Media Watchdog: Four Simple Steps to Hoaxing the Press

MSNBC anchor David Shuster was the victim of a hoax.
On Monday, he said the source for a particularly salacious piece of gossip about Sarah Palin (that she thought Africa was a country) was Martin Eisenstadt, a McCain policy advisor. After all, Eisenstadt said so on his blog.
By Wednesday, the New York Times had the whole [...]

Daily News Roundup: We Bringin’ SexyBack!

NEWS ALERT: Fashionable clothing visits the White House. Obama’s been getting a lot of crap this week for dressing like “the dorky dad,” but whatever our President-elect lacks in style, his wife makes up for and then some. Michelle Obama hit up the White House in a smokin’ hawt frock on Monday and although it’s [...]

Sarah Palin: Constitutional Scholar

The Vice President’s role in the Senate, according to Article I, Section 3 of the Constitution:
The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided.
The Vice President’s role in the Senate, according to Sarah Palin:
… But also they’re in charge of the [...]

Why I Admire Sarah Palin. Seriously.

It’s not hard, even for a liberal, to admit that Sarah Palin is getting trashed by the media. As Thomas Friedman wrote on Sunday, it’s like “shooting fish in a barrel.” But, I have to say, I think she’s getting the short shrift. And, no, not just because she has femmeladybits.
Sarah Palin is what I [...]

Cheap Thrills: Ryan Barrett on McCain and Palin’s Angry Mobs

“Kill him!”, “Terrorist!”, “Sit down boy!”— Sounds from the latest McCain/Palin rallies

UPDATE: (10.9.08) Just found this on Ben Smith’s blog over at Politico. Man-on-the-street interviews from a McCain/Palin rally in Strongsville, OH.

Secret Service is looking into the “KILL HIM” threat yelled during Palin’s rally in Clearwater, FL. No thanks to the McCain/Palin campaign.

I attended two [...]

Sarah Palin Wins Flag Pin Contest

We all know Sarah Palin is a fashion trend-setter. Wigs in her hairstyle are top sellers, and the shoes she wore when introduced as John McCain’s running mate are flying off the shelves. [Ed note—ditto her glasses.]
And now she’s a flag pin fashionista as well. She wore the giant pin for her official campaign video, and [...]

Daily News Round-Up: Ice for Your Bloody Mary

Good morning, party people! It’s probably not quite time to tune up the violins, à la the Titanic, but if we haven’t actually hit an economic iceberg, we’re in awfully cold water.
AIG has (seriously, thankfully, even for those of us without any actual “investments” or “money in the bank”) been floated a lifesaver by New [...]

Post-Prandial Information Digestion: Daily News Roundup

“Shaking up Washington,” McCain’s Fight In his speech, McCain promised to “shake up Washington” and that this country’s citizens should “Fight with me. Fight for what’s right for our country. Fight for the ideals and character of a free people.” CNN reprinted bits of the speech in which the senator also praised his VP choice [...]