The Democratic National Convention kicks off Monday night, and Dems are really bringing the heat: A union-busting, vote-suppressing, anti-choice, former Lehman Brothers exec and Fox News host will headline the first night of festivities, with support from a former Republican governor who said ground zero air was “safe to breathe” after 9/11, an ex-gop congresswoman-turned-Google VP, and billionaire entertainment executive currently overseeing the most spectacular launch failure in recent memory.
Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich has a prime-time convention slot on Monday, where he’ll follow former New York Rep.
Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich has a prime-time convention slot on Monday, where he’ll follow former New York Rep.
- 8/17/2020
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
Is former New Hampshire Governor John Sununu this election's Zell Miller? Challenging Chris Matthews to a duel was just about the only thing he didn't shout at the MSNBC team today, as he told Ed Schultz the statistics he cited were "a crock of crap," told Lawrence O'Donnell he didn't "know what you're talking about," and challenged one of Matthews' comments as "anti-American."...
- 1/11/2012
- by Frances Martel
- Mediaite - TV
Today, we take a video out of the vault to remind everyone that the 2012 elections are not yet the most uncivil in history, nor should we be wishing them to be anything proper or hushed. Back in the calm old days of 2004, when an incumbent president was facing a moderately flimsy challenge from a Democrat with charisma issues, the controversy of the political reached fever pitch during the Republican National Convention, which occurred at the height of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth movement (remember that?) and featured even a Democrat or two on the podium. Democrat Zell Miller was one of those Democrats.
- 8/4/2011
- by Frances Martel
- Mediaite - TV
After eight seasons of portraying eccentric characters like Andy the “Ohhhhhhhh, Noooooooo!” guy and totally heroic ones like MacGruber, Will Forte will not return for this fall’s 36th season of Saturday Night Live, according to the New York Times. Forte’s parting was reportedly at his own choosing and he plans to pursue other projects. [ArtsBeat]
During an interview this May prior to the release of the MacGruber feature film, Forte told EW, “I can’t imagine not being [at SNL]… It’s the longest job I’ve had. But you can’t stay forever. I love working there, though. And I...
During an interview this May prior to the release of the MacGruber feature film, Forte told EW, “I can’t imagine not being [at SNL]… It’s the longest job I’ve had. But you can’t stay forever. I love working there, though. And I...
- 8/26/2010
- by Annie Barrett
- EW.com - PopWatch
Afternoon naps, so restorative. With a mind refreshed, I can formulate my response to yesterday's Tea Parties into a single sentence: Politically, they represent the post-nasal (or do I mean post-natal?) drip of Ross Perotism. As with the Perot brushfire of years back, the 'baggers feel that spending is out of control, the government is unaccountable to the people, the valley of the shadow of endless deficits lies ahead, no one in Washington from either party is listening to their concerns, a plague on both their houses, bury them in bean dip, and so on. The difference is that until he went bat-wacky, Ross Perot was a crisp, articulate, impassioned, fighting bantamweight for his point of view. Perotism without Perot is a jumble sale, and not the kind you read about in Barbara Pym novels. It's more of a milling around after emptying a remainder bin of grievances and frustrations.
- 4/16/2009
- Vanity Fair
By Matt Singer
According to the trailer of David Zucker's new comedy, "An American Carol," "America's most infamous filmmaker -- totally arrogant, completely clueless -- [has] finally gone too far." Of course, Zucker, a former liberal activist who became a "9/11 Republican," is referring to Michael Moore, the inspiration for the central character in "An American Carol," one Michael Malone (Kevin Farley), a filmmaker who's visited by three Dickensian ghosts after he demands that July 4th be abolished ("I love America. That's why it needs to be destroyed!").
Zucker's spoof is perhaps the most high-profile film to take on Moore, but it's by no means the first. In fact, in the last four years, Moore's work has inadvertently given birth to an entirely new strain of conservative filmmaking whose sole mission is to discredit him by taking issue with his documentary aesthetic, his politics, his personal success, even his physical appearance.
According to the trailer of David Zucker's new comedy, "An American Carol," "America's most infamous filmmaker -- totally arrogant, completely clueless -- [has] finally gone too far." Of course, Zucker, a former liberal activist who became a "9/11 Republican," is referring to Michael Moore, the inspiration for the central character in "An American Carol," one Michael Malone (Kevin Farley), a filmmaker who's visited by three Dickensian ghosts after he demands that July 4th be abolished ("I love America. That's why it needs to be destroyed!").
Zucker's spoof is perhaps the most high-profile film to take on Moore, but it's by no means the first. In fact, in the last four years, Moore's work has inadvertently given birth to an entirely new strain of conservative filmmaking whose sole mission is to discredit him by taking issue with his documentary aesthetic, his politics, his personal success, even his physical appearance.
- 10/7/2008
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
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