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Obama: 'I Hope That Everybody Is Willing To Recapture That Sense Of Ex
Cue the B.B. King, baby. The thrill is gone.Here was Pres. Obama speaking to his $30,000-a-couple fundraiser tonight in NYC: "I hope that everybody here is willing to recapture that sense of excitement that comes from a big but achievable challenge, not a superficial excitement that comes from election day, but an excitement that comes from knowing we took on something that had to be taken on."…
Overbearing in Role as Liberal Savior, Rep. Alan Grayson Alludes to Hi
Potential title of Tom Wolfe novel with protagonist based on Congressman Alan Grayson, Democrat of Florida -- A Man in Fulsome.Rachel Maddow had just introduced Grayson on her MSNBC show Monday night and what does he do? Disparages the size of her audience.Maddow was talking about Florida Republicans gearing up to unseat Grayson -- MADDOW: I know that two of the people who are going to run…
NBC's Todd: 'Clean White Suit' Obama a Victim of High Expectations for
ABC, CBS and NBC on Tuesday night all aired stories on President Barack Obama hobnobbing with the wealthy during a recession, at Manhattan fundraisers to be attended by the very Wall Street players he's condemned. But only NBC's Chuck Todd served as a mouthpiece for self-serving rationale which painted Obama as a victim of an image of perfection susceptible to “any speck of mud,” as Todd relayed…
CNN's Cafferty Reads Mostly From Those Who Support Public Option
On Tuesday’s Situation Room, CNN’s Jack Cafferty highlighted a recent ABC News/Washington Post poll which found that Americans apparently support the public option and mandatory insurance, and most of the viewer responses that he read supported these left-wing positions. Cafferty didn’t explicitly voice his agreement with the poll results, but presented his own liberal proposal for health care.…
Tapper Asks Gibbs Why It's Appropriate For White House To Decide Who's
On Tuesday, another prominent media member challenged the White House strategy of attacking the Fox News Channel.This time up at the plate was ABC's Jake Tapper who asked White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs during today's gaggle:It’s escaped none of our notice that the White House has decided in the last few weeks to declare one of our sister organizations “not a news organization” and to…
Sarah Palin To Go On Oprah, Winfrey's Fans Aren't Pleased
Having been shunned by the daytime talk queen before last year's elections, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has decided to finally go on "Oprah" in November.As announced moments ago at Oprah.com:In a world exclusive, Oprah Winfrey will interview former Alaska governor Sarah Palin for an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show to air Monday, November 16, 2009. Winfrey and Palin will meet for the…
MSNBC’s David Shuster Blames Falling GOP ID on ‘Town Hall Screamer
At the top of the 4:00PM ET hour of MSNBC Live, co-anchor David Shuster claimed the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll “numbers appear to back up the concerns of mainstream Republicans worried about the impact of birthers, tenthers, and town hall screamers....moderates have been frightened away and party identification has dropped to the lowest level in nearly three decades, since Nixon and…
MSNBC's Shuster Tickled Pink by Green Hoax
MSNBC's David Shuster declared yesterday's fake Chamber of Commerce presser at the National Press Club the "Best prank of [the] week" on his Twitter page shortly before 5:30 p.m. EDT today. He added a link taking readers to the left-leaning blog Talking Points Memo.A group of liberal environmentalist activists punked some journalists by throwing a press conference claiming to represent the…
MoveOn.org Asks Democrats To Stay Off Fox News
"Democrats should support President Obama's effort to call out FOX. Please stay off FOX for as long as he does." So reads a petition created and disseminated by MoveOn.org Tuesday.I kid you not. Full text of this abomination is below the fold (h/t Michelle Malkin):
Unlike Nixon, Obama's Media Attacks Generate Little Press Anger
Is Barack Obama turning into Spiro Agnew? The White House's attacks on the Fox News smack of the distaste for media opposition espoused by Nixon's vice president almost 40 years ago but are being met with a decidedly different reaction today by the elite media.Pundits have wondered aloud since last week why the White House would pursue a strategy that seems to be boosting the ratings of a…
BMI’s Gainor Discusses Newspaper Bailouts on Fox Business
On Oct. 20, Media Research Center Vice President of Business & Culture, appeared on the Fox Business Network to discuss recent calls from journalists and liberals for government intervention in America's ailing newspaper industry. "I can hardly believe that the Washington Post would publish an editorial asking for a taxpayer bailout of newspapers," said host Stuart Varney. "Tell me I…