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  • TPMtv: Muck-O-Rama Contest 2007!

    POSTED BY BEN CRAW, NOVEMBER 21 2007 09:36 AM | PERMALINK

    TPMtv: Muck-O-Rama Contest 2007!

    We're coming up to the end of the year. And here at TPM we're going to see off 2007 with a contest to recognize things like the biggest bamboozle of 2007. Biggest fib. Most abject loss of dignity in testimony before Congress. We're looking for your help on a couple fronts. What should the categories be? And most of all we need your nominations for winners. For more details and how you can participate, check out today's Holiday Muck-O-Rama episode of TPMtv.

  • Novak Indicts Plame, CIA in Anti-Bush Cabal

    POSTED BY RALEIGH-ELIZABETH SMITH, OCTOBER 23 2007 12:03 PM | PERMALINK


    Ah, Robert Novak.  The political genius who so intrepidly evaded any semblance of civic responsibility or journalistic integrity after outing Valerie Plame as a CIA agent way back when.   The Grand Ole Pundit himself now points a new finger at Plame: she's apparently part of an Anti-Bush cabal at the CIA.  And Novak shrugs any relative accountability even today -- as he reasons, the woman drives to work every morning (to think!) and, apparently, any terrorist with their eyes on the...

  • TPMtv: The Muck Gap Methodology

    POSTED BY BEN CRAW, SEPTEMBER 03 2007 11:30 AM | PERMALINK

    The Muck Gap Methodology

    In last Thursday's episode of TPMtv we explored the striking disparity in the number of scandal and muck cases between Democrats and Republicans. The GOP maintains the overwhelming advantage, which is extraordinary considering its minority status in congress. After receiving a welter of viewer mail about the names we included on our list we take a moment today to elucidate our methodology and even add a couple names we missed the first go around.

  • TPMtv: The Muck Gap

    POSTED BY BEN CRAW, AUGUST 30 2007 04:04 PM | PERMALINK

    The Muck Gap

    Okay, it's the unreported political story of the year: the GOP's ability to dominate scandal news even while in the minority. Usually, the majority party, with more power and money, takes the scandal cake. It's almost an iron law of politics. But whether it's lobby shop or the restroom, the GOP has so far been able to reverse the historical tide, maintaining a decisive muck advantage even in the political wilderness.

  • TPMtv: Alaska Mucktacular!

    POSTED BY , AUGUST 02 2007 12:44 PM | PERMALINK

    Alaska Mucktacular!

    When you're a state with just 3 people in your entire congressional delegation and all 3 are involved in public corruption scandals, well... that probably merits an Alaska Mucktacular!

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