Today on the Dish, Andrew wouldn't back down on the Juan Williams case, with more reaction here, here, here, here, here, and dissents (and Andrew's rebuttals) here. Obama told America It Gets Better. Samual shared the brutal story of his ex-gay therapy, and HRC stooped to a new marketing low. On Prop 19, John Gravois … Continue reading The Weekly Wrap
Today on the Dish, Andrew sized up Britain's budget cuts and replied to Rick's response on inequality and the dying middle class. British defense cuts could precede our own, and even McCain's former policy advisor applauded them. Al-Sadr switched up the chess game in Iraq. We talked bigotry on air with the firing of Juan … Continue reading The Daily Wrap
Today on the Dish, the lionization of Petraeus and the military incensed Andrew. The GOP pledged to America to massively deepen its debt, and wasn't much better on civil liberties according to Conor's tally. Massie compared Palin to Gerald Ford, and Graeme Wood exposed Glenn Beck on his anti-Semitic (and insane) source. Lexington argued against … Continue reading The Weekly Wrap
Today on the Dish, Rand Paul continued to pile on controversy. Readers pounced on his latest comments, his views on the CRA, and the selective nature of his libertarianism. Damon Root defended Paul, Friedersdorf did as well, and Weigel saw it all coming. The blogosphere reacted to the passage of financial reform in the Senate … Continue reading The Weekly Wrap
Today on the Dish, Patrick Winn reported on the violence in Bangkok and readers commented. Andrew sounded off on the new Iranian deal and looked inward over the Kagan controversy. More details on her emerged. Netanyahu did a good deed and the Church not so much. A big dose of Palin gossip here and a … Continue reading The Daily Wrap
Today on the Dish we saw a fascist take office and a press secretary retract an ill-timed gaffe. Bill managed to avoid Kim Jong Il's sharks and bring our journalists home. Neocons predictably pounced. Andrew got some blowback for his clunker stance, while Marc returned fire over astroturfing. Andrew also elucidated his conservatism on marriage, … Continue reading The Daily Wrap
The Dish got a lot of great feedback from readers today. On my willingness to give Obama the benefit of the doubt over torture photos, one reader backed me up, another totally disagreed, another insisted we protest regardless, and another parsed his intentions even further. On hate crimes, a reader argued for the necessity of … Continue reading The Daily Wrap
A reader writes: I’d love for you to help me understand how it could ever be “dangerous” to seriously criticize a president when they act in a corrupt way. If, if, IF you are right that Obama is acting corruptly on purpose, as part of a hidden plan, don’t you and I have the exact … Continue reading The Long Game
The Dish took two big whacks on Obama today. The president so far has seemed indifferent to gay equality and defensive against Cheney by caving on the torture photos and covering up the crimes against Binyam Mohamed – much to the delight of neocons everywhere. In better news, Ali Soufan testified before Congress on torture … Continue reading The Daily Wrap
