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INTERN RILEY GOES LEGIT: Look, he’s writing for the esteemed Internet publication Matt Taibbi’s Still So Mad At Goldman Sachs. His beat: college and whoring, two topics upon which he is a National Authority. Check it out! [True/Slant: The Diploma Mill]
Commenting On Commentary, With A Denby Cameo Because Of Course
Let’s look at Commentary magazine, the famous neocon rag now edited by John Podhoretz, who can be easily analogized to Bill Kristol, I guess, for having a much more intelligent and talented father and then sort of soiling the family legacy in the name of pride and stupidity. Or hey, for a more zeitgeist-y example [...]
Steve Schmidt: McCain Is Thisclose To Winning
Chief McCain strategist Steve Schmidt spoke yesterday to NPR and made a variety of very interesting statements about how close his candidate is to finally putting this Obama guy away. [Hint: Super close.] “We’re proud of the campaign we’ve run, it’s been a positive campaign,” he says. And also, about the media: “We have ‘em [...]
Offensive Cocktail Dress To Blame For Michelle Obama’s Failure Of A Speech
Watching Michelle Obama’s speech last night, you might have been struck by how deeply shameful it is that such an obviously smart and decent person must repeatedly assure the public of her patriotism so that a nation of suspicious and resentful idiots don’t think she’s planning to bomb their local scrapbooking club with a Socialist [...]
Protest Ghouls Invade D.C. Lunch Spots!
Classic Dystopian Sci-Fi Book Influenced Bush Stem Cell Policy
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Obama: Fire Or Keep McChrystal Already, America CAN’T HANDLE IT
by Jack Stuef
We learned yesterday that General Stanley McChrystal made some comments about civilian leaders in the administration. Since then, America’s pundits have waited PATIENTLY for his stupid plane to get to Washington so Obama could yell at him. Well, he had his meeting. And, uh, what happened? FIRE HIM OR KEEP HIM OBAMA. This is SERIOUS. [...]