fox news pundits fail to account for themselves

Bill O’Reilly came out in favor of a public option on his show last week. As a media figure whose influence has been on the decline since louder, angrier and (holey moley, yes) even douchier demagogues have been able to talk over his particular brand of smug populism, Bill O’Reilly has looked increasingly centrist on FOX News as the nation (and FOX) continues its death spiral in the ’00s. But just because he looks less crazy than the bat-shit company he keeps doesn’t mean he’s not a crazy asshole. Here’s a classic slice of O’Reilly schizophrenia for you:

(Via ThinkProgress)

outside proof that these people are, indeed, animals

Given conservative wonks and hacks tendency to “pass the buck” onto America’s poorest, brownest parts of the population when it comes to… well everything wrong with this world, The Nation had this searing piece on the Right’s war on ACORN that’s worth a look-see:

“The GOP’s Blame-ACORN Game” by Peter Dreyer and John Atlas

This excellent piece on Salon.com shouts out a big, but ultimately lamenting, “boo yah!” to the swine that openly opposes new, and by all accounts necessary regulation on Wall Street:

“Wall Street Buys Washington” by Michael Winship

Okay, so I understand that John Edwards is just another puffed up pretty boy politician, and that his extra-marital affair was sordid and ugly on a personal level. BUT! He was also a one term senator who never ran as a family values candidate, unlike the scores of horny born agains on the other side of the isle. So, can we please drop this? (PS, I’ll give them an extra point to the always effete New York Times for the post-SAT vocab in the title!):

“John Edwards’ Drama Awaits Denouement” by Niel A. Lewis

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