The blogosphere is all atwitter about Sen. Harry Reid’s quote about presidential candidate Barack Obama. The then-Illinois senator was described, in private, by the Nevada senator as “light skinned” and “with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.”
Cries of racism have been seen and heard throughout the far reaches of Cyberspace. And I, [...]

Crosses the Line on 3 Continents and Gets Burned?
by Denis Campbell
It’s not been a good week for Rupert Murdoch. 1st he was caught in an interview by his son’s flagship Aussie broadcast network calling President Obama a racist and denying that FOX News’ Glenn Beck compared Obama to Stalin.
Then his flagship London tabloid The Sun [...]

by Madeleine Begun Kane
(No one dissects the silliness and hypocrisy of Washington better than humourist MadKane. Here are her latest offerings on everything from Town Hall Meetings to amazon’s Kindle and from Sarah Palin to wandelust filled Governors and Senators. -Ed.)
Tantrum Politics
Planning to attend a local town hall meeting about health care reform? Hoping to [...]

by Denis Campbell
(Reprise of 18 November Article) While Maricopa County (Phoenix) Judge Edward O. Burke agreed with the state’s Libertarian Party that county elections director, Karen Osborne, did not follow election law, ensure ballot integrity and provide an unbroken custody chain, he ruled against them saying, “in a county the size the size of Maricopa, perfect [...]

by Madeleine Begun Kane
(Give her philandering politicians, dueling Republican gubernatorial meltdowns and Senator Ensign and it’s Christmas in July for MadKane and the rest of us! Enjoy one of the finest and funniest political wits on any planet! -Ed.)
Dueling Scandals
Senator John Ensign surely celebrated when Governor Mark Sanford’s soul-mate scandal took Ensign’s sex-capade off Page [...]

by Madeleine Begun Kane
Hannity Insanity
Few people are better at creating a Krauthammer-lauded “alternate reality” than Fox’s Sean Hannity. Columnist Dick Polman provides an excellent example:
On his Fox show one week ago, Sean Hannity told his credulous fans that President Obama had made a deliberate effort during his Cairo speech “to give 9/11 sympathizers a voice [...]

Reprise from June, 2008 on The power of Facebook, Twitter and Social Media
My Toronto friend Lisa sent one of many Facebook invitations that cross my desk to a group called Re-instate Stacey Fearnall Now!! I normally bin them because I learn too much about my Facebook “friends” – Do You have a Higher Movie IQ than Dave? Noooo… I don’t care to know that and [...]

 
by Madeleine Begun Kane
My Homage To Feigned Outrage
May 14th, 2009
Republicans (and Joe Lieberman) have been staging yet another temper tantrum. What’s their grievance du jour? Speaker Nancy Pelosi said CIA leaders misled Congress about interrogation techniques.
The CIA’s under attack
By the Speaker who gave it a smack.
She accused it of lying.
The GOP’s crying:
She’s mean and must [...]

 
By Denis Campbell
I’m worried. Yes, President Obama rocked the correspondent’s dinner, has deftly aided in the demise of the Republican Party by producing a species threatening outbreak of ‘hoof in mouth’ disease and increased financial and diplomatic confidence around the globe. But what if, as our friend Charley James said, he’s content with only 50% [...]

 
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Nothing brings out Republican hypocrisy like a nice, juicy U.S. Supreme Court vacancy. Take Karl Rove, for instance, on Obama’s potential nominees to replace Justice David Souter:
Karl Rove rails against the possible nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor because “her opinions…have been very liberal.” But when Sandra Day O’Connor retired, Rove said the [...]