The Other McCain

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

Mark Halperin Apologizes for Being Right

President Obama’s press conference performance Wednesday caused me to declare that there was no prospect for bipartisan cooperation. This morning on MSNBC, it caused Time magazine’s Mark Halperin to be even more blunt: “Do we have a seven-second delay? I want to characterize how I thought the president behaved. . . . I thought he was […]

Joe Scarborough to Mika Brzezinski: ‘It’s Just Stupid. Seriously, Just Shut Up.’

Certainly, some people have been wanting to say “shut up” to Mika Brzezinski for years, but is this the kind of overbearing male dominance that progressive MSNBC viewers expect? I guess it’s acceptable to tell a woman to “shut up” if she’s trying to quote the chairman of the RNC.

A Special Kind of Stupid: Only ‘Culturally Backward’ People Find Weiner’s Conduct Objectionable, Chris Matthews Says

The Stupidest Man in TV News™ — the Ted Baxter of MSNBC — has perhaps outdone himself with his latest astonishing foray into the frontier of brain-addled commentary: This is, to me, the stakes here. If [Anthony Weiner] stays, [Democrats] never get the leadership back. They never get the Speakership back because the people in the rural […]

Brutal. Simply Brutal.

Something I hadn’t previously noticed is how Rachel Maddow employed the word “creep” against Anthony Weiner: (Hat-tip: PoliticalPAW.) Meanwhile, the latest spin on WeinerGate provokes Ace of Spades to lay down an incredibly brutal interrogation on the Prime Suspect — an instant blogospheric classic. And, yeah, I’ve got a new WeinerGate column up at The […]

All the Weiner You Can Handle: Why MSM Can’t Ignore This Scandal Now

Thanks to Tim Daniel at Left Coast Rebel for locating this video of Luke Russert’s devastating interview with Rep. Anthony Weiner: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Big props to Luke Russert for asking tough questions. Compare and contrast to the utter uselessness of CNN’s Wolf Blitzer whose Weiner […]

Oh, My: In NBC Interview, Weiner Won’t Deny Authenticity of Lewd Photo UPDATE: Interview Video Added

UPDATE 3:50 p.m. ET: Here is a video clip from the interview with NBC’s Luke Russert in which Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) refused to say “with certitude” that the photo of a man’s bulging underwear sent from his Twitter account was not actually his own crotch: Hat-tip to Ace of Spades who asks: What? Andrew Breitbart had […]

Ed Schultz Suspended for Being Fat and Ugly and Calling Laura Ingraham a ‘Slut’

But mainly for calling Laura Ingraham a “slut”: STATEMENT FROM MSNBC REGARDING ED SCHULTZ: MSNBC management met with Ed Schultz this afternoon and accepted his offer to take one week of unpaid leave for the remarks he made yesterday on his radio program. Ed will address these remarks on his show tonight, and immediately following […]

Ed Schultz Calls Laura Ingraham ‘Slut’; Feminist Outrage at MSNBC in 3, 2, 1 …

What? No? You mean feminists aren’t threatening a boycott over this? President Obama is going to be visiting Joplin, Mo., on Sunday but you know what they’re talking about, like this right-wing slut, what’s her name?, Laura Ingraham? Yeah, she’s a talk slut. You see, she was, back in the day, praising President Reagan when […]

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