Obama Calls Bullshit

And it's about time.

This seems crazy but via Dylan Matthews (sitting in for Ezra Klein) via Political Animal. And the video is from TPM but I haven't even been over to see their post yet...



Love that it was on Fox News, they probably follow it up with some more misleading and false propaganda, but at least the man was talking to the audience.

Keep swinging.

John McCain is a Sleazeball

No wonder McCain couldn't define honor when asked, just look at the campaign he's running now. It's repulsive and shameful and I'd like to give the American public enough credit to see that without help, but I'd also like to go ahead and offer a little help. This is just too much, and sitting at home talking about how disgusted I am doesn't spread the necessary word, maybe this will help.

To begin with I'll take a page from Joe Klein's playbook (believe that?) and refuse to post or provide a link to McCain's most recent ad, that's how despicable it is. As some commenters have been pointing out, at least the Willie Horton story was technically true.

It turns out that some in the press are actually paying attention this time around, I'll point you to TPM for a bit more on that subject and suggest McClatchy (thanks to JK) and Political Animal for the details on the sex-ed ad.

And now I'll show you some video from Brave New Films. These guys do good and courageous work, dare I say honorable even.

The Press Can't Handle the Truth (and neither can Sarah Palin)

The press (main stream media) has a fairly well documented problem with telling the truth these days, and frankly it's had this issue for quite a while now.

Instead of reporting the facts, you know truth, the MSM prefers to offer both sides of the argument so instead of saying John McCain is lying to the American people, the press tells you that some Democrats feel that McCain is being less than straightforward. Or some other such bs.

So far the McCain - Palin team has felt free to lie their asses off, although now there is at least a glimmer of light in the tunnel, yes the press is actually doing a little reporting and telling people the truth.

From TPM:

We've now had a week of blaring headlines and one-liners about Sarah Palin as the mavericky, pork-busting reformer from Alaska. But we seem to be witnessing the first stirrings of a backlash and a dawning realization that the 'Sarah Palin' we've heard so much about over the last few days is a fraud of truly comical dimensions.

Steve Benen at Political Animal has had a bit to say about this recently and he's said it quite well at that...

Now, it's obvious she's lying. She knows she's lying. She knows that we know she's lying. But she just doesn't give a damn. At this point, it's bordering on pathological...

So, why repeat a lie that's already been exposed? Who knows? The McCain campaign clearly doesn't respect voters very much. McCain, Palin, & Co. also probably don't respect reporters, and assume that if they repeat the same lie over and over again, eventually the media will stop pointing it out. The campaign also doesn't have much respect for Palin's record, or the team would point to her actual accomplishments, instead of obvious lies.

Political Animal also pointed out the following video today and the obvious problems that it entails. Paul Begala makes an impassioned argument for the truth and the facts and the CNN anchor (John Roberts) decides that someone (the Republicans, represented here by Alex Castellanos) should provide some spin for the truth. CNN won't tell you the truth because the truth, and reality, favor the Democrats and that would imperil the balance that the press seeks to provide in order to avoid being attacked by the rightwingers.

Good for Begala, someone finally called out the press and told the truth on TV. Shame on CNN, they couldn't handle it.

Two Truths & A Lie - Not Dead Yet

That's correct folks, rumors of this feature's demise have been greatly exaggerated. So we have that in common with Steve Jobs, which is kind of cool.

In case you've forgotten how to play two of the statements below are true and one is false, follow the links to discover their veracity.

Just guess first though, it's more fun that way.

Nancy Pelosi and Congressional Democrats want the residents of DC to carry automatic weapons. (more)

The press (main stream media) is still having trouble reporting the truth.

Governor Sarah Palin stopped the 'bridge to nowhere'.

So it was sort of a gimme, I couldn't resist.

John McCain Thinks You're Stupid

Lately Senator McCain has been running around claiming that he is the actual agent of change and that he'll best be able to shake up Washington, never mind that he's spent the past 26 years maintaining the status quo.



(via Ezra Klein)

Give me an H! give me a Y! give me a P!...

What's that spell?! HYPOCRISY!!

And who's going to actually run the video footage side be side and point it out to the American people? That's right, Jon Stewart and the Daily Show. Maybe this time the actual media will come along and do some actual reporting.

Palin Parodies

Hey everyone else is obsessed too and I'm just trying to lighten up your day a little bit. The bottom line is it's funny, it's pop culture, and it's politics so its on the front page.

First from e.politics -

We’re gonna watch because this guy can do what the Daily Show does, and so can a few million of the rest of us. Distributed satire equals people power! Bullshit is a powerful enemy well dug in, but by allowing the widespread creation and easy distribution of unfiltered content, the internet creates what may be a weapon of (political) mass destruction. Or, maybe I’m just being optimistic for once.

Colin also points the way to the Telegraph's (UK) top six parodies, I enjoyed MC Palin.

See more funny videos at Funny or Die

If you follow any of these links and poke around you'll see that Colin's right, everyone is jumping on this train. If we're lucky Al Gore will turn out to be right again and the internet will help change the way we gather and receive the news and it'll go from a one way message force fed to us in 30 second bites to a real conversation. At the very least it should be clear that the internet lets us shoot back with our own blurbs.

Here is one of my favorites from about 2 minutes of looking on you tube.



What have you found so far?