Late Late Night FDL: The Poor Boy Can’t Dance

By: Eureka Springs Wednesday February 3, 2010 10:00 pm

Featuring music of Freakwater and Barton Carroll.

Late Night: And Yet Another Conservative Martyr to Political Correctness Is Born

By: Thers Wednesday February 3, 2010 8:01 pm

Who is more oppressed than James O’Keefe, the conservative Investigative Reporter who last year revealed to an astonished America the widespread scandal of how make-believe pimps can get free legal advice, easily the greatest threat our great nation has faced since Hitler? And what is his reward for his heroism? He was very extremely literally [...]

Rahm to Cut PSA for R-word.org?

By: Peterr Wednesday February 3, 2010 7:18 pm

After describing progressives who ran ads against Blue Dogs who opposes health care reform as “f—ing retarded,” Rahm tried to make nice with Tim Shriver and the Special Olympics folks. They listened, but were not impressed.

Maybe if Rahm did a PSA for them it would help. Here’s a possible script . . .

Lemack: 9/11 Families Deserve Access to KSM Trial, Opposition Using it as “Political Football”

By: Cynthia Kouril Wednesday February 3, 2010 6:37 pm

Why do chickenhawks want to dignify terrorists by treating them like soldiers, instead of like the criminals they are?

Frank Luntz’s Ideal Small Businessperson: Democratic Congressman Mark Schauer

By: emptywheel Wednesday February 3, 2010 6:06 pm

Ben Smith points out Luntz used a funny picture to illustrate his section on how best to reach out to small businesspeople.

Orrin Hatch Open to Repeal of DADT

By: David Dayen Wednesday February 3, 2010 5:35 pm

Hatch: I think people are very concerned. I believe there are very outstanding, patriotic gay people who serve in the military who ought to be given credit for it. And they shouldn’t have to lie about being gay.

Al Franken Pwns John McCain During Craig Becker’s Hearing

By: Michael Whitney Wednesday February 3, 2010 5:00 pm

During yesterday’s hearing for NLRB nominee Craig Becker, Franken used his time to pwn John McCain for holding Becker’s nomination without submitting to Becker a single question during the entire hold. It’s beautiful.

Jobs Bill or Jobs Agenda? Senate Set to Unveil Package Tomorrow

By: David Dayen Wednesday February 3, 2010 4:16 pm

Reid, Durbin, Baucus and Dorgan will unveil their jobs bill tomorrow morning.

When is Rahm Going to Apologize to MoveOn?

By: Jane Hamsher Wednesday February 3, 2010 3:16 pm

Rahm should publicly apologize to MoveOn and promise to respect their independence in the future. And if he wants to put the “R” word incident behind him, here’s an idea: he’d be the perfect spokesperson to do a PSA for R-word awareness. You know, speaking straight into the camera. With feeling. And March 3 is R-word Awareness Day.

I’ll personally pledge a hundred bucks toward putting it on the air.

Scott Brown Demands to be Sworn in ASAP Because of NLRB Nominee Craig Becker

By: Michael Whitney Wednesday February 3, 2010 2:30 pm

Senator-Elect Scott Brown is demanding he be sworn in as a Senator from Massachusetts as soon as tomorrow. It’s clear that Scott Brown is demanding to be sworn in for one reason only: the pending nomination of Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board.

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