I wasn’t able to watch the Haiti Telethon tonight, but the NYT has a very good review of it.
The bottom line for tonight’s star studded extravaganza was that everyone “showed excess of restraint in the pursuit of extravagant generosity, ” in other word it wasn’t about the stars who performed and answered phones, it was [...]
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Filed under: In The News
From the Talking Points Memo (TPM):
Tom Daschle, former Majority leader of the House, has withdrawn his nomination to be Health and Human Services secretary. That’s according to a joint White House statement from President Barack Obama and his former nominee.
Obama said Tuesday he accepted the withdrawal “with sadness and regret.” Daschle has been battling for [...]
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Filed under: In The News, MSNBC, Obama Administration, Stuart O'Neill
If you missed it, be sure to check out Frank Rich’s Sunday column at the NYT. It’s an excellent summation of the election that was. Here are a few key passages:
Our nation was still in the same ditch it had been the day before, but the atmosphere was giddy. We felt good not only because [...]
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Filed under: Election '08, Michael Stickings, Obama-Biden 08, Opinions
The latest chant at Palin rallies is this: “Vote McCain, not Hussein!” or “John McCain! Not Hussein!” As NYT’s The Caucus is reporting, the former made an appearance at a rally earlier this week in Pennsylvania, the latter at one this morning in Florida:
After the rally in Florida ended, two of the people leading the [...]
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Filed under: Bigotry, Election '08, Gov. Sarah Palin, Michael Stickings, Republicans
From the NY Times:
MSNBC tried a bold experiment this year by putting two politically incendiary hosts, Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews, in the anchor chair to lead the cable news channel’s coverage of the election debates.That experiment appears to be over.
After months of accusations of political bias and simmering animosity between MSNBC and its parent [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, Election '08, In The News, Keith Olbermann, MSNBC, News Media, Obama-Biden 08, Politics, Presidential Debates, Presidential Election, Presidential Primaries, Republicans, Stuart O'Neill, TV
You might want to make sure you have the aloe gel handy because in today’s Ten Post Round-Up there is far too much of the stupid (and you know what they say about the stupid? It burns!)…
1: Jus’ sayin’: If Israel is so anxious to go to war with Iran, they should go [...]
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Filed under: Democratic Daily, Dizzy Dezzi
Jeremiah Wright has thrown Barack Obama under the bus and he has stepped on the gas. The consensus is in — whatever Wright’s motive, this doesn’t look good for Obama.
Here’s some of the opinions around the news and the sphere:
Joan Walsh on Salon: I was wrong about Wright
I regret that I hedged my observation about [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, Election '08, In The News, Opinions, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Presidential Primaries
Rev Wright: “Obama Says What He Has to Say as a Politician”
The above quote is from Bill Moyer’s interview with Rev. Wright which is to air tonight. Rev. Wright, referring to Obama’s disavowal of Wright’s more controversial comments, said “He does what politicians do.”
Sometimes…
Obama’s ambivalence about playing the political game is how the Clinton’s have [...]
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Filed under: Blake Fleetwood, Democrats, Election '08, In The News, John McCain '08, N.Y. Times, Opinions, Political News, Politics, Presidential Primaries
Maybe it’s the cold medicine, but, today’s Ten Post Round-Up has my head spinning:
1: Proof of progress in Iraq: Seatbelts!…
As the Iraqis Buckle Up, We Will Stand Down–Bring It On!
2: Sometimes, doing things the old-fashioned way, really is best…
Exposed: The Great GM Crops Myth–CommonDreams.org
3: Ben Stein’s movie is number 8 with a bullet! On the [...]
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Filed under: In The News
This is about the fallacy that the entire Rightie attack on The New York Times
over the MoveOn ad is based on. The fallacy that, when revealed, drops their whole house of cards.
I have been chided privately for using the term “troll” as a characterization for perhaps too many posts. And I have privately noted that [...]
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Filed under: News Media, Political News Shows, Talk Radio
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