President Bush passed the “Bush Tax Cuts” during his presidency to help high-income earners keep a larger percentage of their income. The tax cuts, passed in 2001 and 2003, are sent to expire soon.. and with the economic recovery looking as dire as ever, expiration is particularly controversial. Rachel explains why Republicans are pretending extending the tax cuts will help Americans.
President Obama’s first term as president has not been a cakewalk. The economy collapsed JUST as he came into office and ever since, things seem to get worse by the day. It was announced today that Obama is dissolving the position of “ethics czar”, the “czar” in charge of making things transparent. Obama has decided to embrace the rules that Bush administration carved out for themselves and ignore transparency.
White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs came under fire yesterday for saying that Obama’s left-wing critics should be “drug-tested”. Gibbs has downplayed the comments but they seem to have struck a chord in many congressional democrats. These comments are something you might expect from a Fox News spokesman, not the representative for the White House. In this video, Grayson calls Gibbs “Bozo The Spokesman” and says Gibbs should not be allowed to resign but should be fired.
On Monday, Karl Rove was on Fox and Friends complaining about Wikileaks and plugging his upcoming appearance on Rush Limbaugh. Yesterday, Rove made his on-air debut, and flopped. Though Limbaugh touted Rove as a great sub, Rove appeared nervous and unprepared for his gig. This might turn out to be devastating blow for MC Rove, as he rarely lets himself look so weak in the public eye. Republicans that listen to Limbaugh are not going to be impressed with Rove’s performance and that could mean trouble down the road.
Anthony Weiner took time off from kicking Republican asses on the floor to sit down with the Morning Joe crew. Joe Scarborough and Weiner immediately started butting heads about how Republicans are obstructing getting important legislation passed in congress. Joe is trying to blame Democrats for being weak or spineless but in truth, the amount of obstruction by the Republicans is historic.
Today on Fox and Friends, Karl Rove sat down with the rest of the Fox and Friends crew to discuss the wikileaks controversy. Karl Rove is someone who is relentless in defense of himself and also the past administration. This time Rove is on Obama’s side though as both are coming out against wikileaks and the recently released documents outlining the war in Afghanistan.
On Sunday’s “Face the Nation” David Boies and Tony Perkins went toe-to-toe on the legality of same-sex marriage. Boies claims that it is very easy to obscure public thinking on an issue by claiming things that are patently, not true. He claims that marriage is a right to all people, and the religious right cannot stop Americans from getting married.
This year’s new Republicans are a little more extreme than last year’s models, no one is really talking about it but somehow, it has become the new Republican platform to deny abortion to rape and incest victims. Providing no leeway for rape victims might prove to be a losing strategy for the Republicans in the 2010 elections. Would you want your daughter to carry the child of a rapist?
Yesterday, on ‘The View’ the entire “Housewives of DC” cast showed up to do a press junket. One of the “Housewives” is Michaele Salahi, her and her husband crashed the White House Correspondent’s dinner earlier this year. The interview didn’t go as smoothly as planned and Whoopi Goldberg left the interview halfway through. Afterward, Salahi claimed she was assaulted by Goldberg. Here, Whoopi explains her side of the story.
Rachel Maddow was all smiles today as a federal judge has ruled California’s ban on marriage for gays and lesbians is unconstitutional and Prop 8 has been shot down. Joining Maddow on the show were the attorneys responsible, David Boies and Ted Olson. Today was a big victory for the gays and America in general, it’s nice to know that some parts of our constitution are still being upheld. The losers of the day? Mormons. The Mormon church spent millions of dollars on getting Prop 8 passed and it was all for nothing.
In this awkward standing-up interview with creationist Wendy Wright, Dawkins and Wright debate their views on teaching creationism in schools. Wendy Wright is the current president and CEO of Concerned Women for America, a Conservative Christian political group that seeks to have creationism taught in schools alongside evolution
This video just surfaced on youtube, it’s a webcam window recorded by one of the members in the chat. Apparently her father discovers her using the internet and begins screaming and yelling at her, it also sounds like she is slapped in the video. It has been fun to pick on Jessi Slaughter but sadly domestic violence isn’t that funny.
As tarballs wash up on beaches along the coast, it’s becoming clear that we are only just beginning to feel the effects of this disaster. What’s worse? Things could be even more dire than we know(and probably are), as many people are coming forward claiming that BP is attempting to hide the severity and danger of the spill. In this clip from the Washington Journal, taped yesterday, a man calls in claiming to have footage of BP bleaching beaches along the coastline at night, to keep them white and hide oil contamination.
Kathy Griffin sat down with Craig Ferguson recently as part of Griffin’s media tour for ‘Life on the D-list’. Though Griffin often receives a cold or confused reception from most of her interviewers, Ferguson and Griffin seemed to get a long just great.
Anthony Weiner is on a roll, yesterday he reprimanded the Republicans for striking down a 9/11 compensation bill, now he’s on Fox making a complete ass of Peter King. Can we get some more guys like Weiner on the Democrat’s side please? Even the Fox news commentor was laughing at how easily Weiner was able to dominate over King. King looked like a buffoon.
Hugh Kaufman is a veteran and legend at the EPA, he sat down earlier this week on MSNBC to discuss the dispersants BP has used and the effect they have. Apparently the effect of corexit mixing with oil is incredibly toxic and the federal government and BP are hiding how bad the spill really is.
Anthony Weiner has become a bit of a youtube celebrity because of his C-span rants. He gets very passionate when he believes in someone and is willing to go against the grain to get his point across. In this clip, Weiner is angered by Republicans obstructing good legislation from passing. It’s nice that Democrats have a representative like this that can channel the frustration of the average American.
Best show in the universe? This can’t even be the best show on Maddox’s block. What was stopping Maddox from doing this the last 10 years? That’s a lot of pre-production for a piece of shit. If you’re going to be a cynical douche-bag like Maddox you have to deliver, or you will be torn apart.
Before Arrested Development and Mr Show, David Cross was a stand-up comic. He still is and as an atheist, he tends to talk about how ridiculous religion can be in his act. In this interview with ABC news, he explains to Dan Harris why he uses humor about god in his stand-up and when he finally realized that he didn’t believe in god.
Two of the biggest names in comedy in the same room. It seems like funnyordie carries some serious weight to be able to get these actors, congrats to them. Check out this hilarious chat between the Carell and Galifianakis, it ends with Zach in tears.
