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Crappy Hour Goes Live When Clinton Goes To Africa

Megan — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:00:00 EDT

With the curtain about to fall on Crappy Hour, it's up to you to set the agenda today! Ask questions or make comments on the days news, and I'll answer. Clinton in Africa? Birthers? Health Care? It's all here!

The Last Crappy Hour. (No, really, I mean it this time.)

Bill's Business Connections, Right-Wing Wackos Still Dominating The Day

Megan — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:00:00 EDT

Almost two years ago, former staffer Moe Tkacik (now at True/Slant and Clusterstock) created Crappy Hour, in which participants opined on everything from Britney, to baseball, the Clintons, and oral sex. Some things have changed, but many stayed the same.

Crappy Hour with Moe Tkacik, August 6, 2009

A programming note: tomorrow's final Crappy Hour will be a group affair. Meaning you.

Between 8:30 and 10:00, you can submit question or comments on the day's news by going to this site and running the live feed — then hop back over the Jezebel to submit some more and talk with other commenters from 10-11. I'll be answering questions and responding to comments live from 10:00-11:00 in honor of my last day.

Bill Clinton's Swagger Gets Things Done

Megan — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:00:00 EDT

Bill Clinton may be off to one side watching Al Gore hug the recently-released Laura Ling, but Bill Clinton's swagger has dominated the news, including today's Crappy Hour, co-starring the Huffington Post's Jason Linkins.

Crappy Hour with Jason Linkins, August 5, 2009

Chuck Norris Falls Victim To Pathetic Political Pandemic

Megan — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:00:00 EDT

Today, Gawker's Alex Pareene and I mourn the passing of American action star Chuck Norris's brain, which has been infected with and ravaged by a scary sickness. R.I.P. Chuck! In happier news: Did we mention it's President Obama's birthday today?

Crappy Hour with Alex Pareene, August 4, 2009

Birther, Detainee Issues Rear Their Ugly Heads Again

Megan — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:00:00 EDT

Another day, another dollar, another fake birth certificate from Kenya emerges from the birther morass and the Administration continues to wonder where to put our detainees. The Washington Independent's Spencer Ackerman comes by for a talk, and a goodbye.

Crappy Hour with Spencer Ackerman, August 3, 2009

Isn't There Something More Important Than Beer And Birthers?

Megan — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EDT

Barack Obama can list the real issues facing our country: health care reform, a shitty economy, climate change and a bankrupt government program for auto trade-ins, for starters. But, still, all anyone wants to talk about is beer and birthers.

Crappy Hour, July 31, 2009

What Sort Of Beer Would A Black Racist Drink?

Megan — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EDT

We've got domestic terrorists, scuttled health care reform initiatives, racists in the Cambridge P.D. and lawyers everywhere, but all anyone cares about is what beer Obama drinks! Suffice it to say, Racialicious' Latoya Peterson and I are sick of it.

Crappy Hour with Latoya Peterson, July 30, 2009

Wingnut Michelle Malkin Brings Misery, Mania, To Morning "News" Show

Megan — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EDT

Michelle Malkin brought her own brand of potentially ghost-written crazy to the Today Show today, advancing wild conspiracy theories about race, nepotism and the Obamas. The Huffington Post's Jason Linkins and I parsed the insanity so you wouldn't have to.

Crappy Hour with Jason Linkins, July 29, 2009

Truth Is No Obstacle To A Terrific Obama Conspiracy Theory

Megan — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EDT

The Obama birther story is the story that just won't die. (And why would it? It's filled with such delicious craziness!) Since we can't kill it, this morning, Gawker and True/Slant's Alex Pareene helps me mock it.

Crappy Hour with Alex Pareene, July 28, 2009

Hillary Clinton Is Kicking Ass, Taking Names

Megan — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EDT

While Sarah Palin's busy taking potshots at Hollywood actresses, Hillary Clinton is remaking American foreign policy, starting with Iran and China. And the Washington Independent's Spencer Ackerman and I are all over it.

Crappy Hour with Spencer Ackerman, July 27, 2009

Wingnut Racist And Birther Nonsense Is Making Everyone's Head Hurt

Megan — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EDT

Who cares about war, peace or health care reform when one can debate structural racism, Henry Gates and/or the circumstances of Obama's birth? No one! (Certainly not me or my brain on the last day of a very long week.)

Crappy Hour July 24, 2009

What Health Care Plan? Press Goes Crazy Over Obama's Cambridge Remark

Megan — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EDT

Last night, Chicago Sun-Times reporter Lynn Sweet used Obama's health care presser to ask him about the arrest of Harvard professor "Skip" Gates. This morning Racialicious' Latoya Peterson helps me parse it - and the press corps' rabid reactions.

Crappy Hour with Latoya Peterson, July 23, 2009

Obama Birthers Bring The Crazy To The Airwaves...And No One Is Immune

Megan — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EDT

This Crappy Hour, the HuffPo's Jason Linkins and I torture one another with Lou Dobbs slashfic, make tortured confessions to the sounds of Barney the Dinosaur, and discuss GOP career suicides related to the Obama birther movement.

Crappy Hour with Jason Linkins, July 22, 2009

Today In Washington Dickery

Megan — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EDT

Talk about strange days: My Crappy Hour comrade, Gawker's Alex Pareene, is on a highway heading south...and text messaging me as he goes. After the jump, the Gawker/TrueSlant editor and I take on Biden, Ensign and bow-tie loving Tucker Carlson.

Crappy Hour with Alex Pareene, July 21, 2009

Of Course Obama's Poll Numbers Are Plummeting — He's The President

Megan — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EDT

There are certain definites in American politics: a President's popularity will decline after his election; Republicans will oppose health reform; Congress will spend money even when it doesn't have to. This morning, Washington Independent's Spencer Ackerman and I dig in.

Crappy Hour with Spencer Ackerman, July 20, 2009

It's A Day For Republican Sex Scandals And Hillary Rants

Megan — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EDT

It's another battle between me, myself and I, as caffeine deprivation and Justice Committee ennui take their inevitable toll, leading to profanity, punnery, discussions of Republican sex scandals and a rant about how Hillary Clinton is just doing her job.

Crappy Hour, July 17, 2009

Finally: Race-Baiting Repubs Get Honest About Their Racism

Megan — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EDT

Are you sick of the Sotomayor hearings and stoking of racial tensions? Racialicious' Latoya Peterson and I are as well, but we talk about it anyway, in addition to Mark Penn's elitism, Mark Sanford's latest disappearance and Rahm Emanuel's allure.

Crappy Hour with Latoya Peterson, July 16, 2009

Oral Arguments In White Privilege V. Wise Latinas

Megan — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EDT

Is Jeff Sessions an evil leprechaun? Will Frank the Firefighter get his cookie? Will the Supreme Court let me keep my nunchucks? This morning, the Huffington Post's Jason Linkins helps me answer these, and other, pressing political questions!

Crappy Hour with Jason Linkins, July 15, 2009

Firefighter Frank Ricci Angling To Be New Joe The Plumber

Megan — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EDT

A new day is dawning for the GOP! And by "new" day, I mean the same old racist stuff, via the Repubs' newest icon, New Haven's Frank The Firefighter. Gawker's Alex Pareene and I break it down, after the jump.

Crappy Hour with Alex Pareene, July 14, 2009

Will Republicans "Whitemouth" Sotomayor At Her Confirmation Hearings?

Megan — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EDT

The Washington Independent's Spencer Ackerman had to coin a new phrase to describe what we expect Republicans will do to Sonia Sotomayor today, but only after we got done discussing CIA programs that may or may not involve Jennifer Garner.

Crappy Hour with Spencer Ackerman, July 13, 2009