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Newsweek Editor Promotes Obama View that Opponents Are 'Afraid of the
Unsurprisingly, Newsweek editor Jon Meacham bowed deeply to New Yorker editor David Remnick and his new book on their agreed-upon hero, Barack Obama: "envy gives way to admiration" of Remnick’s skills, he wrote in his "Top of the Week" commentary in the magazine. Meacham hyped the notion that when asked about the "racial component of the opposition," Obama told Remnick "I tend to be fairly…
Roseanne Barr: Church-going Catholics 'Should Lose Custody' of Their K
For some reason, washed up celebrities simply cannot resist weighing in on the Catholic Church's ongoing abuse scandal.The latest is Roseanne Barr, who last weekend wrote on her personal blog that Catholics who bring their children to church should lose custody. "Taking your kid where you know sex offenders hang out is inexcusable!!!"This is but the latest example of vitriol directed at the…
CNN's Roland Martin Bashes NewsBusters in Twitter Chat About Racial In
The following is a Twitter conversation I had with CNN's Roland S. Martin on Wednesday. He was upset at Gov. Bob McDonnell (R-Va.) issuing a proclamation declaring it Confederate History Month in the commonwealth without mentioning slavery. He had retweeted Donna Brazile's tweet that she was outraged that the RNC hadn’t condemned McDonnell. Her Tweet said: "RNC Chair should have condemned this…
Lefty Commentator: ‘I Finally Found a Tax I Don’t Like – and it
Liberal commentator Nancy Skinner conceded there is one issue the right is right on - the value-added tax (VAT) is an absurd idea. Skinner who is a regular guest on the Fox Business Network, stated April 7 that the VAT will do absolutely nothing to help the ailing economy, concurring with the "Bulls and Bears" panel. "Everybody, you're going to be surprised: I finally found a tax I don't…
AP Applauds Obama's 'Tax Cuts' Even Though Fewer People Taxed Under Bu
Pop quiz: how do you cut taxes on low and middle-income wage earners and end up with a greater percentage of people paying taxes?Such is a question the folks at the Associated Press should be asking themselves concerning a piece the wire service published Wednesday entitled "Nearly Half of US Households Escape Fed Income Tax: Recession, new tax credits have nearly half of US households paying no…
Open Thread
Possible discussion point: Nancy Pelosi doesn't want you to worry your pretty little head about ObamaCare. Just trust her.It’s like the back of the refrigerator. You see all these wires and the rest. All you need to know is, you open the door. The light goes on.Do I even need to pose a question?
Chris Rock: ObamaCare Opponents Like Those in ‘60s with ‘I Hate Ma
Commenting on the new health care law, on Wednesday’s Late Show with David Letterman, comedian/actor Chris Rock cracked: “I feel sorry for the people that were against it” since “that's going to be a tough one to explain to your grand kids.” Rock, on to promote his new movie, Death at a Funeral, barbed that ObamaCare opponents remind him of those against civil rights in the 1960s who years later…
Is CNN Reaching Out to Conservatives for Publicity
In what is generally being interpreted by most as a surprise move, CNN has recently decided to cover the Tea Party movement from an angle foreign to most in the main stream media - combating stereotypes that are heavily promoted by liberals. There is no doubt that the piece by Shannon Travis, Reporter's notebook: What really happens at Tea Party rallies, deserves credit for being one of the…
Homosexual Activist Group Calls Out CNN for 'Unacceptable' Segment on
GLAAD apparently forgot about other times that the news network allowed its bias to shine through reports.
Matthews Invokes Ronald Reagan to Attack Michele Bachmann for Opposing
Peace through strength - that was former President Ronald Reagan's method of achieving sound foreign policy as leader of the free world. Reagan was able to win the Cold War by showing the Soviet Union the United States could have both guns and butter. However, President Barack Obama has recently declared he would take a different approach to foreign policy, particularly in the area of nuclear…
Why is Recovery.gov Still Referring to ‘Jobs Created
A recent blog post from Earl Devaney seeks to dispel several so-called myths involving the Recovery Board, but does little to dispel the notion that those operating the Recovery.gov Web site are woefully inept. In fact, Devaney's defense for the ‘phantom' congressional districts (clerical errors), the claims that he reports to the Obama administration (they simply listen and adjust their thinking…
Washington Post Assaults Bob McDonnell With Seven Hit Pieces In One Da
The national media are outraged this week by an announcement from Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell to observe April as Confederate History Month. Several news outlets have jumped on the story, but the most energetic complaints came from the Washington Post, which published more than half a dozen pieces in the same day. At this point it's safe to say the Post suffers from McDonnell Derangement…
Nets Upset by Confederate Proclamation, But Skip Obama Planning to Cle
Words, just words. But which ones excite journalists and which ones don't? A test case Wednesday night as ABC and NBC, matching the focus of CNN and MSNBC throughout the day, aired segments on controversy over Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell leaving condemnation of slavery out of a proclamation issued last week calling April “Confederate History Month,” but neither had any time for an AP report…
Matthews: Left-wing Bloggers Haven't Convinced Public of Wonders of 'S
Wondering how much faith the left has in your ability to run your own life? Chris Matthews was brutally honest today when he criticized that "idealistic notion" of self-reliance that ignorant conservatives insist on pushing.Matthews apparently believes that without massive social welfare programs like Medicare and Social Security, there would be "poor people all over the place, old people lying…