MSNBC Won't Air 'Fake' Anti-Gun Ad
MSNBC has refused to air a dishonest anti-gun ad: The cable network MSNBC has refused to air an advertisement from Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the group created by New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg,on the grounds that the ad is too "controversial." The ad, below, features each of the three leading presidential candidates pledging to make it harder to buy guns at gun shows, and images of three…
NYT: Food Choices Related to Political Ones
Can you predict a person's politics based on the food they eat? Yes, according to the New York Times:If there’s butter and white wine in your refrigerator and Fig Newtons in the cookie jar, you’re likely to vote for Hillary Clinton. Prefer olive oil, Bear Naked granola and a latte to go? You probably like Barack Obama, too. And if you’re leaning toward John McCain, it’s all about kicking back…
Endorsing Obama Is Costing Oprah In The Favorable Ratings
Los Angeles Times reporter and blogger Andrew Malcolm drew an interview on MSNBC Tuesday for his report at Top of the Ticket that Oprah Winfrey is suffering in popularity due to her endorsement and campaigning for Barack Obama. (MSNBC also blamed a popular YouTube video called The Church of Oprah Exposed). Malcolm and Don Frederick reported that while Oprah certainly boosted Obama’s star power,…
Will MSM Ignore Michelle Obama's Anger
If Barack Obama is looking for proof there are indeed bitter Americans out there, he need look no further than across the kitchen table.Morning Joe opened today with a clip of Michelle Obama on the stump that I can only call stunning. By her tone, and her language both verbal and physical, this is one angry lady. The transcript below doesn't begin to convey Mrs. Obama's apparent rage. That…
Scarborough: MSM Talks 'Litmus Test' Only Regarding Pro-Life Republica
During Morning Joe's opening segment today, Joe Scarborough, in an apparent allusion to the ambitions Chris Matthews has expressed, facetiously wondered whether the panel should start calling the Hardball host "Senator." But just a bit later, Scarborough seized on a question Matthews posed to John McCain yesterday to illustrate a classic bit of MSM bias: the way the liberal media only speak of a…
Questions Stephanopoulos Should Ask Clinton and Obama Wednesday
The Democrat presidential candidates are squaring off against one another Wednesday in Philadelphia, and, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, co-moderator George Stephanopoulos thinks this could decide the nomination:"There hasn't been a debate in weeks and the stakes couldn't be higher, there's no question about that," he said. "That's especially true for Sen. Clinton. Pennsylvania is a…
ABC's John Berman: McCain is Really, Really Old
"Good Morning America" reporter John Berman turned a Tuesday segment that was supposed to be about Senator John McCain's age, and how much it concerns voters, and instead filled it with clip after clip of comedians mocking the Republican presidential candidate for being "crazy old." Berman featured no less than six snippets of comics such as Jay Leno, David Letterman, Jon Stewart and others…
Whoopi Goldberg Rails Against Her Taxes
To mark Tax Day, Whoopi Goldberg, a strong critic of high taxes, railed against how much the government takes from her paycheck. On the April 15 edition of "The View," Whoopi displayed some of her bills with the many government fees attached to it. She also felt she was being punished for her success even calling it "un-American" and wondering why she never gets a "break."Co-host Elisabeth…
Press Ignore History-making Italian Election: No Commies Elected
Michael Ledeen over at the National Review's Corner reminded me today that the recent elections in Italy resulted in a historic event- for the first time since World War II, no Communist was elected to the Italian Parliament. And in an equally positive corollary, no member of the fellow-traveling Green party won either. Mr. Ledeen also noticed something that the Big Media around the world…
Matthews: 'I Want To Be a Senator
Stephen Colbert called it "an announcement." Chris Matthews went on the Comedy Central show last night and, responding to the host's importuning to declare his candidacy for US Senator from Pennsylvania, ultimately stated: "I want to be a senator."Over on MSNBC, Morning Joe played a clip of their colleague's appearance, then chewed it over.STEPHEN COLBERT: There's a lot of talk that you might be…
'Awesome Shot' Maddow: Media Mean to Obama
What do you find more shocking? That lefty Air America host Rachel Maddow:Says she's an "awesome shot," good at blowing people away on the target range?Thinks Barack Obama has gotten a bum rap from the MSM?I'd call it a tossup.Maddow made her statements on this evening's Race for the White House on MSNBC. First came Maddow's mention of being handy with a gun.
Wright's Thomas Jefferson 'Pedophilia' Assertion: Only 'Fix News' Cove
This morning, I noted at BizzyBlog that during a Saturday eulogy for a former appellate judge, Mr. R. Eugene Pincham, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, "former" pastor of the Trinity United Church of Christ and acknowledged mentor of presidential candidate Barack Obama, characterized Fox News as "Fix News." This criticism was, of course meant to be derogatory. I suggested (fifth item at link) that the "…
CNN’s Toobin, Cafferty: Obama’s ‘Bitter’ Comments ‘Factually
CNN’s senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin, during a discussion on Friday’s "The Situation Room," defended Barack Obama’s comments, that small-town voters are often "bitter" and they "cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them," and blasted Hillary Clinton for her criticism of the comments. "I think that is so ridiculous.... I mean that is not at all what Barack Obama…
CBS ‘Early Show’: Hillary ‘Relentless’ on Obama Bitterness Gaf
On Monday’s CBS "Early Show,"a story on the controversial comments by Barack Obama that people in small Pennsylvania towns are "bitter," was introduced by co-host Julie Chen this way: "The battle among Democrats and Hillary Clinton's relentless attempt to turn Barack Obama's words against him." Rather than focus on what Obama actually thinks about small town voters, correspondent Dean Reynolds…
