Month: April 2011
60 Percent of Voters Would Not Vote for Trump or Palin
6 in 10
Registered voters nationwide say they would definitely not vote for Donald Trump or Sarah Palin for president in 2012, significantly more than say the same about possible Republican candidates Mitt Romney or Mike Huckabee, or about President Obama.
LeMieux, Le Loser
Looks like George LeMieux’s just not on the list
To remain a Senator, as he wished.
For try as he might,
His association’s too tight
With the loser who appointed him, Charlie Crist.
Americans Don’t Want Us in Libya, Wherever It Is …
27%
Of Americans favor military intervention in Libya, compared with 40% who oppose it, according to a new Public Policy Polling survey. More important: Barely more than half of Americans know where the country actually is on a map.
Why Polls and TV Don’t Mix
They have to put Donald Trump on every show spewing the craziest shit he can think of, because Donald’s poll numbers are high. Mostly because they keep putting him on television to spew the craziest shit he can think of.
— Jon Stewart, explaining how polls are part of a vicious cycle.
Coming June 20: ‘Countdown with Keith Olbermann’ on Current TV
Keith Olbermann finally announced what his new Current TV show will be called, and when it will air.
The new name? “Countdown With Keith Olbermann.”
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” Olbermann joked in a video announcement posted to his “Fok News Channel” site on Tuesday morning.
Previously, Olbermann would only say that the show would air in “late spring.” In the video, he at last gave a specific date: Monday, June 20, at 8 PM Eastern.
Trump Questions Obama’s Academic Credentials
I heard he was a terrible student, terrible. How does a bad student go to Columbia and then to Harvard? I’m thinking about it, I’m certainly looking into it. Let him show his records.
— Donald Trump, in an interview with the AP, saying President Obama wasn’t Ivy League material.
‘Life In a Day’ Trailer
This is the trailer for “Life In A Day,” a new movie produced by Ridley Scott and shot entirely by … you. Last year Scott and director Kevin MacDonald asked people around to world to help create the first user-generated feature-length documentary film shot on a single day — July 24, 2010. The critics have all been saying that the concept actually translates into a stunning film.
Most Americans Don’t Expect to Be Able to Retire
53%
Of non-retired Americans do not think they will have enough money to live comfortably in retirement, up 40% from 32% who felt that way in 2002.
An Offensive Defense
Eric Holder says the Defense of Marriage Act isn’t sensible.
Others say it’s constitutionally reprehensible.
So in order to preserve it,
The House hired lawyers to defend it.
But they quit, saying, defensively, it’s indefensible.
