Oct 31
Oct
31
2008
Posted by: Mark @ 7:06 pm
Boo! John McCain and Sarah Palin celebrating Halloween as Joe the Plumber and Rev. Wright.
Oct 31
Oct
31
2008
Posted by: Mark @ 2:05 pm
It’s five days before the election and Sarah Palin has still never held a press conference. But that hasn’t stopped her from bashing the media of which she is so fearful. And the story is getting even scarier. Having a pet newspaper is apparently not enough for Palin. Now she’s afraid that any criticism of [...]
Oct 31
Oct
31
2008
Posted by: Mark @ 1:02 pm
John McCain just released a new ad that features an endorsement from none other than Barack Obama: More than anything else, this ad refutes McCain’s allegation that Obama doesn’t work across party lines. It shows Obama as collegial and open-minded. It ought to help persuade independents that Obama is a man of reason and fairness [...]
Oct 30
Oct
30
2008
Posted by: Mark @ 11:27 am
Last night Barack Obama aired a 30 minute advertisement showcasing the struggles and hopes of four American families, while summarizing the policies he has been articulating throughout his campaign. The ad was considered an expensive and risky proposition. Nothing like it had been attempted since Ross Perot’s economics lessons 16 years ago. So how did [...]
Oct 30
Oct
30
2008
Posted by: Mark @ 1:38 am
Just when you thought that irony had reached peaks that would not be revisited for a generation or two, along comes a contender that exceeds all expectations. Sarah Palin is such a contender, and today she demonstrates why the great ones can never be counted out. The latest fake controversy to be heralded by right-wing [...]
Oct 29
Oct
29
2008
Posted by: Mark @ 1:50 pm
It is obvious to most honest observers that this is going to be a harsh year for Republicans. At the top of the list of victims, of course, is John McCain. His floundering campaign just gets more off track everyday. His aides are sending out resumes and looking to assign blame for their failure. Some [...]
Oct 29
Oct
29
2008
Posted by: Mark @ 1:44 am
The election season has been a boon to the cable TV biz. All three of the news networks have enjoyed higher ratings. But the distribution of the audience expansion has not been exactly equal. Fox News, the long-time leader, retains its position and moves up from fourth to second. CNN has a respectable showing by [...]
Oct 28
Oct
28
2008
Posted by: Mark @ 11:01 am
Last night Bill O’Reilly couldn’t hold back any longer. He had to let loose on his arch-nemesis, Al Franken, and he did. Not that it matters. I’m just posting this as a bit of comic relief. A far-left extremist, Franken’s tenure on the Air America Radio network was punctuated by one word: hate. The man [...]
Oct 26
Oct
26
2008
Posted by: Mark @ 2:21 pm
Bill O’Reilly’s deteriorating mental state has been on display for many months, even years. From the recently uncovered “We’ll do it live“ meltdown, to the unhinged “Don’t block the shot“ hysterics, O’Reilly has demonstrated the makings of an unprecedentedly public psychological collapse. One of the core symptoms of the sort of delusional paranoia that O’Reilly [...]
Oct 25
Oct
25
2008
Posted by: Mark @ 10:16 am
A couple of days ago Ashley Todd, a John McCain campaign worker, reported to the police that she had been beaten and robbed by an African-American supporter of Barack Obama because of her political affiliation. The story was widely disseminated throughout the media with the help of the McCain communications team. There was just one [...]
Oct 24
Oct
24
2008
Posted by: Mark @ 2:09 pm
The economy continues to spiral downward in the U.S. and the world. Nearly a million Americans have lost their jobs just this year. Trillions of dollars in value have been lost in retirement and pension funds. Home foreclosures long ago surpassed all-time highs. Close to 50 million Americans have no health insurance. But why focus [...]
Oct 21
Oct
21
2008
Posted by: Mark @ 3:44 pm
Yesterday Barack Obama received the endorsement of General Colin Powell. This is a significant endorsement from a respected public figure who is a Republican that has served as Secretary of State, National Security Adviser, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and he is a decorated veteran of the Vietnam war. And it was no [...]
Oct 20
Oct
20
2008
Posted by: Mark @ 4:22 pm
This past weekend, the New York Times published a profile of John McCain’s wife, Cindy. Included in the article were facts relating to Sen. McCain’s adulterous relationship with his future second wife, as well as Ms. McCain’s troubles with drugs. These are simply factual episodes that any responsible biographical piece would have to address. Predictably, [...]
Oct 20
Oct
20
2008
Posted by: Mark @ 11:25 am
In an effort to further make a mockery of the phrase “fair and balanced,” Fox News has announced that former New York Times reporter Judith Miller has been hired as a commentator for the cable propaganda network. Coming on the heels of last week’s announcement that imbecilic blabber Glenn Beck will be getting his own [...]
Oct 20
Oct
20
2008
Posted by: Mark @ 10:30 am
Conde Naste’s Portfolio Magazine has compiled a list of billionaires ranked by their charitable donations. The Generosity Index itemizes fifty of the wealthiest individuals as donors, relative to their wealth. Coming in fiftieth is the miserly media mogul, Rupert Murdoch. It shouldn’t surprise anyone that an uber-conservative, Republican monopolist, should finish last in expressions of [...]
Oct 19
Oct
19
2008
Posted by: Mark @ 1:47 am
The highly anticipated appearance of Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live was hardly worth staying up for. She had barely noticeable parts in the sketches in which she was featured, and none of what she did was remotely funny. The entire affair smelled of self-promotion on the part of SNL as well as Palin. There [...]
Oct 17
Oct
17
2008
Posted by: Mark @ 10:54 am
In what may seem like an obvious and long overdue match up, Glenn Beck will be leaving CNN for Fox News early next year. This should be good news for CNN because Beck’s show has performed terribly on the their Headline News Network (HLN). It is consistently in last place amongst its cable news competitors, [...]
Oct 16
Oct
16
2008
Posted by: Mark @ 12:57 pm
Now that all three presidential debates have been concluded, there is a notable thread of consistency that John McCain maintained throughout the process. In all three debates he cited Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) as a non-partisan watchdog group that voters could go turn for more information about his policies. Debate 1: I suggest that [...]
Oct 16
Oct
16
2008
Posted by: Mark @ 11:40 am
At last night’s debate, John McCain responded to the reports of derogatory and hostile remarks by his supporters by saying… “Let me just say categorically I’m proud of the people that come to our rallies.” Oh really? Are these the people that make you so proud? “The latest newsletter by an Inland Republican women’s group [...]
Oct 15
Oct
15
2008
Posted by: Mark @ 4:10 pm
At the end of a lengthy article in the New York Times Magazine by Matt Bai on Barack Obama’s efforts at “Working for the Working-Class Vote,” Obama acknowledges that the bias exhibited by the relentless smear tactics of Fox News can have a measurable impact on voters. “I am convinced that if there were no [...]
