Tipping over with Senator Lieberman?

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Thursday February 22, 2007 · 11:51 AM PST

2007/02/22 · 11:51

So, does anyone else feel like saying "get it over with?"

Time apparently will report on a "remote possibility" that Senator Joe Lieberman, "Independent" of Connecticut, will switch to the Republican Party.

Check it out in Editor and Publisher.

Not that I want Harry Reid to have to switch offices again, but if it's going to happen, why tease us?

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If Senator Joe switches sides will someone a Senate Republican switch to compensate?

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If Senator Joe switches sides will someone a Senate Republican switch to compensate?

Yes

58 votes

Joe (no)

107 votes

Googlefreeze: Trent Lott still 'Senate Majority Leader'

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Tuesday February 06, 2007 · 9:08 AM PST

2007/02/06 · 09:08

Remember how Google promised that they had fixed their 'Googlebomb' problem? And it would no longer be the case that when you punched 'miserable failure' into Google, you got our President George W. Bush back?

Well, they kept that promise. But guess what? In 2007, Google makes it look like the Senate is trapped in 2002. Punch 'Senate Majority Leader' into the search engine, and Republican Trent Lott comes back.

Read it here, screenshots and all.

Lieberman forces us to ask - what's in a letter?

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Wednesday January 31, 2007 · 12:12 PM PST

2007/01/31 · 12:12

My friend and co-worker Brian Beutler asks that all-important question when it comes to Senator Joe Lieberman - what's in a letter? Or, more precisely, what's in the media's designation for the senator who bucked his party after losing his primary and now seems to be kicking back harder and harder against his original partisan bonds on a daily basis.

Brian surveyed various key print news outlets - AP, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal - to see if any have consistent policies on whether they call Lieberman an Independent Democrat, an Independent, or something else entirely. The result is an awesome article that everyone should read, even if I am an editor at RAW STORY and biased. For real, check it out.

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How should print media identify Joseph Lieberman?

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How should print media identify Joseph Lieberman?

I-CT (Independent, Connecticut)

35 votes

ID-CT (Indendent Democrat, Connecticut)

3 votes

An independent who votes with Democrats

0 votes

An independent who caucuses with Democrats

1 vote

A Republican Manchurian Candidate

57 votes

Waging Bull: Rudy Rides the Rodeo

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Sunday January 07, 2007 · 3:50 PM PST

2007/01/07 · 15:50

This photo from AP really can't quite capture the silly thing that just went on a little while ago on NBC. The Professional Bull Riders competition came to New York's Madison Square Garden. It's a fun sport, but leave it to the shills in Rudy Giuliani's "exploratory committee" and at NBC to turn it into a campaign event.

Rudy's fashion sense was a little bit off. The New York Mayor wanted to be just like regular folks, so he showed up in a suede or leather brown coat. Except it was over a pink shirt. He was also wearing a bolo tie, and apparently, cowboy boots. "These are my lucky cowboy boots" he said. I guess "emphasize cowboy boots" and "wear bolo tie" must have been a couple of bullet points left out of that leaked campaign battle plan.

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Saturday January 06, 2007 · 8:21 AM PST

2007/01/06 · 08:21

Perhaps you saw the video that Senator John Edwards put up the night before he formally announced on TV that he was running for President. In it, he labeled the plan to "surge" or "escalate" US troops in Iraq the 'McCain Doctrine.' It was clever speechwriting, and it looks like Senator John McCain is starting to feel its sting.

This weekend on Bloomberg TV, apparently McCain is going to show us how curvaceous that Straight Talk has become.

Take it away, Bloomberg News:

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What is the current angle of John McCain's spine?

80 votes Vote Now!

What is the current angle of John McCain's spine?

90 degrees - straight and upright as ever

1 vote

75 degrees - listing to port

0 votes

60 degrees - the appropriate angle to bow to President Bush's donors

35 votes

45 degrees - doubled over, it's hard to keep this routine up

25 votes

30 degrees - the once over

1 vote

15 degrees - the twice over

10 votes

0 degrees - he's laying this one out

8 votes

The White House finally speaks out on Nancy Pelosi's menstrual cycle

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Thursday January 04, 2007 · 11:20 AM PST

2007/01/04 · 11:20

CNN today reported a statement from White House Deputy Press Spokesman Tony Fratto that President Bush thinks of Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi as "an equal leader in government." He added that "I think it's impressive that no one has any questions of whether they can work together regardless of gender."

Unfortunately, CNN only provided one part of the transcript of this exchange with reporters. I called up a friend at the White House and acquired the rest of it for your reading enjoyment.

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How long will it be until Rush Limbaugh jokes about Pelosi as president with nuclear bombs and PMS?

95 votes Vote Now!

How long will it be until Rush Limbaugh jokes about Pelosi as president with nuclear bombs and PMS?

It already happened last night. Weren't you paying attention?

27 votes

Tonight for sure

12 votes

The next time Dick Cheney has heart trouble

7 votes

As soon as investigations begin that could lead to the president's impeachment

19 votes

Women are still too much of a mystery to Rush for him to make jokes about PMS

30 votes

Reality has a well-known Northeastern bias

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Tuesday January 02, 2007 · 6:46 PM PST

2007/01/02 · 18:46

Oh, Fox News, please stop. We don't want to be so dumb anymore.

This exchange from Neil Cavuto's show on global warming, care of Think Progress, should give you a nosebleed:

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Does reality have a well-known northeastern bias?

29 votes Vote Now!

Does reality have a well-known northeastern bias?

Yeah, it's way ott dere on Longisland

5 votes

Only if the cahr is pahked in the Hahvahd Yahd

15 votes

Fuhhgeddaabottit!

9 votes

So, about those first 100 hours...

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Monday January 01, 2007 · 5:34 PM PST

2007/01/01 · 17:34

Well, I hadn't really considered this problem before. Take it away, Financial Times:

In the Senate, the vice-president – who formally presides over the chamber – holds a tie-breaking vote and Mr Cheney could be called to exercise this more often with the Democrats holding only a slim majority, and especially if Tim Johnson, the South Dakota Democrat who was taken ill before Christmas, remains in hospital.

So, we've all heard about Speaker Pelosi's first one hundred hours, and all the things she's going to want to get done. Will the VPOTUS hold it all hostage because the Senate Dems can't count to 51?

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Which legislation is most likely pass from Pelosi's 100 hours strategy?

50 votes Vote Now!

Which legislation is most likely pass from Pelosi's 100 hours strategy?

Minimum wage hike

36 votes

Student loan interest rate cut

5 votes

9/11 Commission recommendations

3 votes

Lower prescription drug costs for Medicare patients

1 vote

Stem cell research

3 votes

Freezing the deficit

2 votes

Saddam and the cellphones

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Saturday December 30, 2006 · 11:42 PM PST

2006/12/30 · 23:42

Clearly, the location of Saddam Hussein's execution was one of the most secure settings for an execution ever constructed. Much was made of the efforts to keep the site secure, and also to control the images emerging from the actual event.

So, why are we finding on the move about this planet a bunch of viral, unrestricted and uncensored videos of what is probably the most controversial execution ever carried out?

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Who distributed the unofficial videos of Saddam hanging?

113 votes Vote Now!

Who distributed the unofficial videos of Saddam hanging?

US authorities

32 votes

Iraqi authorities

6 votes

A combination of the two

60 votes

Shi'a provocateurs acting without the Iraqi government's approval

15 votes

Is the academy anti-military?

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Tuesday December 19, 2006 · 10:56 AM PST

2006/12/19 · 10:56

Over at The Morningside Post, a blog from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs that I helped found, we're having a debate about whether or not veterans come to campuses, especially, well-heeled Ivy League and other private academies, and lose the respect they rightfully deserve for having served our nation in combat. Ultimately, this debate seems to focus too much on the wrong things.

This debate was triggered by one Matt Sanchez, who braved the Mesopotamian sands as a Marine, only to find himself "publicly humiliated" by a Columbia University classmate and told he was stupid for joining up. He told this tale of woe in an op-ed for the New York Post. Beyond his concern with other students, he added that "The school also has no faculty member who specifically deals with veteran affairs."

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Does the academy hate the Armed Forces?

39 votes Vote Now!

Does the academy hate the Armed Forces?

Yes - college education is antithetical to armed servicee

5 votes

Sort of - only the elite Ivy League and private schools

11 votes

Not really - Students just protest because they are bored

2 votes

Not so much - veterans are well incorporated into university life

7 votes

Not at all - you might notice our Secretary of Defense just left the presidency of a university, and the military, colleges, and government work together like a well-lubed iron triangle

14 votes

Fox News to try something new: Facts

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Sunday December 10, 2006 · 1:55 PM PST

2006/12/10 · 13:55

Remember when Stephen Colbert said that reality had a well known liberal bias? Well, it appears that someone at Fox wasn't listening. It appears that the writing team at Fox News Channel is giving "Facts" a try.

A posting put up at the popular media jobs website Media Bistro spells it out for us - Fox News is hiring a "Fact Writer." Read on:

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Friday December 01, 2006 · 1:28 PM PST

2006/12/01 · 13:28

With all hell breaking loose in Iraq, a typhoon named Durian drowning hundreds in the Philippines, and the FSB irradiating or shooting any Russian who has opened their mouth in the past six years, how about some good news in the world of international affairs to cap off the week?

I know I could use it.

Here's the good word from the UN News Centre:

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Is the UN as bad as the Know-nothings say it is?

34 votes Vote Now!

Is the UN as bad as the Know-nothings say it is?

Strongly agree

0 votes

Agree

2 votes

I can go either way

5 votes

Disagree

10 votes

Strongly disagree

17 votes

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Tipping over with Senator Lieberman?

Googlefreeze: Trent Lott still 'Senate Majority Leader'

Lieberman forces us to ask - what's in a letter?

Waging Bull: Rudy Rides the Rodeo

McCain: "I was for the troop surge before I was against it"

The White House finally speaks out on Nancy Pelosi's menstrual cycle

Reality has a well-known Northeastern bias

So, about those first 100 hours...

Saddam and the cellphones

Is the academy anti-military?

Fox News to try something new: Facts

Some good news...from The Hague