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Laughter and the '08 Campaign

Bruce Kluger | Posted 07.22.2008 | Media

Read More: Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report, John McCain, Andy Borowitz, 2008 Campaign 2008, Jon Stewart, Humor, Political Satire, The Daily Show, David Slavin, Barack Obama, Satire, Barack Obama New Yorker Cover, Media News

Who can blame viewers for wanting a little cavorting with their reporting? Today's voters toggle easily between sober op-eds and faux-news analysts squirting seltzer down the candidates' pants.

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Dick Cheney: Environmental Hazard

Bruce Kluger & David Slavin | Posted 07.10.2008 | Home

Read More: The Enviroment, Political Humor, Books, Tim Foley, David Slavin, Bruce Kluger, Dick Cheney, Young Dick Cheney: Great American, Home News

By now, we've all read about the latest environmental wedgie that Vice President Dick Cheney has given to the world's climate. If you somehow missed t...

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Religious License

Bruce Kluger & David Slavin | Posted 06.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Religion, American Civil Liberties Union, Humor, Satire, Tim Foley, American Jewish Congress, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, David Slavin, Bruce Kluger, Young Dick Cheney: Great American, License Plates, Politics News

South Carolina passed a law this month allowing it to become the first state in the nation to offer its citizens specialty license plates that carry a Christian message.

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It's Safe to Laugh Again!

Bruce Kluger & David Slavin | Posted 06.16.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Bruce Kluger, Firedoglake Book Salon, Humor, Satire, Books, Lynne Cheney, Tim Foley, David Slavin, Dick Cheney, Young Dick Cheney: Great American, Eli, Entertainment News

Glowing words from this past weekend's Firedoglake Book Salon: So here's a puzzler: How do you write a book about a vicious, evil man like Dick Che...

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Go Tell Hillary!

Bruce Kluger & David Slavin | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Horror Movei, Go Tell Hillary, Hillary Clinton, Campaign 2008, David Slavin, Bruce Kluger, Humor and Satire, Politics News

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?

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Speak of the Devil

Bruce Kluger & David Slavin | Posted 04.29.2008 | Home

Read More: Satan, Rush & Molloy, New York Daily News, Humor, Books, Tim Foley, AlterNet Books, David Slavin, Salman Rushdie, Bruce Kluger, Young Dick Cheney: Great American, Home News

Salman Rushdie knows Dick -- at least according to this item that ran in the Rush & Molloy column in today's New York Daily News: Young Dick Chene...

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It's a Boy!

Bruce Kluger & David Slavin | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Video, Phil Donahue, Tim Foley, Mel Brooks, AlterNet Books, Keith Olbermann, Lewis Black, David Slavin, Arianna Huffington, Bruce Kluger, Young Dick Cheney: Great American, Dick Cheney, Politics News

When a right-wing apologist-blowhard like Jonah Goldberg starts trashing our book five weeks before its release, you know we've hit a nerve.

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The Latest Cheney Mystery--Solved!

Bruce Kluger & David Slavin | Posted 04.11.2008 | Home

Read More: Tim Foley, AlterNet Books, Young Dick Cheney, Fly-Fishing, David Slavin, Bruce Kluger, Dick Cheney, Home News

Seems all morning the internet has been swamped with links to the White House Web site photo of Vice President Dick Cheney fly-fishing on the Snake ...

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Anatomy of a Superdelegate

Bruce Kluger & David Slavin | Posted 03.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Presidential Election 2008, Humor, Satire, Tim Foley, Superdelegate, The Los Angeles Times, David Slavin, Bruce Kluger, Young Dick Cheney: Great American, Politics News

Considering that this select group of political operatives allegedly holds the key to the 2008 Democratic race, you'd figure we should at least have a sketchy idea of what makes these folks tick?

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