role in the AP cease and desist story. Most of it is uninformed. I’ve been a member since the thing began. It’s not a sham. It’s got members from the left and right. Robert Cox is a conservative, I don’t agree … Read more
John McCain is keeping $300,000 from this guy Clayton Williams: So a guy makes a sick joke about rape that was highlighted in a campaign ad, but the McCain camp still thought it was perfectly fine to take his money and have a fundraiser with him until the press comes a knockin’. ABC’s Rick Klein reports: Sen. John … Read more
Some people have no shame. Let’s go back in the time machine and see what dogged reporter David Gregory asked President Bush in the press conference before the Iraq War: Q Mr. President, good evening. If you order war, can any military operation be considered a success if the United States does not capture Saddam … Read more
Every day the dumb flows like water. Nobel Peace Prize winner and international symbol of freedom Nelson Mandela is flagged on U.S. terrorist watch lists and needs special permission to visit the USA. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice calls the situation “embarrassing,” and some members of Congress vow to fix it. The requirement applies to … Read more
Who knew that the RNC would bust out the wahmbulance so soon in the 2008 campaign. And they’re going straight to legal maneuvers to squelch the ad. Funny how the party of “tort reform” always jumps to the lawyers. The ad hits a nerve. And I hope it keeps doing so (I gave to the … Read more
When I see nonsense like Newsweek’s cover about the so-called “Bubba Gap” for Sen. Obama and other members of the punditocracy saying that the path to the presidency can only be achieved by pandering to these larry the cable guy(mostly southern) conservatives I always have to roll my eyes (I also roll my eyes at … Read more
As the 40th anniversary of Dr. King’s murder comes up, this is worth noting. 1983: McCain Voted Against Creating Martin Luther King Holiday. McCain voted against the Hall (D-IN) motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill to designate the third Monday of every January as a federal holiday in honor of the late civil … Read more
I’m not wild about the polling that’s been done this cycle – and clearly nobody should pay any attention to Zogby polls, but I think this Gallup poll is of note: Sen. Obama leads Sen. Clinton 52% to 42%, now I’m sure after they’ve cited these numbers before the Clinton campaign (and their blogosphere apologists) will … Read more
This ad from Mitt Romney that they released today sort of encapsulates just whats wrong with Romney. It’s fine and dandy for political ads to step outside of the box in their format, but Romney’s is the first I’ve ever seen that seems to think those bland ads for GlobalChemCorp are the sort to be … Read more
Juno: Great comic writing and not too “look at me, I’m quirky” acting (Wes Anderson, I’m looking at you and your suck movies). Not many have noted it but Allison Janey gets to bring the humor you didn’t get to see too often from the West Wing to her character. I hope Ellen Page, the … Read more