I Don't Like You Either.

Colbert Twofer: John McCain Steals from Wikipedia /Blame Monica Goodling

Did John McCain plagiarize?

How A Bill Becomes Law (Revised)

Posted by Damozel | Gen. J.C. Christian of Jesus' General writes:

While watching John McCain work the offshore oil drilling issue, it occurred to me that the old "How a Bill Becomes Law" chart we used in school is now out of date. 

Click here to see revised version.

Harry Shearer: "Addicted to Oil"

Posted by Damozel | "Addiction always seems to wind up with a foreigner and a gun." 

Jon Stewart: Who Banned Offshore Drilling? "His Presidency Seems So Cute Now"

One of Stewart's best.

[When did McCain start saying "nucular"?]

The Daily Show: George W. Bush's Real Contribution to Language

[Republican] Women, Know Your Limits!

Posted by Mr. John Q. Public [So Right It's Wrong] | Instructional videos from our British cousins, specifically the great Harry Enfield:

VIDEO A: WOMEN, KNOW YOUR LIMITS! [cf. Mr. Robert Stacy McCain, "Equality is for Ugly Losers"]

VIDEO B: WOMEN, KEEP YOUR VIRTUE!

Jon Stewart & Bob Herbert's "Phallic Symbols"

by Damozel | I'm not fond of Bob Herbert after what he helped do to Hillary and Bill Clinton.  But I thought we Obama supporters---I am one of those now---won a point or two on the "dog whistle" argument re: the celebrity ad till we got to Bob Herbert and his "phallic symbols." 

Plus he sort of proved Big Tent Democrat's point about not knowing when to stop or how something that sounds good at the moment can swerve back around to cut your arguments off at the knees.. 

Jon Stewart responds pretty much the way everyone I know did.  Then he tries to put the race genie back in the bottle. 

Jon Swift Schools The Blogosphere on Satire

by Teh Nutroots & Damozel  | We had an uncomfortable day or two last week when A-List blogger Andrew Sullivan read one of Z-List bloggers John Q's pieces which quoted from one of Sullivan's postings (getting it all wrong) and tactfully called him out for the stupidity of his misinterpretation at The Daily Dish.  [Afterwards Mr Sullivan was good enough to post a second note noting that our resident neoconman's piece was rather amusing.]  Naturally we're grateful. 

Whilst we were all feeling low about having inadvertently taken in Andrew Sullivan, Jon Swift---one of the blogosphere's most distinguished (and sensible) political bloggers--- kindly dropped by and suggested that another time we listen to his advice on satire (which he set out in a piece from which we've excerpted below).   We were really grateful for this as his is the balanced vision to which we and Fox News aspire but can never attain.

Swift's advice on satire is included on the piece he wrote on the New Yorker cover.  We hope that other aspiring satirists will read and learn. 

Ride the Wayback Pony: The Daily Show Bashes the Bush Administration's Pre-Katrina Attempts to Create Its Own Media Filter

by Teh Nutroots | A Twofer from The Daily Show, March 2003. Needless to say, it was really Clinton's fault.

Jon Stewart Unleashes on McCain Smears

Posted by Damozel |  In my opinion, this is the way to attack McCain's smear campaign:  with incredulous laughter.   Jon Stewart takes up McCain on the Paris Hilton ad and unleashes on both McCain and the media on the 'Obama-eats-arugula-and-is-arrogant meme.'  Don't get down in the mud---fight the smears by pointing and laughing...