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GOP To Cheney, Sanford: Sit Down, Shut Up
Not a day can go by, it seems, without Dick Cheney attempting to prop up his legacy and Mark Sanford busting out declarations of love for his mistress. Racialicious' Latoya Peterson and I have some advice for both of them. More »
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By MeganComment by morninggloria: I wouldn't say that the economy is dead; I'd just say that those who are in positions to shape economic... 9 Responses | Other threads
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Tales Of Schadenfreude & Sniping From McCain/Palin Campaign Continue
We just can't get enough when it comes to witnessing Republicans eating their own! Luckily, there's more news on that front, so, this morning, the HuffPo's Jason Linkins and I gleefully review the latest, greatest backbiting tearing apart the GOP. More »
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By MeganComment by PilgrimSoul: Um, slightly OT, but next to the United States, there is a nation called Canada which is celebrating its national... 10 Responses | Other threads
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Jon Bon Jovi Seeks Justice For Iranians
Who but Gawker's Alex Pareene could help me understand Bon Jovi's Iranian tribute song, Iraqi withdrawal, the New York Senate's misdeeds and the appropriately Christian punishment for Mark Sanford's sins? More »
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By MeganComment by stacyinbean: Hold on just one second here, what is this about an HIV travel ban? People who are HIV+ aren't allowed... 6 Responses | Other threads
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Michael Jackson's Death Now Influencing Iranian Protesters
Is Michael Jackson bad for Iran? Is Minnesota Govenor Tim Pawlenty giving up on his bromance with Senator Minority Leader Mitch McConnell? Did John Edwards really make a sex tape? The Washington Independent's Spencer Ackerman helps answer these important questions. More »
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By MeganComment by gangey: I will never get over the absolute hubris of some politicians. They bust their peers for having affairs while having... 7 Responses | Other threads
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In The Tank: Sasha Obama Takes Rahm Emanuel For A Wet 'N Wild Hawaiian Ride
Last night's White House-hosted Congressional luau featured a dunk tank — and, even better, Rahm Emanuel on the hot seat! Gawker's Alex Pareene and I discuss that, fat-bottomed girls, Governor Mark Sanford and Michelle Bachmann's special brand of crazy. More »
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By MeganComment by morninggloria: Rahm Emanuel has made me wet for months now; it's too bad that I wasn't there yesterday to return the... 13 Responses | Other threads
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Hell Hath No Fury Like A Political Wife Scorned
Today, Latoya Peterson of Racialicious and I talk about what we'd do in Jenny Sanford's shoes, roll out some Ludacris for the Iranian people, and, predictably, get sort of hung up on pictures of hot guys. More »
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By MeganComment by MJ: Just once, I'd like to see the wife walk through the press up to the cheating sumbitch and slap him,... 5 Responses | Other threads
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Not-So-Hot: Pundits Whine After Hot HuffPo Reporter Poses Presidential Question
Today, it's some hot three-way action as Spencer Ackerman pinch-hits for the Huffington Post's Jason Linkins, giving us a chance to discuss White House press conferences, Iranian dissidents, and North Korean nukes. More »
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By MeganComment by NefariousNewt: I heard part of the press conference yesterday, but missed the HuffPo question, and the question about Obama smoking. As... 9 Responses | Other threads
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Missing: Governor Mark Sanford, Decency In Iranian Government
This morning: South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford has disappeared, protests continue in Iran, Uighurs are in paradise and Republicans continue to have sex. So who better to join me but former Jezeditor Moe Tkacik? The blessed reunion, after the jump. More »
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By MeganComment by dreamweave: That Sanford story is shady as hell. You are the fucking governor and you leave town for four days over... 16 Responses | Other threads
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Protests In Iran Persist; North Korea Continues Provocations
It's the return of Crappy Hour! Today, the Washington Independent's Spencer "Attackerman" Ackerman rejoins me with an analysis of the situations in Iran, North Korea, and Afghanistan... plus a primer on why I should sleep with Jewish men. More »
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By MeganComment by deitybox: Okay first of all, Avigdor Lieberman is in NO WAY representative of Jewish men. So STOP THIS NONSENSE. We have... 9 Responses | Other threads
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The Biggest (And Last) Crap Of All, In Which Everyone Brings It
Yeah, it's the last one for the forseeable future, so we've got your Bristol Palin baby update, Peggy Noonan, Barack Obama, C-sections, purple drank, Detroit, and 6 of your favorite Crappy Hourists all together.
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By MeganComment by ADismalScience: The whole Israel thing has inspired me to propose some sort of floating exchange rate policy for civilian deaths so... 9 Responses | Other threads
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Joe Biden Names The Puppy, And Rahm Emanuel Cleans Up His Language
In the last hours of 2008, Moe Tkacik and I don't plan on cleaning up our acts, so we talk puppies, swearing, segregationists, Blagojevich-y gifts that keep on giving and the Obama's moving day.
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By MeganComment by tscheese: I am going to miss this feature more than is seemly. Is this really the last time we'll see Megan... 14 Responses | Other threads
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Bristol Palin's Double Payday Provides Inspiration For Our Own Pregnancies
It's old school today with Moe Tkacik and me weighing in on recession spending, New Orleans' new Congressmen Cao, and what we would do for the money Bristol Palin's getting for pictures of her spawn.
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By MeganComment by Annabellie: Sleep IS weird, and it's especially weird that I can't seem to master this skill. Every day I wake up... 17 Responses | Other threads
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If Caroline Kennedy Thinks Ladymag Writers Are Stupid, What Does She Think Of Their Readers?
Caroline Kennedy knows that real reporters don't write for women's magazines or blogs, so today, Jason Linkins and I talk about Gaza in terms of masturbation and "Barack The Magic Negro" instead of her candidacy.
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By MeganComment by sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit): If you see the wrong thing, you could be an anti-Semite! A-fucking-men. This whole thing happened on Saturday right before my... 15 Responses | Other threads
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Viagra: The Gift That Keeps On Giving, Even In Afghanistan
On the day after Christmas, what better topic for Spencer Ackerman and I to discuss than the use of Viagra as a weapon of mass construction? Now, with a special appearance by Boyz II Men.
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By MeganComment by sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit): Let's cut the CIA some slack. They are just trying to empower the Afghan people. We need their... 6 Responses | Other threads
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And A Crappy Christmas To All, And To All A Good Morning
Christmas is almost here, and Spencer Ackerman and I know that some among you probably aren't done shopping yet. We've got some ideas from dolls to pardons, in between musings about Cheney and Cox [sic].
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By MeganComment by AthertonMerriweather: I don't understand the Twitter craze. It seems rather narcistic to think people would want constant updates from you. 21 Responses | Other threads
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All We Want For Christmas Is For Hillary Clinton To Save The World
She might not be President, but as soon as she becomes Secretary of State, it's about time for Hillary to get down to saving the world, or that's Spencer Ackerman and I think, anyway.
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By MeganComment by NefariousNewt: I think if you pass the initial exams, it makes more sense for you to start at the bottom and... 30 Responses | Other threads
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We Were Dreaming Of A White
Apparently, being cold and stuck inside makes me kind of rant-filled about bailouts, stimuli, Prop 8, Hannukah, the mortgage crisis and structural deficiencies, so Spencer Ackerman is basically the perfect person to talk to.ChristmasHoliday, And Then It Snowed And Got Very Cold
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By MeganComment by BeckySharper: Jew here. Frankly, Hanukkah's always irritated me. It's a relatively unimportant holiday on the Jewish calendar--the equivalent of something like the... 28 Responses | Other threads
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Rick Warren Is Thinking About You Naked
Rick Warren can only barely keeping from fucking you, but Ana Marie Cox and I will protect one another and the nation's 4-year-old lottery winners from harm with our new Jon Favreau TV show.
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By MeganComment by Penny: Has anyone picked up the latest Newsweek with the cover story about religion? I heard the journalist interviewed on... 24 Responses | Other threads
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Everyone's Angry At Barack Obama
Actually, Ana Marie Cox and I aren't angry at all, but other people are, so we talk Rick Warren, Rod Blagojevich, R. Kelly, Crocs, things to do in the cold, Jon Favreau and TV sitcoms.
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By MeganComment by Penny: I'm starting to get pretty irritated with the dissenting voices from the far left. Dudes, he's a POLITICIAN. He's not... 26 Responses | Other threads
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Obama — Not You — Is The Person Of The Year
In the midst of the hour, Time (unsurprisingly) announced that Barack Obama was its Person of the Year. Ana Marie Cox and I aren't mad, though, we swear!
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By MeganComment by SarahMC: I'm doing this!: I'm feeling torn about inauguration. The mall is so close, yet it's going to be so inconvenient and I don't... 23 Responses | Other threads
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The Senate May Get Caroline, But Biden Gets Carney And A Canine
Joe Biden snuggles puppies, and Drudge might be using this picture to announce Ana Marie Cox's old boss's new job, but there is also news of bombs, shoes, dodges and Caroline Kennedy to discuss.
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By MeganComment by NefariousNewt: The uproar over Caroline Kennedy is sour grapes. She's spent her whole life avoiding trading on her family name, staying... 37 Responses | Other threads
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Chris Rock's Daughters Want To Be BFF With The Obama Girls
To try to come in like a lamb and go out like a lion, today Ana Marie Cox and I talk puppies, pedicures, Elvira, Bill Kristol, and the death of journalism. Do lions cry?
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By MeganComment by Jamie Sommers: I hope Biden leaves the puppy's ears the way they are. I hate seeing dogs get their ears cropped and... 11 Responses | Other threads
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Caroline Kennedy: Just Carrie From The Block?
Some jokes should just never be made, but when you're stuck on the worst wireless connection in all of New York with a bad C-Schlo-J-Lo comparison by a Queens Congressman, what else can you do?
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By MeganComment by Flowers For Algernon: We get it people. You dislike Caroline Kennedy. You do not think she is qualified not fit for public office.... 10 Responses | Other threads
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Blagojevich Could Be Obama's (And Your) Biggest Nightmare
Take a deep breath: This picture of Blagojevich and Obama being sworn in to testify at a Congressional hearing was taken in 2005. But despite the fact that Blagojevich hates "that motherfucker" more than even Tracy Morgan does, he still might turn into even more of a nightmare for Barack Obama. What it means for the Huffington Post's Jason Linkins and me, however, is that there's plenty to talk about, including Blagojevich's stupidity, nipple clamps, other corrupt assholes, and Rahm Emanuel's potentially snitchy ways (and why we love them).
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By MeganComment by AthertonMerriweather: I don't think I'll be able to get into the Kindle craze. I like having the actual books on my... 20 Responses | Other threads
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Caroline Kennedy Has A Tattoo, Hankering For A Senate Seat
Look! There on her arm! That's not a bruise, it's a tattoo! ZOMG, can you even be a Senator with a tattoo? Can two strong women work together at the State Department without a catfight? Was it ever possible that power would not corrupt powerful Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel? Can the Huffington Post's Jason Linkins answer all these questions and talk about puppies without having to leave his computer to vomit from the flu? Those queries and many others, answered after the jump.
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By MeganComment by morninggloria: This broke too late to hit Crappy Hour, I think, but did you all hear that Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich... 21 Responses | Other threads
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Today's News Is Brought To You By Andy Samberg's Soiled Pants
It used to be that this venerable feature was inspired by the news, hangovers, and/or funny pictures. But The Huffington Post's Jason Linkins and I have a new muse — or, to be fair, a couple of million of new muses harmed in the filming of SNL's digital short "Jizz In My Pants" (embedded after the jump). There's just no way to look at the news about torture, wire-tapping, Bush kissing Barbra Streisand, Ed Rendell or Kate Beckinsale any other way after seeing that video. Today's Hour also contains an object lesson for one of my best friends, who should have known better than to tell me his pants-jizzing story 10 years ago because there was no way I was going to forget it.
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By MeganComment by NefariousNewt: And as an aside, did everyone see this bit about Jon Favreau's Facebook travails today? 9 Responses | Other threads
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Sarah Palin's Wardrobe, The Universe Completely Crazy
The end of the week is a time to sit and digest the insanity that the week has spawned. More news on Sarah Palin's style? Check. Canadian Parliamentary crisis? Check. A Supreme Court case on Barack Obama's birth certificate? Yup, got that, too. Between all of that, plus calls for Robert Mugabe to resign, Tim Geithner to pull his head out of his (possibly sexist) ass, and Andrew Cuomo not caring about black people, it's damn lucky that I have Racialicious' Latoya Peterson along on this ride to Crazytown (not nearly as awesome as Funkytown, by the way).
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By MeganComment by dchan: Forensic experts have determined that the birth certificate Obama's camp put online back during the campaign was a forgery, basically... 158 Responses | Other threads
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Governor's Ball: Ed Rendell Is A Sexist Jerk; David Paterson Isn't
Some days there's news to be had, and some days all you can do is shake your head when a governor like Ed Rendell stereotypes working moms and single women all in a breath. Luckily, there are governors like David Paterson, who is really pissed about sexism in the legal profession (and in the New York State court system). And there are friends like Latoya Peterson of Racialicious who go interview kick-ass women about terrorism, public health and Star Wars so that we can tie it all together on one neat little progressive package of knowledge.
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By MeganComment by sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit): Also, thank fuck for Crappy Hour. I need a place to vent my extreme rage this morning and it didn't... 15 Responses | Other threads
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Clinton Wants A Job And McCain Wants To Keep His Bromances Alive
With the election over, the terrorist attacks in India in the rearview mirror (at the moment) and appointment speculation slowing, the news is, as Latoya Peterson of Racialicious says, "weird" today. So it's all about what Bill Clinton wants to do for Obama, John McCain's buddy trip, Saxby Chambliss's win, Jeb Bush's potential run and, of course, Super Obama World.
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By MeganComment by linnyt is a walking cliché: "It isn't our belief in God that makes us different. It's our belief in the liberties (religious and other) enshrined... 19 Responses | Other threads
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The Next Terror Attacks Will Not Be Televised
There's nothing like a good political discussion between two friends that rides quickly off the rails, which is basically what happened this morning with Latoya Peterson of Racialicious and me, when we fully planned to talk about the next terror attacks on the United States and then drifted into farm subsidies, foreign aid, violence in the media, Malawi and Mexico and didn't manage to even work in a single reference to Madonna because we were so focused on corn. Mmmmm. Corn!
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By MeganComment by braak: I'm not sure why we're so flipped out about terrorists getting their hands on biological weapons. I mean, it's... 15 Responses | Other threads
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Hillary Clinton, Angry Black Women & Questioning The Appropriate Imagery Of Tragedy
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but what words? And which picture? Is the tragedy of the attacks of Mumbai best expressed by the inconsolable grief of Moshe Holtzberg, held by a friend of his slain parents while his grandparents grieve? Or by the horrifying, arresting pictures of those who died last week? Latoya Peterson of Racialicious and I might agree that both Caucasians and people of color deserve the same treatment, but we disagree about what that treatment should be. In the meantime, we wonder why Hillary Clinton is giving up her Senate seat and agree heartily that black women are not a monolithic entity, even when it comes to gay men, homophobia and insecurity.
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By MeganComment by Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC: Sooo, I've been thinking about moving. Is there any place in the world where they cut black women a break? I've... 30 Responses | Other threads
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Obama Offers Things To Kvetch About Before Giving Thanks
Since Thanksgiving is all about gratitude — and Spencer Ackerman and I are not exactly grateful types — it's important to get all the bitching we can out of our system before summoning our most beauteous smiles and eating turkey with our families. This morning, we whine about John Forte's stupid lawyer, major hook-ups and pardon, the stupidity of celebrity interviewers, the continuing interest in Sarah Palin's freaking clothes, and why, although Spencer thinks Obama should have announced a Labor Secretary by now, I think everyone else should stop whining that he hasn't. More »
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By MeganComment by PilgrimSoul: One of my greatest fears about ever leaving the job I'm in now is the loss of my blackberry. How... 24 Responses | Other threads
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Beau Biden Gets His Seat-Filler And The Financial Sector Gets Your Money
Sometimes, like turkeys killed beside Sarah Palin, your suffering only serves as a backdrop to the televised platitudes of those higher up on the food chain. The credit crunch and foreclosure is just a scene-setter for the banks' bail-out, and your deployment to a war zone is just the back drop for the furtherance of someone's political career. Your sacrifice to donate $50 to Obama is a mere pittance to the "donations" made by oil companies at the request of a powerful Democratic Congressman to fund his eponymous school after which he just happened to help them keep a multi-million dollar tax break. In the midst of all this depressingly shady news, Jill Filipovic of Feministe helps me find yet a few things to be thankful for, like poultry, broken bones, the potential benefits of moving back home and getting half-heartedly spanked by Henry Paulson. More »
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By MeganComment by NefariousNewt: Is it too late for me to start a bank and run it into the ground? 10 Responses | Other threads
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Hillary Clinton Is Everyone's Fantasy, Sick Or Otherwise
There are so many things that change when you become President of the United States — for instance, like the Pope, you lose your name. And with this election, lions are lying down with lambs, former rivals are — at least according to Andrew Sullivan — submitting to the authority of their onetime rivals, and former Harvard President Larry Summers is losing out on a Treasury gig to a guy who snowboards. No one's love for the idea of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State is more true than that of Salon's Rebecca Traister who joins me in mocking Aaron Sorkin, congratulating the Washingtonienne, comparing Obama to Luke Skywalker and generally making one another uncomfortable with mental images of Mr. Summers fingering things. More » -
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Look Who's Talking: Cellphone Snoops, The SecState, And Sarah Palin's Poultry Pardon
You know we've all done it — snooped on a romantic interest. He just left his cell phone lying there and you peeked at his text messages. Or he left his email running on your computer and you couldn't help but have a tiny peek at what he's been saying and who he's been saying it to. So it probably comes as no surprise that someone did the same thing to his or her crush object, Barack Obama. The Daily Beast's Ana Marie Cox and I disagree over snooping ethics, why Attorney General Mukasey collapsed, Obama and Hillary, and turkey slaughter. After the jump. More »
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By MeganComment by SisterMaryMartha: I can't speak for anyone else, but this BITCH is still here.Somedays, now that the majah controversy is over, I... 19 Responses | Other threads
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The Obama Administration Gets An Injection Of Estrogen
After more than a week of grumbling by women's groups that Hillary Clinton had damn well better not be the only woman in the Cabinet, along with grumblings by Latinos that they ought to be represented too, along comes the unsurprising news that Obama is, indeed, vetting women for Cabinet positions. Can you guess who they might be? The Daily Beast's Ana Marie Cox and I can, and, in between talk of puppy cams, rainbows, unicorns, Jane Krakowski's nipples and Morning Joe, we discuss it at a length commensurate with our attention spans. More »
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By MeganComment by morninggloria: I would like to see Janet Napolitano as Secretary of Ice Cream. Nothing will raise our spirits more in these... 18 Responses | Other threads
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Rahm Sightings, Ted Stevens, Secretaries Of State, And Other Political Obsessions
With only two more Senate races left to watch, an Administration to staff and a country to help out of a financial crisis, Rahm Emanuel took some time out yesterday to speak to a bunch of CEOs, and have dinner in the vicinity of The Daily Beast's Ana Marie Cox. What he said, who he was with and all the important details are after the jump, along with a discussion of Ted Stevens' Senatorial loss, homosexuality in the Middle East, Air Fuck One, vetting, the fighting pussies, Chris Matthews' Senate race and al-Qaeda deputy Ayman al-Zawahri's impressions of Obama (hint: they aren't good). More »
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By MeganComment by tscheese: I can't decide if Olbermann vs. Corzine is scary or awesome. 8 Responses | Other threads
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Is Clinton In, Out, Up, Down, Wrong Or Right?
It's a week that belongs to the chattering class and, apparently, Katy Perry and whatever music and puppy cams can get The Daily Beast's Ana Marie Cox through another day of speculation about Hillary Clinton's potential nomination for (and/or acceptance of) Secretary of State. That, plus what David Frum's writing reminds us of, and what we would really like to see happen in the first 100 days of the Obama Administration, after the jump. More »
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By MeganComment by tscheese: making election day a national holiday CAN I PLZ HAZ. No seriously. My life would have been a lot easier if... 15 Responses | Other threads
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Will Rahm Emanuel Turn The Obama-McCain Meeting Into A Dance-Off?
If Barack Obama thought the post-convention part of the campaign was "silly season," he should try watching the news these days. With so little actual news to talk about, everyone's speculating about what kind of drama is going to break out at today's McCain-Obama summit, who might get jobs, who has already gotten them, Mika Brzezinski's hair, Pat Buchanan's Christmas wishes and what everyone looks like in thongs. Well, actually, those last three things might just be what Ana Marie Cox (now at the Daily Beast) speculates about, in addition to pants-off dance-offs between political rivals and which potential Secretary of State I'd rather have grab my ass. More »
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By MeganComment by PilgrimSoul: Mostly I just want us to not bail out the car industry. And by us, I mean, you. Since I'm going... 15 Responses | Other threads
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Hillary Clinton To Be (Or Not To Be) Secretary Of State?
Forget all the old white guys you've been hearing about (John Kerry, Chuck Hagel, or, technically Latino Bill "McGrabbyhand" Richardson), Hillary Clinton is the new name to surface in Obama's supposedly secretive hunt for a Secretary of State. Should she stay in the Senate, or should she go to Foggy Bottom? I mean, the commute would be shorter, but still. Spencer Ackerman and I have some thoughts on that, the incumbent Condi's tenure, why I hate working in coffeehouses, why Max Baucus is kind of a dick, why Tammy Duckworth is awesome and who Susan Rice is and why she represents a big step forward for feminists in foreign policy. Oh, and then there's a little frightening reveal into Spencer's personal life... all after the jump. More »
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By MeganComment by morninggloria: Condoleeza Rice is one of a long list of Rebpublicans with names that sound like they should be Harry Potter... 20 Responses | Other threads
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