Campbell Brown’s warning about parity

CNN Anchor Campbell Brown thinks parity is overrated, according to a recent NYT article: “As journalists, and certainly for me over the last few years, we’ve gotten overly obsessed with parity, especially when we’re covering politics,” Ms. Brown said. “We kept making sure each candidate got equal time — to…

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Failed bailout bill may have authorized privatizing social security

Unlike some in Congress, I took the time to read the House version of the proposed bailout of Wall Street.  It failed and I believe that was the right thing. In Section 118 of the House bill under “funding” the bill said "the Secretary [of Treasury] may use any authority…

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“Mad Dog Palin” by Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone

For those of you who haven't experienced Rolling Stone assassin Matt Taibbi's uncompromising, pointy and funny-as-heck style, first cop this excerpt from his Palin pwnage piece on 27 September ... It even crossed my mind that there was an element of weirdly self-destructive pique in McCain's decision to cave in to his party's right-wing…

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