Wow...Marilyn Manson's pathetic...

So, Beck's suggesting that next year he and Palin and Limbaugh are gonna hijack races all over the country, rubbing out moderates so that Democrats who normally wouldn't have had a chance will win?

Bring it on!

You make some good points in analyzing Lieberman's recent behavior. But I'm sticking with my own explanation: he's an asshole.

Actually try reading the piece and then think a bit before commenting. You might figure out that it's satire.

As a blogger, I see lots of other people's blogs. In many cases, I can't imagine how anybody who isn't one of the blogger's close friends or family members would find them interesting. Nonetheless, I see some of these incredibly personal bloggers looking for readers on social networking sites and leaving links on other people's blogs, and, in some cases, they have hundreds of followers, and get loads of comments from people who clearly don't know them personally.

So, if there's anything "creepy" here, it's part of a much larger creepy phenomenon (which is probably part and parcel of the reality TV phenomen).

Here's an idea, Glenn: let's you and I have a fist-fight. We'll give ourselves nick-names: you'll be "the left wing" and I'll be "the right wing." You'll follow old-school rules of fair play, and I'll use every dirty trick in the book. Who do you think's going to win? Most likely, the same side that's won practically every battle for the last forty years. Progressives need to drop their Naderite "better to lose and feel smug about being right than to compromise" attitude and realize that moral victories are nothing but losses.

Great parody of a long winded over-the-hill indie rock snob. The only thing missing is a mention of how superior the British pressings are.

To anyone who says the Dems are being opportunistic, shameless, unfair, etc.: you're right.

To anyone who says the Republicans wouldn't do the same thing in a heartbeat: you've gotta be kidding.

It's not that he "doesn't like nuance." He just doesn't know what the word means.

When the hell is Camille Paglia's head gonna roll?

There's one and only one way to silence the birthers: make Obama white, with a white-sounding name. If you can't do that, there's no point in trying (particularly when they won't even admit that the real issue is race).

People who can't handle friendships with members of the opposite sex are desperate to convince themselves that nobody else can, either. Thus, they write books and screenplays to that effect, as well as misogynistic comments on Salon articles....

It's all too easy to turn these arguments for not letting a woman choose around. If someone has an incredibly stupid, irresponsible, and shallow reason for not wanting a child, might it not be in everybody's best interest for this person not to become a parent?

With two wars going, the president played golf...I've gotta say that, much as I loathed Bush, I thought this was an incredibly stupid line of criticism, and it's even stupider when we're talking about a president who had nothing to do with starting either of those wars.

Is the president supposed to be a robot, who doesn't relax or get any enjoyment out of life at any time as long as there are serious issues on the national docket?

With two wars going, shouldn't political journalists be criticizing elected officials for more significant offenses than acting like typical Americans and playing golf on Memorial day?

Those Republicans can't abide liars, especially concerning important matters like, say, Iraq....

In case you didn't notice, the House and Senate aren't exactly filled with progressives. Do you honestly think single-payer could pass?

Why is David Sarota so in favor of Obama losing the health care battle entirely instead of making a compromise that will at least be somewhat of an improvement?

Edwards ran for the Democratic nomination, knowing that he had a huge skeleton in his closet which would certainly be brought to light if he got the nomination (or, as it turns out, even if he didn't). In other words, he was prepared to hand the election to the Republicans. His political career should be put permanently to rest.

The guy's an egomaniacal sociopath. What else would he be doing?

Considering the way he's thumbed his nose at the party ever since joining it, including today coming out in favor of Norm Coleman, I see him being supported in the Dem. primary mostly by the moderates who've switched sides in the past year. Joe Sestak in 2010!

I for one am really looking forward to voting Specter out in the primary next year. He's in for a very rude awakening.

One of the most brilliant things I've heard Obama say was his seemingly off-hand comment about dogs from shelters being "mutts like me" at his first press conference as president--basically saying very simply and good-humoredly that he doesn't see himself as a black or white president and that he's not going to make a big deal about it.

...is there anybody in the GOP leadership who's starting to suspect that maybe Rush is more concerned with his own ego--and having an entire major American political party made up completely of his lapdogs--than the good of the party?

Yes, as with just about everybody who's ever been called a hero, the story was more complicated, the "hero" wasn't quite as special as s/he was made out to be. And yet, people love heroes.

Clearly the real issue here is that Sullenberger got to be named one of these mythic figures, and you didn't. Get over it, buddy.

Let Salon grow into the job of being an intelligent web-site--but it better do it fast!

Hiring a fake intellectual like Camille Paglia to push her contrarian for the sake of being contrarian blather on your pages was painful once, but twice is unforgivable, but you still have time to dump her for good.