Comic’s PAC Is More Than a Gag (New York Times)

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By DAVID CARR

Published: August 21, 2011

Let’s start with a spot political quiz. Which of the following are legitimate political action committees known as Super PACs, and which is fake? 


A) Citizens for a Working America

B) Make Us Great Again

C) Citizens for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow

D) We Love USA

If you guessed that C was the fake, you’d be wrong. It was a trick question: these are all legitimate Super PACs. “Citizens for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow” was created by the comedian Stephen Colbert, which makes it funnier.

But not by much. Citizens for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow may be a running gag on “The Colbert Report” on Comedy Central, but it is spending money as it sees fit, with little in the way of disclosure, just like its noncomedic brethren.

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Why Obama Wants You to Eat Your Peas (Esquire)

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By Elizabeth Gunnison
July 12, 2011  

It's been a big couple of days for the pea people. That's because at a White House press conference on Monday, President Obama name-checked the little green vegetables in the course of discussing negotiations about how to solve the nation's debt crisis:

"It's not going to get easier. It's going to get harder. So we might as well do it now: pull off the Band-Aid, eat our peas. Now is the time to do it. If not now, when?"

The pea industry is, naturally, aflutter.

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Slave reference scrubbed from marriage vow signed by Bachmann, Santorum (New York Post)

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July 10, 2011


WASHINGTON -- A socially conservative Iowa group apologized Saturday evening for a controversial reference to slavery in a "marriage vow" signed by presidential candidates Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) and Rick Santorum, Politico reported.

The marriage vow, which was created by the Pleasant Hill, Iowa-based group The Family Leader, calls on signers to swear fidelity to his or her spouse and also oppose "any redefinition" of marriage, including same-sex marriages.

The original vow also included a controversial passage in its preamble suggesting that black children born into slavery had a more stable family life than African-American children today.

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Palin Plots Her Next Move (Newsweek)

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by Peter J. Boyer

July 10, 2011 

 

"I believe that I can win a national election," Sarah Palin declared one recent evening, sitting in the private dining room of a hotel in rural Iowa. The occasion for her visit to quintessential small-town America was a gathering of the faithful that would have instantaneously erupted into a fervent campaign rally had she but given the word. Instead, it had been another day on the non–campaign trail, this one capped by a sweet victory: she had just attended the premiere of a glowingly positive documentary about her titled The Undefeated.

“The people of America are desperate for positive change, and deserving of positive change, to get us off of this wrong track,” she told me during a conversation that lasted late into the night and, inevitably, kept returning to the subject that has titillated the media and spooked Republican presidential contenders for months: her political intentions. “I’m not so egotistical as to believe that it has to be me, or it can only be me, to turn things around,” she said. “But I do believe that I can win.”

 

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Sen. McConnell: Making Obama A One-Term President Is My Single Most Important Political Goal (Mediaite/Fox News Sunday)

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by Matt Schneider
July 10th, 2011

Although Republican Senator Mitch McConnell was slightly unsure whether any of his Republicans colleagues seriously don’t want to raise the debt ceiling, he was on much firmer ground regarding his own future political goals. On Fox News Sunday, Bret Baier asked him if he stands by his previous statement that “the single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term President.” McConnell confirmed that his goal remains unchanged.

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Tim Pawlenty: Bachmann’s ‘Record Of Accomplishment In Congress Is Non-Existent’ (Mediaite/Meet the Press)

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by Matt Schneider
July 10th, 2011

Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty is eager to add some excitement back to his campaign, and this morning on Meet the Press he may have found just the ticket: going on the attack. In Pawlenty’s crosshairs was fellow presidential candidate Michele Bachmann who Pawlenty dismissed as having no successes in Congress that would make her more worthy than him of being elected President.

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(Thought from the Peanut Gallery: If Pawlenty wants to be really brave, why not say stuff like this on Fox News? Probably for the same reason he wouldn't say "Obamneycare" in front of Mitt Romney.)



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Pat Buchanan Defends Tax Cuts for Private Jets and Pretends Poor People Don't Pay Any Taxes (CrooksAndLiars.com)

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By Heather
July 1, 2011


MSNBC finally took Mark Halperin off the air for all the wrong reasons this week after he said President Obama acted like a "dick" because he dared to call out the Republicans for acting like spoiled children during these debt ceiling talks. I wonder what it would take to get this racist relic Pat Buchanan to finally leave their airwaves as well?

The mild mannered Martin Bashir, who actually did a good job of calling out Mitch McConnell the previous day with his revisionist history on who's to blame for our deficit skyrocketing, found himself outgunned by the volatile and aggressive Pat Buchanan during this segment where Buchanan was brought on to discuss the negotiations over raising the debt ceiling, and where Buchanan insisted that Republicans should stick to their guns no matter what and force Democrats and President Obama to accept massive budget cuts with absolutely no increases in taxes, even if those taxes are on a privileged few, like private jet owners.

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Mark Halperin Suspended From MSNBC After Slamming President Barack Obama on Air (Hollywood Reporter)

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6/30/2011 

Time magazine's Mark Halperin has been suspended as an MSNBC analyst after he called President Barack Obama a "dick" on Morning Joe Thursday morning.

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Inside Sarah Palin's Movie Premiere For 'The Undefeated' (The Hollywood Reporter)

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By Paul Bond
June 29, 2011

Despite announcing that press would be banned from theater, a few media outlets (including THR) obtained last-minute seats for the debut of the former VP candidate's documentary.

PELLA, IOWA – They sure do movie premieres funny around here.

There was no red carpet and no bright lights – it wasn’t even dark yet. And the biggest celebrity in attendance, Sarah Palin, decided at the last moment not to pull up to the theater in an SUV but to park it around the corner and stroll down the street unannounced. She was about 50 yards out when the media hordes noticed and repositioned their cameras.

Palin was in Pella – population 10,000 – for the world premiere of The Undefeated, a documentary about her political career. She was dressed casually in bellbottom jeans and a shiny, silver belt, and was accompanied by her husband, Todd.

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In Major Gaffe, Bachmann Confuses Ass, Hole in Ground (Borowitz Report)

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ARIZONA (The Borowitz Report) – In a fledgling campaign that has already produced more than its share of gaffes, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn) today confused her ass with a hole in the ground during a campaign swing through Arizona.

Speaking to a group of supporters in Phoenix, Rep. Bachmann raised eyebrows when she said, “It’s great to be here in Arizona, the home of my ass.”

After her comment was greeted with confused murmurs from the crowd, Rep. Bachmann quickly added, “Oh wait, did I say my ass?  I meant the Grand Canyon.”

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Sinking G.O.P. Poll Numbers May Put Florida in Play (New York Times)

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By DON VAN NATTA Jr. and GARY FINEOUT
June 27, 2011

MIAMI — In the past few weeks, Gov. Rick Scott has traveled around the state extolling the accomplishments of the recent legislative session and promoting his success in pushing Florida down a more conservative, financially sound path. 


So why is his approval rating the lowest of any governor in America?

“I don’t think about it,” Mr. Scott said in a brief interview when asked about his 29 percent approval rating in a Quinnipiac University poll conducted in May. More alarming for the governor: his negative rating has soared from 22 percent in February shortly after he entered office to 57 percent, suggesting that the more Floridians get to know him, the less they like him.

Mr. Scott, however, chalks up the numbers to his agenda. “Everybody’s scared about change,” he said. “I’m going to make the tough decisions because I know, long-term, they pay off. But, you know, short-term, everybody is worried about change.”

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Glenn Beck To Rick Santorum: ‘I Could Kiss You In The Mouth’ (Gawker)

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By Seth Abramovitch 

What should have been just another interminable conversation between two mind-boggling A-holes took an intriguing turn down Rainbow Alley last night, when Fox News host (and self-loathing Gleek) Glenn Beck accidentally blurted out, "I could kiss you in the mouth" to Rick Santorum on Thursday's show. (It was in response to Santorum saying that he'd signed the "Cut, Cap and Balance" pledge, which is apparently the fiscal conservative equivalent of announcing, "I just scored a pair of Lady Gaga floor seats!")

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Jon Huntsman Hits Obama (Just Not in the Face) (Esquire)

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by Chris Jones

June 22, 2011

 

On the day after Jon Huntsman announced his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination, he continued his twin strategies of refraining from personal attacks on President Obama while taking direct aim at his policies, particularly when it comes to national security and the war in Afghanistan.

"I respect the President," Huntsman said yesterday when he kicked off his official campaign with a speech at Liberty State Park in New Jersey. "He and I have a difference of opinion on how to help the country we both love. But the question each of us wants the voters to answer is who will be the better president, not who's the better American."

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