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Hasselbeck on KSM "They Chucked Some Water on Him"--Hannity "I'm Glad We Waterboarded Him"
DOWNLOADS: (78) PLAYS: (321) Anyone want to take bets on what the collective IQ of this pair is? Se …
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Dear Gary Susman
Your defense of Glenn Beck is touching on AOL, but it comes up very short and very sad. You claim that the big bad lefty meanie comedians are picking on Beck even when he is sick. Well, let's get something straight. Glenn Beck is inciting violence and helping legitimizing radical militia and white n …
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Students protest tuition hikes in California
DOWNLOADS: (224) PLAYS: (424) (h/t CSPANjunkie) It's hitting the fan in California as students p …
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Countdown on the 'Fearmonger in Chief': 'We cannot just dismiss him'
DOWNLOADS: (441) PLAYS: (2206) Every time we run a Glenn Beck post, someone trolls into the comme …
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Bernard Goldberg Responds to Jon Stewart Slamming Him for Down Syndrome Statement
DOWNLOADS: (568) PLAYS: (2732) After Bill O'Reilly only shows the portion of The Daily Show clip wh …
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Size Does Matter for Fox News and Conservatives
DOWNLOADS: (524) PLAYS: (502) The new talking point by Fox News and conservatives who are attacki …
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Why Do Right Wing Pundits Accuse Democrats of 'Raping' Americans?
Media Matters points out how conservative commentators such as Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and Michael Savage like to use rape metaphors when discussing progressives or progressive policies. Right-wing media are very quick to claim progressives are "raping" Americans: Beck: "People in New York, yo …
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Palin's dog ate her homework: She 'booted' response to Couric because Katie was snotty to her
DOWNLOADS: (834) PLAYS: (2420) Sarah Palin thinks she's got it covered now in explaining why she …
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Obama Appoints Loyal Bushie Dana Perino To Broadcasting Board Of Governors
Yep, I did a double take too. WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has tapped a former top aide of his predecessor George W. Bush to a key post on a board overseeing government-sponsored international broadcasting. Dana Perino, the first Republican woman to serve as White House press secretary, wa …
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Chris Matthews is Shocked at Poll Showing Republicans Believing ACORN Stole Presidential Election
DOWNLOADS: (1122) PLAYS: (2504) Chris Matthews cites a recent poll from Public Policy Polling which …
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Late Night Music Club with Phineas and the Ferbtones, featuring the Ferbettes
Title: Gitchy Gitchy Goo (extended version)Artist: Phineas and the FerbtonesNo, this is not an early April Fool's joke. Nicole Belle and I have chatted before about how Phineas and Ferb is one of the funniest shows on tee vee, and this is the number one most requested song from the show in a recent …
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Fred Thompson says the Afghanistan war is lost!
I'm totally against the Afghanistan war, as C&Lers know, and it was lost as soon as Bush and Cheney decided to attack Iraq. Any chance to stabilize that region was lost immediately thereafter. The world had rallied around Afghanistan in such a way that that country could have been reconstructed …
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Mission accomplished, dude: Glenn Beck 'perfectly fine' being remembered as 'a complete nutjob'
DOWNLOADS: (465) PLAYS: (1237) Glenn Beck, yesterday on his Fox News show: Beck: I'm sure that's …
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Gene Lyons: Why Is There Always Money For The Latest War?
Gene Lyons in Salon on the myriad forces that insist we can't afford health care, but just as strongly assure us that $6.73 trillion for the war in Afghanistan is perfectly doable. (That's $1 million per soldier, per year.) Go read the whole thing: For all its brutality, the Taliban rebellion is ma …
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GOP Filibuster Fails Badly, but Jeff Sessions & George Bush May Get Last Laugh
On Tuesday, Senate Democrats beat back Jeff Sessions’ filibuster of Obama’s first judicial nominee – Judge David Hamilton – by a reassuring margin of 70-29. Sessions lost ten of his fellow Republicans, including conservatives like Hatch, Cornyn, and Thune, and Hamilton will be confirmed Thursday aft …
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Congressional Democrats Call For Investigation Into Drug Price Increases
Congressional Democrats are calling for two inquiries after the New York Times reported earlier this week that drug companies were jacking up their prices, negating savings they promised for healthcare reform: Responding to news reports of unusually high wholesale price increases in brand-name pres …
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The Daily Show: Lou Dobbs Interview
From The Daily Show, Jon Stewart's interview with Lou Dobbs. I love that Stewart hit him right off the bat for why the right only collectively freaks out every time a Democratic president is elected to office. Exclusive - Lou Dobbs Extended Interview Pt. 1 You can watch the rest of the interview …
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How Many Troops Available for Afghanistan?
Spencer Ackerman has done a yeoman's job digging into the details as to whether the 40-44,000 troop estimate by Gen. McChrystal is even realistic to consider, when one counts the number of troops still in Iraq and Gen. Odierno's glacially slow deployment out of that country, the number of troops who …
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Pete DeFazio: We Need a New Economic Team That Cares More About Main Street Than Wall Street
DOWNLOADS: (985) PLAYS: (880) From The Ed Schultz Show, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) says President Ob …
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Yep, It's A Jobless Recovery. Yoo Hoo, President Obama - Why Not A Jobs Program?
Let's see: No new jobs, benefit extensions screwed up and Christmas is coming. You'd think the administration and Congress would be doing something about this, but you'd have better luck asking Underdog: Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits held at …
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