My (former?) Jezebellian gal pal, Robyn Pennacchia (otherwise known as NotesFromTheUnderground) wrote a blog post on Monday that got me thinking about why Rush Limbaugh’s current rank foot-in-mouth incident is making bigger waves than usual – or perhaps more accurately, making bigger waves among his advertisers than usual. (At the time of this writing, Think Progress has the number of advertisers that have dropped Limbaugh at 43.) Continue reading
Sarah Palin the queen of infuriating coy wordplay wanted to wring out the announcement of who she voted for in last night’s Alaska caucus until the very last dregs of relevancy could be gleaned. Which means until everyone interested, Fox News, CNN, practically threw up their hands and said, “Look, tell us, or we’re shutting off your mic.” Continue reading
The sausage is back after a brief hiatus due to Mass Effect 3. Continue reading
Rush Limbaugh has been back on the pills it seems. The man, who has a history of inflammatory remarks, went out of his way to call a Georgetown university law student a slut and prostitute.
Sandra Fluke was supposed to be a democratic witness at a Congressional hearing about contraception policy. However, the committee chair prevented her from speaking while only allowing a bunch of crusty old white dudes to talk on the sensitive issue. Eventually, she did speak to a democratic hearing in a very poised, and educated manner. However, to Rush Limbaugh, she was only worried about the cost of birth control due since she was “having so much sex she can’t afford the contraception.” Continue reading
This is the only way to make sure Rick Santorum gets the nomination. Continue reading
It’s Friday, but the sausage still gets made. Continue reading
Welcome to Thursday’s Political Sausage! Continue reading
As many of you know, there is a Crasstalk Politics Team that regularly discusses the issues of the day. One of our favorite pastimes is passing around links from the various sites we read on a regular basis. To encourage participation, I’m starting a new series called “Political Sausage” (so named because it’s made up of links, and seeing politics get made isn’t pretty), in which I will gather what I feel are the most entertaining or thought provoking links from around the web and share them with all of you. I encourage discussion, and hope all of you will post your own links as well. Continue reading
Here we go! This one is actually going to be good. First we have Arizona, center of the wing-nut universe. Chief of Bat-Shit Crazy, Jan Brewer, has endorsed Mitt Romney and he is in the lead in the latest polls. Unless Rick Santorum can have him deported by a gay deputy, it looks like Mitt will take the delegates.
However, tonight’s main event is clearly the Michigan Primary. Rick is breathing down Mitt’s neck in the hopes of pulling an upset in Romney’s home state. A Santorum victory will rock the Republican establishment’s faith in Mittens and make a general clusterfuck out of the primary race. Please, please, please tell me this will happen. If Santorum pulls this off we can look forward to calls for a brokered convention and The Grand Inquisitor will be one step closer to her dream Palin/Trump Republican ticket. I am already hoarding images for my photoshop file. Bonus points:The Karl Rove hysteria during his Fox commentary tonight will be utterly epic. Continue reading
When Rick Santorum said last week that “any kind of sexual activity has absolutely no place in the military” he gravely offended not only gay service members, but also straight ones who happen to be in relationships, and people who have watched Full Metal Jacket. But did you know that he was also contradicting one of the great founders of Western civilization?
One may be tempted to read Santorum’s statement as merely a deceptive facade of evenhandedness, where the gay-hating audience will get the intended target while everyone else ignores the implications for hetero service members because, really, who would be ridiculous enough to actually believe that? Presumably, the guy who uttered this gem on CNN: Continue reading