David Letterman Tells Barack Obama 'I Feel Very Good When I'm With Mic

David Letterman didn't only suck up to President Obama during his interview Tuesday night. The CBS Late Show host also gushed and fawned over the first lady saying, "I feel very good when I'm with her" (video follows with transcript and commentary, file photo):
Noel Sheppard
September 19th, 2012 1:40 AM

Yes, But: NBC and CBS Try to Undermine Romney’s Accurate Observation

NBC and CBS felt compelled Tuesday night to fact check Mitt Romney’s assertion “47 percent of Americans pay no income tax” and both had to acknowledge his accuracy, but then tried to undermine Romney’s point. Noting the statistic had become “Tea Party mantra,” NBC’s Andrea Mitchell allowed “it’s true that approximately 47 percent of Americans do not pay federal income taxes, as Mitt Romney said…
Brent Baker
September 19th, 2012 1:10 AM

Pat Buchanan: 'Barack Obama Is a Drug Dealer of Welfare

Syndicated columnist Pat Buchanan made a statement on Fox News's On the Record Tuesday that is guaranteed to raise eyebrows on both sides of the aisle. Speaking with host Greta Van Susteren about how Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's remarks concerning the 47 percent of the nation that don't pay federal income taxes were spot on, Buchanan called Barack Obama a "Fabian Socialist"…
Noel Sheppard
September 18th, 2012 11:59 PM

For Once, the AP Headline Writers Get It Right; Fedex Aug. 31 Quarterl

It was probably an accident, but the Associated Press's headline writers, in framing the wire service's story about Fedex's quarterly results and economic outlook released earlier today, created a headline that the Obama administration will find completely unhelpful: "FEDEX SAYS ECONOMY IS STALLING, CUTS OUTLOOK." Most U.S. readers and probably most of AP's subscribing print, online, and…
Tom Blumer
September 18th, 2012 11:49 PM

Bozell Column: NBC and MSNBC, Networks of Wusses

On September 14 at Andrews Air Force Base just outside the Washington Beltway, President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton welcomed home the remains of four Americans killed at our consulate in Benghazi, Libya. It was a moment of national mourning. The president was presidential; Mrs. Clinton dignified. But for some journalists, it was, quite strangely and inappropriately, something to view…
Brent Bozell
September 18th, 2012 10:58 PM

Letterman Tells Obama 'You Haven't Seen Me Naked,' Prez Responds 'We'r

CBS Late Show host David Letterman actually told the President of the United States Tuesday, "You haven't seen me naked." During the much-anticipated interview, Barack Obama responded, "We're gonna keep it that way" (video follows with transcript and commentary).
Noel Sheppard
September 18th, 2012 10:49 PM

On The View, Barbara Walters Disses Hasselbeck As All Alone In Backing

On Tuesday's edition of The View, they chatted about Mitt Romney's secret tape. Elisabeth Hasselbeck came to Romney's defense on the 47 percent who don't pay income taxes. "I think there's a general feeling that, with more and more people becoming dependent on the government, that by next July we could perhaps be celebrating Dependence Day, not Independence Day," she said. "Oh, Elisabeth,"…
Tim Graham
September 18th, 2012 10:36 PM

'Übermenschen': Eugene Robinson Puts Nazi-Speak In Romney's Mouth

If whoever invokes Hitler first in an argument loses, then place an 'L' next to Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson's name tonight . . . On this evening's Ed Show, slamming Mitt Romney's comments about the 47%, Robinson suggested that Romney sees himself as one of the "ubermenschen."  That of course was, by way of Nietzche, one of Hitler's favorite phrases. Video after the jump.
Mark Finkelstein
September 18th, 2012 10:35 PM

Dear Media, Accurately Portraying Muslim Rage as Muslim Rage is Not Is

This week we learned what really gets the liberal media in a ... well ... rage.  It isn't the act of perpetrating violence upon the innocent.  No, it's calling out that rage for everyone to see.  In Liberal Land, words speak louder than actions. The media on the left side of the aisle took more umbrage with a Newsweek article titled, Muslim Rage, than they did with the incidents that…
Rusty Weiss
September 18th, 2012 9:39 PM

Sununu: 'David Brooks Ought to Be Ashamed of Himself for Recategorizin

Former New Hampshire Governor John Sununu on Tuesday took New York Times columnist David Brooks to task for his Romney-bashing piece "Thurston Howell Romney." In the middle of a heated debate with MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell about the Republican presidential nominee's comments regarding the 47 percent of Americans that don't pay taxes, Sununu asserted, "David Brooks ought to be ashamed of himself…
Noel Sheppard
September 18th, 2012 9:19 PM

CNN Hypes 'Tsunami' of Romney Campaign Problems

After CNN pounded away at the latest media-manufactured Mitt Romney gaffe, CNN's Brooke Baldwin remarked on Tuesday that the campaign faces a "tsunami" of "myriad issues." "Can they right this?" she questioned the Romney campaign's ability to weather the media storm, adding that they face "a tsunami, if you add up the myriad issues within the campaign." [Video below the break. Audio here.]
Matt Hadro
September 18th, 2012 6:32 PM

Multi-Millionaire Chris Matthews Mocks Mitt Romney By Singing 'If I We

In a bizarre display, Chris Matthews began his show on Tuesday by singing "If I Were a Rich Man" as a way of mocking Mitt Romney for being wealthy. [See video below. MP3 audio here.] Chris Matthews makes an annual salary of $5 million dollars. Matthews opened the program by announcing, "Let me start tonight" by singing a selection from Fiddler on the Roof. Highlighting a leaked video of…
Scott Whitlock
September 18th, 2012 6:11 PM

Chuck Norris Column: UN Gun Control Treaty Is Bad for Gun Owners Every

Last time I checked, Americans were responsible for making our own laws. We do not invite foreign nations to have a say in how we govern ourselves within our own borders. Yet if you follow what's been going on with the United Nations this year, you know that the USA came perilously close to having other countries dictate our gun laws. And the fight isn't over yet. The United Nations has been…
Chuck Norris
September 18th, 2012 6:05 PM

Desperately Spinning Romney: Reuters Says 'Gaffe-Plagued' Romney Campa

Let's see. The supposed consensus at Real Clear Politics shows Mitt Romney trailing Barack Obama by less than three points. As shown yesterday, one of the most recent five polls used in RCP's calculations from CBS and the New York Times is so cooked that it weighted registered Democrats over registered Republicans by 35%-22% -- so you can easily knock more than a point from Obama's lead for…
Tom Blumer
September 18th, 2012 5:47 PM