Chris Matthews just blamed John McCain for the bailout bill failing in the House. He blasted him bad. Said it proves McCain isn't the leader he claimed to be.
Well, I ran into another Gregorian Chant concert at Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, this time celebrating the upcoming assumption of the Virgin, August 15. I have to say, the organ this time around was simply bizarre - dark and loud and bizarre. I'll be posting numerous videos, you can judge for yourself.
Actress and writer Carrie Fisher (of Star Wars fame) talks to AMERICAblog's John Aravosis and Joe Sudbay about George Bush, John McCain and Sarah Palin. She includes a true story about how George Bush likes to fart in public, on command.
Remember the South Carolina beauty queen answering the question about why Americans are so bad at geography? Anyone else see any similarities to Sarah Palin's interviews? Take a look and see if all looks a bit too familiar. Here's the South Carolina beauty queen video that has, at the moment I'm writing this, 29 million views on YouTube. http://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8D ww
I ran into Feminist Majority president Eleanor Smeal, former president of NOW, at the CNN tent at the convention, and she was kind enough to do a seven minute interview. The lady is a total kick. Spirited, smart, totally what the Democratic party lacks and needs. It's a fun interview, enjoy.
AMERICAblog's John Aravosis interviews Nobel-prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz during their attendance at the Symi Symposium in Chalkidiki, Greece in July, 2008. In the first of three parts, Aravosis asks Stiglitz about his new book about the hidden costs of the Iraq war, "The Three Trillion Dollar War."
Joe Sudbay and Rob Arena of AMERICAblog.com talk with John Aravosis about the state of play in the presidential race on September 28, 2008. This is part 1 of a two part video.
Rachel Maddow says superdelegates will not look kindly on what Hillary did talking about Bobby Kennedy's assassination as one of the reasons she shouldn't drop out of the race.
Al Gore arrived as a surprise guest this morning at the Netroots Nation blog conference. His speech will be posted online in a bit, but I thought I'd post the moment he surprised everyone and arrived on stage.
Barack Obama's VP candidate, Joe Biden, choked up during the debate tonight while explaining that as a man he knows what it's like to be a single dad, after his wife and daughter died. Very moving moment. More on the tragic story here: http://www.nydailyne ws.com/news/politics /2008/08/23/2008-08- 23_joe_biden_beats_o dds_after_wife_daugh ter.html
AMERICAblog's John Aravosis interviews Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis in her office in Athens on July 11, 2008. They discuss Bakoyannis being Greece's first female foreign minister, Iraq, and Barack Obama.
FireDogLake's Jane Hamsher talks to AMERICAblog's John Aravosis about the evangelical bimbo eruption at the Democratic convention. Is any surprised that the evangelicals screwed the Dems?