Palin Backs Off War With Russia

Staff / Truthdig Sep 19, 2008 Some flip-flops are more welcome than others During Sarah Palin's interview with Sean Hannity, which "The Daily Show" likened to an infomercial, the VP candidate said war with Russia would be "off the table" That's a different tune than the one she hummed for ABC's Charlie Gibson. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Palin and Friends: The Governor Is Interviewed by Fox’s Hannity

Staff / Truthdig Sep 19, 2008 Thank goodness there was Fox News host Sean Hannity to fill the excruciating void between Sarah Palin's big interview with ABC's Charlie Gibson and her upcoming one-on-one with CBS' Katie Couric. On Wednesday he sat down with Palin for the benefit of Fox's conservative-friendly audience. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Outcry on Savage’s Savage Comment About Autism

Staff / Truthdig Jul 24, 2008 Shock jock Michael Savage clearly has an overblown sense of the extent of his "expertise" on a wide range of topics, but he overstepped his bounds by attempting armchair psychology about a sensitive subject last week -- autism -- and drew fire from angry parents and supporters. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Eight More Years of Rush

Staff / Truthdig Jul 4, 2008 According to his Web site, he's "America's Truth Detector; the Doctor of Democracy; the Most Dangerous Man in America; the All-Knowing, All-Sensing, All-Everything Maha Rushie; defender of motherhood, protector of fatherhood and an all-around good guy." Whatever he may be, Rush Limbaugh is also going to be even richer than ever with his new contract to keep talking for the next eight years. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Penn: ‘End Is Near’ for Fox Pundits

Staff / Truthdig Mar 20, 2008 Filming one of his last scenes as Harvey Milk, San Francisco's first openly gay politician, who was assassinated by City Hall colleague Dan White in 1978, Sean Penn got all Method on the crowd of extras assembled to reenact the scene of an important speech Milk made on Gay Freedom Day 30 years ago. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Coulter Would Campaign for Clinton Over McCain

Staff / Truthdig Feb 1, 2008 OK, so clearly Ann Coulter is not above leaning heavily on hyperbole to raise a few eyebrows and sell a few books, but this time she even managed to shock us a little with her announcement on Fox's "Hannity & Colmes" that she'd go to bat for Hillary Clinton if she's up against John McCain for the presidency, because, Coulter said, Clinton's "more conservative" than McCain. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Dobson Says No No No to Giuliani

Staff / Truthdig Oct 10, 2007 In case you think conservative Christians are just bluffing with their threats to split from the Republicans, take a gander at this clip of Sean Hannity begging James Dobson to support Rudy Giuliani. Dobson refuses, standing on principle and the promise of a more frenzied and loyal base under a Clinton presidency. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Paul: ‘We’ve Dug a Hole for Our Party’

Staff / Truthdig Sep 7, 2007 Perhaps more remarkable than watching Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee trot out the "if you break it, you buy it" analogy in relation to the Iraq war during Wednesday's debate is taking in Ron Paul's exasperated speech about how a handful of neocons in Washington "hijacked our foreign policy." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Dick Morris: ‘First Black Is Better Than First Woman’

Staff / Truthdig Dec 19, 2006 Clinton strategist turned Fox News provocateur Dick Morris brought his peculiar insight to bear on the Hillary Clinton/Barack Obama showdown, claiming: "Obama is in fact a better first than she is. First black is better than first woman in our politics in terms of valuing it." What reasoning Morris used to make that determination remains a mystery, as he quickly moved on to the multitude of reasons why he feels Obama can't win, and how he'll leave the country if either one does. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Colmes Destroys GOP Candidate

Staff / Truthdig Oct 20, 2006 Vernon Robinson, the congressional candidate in North Carolina responsible for this disgraceful ad, self-destructs under the questioning of Alan Colmes. Watch it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Buchanan Misses White America

Staff / Truthdig Sep 1, 2006 While out pimping his book, Pat Buchanan made an appearance on Fox News on Wednesday, where he exposed himself with a statement as racist as it was whiny: ?I?d like the country I grew up in. It was a good country. I lived in Washington, D.C., 400,000 black folks, 400,000 white folks, in a country 89 or 90 percent white. I like that country.? (Video & Transcript) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Faced With Reality, Coulter Walks

Staff / Truthdig Aug 25, 2006 When conservative hate mistress Ann Coulter told two Democratic strategists on Fox News that Afghanistan was "going swimmingly," they went to town on her, and Coulter cut her interview short. Watch it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )