Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 9:56:08 am
Herman Cain's ridiculous self-contradictory statements on abortion are beginning to piss off the religious right, who want their candidates to be as rabidly anti-abortion as possible: Herman Cain's Abortion Comments Roil Iowa Republicans. WASHINGTON -- The first signs of real damage to Herman Cain's campaign emerged Thursday as his position ...

Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 9:57:06 am
In an interview with CNN, author Joe McGinnis said the reason why he made extensive use of anonymous sources for his book on Sarah Palin was because threats are the ‘Palin way’. “The Palins scare people. The Palins intimidate, they threaten. People in Wasilla are very scared of the Palins, ...

Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 5:58:56 pm
It's amazing how quickly these bogus outrages propagate in the right wing media and blogosphere these days: Timeline Of A Right-Wing Media Smear: Hoffa's Call To Vote Became 'A Call For Violence'. Starting with Fox News's doctored videos, the story quickly spread throughout the online wingnut community. And not a single ...

Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 10:55:05 am
Sarah Palin apparently worked out her problems with the organizers (read: $), so she's scheduled to speak at the "Tea Party of America" rally in Indianola, Iowa at approximately 2:15pm ET. Here's a live video feed at C-SPAN.

Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 5:48:59 pm
The latest Fox News poll contains bad news for Romney, Bachmann, and Palin. Rick Perry has the religious right solidly on his side, more than any GOP candidate in a long time. Perry receives the support of 26 percent of GOP primary voters in the new poll. That’s up from 13 ...

Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 11:07:49 am
You have to admit, Sarah Palin's very good at one thing: quitting. Sarah Palin’s Saturday appearance at a tea party rally in Indianola, Iowa, is on hold, a person close to the former Alaska governor told The Wall Street Journal. The person said Ms. Palin’s appearance was “no longer confirmed” and ...

Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 4:19:29 pm
An interesting admission by Todd Palin, from yesterday's Rachel Maddow show; he's arguing with a woman who accuses Sarah Palin of "selling out" and quitting her governorship, and Todd answers her by saying they had "hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt" hanging over their heads, and asks, "What would ...

Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 2:00:11 pm
Here's a good piece by Dana Goldstein on the Republican Party's shift toward the anti-government, anti-education agenda epitomized by Michele Bachmann: The GOP'S New War on Schools. Bachmann stands at the forefront of the GOP's shifting allegiances on education. Like many female elected officials before her, she first got involved ...

Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 12:58:53 pm
Newsweek's cover photo of a wild-eyed Michele Bachmann has drawn criticism from both the right and the left, with some feminists accusing Newsweek of sexism for choosing that particular image. Today Newsweek has published more of the photos taken for their Bachmann feature: Michele Bachmann Newsweek Cover Shoot Outtakes. Said Newsweek ...

Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 10:05:49 am
Today's must-read article is Ryan Lizza's in-depth look at Michele Bachmann -- the most extreme religious fanatic ever to run for President of the United States: The Transformation of Michele Bachmann. Bachmann belongs to a generation of Christian conservatives whose views have been shaped by institutions, tracts, and leaders not ...

Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 1:45:01 pm
By now you've probably heard about Oslo terrorist Anders Behring Breivik's "manifesto," a 1,516-page screed with some writing by Breivik, but mostly consisting of quotes and articles by "counter-jihad" bloggers and similar right wing sources. (You can find it on the web if you really want to read it; I won't ...

Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 7:50:07 pm
The shock-metal band GWAR has a bit in their show in which they decapitate politicians in effigy. I know, high class entertainment. But when they put a simulated Sarah Palin's neck on the simulated chopping block, suddenly their lead singer found himself no longer welcome on Fox News's "comedy" show, Red ...

Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 10:58:45 am
Sarah Palin is bailin' again, canceling a trip to Sudan with Muslim-hating preacher Franklin Graham at the last minute. (CNN) - Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin canceled a July trip to Sudan due to "scheduling problems," a source with knowledge of the trip confirmed to CNN Thursday. Palin was scheduled to ...

Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 11:08:09 am
For more information on the dustup among Jon Stewart, Fox News, and Politifact, here's Politifact's original piece on Stewart's claim that Fox News viewers are more misinformed than viewers of other networks: PolitiFact | Jon Stewart says those who watch Fox News are the 'most consistently misinformed media viewers'. When many ...

Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 9:51:13 am
Sarah Palin's amazingly gaffe-tastic bus tour of the East Coast is apparently going the same way as her governorship: Palin Bus Tour Takes Extended Pit Stop. Though Palin and her staff never announced a timeline for the remaining legs of her trip, aides had drafted preliminary itineraries that would have ...

Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:12:56 am
More than 24,000 emails from Sarah Palin's time as governor of Alaska are being released today -- on paper, for some odd reason. ProPublica is going to make a full searchable archive available online as soon as possible: A Reader’s Guide to the (Still Coming) Sarah Palin Emails. What should ...

Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 10:34:04 am
Fire up the JiffyPop, folks, because Michele Bachmann's (R-Mars) new adviser Ed Rollins attacked Sarah "Bells" Palin yesterday, by telling the truth about her: Bachmann strategist blasts Palin: 'Not serious'. Michele Bachmann's new top consultant, Ed Rollins, began his tenure with scathing criticism of potential Bachmann rival Sarah Palin. "Sarah has ...

Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 11:18:37 am
Half-governor Sarah Palin announced recently that she really, really wants to meet Margaret Thatcher; but apparently the feeling isn't mutual. It appears that the former prime minister has no intention of meeting the darling of the Tea Party movement. Andy McSmith reported in the Independent this morning that Palin is ...

Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 9:15:53 am
This new Washington Post-ABC News poll was taken during the timeframe when Sarah Palin blathered out her absurdly botched version of Paul Revere's ride; it's hard to know how much effect those comments (and her subsequent doubling down on stupid) had, but whatever the reason, Palin is even losing the ...

Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 8:09:23 pm
With a shout-out (not a gotcha) from Rachel Maddow, for our post about the Palin fans editing Wikipedia, at about 1:50: Video

Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 5:06:10 pm
William Jacobson, one of the first wingnut bloggers to spread the ridiculous talking point that Sarah Palin got it exactly right with her absurd distortion of Paul Revere's ride, is now outraged -- outraged, I say! -- that I'm not going to apologize to Andrew Breitbart: Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: Charles Johnson: ...

Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 3:24:43 pm
Right wingers across America are now totally convinced that Paul Revere rode through Boston ringin' bells and shootin' off guns to warn the British not to take away American firearms (it's already become an impenetrable article of faith on the right), so this won't make any difference to them. But ...

Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 11:23:05 am
Yesterday Sarah Palin blathered that she was ambushed by the "lamestream media" and their "gotcha questions" about Paul Revere. Today David Frum has discovered the outrageous ambush question that threw Palin for such a loop: "What have you seen so far today, and what are you going to take ...

Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 7:31:00 pm
Earlier today at Conservapedia (the bizarre right wing alternate universe version of Wikipedia), their post about Paul Revere disagreed with Sarah Palin, and actually got the history correct. Well, you knew that wouldn't last. In the last hour, someone has edited Conservapedia's page several times to try to match Sarah Palin's ...

Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 5:27:19 pm
Now posted at the discussion page for the Paul Revere entry at Wikipedia: Sarah Palin's Army Needs to Go Away. I would strongly suggest locking this page until the Palin controversy blows over and her supporters lose interest in trying to rewrite the page to conform with her erroneous version ...