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The Myth Of “In The Tank”
The cries of “The LIE-beral Media is in the tank for Obama!” have been loud and long since 2008, but it seems like every time somebody takes an objective look at it, nothing could be further from the truth. The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism has been…
Fox News Fabricates Obama Quote: Washington Post Runs with It (UPDATE: WaPo Corrects Itself)
Steve Doocy is now writing copy for the Washington Post. The Mayans were right. Michael Thaddeus, posting at Newshounds, caught the Dooce red-handed shoving words into the President’s mouth. Thaddeus then tracks how the lie has been amplified, most egregiously at the Washington Post. When President Obama spoke at Lorain…
Olbermann: Was the GOP ‘pro-dog meat eating’ before reading Obama’s book?
Former Current TV host Keith Olbermann appeared on ABC’s This Week for the first time Sunday morning, discussing the Republican Party’s strategy in recent years to accuse the Democrats of the same problem they face in a specific news cycle. Olbermann was among This Week‘s roundtable guests, which discussed Republicans…
Lieberman: Hold Obama ‘accountable’ for Secret Service scandal
Independent Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman on Sunday insisted that President Barack Obama and the White House should be held accountable for a sex scandal within the Secret Service and for lavish spending at the General Services Administration (GSA). “It would be unfair to hold President Obama responsible for this outrageous…
In The Pipe, Five By Five
Orange Julius and the rest of the House GOP have a new game of chicken to play this month: attaching the Keystone XL pipeline to the highway bill in order to force the President’s hand. What they got out of it? Enough Dems for a veto-proof margin, apparently. Defying a…
Michele Bachmann, Tar Babies, and the Ni-CLANG! Event Horizon
We’re one step closer to the Ni-CLANG! Event Horizon, people: Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) blasted President Obama following his proposed “crackdown” on firms found to be manipulating the oil market, saying he is “waving a tar baby in the air” as a distraction from high gas prices. “This is just…
Firing Up The Blame Thrower
The Supreme Court gave us the lovely Citizens United decision which all but eliminated limits on massive, anonymous wholesale purchasing of our political system. House Republicans assured anything campaign finance-related died screaming in the lower chamber, while Senate Republicans (and Russ Feingold, for that matter) blocked appointments to Executive Branch…
Budget Showdown: President Obama threatens to turn this car right around if the GOP doesn’t behave itself
Remember the debt ceiling debacle of last summer, and how the Teanuts were directly responsible for the downgrading of the U.S.’s credit rating? Remember the supercommittee and the compromise, and how it almost killed us dead? Remember how the whole ordeal managed to confuse P.Krugz? Remember the super-secret Christmas debt…
Senate Republicans block ‘Buffett Rule’ bill
Republicans in the Senate on Monday blocked legislation that would require those making more than $1 million per year to pay at least 30 percent in federal income taxes. Democrats fell nine votes short of the 60 votes needed to advance the Paying a Fair Share Act of 2012, which…
Obama raises $53 million in March for campaign
WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama hauled in $53 million in March for his reelection effort, as his Chicago-based team trains its sights on all but certain Republican nominee Mitt Romney. Obama’s fundraising clip, which translates to a $1.7 million dollar average daily take over the month for his campaign…
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