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Lehrer Says "NewsHour" Money Woes Are Worst Ever

I lost my respect for Jim Lehrer after hearing the stories a few of years ago about him angered over people speaking out against the Bush administration on his show. The show does at least devote real time to real news, making it more relevant than the overtly commercial networks, but I'll take Amy Goodman and Bill Moyers any day. The NewsHour is about as useful as Harry Reid.

Like earlier commenters, I choose to send my money to someone who knows how to use it - Barack Obama. I guess PBS will just have to keep milking the corporate cows that got them this far. posted 05/19/2008 at 01:14:26

Obama Using Cross Flyer In Kentucky

"People attack Hillary because she wears pantsuits or is "mean." It is NEVER because of her stance on issues. It's always some stupid, superficial thing." -pupbayer, half a screen down posted 05/15/2008 at 01:11:15

John Edwards Endorses Obama... GOP Prospects "Worst Since Watergate"

Vacillating Preener? posted 05/14/2008 at 18:22:59

"Not great news" - actually, not news period! Where were you in Pennsylvania, Johnny boy? What a Rosie Ruiz move! posted 05/14/2008 at 18:19:26

Hillary Agonistes: Why Doesn't She Concede?

At this point, it would seem incredibly odd for her to quit: "Hey I just slaughtered my opponent in West Virginia, so now I concede, so I can slaughter him again in Kentucky without even pretending to try!"

It would certainly look better if Obama clinched it on his own by gathering up the necessary remaining superdelegates and then having Oregon put him over the top. I think both the Clinton people and the Obama people understand this and are making it happen.

Muscling out Clinton at this point is kind of stupid IMHO. posted 05/14/2008 at 12:46:19

Obama Hits Hamas "Smear": McCain Is "Losing His Bearings"

Obama should have asked for clarification as to whether McCain meant Hamas, Sunni or Shia posted 05/08/2008 at 19:21:35

Reality Has Well-Known Obama Bias

What are ya, some kind of damn elitist? posted 05/07/2008 at 13:47:08

Hillary Clinton's Top 10 Reasons She Loves America: VIDEO

or at least Tori Spelling... posted 05/06/2008 at 01:59:40

Latest Indiana And North Carolina Polling Averages

Well said (albeit badly typed) - I agree with all your points except the last one. Yes, the tax-credit is foolish and foolhardy, but her proposal was not a foolish error. If it is an error at all, it is an error of cynicism. She has calculated that the Indiana electorate is too stupid to understand that the tax credit won't trickle down to them. This lack of respect for the voters has been a keystone of Clinton's late success, and it may in fact get her the nomination. If the race ends up between McCain and Clinton, this is the approach that will win the presidency.

W. Bush showed everyone that even an idiot can get himself elected if he doesn't care about an informed electorate. But if you win with smoke and mirrors and fear cards, you lose any mandate to effect any real (and desperately needed) change. Your only mandate is to play more fear cards and blow more smoke.

Obama certainly has his faults, but if this awful system of triangulation and winning by .01% is to stop, he's our best hope to lead the way. posted 05/05/2008 at 00:56:27

Eight Belles, Kentucky Derby Horse, Dies On Track

I'm no fan of Clinton, but to put her in the middle of this story is, well, lame. posted 05/03/2008 at 20:55:15

It is almost as if horse racing could be used as an analogy for some other kind of contest. Hmmm. posted 05/03/2008 at 20:34:21

A Point of Clarification

gee whiz. would you just relax? posted 05/03/2008 at 20:14:25

Baptist Minister Asks McCain: "Did You Call Your Wife A C**t?" (VIDEO)

No. Dems think fraudulent whack jobs who never dealt with their tortured history should answer for their hateful past actions and not get a free pass. Remember that those vulgar and obscene remarks were a quote. Apparently it's your candidate who thinks insulting one's meal ticket, er, spouse is a sign of good breeding. posted 05/03/2008 at 02:14:14

Hillary Clinton On Southern Working Class Whites In 1995: "Screw 'Em"

Hey Hillary! Barack's rubber and you're glue! When will you finally realize this and quit throwing the mud? posted 04/16/2008 at 16:50:26

Volkswagen Recalls 410,000 Passats

I'm guessing that they've long quit needing to sell 2005 cars. posted 04/06/2008 at 17:54:21

Hillary Clinton: I Started Criticizing Iraq War Before Obama

She's only human, right? Of course, with that schedule I sure hope she doesn't misspeak at 3am... posted 04/06/2008 at 00:38:01

Editorial: My Fellow Clintonites, It's Time For Obama

Go ahead and stick with a candidate that will pull anything to get elected, the good of the country be damned. A candidate who refuses to quit even after the game is well over. I personally have already had 8 years of that kind of candidate and am done with it.

Obama has done what what it takes to win the nomination. It's just taking Clinton an extra 4 months to realize it. posted 04/06/2008 at 00:17:07

Clinton Under Fire Over False Story Of Health Care Horror

Questioning authority begins with questioning your government (and the people running for it). In a healthy democracy, the newspapers would be the ones doing the questioning, but the republicans and Murdoch have been very effective in destroying the media's status and role, so that they are now considered an enemy of the people rather than another governmental check. Please don't accept this.

Let me remind you that it is your $100 million candidate that you're relying on to stand up to "big money business." The same candidate who promised to continue to take money from lobbyists because they represent corporations:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isi6c2s353c posted 04/06/2008 at 01:07:15

Letterman And McCain Trade Barbs On "Late Show"

Wow, he nailed all his lines, and Joe Lieberman wasn't even there! Good thing none of the jokes required any knowledge of foreign policy... posted 04/02/2008 at 01:37:13

Why Women Like Me Support Hillary (One Story from the "High-Heeled Militia")

Well said. As another Obamabot, I also wish Elizabeth good luck, and thank her for her great efforts on the issue of autism. Her post certainly doesn't change my mind about Clinton's qualifications, but it does remind us all that everyone who makes the effort and sacrifice to serve our country should be applauded.

clap clap clap Hillary. now leave please. posted 04/01/2008 at 01:55:06

What Obama Owes Bill Clinton

Plus Obama can thank Bill for his foot-in-mouth campaigning on behalf of Hillary this year. posted 03/31/2008 at 15:46:04

Hooked on Hillary

I don't think this about her being a woman. People who don't like Hillary can point to any number of gender neutral reasons. Dynasty fatigue & her penchant for calculating triangulation are chief among them. I'd say this is more about being against the couple than just being against her.
To expect older women to blindly follow her because she's an older women is a bit insulting to older women. There are other qualified women out there who would be much better presidents than HRC, with much more impressive resumes that are based on more than being some guy's wife. posted 03/31/2008 at 01:07:58

Obama Bowls for Pennsylvania Voters

It's obvious that IslandGyal was trying to spell "pathetic." How apathetic of you not to figure that out. posted 03/30/2008 at 19:51:10

Hillary And Bill: We Aren't Going Anywhere

Aww. Here I was taking the headline literally. For one brief, happy moment I thought that the Clintons were finally facing reality. posted 03/28/2008 at 19:27:15

Obama Uses The "R" Word, Clinton Doesn't

Yeah - like the economy, health care and Iraq. What a COWARD! posted 03/28/2008 at 02:21:37

Obama-Bloomberg Ticket? MSNBC Points Out Potential

At least Clinton would give him that foreign policy edge he needs. Assuming of course that Al Qaida is made up entirely of 8 year old girls bearing flowers... posted 03/28/2008 at 02:44:47

Webb all the way! Hate to lose that Senate seat, but we probably won't need it... posted 03/28/2008 at 02:38:43

Telling Tales About Her First Lady Travels: Where and Why Did Hillary Exaggerate?

In the interest of staying to the facts, the 3AM phone call ad is actually more directly out of the LBJ Democratic fear mongering playbook. He was the one who employed the infamous "Daisy Ad" against Goldwater. As an old Goldwater Girl, HRC obviously never forgot it! posted 03/30/2008 at 20:24:34

Florida Superdelegate Introduces New Argument To Seat The State's Superdelegates

As an Obama supporter, I don't demand that Clinton quit. I just don't see, at this point, how she can win in a manner that won't alienate the majority of the Democratic party. Obama hasn't employed the slash and burn tactics that Clinton has, so I think the party could still get behind him.

Because of her present position, Clinton doesn't seem to have any means to win other than tearing down Obama. That just doesn't seem like a viable method for a Democratic victory in November. The current polling seems to agree.

I'll vote for the Democrat, whoever it is. But I'd prefer to be happy about it. posted 03/27/2008 at 01:35:19

War of the Word

Fair enough I guess, but if the citizenry is going to be tarred with the same brush as its government, then it is its obligation to take issue with what that government is doing in its name. posted 03/26/2008 at 13:53:37

Hey Huffpost editors! I didn't write the above comment!

You got the wrong guy!

I wrote something else!

Wake up! posted 03/26/2008 at 12:58:22

Your comments are spot on Mr. Scheer.

The difference between Wright's comments and some of the more incendiary comments of other preachers (Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell) is that his take the country's POLICIES to task, where those others attack its CITIZENS ("pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians...") posted 03/26/2008 at 12:32:24

Those Hidden Costs

"I wish Obama fought that hard." I don't recall Kareem ever having to fight Oscar Robertson or Magic Johnson to win a game.
I wish Hillary had a sky hook, but she doesn't. And just because her husband had a killer lay-up doesn't mean that she has one too. posted 03/27/2008 at 01:18:27

Hillary's Diversionary Tactic Is Feeding The GOP Noise Machine

Is it really the best option she has? How about showing some grace, bowing out, and finally being a true leader in the senate? Like Gore and Kerry, she might even find some new found freedom from the calculating and triangulating that she thinks is necessary for a presidential run.

We want to like you Hillary! We really do! But you're making it impossible! posted 03/26/2008 at 01:03:02

Clinton: Wright "Would Not Have Been My Pastor"

"sniff - I've found my voice... it belongs to a lying shrew" posted 03/26/2008 at 01:39:27

Whatever Happened To John Hughes?

Charlie Freakin' Chaplin posted 03/26/2008 at 01:11:42

My comment was cut off - it should have continued: Can you say Charlie Chaplin? posted 03/25/2008 at 12:07:45

Hmmm...Outsider in comedic film... posted 03/25/2008 at 12:06:00

Carville Compares Richardson Endorsement To Biblical Betrayal

Sorry - I'm an American.

Thank Madison and Jefferson that I don't have to thank God to vote in this great country of ours. posted 03/22/2008 at 17:16:06

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