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Glenn Beck says Obama’s a racist, right on the TV

Scott Bateman — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:17:50 +0000

Yes, according to Mr. Beck, a guy who was raised by white people, went to college with mostly white people and has mostly hired white people for his administration hates white people. Here’s the actual audio, with commentary:

It’s certainly in the same region of the Truthiness Scale as everything else Glenn Beck says.

Sarah Palin finally says farewell, maybe…?

Scott Bateman — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:49:47 +0000

Sarah Palin’s farewell speech yesterday was a classic, packed with her patented narcissism and sentences desperately searching for punctuation. Plus, she’s clearly not done berating the news media for having the temerity to actually report on her. Here’s actual audio from yesterday’s speech, with commentary, after the cut:

Lou Dobbs, Nutjob

Scott Bateman — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:55:21 +0000

Former respected journalist Lou Dobbs gets on the birther bandwagon, in this bit of actual audio from his radio show:

Next, I’m sure he’ll be demanding that Obama prove he’s not one of the aliens from the ’80s miniseries “V.” Yay.

JFK: To the moon!

Scott Bateman — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:01:22 +0000

To honor the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, I’ve gone back to John F. Kennedy’s famous, electrifying speech at Rice University, where he first proposes going to the moon by the end of the 1960s. The animation’s after the cut…enjoy!

It’s an amazing speech, but could we get something as ambitious as the space program off the ground today? Considering the state of the current health care debate, my guess is no.

Pat Buchanan, on how awesome white people are

Scott Bateman — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:06:17 +0000

Today’s animation features actual audio from last night’s Rachel Maddow Show. I think Rachel wanted to give Pat a chance to back off from the increasingly racist stuff Pat’s been saying all week on MSNBC. Instead, Pat chose to dig himself even deeper. Animation, with commentary, after the cut…

Poor Pat. He just can’t deal with the fact that it’s not 1960 anymore…

Sen. Coburn’s Ricky Ricardo moment at the Sotomayor hearings

Scott Bateman — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:59:45 +0000

OK, that was weird: I’ve animated actual audio from today’s Sotormayor confirmation hearings, featuring Sen Tom Coburn (R-1953) sharing a moment with the nominee. The animation, with commentary, is after the cut.

And don’t forget my animation from earlier today of Lindsey Graham grilling Sotomayor, as well (not to mention an animation of Sen. Jeff Sessions’ weird opening statement on another web site). Live-blogging with animation is the new Twitter.

Lindsey Graham vs Sonia Sotomayor

Scott Bateman — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:58:23 +0000

Clearly, Sen. Lindsey Graham thinks it would be a horrible, horrible thing to put a judge who asks tough questions on the Supreme Court. Actual audio from yesterday’s Sotomayor hearings, animated with commentary, after the cut…

John McCain is OK with Sarah Palin’s resignation

Scott Bateman — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:19:31 +0000

No, really–quitting shows leadership, or something. But will McCain endorse Palin’s possible 2012 presidential bid? This is actual audio from McCain’s appearance on Meet the Press Sunday:

I love David Gregory’s deadpan response.

New animation: Fox & Friends & Racial Purity

Scott Bateman — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:44:53 +0000

This is actual audio from yesterday’s Fox & Friends–a discussion about a nice study from Sweden that shows elderly couples have a lower rate of dementia than elderly singles takes a bizarre turn:

Yes, apparently you can just yammer about preserving the purity of the white race on FOX News, and all they’ll do is put a wacky sound effect in the background. Hurray for the state of political discourse in this country!

I’m think I’m as appalled at his weird “pure genes” theory as I am at his staggering scientific illiteracy. FOX, making us stupider since 1996.

New animation: Obama on health care

Scott Bateman — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:09:12 +0000

This is actual audio from the president’s 4th of July address to the nation over the weekend:

I’m still not quite understanding why a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate is afraid of tackling a public option that a majority of Americans would prefer to what we have now, and why the president is all kinda waffle-y on it as well, and how it reflects America’s can-do spirit to settle for much less than we deserve. I guess that’s why I’m not a pundit on TV.