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Bush Has 69 Days to Pardon Scooter Libby - and Himself : Join NOW!

We're not the only ones outraged at the idea that George W. Bush will pardon the criminals in his administration just before... more

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Congresswoman calls Obama, Liberals Anti-American

Congresswoman Michele Bachmann last week on Hardball claimed that liberals, including Barack Obama are anti-American and that she... more

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Pat Buchanan Plays the Race Card

As we near the two week mark in the 2008 election we have seen more and more expressions of overt hate, bigotry, and racism toward... more

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Last week on Current.com - 9/8-9/14

Hey guys, Things have been super busy around these parts. With the announcement of Hack the Debate we've all been anchored... more

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MSNBC staff and Denver Police thugs shut down free speech

Members of the primarily pro-Obama crowd also pushed Jones and his crew members and assaulted and smudged their cameras and... more

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A textbook case - Hardblogger - msnbc.com

This is exactly what I have been trying to tell people... He hits how we should pick candidates right on the head regardless of... more

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Chris Matthews and MSNBC attack community organizers

While the Republicans have been receiving considerable flak from many people over their condescending comments about Barak Obama... more

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Obermann and Matthews no longer anchors for election coverage.

The word "incendiary" was used, but I personally quite like the fact that they don't take other people's... more

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Clinton 4 McCain fruitloop embarrasses the cause

As Rachel Maddow put it, to support Clinton and then vote McCain is "post rational". This gal hasn't seen... more

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Chris Matthews vs. PUMA Craziness

Chris Matthews confronts hardcore Clinton fans who are members of PUMA (Party Unity My Ass). They have switched over to McCain and... more

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Women's Group Wants Chris Matthews Fired

A new women's organization is setting out to get Chris Matthews fired from his job on MSNBC, calling his treatment of women on his cable TV show sexist.

The nonpartisan group, called the New Agenda, held its first meeting this week and established as one of several goals getting Matthews yanked from his long-running show, "Hardball with Chris Matthews."

Matthews' contract is up for renewal next year. His plans are unclear. But in Pennsylvania, his home state, some Democrats have long hoped that Matthews -- who was an aide in Washington to several Democratic lawmakers and a presidential speechwriter in the Carter administration -- would abandon TV and run for the Senate in 2010 against the Republican incumbent, Arlen Specter.

The 30-some women who attended the inaugural New Agenda meeting in New York included representatives of women's groups from around the country along with supporters of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's now-defunct presidential campaign, according to one of the founders.

Amy Siskind of Westchester, N.Y., a founder and Clinton supporter, said the group was urging that Matthews' contract not be renewed because "the kind of language he uses and the kind of behavior he exhibits in the public domain toward women objectifies them and leads to bad things for our society and to domestic violence."

An MSNBC spokeswoman, Alana Russo, said Wednesday that Matthews was out sick and not available for comment.

Clinton loyalists were unhappy with Matthews' coverage of the race for the Democratic nomination and what they see as a pattern of demeaning behavior to women.

In 2007, Matthews was talking on the air with Erin Burnett, a CNBC business news anchor, when he asked her to lean into the camera. "Come in closer -- really close," he told a flustered Burnett. He then laughed and said: "Just kidding. You look great. . . . You're a knockout."

In January, Matthews apologized on the air for a comment he had made about Clinton's political achievements. He said she owed her Senate seat and presidential bid to the fact that her husband had "messed around."

Siskind would not reveal what tactics the group would use to get Matthews off the air. She likened the organization to the Navy Seals, saying their methods would be covert.
A new women's organization is setting out to get Chris Matthews fired from his job on MSNBC, calling his treatment of women... more