CBS's Schieffer: McCain Doomed Because 'He Moved to the Right
Just after CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric noted how there is “some finger-pointing already going on” in the McCain-Palin campaign, CBS's Bob Schieffer did a little finger-pointing of his own as he blamed John McCain's presumed impending loss on his supposed move “to the right.” Schieffer observed Friday night that “with this continuing bad economic news, I think it's going to be very hard…
Michelle Obama Gets A Halo Of Her Own
I guess it's not enough for Barack Obama to be regularly captured by photographers with a halo around him. Now, thanks to the Chicago Tribune, Michelle's got one, too (h/t NBer Dan Schwartz):
ABC.com Writer 'Deeply Ashamed to be Called a “Journalist
Just how bad has the presidential campaign coverage been this year?So bad that popular online columnist Michael S. Malone, aka ABC.com's "Silicon Insider," wrote Friday, "I’m deeply ashamed right now to be called a 'journalist.'” So strong were his words that they should be required reading for all the Obama-loving media members that have disgraced themselves as well as their industry this year,…
Another Liberal Columnist Criticizes Capitalism
Who wrote the following?:"Societies in which the few are allowed to fatten themselves without limit on the labor of many are not just."A. Friedrich EngelsB. William AyersC. Michelle ObamaD. Timothy RuttenAny of the answers would make sense, but the headline kind of gave it away. It was Timothy Rutten of the LA Times who penned that immortal line in his column of today. In doing so, Rutten echoes…
MSNBC/AP say Player Injury Palin's Fault
Well, that mean ol' Sarah Palin ruined everything for the St. Louis Blues hockey team, darn it all. That's right the media's newest Cheney replacement must have been planning this monstrous attack on the Blues' goalie for weeks. Her next trick: world domination. At least this seems to be how MSNBC and the Associated Press feel about it all.
What am I talking about? Well, Palin visited the Blues…
Joe Biden Angered by Tough Questions
"Are you joking?""I don't know who's writing your questions."Those were two of the angry responses by Joe Biden to a couple of tough questions posed by Barbara West on Orlando's WFTV (must-see video embedded right). You can get an idea of just how upset Biden was by reading the title of of this account of the heated interview: "Obama campaign cuts off WFTV after interview with Joe Biden." Here…
Robbins Warns of 'Another Stolen Election,' This Time from Obama
Actor Tim Robbins warned fellow left-wingers watching, and in the audience, of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday night that McCain operatives/Republicans will “try to disenfranchise as many voters” as possible by “doing a lot of dirty tricks” and so: I am very cautious right now. I don't think this thing is over. I do think there is a chance of another stolen election, so don't get too…
Williams Piles on Palin: Confused, Wardrobe, Unqualified, Deposition
Friday's NBC Nightly News carried the third excerpt from Brian Williams' time Wednesday with John McCain and Sarah Palin and, unlike his challenging approach to basic McCain-Palin premises in segments aired Wednesday and Thursday night, Williams kept it light as he asked how she's “liking” the campaign trail, wondered, when she cited “lies” about her, if there's “anything you want to correct the…
CBS ‘Early Show’ Touts Pro-Obama Celebrity Video
On Friday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith discussed a pro-Obama video created by actor/director Ron Howard with fellow co-host Maggie Rodriguez: " You ever look at the -- Will Ferrell's website?...Well, there's some pretty interesting stuff on there from time to time...Look at -- take a look at this." In the video, posted on Will Ferrell’s website Funny or Die, Howard plays some of his past…
Weekend Captionfest
Joe Biden, then Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman, points at Clarence Thomas during hearings on his nomination to the Supreme Court, October 12, 1991. [Photo Greg Gibson/AP]
Hard News? NYT Runs Three Gossip Items on Palin Wardrobe
After putting it on Thursday's front page, the New York Times was still harping on Gov. Palin's wardrobe and who picked it out in three I.Q. melting stories in Friday's edition: "Wardrobe Mysteries Linger..." by Michael Luo and Eric Wilson, "...And a Whiff of Clarity" by Luo alone, plus a Metro section story. In "Clarity," Luo tried to nail down the role in this grand conspiracy of one "Lisa A.…
ABC's David Wright Knocks McCain's 'Angry Rant' Over Taxes
"Nightline" reporter David Wright on Thursday negatively spun John McCain campaigning in Florida as an "admission of weakness" and knocked the Arizona senator's "angry rant" on the issue of taxes. The liberal journalist gleefully attempted to portray the state as a lost cause for the Republican. He asserted that in the ad war in Florida, "Obama's message is drowning McCain out." He editorialized…
Whoopi Goldberg: 'Shum Jum Yum Yum' More Radical Because of Bush
Whoopi Goldberg’s solution to winning the War on Terror: talk to "Shum Jum Yum Yum," whoever that is. On the October 24 edition of "The View," the aforementioned co-host defended Barack Obama’s call for unconditional talks with rogue nations like Iran. Whoopi concluded that dictators such as "Ahmadinejacket" and "Shum Jum Yum Yum" (presumably she meant Kim Jong Il?) have become "less rational"…
