The Politimat for Current Politics

Tonight I saw on The Daily Show how John McCain has flip-flopped on his promise to consider repealing don’t ask, don’t tell when the leaders of the military wanted to. Now they want to and he doesn’t. I guess he doesn’t respect the leaders of the military and doesn’t believe they are able to make [...]

So far, I really like Hardball with Chris Matthews. It’s so much more balanced that Keith Olbermann. He still has an opinion but he’s very logical. But it might be helping that Obama is kicking some ass these days. I had lost faith in him, but now I’m thinking he might be pretty cool again. Today [...]

Tonight while watching Countdown with Keith Olbermann I finally had enough and removed my TiVo season pass for the show. The format of that show has just become ridonculous. He was trying to describe the story where four people (I think) were arrested for trying to wiretap the phone of a Democrat. However, his version of [...]

This morning while I was in the shower, where I often do my best thinking, I realized that the right wing news channels and crazy right wing personalities have no better friend than Keith Olbermann. He gives them more publicity and attention every day which almost certainly increases their audience. Keith Olbermann’s job seems to [...]

I think it’s actually a good thing that Scott Brown won the Massachusetts Senate race. Martha Coakley was clearly lame and would have only shown further that Democrats can’t accomplish anything. Let’s face it, the Democrats had a dream situation for the past year and they still couldn’t get anything done. Obama’s promises are not [...]

I’ve come to a point where I almost know Keith Olbermann’s game. Believe me, I would love nothing more that to write on this blog what a great guy he is and how he exposes the truth and helps us all come together. But I can’t say any of those things. After the earthquakes in [...]

Like most news sources Jon Stewart took some time to review the horrible and really and truly racist ways Pat Robertson and Rush Limbaugh politicized the tragic earthquakes in Haiti. But I was happy to see that he also took the time to criticize Rachel Maddow’s politicization of the earthquakes. Rachel basically said Obama and [...]

It’s coming from Jon Stewart on The Daily Show, Keith Olbermann on Countsown, and Bob Costas on who knows what. All these people are talking about Mark McGwire and his use of steroids. They are mad that he used steroids and that he’s destroying their dream. But I don’t think their personal goal is to punish [...]