Politics
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Is Newt's Fidelity Pledge 'Child's Play'?
Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has reportedly sent a long email to an ultraconservative Iowa group opposing same-sex marriage and the military policy of “Don’t ask, don’t tell.” He also took a personal pledge to stick to his own marriage vows. “I also pledge to uphold the institution of marriage through personal fidelity to my spouse…
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First Lady Leads Group to Break Jumping Jacks Record
First lady Michelle Obama must love herself some Kris Kross, because she loves to “Jump, Jump.” The first lady announced in a video on the White House website that more than 300,000 people around the world participated in an October event to break the world jumping jacks record. Mrs. Obama led more than 400 kids…
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Obama Criticizes GOP Bullheadedness in '60 Minutes' Interview
David Nakamura of the Washington Post is reporting that President Barack Obama criticized the GOP for intransigence in a 60 Minutes interview on Sunday. Nakamura writes: President Obama acknowledged Sunday that it would take more than one term in office for his administration to change a Washington political culture defined by special interests and hyperpartisanship…
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NAACP Rallies Against Attacks on Voting Rights
An estimated 100 civil rights organizations marched from New York City’s Upper East Side to the United Nations on Saturday to draw attention to the mounting problem of voter suppression in communities of color across the nation, NY1 reports. Protesters marched to the United Nations Saturday and spoke out against what the NAACP calls an…
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VIDEO: Cain: I'll Change DC From the Outside
In his first major interview since suspending his campaign last week, former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain told Sean Hannity that when he said “suspend,” he meant “end.” In other words, he has no plans to restart a bid for the White House. That doesn’t mean we’ve seen the last of him, though. It sounds…
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Obama Blasts GOP Over Derailed Nominee
David Nakamura and Ylan Q. Mui of the Washington Post are reporting that President Obama is angry that Senate Republicans derailed his nominee to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a new federal consumer-protection agency. President Obama nominated former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray for the post. Nakamura and Mui say, “An agitated President Obama…
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Why Newt Gingrich Is Beyond Satire
Some of you may be wondering why it’s been so long since I wrote a satirical piece using my favorite character, Buckwheat, to make fun of the Republican presidential candidates. The answer is simple. As I’ve observed before, these candidates are more ridiculous than anything I could make up. They’re beyond satire, even for Buckwheat.…
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Take Back the Capitol: Lessons for OWS
“What are they yelling?” As I stood across the street from the first stop on the Take Back the Capitol march yesterday, away from the throng of activists, organizers and Occupiers from across the country, I watched as regular non-protesting people reacted, sometimes in confusion. Many of them looked incredulously upon the chanting crowd standing…