Daily Kos TV Archives: April 19, 2009 - April 25, 2009
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Michael Steele loses his first big race
Apr 24, 2009 - The DNC’s new web ad, “Broken Steele,” focuses on Michael Steele’s first big failure: losing the special election in New York’s 20th congressional district, an election he said the GOP should be able to win.
OBAMA EFFECT: Dem wins special election in GOP stronghold
Apr 24, 2009 - It’s now official: Democratic newcomer Scott Murphy has defeated well-known Republican state legislator Jim Tedisco in New York’s 20th Congressional District, a traditionally Republican seat vacated when Kirsten Gillibrand was appointed to the U.S. Senate. Murphy trailed Tedisco until late in the election, but Tedisco’s outspoken opposition to President Obama’s economic package was unpopular with voters, giving Murphy an issue that he rode to victory.
Olbermann responds to Fox’s attacks on MSNBC
Apr 24, 2009 - For the past few days, Fox has been hypocritically attacking MSNBC over an interview on Countdown in which Janeane Garafalo said teabaggers were racists. Now, they’ve actually sent in a producer for the O’Reilly show to a GE shareholders meeting as a publicity stunt to amplify their attacks. Last night, Keith Olbermann responded:
Fox to MSNBC: Left is racist against black conservatives
Apr 24, 2009 - This is pretty funny: at the same time that Fox is howling with anger at MSNBC for airing an interview in which Janeane Garafalo accused teabaggers of racism, Glenn Beck and one of his guests make the exact same accusation — only this time, it’s against the political left. Watch:
Loony GOP threat: Texas could split into 5 states, add 6 new right-wing senators “overnight”
Apr 24, 2009 - Texas Republican Congressman John Culberson apparently hasn’t read the U.S. Constitution, because he thinks Texas can split into five separate states whenever it wants, changing the political balance in the U.S. Senate “overnight.”
The 12 worst media moments of Obama’s first 100 days
Apr 23, 2009 - Media Matters runs through the Dirty Dozen, the 12 worst performances by members of the media during President Obama’s first 100 days in office:
DNC slams GOP’s 100 days of ‘no’
Apr 23, 2009 - The DNC’s newest web ad takes a look back at “100 days of no” from the Republican Party:
They tortured to justify Iraq war
Apr 23, 2009 - Keith Olbermann reports on the most stunning revelation yet about Bush’s torture program: one of its key goals was to fish for links between Iraq and 9/11 to help build the case for war. Discussing the issue with Olbermann was Jonathan Landay, the McClatchy reporter who first wrote about the torture fishing expedition.
Bush proves Rove and Fox are lying about torture
Apr 23, 2009 - Over the past couple of days, Karl Rove and Fox News have offered a new argument in defense of the Bush administration’s torture policies. Now, they say, waterboarding Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM) yielded intelligence that led to the disruption of an al Qaeda plot to attack the tallest building in Los Angeles, the Library Tower (which both Bush and Rove called the Liberty Tower, for some reason). There’s just one problem with Rove’s new story: it couldn’t possibly be true. As Timothy Noah pointed out in Slate, the Los Angeles attack was foiled in February of 2002. KSM was not captured until March of 2003, however — more than a year later. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that timeline is impossible. Perhaps appropriately, then, here’s a video of George W. Bush — in his own words — proving that Karl Rove and Fox News are lying about torture:
Hillary Clinton fires back against Dick Cheney
Apr 22, 2009 - Ouch:
Special Forces officer schools O’Reilly in debate on torture
Apr 21, 2009 - Bill O’Reilly was desperately in search of a good argument for torture, but thanks to Cato Institute legal analyst David Rittgers — a former Army Captain — he came up empty.
MADDOW EXCLUSIVE: Fmr. Bush official blasts torture policy memos
Apr 21, 2009 - Philip Zelikow, former legal counsel to Condoleeza Rice and executive director of the 9/11 Commission, tells Rachel Maddow why he believes the Bush administration’s torture policy was illegal and reveals the legal advice he gave at the time to try and stop torture:
Ed Schultz goes off on Dick Cheney
Apr 21, 2009 - Powerful stuff from Big Ed Schultz:
Rush excuses domestic abuse to defend torture
Apr 21, 2009 - Via Media Matters, it looks like the GOP’s leader wants to steal the spotlight back from Glenn Beck. Here he is, saying the Obama administration’s definition of torture reminds him of the definition of psychological abuse against women. Of course, in Rush’s screwed up world, that means torture is okay. Listen (transcript below):
Pelosi’s first comments on Harman wiretap story
Apr 21, 2009 - Nancy Pelosi denies any detailed knowledge of the Jane Harman wiretap story, calling her a “valued member of Congress”:
Now Cheney wants all illegal torture memos declassified
Apr 21, 2009 - In a strange twist that Dick Cheney may come to regret, the former Vice President is now calling for the declassification of all information related to his illegal torture program:
Obama open to prosecuting architects of Bush torture policy
Apr 21, 2009 - Today, President Obama opened the door to prosecuting Bush administration officials responsible for devising illegal torture polices. While reiterating his belief that CIA officers who carried out so-called “enhanced interrogations” should not be prosecuted, the President said he wanted the Attorney General to make a determination on how to procede with “those who formulated those legal decisions.” Obama said that any potential investigation must be bipartisan and independent. Watch:
Obama on GOP handshake attack: “It doesn’t make sense”
Apr 21, 2009 - President Obama beats back GOP suggestions that we shouldn’t talk with Venezuela:
Stephen Colbert uncovers the true JFK conspiracy
Apr 21, 2009 - He figured it out watching This Week with George Stephanopoulos:
Colbert tips hat to Rick Perry’s talk of Texas secession
Apr 21, 2009 - Stephen Colbert tackles Texas secession and organic pesticides…and does it all in one segment.
New DNC ad slams Republicans as ‘Party of Hypocrites’
Apr 21, 2009 - CNN reports: National Democrats will release a new Web video Tuesday criticizing two House Republican leaders who have disparaged President Obama’s budget plan. The Democratic National Committee accuses House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, and House Minority Whip Eric Cantor, R-Virginia, of being hypocrites for voting for former President Bush’s budgets, but now publicly opposing Obama’s proposal. Here’s the new ad:
Day before Obama victory, Beck warned of “civil war”
Apr 21, 2009 - Travel back in time six months to election eve, and listen to Glenn Beck offer his apocalyptic vision for what an Obama presidency would be like:
Jon Stewart takes on torture’s supporters
Apr 21, 2009 - We don’t torture:
Shuster: Rudy Giuliani, defender of marriage?!?
Apr 21, 2009 - Is the thrice-married and twice-divorced former Mayor really the best guy to make the case against same-sex marriage? (And what about cousins?)
Gingrich ally reveals why GOPers call Obama a ‘fascist’
Apr 21, 2009 - David Shuster reports that Saul Anuzis, the former chairman of the Michigan GOP and a new member of Newt Gingrich’s political team, has revealed why GOPers call Obama a ‘fascist:’ because ‘socialist’ isn’t unpopular enough.
Rove: Constitution, Christianity “one generation from going away”
Apr 20, 2009 - More tinfoil Rove:
Gingrich in 2007: Politics ends at water’s edge
Apr 20, 2009 - When George W. Bush was president in 2007, Newt Gingrich made a point of saying that politics ends at the water’s edge. Now that Barack Obama has been elected, does Newt feel the same way? Not so much…
Limbaugh: Left-wing blogs accused me of teabaggery
Apr 20, 2009 - Is somebody developing a serious case of Glenn Beck-envy? On this clip captured by Media Matters, a caller accuses Limbaugh, Fox News, and other radio hosts of hyping last week’s tea bag parties. Limbaugh’s retort? That the caller was simple “regurgitating the drivel I have read on left-wing blogs” calling tea bag parties “nothing but a bunch of mind-numbed robots who were led there by svengalis and pied pipers like me. I had nothing to do with a single tea party.” Actually, Rush, most of us left-wing bloggers completely ignored you last week. Are you getting jealous?
Ron Paul: Secession ‘worth a discussion…an American principle’
Apr 20, 2009 - Via ThinkProgress, here’s Ron Paul picking up the firestorm Rick Perry lit when he put Texas secession on the table:
Gingrich: U.S. presidents didn’t “smile and greet” Russians
Apr 20, 2009 - On The Today Show Monday morning, Newt “The Professor” Gingrich said President Obama’s handshake with Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez poses a grave threat to our national security. But one of his key claims — that American presidents didn’t “smile and greet” Russian dictators — was laughably false. Watch:
LOON WATCH: Gingrich horrified by Chavez smile, handshake
Apr 20, 2009 - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich basically accusses the President of sedition:
LOON FLASHBACK: Glenn Beck slams Dems who didn’t pray FOR Bush
Apr 19, 2009 - Travel back in time a mere 18 months and listen to Glenn Beck’s outrage at Democrats who weren’t supportive of President Bush:
Axelrod talks “tea bags,” Rahm critiques “party of no”
Apr 19, 2009 - A look back at two of the highlights from the Sunday shows:
Boehner: Cow farts prove CO2 doesn’t cause climate change
Apr 19, 2009 - John Boehner, the House Republican leader, has absolutely no clue about the science behind climate change — and he proves it on This Week with George Stephanopoulos:
