Lloyd Bentsen

Obama Needs a Hollywood Agent

Brent Budowsky | Posted 09.24.2011

Read More: Tip O'Neill, Philip Habib, Debt Ceiling, Negotiation, Barack Obama, Capitulation, Principle, Lloyd Bentsen, Frank Sinatra, Hollywood Agent, Surrender, Politics News
Brent Budowsky

What the president needs is a Hollywood agent who knows how to negotiate, how to avoid these endless capitulations and surrenders, and how to close a big deal on favorable terms.

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Jon Stewart Is Definitely A Comedian; Chris Wallace Admits Fox's Bias

Andy Ostroy | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Lloyd Bentsen, Video, Msnbc, Rush Limbaugh, Chris Wallace Jon Stewart, Lenny Bruce, Johnny Carson, Wall Street Journal, The Daily Show, Fox News Sunday, George Carlin, Chris Wallace, Jon Stewart, Sean Hannity, Jon Stewart Fox, Cnn, Dan Quayle, Jon Stewart Chris Wallace, Glenn Beck, Jon Stewart and Chris Wallace, Will Rogers, NY Times, Mark Twain, Huffington Post, Bill O'Reilly, John Stewart, Mort Sahl, David Letterman, Media News
Andy Ostroy

Jon Stewart is a true genius. But he's a comic genius. And without even being a true journalist he brilliantly managed to do what no one else has done: get Fox to admit that it's a politically biased television network.

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American Jobs NOW

Brent Budowsky | Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: Tip O'neil, Frank Wolf, John Kerry, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Unemployment, Barack Obama, Lloyd Bentsen, Economy, 9/11 Anniversary, Robert Kennedy, Mitch McConnell, Jobs, Jobless, Democrats, Ben Bernanke, Politics News
Brent Budowsky

I am appalled, sickened, angry, disgusted and outraged by the shameful neglect of jobless Americans that corrupts this capital and poisons our economy while small minds say we have no options, and cold hearts ignore what is happening.

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The Texas Politics (and Tennis) Tour

Jake Silverstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lloyd Bentsen, James Baker, Politics, Karl Rove, George H.W. Bush, Lbj, Texas, Henry Cisneros, Texas Monthly, Terquasquicentennial, Barbara Jordan, Travel News
Jake Silverstein

If you are planning a trip to Texas, consider stopping at these seven places where defining political moments happened.

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Ben Quayle -- (From Captain Obvious) 'You're No Barack Obama'

Morris W. O'Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday, Lloyd Bentsen, sb1070, Dan Quayle, Richard Nixon, Ben Quayle, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Politics News
Morris W. O'Kelly

There's "funny" and there's "FUNNY." Ben Quayle, the son of former Vice President Dan Quayle, recently declared that President Obama is the "worst pr...

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Obama, Bill Clinton and the Media "Center"

Norman Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lloyd Bentsen, Bill Clinton, Economics, Stab in the Back, Pundits, Lani Guinier, News Media, Lurch to the Left, Barbara Ehrenreich, Mickey Kantor, Nafta, Doug Henwood, Journalism, Barack Obama, Warren Christopher, Populist, Gays in the Military, Ron Brown, The Center, Media News
Norman Solomon

The fog of memory and the spin of media are teaming up to explain that Obama must hew to "the center" if he knows what's good for his presidency.

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Media Idiocy: Don't Blow VP Debate Or You Might Win

Mark Nickolas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lloyd Bentsen, Vp Debate, George H.W. Bush, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Dan Quayle, Sarah Palin, Media Criticism, Media Coverage, Joe Biden, Geraldine Ferraro, Vice Presidential Debate, Politics News
Mark Nickolas

Despite Bush's condescension, Reagan-Bush won in 1984, and despite being smacked-down, Bush-Quayle won in 1988. So...what exactly is the media's point?

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What's A Win?: VP Debate Edition

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dan Quayle, Debates, George H.W. Bush, Joe Biden, Lloyd Bentsen, Michael Dukakis, Sarah Palin, Pollster, Politics News
Mark Blumenthal

CNN and CBS, the two networks that released surveys immediately after the presidential debate last week, have done the same for the Vice Presidential ...

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