The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Maddow: ‘Those Nickels and Dimes’

OK, everybody and his third cousin — Hot Air, Red State, Weasel Zippers, Verum Serum, Newsbusters — has already posted this Johnny Dollar video, but even though I’m late to the party, I’ll gladly join the dogpile: Johnny Dollar put a lot of work into this thorough fisking of Rachel Maddow, so it’s extra-good. And you know what […]

MSNBC-OMFG: Keith Olbermann Humiliates Network Executives

According to this report, not only did Olbermann refuse to apologize for violating NBC’s rules forbidding political contributions by news personnel, but he demanded that the network apologize to him. Bernie Sanders (CPUSA-Vt.) is threatening to block the Comcast-NBC merger over the issue. Professor William Jacobson suggests Olbermann should name MSNBC president Phil Griffin “Worst Person […]

MSNBC Self-Immolation Watch UPDATE: Olbermann’s ‘Indefinite’ Suspension? Yeah, One Entire Show

The Keith Olbermann suspension evidently provoked former Obama administration official Susan Crawford’s paranoid streak: Crawford, whose Twitter handle is @scrawford, tweeted on Saturday: “someone should find out whether any comcast connection to olbermann fracas – and remember Quiz Show plot line.” . . . She has previously raised concern that the merger might give Comcast the […]

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell Admits: ‘I Am a Socialist. And, Yeah, I Checked Out Those Demi Lovato Bikini Pics, Too.’

Wait. Maybe I need to double-check that quote: O’Donnell was arguing on “Morning Joe” with Glenn Greenwald, who accused him of “trying to blame ‘the Left’ and ‘liberalism’ for the Democrats’ political woes.” O’Donnell responded: “Glenn, unlike you, I am not a progressive. I am not a liberal who is so afraid of the word […]

Report: Keith Olbermann Refuses to Apologize for Giving Money to Democrats and Looking at Demi Lovato Bikini Pics

But mainly it was the giving-money-to-Democrats thing: Network sources tell Playbook that Keith Olbermann was suspended because he refused to deliver an on-camera mea culpa, which would have allowed him to continue anchoring “Countdown.” Olbermann told his bosses he didn’t know he was barred from making campaign contributions, although he is resisting saying that publicly. […]

Obligatory: ‘Hey, Did Anybody Notice That Allen West and Tim Scott Are Black?’

Video via The Right Scoop: Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Quoted at The Hill: “So I think that the — the liberal progressives saw the strength of the grass-roots movement that we call the Tea Party which stands for ‘taxed enough already’ and they tried to turn against it,” Rep.-elect Allen West (R-Fla.) said […]

I May Have Reached A Peggy Noonan Diagnosis

by Smitty The continued descent of Peggy Noonan into abject silliness seems to parallel that of her Presidential Savior. I can’t sustain a full fisk, but the end of her latest post about the President, which could not resist a swipe at Governor Palin, merits a quick once-over with the bus, emphasis mine: Noonan Smith […]

Democrats in Denial

Elephants never forget and neither does Vicki McClure Davidson, who reminds us of this Time magazine cover from 2009: It’s hilarious to read Michael Grunwald’s May 2009 analysis with the benefit of hindsight: “The [Republican] party’s ideas — about economic issues, social issues and just about everything else — are not popular ideas. They are extremely conservative […]

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