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ABC, FNC Highlight Dem Senator Menendez Comparing Republicans to Terro
On Saturday morning, FNC’s Fox and Friends Saturday and ABC’s Good Morning America highlighted Democratic Senator Bob Menendez’s assertion that negotiating with Republicans taxes is like negotiating with terrorists. NBC’s Today show included a brief mention, but CBS’s The Early Show and CNN Saturday Morning ignored the New Jersey Democrat’s over-the-top rhetoric.
FNC included a soundbite…
Ed Schultz Challenges Dem Congresswoman on Bogus Claim
My hat's off to you, Ed. You've restored my faith in the possibility of liberals occasionally seeing the light.
Here's an exchange between Schultz and Rep. Donna Edwards of Maryland on Schultz's radio show Thursday --
Randi Rhodes Says Conservatives 'Can't Stand' the Constitution, Claims
On her radio show Wednesday, Randi Rhodes insisted that conservatives are not constitutionalists. They know nothing about the Constitution, she asserted. She oddly claimed that there's “nothing about politics” in the Constitution, so resisting new spending because it makes you popular is apparently quite unconstitutional behavior:
And they don't give a rat's ass if you are suffering through…
WaPo Rips Plame Film: 'Full of Distortions' and 'Outright Inventions
The editorial board of the Washington Post on Saturday ripped to shreds the factual authenticity of the new film about the Valerie Plame affair.
According to the Post, "'Fair Game,' based on books by [Joe] Wilson and his wife, is full of distortions - not to mention outright inventions" (h/t NBer Beresford):
Sarah Palin Cuts Off Unauthorized CNN Interview
Sarah Palin on Thursday cut off an unauthorized interview with CNN.
As his crew was taking footage of the former Alaska governor signing books at an Iowa Walmart, Jim Acosta tried to take advantage of the situation by asking her a few questions (video follows with transcript and commentary):
‘Outlier’? Desperate Reuters Reporter Works to Minimize Impact of
The unemployment rate jumped to a seasonally adjusted 9.8% in November and only 39,000 seasonally adjusted jobs were added during the month, according to the Employment Situation Report released yesterday by Uncle Sam's Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Although she at least recognized the report's negativity, Lucia Mutikani at Reuters seemed bent on downplaying its impact, even finding an "expert…
Alec Baldwin: WikiLeaks Assange Should be Tried Only if Cheney is for
I really love when I see a blog published at the Huffington Post by Alec Baldwin for I know it's going to be some truly delicious left-wing insanity guaranteed to put a huge smile on my face.
On Saturday, the idiot actor from Long Island, New York, didn't disappoint:
Chris Matthews: 'Right-wing Press Played Up Rangel Censure,' Left More
Chris Matthews on Friday made the absurd claim the "compassionate" Left is too soft on Republican wrongdoers, and that by contrast the Right puts it's "heel into the back of the guy's head when he's down."
The "Hardball" host - with a straight face no less - said this to guests Ron Reagan and Politico's Roger Simon with reference to how the "right-wing press played up [Charlie] Rangel's…
Michigan School Ends Helen Thomas Spirit of Diversity in Media Award
Wayne State University announced Friday that as a result of the anti-Semitic remarks made by the former White House correspondent the previous day, it is ending its Helen Thomas Spirit of Diversity in Media award.
The Detroit Free Press reported Saturday:
Saturday Open Thread
For general discussion and debate about politics, the economy, sports, and whatever else tickles your fancy.
GOP Strategist Scolds Crazed Libtalker: 'What a Joke, I Hope We Never
GOP strategist Ron Christie had quite a run in with libtalker and former Air America personality Lionel on Friday.
By the end of their segment together on MSNBC's "Ed Show," Christie was so fed up with Lionel's rude behavior he scolded, "What a joke, I hope we never see you again" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
No Conservatives in CNN Panel Discussion on Taxes, Gays in the Militar
CNN imported its Parker-Spitzer model of liberal versus slightly moderate to Friday's Situation Room, except reversing the sexes. Anchor Wolf Blitzer brought on Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen and Tea Party-hating columnist John Avlon to discuss the debate in Congress over tax rates and the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy. Avlon took the same position as his colleague Kathleen…
Colbert Puts on David Stockman to Trash Reaganomics, Bush Tax Cuts
In a sort of continuation of 60 Minutes offering a platform for David Stockman to trash his former Reaganite colleagues, Stephen Colbert interviewed Stockman on Thursday night's Colbert Report. At the show's opening, the graphic was the lame pun “Reag Against the Machine” and Colbert said "I'll ask him what it was like when America had a budget."
Stockman quickly proceeded to trash supply-…
Debt Crisis? Radical Left Wants Defense Cuts, Protest in the Streets
On Wednesday's Democracy Now on taxpayer-subsidized Pacifica Radio, host Amy Goodman presented Jesse Jackson with the good news that the Tea Party and the hard left each want defense cuts. But while the Tea Party may be looking for across-the-board cuts, Jackson wants an endless "war on poverty," which is not exactly a deficit strategy:
AMY GOODMAN: ThinkProgress and the Progress Report have…