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Obama hits the mark

POSTED BY Tim Shey, 03 June 2008 | PERMALINK

Obama clinched the critical delegate count today, and our friends at The Uptake are there, covering live. Watch the speech live or archived in the embedded player below at a slightly different angle than the televised speech, from their live cam at the event. Read the full text of the speech on TPM Election Central.

Meanwhile, our friends at TPM watched McCain's "prerebuttal" to...

Sharon Stone Call is Karma, China Calls it "BAN"

POSTED BY Raleigh-Elizabeth Smith, 29 May 2008 | PERMALINK

Back in Reality TV Politics, the good people of China won't be watching Basic Instinct anytime soon. China has banned Sharon Stone from the silver screen after making the completely ridiculous comment that the earthquake was karma.


Sharon! How did you go from Left Wing We-Love-You Liberal to Crazy Hawk Talking Nonsense in one election cycle! What happened!

More from Cheras

POSTED BY Raleigh-Elizabeth Smith, 29 May 2008 | PERMALINK


More from Cheras, Malaysia.

In Malaysia, Fracas Leads to Police Violence

POSTED BY Raleigh-Elizabeth Smith, 29 May 2008 | PERMALINK



It was a night of chaos in Kuala Lampur last night. The Malay Mail reports:

On a night filled with tension and anger, police detained three men and a woman for allegedly trying to ram a car into a line of riot police. Five people also lodged police reports stating that they had been assaulted and one for damage to a car.

Residents at the scene alleged that as many as 20...

Goodbye, Mike!

POSTED BY Raleigh-Elizabeth Smith, 29 May 2008 | PERMALINK


Veracifier favorite Mike Gravel exited the race, stage left this week.

Ex-Press Sec Publishes CV for Left-Wing Bloggers

POSTED BY Raleigh-Elizabeth Smith, 28 May 2008 | PERMALINK

... in the form of a book.  Scott McClellan has published a tell-all (or tell-most) book where the great truth is revealed, for the very first time ever: GW kinda lied about that Iraq war thing. I'm shocked, shocked that gambling's going on here!  Here are your winnings, sir...

Obama's History a Little Fuzzy... or Uncle Was a Soviet

POSTED BY Raleigh-Elizabeth Smith, 28 May 2008 | PERMALINK

Apparently Obama's uncle was among those who liberated Auschwitz.  Incredible service not to be slighted.  Except, um, the Americans didn't liberate AuschwitzThe Soviets did.   

Hillary's Biggest Liability Still Has Functioning Mouth

POSTED BY Raleigh-Elizabeth Smith, 28 May 2008 | PERMALINK

It's amazing that the campaign hasn't bought a "Vote Hillary!" muzzle for him yet.  Is Bill seriously going to keep talking?  Doesn't he worry he's committing political suicide too, or is this the "I got away with Presidential Knee-Pads, I'm immortal!" syndrome?    

Liz Trotta Says She's Sorry

POSTED BY Raleigh-Elizabeth Smith, 27 May 2008 | PERMALINK

High time. 

FOX News: Knocking off Osama, Obama, or Both...

POSTED BY Raleigh-Elizabeth Smith, 27 May 2008 | PERMALINK

... "if we could." 

This is one of those times when you wonder (a) how you can say "f*ck" on the air but you can say this without being fined, (b) how this woman can even chuckle after saying it, and (c) please, dear Lord, let the next Fox News correspondent be reporting from prison!