Krugman Explains The Right’s Delusions

3:24 am EST May 28th, 2009 | Republicans | 19 Comments

This is a pretty succinct description of the nuttery that passes for normal on the right nowadays.

The thing that is really driving conservatives crazy, I think, is that their identity politics just isn’t working like it used to. Their whole approach has been based on the belief that Americans vote as if they live in Mayberry, and fear and hate anyone who looks a bit different; now that the country just isn’t like that, they’ve gone mad.

It has to be noted that the most trusted man in Mayberry, Sheriff Andy Taylor, is on the Democratic side. Also, Sheriff Andy is against warrantless wiretapping and for the rule of law.

CIA Turf War?

7:28 pm EST May 27th, 2009 | News | 3 Comments

Great, we all know nothing bad happens when the CIA has a turf war?

The jockeying between CIA Director Leon Panetta and National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair centers on Blair’s effort to choose his own representatives at U.S. embassies instead of relying only on CIA station chiefs. Current and former U.S. officials described the dispute on the condition of anonymity, because of the sensitivity of intelligence issues.

Wingnut Faction vs. Less-Wingnutty Faction

4:01 pm EST May 27th, 2009 | Republicans | 11 Comments

Jeb Bush and Mike Huckabee endorse Marc Rubio in Florida over Charlie Crist. The thing is, of course, that Crist is a popular governor and has made the cardinal sin of supporting President Obama’s stimulus plan – even though Crist endorsed McCain.

Whig Watch: Conservatives Claim Sotomayor’s Diet Could Influence the Court

3:09 pm EST May 27th, 2009 | News | 25 Comments

Are you kidding me? Conservatives are actually citing the judge’s favorite foods as a disqualifier for the supreme court?

ALSO: They think her name is too ethnic as well.

The southern regional minority party is having a very hard time adjusting to the real America.

Topic: Supreme Court

Making Fun Of Liberals

12:36 pm EST May 27th, 2009 | News | 15 Comments

I’m not sure if it will be funny but this Goode Family show would seem to give a clue to how to make fun of liberals they could learn on Fox News. Key element? Funny first.

It’s Changing

7:51 am EST May 27th, 2009 | News | 53 Comments

When history looks back at our current times, I get the feeling that we may no longer consider the signing of the Civil Rights Act as the end marker for racial progress in America but rather as the midpoint in the movement. Yesterday the first black president announced a nominee to be the first Hispanic justice. This is not the America I was born in, but a changed one.

Especially Luis Reyes, 49, a Salvadoran-born businessman who arrived almost penniless three decades ago and now lives in spacious house in upper Northwest Washington. He said he yelled for his 11-year-old daughter as soon as he heard the news anchor start to announce Obama’s decision on his living-room television set. “I told her, ‘Come! Come! You have to come see this! This is a historic occasion that should inspire you,’ ” he said. “When I first got to this country, this would have been unthinkable.”

I saw a little kid no more than 4 or 5 on the train yesterday and thought to myself he’ll grow up in a world where the highest, most important jobs in the country actually reflect the makeup of the world he lives in and it will be the norm.

From A Purely Political POV

7:38 am EST May 27th, 2009 | News | 22 Comments

I look forward to the ads in 2010 and 2012 that explain how “Presidente Obama y los Democrats” were con Justice Sotomayor and how the Republicans were contra Justice Sotomayor.

This is simply because right out of the starting gate Republicans and conservatives can’t contain their outrage that a hispanic woman could possibly be considered just as qualified for the job as a white dude.

Topic: Supreme Court

Bernard Kerik Indicted

7:02 pm EST May 26th, 2009 | News | 17 Comments

You remember, Rudy Giuliani’s choice for Homeland Security secretary.

CBS 2 HD has learned that former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Washington on charges of making false statements to White House officials during his vetting for the position of Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

The new indictment was handed up Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Washington, and means Kerik will face trials in New York and Washington, D.C.

The South Again

6:05 pm EST May 26th, 2009 | News | 28 Comments

Segregated proms… in 2009.

Consumer Confidence Up…

1:48 pm EST May 26th, 2009 | News | 17 Comments

So clearly not enough people understand the communism of President Obama.

Consumer confidence extended its rebound in May, soaring to the highest level since last September as more shoppers are feeling the worst of the recession is behind them.

The Conference Board said Tuesday that its Consumer Confidence Index, which had dramatically increased in April, zoomed past economists’ expectations to 54.9 from a revised 40.8 in April. Economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters were expecting 42.3. In February, confidence levels had hit a new historic low of 25.3.

Topic: Economy