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"At first I thought Sarah Palin was some kind of Republican pandering -- a misguided attempt to woo Hillary voters over to the dark side, as if they believed women voters were so stupid that they would vote for anyone in a skirt, but now I see that she is much, much worse. I have nothing against hockey moms -- I just don’t want to be one. If Sarah Palin had her way, she would take away that right not to be a mom. She wants to outlaw abortion -- so to call her a feminist is as laughable as...

What's the difference between the Paul Wellstone funeral and a performance by Margaret Cho, comedian? In parts, the Wellstone funeral was funny. And no, I don't say that because I'm a conservative and Cho is a... well, what? Calling her a communist implies that there is a coherent ideology in her routine -- that she has a plan, a vision that propels her rage. But Cho is the absolute final, exhausted point of liberalism, its cold, bitter dead end -- a resentful, repetitive death rattle. Cho is fueled by hatred of everything conservative. It's a mystery what she actually believes...

Gwen Stefani's Harajuku girls have been getting a lot of attention lately, and I have to say that I am confused. I like Gwen Stefani, she's allright. She's very stylish, has a nice voice and a flat stomach. She is a rock star and quite good at it. Now she has 4 things all together, the Harajuku Girls. I want to like them, and I want to think that they are great, but I am not sure if I can. I mean, racial sterotypes are really cute sometimes, and I don't want to bum everybody out by pointing out the...

As his The Truth (With Jokes) promotional tour gets underway, Al Franken must be feeling at least some unease. Me TooAfter all, the book's timing isn't exactly red hot, coming just after revelations of questionable dealings and practices at Air America Radio. Since its inception, Franken has served as the liberal talk network's marquee talent. Since our investigative report uncovered proof Franken knew about shady taxpayer-funded "loans" from the Bronx-based Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club to the liberal radio network, contrary to Al's public assertions, he's avoided the topic. That might be tougher out on the road. So what's...

She jokes about giving [redacted] to rescue workers after 9/11. She jokes about the myth of the vaunted G-spot. She even jokes about being fisted. But it isn't comedienne Margaret Cho's brash sexual jokes that have conservative groups protesting. Cho, a self-professed liberal, will be flying in to fill Dodge Theatre with humorous jabs at, as she tells New Times, "whatever is happening around me that I find interesting and makes me feel like they should be talked about -- things like gay marriage, the Bush administration, and the war on Iraq. All of these topics need to be addressed."...

Hello. I am a college student that has gotten interested in politics within the last few years. I come from a long line of independants who raised me to vote for whom I agree with the most, not based on party affiliation. Last night, I attended a performance of Margaret Cho in Indianapolis. One of the last things she mentioned was all of the hatemail she recieved from members of Free Republic. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Surely this has to be a joke. So when I got home, I read the hatemail on her website. Then I...

I am getting lots of email that are like this. "Whooo-hoo!!! We won!!!! Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Loser!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" It just goes to show how incredibly dumb the Bush voters are. They are not treating this like an election, with many lives at stake with a full blown war being fought by our kids in Iraq; cataclysmic errors in national security causing our civil liberties to be severely crippled; too great a divide between the haves and the have-nots culminating in the worst economic situation in nearly eight decades; the threat to women's rights by insane religious fanatics seeking to ban abortion and...

WARNING...some profanity... I know that we would like to question the whole of democracy. I can't believe Bush won either, but there isn't time to despair. What is needed now is action, not hopelessness. What is important is that there has been tremendous progress in mobilizing people to create change. Remember, more voters turned out this year than in the last three decades. Although it might be said that we can't expect change overnight, there really was a very rapid shift in the way we view politics. We have become unafraid of voicing our opinions, using our power, pooling our...

The article is extremely partisanly Democratic and anti-Bush. It is also vulgar so I will not posting any exceprts. The only reason I'm posting it at all is because she mentions Free Republic. So like dude, check it out....

By Cathalena E. Burch ARIZONA DAILY STAR Comedian Margaret Cho is on a political mission. She's out to boot President Bush from office. She believes in her mission, so much so that she's financing "State of Emergency," a cross-country tour of cities in states that politicos believe could swing in either direction on Nov. 2. Arizona is one of those states, and Cho has decided that Tucson should be the city where she spreads her hugely anti-Bush, anti-conservative gospel. She's politically liberal, in case you haven't guessed. Most comics do lean that way these days. She has more reasons than...

The Blogspirator was surfing the Dubya Dubya Dubya (thanks, Algore!) for a new installment of the Seething Leftist Web Watch, and came across something so vile, so rank, so loathesome that it deserved it's own post. No, I'm not just talking about radical leftist "comedienne" Margaret Cho... but about her DVD and line of t-shirts called "Cho Revolution." Apparently, Margaret Cho has a thing for communist mass-murderers. Particularly Che Guevara. Here are Margaret Cho's t-shirts, cd, and a photo of Che Guevara, side by side. The red star, a symbol of international communism. The clenched fist, a symbol of militant...

New York, N.Y. — Let me lead off the way the Republican convention led off: with former New York mayor Ed Koch (who introduced the current mayor, Michael Bloomberg). In the 1980s, Bob Novak called Koch "the most interesting politician in America." I think I agreed with that. Koch has, if anything, grown more interesting. His Republican convention speech — here — was utterly charming. It stated plainly that he is supporting President Bush. Koch is a 9/11 Democrat — a Democrat profoundly and properly influenced by that day. The actor Ron Silver is a 9/11 Democrat too (and more...

Politically charged Cho will go on  By REBECCA LOUIE Yes, she's a raunchy comedian prone to jokes about S&M.  And yes, she finds the Bush administration heinous, to say the least.  But no, Margaret Cho would not necessarily mix the two and possibly harm John Kerry's run for President, and she wishes the Human Rights Campaign had believed that before disinviting her to headline their Democratic National Convention event. "It's a little frustrating," says Cho, who, it was feared, would incite scandal like Whoopi Goldberg did when she made lewd Bush jokes at a Radio City fund-raiser for Kerry. "I...

George Bush-bashing celebs have joined forces with Moveon.org on a new series of campaign commercials. The celeb-studded spots feature the voices of Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Martin Sheen, Rob Reiner and Ed Asner and star Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Woody Harrelson, Illeana Douglas and Margaret Cho. Janeane Garafalo hosted Tuesday night's kick-off at Hammerstein Ballroom, billed as "10 Weeks: Don't Get Mad, Get Even!" Howard Dean, Kevin Bacon, Edie Falco, "School of Rock" director Richard Linklater and Al Franken fired up the faithful. Musical guests included The Roots, Natalie Merchant, Moby and Perry Farrell, who joined forces for Jane's Addiction's "Idiots Rule,"...

Controverial comic Margaret Cho is about to become even more so.'Im hoping to get arrested during the Republican convention,' Cho tells us.Later this month, Cho will spend at least two nights at the Apollo Theatre courting fans during her 'State of Emergency Tour' and the rest of her time courting New York's finest.Although she works with such liberal groups as MoveOn.org and is an outspoken activist for gay marriage, Cho is still unsure what tatic she will undertake to attract attention from the NYPD. 'Ive never been arrested, so I'm not sure what to do, but I figure I will...

COMIC Margaret Cho, who was bounced from her headlining gig at a Human Rights Campaign event by DNC bigwigs who feared another Whoopi Goldberg incident, is just back from death row. Bush-bashing Cho spent a few days at an Arkansas maximum security prison interviewing "West Memphis Three" ringleader Damien Echols for a book. Echols and two teen pals were convicted of murdering three 8-year-old boys in West Memphis, Ark., in 1994.

BOSTON - Fearing her material might take the focus off gay issues, the Human Rights Campaign has rescinded its invitation to edgy comedian Margaret Cho to headline a gay and lesbian unity event scheduled to coincide with the Democratic National Convention. "We didn't feel that after speaking with Margaret's publicist that her material was in that spirit, so we decided to make another plan," said spokesman Mark Shields. The Human Rights Campaign is one of 10 gay and lesbian organizations hosting Monday's Unity 2004 event in Boston. Cho had been preparing to use material from her new State of Emergency...

SPARTANBURG, SC (Talon News) -- The Democratic National Committee is using Bush-bashing comedian Margaret Cho to help attract the gay and lesbian vote to the Democratic Party. In a letter posted on the DNC website called "Take Action to Oppose the Federal Marriage Amendment," Cho asks Democrats and homosexuals to "Stand with Cho! Tell Bush No!"

Activist rocker Moby is leading a jihad against cybergossip Matt Drudge, blaming him for inciting "far right-wingers" who sent abusive and racist E-mails to comedian Margaret Cho. On his Web site and in private messages to friends, Moby has been claiming that Drudge "took out of context" Cho's stream of anti-Republican invective - intended as comedy shtick - during last week's moveon.org awards show at the Hammerstein Ballroom. "I was outraged," Moby told me. "Everyone knows that Margaret's comedy is very irreverent and Lenny Bruce-style confrontational, and Matt Drudge took it out of context and exposed her to some really...

In a move of political tit for tat, a pro-Bush organization has begun running television ads that counter two recent commercials featured online that compare the president to Adolf Hitler. Grassfire.org, which describes itself as a "conservative online political activist group," has released a new 30-second commercial that slams liberal site MoveOn.org for giving a platform to the Bush-Hitler ads. According to a statement from Grassfire.org, the new ad has been launched in California, Florida, Washington, D.C., Georgia and Texas.

Moby is defending his buddy Margaret Cho. The comedian has come under attack for some anti-Bush comments — and now the techno-nerd, who has battled both Republicans and Eminem, is attacking Cho’s attackers. “My friend Margaret Cho was making fun of George Bush during a comedy routine at the Moveon[.org] awards last week,” Moby writes in his online journal. “Matt Drudge took 2 sentences from her routine and printed them out of context along with a very unflattering picture.” Moby reprints some startlingly ugly hate mail sent to Cho, much of which focuses on her weight and the slant of...

The stars were out in Gotham on Monday night for the latest Bush Bashing Ball... More to follow.

(CBS) In Charlie Fisher's ad, children wash dishes. They pick up trash. Tired-looking children stand watch over an assembly line. They fix tires and ring up groceries. And they do it, the ad suggests, to pay off the deficit that has swelled since President Bush took office. The ad that won MoveOn.org's "Bush in 30 Seconds" contest was not about the war in Iraq or the PATRIOT Act — two issues that have fueled MoveOn's rise and enraged its membership. Instead, the more than 100,000 who voted on line, as well as a panel of celebrity judges, picked "Child's Pay"...