Back in March, I had an item about Republican use of the phrase “[tag]Democrat Party[/tag],” which is the GOP way of using grammar for childish purposes. I asked readers for ideas about what name Dems could use to tease Republicans — and you guys came up with a lot of suggestions. As it happens, my […]
Projects like this one seem to pop up about once a presidential cycle, but [tag]Unity08[/tag] is under the impression that it’s on to something different. A group of old Washington hands has launched a campaign to remake Internet politics, taking a forum that until now has been associated with ideologues and angry partisans and using […]
The conflicts between the religious right movement and, well, everyone else on earth are well known. But [tag]the Guardian[/tag]’s [tag]Stephen Bates [/tag]has a terrific item today on the under-reported conflicts within the [tag]religious right [/tag]itself. Bates talked to [tag]Randy Brinson[/tag], for example, who helped organize the Redeem the Vote initiative in 2004, but who is […]
Conservatives have complained for years about violence in [tag]video games[/tag], but apparently their concerns were limited to certain kinds of violence. When the video game is “[tag]Left Behind[/tag]: Eternal Forces,” and the violence is directed towards heathens, apparently the right isn’t as concerned (via C&L). Imagine: you are a foot soldier in a paramilitary group […]
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers: * Former Kansas Republican Party Chairman [tag]Mark Parkinson[/tag] became a Democrat yesterday, and became Gov. [tag]Kathleen Sebelius[/tag]’ (D) running mate today. Parkinson, 48, acknowledged that he had doubted Sebelius when she first ran […]
The war in [tag]Iraq[/tag], unfortunately, features daily [tag]violence [/tag]and bloodshed. I expect the [tag]president [/tag]to be [tag]informed[/tag], but it’s unreasonable to think that Bush will get briefed on every single [tag]incident[/tag]. There are, alas, just too many. That said, the alleged [tag]massacre [/tag]in [tag]Haditha [/tag]was not just another routine incident in Iraq — and it’s […]
It’s been coming down the pike for a while now, but next week, a repeal of the [tag]estate tax[/tag] will reach the [tag]Senate[/tag] floor. Harold Meyerson makes a compelling case today that the Republican proposal is nothing short of “lunacy,” and the measure is indicative of [tag]Congress[/tag] loosing “any scintilla of sense” it has left. […]
In March, [tag]South Dakota[/tag] Gov. [tag]Mike Rounds[/tag] (R) signed legislation banning nearly all [tag]abortions[/tag] in the state, a measure which generated an immediate [tag]lawsuit[/tag]. As it turns out, however, we may not have to wait for a court ruling to see if the measure stands. Abortion rights advocates on Tuesday submitted more than 37,000 [tag]signatures[/tag] […]
Last month, a report prepared by the [tag]Center for Media and Democracy[/tag] found that corporations are producing [tag]fake-news[/tag] [tag]segments [/tag]– which amount to little more than mini-informercials masquerading as actual news — and TV stations are running them as if they were actual news reports, never disclosing the corporate role to viewers. The Center found […]
Yesterday, we learned that the AP ran a big story on Senate Minority Leader [tag]Harry Reid[/tag] accepting some [tag]tickets[/tag] to [tag]boxing[/tag] matches from the Nevada Athletic Commission, which the AP’s [tag]John Solomon[/tag] suggested was an ethical lapse on Reid’s part. It wasn’t. Today we learn that the [tag]AP[/tag] has managed to make the same article […]