Schultz's Stuffing Suggestion To Boehner: 'You Can Put Some Gravy On T

Ah, Thanksgiving.  A time for Americans to come together, be grateful for their blessings—and tell people with different politics to stuff it? That's apparently Ed Schultz's take on the holiday. On his MSNBC show this evening, gloating over his presumption that taxes will be going up on the top 2%, Schultz sent this warm 'n fuzzy message to John Boehner: "think about it over your turkey and…
Mark Finkelstein
November 21st, 2012 8:51 PM

Jesse Jackson Jr. Resigns, Sending a Letter Full of Howlers the Press

Jesse Jackson Jr. resigned from office today. The timing of the Democratic congressman's resignation (even beyond it taking place on Thanksgiving Eve) is convenient, coming just two weeks after his reelection and prior to what in apparently an imminent indictment. The former enables Democratic Party kingpins in Chicago and its south suburbs to ensure that the seat stays with someone they like…
Tom Blumer
November 21st, 2012 8:43 PM

David Gregory: 'You Could Have a Permanent Democratic Majority

NBC's David Gregory put forth on national television Tuesday every liberal media member's fantasy. Appearing on the Tonight Show, the Meet the Press host said, "You could have a kind of permanent Democratic majority" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
November 21st, 2012 4:57 PM

CBS's Dickerson Boasts Obama 'Has More Leverage' If Country Goes Off F

CBS News political director John Dickerson all but crossed his fingers on Wednesday's CBS This Morning as he forwarded the idea of letting the country go over the looming fiscal cliff so President Obama could gain the political advantage: "There is an argument for actually...letting this happen. The President gets even more leverage." Dickerson explained that "if the so-called fiscal cliff…
Matthew Balan
November 21st, 2012 4:02 PM

Huff-Post Asks: 'Will MSNBC Hold Obama Accountable in Second Term

One of the funniest headlines of Wednesday was the Huffington Post asking "Will MSNBC Hold Obama Accountable In Second Term?" The actual headline right now is “MSNBC Battles 'Pro-Obama' Label Heading Into President's Second Term.” HuffPost media reporter Michael Calderone raised eyebrows for quoting radical-lefty Glenn Greenwald on MSNBC insisting that If  the DNC "were to own a network and…
Tim Graham
November 21st, 2012 2:35 PM

AP Story on Hobby Lobby Ruling Misdirects to Avoid Facing When Life Be

In his Monday evening coverage of a federal judge's refusal to grant retailer Hobby Lobby injunctive relief from ObamaCare's mandate that it "provide insurance coverage for the morning-after and week-after birth control pills," the Associated Press's Tim Talley "cleverly" recast the government's argument over what constitutes an abortion (the government says that the morning-after pill isn't an…
Tom Blumer
November 21st, 2012 1:35 PM

CNN Declares the End of the Tea Party

Even though Republicans kept the House, CNN was trying to bury the Tea Party on Wednesday. Anchor Carol Costello asked if the movement was dead while CNN's headline proclaimed the "end of the Tea Party movement." "Is the Tea Party dead?" Costello ridiculously asked GOP strategist Ana Navarro. She took a shot at Fox News after Bill O'Reilly blamed some liberal media for "promoting ideology,"…
Matt Hadro
November 21st, 2012 1:11 PM

'When Obama Goes to Hell,' GOP Official Says, He'll Claim 'This Is All

Here's another sterling example of the premise that liberals have no sense of humor. Virginia Republican Official Bob FitzSimmonds had no idea what was going to happen when he stated in a Facebook posting on Wednesday that "When Obama is 90 years old and he dies and goes to Hell, he is going to say 'This is all Bush's fault!"
Randy Hall
November 21st, 2012 12:46 PM

US News & World Report Cites Record Number Food Stamp Recipients: Wond

This Thanksgiving, a record high of 42.2 million Americans will use food stamps to curtail the cost of a big meal. At a whopping expense of $72 billion to the taxpayer per year, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has grown by 70 percent since 2007, an increase of over 15 million more people. Despite acknowledging all of this,…
Ryan Robertson
November 21st, 2012 12:41 PM

Lindsay Lohan Challenges David Gregory On Public's Right To Know About

NBC's David Gregory on Tuesday appeared to make the case that the public really didn't need to know about former CIA Director David Petraeus's affair with biographer Paula Broadwell. Appearing with him on NBC's Tonight Show was Lindsay Lohan who surprisingly challenged the Meet the Press host on this point (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
November 21st, 2012 12:22 PM

New York Times Asks Is Limbaugh's America Gone? Liberals Reply Yes, Ti

In a piece for The New York Times “Campaign Stops” blog, liberal political writer Thomas Edsall asked  “Is Rush Limbaugh’s Country Gone?” In other words, is Rush right in his post-election analysis that America is in danger of its producers being outnumbered and outvoted by the government dependents? Did we just prove the old George Bernard Shaw aphorism that “A government which robs Peter to…
Tim Graham
November 21st, 2012 11:10 AM

Open Thread Wednesday

For general discussion and comment. Today's starter topic: What are you doing for Thanksgiving tomorrow?
NB Staff
November 21st, 2012 11:09 AM

Leno: 'Petraeus's Mistress Had More Information About Benghazi Than Su

Jay Leno continued his comedic assault on the White House Tuesday. During the opening monologue of NBC's Tonight Show, the host said David Petraeus's mistress Paula Broadwell had more information about Benghazi than United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
November 21st, 2012 10:38 AM

News Guild, Soros-Funded Group Encourage Walmart Strike

MoveOn.org encouraging members to join workers’ protest.
Mike Ciandella
November 21st, 2012 10:07 AM