Michael Moore appeared on MSNBC’s “Countdown” on Monday to talk about the Health Reform bill. On the night Keith Olbermann lost his beloved dad, the outspoken documentary filmmaker discussed the pitfalls of the watered down legislation with guest host Laurence O’Donnell. While O’Donnell, who had interviewed a woman battling leukemia without health insurance in the [...]

I was rooting for Gwen Ifill. After George Stephanopoulos left ABC’s Sunday morning powerhouse “This Week” for the second anchor chair at “Good Morning America,” TV news junkies speculated on who would fill his formidable seat. Internal candidates like Jake Tapper and Terry Moran didn’t seem particularly exciting. With a resume that included covering the [...]

Every time he puts his racist foot in his fat mouth, Rush Limbaugh’s fans insist it’s all in good fun. They use words like satirist and provocateur. If stick-in-the- mud progressives or anyone with a modicum of common decency eschews such descriptions, they start waving the First Amendment and the blowhard’s undeniably large audience. He [...]

MSNBC’s Ed Schultz nailed “The Hammer,” Tom DeLay over comments the former House Majority Leader made on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday. DeLay-who in case you forgot–is still under indictment for alleged funny money business–told Candy Crowley unemployment extensions were dangerous because such a safety net only fuels a lazy citizenry. When a skeptical [...]

After he’s done with his stint as chair of the Republican National Committee Michael Steele should shop himself around for an deodorant commercial. The guy–who’s had to bob and weave around a swarm of Republican Party snafus ( some of his own making)–never seems to break a sweat.
On Thursday, after the website POLITICO published [...]