Here’s the thing about rampant fear — it’s rampant. This is a perfect example of how islamophobia – now a staple of America’s right – has run amok. Not only are conservatives freaking out about scary secret Muslims on the left; they are now seeing and fearing them on the right: Glenn Beck is threatening to quit the National Rifle Association over the … Read More
The Media Is Covering The Clinton E-mail “Flap” Because It Is In The Media
The media coverage of the flap/scandal/whatever surrounding Hillary Clinton’s emails is embarrassing. If you’ve been living under a rock, it has come out that Hillary Clinton, while serving as Secretary of State, used a private email server to send and receive emails, thus (arguably) violating a rule set forth by the National Archives (not a law, as in a criminal law, but … Read More
Rush Limbaugh Wonders Why White People Can’t Use Racial Epithets
Facepalm: Rush Limbaugh is at it again. The conservative radio host surely seethed with indignation as he watched every decent-minded human being around him express outrage at a video of fraternity brothers chanting racist lyrics. On Wednesday, he finally spoke up. The problem wasn’t the words that the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) brothers were chanting, Limbaugh claims. It was the … Read More
Why My Plans To Retire In Costa Rica Are Looking Better
Because of this: Exactly five years ago this week, as the Congressional debate over the Affordable Care Act was coming to its eventual conclusion, Rush Limbaugh made a bold statement about his future as a resident of the United State of America. Speaking to a caller who expressed concerns about the impact of Obamacare on the U.S. healthcare system, Limbaugh … Read More
Do We Have A Contender For Michelle Bachman’s Replacement?
Nevada Republican assemblywoman Michelle Fiore made a bit of name for herself when she was quoted in the New York Times saying that “hot little girls” on campus need guns to protect themselves against rapists. She did not say what ugly large girls should carry. This was all in connection with a bill she sponsored that would allow firearms onto … Read More
Williams Out
It sucks right now to be NBC’s Brian Williams. And this news story about the news just demonstrates how stupid the news has become. The NBC newsman was suspended Tuesday night for six months amid charges that he misremembered or conflated wartime incidents he reported on from Iraq and Israel. He has also come under scrutiny for possible conflations in reporting … Read More
Lyndon Johnson Was Prescient
Long ago, President Lyndon Johnson explained how this conservative schtick works: If you can convince the lowest white man that he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll even empty his pockets for you. The Fox News business model, ladies and gentlemen.
Palin’s Nail In The Coffin
Palin has no friends, including Matt Lewis, who supported her before you even heard of her: You Betcha I Was Wrong About Sarah Palin It’s time to admit that, whatever their motivation was at the time, the Alaska governor’s critics always had a point. Has conservative genuflection at the altar of Sarah Palin finally come to a halt? In case you missed it, … Read More
Palin’s Speech This Weekend Was So Painfully Bad That Even Conservatives Lament
Falll-out continued for former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin following her speech at the Freedom Summit in Iowa this weekend, that one commentator called “bizarro,” with others calling it “rambling” and “painful.” On MSNBC’s Morning Joe, host Joe Scarborough lamented Palin’s decline from the candidate who once wowed a national audience with her speech at the Republican nominating convention in 2008. … Read More
More Fake Free Speech Advocates
Former Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh (also known as a deadbeat dad) took to the Twitters today to call for Islamists to murder journalists. Yes, really. Let’s hope that when the Islamists next strike they first behead the appeasing cowards at CNN, MSNBC, etal who refused to show the cartoons. — Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) January 14, 2015 The right wing just … Read More
“Where’s The Moderate Muslim Outrage?”
Fox’s Monica Crowley: “I Haven’t Heard Any Condemnation” Of The Paris Attack From Muslim Groups.While discussing reactions to the Charlie Hebdo attack on the January 7 edition of Fox News’ The Real Story, contributor Monica Crowley argued that Muslims “should be condemning” the attack and that she hadn’t “heard any condemnation.” [Fox News, The Real Story, 1/7/15] Fox Guest: “You Don’t … Read More
Michelle Celebrates Gasoline Under $2 Which She Promised
Retiring Congressdipshit Michele Bachmann has been doing a peculiar version of the Minnesota Long Goodbye, except instead of the usual arrangement, where a host follows a departing guest out to the car asking if they’re really sure they don’t want to take a little hot dish home with them, Ms. Bachmann has it a little backwards. Having given a farewell … Read More
Michele We Hardly Knew Ye
Well, we won’t have Michele Bachmann to kick around here anymore. But before she ends her tenure as a U.S. Congresswoman, Michele gave us an early Christmas present — an interview with World Nut Daily, in which she says — no really — that she pitted her “evidence-based” smarts against Democrat’s emotionalism and won out. Enjoy: Um, okay. Let’s look … Read More
World’s Dumbest Lawyer(TM) Joins Twitchy At Being Outraged At Something They Didn’t Understand In The First Place
In other words, dog bites man. University of Baltimore law professor Garrett Epps wrote a piece in the Atlantic entitled “Imperfect Union: The Constitution Didn’t Foresee Divided Government” that discussed the likely confrontations between the President and the newly-Republican Congress: What’s coming will be painful, frustrating, and dangerous—and it will illustrate a constitutional malfunction unforeseen in 1787. The country will survive, … Read More
Fair And Balanced: Fox News In The Mideast
As Israel bombs Gaza, the Palestinian death toll stands at 576. There have been 27 Israeli deaths as well. And how does Fox report it? Fox News actually just announced this re: Gaza: “So far, violence has killed over 600 people on both sides" — brendan james (@deep_beige) July 22, 2014