Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. May 23, 2009. Blatant dishonesty for partisan gain is much easier to understand than rampant stupidity among leading federal lawmakers.
Bernie Horn, AlterNet: Health and Wellness. May 7, 2009. If conservatives make the debate about what is good and bad in the Obama plan - they will win.
Melina Ripcoco, Brilliant at Breakfast AlterNet: PEEK. March 19, 2009. America is known for its great second acts, and we may be witnessing the curtain rising on Spitzer's.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. February 13, 2009. In their own words: "Let us be clear: attack ads will not create jobs or help struggling families ..."
Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. February 9, 2009. According to a CBS poll, 81% of the public understands Obama "is trying to work with Republicans in Congress in order to get things done."
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: War on Iraq. February 4, 2009. As to the type of attacks ... let's just say the former V.P. is not "truth-oriented."
Editorial Staff, Truth in Immigration. February 2, 2009. Pushing false information has lasting consequences on the image of immigrants, and those perceived to be foreign.
Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. January 29, 2009. They looked like a bunch of petulant, narcissistic brats and did a nice job of making Obama appear measured and statesmanlike by comparison.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. January 15, 2009. Watching Dick Cheney's latest "exit interview" last night, it was hard not to marvel at the man's shameless, almost pathological, dishonesty.
Matthew Yglesias, The American Prospect. December 17, 2008. Even after all this time, Bush views the Iraq War with regret not over anything he did, but rather, over something that was done to him.
Attaturk, Firedoglake AlterNet: Video. October 14, 2008. McCain claims "I've heard the same things ("terrorist," "traitor") said about me at" Obama rallies. Seriously.
Sara Robinson, Campaign for America's Future. October 2, 2008. Conservatives are twisting the facts beyond the breaking point to support their revisionist history. But don't be fooled.
Booman, Booman Tribune AlterNet: Election 2008. September 23, 2008. Yesterday Limbaugh flat out lied to millions of people about Barack Obama's heritage.
Paco Fabian, AmericasVoiceOnline AlterNet: PEEK. September 17, 2008. The New York Times and The Washington Post are denouncing McCain's latest Spanish-language campaign ad.
Robert Parry, Consortium News. September 15, 2008. McCain and Palin reach a new level of campaign dishonesty as they tell lies about their records and their opponent. But will they pay a price?
Isaac Fitzgerald, Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. September 12, 2008. Agents of change? Symbols of feminism? A roundup of these and other ridiculous tall tales coming from McCain's increasingly desperate campaign.