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Rush Limbaugh (Very Sarcastically) Showers Praise on Obama
Jim Newell · 05/02/11 04:03PMHave you, too, heard the sound of Rush Limbaugh patting himself on his gross back all afternoon? Because he sure pulled a quick one on the liberal media today! He opened his radio show by heaping praise on the president, even saying "Thank God for President Obama." Hey now... really?
Was Bin Laden's Death Planned to Distract From Obama's Birth Certificate?
Adrian Chen · 05/02/11 03:41PMTrump Congratulates Obama, Calls for Truce
Jim Newell · 05/02/11 12:31PMIt's perfectly understandable for the news media to divert its attention to the killing of Osama bin Laden for a little while. You kind of have to cover it, at least perfunctorily. But we must not let it distract us from the important issues facing the country. Is any reporter even jotting down whatever nutty stuff Donald Trump has to say today?
Inquiring Minds: Did the Obamas Have Victory Sex Last Night?
Maureen O'Connor · 05/02/11 11:29AMThe Celebrations of Osama bin Laden's Death That You Missed
Brian Moylan · 05/02/11 11:11AMObama Zings Trump at the White House Correspondents Dinner
Max Read · 05/01/11 09:28AMMitt Romney Only Wants to Hang Barack Obama Metaphorically
Max Read · 04/30/11 02:43PMThis is a video of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney telling an audience in New Hampshire on Wednesday that Republicans are "going to hang" Barack Obama—and then immediately catching himself. So you see: Romney only wants to hang Obama metaphorically. Which is, sad to say, a good thing, insofar as it's uhm, nice (?) to see a prominent Republican use racially problematic language by mistake, and not in a deliberate, cynical pandering strategy. And he actually seemed pretty embarrassed! Mitt Romney 2012: Not a Completely Cynical Scumbag. [via TPM]
Barack Obama Gives Wingnuts a New Pastor to Hate
Jim Newell · 04/29/11 02:30PMConservative pundits have been known to give President Obama crap for not going to church. It's part of why, if you're, say, Byron York, the president should only blame himself for the millions of morons who believe he's a Muslim. But when Obama does go to church, as he and his family did on Easter Sunday, he still ends up in a multi-pronged scandal. He didn't "do" Easter correctly.
Jon Stewart on the Media Reaction to the Obama Birth Certificate 'Bombshell'
Matt Cherette · 04/28/11 10:58PMLast night's Daily Show featured Jon Stewart's criticism of Donald Trump for continuing to be a total ass following President Obama's release of his birth certificate. On tonight's show, however, Stewart focused on the media's reaction to it all. Spoiler: MSNBC and Fox News took different routes with their coverage.
How the Most Prominent Birthers Reacted to Yesterday's News
Jim Newell · 04/28/11 03:12PMAndrew Sullivan Loves the Release of a Good Document
John Cook · 04/28/11 03:05PMNewsweek/Daily Beast celebupundit Andrew Sullivan really, really wants to see Trig Palin's birth certificate, thinks Obama should have released his earlier, and has lots of righteous things to say about how real reporters demand to see documents. Funny thing—we're trying to get documents about you, Andrew! Care to help?
What's a Birther Day Without a Visit to Oprah?
Seth Abramovitch · 04/28/11 02:13AMJon Stewart: Donald Trump 'Is Eating Gold-Dipped Crow on This One'
Matt Cherette · 04/28/11 12:37AMOn tonight's Daily Show, Jon Stewart opened with a segment about the release of President Obama's birth certificate and Donald Trump's role in forcing Obama's hand. For Stewart, there were two big losers here: Trump, for being a racist asshole; and the media, for treating something that had already (and repeatedly) been proven false as some sort of "bombshell."
Is Obama's Birth Certificate Signed by a Pen from the Future?
Jim Newell · 04/27/11 05:51PMWhat Will America's Most Popular Racist Do Next?
John Cook · 04/27/11 03:28PMNYT Apologizes for Freudian Slip About Obama's Mom
Maureen O'Connor · 04/27/11 12:05PMBarack Obama Ruins It For Everybody; Releases Birth Certificate
John Cook · 04/27/11 09:37AMHitler 'Stache Graffiti Sparks Police Crackdown
Jeff Neumann · 04/27/11 04:11AMDrawing Hitler moustaches on subway movie posters, yearbook pictures and images of Barack Obama is a time honored tradition in America. But in Britain, drawing one on a Conservative politician's campaign poster can turn a tiny, quiet hamlet into a police state. At least that's what happened to Pitcombe, Somerset, after one appeared on a likeness of Conservative councillor Mike Beech in the village and he called police to cry about it.