Idiots

Jason Linkins

Obama Mustard Attack Becomes Full-Blown Right-Wing Talking Point

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.08.2009 | Media


Egads. This whole Dijon mustard thing is turning into a far bigger and more ridiculous thing than I suspected when I warned yesterday that it might b...

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Carrie Prejean Gay Marriage Ad Airs (VIDEO) [UPDATED]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.31.2009 | Politics


[UPDATED, below] [Via Ben Smith] Unintentionally hilarious anti-gay organization National Organization for Marriage has ramped up their activities by...

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Rep Joe Barton Brags About Asking Energy Secretary Where Oil Comes From

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics


I have to think that one of the reasons it can be difficult to get smart people to work in the government is because you regularly encounter people wh...

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Scritti Politti: April 22, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.23.2009 | Media


Well, shucks. I didn't think it'd be possible to ride in that Well Fargo wagon, what with it's wheels all broke and it's axle all draggin'. Turns ou...

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Fox News: Teabagging Jokes Not Funny

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.17.2009 | Media


Fox News has apparently joined with the joykillers in decrying all of the teabagging jokes that the Fox News Tea Parties have inspired and engendered ...

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Glenn Beck: Secession Or Suicide (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.17.2009 | Politics


Yesterday, I couldn't help but feel cheated that the doom-rooming, gasoline-pouring, fake-sobbing, out-freaking Glenn Beck went all the way to the Ala...

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Teabagging Jokes Offend Conservatives

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics


One of the things that emerged in the run-up to the Tax Day Teabaggings is that the Tea Party participants helpfully opened the door to allowing every...

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David Shuster: GOP "Going Nuts" For Teabagging, But They "Need A Dick Armey"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.15.2009 | Politics


HuffPost has comprehensive coverage of the Tax Day Tea Party protests. Click here for the latest photos and video. Media Monitor Julie notes that m...

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"Tea Bagging" Rallies Ruthlessly Mocked On Maddow Show

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics


HuffPost has comprehensive coverage of the Tax Day Tea Party protests. Click here for the latest photos and video. Tonight, on the Rachel Maddow Sh...

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Glenn Beck Mocks Obama's Aunt (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics


So, President Barack Obama's aunt was recently granted a reprieve from an immigration judge in her asylum case, which has been ongoing since 2002. Ti...

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Scritti Politti: April 1, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics


Eat The Press Operative Karla sends us the awesome cover of the April edition of D Magazine, featuring George W. Bush cold-chillin' in some Photoshopp...

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Joe The Plumber Confronted By Union Workers, Gets Stumped On Policy (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics


"Horny" attention-monger Samuel J. "Joe the 'Plumber'" Wurzelbacher has been asked by Americans For Prosperity to serve as the group's labor-busting s...

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Filibusters Skyrocketed As GOP Became Minority In Congress

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics


Basically, the Obama administration has one shot at doing the things that they were elected to do, and it will come, if it comes at all, in a process ...

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Rep. Shimkus: Carbon Emissions Are Really "Plant Food"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics


Not to get depressing on a Monday, but people who hope that our government will be the engine of important and needed societal change would do well to...

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The Long Dark Teatime Of Tapper's Twitter

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.20.2009 | Politics


Oh, good grief -- Twitter truly has become the Sum Of All Fails.

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CNN Poll Rates Obama's First Fifty Days As "Yes" Or "No"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics


In the clearest sign yet that CNN has maybe laid off all the wrong people, comes news that a poll has been created and edited by people who were vastly unclear on the whole concept of polling.

An End to Name-Calling?

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living


Joel Schwartzberg

Some will say "No Name-Calling Week" is more accurately called "PC Police Week." After all, an offensive term over the dinner table might be applauded in a rap song.

Cowboy McCain Makes Bush Look Like A Genius

Rob Kall | Posted 10.27.2008 | Business


Rob Kall

What kind of message does it send to responsible companies when losers are rewarded? The answer is, allow failures to fail, reward strong companies. Why can't members of congress get it?

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George Allen Says Americans Are Not Addicted To Oil

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics


Presented without comment, here's former Virginia Senator and one-time Presidential aspirant George Allen on today's Laura Ingraham show: ALLEN: I lo...

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Fox News Ad Highlights Clinton Aide's Praise Of "Fair" Coverage

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics


If you spend enough time watching gangly Democratic blow-up doll Terry McAuliffe talking to pundits and reporters on the television, you start to real...