Jezebel: Hardball

Can Michele Bachmann Parodies Reach Palin-esque Heights?

Irin Carmon — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:30:08 EDT

"You hear that my lefty friends?" said an emcee at a recent Sarah Palin event. "Conservative women — they're smarter than you and they're hotter than you." Sure. They're also so fun to imitate! Just ask Sara Benincasa. More »

Healthcare Protester Katy Abram & The Perils Of Citizen Punditry

Anna North — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:00:00 EDT

On Tuesday, we posted a picture of Pennsylvania mom Katy Abram protesting outside a town hall meeting on health care. Today, the question she asked at that meeting has made her an unlikely — and perhaps unlucky — celebrity. More »

Talking Heads Wrangle Over Womens' Uteruses On Hardball

Anna North — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:20:00 EST

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Last night, MSNBC's Chris Matthews had writer William Saletan and conservative Ken Blackwell on Hardball to discuss reducing the number of abortions in the United States. Missing from the conversation: women. Also: accuracy. More »

Matthews Pwns Pfotenhauer On Issue Of Palin As VP

Anna Holmes — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:20:00 EDT

Chris Matthews has had it up to here. Maybe it's simply exhaustion from the election season, or jet lag (he's currently in Los Angeles, not D.C.). Or perhaps he's just sick of the Bachmann-like bullshit thrown his way every night on the highly entertaining Hardball. Regardless, earlier this evening, Matthews went off on our ~~favorite~~ GOP talking head, Nancy Pfotenhauer when pressing her for details on VP nominee Sarah Palin's strange and disturbing interpretation of the role of the Vice President. The conversation lasted what seemed like 10 minutes, and was wholly one-sided: Matthews raged, Pfotenhauer spun, and Democratic spokesperson Bill Burton sat back and just laughed. Partial clip (the segment went on for another 2-3 minutes) above. More »

Stay Off Of John McCain's Lawn!

Megan Carpentier — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:00:00 EDT

As the sun rises on the debate day but sets on John McCain, one is forced to wonder: where are the racists at? And, it turns out they're at McCain-Palin rallies! Swampland's Ana Marie Cox and I aren't surprised, any more than we're surprised that Dick Morris still sucks hooker's toes, and Todd Palin might be "borrowing" Sarah's underwear. Oh, and John McCain is probably losing and wants people the fuck off his lawn, you cunt. More »