Politics

Bush at Gridiron Dinner -- No Jokes About Missing WMD This Time!

Greg Mitchell | Posted 03.09.2008 | Politics

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Greg Mitchell

The tone of the annual dinners in Washington, where the president exchanges some good-natured ribbing with the press, began to change four years ago, when Bush joked about missing WMDs.

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Hillary Clinton's "Experience": Singing With Sheryl Crow In Bosnia

Oliver Willis | Posted 03.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Election, Hillary Clinton, Foreign Policy, Politics, Barack Obama, Politics News
Oliver Willis

Hillary's functions as First Lady of Arkansas and First Lady of the United States were even more ceremonial than the traditional vice-presidential role.

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Absolute Samantha Power Corrupts Absolutely

Lionel Beehner | Posted 03.08.2008 | Media

Read More: Politics, Samantha Power, Monster, Hillary, Presidential Campaign, Ohio, Media News
Lionel Beehner

Note to presidential advisers: Please tell it from the memo, not from the heart. We Americans are too frail and easily offended to handle unscripted, candid comments.

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Breaking the Final Rule

Gary Hart | Posted 03.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Rules, Barack Obama, Politics, Power, Hillary Clinton 3AM Ad, 3am Ad, Gary Hart, Where's the Beef, Hillary Campaign, Gary Hart 1984, Clinton 3AM, Clinton Campaign, Politics News
Gary Hart

It will come as a surprise to many people that there are rules in politics. One of those rules is: Do not provide ammunition to the opposition party that can be used to destroy your party's nominee.

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Journalists Number 10 and 11

Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 03.06.2008 | Home

Read More: Burma Demonstrations, Reporters Without Borders, Burma Human Rights, Politics, Burma Junta, Journalistic Freedom, Burma, Offthebus, Home News
Hanna Ingber Win

A few weeks ago my husband's friend was arrested by the Burmese junta and thrown in prison. His crime? Possessing footage of last September's demonstrations and a copy of a UN report on them.

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Why Jesus Lost the Nomination

Deepak Chopra | Posted 03.05.2008 | Politics

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Deepak Chopra

If the historical Jesus were running for president, what kind of candidate would he be? Republican or Democrat?

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SNL or The Red Phone Ad: Which TV Display Turned the Tide for Hillary Clinton?

Eric Deggans | Posted 03.05.2008 | Media

Read More: Politics, Hillary Clinton, Saturday Night Live, Media, Election, Barack Obama, Media News
Eric Deggans

Amid all this talk about the media going easy on Obama, what kind of coverage do people want? Is it harping on issues which aren't really substantive?

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Gods Made in Our Image: Politicians As Entertainers

John W. Whitehead | Posted 03.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: 1984, Politics, Presidential Race, Neil Postman, George Orwell, A Face in the Crowd, Aldous Huxley, Amusing Ourselves to Death, Orwell, Huxley, Politics News
John W. Whitehead

Television politics does not attempt to convey who might be best at being president but rather who has the best slogans and can get the best ratings.

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This Opportunity Has Been Brought to You by Feminism

Marie Wilson | Posted 03.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Obama, Media, Presidential Primary, Feminism, Hillary Clinton, Gender, Politics News
Marie Wilson

Feminism has made it possible for Obama to do what Clinton, and many other women leaders, feel that they can't: actually own those leadership traits that are seen as feminine.

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Reading The Pictures: Make Up Sex Meets Identity Politics

Michael Shaw | Posted 03.03.2008 | Media

Read More: Fx, Politics, Video, Debate, Editorial Response, Parody, Message, Image, Snl, Nbc, Hillary Clinton, Saturday Night Live, Campaign, Election, SNL Hillary, Clinton Snl, Clinton and Saturday Night Live, Clinton SNL Video, Media News
Michael Shaw

2008-03-03-hillary_shaw_snl.jpgSNL not only provided HRC the opportunity to rebut a parody debate slamming the network for supposedly slandering the candidate in its real-life debate, but then submitted the candidate's parody self for her review.

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Michelle Obama: The Ultimate Capricorn

Michael Lutin | Posted 03.03.2008 | Living

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Michael Lutin

Don't judge ultra Capricorn Michelle Obama too harshly just because she seems to have an ice chip on her shoulder and sometimes looks as she's got some bad back cramps after a long flight in coach.

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War is Good, Isn't It?

Karen Kwiatkowski | Posted 03.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Iraq, Ron Paul, War, Iraq War, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News
Karen Kwiatkowski

Obama, bless his heart, is probably not going to be -- forgive me -- shrill and angry enough to make change happen.

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The State Religion

Robert Koehler | Posted 02.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Legacy, Politics, Militarism, U.S. Military, State Religion, Politics News
Robert Koehler

"Toughness" and strength through militarism speak to the myth of nationalism but will get us only deeper into the quagmire that President Bad Example has bequeathed us as his legacy.

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Hit Parade

Larry Diamond | Posted 02.26.2008 | Politics

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Larry Diamond

We are about to see what Obama -- and the United States of America -- are made of. We are about to move from "the silly season" to "the ugly season."

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Million Dollar Democratic Fundraiser Behind "Grassroots" Hillary Clinton Site

Oliver Willis | Posted 02.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Election, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Politics, Reshma Saujani, HillarySpeaksForMe, Politics News
Oliver Willis

I noticed that the official Hillary Clinton blog was directing folks to check out HillarySpeaksForMe.com as a grassroots site supporting the candidacy of Sen. Clinton.

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Politics By Ordeal

Erica Jong | Posted 02.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Campaign, Politics, Purity, Hillary, Barack Obama, Erica Jong, Hillary Clinton, 2008 Election, Erica Jong Hillary Clinton, Politics News
Erica Jong

What is this foolishness? Obama is pure and not a politician and Hillary is "tainted"? Does anyone run for political office without wanting power more than sleep?

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Why Foreign Policy Favors Obama, Not McCain

Lionel Beehner | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iran, Politics, Musharraf, Surge, Iraq, Obama, Mccain, War on Terror, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Lionel Beehner

Obama should seize the opportunity to portray McCain as out-of-touch with average Americans but also with the reality on the ground in Iraq.

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Why My Femi-Friends Won't Vote for Sen. Clinton

Linda Keenan | Posted 02.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Feminism, Hillary Clinton, Monica Lewinsky, Barack Obama, Politics, Maureen Dowd, 2008 Election and Feminism, Feminist, Sexism, 2008 Election and Sexism, 2008 Election, Politics News
Linda Keenan

It bothers me that she seemed to pretty herself up and changed her name early in the Arkansas years, not to further even her own career, but to advance her husband's.

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To Republicans: Conservatism Has Failed. Deal With It

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 02.09.2008 | Business

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Hale

Every "true conservative" Republican candidate has failed. The reason? Conservative polities don't work. You guys are trying to sell a typewriter in a word processor world.

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"Something is Happening" -- Obama's Movement for Change

James Zogby | Posted 02.08.2008 | Politics

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James Zogby

Obama is both empowering his supporters, and challenging them to become the instruments of radical transformation. And it has worked, at least so far.

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A Policy Unbecoming

Bruce Kluger | Posted 02.07.2008 | Politics

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Bruce Kluger

In the 15 years since Bill Clinton approved the provocative "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" plan, the social stigma often tagged to homosexuality has, in many cases, dropped away like molting feathers.

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God is Good: The Quiet Christian (R)evolution

Linda Hansen | Posted 02.06.2008 | Home

Read More: Politics, Super Tuesday, Christian Revolution, Mike Huckabee, God, Barack Obama, Evangelicals, Home News
Linda Hansen

The Super Tuesday Southern Surge for Mike Huckabee may have surprised media talking heads, but it came as no great shock to those of us who live in the South.

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Target: McCain

Oliver Willis | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Election, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Barack Obama, Politics, Clinton Super Tuesday, Super Tuesday, Super Tuesday Primaries, Barack Obama Super Tuesday, Super Tuesday Results, John McCain Super Tuesday, Politics News
Oliver Willis

Sens. Clinton and Obama: In order to counteract that and also demonstrate to primary voters your national appeal, it's time to brutally compare yourselves and the Democratic party versus John McCain and his party.

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Our Reach Exceeds Our Grasp: The Theory Of Nothingness

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 02.05.2008 | Business

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<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

The more we evolve, study, and add to the storehouse of human information now available to everybody with a socket on the planet, the less we know.

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A Super Tuesday Sampler Platter: This Season's Best Of The Worst

Off The Bus | Posted 02.05.2008 | Home

Read More: Politics, Roadkill, 2008 Election, Humor, Huffington Post Off the Bus, Offthebus, Home News
Off The Bus

Dear Roadkill Fans, For today's Super Tuesday menu we present a "Best of Roadkill" selection of previously published treats. Enjoy! The Roadkill Tea...

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