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Video: Iowa Paper Endorses Hillary & McCain
2007-12-17 01:29:00 The Insiders The influential Iowa newspaper The Des Moines Register has endorsed Republican Senator John McCain and Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton which could be a tight match up. See the Des Moines Register video endorsements: http://garlinggauge.com/videos/re.flv Endorsement for McCain http://garlinggauge.com/videos/de.flv Endorsement for Clinton Hm. Four more years of war or four more years of media frustration. ... More About: Video , Politics , Paper
Bill Clinton Seeds Doubt in Barack Obama
2007-12-16 20:21:00 Clinton: I waited, Obama should too Discussing the 2008 presidential election with Charlie Rose, former president Bill Clinton articulated his views on senatorial whippersnapper Barack Obama while touting his wife’s candidacy. Clinton compared his own timing for a presidential run with Obama’s, suggesting the fresh-faced senator is too green to be president. http://garlinggauge.com/videos/oo.flv Bill Clinton on Barack ... More About: Politics
Senate to Legalize Illegal Spying
2007-12-16 15:53:00 Like to be spied upon? Hat tip BoingBoing: Tim from the Electronic Frontier Foundation sez, “At EFF, we’ve just sent out an urgent action alert. Monday morning, the Foreign Intelligence Service Bill bill finally goes to the Senat e floor, and at noon the Senate will cast their most important votes yet on Telecom Immunity for ... More About: Illegal , Spying
Snap Shots Added to the Garling Gauge
2007-12-16 09:29:00 Introducing Snap Shots I’ve just installed Snap Shots to the site that enhances links with visual previews of the destination site and interactive excerpts of Wikipedia articles and more. Sometimes Snap Shots bring you the information you need while other times it lets you “look ahead” before deciding if you want to follow a link ... More About: Gauge
Stop Big Media By Christmas
2007-12-15 23:39:00 Consolidation for Christmas Stop BigMedia .com is spreading the word about media consolidation. Watch their video. Visit their site. http://garlinggauge.com/videos/bigmedia.f lv Stop Big Media Play the game. More on Media, Politics ©2007 Garling Gauge. All Rights Reserved..
Des Moines Register Democratic ?Debate Firsts?
2007-12-15 22:36:00 Dems keep it entertaining On the second day of the Des Moines Register presidential debates in the wake of the Republican snooze-fest, the Democrats took stage to see if they could keep the audience awake. We’ve got the firsts: Des Moines Register Debate Firsts First to be introduced: Sen. Barack Obama First to wear a poke-a-dot tie: Sen. ... More About: Politics , Democratic
Des Moines Register GOP ?Debate Firsts?
2007-12-15 18:40:00 >> GOP Debate Engaged: Comatose Activation Initiated << The last Republican debate before the Iowa caucuses put most of us to sleep. With the stern host of the Weakest Link moderating the debate, it was a strict evening indeed. One in the same: Anne Robinson and Caroline Washburn Don’t fret, Debate Firsts liven it up: IPTV Republican Debate ... More About: News , Politics , Republicans , Register
Happy Monkey Day
2007-12-14 22:40:00 Simians Delight! Link. ©2007 Garling Gauge. All Rights Reserved.. More About: Monkey , Happy
Vote Mike Gravel For Santa Claus
2007-12-14 21:44:00 “Don’t you know television just exists to shield for the military industrial complex? …He got inside my head.” Perhaps it was inevitable. As Red State Update has grown in popularity as a farcical, oddball commentary on the 2008 presidential election, it was just a matter of time till former Sen. Mike Gravel entered the eccentric fray. Gravel has ... More About: News , Politics , Santa Claus , Santa , Vote
Chris Matthews: ?I Want To Waterboard You Right Now?
2007-12-13 04:19:00 Rachel Maddow, Alan Keys & Chris Matthews Quote of the day Waterboarding appears to have entered American lexicon as the debate over the torture technique increases in public discourse. This evening on MSNBC’s Hardball, host Chris Matthews responded strongly to Rachael Maddow’s (Air America) assertion that the star of the Des Moines Register GOP debate was former ... More About: Right Now
Waterboarding: The New American Crawl
2007-12-13 02:55:00 “It’s like swimming” On the Dec 11, 2007 episode of PBS’ News hour, Republican Senator Kit Bond, vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, compared waterboarding torture techniques to swimming strokes. President Bush & Sen. Kit Bonds GWEN IFILL: I just would like to — but do you think that waterboarding, as I described it, constitutes torture? SEN. ... More About: Republicans , American , Crawl , Waterboarding
Monstrous Spider Attacks NASA Space Shuttle
2007-12-11 22:59:00 Mothra meets her match Wonder why the space shuttle has been plagued with so many problems? Now we have an answer: Gigantic spiders. Orlando news local channel 6 has video of a monstrous spider attacking the space shuttle: “A giant spider attacks the shuttle Atlantis. Well, that’s what it looked like on NASA TV, as ... More About: Science , News , Space , Spider , Nasa
Clinton Cackle vs. Giuliani Giggle
2007-12-11 13:29:00 Front runners laugh it off. Can laughter really cure all ills? Apparently it can even cure plummeting poll numbers. At least that is the treatment and prognosis the Democratic and Republican presidential front runners have subscribed to. With poll numbers for both Sen. Hillary Clinton and former mayor Rudolph Giuliani ’s dropping in Iowa and ... More About: Politics , Linton
?08 Election Anagrams, Bob Dylan & Cue Cards
2007-12-10 03:27:00 “Candidate pimps are airing lies” The 2008 presidential campaign has brought new heights to American absurdity. With faux candidate girls, a blender-poll, fake presidential hopefuls and new superhero powers to name a few, there has been a lot of campaign comedy on and off the White House trail. Now in the fashion of Bob Dylan ’s Subterranean ... More About: Politics , Election , Cards
White House: Depends on the Meaning of ?It?
2007-12-08 20:50:00 “It depends on what the meaning of the words ‘is’ is.” -President Bill Clinton, 1998 Is, it, what’s the difference? http://garlinggauge.com/videos/perino.flv White House Press Secretary Dana Perino. ‘It’ @ (1:40). http://garlinggauge.com/videos/olbermanni ran.flv Special Comment by Keith Olbermann * More on Dana Perino, Keith Olbermann, George Bush, Bill Clinton, Politics http://olimaisonblanche.blog.lemonde.fr/f iles/2007/09/gwb-and-dp.1188750104.jpg ©2007 Garling Gauge. All Rights Reserved.. More About: News , White House , President Bush
The Pope Loves FANTA
2007-12-08 16:20:00 Do ya wanta? Sometimes watching Tucker Carlson ’s self-titled pundit program on MSNBC isn’t completely painful. Tonight’s illuminating moment came when Carlson spoke with Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts of The Reliable Source about Pope Benedict XVI’s upcoming April visit to Washington D.C.; the first papal visit to the capitol since 1979. With their gleaming smiles Argetsinger and ... More About: News
If Chris Matthews Was Black He?d Vote for Obama
2007-12-08 00:17:00 Quote of the day “If I was black I’d vote for Barack [Obama ].” Chris Matthews - Speaking about the 2008 presidential election and the black vote on the Dec. 7, 2007 episode of HardBall. Matthews also had some advice for Sen. Barack Obama on a previous show here. Video here. * Chris Matthews; Barack Obama; 2008 Election; ... More About: Black , Vote
Biden Hungry: I?ll Eat Giuliani Alive
2007-12-07 23:08:00 Want a Democrat to win in 2008? Speaking recently at the DNC, presidential aspirant Senator Joe Biden made a resounding case for his candidacy. http://garlinggauge.com/videos/bidenatdnc .flv (7:55) “Folks, before a democrat can lead, he or she must win. You could all close your eyes right and you know what the Republican play book will be for the next ... More About: Democrats , Giuliani , Alive
Orgasmic Olbermann Voices Bill O?Reilly Cartoon
2007-12-04 01:43:00 Olbermann’s holiday gift Liberal MSNBC political commentator Keith Olbermann has a penchant for mocking Fox News blowhard Bill O ’Reilly, in fact it has become a staple of his Countdown program. To our amusement Olberman often appears to revel in his voice imitation while throwing O’Reilly’s own words back in his face. Sharing the same television ... More About: Politics , Cartoon , Fox News
Fox News BANS Guantanamo Ad With Danny Glover
2007-12-03 21:51:00 Danny Glover on Constitutional Rights Fox News doesn’t seem to like pokes at El’Presidente’. According to Talk Left: This is a big week for the Center for Constitutional Rights with the Supreme Court about to hear oral arguments in the Guantanamo case, Al Odah v. United States. To raise consciousness on the case, ... More About: Politics , Fox News , Danny
Atlas Shrugged Propaganda Film
2007-12-03 20:36:00 General Motors exhibition, 1939 World’s Fair. “There’s nothing funny about the tools of capitalism.” This 1939 corporate propaganda film for Westinghouse, Middleton Family at the World’s Fair, centers the “all-American” family visiting the World’s Fair and confronting the capitalistic threat of socialism (so scary!). Cory Doctorow of Boing Boing puts it concisely: “Boy-next-door-from-home Jim Treadway ... More About: Politics , Film , Propaganda , Atlas Shrugged , Prop
Deleted Scene From SiCKO: Norway Or Bust
2007-12-03 18:00:00 Too perfect? It seems that Norway has a health care and prison system so unbelievable that according to the Head-On Radio Network, “This scene was deleted from the final cut of the [SiCKO] movie, as Michael Moore thought nobody would believe it.” Really? See for yourself. http://garlinggauge.com/videos/sicko.flv Deleted scene from SiCKO. Still shot from SiCKO. http://garlinggauge.com/videos/sicko2.flv Michael Moore discussing SiCKO ... More About: Bill Maher , Scene , Bust
Don Imus Returns With A Bang
2007-12-03 16:50:00 Will Imus tone his tongue? Doesn’t seem like it. According to Cristian Salazar of the Huffington Post: “While Imus pledged to use his new show to talk about race relations, he added: ‘Other than that, not much has changed. Dick Cheney is still a war criminal, Hillary Clinton is still Satan and I’m back on ... More About: News , Politics , Don Imus , Bang
How Many Killed In Iraq? Dana Perino Refuses To Say
2007-12-03 03:03:00 Helen Thomas rocks Doyen White House reporter Helen Thomas stuck her neck out against Bush spokesperson Dana Perino on Friday, Nov. 30th, 2007. See the video. http://garlinggauge.com/videos/danaperino .flv White House briefing This isn’t the first time Thomas acted as the voice of America. http://garlinggauge.com/videos/perino1.fl v “It is not accurate to say the United States is occupying Iraq .” Regular Americas are also ... More About: Republicans , President Bush , Killed
ABC Constructs Controversy: Obama vs. Biden
2007-12-02 16:56:00 Much Adoe About Nothing ABC’s Political Rader blog has chosen to create controversy instead of report on substance (sounds like us). At the recent Black and Brown Forum of Democratic presidential hopefuls where candidates can ask each other questions, Sen. Barack Obama addressed a question to Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Joe Biden , ... More About: News , Politics , Controversy
World AIDS Day: Joe Biden Video
2007-12-02 01:21:00 December 1st is World AIDS Day. Spread the word about AIDS awareness. For my part, here is a video snippet of the All-American Presidential Forums on PBS with Democratic presidential candidates. Sen. Barack Obama’s anti-gay jest doesn’t derail Sen. Joe Biden ’s seriousness while Al Sharpton looks on with the evil eye. http://garlinggauge.com/videos/aids.flv Biden on AIDS and the ... More About: Video , Politics
ALF Vs. Bill O?Reilly?
2007-11-29 07:54:00 WTF? http://garlinggauge.com/videos/alf.flv Is A.L.F. a secret Fox News commentator? Is it real? Is it not? Who knows, but it’s funny as hell. I’ll let ya know. * Categories: Bill O ’Reilly , Politics , Fox News, Humor
CNN/YouTube Republican Debate Firsts
2007-11-28 22:53:00 An empty stage set for empty shirts. “Enough of the singing, enough of snowmen, let’s begin the debate.” -Anderson Cooper Live blogging of these Republican debate firsts was as entertaining as a Republican debate drinking game. Two hours of wasted time yielded the following snippets of silliness. Check out ‘firsts’ from previous debates here. CNN coverage ... More About: Politics , Youtube , Debate
Comedy on the Campaign Trail
2007-11-28 01:39:00 Huckabee, humor & the ‘08 campaign With presidential campaigning beginning sooner than ever before candidates are going to be sensitive to voter fatigue. Humor can be an excellent device for this purpose as long as it is done well. First out of the gate was Sen. Barack Obama, combining the seriousness of presidential politics with humor in ... More About: Comedy , Politics , Campaign , Trail
?08 Campaign Posters Interpreted
More articles from this author:2007-11-25 06:46:00 “In the eyes of the beholders…” The New York Times has a fun slide show interpreting presidential campaign posters, but the format is clunky. Below are the illustrations juxtaposed in order for comparison. Illustrations by Ward Sutton, author of “Sutton Impact: The Political Cartoons of Ward Sutton.” Buy his book. ... More About: News , Politics , Posters , Campaign 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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