Tag Archives: Politics

Really bad metaphor, Dave

Posted on 03/30/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Via Commentary, we get this account of why Media Matters hates conservative media outlets: Media Matters had always packaged itself differently than the right’s Media Research Center and Accuracy in Media. It said it was looking for misinformation, not bias. … Continue reading →

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Thursday briefs

Posted on 03/10/2011 by Meryl Yourish

The second time, as farce: Seriously? Bad enough Madman Gaddaffy got Libya on the Human Rights Council, now Syria’s looking to take his place. And you know what? I bet Assad will get it. But then, half the members of … Continue reading →

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Compare and contrast: Protests there and here

Posted on 02/24/2011 by Meryl Yourish

This is courage: In Zawiya, 30 miles (50 kilometers) west of Tripoli, an army unit attacked the city’ Souq Mosque, where regime opponents had been camped for days in a protest calling for Gadhafi’s ouster, a witness said. The soldiers … Continue reading →

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The incivility of the right left

Posted on 01/12/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Remember this? It’s from an entire website that was developed solely to apologize to the world for re-electing George W. Bush. Say, that right-wing incivility that the pundits are all decrying? Backatcha, pals. In this one, “get the bastards” is … Continue reading →

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When mental illness ruptures civility

Posted on 01/10/2011 by Meryl Yourish

The rush of politicians, pundits, and bloggers trying to blame Sarah Palin and “inflammatory” speech for the shooter who killed six and wounded many more while trying to murder Congresswoman Giffords is just plain stupid. Jared Loughner was batshit crazy. … Continue reading →

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Jew hatred: It’s the Grand Unified Theory in action

Posted on 12/07/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Lest the idiots in the comments over at Think Progress think that only Republicans are anti-Semites, I remind them of Congressman Jim Moron [sic], who famously blamed the Jews for the Iraq war. At a March 3 antiwar forum in … Continue reading →

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Election Day briefs

Posted on 11/02/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Oh, the horrors! Best headline of the day: On Election Day, Democratic Party control in peril. It’s like the AP thinks that Dems are tied up on the railroad tracks by those evil Republicans Oh, the disappointment: Eric Cantor only … Continue reading →

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Message not received

Posted on 09/21/2010 by Meryl Yourish

On the heels of Marc Ambinder declaring that the media will be the water-carriers for the Democratic Party regarding the demonization of the Tea Party, that selfsame subject (coincidentally, I’m sure) is now being discussed in the White House. The … Continue reading →

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The Comedy Central rally on the Mall: You can’t be serious

Posted on 09/20/2010 by Meryl Yourish

One of my commenters pointed out that CNN is really hyping the Halloween eve Comedy Central rally on the National Mall, which is supposed to be two “opposing” rallies led by Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. I find it utterly … Continue reading →

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Smacking down Obama on “smackdowns”

Posted on 09/17/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Barack Obama felt it necessary to chastise Linda McMahon for using the term “smackdown”: “I understand she has promised a ‘smackdown’. That is what she said. And, look, there’s no doubt, I can see how somebody who’s been in professional … Continue reading →

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MSM not even trying to hide their hate for Republicans anymore

Posted on 09/17/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Marc Ambinder of The Atlantic drew this conclusion about the Tea Party candidates winning some Republican primaries over the establishment candidates: The media is going to help the Democratic Party’s national messaging, which is that the GOP is a party … Continue reading →

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Disowning the Democrat bigots

Posted on 08/31/2010 by Meryl Yourish

William Saletan has a pompous, condescending piece in Slate about how liberals should not keep trying to get up in arms about how Glenn Beck is trying to co-opt Martin Luther King Jr.’s message by having a big rally, decades … Continue reading →

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HMO’s beat Congress in Gallup poll

Posted on 07/22/2010 by Meryl Yourish

You can’t make this stuff up. Remember how much we hated HMO’s when they first came out? (I still hate them; I chose the PPO option from my health care plan). Well, Americans have a higher level of confidence in … Continue reading →

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Democrats: The party of the little people (with big pocketbooks)

Posted on 05/14/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Never forget, the Dems are working for you, Joe and Jane Sixpack. Check out the price of these tickets for last night’s presidential fundraiser: Tickets for the fundraiser for House Democrats were $50,000 for couples attending the VIP reception, $15,000 … Continue reading →

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The Massachusetts Message: Fanfare from the common man

Posted on 01/21/2010 by Meryl Yourish

One of the reasons Scott Brown plowed over Martha Coakley in his pickup truck on Tuesday is because the signals coming from Washington and the media are all about how Americans are too stupid, too uneducated, too ignorant, or too … Continue reading →

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Go, Scott, go!

Posted on 01/19/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Good luck Scott Brown. Say, notice how he’s not using a Teleprompter? I’m rooting for you, Scott!

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The new, transparent Congress votes on bills in the dead of night

Posted on 12/21/2009 by Meryl Yourish

The new, transparent Congress, the most ethical Congress ever according to Nancy Pelosi, voted on the cloture bill to the health care amendment while America slept. My healthcare costs will double if this abomination goes through, and millions of uninsured … Continue reading →

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Stop ObamaCare: Write your senator

Posted on 07/16/2009 by Meryl Yourish

In addition to writing my two senators, I sent a note to Maine’s Senator Olympia Snowe. This is why: Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine is the only Republican in the Senate who has publicly said she could support a government … Continue reading →

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The Sarah Palin Africa hoax

Posted on 11/12/2008 by Meryl Yourish

I told you so. Actually, I told you twice. And now, even the Paper of Record is admitting that it’s a load of crap. It was among the juicier post-election recriminations: Fox News Channel quoted an unnamed McCain campaign figure … Continue reading →

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Sarah Palin: Proof of malice

Posted on 11/08/2008 by Meryl Yourish

I told you those stories were pure bullshit. And here is your proof, via Hot Air. I talked to Steve Biegun, the former Bush NSC aid who briefed Sarah Palin on foreign policy, and he considers the leaks against her … Continue reading →

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