On Friday night's episode of Real Time, host Bill Maher commenced the show with an interview with Robert Jeffress, the infamous Rick Perry-supporting Baptist pastor who made headlines last week at the Values Voters Summit by calling Mormonism a "cult." Jeffress said, “…Mormonism has never been a part of historical…
The 0.001 percent made their way down to the ongoing “Occupy Wall Street” demonstration in lower Manhattan to let the protesters know that they had “bought this democracy fair and square.” One billionaire told Laura Flanders of GRITtv that if the protesters didn’t like it, they should buy their own…
In announcing her bid for the United States Senate, Elizabeth Warren explained that she is running so Americans will have the opportunity to use their “revenge voucher” to kick anyone from Wall Street “right in the balls.” The enterprising candidate also suggested that the wealthy should “stop being such dicks…
On Friday night’s episode of Real Time, host Bill Maher –in a segment reminiscent of our own primer on how not to respond to accusations of racism– pulled no punches in discussing the controversy surrounding the painted rock at Rick Perry’s “N*ggerhead Ranch.” “If you find yourself prefacing more than…
Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert called out Raw Story Thursday for reporting that he had explained how money could be laundered to Karl Rove’s American Crossroads SuperPAC. Unlike American Crossroads, Rove’s Crossroads GPS is a 501c4 organization that does not have to disclose its donors. Crossroads GPS can then transfer donations…
Back on September 28, Jon Stewart said that with her Constitution-wrapped bus tour, trips to Iowa and New Hampshire, and prating on about her plan to “save America”, Sarah Palin was either running for president or she’s “a crazy person”. With her announcement yesterday that she isn’t entering the race,…
Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert applauded Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain for making the difficult daily choice not to be gay. “To think that gay is a choice, I don’t know how to respond to that,” The View co-host Joy Behar told Cain Tuesday. “I mean, don’t think anybody in this…
On Wednesday’s The Daily Show, Jon Stewart took a hard look at the difference between the media’s coverage of the “Occupy Wall Street” protests and the coverage of rallies by the right-wing tea party. After weeks of protests, says Stewart, the media has reset its “coverage dial” from “blackout” to…