What effect, if any, does party affiliation have on Americans’ preferences for televised entertainment ? Is this not a question that keeps you up at night? Turns out that the thinly veiled liberal social politics of “Mad Men” appeal to Democrats—as does murder, apparently. Related Entries November 10, 2010 More Than a Failure to Communicate November 9, 2010 Obama in the Company of Killers
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By Mr. Fish Related Entries November 10, 2010 More Than a Failure to Communicate November 9, 2010 Obama in the Company of Killers
Continue reading …New York Times reporter Channing Joseph engaged in light-hearted humanizing of those stuffy Communists in Sunday’s Metro section, “ Where Marxists Pontificate, And Play .” The worst thing Joseph can say about the gathering of supporters of tyrannical regimes at the Brecht Forum in Manhattan is that Communsits have a reputation for “seriousness.” There’s even a boring online slide show with cozy captions : “There are little hints of humor all around the Brecht Forum….” Judging by the photos, very little. Try to imagine the Times getting so cozy among a group of mainstream Republicans, much less Tea Party supporters. Hanging out with the Communist group, Joseph posed no inconveniently challenging questions on the atrocities of Stalin, Mao, or Castro. Instead, “smiles abound” and gentleness reigns in this non-news news story. If communists have a reputation for anything, it is seriousness. (And if you have seen old photos of Karl Marx, you know that he did not smile much.) But at the Brecht Forum, a community center on West Street where revolutionaries and radicals gather daily to ponder and to pontificate, they also play. (Smiles abound.) read more
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In a follow-up interview to his prime time special with George W. Bush, NBC's Matt Lauer invited the former president on Wednesday's Today show and in the process got an education on how tax cuts can create jobs. During the wide ranging interview that covered everything from the Ground Zero mosque to Kanye West, it was Lauer's questions about Bush's tax policy where he revealed his bias. Noting that “there's a heated debate” over whether “we should continue in this country with your tax policies” Lauer pressed Bush “We've been living under that system for seven years now and we've seen incredibly slow growth…why should we continue down that path?” Bush shot back with a basic economics lesson for the Today co-anchor, as seen in the following exchange: MATT LAUER:
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Despite 9.6 percent unemployment nationally, with some areas of the country suffering far worse than that, the New York Times editorial board believes state governments must raise taxes to balance their budgets: read more
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Much has been made of the $4 billion spent in the midterm elections, including $140 million of Meg Whitman’s own money, but spending, as Ms. Whitman found out, does not equal victory. Sharron Angle spent more per voter than any other candidate—about $97—and still lost. Washington Post: Angle’s campaign, which attracted support from across the country, was the most expensive congressional contest nationwide on a per-vote basis, according to a Washington Post analyis of campaign finance filings and election results. By comparison, Reid and interest groups backing him spent $69 for each vote he received. Read more Related Entries November 8, 2010 A Recipe for Fascism November 7, 2010 Why Pelosi Wants to Stay
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Glenn Greenwald of Salon and Lawrence O’Donnell of MSNBC share a lot of views, but the two got into a shouting match over the value of conservative Democrats in the aftermath of the tea party holocaust. Here the two hash out their differences, with a little “West Wing” digestif. Related Entries November 10, 2010 More Than a Failure to Communicate November 9, 2010 Washington Laughs at ‘Revolution’
Continue reading …By Ruth Marcus The day after his shellacking, the bruised president offered a sober, tripartite analysis of voters’ message. Related Entries November 10, 2010 More Than a Failure to Communicate November 9, 2010 Washington Laughs at ‘Revolution’
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By Robert Scheer The Harvard MBA is the degree that George W. Bush and his last treasury secretary, Henry Paulson, had in common, and their shared ignorance as they presided over the collapse of the U.S. economy is on full display in the former president’s newly published memoir. Related Entries November 8, 2010 Wanted: Mojo All Around November 8, 2010 A Recipe for Fascism
Continue reading …Matthews: Had You Seen This Hillary Clinton in 2008 She Might Be President
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Chris Matthews is suddenly getting a thrill up his leg for somebody other than Barack Obama. On Tuesday's “Hardball,” before playing a video clip of the Secretary of State joking around with some comedians in Australia, the host told his viewers, “Had you seen this Hillary Clinton back in 2008, I think a lot of people would have made her president” (video follows with transcript and commentary): read more
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