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Palin and McCain

Fox News Report: Palin Didn’t Know Africa Is a Continent

Sarah Palin didn’t endear herself to everyone in the McCain campaign, from the look of this Fox News report on Wednesday. Stories about Palin sourced to campaign staffers are a bit on the, um, career-demolishing side, let’s say.

Posted on Nov 5, 2008 23 COMMENTS


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Condoleezza Rice Emotes

We never thought we’d see it. Incredible! The usually robotronic Condoleezza Rice really is capable of showing emotion. Who knew?

Posted on Nov 5, 2008 8 COMMENTS


Jesse Jackson

Jesse Jackson: ‘We Are a Better America Today’

Jesse Jackson took a moment on Wednesday to elaborate upon his wordless reaction (that spoke volumes) Tuesday night in Chicago as Barack Obama claimed victory in the 2008 presidential election.

Posted on Nov 5, 2008 5 COMMENTS


Bill Bennett

Racism Is Over (at Least for Some Neocons)

Neoconservative white-guy Bill Bennett uttered a frightening example of what many fear will be a knock-back for minority rights in the U.S. Asked about how an Obama victory would affect perceptions of race, Bennett suggested that because one black man has been elected president, claims about institutionalized racism are no longer viable.

Posted on Nov 5, 2008 5 COMMENTS


Election Night Speeches

John McCain was dignified and gracious in the face of overwhelming defeat Tuesday night. Barack Obama embraced his moment in history with yet another incredible speech. It brought tears to Jesse Jackson’s eyes and to countless others around the country.

Posted on Nov 5, 2008 2 COMMENTS


Robbins

Tim Robbins: Troubs at the Polls

Of all the people to show up on Tuesday at his usual polling location only to find that his name wasn’t on the register, it had to be actor/director/Hollywood Liberalâ„¢ Tim Robbins.

Posted on Nov 4, 2008 1 COMMENT


bike race ad

Don’t Let This Happen to You

Regardless of whether or not Obama’s your man on Tuesday, this message from his campaign serves as a useful—and humorous—reminder that this election isn’t over until it’s over.

Posted on Nov 4, 2008 3 COMMENTS


‘Monday Night Football’ Does Politics

Who would have guessed that the “Monday Night Football” candidate interviews would turn out to be so bizarre? ESPN’s normally affable Chris Berman asked questions with a perplexing intensity while John McCain sounded as if he was in a vacuum cleaner showroom.

Posted on Nov 3, 2008 3 COMMENTS


Silhouette City

‘Silhouette City’: Christian Nationalism on the Rise

Just how did we get the Christian right we have today? In his truly scary documentary “Silhouette City,” director Michael W. Wilson takes a close look at the key figures and ideologies that played some part in forming the apocalyptic mass movement that’s looking to influence American politics and culture.

Posted on Nov 3, 2008 7 COMMENTS


Palin interview

Sarah Palin Reveals Shocking Racial Discrimination Against Husband

When confronted with a tough question by an African-American fellow wondering why he’s the only minority member at a McCain-Palin rally in Jeffersonville, Ind., Sarah Palin reaches out with a personal revelation of her own. Here’s a teaser: “We live it.”

Posted on Nov 3, 2008 4 COMMENTS


Bill Maher

Bill Maher’s Election Recap

The “Real Time” host has the highlights from the last two years of the “best election ever.”

Posted on Nov 3, 2008 3 COMMENTS


‘What Happens in Syria Stays in Syria’

The Mosaic Intelligence Report investigates whether the recent U.S. attack in Syria was motivated by John McCain’s sagging polls.

Posted on Nov 2, 2008 5 COMMENTS


Palin

Palin Talks of Wars in ‘Iraq and Iran’

This weekend brought yet another startling installment from the Sarah Palin School of International Relations, in which she talks about “needing to really shore up the strategies that we need over in Iraq and Iran to win these wars” during the first 100 days of her time in the White House with John McCain.

Posted on Nov 1, 2008 16 COMMENTS


Palin prank

Palin Punked by Faux Sarkozy Prank Call

In what will go down as one of the epic prank calls of all time, Canadian radio show jester Marc Antoine Audette got Sarah Palin on the phone Saturday by telling her French President Nicolas Sarkozy was calling. Oops.

Posted on Nov 1, 2008 21 COMMENTS


Left, Right & Center

‘Left, Right & Center’: The End Is (Hopefully) Near

Arianna Huffington was back on “Left, Right & Center” to have her say, along with Tony Blankley, Matt Miller and Truthdig’s own Robert Scheer, about the economy and the presidential and vice presidential candidates on the show’s last episode before the election.

Posted on Nov 1, 2008 1 COMMENT


Bishop Dave Thomas

Does the Palin Administration Have a Race Issue?

Some African-Americans in Alaska have questions, which they pose to journalist Max Blumenthal in this clip from his series of video shorts on Alaska’s governor, about Sarah Palin’s administration with regard to its hiring practices and activities (or lack thereof) involving Alaska’s black community.

Posted on Oct 31, 2008 13 COMMENTS


Sanchez and Goldfarb

CNN’s Sanchez Shuts Down McCain Spokesman

My goodness, those CNN anchors are getting feisty in these final days of the election season! Take Rick Sanchez here, who doesn’t give McCain aide Michael Goldfarb an inch when it comes to his claims about Obama’s alleged anti-Semite acquaintances.

Posted on Oct 30, 2008 16 COMMENTS


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Alec Baldwin on Sarah ‘Bible Spice’ Palin

After so many years on television, David Letterman knows a headline-worthy quote when he hears one, and he clearly thinks Alec Baldwin’s nickname for Sarah Palin, “Bible Spice,” makes the cut in this clip from Wednesday night’s “Late Show.”

Posted on Oct 30, 2008 7 COMMENTS


Brown

CNN’s Brown Blasts Dole’s ‘Godless’ Attack Ad

It’s hard to pick just one nutty attack ad from this election season’s overflowing cornucopia o’ nonsense, but CNN’s Campbell Brown thinks she’s found the worst in Sen. Elizabeth Dole’s truth-challenged spot insinuating that her Democratic rival, Kay Hagan, is a secret atheist. Updated

Posted on Oct 30, 2008 10 COMMENTS


Obama special

Obama’s Network TV Blitz

What’s that? An Obama infomercial? Network TV? Wednesday night? Oh, right—here it is, in case you missed it.

Posted on Oct 30, 2008 9 COMMENTS


Stewart and Obama

‘Daily Show’: Obama Shares His Toys with Stewart

Does appearing on Jon Stewart’s “Daily Show” make Barack Obama a socialist? Is Obama himself subject to the dreaded “Bradley effect”? Is Jon Stewart in the tank for Obama? All these questions—and more—are covered in this clip.

Posted on Oct 30, 2008 3 COMMENTS


Stephen Colbert and Joe McCarthy (graphic)

Colbert on Obama the Socialist

Stephen Colbert has figured out John McCain’s new campaign strategy of trying to paint his rival as a socialist: “Clearly the McCain campaign is targeting its most important voter: Joe the McCarthy.”

Posted on Oct 29, 2008 9 COMMENTS


Obama Ad Takes a Swipe at Palin

Team Obama has avoided campaigning against Sarah Palin ever since a few botched attempts when she first burst onto the national stage. Since then, the governor’s numbers have nosedived and she now serves as the punch line in a new Obama campaign commercial called “His choice.”

Posted on Oct 29, 2008 4 COMMENTS


Murder, Spies & Voting Lies

Patty Sharaf’s new documentary “Murder, Spies & Voting Lies,” featuring election integrity journalist Brad Friedman, tells the story of Clint Curtis, a computer programmer who says a prominent Florida Republican asked him in 2000 to create software that could be used to rig the vote. Al-Jazeera’s Riz Khan takes a closer look.

Posted on Oct 29, 2008 4 COMMENTS


America Ferrera

Los Actores de ‘Ugly Betty’ Se Oponen a la Prop. 8

If you can read this headline, you might be part of the audience that this No on Prop. 8 ad is targeting, with a little help from three key “Ugly Betty” cast members.

Posted on Oct 29, 2008


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