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When you live in or around North Carolina's 8th Congressional District, you will sometimes hear that Robin Hayes is a nice guy. What you never hear is that Robin Hayes is a really bright guy. While it is difficult to single out the dumbest thing the man has ever said, we can narrow it down a bit and this week we celebrate the third anniversary of Robin Hayes' claim that Saddam Hussein and people like him were involved with the attack on America on September 11, 2001.

Saddam Hussein and people like him were very much involved in 9/11," Rep. Robin Hayes said.

Told no investigation had ever found evidence to link Saddam and 9/11, Hayes responded, "I'm sorry, but you must have looked in the wrong places."

I guess I represented the progressive blogosphere well enough the first time to be invited back on the air. I appeared on CNN Newsroom's Blog Buzz at 7:30 PM on Sunday to discuss the results in Nevada and South Carolina.

Host Tony Harris asked about McCain's "momentum" and we discussed the issue of race as it has been playing out so far in the primaries. The blogger/columnist for the Right is Mary Katharine Ham of Town Hall. Video and transcript are below the fold.

This isn't exactly North Carolina news-related, but since I am a Tar Heel and BlueNC-er, I thought I'd let you all know about my appearance last night on CNN's Blog Buzz segment hosted by Tony Harris. The format pairs a progressive and conservative blogger to discuss the newsworthy political stories of the week.

I've done radio before, but not TV. I did it via satellite, driving over to very cold studio in Raleigh. I couldn't see Harris or my foil on the Right, Amanda Carpenter of TownHall.com. I had to deal with a very trebly, almost painful earpiece, but it was still fun. We discussed the Des Moines Register endorsements -- Hillary Clinton and John McCain, as well as the Boston Globe nods to Obama and McCain.

Joe Sudbay of Americablog was kind enough to snare the video; it's below the fold.

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing


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Gosh golly, it's been a while:
For starters, I'm glad to see that glad to see Rudy's getting the attention he deserves even around here. Someone explain why we can't just jump from fact checking and ad busting to some kind of 'here's how stupid they think you are' metric. This latest pegs the damn meter in my book.

For those who haven't heard, conservative talk show host Glenn Beck took a particularly egregious cheap shot at those suffering through the wildfires in California by saying:

I think there is a handful of people who hate America. Unfortunately for them, a lot of them are losing their homes in a forest fire today.

Excuse me? Now how in the world is this acceptable--especially with people actually having to flee twice?

Cross-posted from the Brock Log.

It's mad, mad world, friends and neighbors.

Vice President Cheney tried to get Israel to pick a fight with Iran. Why? So the U.S. could legitimately attack back.

Reuters.

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing


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There are very few moments when we have the opportunity to turn the eyes of the nation away from the three-ring circus that our electoral process resembles and onto the concerns of those whom Jesus called the "least of these."

Tonight is one of those moments, as Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, and Barack Obama join us for a conversation about faith, values, and poverty broadcast live on CNN (7 p.m. Eastern / 4 p.m. Pacific). And in hundreds of churches and homes across the country, people of faith like you will be gathering to watch the candidates and help us issue a prophetic challenge to put poverty at the top of the political agenda.

It's not too late to join them -- click here to find a watch party in your area.

Go watch Jane on CNN.