US President Barack Obama praised a comedian Wednesday for organizing a “Rally to Restore Sanity,” saying it may help instill more “courtesy” in American political life. The president, speaking in Richmond, Virginia, tacitly welcomed US comic Jon Stewart’s plan for the rally, a thinly veiled dig at right-wing US icon…
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Rachel Maddow is right on in this clip, except about one major thing: The right wing mythology that takes Michelle Obama’s relatively mild healthy eating initiative and equates it with a Big Brother program where you’ll be reported…
Glenn Beck has launched a new news site called The Blaze, which is a truly fantastic news source for Glenn Beck. It’s got such stories as why Al Sharpton doesn’t like Glenn Beck, why some guy at the New York Times likes Glenn Beck, children who came to see Glenn…
Well, at least Orly Taitz lost. The Republicans of California haven’t completely lost their minds, and we can take some comfort in this. In general, though, I find that I’m deeply concerned about the far right nutjob patrol’s gallant and often successful efforts at taking over the Republican party. If…
Glenn Beck is a cable-news phenomenon. His hour-long program on Fox News Channel routinely attracts more viewers than all of its competitors in the five p.m. time slot combined, sometimes reaching as many as 3.5 million people. Fox News, however, hasn’t been able to translate those huge audience numbers into…
Glenn Beck is a cable-news phenomenon. His hour-long program on Fox News Channel routinely attracts more viewers than all of its competitors in the five p.m. time slot combined, sometimes reaching as many as 3.5 million people. Fox News, however, hasn’t been able to translate those huge audience numbers into…
Update at bottom: Beck apologizes for mocking Malia Obama It took talk show host Glenn Beck all of two days to go from announcing that the families of politicians are a no-go zone for pundits — to mocking 11-year-old Malia Obama on the air. During a press conference Thursday, President…
Glenn Beck has a dream…but apparently it’s not a very original one. The controversial Fox News host is orchestrating a rally in Washington DC on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech at the Lincoln Memorial. Beck has tried to associate himself with the martyred historical religious leader but…
This article in Forbes about Glenn Beck is a real treasure trove of information about the moral-free crybaby teabagger pundit. I was surprised at how Forbes, a conservative publication, really makes Beck look like the piece of shit he no doubt is. Maybe they don’t realize how bad he comes…
One of the most annoying habits of conservative pundits is their tendency to take faux umbrage whenever it’s suggested that modern day liberals are the ones carrying the legacy of the civil rights movement when they do things like fight poverty (something Martin Luther King Jr. died trying to do)…