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UnitedHealth’s Bill McGuire: I’m not really a money guy; I just played one for 14 years

By Molly Priesmeyer | 06.03.08 | 11:23 am

In today’s big consumer news, former UnitedHealth CEO Bill McGuire has come up with a flimsy new defense for the backdated stock options that turned him into a billionaire and resulted in a lawsuit filed by UnitedHealth’s…

Stupid is as stupid does: Two McCainiacs fail to find five reasons to vote for their candidate

By Molly Priesmeyer | 05.27.08 | 1:20 pm

No, this isn’t a video by comedy duo Former Felon Thickneck and Sidekick McNut Job. It’s apparently two real-life McCain supporters attempting to come up with five reasons they’re voting for McCain over Obama. Reasons like, “goodwill toward other nations,”…

What if Hillary Clinton said, ‘I don’t want your racist votes?’

By Molly Priesmeyer | 05.21.08 | 12:12 pm

In CNN exit polls conducted last night in Kentucky, about 21 percent of voters said race played a factor in their decision. Nine out of 10 of those voted for Clinton, according to the exit polls. CNN political analyst David…

McCain’s solution to the gender gap? Women should get an education

By Molly Priesmeyer | 04.30.08 | 11:10 am

Hey, ladies! Are you tired of making 77 cents on the dollar to your male counterparts? Are you tired of waiting for the year 2050 when, at the current rate of salary increases, women might…

Trailing the McCain campaign: bread and circuses … and doughnuts

By Molly Priesmeyer | 04.17.08 | 10:34 am

Mmmm….Doughnuts. Or at least that’s what the McCain campaign would like us to believe: Forget the sagging economy, forget the increasing war casualties, forget the fact that McCain doesn’t know the difference between Shiites and…