Mike Keefe, The Denver Post This copyrighted cartoon is licensed to appear on TMV. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. All rights reserved. … [Read more...] about Platform du Jour
Blue Dogs Have the Power, Don’t Want the Responsibility
Matthew Yglesias is frustrated with conservative Democrats who influence party direction and then blame progressives for the results (emphasis is in original): … [Read more...] about Blue Dogs Have the Power, Don’t Want the Responsibility
Washington DC is out of touch with reality
Americans are angry with both political parties and their President because they see Washington DC operating in an alternate reality completely removed from the rest of the country and world. During all of 2009, unemployment steadily increased to “unprecedented” levels (to use a favorite word of the President). Growing under-employment, despondency by many long-term … [Read more...] about Washington DC is out of touch with reality
Awful Terrible
Full disclosure: This cartoon is a confessional. … [Read more...] about Awful Terrible
So Obama Would Lose To Any Republican Now?
The Teapot Heard Round the World
RJ Matson, The St. Louis Post Dispatch This copyrighted cartoon is licensed to run on TMV. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. All rights reserved. … [Read more...] about The Teapot Heard Round the World
Marc Thiessen Defends Waterboarding on CNN
UPDATED WITH PART 2 OF CNN INTERVIEW. Marc Thiessen was on CNN yesterday to promote his new book, which judging from the title -- Courting Disaster: How the CIA Kept America Safe and How Barack Obama Is Inviting the Next Attack -- and the buzz about it on the right, is a 376-page defense of torture. He and Philippe Sands, the British author of Torture Team: Rumsfeld's Memo and … [Read more...] about Marc Thiessen Defends Waterboarding on CNN
Larry Lessig: Break The Link Between Money & Results
"Never in the history of Congress has faith in it or its work been as low. Indeed, more people likely supported the British Crown at the time of the revolution than support this congress today." That from Larry Lessig's 8 minutes on Obama's first year (video above), authored just days before this afternoon's Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United v. FEC. Full text pdf, … [Read more...] about Larry Lessig: Break The Link Between Money & Results
Some of Rush Limbaugh’s Best Friends are Jews
No doubt. Limbaugh is lowering the bar so low that polar bears are lining up for drinks. … [Read more...] about Some of Rush Limbaugh’s Best Friends are Jews
Progressive Talk Air America Bites the Dust
Air America, the progressive talk radio network that was created to try and provide ideological counter programming to conservative talk, has now officially bitten the dust: Air America, the long-suffering progressive talk radio network, abruptly shut down on Thursday, bowing to what it called a “very difficult economic environment.” The chairman of Air America Media, … [Read more...] about Progressive Talk Air America Bites the Dust
Democrats Caught In Jaws Of Murphy’s Law
Will Rogers, America's beloved humorist of the 1930s, claimed he was not a member of any organized political party. "I'm a Democrat," he quipped to the guffaws of his Great Depression audiences. Today's Democrats find themselves still disorganized but also the victims of Murphy's Law: When things go bad, they're only going to get worse. The pinnacle of what's gone haywire … [Read more...] about Democrats Caught In Jaws Of Murphy’s Law
Obama’s Silver Lining in Brown Win
Democrats were understandably glum after Scott Brown's win over Martha Coakley in the special election for the unexpired US Senate term of the late Edward Kennedy. Brown could make life difficult for President Obama, who has made health care a centerpiece of his presidency. But if I read Barack Obama correctly, he may just now be seeing a silver lining in Brown's … [Read more...] about Obama’s Silver Lining in Brown Win
Haiti: Update on Progress of the U.S. “Invasion” (UPDATES)
A few days ago, in “Haiti: The U.S, Military Steps Up to the Plate" and in subsequent updates, I highlighted and commended the initial relief efforts by our military in the wake of the Haiti earthquake. In this one, I commented on, and hopefully debunked, preposterous allegations by French Cooperation Minister Alain Joyandet, Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez, Nicaragua’s Daniel … [Read more...] about Haiti: Update on Progress of the U.S. “Invasion” (UPDATES)
Don’t Overread Supreme Court Ruling
As most of you already know the Supreme Court today voted 5-4 to strike down some of the restrictions on contributions by corporations and labor unions. Since there are already a number of discussions on the net regarding the specifics of the ruling I'm not going to go into depth on that area. Personally though I've always been a little reluctant to assign First Amendment … [Read more...] about Don’t Overread Supreme Court Ruling
John Edwards (Finally) Admits Paternity and Separates from his Wife
You really have to ask yourself, has there been a bigger sleaze personally on the political scene than John Edwards? After a zillion denials and evasions he finally has admitted that the baby his former mistress had was indeed his: Former senator John Edwards on Thursday admitted paternity of a daughter with former mistress Rielle Hunter, despite his previous denials, in a … [Read more...] about John Edwards (Finally) Admits Paternity and Separates from his Wife
Obama has lost more than Massachusetts
President Barack Obama’s acknowledgement that “we have somehow lost the sense of direct contact with the Americans on their core values” may be too little too late in the world’s eyes. Obama has extended a hand of dialogue to many countries, including enemies, but they will grasp it only if they feel that his other hand has a firm grip on power within the US. Republican … [Read more...] about Obama has lost more than Massachusetts
The Contradictions of Obamaism (Guest Voice) UPDATED
Editor's Note: This column has been updated so we're running this again at the top of TMV. WASHINGTON -- It turns out there were core contradictions in the promises Barack Obama made to the country in 2008. They caught up with his party on Tuesday in Massachusetts. Things will not get easier. Republicans in Congress will be empowered to hold to their course of … [Read more...] about The Contradictions of Obamaism (Guest Voice) UPDATED
Supreme Court Overturns Campaign Finance Laws
Says corporations are free to directly finance ads for or against candidates. Personally this is a bit disappointing because I think that big money really corrupts our electoral process. On the other hand I welcome the discontinuation of those insanely passive aggressive "issue" ads that are far more pernicious than overt attack ads. UPDATE: Here's MSNBC's take on … [Read more...] about Supreme Court Overturns Campaign Finance Laws
Haiti: Plans to Rebuild Lives
The disaster in Haiti has brought out both the best and the worst in people. A man of God, Pat Robertson, suggested that Haiti’s catastrophic misfortunes flowed from the “fact” that ancestors of the present victims made a pact with the devil. Fortunately, a flood of prayers and goodwill for the victims drowned out such drivel. A famous entertainer, Rush Limbaugh, … [Read more...] about Haiti: Plans to Rebuild Lives
Goodbye Super Senate Majority — And Good Riddance!
For much of 2009 the political world in Washington was mesmerized by a Democratic "Super-Majority" in the Senate, with 60 votes there supposedly being a magic number that along with a big Democratic majority in the House would ensure the Obama agenda would become law. Now that 60-vote, veto-proof majority is gone. And good riddance! In reality terms rather than Beltway … [Read more...] about Goodbye Super Senate Majority — And Good Riddance!