Media Near-Secret: Deficit Increase Almost Entirely Due to Spending
October 17th, 2008 4:48 PM
Story after story on the full-year results for the federal budget refers to the size of the full-year deficit for the fiscal year that just ended on September 30 ($455 billion), and how it compares to last year's deficit ($162 billion). Almost none of them talk about why the deficit ballooned. I wonder why? Could it be because the Democrat-controlled Congress of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid…
'Nightline' Hypes Breaking News: Joe the Plumber Not Named Joe
October 17th, 2008 4:35 PM
Continuing the mainstream media's dogged pursuit of the truth, Thursday's "Nightline" breathlessly asserted that Joe "the plumber" Wurzelbacher isn't really named Joe. In a segment on the Ohio man who quizzed Senator Barack Obama about his tax plan, co-anchor Martin Bashir derided, "But his name's not Joe and he's not a registered plumber. And those are only half his problems." Of course, his…
FT Notes Scranton Union Worker Voting Reluctantly for Obama
October 17th, 2008 4:30 PM
Imagine the media maelstrom if a reporter found a swing-state Republican voter who had strong reservations about voting for John McCain, was flirting with the idea of voting for Barack Obama, but ultimately resigned him/herself to voting for McCain out of pressure from his/her evangelical church.But make that a labor union Democrat from Pennsylvania and it's but a passing reference in a news…
CNN’s David Gergen Mocks Joe the Plumber, Asks Why McCain Didn’t V
October 17th, 2008 4:26 PM
On Thursday’s Anderson Cooper 360 program, CNN senior political analyst David Gergen followed the liberal talking points about how Joe the Plumber’s real first name is Samuel and how he doesn’t have a plumbing license. When host Anderson Cooper asked if John McCain benefitted from the attention on the Ohio laborer, Gergen replied, "Well, I think he was for a while. But I -- when we found out he…
Weekend Captionfest
October 17th, 2008 4:00 PM
Barack Obama speaks with Joe-the-Plumber Wurzelbacher on October 12, 2008 in Holland, Ohio. (AFP/Getty Images/Joe Raedle)
Mitchell: Nobody Claims Obama Worked Closely With Ayers
October 17th, 2008 2:58 PM
They [the RNC] are calling voters, cold calls, and saying to them, what about William Ayers and the close working relationship he had [with Obama], which is not true by anybody's count . . . It certainly is a mischaracterization of the relationship. -- Andrea Mitchell to Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.), MSNBC 10-17-08.Andrea Mitchell, meet Stanley Kurtz . . . It's turning into Andrea Mitchell Day here. …
Richard Lewis: 'Constitution Has Been Trampled the Last Eight Years
October 17th, 2008 2:49 PM
Another celebrity uses the same tired line that Bush has trampled on the Constitution. This time it is Richard Lewis pontificating on the October 17 edition of "The View." Calling for Americans to get out and vote Lewis also blamed "fundamentalists" for America’s demise."The Constitution has been trampled the last eight years, period. This is not what this America is supposed to be for. I have…
Vote or Check the Scores in Round Two of the MRC's Sweet-On-Obama Sixt
October 17th, 2008 2:14 PM
We have reached the final days of voting from amongst the Enamored Eight. The polls remain open through Sunday, so if you haven't already, get in there and cast your ballot.And if you have, check back throughout the weekend (as nearly half of Round One's voting took place then) and see how your choices are faring.And to Comment upon the action, all as we work our way towards deciding the…
US News' Erbe: McCain Campaign Could Be Most Corrupt Ever
October 17th, 2008 1:24 PM
Days after U.S. News & World Report's Bonnie Erbe declared "when one thinks of voter fraud, one usually associates it with the GOP," she predicted "the McCain campaign could go down as the most corrupt and inept in history."Writing at her blog at the News's website Thursday, Erbe joined the rest of the mainstream media's attacks on Joe the Plumber, the Ohio man who recently challenged Barack…
On ABC, Newt Gingrich Slams Media's Lack of Fairness to McCain/Palin
October 17th, 2008 12:49 PM
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Friday strongly challenged "Good Morning America" host Diane Sawyer about the media's lack of fairness towards the McCain/Palin presidential ticket. The exchange came after the ABC journalist followed up on negative Gingrich remarks about the Obama tax plan by asserting, "for fairness," Obama talking points on middle class tax cuts.An irritated Gingrich…
CBS ‘Early Show’ Looks at ‘The Real Joe the Plumber
October 17th, 2008 12:41 PM
On Friday’s CBS Early Show, correspondent Jeff Glor reported on the role of Joe the Plumber, a.k.a. Joe Wurzelbacher, in the presidential campaign: "The McCain campaign is using Wurzelbacher to say their opponent would raise taxes. Though it turns out, Wurzelbacher himself owes nearly $1,200 in back taxes and his annual tax bill would actually go down under Obama's plan." Glor then added: "Obama…
Angry Democrats Threaten Boycott of Maryland Hotel with McCain Sign
October 17th, 2008 10:58 AM
The Colony South Hotel & Conference Center in Clinton, Md., has hosted fundraisers for Barack Obama, held a prayer breakfast for a local Democrat, hosted a meeting for the African-American Democratic club and hosted a home foreclosure program for Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer. But now that they had the audacity to put up a McCain-Palin campaign sign on their front lawn they are being threatened…
