Chris Matthews Spews: Rick Perry Would Have Opposed Integration, Takes
One day after trashing Rick Perry as "Bull Connor with a smile," MSNBC's Chris Matthews took the statement back. But he also trashed the Republican presidential candidate, saying he probably would have opposed racial integration of schools.
The Hardball anchor played a clip of Barack Obama touting bipartisan acts from the late Dwight D. Eisenhower. Matthews brought up Eisenhower's role in…
Chicago Tribune Blog: 'GOP Attacks Obama Bus, But Bush Did Same
Posted today on the Chicago Tribune's Clout Street blog is the story "GOP attacks Obama bus, but Bush did same," written by Rick Pearson. It begins:
NBC Frets Over Tea Party's 'In-Your-Face Tactics' and 'The Politics of
At the top of Wednesday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer declared: "In your face. The Tea Party puts its confrontational style on display during a stop on President Obama's bus tour." Later, chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd lamented how "uplifting moments" of Obama's Midwest tour were interrupted by "a bitter taste of the energy and confrontational style of the Tea Party." …
Rick Perry's Bad Medicine
Texas, we have a problem. Your GOP governor is running for president against Barack Obama. Yet, one of his most infamous acts as executive of the nation's second-largest state smacks of every worst habit of the Obama administration. And his newly crafted rationalizations for the atrocious decision are positively Clintonesque.
In February 2007, Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed a shocking executive…
Obama's $1.1 Million Tour Bus Made in Canada
President Obama: Saving or creating manufacturing jobs... in Canada?
The New York Post reported this morning about the custom-made campaign bus, er official government vehicle, that:
Obama's 'Counteroffensive'? Please
Seeing as President Obama cannot govern, he's had to go back to campaigning — an activity with which he's quite comfortable but decreasingly successful, as evidenced by his falling poll numbers and his endless, repetitive speeches.
I don't just throw out this governance charge lightly. The Los Angeles Times reports that Obama is no longer receiving daily Oval Office economic briefings. More…
Chris Matthews: Rick Perry Could Be 'Bull Connor With a Smile
Hardball host Chris Matthews on Tuesday smeared Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry as "Bull Connor with a smile," referring to the segregationist Commissioner of Public Safety who famously used attack dogs and fire hoses on civil rights protesters in the '60s.
Left-wing journalist Wayne Slater, who has previously lumped Tea Party protesters with the Holocaust museum shooter,…
Will the MSM Make Note of Seattle's 'Green Jobs' Bust
While the media are sharpening the knives against Republican presidential aspirant Gov. Rick Perry on the nature of jobs created under his watch in Texas, fairness would dictate a look at the Obama administration's jobs record, particularly on his pet project of ushering in the age of renewable energy and with them "green jobs."
As Vanessa Ho of the SeattlePI.com website reported yesterday,…
Ex-Newsweek Editor on Rick Perry: If Bush People Are Calling you Shall
Former Newsweek editor Howard Fineman, Sunday, offered a snarky, condescending take on both Rick Perry and George W. Bush. Appearing on the syndicated Chris Matthews Show, he delivered a less than enthusiastic take on the new presidential candidate.
Talking to Matthews, he informed, "Some people, especially the Bush people, think that Rick Perry is shallow. They say he's- they say he's only…
MSNBC Anchor Calls Rick Perry's Moderate Immigration Record an 'Aggres
For MSNBC, Gov. Rick Perry's (R-Texas) record of enforcing existing law, protecting the border, and implementing "only a limited version" of the DREAM Act constitutes an "aggressive stance" on immigration that "may cost him some votes" in the Hispanic community, even though Perry's position on the DREAM Act is considered moderate within the Republican Party.
MSNBC fill-in anchor Craig Melvin…
CBS Omits Tea Partier's Face-off With Obama; Played Up 'Voter Anger' a
On Monday's CBS Evening News and Tuesday's Early Show, CBS failed to cover an Iowa Tea Party activist's confrontation with President Obama. Both ABC's GMA and NBC's Today mentioned the encounter. Just days earlier, CBS and ABC spotlighted how left-wing protesters heckled Mitt Romney at an Iowa appearance and how the Republican apparently made a "gaffe" in reply.
NBC correspondent Chuck Todd…
Anderson Cooper Leads Show Scrutinizing Bachmann on Gay Rights While V
CNN's own poll recently showed that voters 60-to-one believe the economy is the most pressing issue facing the United States, as opposed to policies toward gays and lesbians. CNN's Anderson Cooper apparently thought the views of Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann toward gays and lesbians important enough to merit the lead segment on his Monday show.
"We begin tonight 'Keeping…
NBC's 'Today' Asks: How Can Obama 'Regain the Magic of
During an interview with former Obama Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on Tuesday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer wondered: "How does the President get this excitement going again surrounding his re-election bid so that he can keep this office?" Throughout the segment, the headline on screen read: "Beyond Hope and Change; How Can President Regain Magic of 2008?"
In response to Lauer, Gibbs…
Kirsten Powers Slams Media for Misrepresenting Bachmann, Evangelical V
She never mentioned colleague Michelle Goldberg by name, but it's hard to think that former Democratic strategist and Fox News contributor Kirsten Powers didn't have her in mind when she penned her August 15 Daily Beast column, "Stop Attacking Evangelicals!"
You may recall that on August 14, Goldberg laid out her Michele Bachmann-is-a-theocrat conspiracy theory.
