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Bob Cesca: The Tea Party Is All About Race, Part 2
“Last week, I wrote a piece about the tea party movement and the obvious through-line of race, race-baiting, racism and the use of the Southern Strategy within the movement. The responses were mostly positive and supportive, while the responses from the far-right and tea party people were predictably obnoxious, contradictory and fact-free.The dominant theme throughout [...]
Full StoryFive myths about America’s credit card debt – washingtonpost.com
By Robert D. Manning
Sunday, January 31, 2010
They’re yuppie food stamps. They give new meaning to the question “paper or plastic?” And they’re in everyone’s wallet. Americans have nearly 700 million all-purpose bank credit cards, plus nearly 500 million retail store cards — and they have transformed how we live and consume. Today, Americans are more [...]
Michael Wolff: Sarah Palin, Inc. Has a Problem
“Before this gets out of hand, I want to try to save the word ‘retarded,’ which seems robust and meaningful and evocative of so much that is silly, inept, and illogical. It really does not necessarily besmirch people who are actually retarded. That word, the specifically besmirching word, with cruel connotations, evoking the fifth grade, [...]
Full StoryAndy Borowitz: Poll: America Has Moved Beyond Race, Say Majority of White People
Too funny. Just sayin’ …
“When asked what figures had done the most to foster better race relations in the country, 62% of white people cited President Barack Obama, while 78% named ‘that pants on the ground dude.’”
via Andy Borowitz: Poll: America Has Moved Beyond Race, Say Majority of White People.
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: One Massachusetts Poll That Democrats Shouldn’t Panic About
Thank you Nate Silver! A PR guy is pushing a bogus poll. Who woulda thought?
“The poll was conducted by a firm connected with the Black Rock Group, which bills itself as a “strategic communications and public affairs firm” and whose chief spokesman/strategist, Carl Forti, just so happens to be the spokesman for this polling firm [...]
And The Rest Is Just Noise | The New Republic
Jonathan Chait, senior editor for The New Republic, writes cogently about health care reform:
“At some level, it is possible to understand the roots of liberal frustration. The machinery of Congress has ground away at the health care bill, as it does to almost any bill. But at a broader level, the liberal mood is insane. [...]
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Happy New Year and Decade
Tom Schaller’s cogent adieu to the Naughties — his take on the recently past decade mirrors my own. Bring on the new decade!
“Now, I don’t share this to be downer, but rather to encourage a sense of optimism as the next decade opens. Let’s hope the next ten are better than the previous ten.”
via FiveThirtyEight: [...]
Joseph Wyatt: A banner year for the right wing – Op-Ed Commentaries – The Charleston Gazette – West Virginia News and Sports
Tip toe through the many memories of right wing hilarity:
“July: Sarah Palin quit the Alaska governor's job, saying that she was headed for “a higher calling.” Philosophers continue an existential debate, asking why anyone would be called to write a self-serving, error-plagued autobiography.”
via Joseph Wyatt: A banner year for the right wing – Op-Ed Commentaries [...]
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: The Internet is Underrated: A Note on Activism, Populism and Polarization at the End of the ‘Aughts
Really interesting analysis of the power of the Internet by the really interesting (and usually spot on political analyst) Nate Silver:
“Let me advance a proposition for you. It’s going to be a controversial one. Ready?
The proposition is this: the Internet is really important!
OK, so I’m joking — sort of. That tagline sounds so … 2006. [...]
Joe Lieberman Wants You Dead
“JOE LIEBERMAN SEES NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN TAKING $150,100 FROM PURDUE PHARMA AND LETTING YOUR MOM DIE BECAUSE SHE CAN’T AFFORD HER MEDS”
You have to keep refreshing the page to see all the jokes! Hilarious!
via Joe Lieberman Wants You Dead.
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