Sara Benincasa is probably my favorite Palin impersonator. Yes, Tina Fey was good, and the skit was funny and smart, but Benincasa’s stream-of-consciousness ad-libbing makes me laugh like no other. More Palinesque than Palin-actual, the vlogs are somewhat topical. More than anything, she’s created a character that’s actually quite hilarious on its own merits. Sara/Sarah Read More
So remember the other day how I was all worried about Obama’s bad poll numbers? Sike! I was just playin’. The momentum has swung back to Obama, with a bunch of major polls showing him back out in front. It’s still the state polling numbers that really matter, though. There are a lot of Read More
[via] If you’re having a hard time making sense of the very, very scary news coming out of Wall Street — and who isn’t? —- we direct you to an episode of the always excellent This American Life that we shouted out a few months back which explained very simply the housing crisis and how Read More
Lynn Forester de Rothschild – a prominent Hillary fundraiser and PUMA, apparently – has decided to throw her support to the Straight Talk Express: Lynn Forester de Rothschild, a prominent Hillary Clinton supporter and member of the Democratic National Committee’s Platform Committee, will endorse John McCain for president on Wednesday, her spokesman tells CNN. The announcement will Read More
So McCain’s gaffe about ‘the fundamentals of our economy’ in the wake of Wall Street’s implosion has backed the White House into a corner. At today’s White House press briefing, Dana Perino couldn’t offer the Bush administration’s boilerplate statement on the strength of the economy. Instead, White House press secretary Dana Perino said “a mixed Read More
Oh, word? The Washington Post says different. McCain had joined with other Republicans to push through landmark legislation sponsored by then-Sen. Phil Gramm (Tex.), who is now an economic adviser to his campaign. The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act aimed to make the country’s financial institutions competitive by removing the Depression-era walls between banking, investment and insurance companies. That Read More
In his column today, Bob Herbert cites a new study by a bunch of independent economists that says McCain’s healthcare plan will make it even harder for people to keep their insurance. Under the McCain plan (now the McCain-Palin plan) employees who continue to receive employer-paid health benefits would look at their pay stubs each Read More
Basically. [h/t Ezra] Going on the Offensive. Obama and Biden finally start baring their teeth. Obama: “If you think those lobbyists are working day and night for John McCain just to put themselves out of business, well, then I’ve got a bridge to sell you up in Alaska.” Because of how truly diffuse the media has Read More
This is completely amazing. Palin repeats the Bridge to Nowhere lie again this morning. The Republicans have gotten away with lying for so long that even after they get caught, they’ve continued to lie. I guess the idea is that most reasonable and fair-minded people will hear Palin and McCain tell the same false fact Read More
But Pontius Pilate was a governor. Is it too early to get worried? Because I am. For a while I have been trying to fight off feelings of dread inspired by thoughts like those of Thembi but this week’s episode of “Real Time with Bill Maher” brought them all rushing back. What killed me, what Read More
