WashPost Turns On Itself: We Endorse Obama, Despite Failing Our Claim

James Taranto at The Wall Street Journal compared the two Washington Post editorials endorsing Obama for President, both 2008 and 2012, and found “Two Newspapers In One!” It turns out the Post was no judge of Obama's political character. This year, the Post admitted: "Mr. Obama alienated Congress and business leaders by isolating himself inside a tight White House circle that manages to be…
Tim Graham
October 28th, 2012 5:41 PM

Hume: Mainstream Media ‘Remarkably Reticent’ to Pursue Benghazi Co

Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume upbraided the press for its lack of interest in pursuing the Obama administration’s misstatements and dissembling on what they knew before and after the Benghazi terrorist attacks, lamenting on Fox News Sunday that “one of the problems we’re having here is, that it has fallen to this news organization, Fox News and a couple others, to do all the heavy…
Brent Baker
October 28th, 2012 4:56 PM

David Brooks and Carly Fiorina School E.J. Dionne and Rachel Maddow on

Meet the Press viewers got to see a classic Left-Right debate Sunday. In a discussion about which presidential candidate is the most trustworthy, New York Times columnist David Brooks surprisingly teamed up with former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina to school the Washington Post's E.J. Dionne and MSNBC's Rachel Maddow (video follows with NBCNews.com transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
October 28th, 2012 4:40 PM

'Live Science' or Last-Minute Scare? Republicans Will Rip at Roe v. Wa

As the obsession with "ultraconservatives" who oppose abortion in every circumstance continues, some in the media are baiting Republicans to fall into the whirlpool of abortion, contraception, and the like to make this election be about anything but Obama’s record.  For example, Yahoo! News has a piece from Rachael Rettner of LiveScience discussing if Romney could overturn Roe v. Wade, which is…
Matt Vespa
October 28th, 2012 3:11 PM

Andrew Sullivan Makes a Fool of Himself on ABC's 'This Week' With Geor

Andrew Sullivan made a fool of himself on ABC's This Week Sunday. For the entertainment pleasure of viewers, George Will and PBS's Gwen Ifill assisted the Obama-loving Daily Beast columnist (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
October 28th, 2012 2:10 PM

Donald Trump In Twitter War With Bette Midler: 'She's Disgusting' and

Donald Trump and Bette Midler are having a war on Twitter. After the actor and singer accused Trump of ruining New York Friday, the real estate tycoon struck back and struck back hard:
Noel Sheppard
October 28th, 2012 12:22 PM

Gingrich: Obama Cancels Campaign Trips Due to Hurricane, Didn't Cancel

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich took quite a shot at Barack Obama Sunday. Appearing on ABC's This Week, Gingrich said of the President, "You’ll notice he’s canceling his trips over the hurricane. He did not cancel his trips over Benghazi."
Noel Sheppard
October 28th, 2012 11:51 AM

Daily Beast Correspondent Calls Des Moines Register's Romney Endorseme

The Des Moines Register shocked many political observers Saturday by endorsing Mitt Romney for president. Clearly not accepting such a thing, Michael Tomasky, the Obama-loving correspondent for the Daily Beast, came out Sunday claiming the Register's endorsement "is little more than a practical joke":
Noel Sheppard
October 28th, 2012 11:12 AM

Obama Hits Romney With Birth Certificate Joke in New Hampshire

For the second time in two months, Barack Obama made a joke about his birth certificate. At a campaign event in Nashua, New Hampshire, Saturday, the President used the issue to bash Mitt Romney.
Noel Sheppard
October 28th, 2012 10:08 AM

Forget Abortion! NPR Promotes The 'Rights' and 'Souls' of Plants

As liberal reporters obsess and nearly faint in the waning days of the campaign that conservatives would dare to assert a right to life for a human being conceived in rape, NPR.org offers a better idea: Plants deserve rights. The NPR headline: “Recognizing the Right of Plants to Evolve.” Unborn babies have no rights...unlike the sensitive weeds in your garden? Pro-choice, but anti-chili…
Tim Graham
October 28th, 2012 8:01 AM

Actor Jay Thomas: ‘Worried’ That ‘Medieval...Idiot White Guys

A mix of hatred and despair on display Friday night from a member of Barack Obama’s core constituency: the Hollywood Left. On something called John Fugelsang: So That Happened, which runs weekly on Current, actor/radio host Jay Thomas combined fret and an insult in decrying the Republican ticket of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan: “I can’t believe we’re talking the 21st century and these two white…
Brent Baker
October 28th, 2012 2:52 AM

Saturday Night Funny Video: Who Won the ‘First Lady Debate

A pretty funny bit from ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live proving some people accept whatever they are told and have no hesitation about pronouncing their opinion on it. Even if it never occurred. Kimmel sent a camera crew onto Hollywood Boulevard, outside his Los Angeles studio, to ask people who “won” the “First Lady Debate”? As excerpted, the Thursday before last, at the end of FNC’s Special Report…
Brent Baker
October 28th, 2012 12:29 AM

Celebrities Line Up With Tina Fey and Amy Poehler to Fund Abortion Cru

Tina Fey isn't the only actor helping the Center for Reproductive Rights raise money and "consciousness" about how women need quick (and occasionally subsidized) abortions. For their "Draw the Line" campaign against the pro-life movement in America and around the world, a whole roster of stars (and semi-stars) filmed a pro-abortion video. That left-wing cast included Meryl Streep, Amy Poehler…
Tim Graham
October 27th, 2012 10:52 PM

Bill O'Reilly Tells Geraldo There's 'No Excuse' for Bob Schieffer and

Fox News star Bill O’Reilly yelled at Geraldo Rivera on his show Friday night about how Brian Williams and Bob Schieffer failed to press Barack Obama on the facts about the terrorist attack in Benghazi. Rivera tried to change the subject by claiming Romney should have played journalist at the last debate. Later in the show, Imus sidekick Bernard McGuirk said the Brian Williams interview was…
Tim Graham
October 27th, 2012 6:55 PM