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Lie of the Year: Joe Biden Is "Sharp, Intensely Probing, Detail-Oriented, and Focused"

Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) calls for creating Dem "war machine" to stop Republicans

Jimmy Carter's Presidency and Post-Presidency - A Brutal Assessment By National Review

Prop. 8 Supporters File Emergency Motion for Stay In 9th Circuit

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 12, 2010 0 Comments

The backers of California Prop. 8 have filed an Emergency Motion for a Stay Pending Appeal with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, in light of the denial of a stay pending appeal by Judge Vaughn Walker earlier today.Here is part of the summary of...

Prop 8 Stay Still In Effect Until August 18

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 12, 2010 9 Comments

The federal judge who ruled that California Prop. 8 violated the U.S. Constitution, and who temporarily stayed his ruling pending further arguments, has now denied the motion to stay entry of judgment of his decision.Judge Vaugh R. Walker just entered an Order which would allow...

Bozo The Progressive Proves Robert Gibbs Was Right

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 12, 2010 32 Comments

I guess the Coffee Party astroturf didn't achieve its goal.So one of the people who helped build the Center for American Progress, creator of Think Progress, has created a new movement, hitting upon a slogan which really expresses their profound stupidity and childishness, as reported...

Tea Party Movement More Popular Than Harry Reid

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 12, 2010 4 Comments

Harry Reid's entire campaign is centered around painting Sharron Angle and the Tea Pary movement as extremist. But in the opinion of the American public, the extremist is not the Tea Party movement:The American public has a more positive view of the Tea Party movement...

Stupid

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 12, 2010 13 Comments

I don't know what the American Family Association is, but this is stupid:Permits should not be granted to build even one more mosque in the United States of America, let alone the monstrosity planned for Ground Zero. This is for one simple reason: each Islamic...

Rutgers Law School Published Paper With Multiple False Anti-Israel Talking Points

Lynn University Prof Proclaims Innocence After Being Accused of Living in a 'Nazi Fantasy'

NY Times Reporter Admits Regret Over Role in Kavanaugh Smear Campaign

Is TikTok Brainwashing Young People?

UConn Medical School Invites Trans People to Train Students in ‘Gender-Affirming Care’

Young Progressives are Embracing Antisemitism Based on Lies

Bozo The Congressman Wants Bozo The Spokesman Fired

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 12, 2010 4 Comments

This is rich. Alan Grayson, the buffoon of Democratic Congressmen, wants Robert Gibbs fired, as reported by The Hill: Rep. Alan Grayson (Fla.) Wednesday became the second congressional Democrat to call for White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs' ouster, using colorful moniker to describe him.Gibbs raised...

TPM Plays The Minaret Card

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 11, 2010 11 Comments

Talking Points Memo, which apparently has given up any pretense of becoming a real news organization, is trying to create a scandal out of nothing, by wondering whether Republicans will be upset that the logo for the 2012 convention includes a "minaret."To understand how stupid...

Harry Reid Plays The Race Card, Again

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 11, 2010 6 Comments

Harry Reid famously played the race card during the health care debate by comparing those who opposed Obamacare to those who opposed the abolition of slavery.Now he is at it again, this time claiming that no one of Hispanic heritage should vote for a Republican:"I...

Robert Gibbs Was Right

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 11, 2010 10 Comments

Watching Robert Gibbs go after the Professional Left, and the Professional Left firing back, certainly has been amusing.But I'll have to stand up for Gibbs, at least in his first heart-felt salvo.Gibbs made two related points. First, that the Professional Left is "crazy" to attack...

Obama Owns Them

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 10, 2010 4 Comments

I haven't had so much fun since never...

I Demand a Palin Eye Roll Commission

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 10, 2010 7 Comments

We have to get to the bottom of this.There is no higher national purpose than to determine whether Sarah Palin rolled her eyes when a propester[*] carrying an anti-Palin banner asserted that she was a teacher.Via Andrew Sullivan and the other members of the Sarah...

A Simpler, Happier Time in America

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 10, 2010 14 Comments

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Meet The Star Performer In Upcoming Think Progress Video

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 10, 2010 4 Comments

Meet a phony Rand Paul supporter who showed up at a rally carrying a Rand Paul sign and prepared to make racist statements.As reported by Dave Weigel:...

Palin Eye Roll Derangement Syndrome

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 09, 2010 19 Comments

Palin Derangement Syndrome sufferers prove, once again, that they are flat out crazy.These deranged people now are creating a fauxtroversy over whether Sarah Palin -- when contronted with a protester who identified herself as a teacher -- rolled her eyes.Really.Think Progress runs this headline, Palin...

This Man Just Restructured The Entire Financial System

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 09, 2010 7 Comments

We are in the best of hands, guided by people with extraordinary foresight and wisdom ...

Ted Olson May Be Too Smart By Half

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 09, 2010 11 Comments

Ted Olson obviously is a very good lawyer. In the past, that very good lawyer -- and his allegiance to conservative values -- has been viewed by liberals as the devil incarnate because of his role in winning Bush v. Gore.Now that very good lawyer,...

We Are All Central Falls, Now

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 09, 2010 10 Comments

Someone please tell me why I fall for it every time. Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize Winner Extraordinaire™ (NPWE), writes a biased rant against anything that smacks of fiscal conservatism, and I get all worked up.The latest is Krugman's attack on how fiscal conservatives, who are...