Aw Nuts, Jesse Jackson, You Can't Say That On Television!
Is America strong enough to handle the violent wishes of Jesse Jackson toward Barack Obama's pair? Probably -- last I checked, "nuts" wasn't one of George Carlin's 7 words.
Is America strong enough to handle the violent wishes of Jesse Jackson toward Barack Obama's pair? Probably -- last I checked, "nuts" wasn't one of George Carlin's 7 words.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.10.2008 | Media
When a major political figure or celebrity utters a newsmaking, off-color, remark it is always interesting to observe how different news outlets handle the offending word or words.
Christina Bellantoni | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics
Team Obama made it official this morning - he'll accept the nomination from Denver's Invesco Field at Mile High, home of the Denver Broncos. In...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.29.2008 | Politics
For too long, there has been an assumption that there's a Cracker Jack prize somewhere at this magical "center" -- that playing it safe nets you the fifty percent-plus-one you need to win.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 06.19.2008 | Media
James Poniewozik of TIME concludes, "Maybe we'll remember this election as the one when we stopped talking about 'the old media' and 'the new media' and, simply, met the press."
Ben Cohen | Posted 06.19.2008 | Media
Matt Taibbi: "I think there was a lot of real anger there and I got caught up in that, I think unfairly because I'm not a misogynist, I'm a misanthrope."
Linda Hansen | Posted 06.12.2008 | Home
The South Carolina Democratic Party says we are Obama Country. Hey, even though the media-map still shows us scarlet, as red as a ripe tomato, for the first time ever, there's hope.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics
In an interview for this Sunday's edition of The New York Times Magazine, sent to E&P in advance, famed novelist/essayist Gore Vidal appears to quest...
Greg Mitchell | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics
In case you have any doubts about an earlier Huff Post link today about Barack Obama being asked by (a now) ungrateful Joe Lieberman's team in 2006 to...
Bob Burnett | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics
On June 3rd, at the end of an epic contest, Democrats nominated Barack Obama as their presidential candidate rather than Hillary Clinton. Sixteen mon...
Bruce Kluger & David Slavin | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics
With the final Democratic primaries upon us, the question is no longer who will emerge the victor, but rather, who will have the nerve to tell you-know-who that the game is over?
Jon Wiener | Posted 05.21.2008 | Home
McCain's Rev. Hagee has a tough God. Instead of putting Jews on trains to Auschwitz, couldn't He have gotten them bus tickets to Tel Aviv? Next question: why does McCain think God sent us Hitler?
Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.19.2008 | Politics
Obama supporters, naturally, are excited about word today that one of the world's richest men, Warren Buffett -- the sage of Omaha -- has thrown his...
Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.18.2008 | Media
Kathleen Parker ignores the fact that Obama is half-white, is related (god help us) to Dick Cheney, and can trace his family back as far as McCain in America -- to George Washington, even.
Dan Treul | Posted 05.04.2008 | Home
Despite a perpetual, misty cold, Genie Kastrup, political director for the SEIU Illinois Council, said more than 350 SEIU, Change to Win, and Obama campaign volunteers showed up to canvas the Steel City.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics
Many understate the number of racist Democrats who would tip contests to Clinton. If Obama won or came close in Pennsylvania, that might put the issue to rest. Didn't happen.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 04.21.2008 | Politics
We all know that George W. Bush won the presidency because he was the candidate voters wanted to "have a beer with" (even though he wasn't suppose to ...
Greg Mitchell | Posted 04.18.2008 | Media
We agreed that maybe Charlie Gibson, who has been hooted or booed twice this year by audiences at debates, maybe ought to be chained to his anchor desk for the public good.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics
As you must have heard by now, Bruce Springsteen has endorsed Barack Obama, not exactly a shock right now but certainly an amazing step in an evolutio...
Greg Mitchell | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics
Joe Lieberman, who is now hinting that Barack Obama may be a Marxist, happily trumpeted a key endorsement from Obama in his 2006 race for the U.S. Se...
Christine Escobar | Posted 04.14.2008 | Home
The value in the citizen journalist's account comes partly as a result of its being free. They are beholden to no one. They cover and opine and observe subjects but from their own perspective.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 04.14.2008 | Media
Today Kristol serves up an unintentionally hysterical classic, using Obama's recent remarks about people clinging to religion in hard times to link the candidate to -- are you ready for this? -- Karl Marx.
Lecia Shorter | Posted 04.14.2008 | Home
The costs of citizen incarceration and prison spending have skyrocketed and recidivism remains high. At last, policymakers are questioning the wisdom of tough-on-crime campaign rhetoric.
Jon Wiener | Posted 04.10.2008 | Home
Ten years ago, Barack Obama went to a lecture by Columbia Professor Edward Said, the prominent Palestinian intellectual. That rates Page One news today for the LA Times.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 04.03.2008 | Media
The rumors have escalated for weeks. Tantalizing, but is there any truth to it?
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Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 07.10.2008 | Media