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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,”…

Throw another veep on the barbie: Pawlenty not part of McCain weekend

By Tom Elko | 05.22.08 | 7:54 am

Republican presidential nominee John McCain is hosting a group of political power couples for the Memorial Day weekend at his home in Sedona, Ariz. The list includes several…

Pawlenty cuts his mullet: Is the new look vice presidential enough?

By Tom Elko | 05.01.08 | 10:36 pm

Buried deep in a post about Gov. Tim Pawlenty hedging on his promise to serve out the full length of his term in office, TPT’s Mary Lahammer reveals a stunning bit of information:…

Oberstar, Ellison blast McCain for bridge collapse remarks

By Tom Elko | 05.01.08 | 3:36 pm

Both Rep. Jim Oberstar, D – Minn., and Rep. Keith Ellison, D – Minn., strongly criticized Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain for his remarks today that pork-barrel spending was to blame…

McCain, Clinton agree on energy plan: Here, take 30 bucks

By Dan Haugen | 04.30.08 | 11:15 am

In today’s New York Times, Thomas Friedman calls Hillary’s and McCain’s “gas-tax holiday” proposal what it really is: money laundering masquerading as energy policy. Both candidates say they want to temporarily suspend the…

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…

Face off: Clinton and Obama get ugly on Etsy.com

By Molly Priesmeyer | 03.18.08 | 10:12 am

The crafters over at Etsy.com, the site for all things handmade, have been busy making over the presidential candidates. Here, you can find Hillary Clinton’s simpering mug in a beaded, thumb-sized pillow, as Warhol-inspired

Video: McCain hosts weekend blowout for big-media journos

By Steve Perry | 03.12.08 | 8:11 am

Via the always excellent Glenn Greenwald at Salon: The top-drawer national media types who attended a weekend “social gathering”-cum-pep-rally at the Arizona home of John McCain were not allowed to record the event electronically. Which left the job…

McCain visits doc, campaign will release medical records “in a month or so”

By Steve Perry | 03.11.08 | 8:28 am

“[John] McCain is occasionally asked on the campaign trail about his age,” wrote reporter/physician Lawrence Altman in the Sunday NYT. “But he is almost never asked about his health.” Altman broached one aspect of the McCain…

Super Tuesday as seen from Thailand: Audio interview with Suthichai Yoon

By Paul Schmelzer | 02.07.08 | 11:51 pm

When  I woke up on Super Tuesday, primary results were already coming in, and a prominent national media expert was on TV discussing the outcomes that were unfolding.

No, I didn’t sleep in: I’m in…