Are you craving the bloody clarity and cleansing that will come with Zombie Apocalypse ? Want to hasten things along? Joss Whedon has just the ticket: Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan. In a very silly (but telling) new video, the meister of the supernatural who brought us The Avengers and The Cabin in the Woods – as […]
By Bill McKibben Sandy, the hurricane that appears set to pummel the East Coast, promises a historic potential for damage and a terrifying look at what may be in store for us in a post-climate change world — ever more frequent assaults of not-so-natural origin. Watching Sandy on her careening path toward the Eastern Seaboard […]
So Governor Romney got through his toughest debate – on foreign policy, his weakest subject. He didn’t make any killer mistakes (although he got a few of his facts wrong: see Live fact-checking the Foreign Policy Debate.) But in a boxing match, when one fighter goes into a clinch, it’s because he’s getting the crap beat […]
Tonight’s the night… the final debate, with Barack Obama and Mitt Romney neck and neck in the polls. Whose pants will catch on fire live on national television? Last week it was Mitt Romney, who was called out by moderator Candy Crowley for a blatant falsehood about Barack Obama’s declarations about Libya. (And the GOP […]
There are less than 3 weeks to go before election day. The final debate is tonight. The audience, is huge. The first debate turned what looked like a Barack Obama steamroller into an uncomfortable (for those of us cheering on the steamroller) horse race, with Romney polling higher than Obama nationally for most of the […]
George McGovern, the staunch liberal Democrat who challenged Nixon in 1972 and lost in a landslide, has died. He was a warrior and a champion of peace, a bomber pilot who laid the groundwork for a movement known as Food not Bombs, and a liberal environmentalist who won over conservative farmers to the fight against […]
By David Brin When Bill Clinton left office, every U.S. Army and Marine Corps brigade was rated fully combat ready to defend the lives and interests of Americans. When George W. Bush left office, not one U.S. brigade was so rated. We went from all to none. And the GOP has a reputation for defense? Last year […]
This has got to hurt. The largest newspaper in Salt Lake City – the center of the Mormon world, the place where Romney saved the Olympics – has rejected their state’s favorite son with a stinging rebuke and endorsed Barack Obama for re-election. Under the headline “Too many Mitts – Obama has earned another term”, the […]
This one is going to be tough for the pundits to call. On the one hand, President Obama came out swinging in tonight’s debate, and landed some good shots on Mitt Romney. This allows for a “comeback kid” narrative, always popular with the pundits. On the other hand, not much seemed to land on Romney […]
CROWLEY: Good evening from Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. I’m Candy Crowley from CNN’s “State of the Union.” We are here for the second presidential debate, a town hall, sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates. CROWLEY: The Gallup organization chose 82 uncommitted voters from the New York area. Their questions will drive the […]
It’s time for the second big event of the fall election season, and the big question is: Will Mitt Romney be able to continue to reinvent himself as a modest moderate by lying about everything he’s been saying for the past 5 years, or will Obama come out swinging? Don’t expect a knockout tonight… but […]
Well, that was a nice comeback. After a disappointing debate last week that left Obama on the ropes and Romney with a bit of a surge, the Vice Presidential debate featured strong performances by both candidates. Just as he did in his speech to the Republican Convention, Paul Ryan strayed rather far from the truth. […]
Documenting the atrocities…. a comprehensive take-down video. http://youtu.be/9r6TA1PNG_M
Well, it was quite a debate. We laughed, we cried…we winced…we wondered: Did Obama really let that BS stand?… We heard some surprising news from Mitt Romney too. It turns out that what he’s been saying all along about his tax policy was incorrect! Mitt Romney is going to cut everyone’s taxes by a lot, […]
By David Brin Could the traits of a good president — unflappable calm, sober deliberation and dedication to facts — prove lethal to presidential candidate Barack Obama? Last night’s first presidential debate showed us “no drama Obama” at his most wonkish, and the world called it a good night for Mitt Romney… …whose agility onstage was stunning in […]