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2009

June 83
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April 161
March 146
February 148
January 148

2008

December 134
November 104
October 173
September 218
August 198
July 264
June 213
May 55
April
March
February
January
september madness
Oct 1st
“Obama’s answers are better.”
— Bill Clinton,...
Oct 1st
“I’ve turned to her advice many times in the past.”
— McCain, asked if he...
Oct 1st
“I think that is a professional, and I think she will do a...”
— John McCain, on how Gwen Ifill...
Oct 1st

And right after I get off the line with...

“The Senate is seeing an issue with voicemail, reportedly due to an inundation of phone...
Oct 1st
[on screen: McCain blaming Obama for infusing 'unnecessary partisanship' into the process. He then said it was 'not the time to fix the blame'].
Jon Stewart: Now is not the time to fix the blame. You should mention that to your previous sentence.
Oct 1st
Oct 1st
Head of Skate: Sarah Palin as a Disney Movie
Oct 1st
Warch Watch
Oct 1st
Katie Couric: "When it comes to establishing your worldview, I was curious, what newspapers and magazines did you regularly read before you were tapped for this to stay informed and to understand the world?
Sarah Palin: I read most of them, again, with a great appreciation for the press, for the media...
Couric: But, like, what one specifically, I'm curious, that you...
Palin: All of them. Any of them that have been in front of me over all these years. I have a...
Couric: Can you name a few?
Palin: I have a vast variety of sources where we get our news, too. Alaska isn't a foreign country where it's kind of suggested, it seems like, 'Wow, how could you keep in touch with the rest of Washington DC, maybe thinking and doing when you live up there in Alaska?' Believe me, Alaska is like a microcosm of America.
Oct 1st
Jayson: you know McCain likes to gamble but he needs to remember the House always wins
Sep 30th
“I think she has pretty thoroughly — and probably...”
— Former Bush speechwriter David...
Sep 30th

Putting Low Confidence in Government in...

Maybe only 19% have “a lot” of confidence in the federal government, but that’s...
Sep 30th
Sep 30th
“DOWN DOWN 7%, NOT AMONG WORST 10 PERCENTAGE LOSSES”
— Fox Business Channel, putting...
Sep 29th
“This bill failed because Barack Obama and the Democrats put...”
— The McCain campaign, putting...
Sep 29th
Warch Watch
barney frank makes fun of republicans attributing pelosi’s partisan speech as the cause for...
Sep 29th
Sep 29th
“People ask me, ‘Who can propel America out of this...”
— “Bill Clinton,” on...
Sep 29th
Sarah Palin Fictional Quotes Generator
Sep 29th
“Look, I had my first conversation with him in my entire life...”
— Bill Clinton, on if Obama is a...
Sep 29th
“Duty is ours, outcomes belong to God!”
— Republican (of course)...
Sep 29th
Sep 29th
Sep 29th
Sep 29th

i wish people would quit posting the...

Sep 29th
“It would be fantastic.”
— A “McCain...
Sep 28th
Warch Watch
this ought to scare the shit out of you
Sep 28th
SNL: Sarah Palin and Katie Couric
Sep 28th
Great WaPo Recap of WH Bailout Meeting
Sep 28th
A Great Analysis of the Debate by James...
Sep 27th
A Good Summary of the Debate by Hotline On...
Sep 27th
Sarah Palin Miss Alaska Swimsuit Video
Sep 26th
“If they thought they were rolling me, they are kidding...”
— House Min. Leader John...
Sep 26th
“Who knows?”
— Minority Leader John Boehner,...
Sep 26th
Sarah Palin on Foreign Policy
Sep 26th
“Everybody there was constructive and focused on finding a...”
— Dana Perino, on McCain...
Sep 26th
“No Republican mentioned his name. I’m the only one who...”
— Barney Frank, on John McCain
Sep 26th
“We shouldn’t second guess Israel’s security...”
— Sarah Palin, on not thinking...
Sep 26th
“He hasn’t been involved. He doesn’t know anything about it.”
— House Banking Chairman Barney...
Sep 25th
“I don’t know if you’ve paid much attention to...”
— Steven Colbert, out of...
Sep 25th
“Bring finances her way even for the campaign in the name of...”
— Sarah Palin’s crazy...
Sep 25th
“I cannot carry on a campaign as though this dangerous...”
— John McCain, ignoring the...
Sep 25th
Warch Watch
dave letterman DESTROYS john mccain
Sep 25th
“Unfortunately, that is the road that America may find itself...”
— Sarah Palin, on if a failure...
Sep 25th
“I’ll try to find you some.”
— Sarah Palin, asked by Katie...
Sep 25th
“What are you going to do if you’re elected and things...”
— Dave Letterman, being fucking...
Sep 25th
“It’s the longest Hail Mary pass in the history of...”
— Rep. Barney Frank, chairman of...
Sep 24th
“We need leadership; not a campaign photo op.”
— Senate Majority Leader Harry...
Sep 24th
“The debate is on.”
— A “senior Obama campaign...
Sep 24th
“I am directing my campaign to work with the Obama campaign...”
— John McCain, overreacting...
Sep 24th
“Of course she doesn’t have that.”
— Laura Bush, on Palin’s...
Sep 24th
Point-Counterpoint: Sarah Palin
Sep 24th

Gee, I Wonder What's Holding Them Back...

“The latest TODAY Show/NBC/Mason-Dixon poll has McCain ahead by three points in Virginia,...
Sep 24th
“Good, good. And you’ll give me more insight on that,...”
— Sarah Palin, after Henry...
Sep 24th
“I’ll be like Ashton Kutcher, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa,...”
— Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA),...
Sep 24th
Tim Wise: This Is Your Nation on White...
Sep 24th

Obama: Financial Solution Must Be...

The President’s stubborn inflexibility is both unacceptable and disturbingly familiar. This is not...
Sep 23rd
Sep 23rd
“I wish that we would have talked together when we were both...”
— Iranian Pres. Mahmoud...
Sep 23rd

[SPAM] Your Urgent Help Needed

Dear American: I need to ask you to support an urgent secret business relationship with a transfer...
Sep 23rd
“If the bailout were a country it would be the 21st largest...”
— First Read
Sep 23rd
White House Admits It Drew Up Bailout Months...
Sep 23rd
Sep 23rd
“I had no real opinion.”
— Bill Clinton, asked if he...
Sep 23rd
“It turns out that there’s a lot of interlinks...”
— George W. Bush, on the banking...
Sep 23rd
“I like that little Down syndrome kid. One of them lives down...”
— Bill Clinton, on the...
Sep 23rd
Is McCain Fit for the Presidency?
Sep 23rd
Sep 23rd
Sep 22nd
Sep 22nd
“Loaning to minorities and risky folks is a disaster.”
— Neil Cavuto of FOX News, on...
Sep 22nd
Iraq Moving Toward Biden's Controversial...
Sep 22nd
Stand-Ins, Naps Help Debate Preparation
Sep 22nd
Obama Ad Watch: Hitting on Health Care
Sep 22nd
“Barack Obama ain’t taking my shotguns, so don’t buy...”
— Joe Biden, being awesome.
Sep 21st
Obama Ad Watch: McCain Hates Social Security
Sep 21st
“Opening up the health insurance market to more vigorous...”
— John McCain, losing the...
Sep 20th
me: i know a secret and i want to tell you it and i cant
MAN
it's that i fucked your sister
just kidding
Zac: DO IT
me: no way because its too juicy
then yould be killed with it
Zac: THE SECRET NOT MY SISTER
me: right
and tumblr blogged
Sep 19th
“That’s not country first, that’s Obama first.”
— John McCain, on the economy....
Sep 19th
“This morning, Senator McCain gave a speech in which his big...”
— Barack Obama, being lol. “This...
Sep 19th
Obama vs. Palin
Sep 19th

God Bless the Media

How Much Have You Heard About ___? - ALot ALittle Nothing...
Sep 19th
“That’s a great question.”
— Sarah Palin, asked how she...
Sep 19th
Sep 18th
“John McCain can’t decide whether he’s Barry...”
— Barack Obama, being awesome
Sep 18th
Matt: i just got an email entitled
extreme cat rape
me: link
Sep 18th
John McCain Doesn't Know About Spain!
Sep 18th
beepbopboop: “I am NOT  TINA  FEY”
Sep 18th
“Yesterday, John McCain actually said that if he’s president...”
— Barack Obama
Sep 17th
“Neither could she, at least according to her board.”
— Dem strategist Steve McMahon,...
Sep 17th
Sep 16th
instant karma
Sep 16th
“She’s really up on pop culture, which I always...”
— Meghan McCain, on what she...
Sep 16th
“If John McCain hadn’t said that ‘the fundamentals of our...”
— Obama spokseman Bill Burton
Sep 16th
“You’re looking at the miracle John McCain helped...”
— A McCain advisor, on McCain...
Sep 16th
Warch Watch
fox news of all people calls out mccain spokesman tucker bounds on lying about taxes
Sep 15th
“Senator - what economy are you talking about?”
— Barack Obama, addressing John...
Sep 15th
Warch Watch
let the swiftboating begin
Sep 15th
“The fundamentals of our economy are strong.”
— John McCain, speaking today.
Sep 15th
Sep 15th
“Stop blogging. Stop blogging right now!”
— Ivy Frye, an aide to the...
Sep 15th
Obama Ad Hits McCain's Lies As "Dishonorable"
Sep 15th
“The same campaign that once called for a town hall a week is...”
— Joe Biden, on McCain
Sep 15th
McCain on FCS: Flip-flop or fib?
Sep 15th
“McCain has gone in some of his ads — similarly gone...”
— Karl Rove, on McCain’s...
Sep 15th
“It’s clear that John McCain would rather lose his...”
— Obama spokesperson Hari...
Sep 13th
the wonkette
Sep 12th
me: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/12/brutal-ad-targets-palins_n_125975.html
this ad is awesome
Dustin: well that explains why the wolves in the obama ad are going after her
Sep 12th
Nishad: god this view interview is BRUTAL
its better than most journalism
me: hahahahah
the view of all people
what is wrong with america
Nishad: our journalists are fucking spineless
this si what they do
begla said it best
mccain says moon is made out of cheese
obama says its made out of rock
press - CANDIDATES CLASH OVER MOON
Sep 12th
“Today is the first day of the rest of the campaign.”
— Obama campaign manager David...
Sep 12th
Warch Watch
james fallows explains why the bush doctrine fiasco is so bad
Sep 12th
“$422,302,519,152”
— The amount of money it would...
Sep 12th

Ad Watch

1982 (Obama): This brutal ad slams McCain by pointing out that he entered the Senate in 1982 and...
Sep 12th
McCain to skip Values Voters event
Sep 12th
“In what respect, Charlie?”
— Sarah Palin, totally clueless...
Sep 12th
Analysis: McCain's claims skirt facts, test...
Sep 12th
“[Palin] asked me to send her some bible verses on how do you...”
— Rick Warren, on Palin’s...
Sep 11th
Interviewer, on Palin: What experience does she have in the field of national security?
McCain: Energy.
Sep 11th
i’d be happy to
Sep 11th
“We did not tire, we did not falter, and we did not fail.”
— President Bush, in requiem....
Sep 11th
Sep 11th
“Who put me on the billing as explosively funny?”
— Al Jazeera English’s Riz...
Sep 11th
gibson interview of palin to air on 20/20 alongside bio...
Sep 11th
“Cocky whacko.”
— Former Senator Lincoln Chafee...
Sep 10th
tpm: embrace it
Sep 10th
Zac: The Iraq War costs a little more than 25 Bridges to Nowhere per month. Thanks, but no thanks.
me: haha
Zac: what's great is that obama's health care plan would cost like 10 bridges to nowhere per month
me: affordable
Zac: listen, if we stop the war and redirect our efforts on health care, we'll save between 4 and 14 bridges to nowhere per month.
we could build a bridge to the moon within years
me: we should do that
Zac: ahaha, too bad the moon doesn't stay the same distance
Mean Distance of Moon from Earth - 238712 mi (384400 km); Greatest Distance of Moon from Earth (Apogee) - 252586 mi (406740 km) Shortest Distance of Moon
me: damn!
make it flexible
Zac: a retracting bridge to nowhere
i like the cut of your jib
me: a drawbridge to the moon
Zac: hahaha
yes
hahaha
Sep 10th
Sep 10th
“Anyone who votes against debating one of my resolutions,...”
— House Minority Leader John...
Sep 10th
Warch Watch
:SIREN: WOLVES RETURN!!! :SIREN:
Sep 10th
Palin Quoted Writer Who Lamented Failure To...
Sep 10th
“The McCain campaign — would much rather have the story...”
— Barack Obama, on...
Sep 10th
“If Democrats can say at the end of this campaign that they...”
— TPM’s Josh Marshall, on...
Sep 10th
Sep 10th
Sep 10th
“The strongest message can be sent by rejecting the two party...”
— Ron Paul, threatening to help...
Sep 10th
“This phony lecture on gender sensitivity is the height of...”
— Obama senior adviser Anita...
Sep 10th
stay classy, john mccain!
Sep 10th
“You know, you can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s...”
— Barack Obama, on John McCain...
Sep 10th
“No one knows what war’s like other than my family....”
— Meghan McCain, showing her...
Sep 9th
randomonium: The Original Maverick
Sep 9th
“These people.”
— Barack Obama, dismissively...
Sep 9th
Sep 9th
Obama Ad Watch: Hitting Back -- with the Lie...
Sep 8th
“She’s had executive experience, and that’s what...”
— President Bush, knowingly.
Sep 8th
“You can’t just recreate yourself. You can’t just...”
— Barack Obama, on Palin and...
Sep 8th
“She has been flawless ever since her latest Firmware...”
— Steven Colbert, on Cindy...
Sep 8th
“Too big and too expensive to the taxpayers.”
— Sarah Palin, not understanding...
Sep 8th
Hey, Liberal Idiots, Here's Why I Support...
Sep 8th
via beepbopboop
Sep 8th
“I actually knew that Russia was next to Alaska, as well. I...”
— Barack Obama, on John McCain...
Sep 8th
Warch Watch
via randomonium
Sep 8th
Obama Camp Calls McCain Camp Liars
Sep 8th
“When does AEI start trumping the Joint Chiefs of Staff on...”
— Then-Army Chief of Staff Gen....
Sep 8th
Why Did Violence Plummet? It Wasn't Just the...
Sep 8th
man, how about that pro-obama media?
Sep 8th
MSNBC Drops Olbermann, Matthews as News Anchors
Sep 8th
“Words mean something! You can’t just make stuff up.”
— Barack Obama, on how Palin...
Sep 6th
Sep 6th
“There is no part of that that I would subject a child, a...”
— GOP Rep. Steve King (IA-05),...
Sep 5th
ABC News Palin Poll
Sep 5th
“I thought the speech was very underwhelming and lacked any...”
— Obama communiations director...
Sep 5th
Wondering what the hell the mansion behind...
Sep 5th
Warch Watch
jon stewart on the blatant hypocricy of rove, morris, hannity, o’reilly, and mccain advisors...
Sep 5th
get a brain, morans
Sep 5th

Thoughts on tonight

Though it was certainly much less interesting than last night’s speech by Palin (which by the...
Sep 5th
The death of a taboo
Sep 5th
Maybe I'm Wrong: Speech Reassured...
Sep 5th
Palin traveled abroad rarely
Sep 4th
“Sarah Palin shares nothing but a chromosome with Hillary...”
— Gloria Steinem in an awesome...
Sep 4th
me: PALIN RAISES MONEY -- FOR OBAMA! *Exclusive* Obama scores $8 million since Palin's speech from over 130,000 donors - on pace to hit $10 million by the time John McCain hits stage, campaign says... Developing...
Dustin: haha and they were bragging how they raised 10 million between friday and tuesday
Sep 4th
The “Not-So-Straight Talk Express,” in St. Paul
Sep 4th
“$299,100”
— The estimated cost of Cindy...
Sep 4th
Sep 4th
“For someone who makes the point that she’s not from...”
— Obama spokesman David Axelrod
Sep 4th
“It was a very skillfully written, very skillfully delivered...”
— Joe Biden, on Palin
Sep 4th
Hotline On Call: Musical Chairs
Sep 4th

Corrections and Fact Checking

First Read: “Mike Huckabee made the claim that Palin got more votes running for mayor of...
Sep 4th
McCain Camp Battles Enquirer Over Alleged...
Sep 4th
“You know what they say about pit bulls: all brawn and no...”
— My mother, unimpressed by...
Sep 4th
“Community organizing is how ordinary people respond to...”
— Obama campaign manager David...
Sep 4th
“I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a ‘community...”
— Sarah Palin last night, in a...
Sep 4th
“The speech that Gov. Palin gave was well delivered, but it...”
— Barack Obama spokesman Bill...
Sep 4th

Thoughts on the night

Mitt Romney is seeking to cast himself as Ronald Reagan circa 1976. His speech was the “true...
Sep 4th

The Transcript

MSNBC Chief Political Correspondent Chuck Todd: Mike Murphy, lots of free advice, we'll see if Steve Schmidt and the boys were watching. We'll find out on your blackberry. Tonight voters will get their chance to hear from Sarah Palin and she will get the chance to show voters she's the right woman for the job Up next, one man who's already convinced and he'll us why Gov. Jon Huntsman.
(cut away)
Conservative Columnist Peggy Noonan: Yeah.
GOP Consultant Mike Murphy: You know, because I come out of the blue swing state governor world: Engler, Whitman, Tommy Thompson, Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush. I mean, these guys -- this is how you win a Texas race, just run it up. And it's not gonna work. And --
Noonan: It's over.
Murphy: Still McCain can give a version of the Lieberman speech to do himself some good.
Todd: I also think the Palin pick is insulting to Kay Bailey Hutchinson, too.
Noonan: Saw Kay this morning.
Todd: Yeah, she's never looked comfortable about this --
Murphy: They're all bummed out.
Todd: Yeah, I mean is she really the most qualified woman they could have turned to?
Noonan: The most qualified? No! I think they went for this -- excuse me-- political bullshit about narratives --
Todd: Yeah they went to a narrative.
Murphy: I totally agree.
Noonan: Every time the Republicans do that, because that's not where they live and it's not what they're good at, they blow it.
Murphy: You know what's really the worst thing about it? The greatness of McCain is no cynicism, and this is cynical.
Todd: This is cynical, and as you called it, gimmicky.
Murphy: Yeah.
Sep 3rd
Warch Watch
“It’s over,” Peggy Noonan says about Palin when she thinks the mics are off....
Sep 3rd

Rahm Emanuel puts tonight in perspective

“Tonight’s speech has little to do with Gov. Palin’s already-proven skills on the...
Sep 3rd
“I wouldn’t say there really has.”
— McCain campaign co-chair Meg...
Sep 3rd
“The Joe Lieberman you heard tonight wasn’t the same...”
— Obama comm. dir. Robert Gibbs,...
Sep 3rd
McCain had criticized earmarks from Palin
Sep 3rd
Palin Polling
Sep 3rd
I Miss My Mommy
Sep 3rd
“He has a family that uses the Internet.”
— Douglas Holtz-Eakin, senior...
Sep 3rd
“When you use sexism as an across-the-board shield for any...”
— Maureen Dowd, on the behavior...
Sep 3rd
“This vetting controversy is a faux media scandal designed to...”
— McCain chief strategist Steve...
Sep 3rd
“Did we see those same comments, for example when John...”
— Karl Rove, on those saying...
Sep 3rd

The Pivot: Too Little, Too Late

Tonight, Joe Lieberman, Fred Thompson, and, most laughably, George W. Bush, made the case that John...
Sep 3rd
Sep 3rd
if only this were real
Sep 3rd
“The selection of Governor Palin has the other side and their...”
— Fred Thompson, projecting.
Sep 3rd
george w bush addresses the republican national convention...
Sep 3rd
god forbid, but, whose hand do you want on that bible? sarah...
Sep 3rd
McCain Cancels CNN Interview As Punishment
Sep 2nd
“This election is not about issues.”
— McCain Campaign Manager Rick...
Sep 2nd
Todd Palin Registered Member of Secessionist...
Sep 2nd
“If you’re sitting here today, you’re not...”
— McCain economic advisor Phil...
Sep 2nd
“Ms. Palin’s experience in government makes Barack...”
— Former Bush speechwriter and...
Sep 2nd
Palin's Lobbyist Linked To Jack Abramoff
Sep 2nd
“616-413”
— The margin of victory in...
Sep 2nd
McCain Swift Boated By Fellow POW
Sep 2nd
Warch Watch
sarah palin
Sep 2nd
The Sarah Palin Pregnancy Decision Map
Sep 2nd
Iowa, N.H., S.C. to remain first GOP contests...
Sep 2nd
Disclosures on Palin Raise Questions on...
Sep 2nd
“It shows great judgment on the part of Sarah Palin.”
— GOP lunatic Michele Bachman,...
Sep 2nd
Sep 2nd
“I don’t want kids.”
— From the MySpace page of Levi...
Sep 2nd
Palin's Small Alaska Town Secured Big Federal...
Sep 2nd
Sarah Palin And The Alaska Independence Party
Sep 2nd
“Remember that Alaska is the closest part of our continent to...”
— Cindy McCain, on why Sarah...
Sep 2nd
Palin Was a Director of Stevens's 527
Sep 2nd
Palin Almost Recalled As Mayor
Sep 2nd
Account of a Bridge’s Death Slightly...
Sep 1st
BABY BUMP?! Sarah Palin announced that her 17-year-old...
Sep 1st
executive experience!
Sep 1st
“I haven’t really focused much on the war in Iraq.”
— Sarah Palin, thoughtful.
Sep 1st
“We’re the ones with the babe on our ticket.”
— Rush Limbaugh, thoughtful.
Sep 1st
Palin's Spokesperson Didn't Know About...
Sep 1st