South Park Republicans

2:06 pm EST June 28th, 2005 | Politics | 9 Comments

My colleague at Media Matters, Simon Maloy, has an excellent piece about how silly the right sounds when they try to claim South Park as their own: Oh My God! They Tried to Steal South Park!

South Park lambasted the Bush administration and the GOP during the Terri Schiavo controversy. After Kenny suffers yet another unfortunate accident and ends up in a persistent vegetative state, he becomes the focal point in a war between heaven and hell. For Satan, victory requires that Kenny’s feeding tube remain inserted (if he dies, Kenny will lead God’s armies against Satan). When Satan inquires of his evil servant, Kevin, how he plans to keep Kenny alive, Kevin responds: “I will do what we always do: use the Republicans.”

Examples of South Park’s conservative mockery abound; targets have included Bill O’Reilly, country music, Mormons, gun nuts, Wal-Mart, and other conservative shibboleths.

Flip Flopper

1:06 pm EST June 28th, 2005 | News | 14 Comments

Bush was for an exit strategy before he was against it.

Topic: George W. Bush

Are There Any Real Grassroots Conservative Blogs?

8:06 am EST June 28th, 2005 | Republicans | 32 Comments

Just saw on C-SPAN that Patrick Hynes, who is behind the right-wing site Ankle Biting Pundits (aka CrushKerry.com), is a Republican political consultant.

Honestly, among so many of the major right-wing blogs are the same old people who have been in the political world for so long, while on the left I see people who are honest to goodness outsiders who are becoming a part of the political class (a year and a half ago, I – for instance – was working at a mortgage company).

Why has the right had to astroturf the blogosphere?

Buyers Remorse

12:06 am EST June 28th, 2005 | Democrats | 8 Comments

Hello FIRSTNAME LASTNAME,

It’s been some time since we last communicated. Since the November election I’ve used this email list to let you know how much I appreciated your support in 2004 and to get you to sign petitions for innocous legislation like the Saving Babies for America Act. But I come to you today with a modest proposal, a proposal I feel is best for America.

Senate Bill 203320.23, the “Do Over Act of 2005″ is a simple yet powerful piece of legislation I urge you to support. What the Do Over Act would do is overturn the results of the 2004 election and give America the chance, once again, to decide between George W. Bush and me, John Kerry. I’ve been watching how lame Bush’s second term is, and I’ve said out loud “how the f*ck did I lose to this guy?”. Seriously, have you seen his disapproval numbers, the neverending ineptitude of this administration? There’s no way I could have lost to him.

So I’m taking America back to its playground roots, a time of real American values, where one only had to close one’s eyes and declare “do over”. Click here to sign our petition and let’s do this thing over again.

(I promise not to wuss out or go windsurfing.)

Sincerely,

John Kerry

Right Continues To Pimp Klein’s Phony Book

11:06 pm EST June 27th, 2005 | Uncategorized | 6 Comments

John Hawkins of Right Wing News gives Ed Klein a fluff job interview about the smear book on Sen. Clinton, please note the laughable section in which Hawkins tries to buck up Klein by comparing him to other right-wing smear artists like Gary Aldrich (the bitter ex-Secret Service guy who trafficked in untrue and unsourced gossip like Klein does).

Ah, your misogyny is showing guys. Again.

Topic: Hillary Clinton

Like Babies And Baseball

3:06 pm EST June 27th, 2005 | Politics | 18 Comments

Because George Soros may be a part of the team buying the Nationals, the GOP has decided to intervene in the free market.

Craziness

12:06 am EST June 27th, 2005 | Politics | 26 Comments

In the American Idol of Greatness, Ronald Reagan won. So, there’s obviously no need to wonder about the sanity of the voting public. America is nuts.

(then again, it took a mass email from groups like the right-wing Citizen’s United to push Ronny over the top)

Lord Vader’s Press Offensive

12:06 am EST June 26th, 2005 | Uncategorized | 10 Comments

Vader Lord Vader: Good evening. I’m having this press conference today in order to counter some of the headlines you’re reading in the media. You know, it’s interesting how the mainstream media is always looking on the downside of things. Yes, it’s true that the rebel alliance isn’t completely crushed as of yet, but they ignore the progress the Empire has made thus far. What of the labor camps on Rebulon? The death purges on Phlanges 3? And I have yet to read a headline about The Great Ewok Cleansing. A more cynical sith lord would say that the liberal media isn’t reporting the whole story. Ok, Helen?

Q: Lord Vader, some reports indicate that the stormtroopers are insufficiently armored, that they have been inadequately trained and have been referred to as simply cannon fodder . How do you respond to that?

Lord Vader: I don’t find those sort of characterizations helpful, and I would prefer to not respond to anonymous quotes. That said, I resent the hate speech against our glorious stormtroopers. It represents this sort of… hate speech that is so embraced by the Hate The Empire left. It’s not patriotic, and is frankly a violation of the Empire’s Lack of Freedom of Speech Act we imposed in order to fight terrorists. Next.

Q: There are rumors that you might be stepping down due to ill health.

Lord Vader: There are no such rumors.

Q: There are no such rumors.

Lord Vader: You admire my bold leadership style.

Q: I admire your bold leadership style.

Lord Vader: Next.

Q: My Lord, are there any further plans to communicate the value of membership in the Empire to other nations? And by communicate, I mean, a series of invasions.

Lord Vader: Well… wait a minute, are you from FOX News?

Q: Yes my Lord.

Lord Vader: Fantastic! I just want to tell you I love the O’Reilly Factor. I often wish I could just tell the enemies of the Empire to just shut up . But I just kill them. And Fair and Balanced — what a great concept! I’ve often told the other folks in the Empire leadership that simply making things up is the best propaganda we could ever think of. You guys at FOX, you make our job so much easier. I salute you. Next, Jeff…

Q: Jeff Gannon, Talon News. Lord Vader, beloved leader and master sith lord, some of your political opponents like Viceroy Reid have mocked your bold and decisive economic policies. They claim that there are bread lines on Tatooine, water shortages on Naboo how can you work with people so disconnected from reality?

Lord Vader: It’s hard, Jeff. Real hard. It’s hard work to go about dominating the universe when there are these constant whinings about freedom and civil rights and protests against intergalactic facist domination . My job isn’t easy. I yearn for the day when the entire known universe is under the yoke of the Empire, but I must deal with the nattering nabobs of negativism both in the political classes and in the mainstream media in order to further our oppresive agenda. It is hard work.

Q: A follow-up sir…

Lord Vader: Yes?

Q: I believe you forgot to leave the credits on the bedside table last night.

Lord Vader: Did I?

Q: Yes sir.

Lord Vader: I paid you in full for your sexual services.

Q: You paid me in full for my sexual services.

Lord Vader: My mask and the heavy breathing is erotic.

Q: Your mask and the heavy breathing is erotic.

Lord Vader: Well, thank you all for attending this press conference. I do hope that the threatened penalty of death was not too nerve-wracking for you. Those of you in the biased or neutered press may return to your organizations. The rest of you are doomed to death in the sarlac pits. May the Force bless the Empire, and nowhere else.

Topic: Humor

Batman Begins

11:06 pm EST June 25th, 2005 | Uncategorized | 5 Comments

Holy crap that was good. I was totally not prepared for it to be that good a movie (although I can think of several thousand actresses that would have been better than Katie Holmes whose acting skills seem to be limited to “emote”). That said, watching this video diary from Bryan Singer of the making of Superman Returns is starting to make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.

Batman Begins : The Official Movie Guide

Topic: Michigan

Why The Right Has Decided To Attack Liberals

11:06 pm EST June 25th, 2005 | Republicans | 32 Comments

The Rove speech blaming everything on liberals is a classic “look over here” ploy. I don’t think progressives should allow such smears to go without response, but in our responses we must make clear that this is Bush and the Republicans dividing us in order to cover up their failures in the War in Iraq and the War on Terror. Respond and attack, respond and attack.

Deadliest day yet for U.S. women serving in Iraq
Musharraf: Bin Laden Tips Welcome
Suicide bomber kills at least 9 in Iraq
The Bush Strategy: Troops Won t Return Home For Several More Years

Somehow I don’t think us liberals are the biggest threat America currently faces, it seems the president believes otherwise.