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CBS's Plante Chides: Republicans 'In No Mood to Compromise' With Obama
On Tuesday's CBS Early Show, senior White House correspondent Bill Plante scolded Republicans for not being willing to work with Democrats in an upcoming White House meeting: "President Obama made a point of raising expectations for Republicans, who up to now have united against him....The newly empowered Republicans...seemed in no mood to compromise."
Plante went on to cite a Washington…
November 30th, 2010 12:16 PM
Today Show Portrays Wiki Leaker as a 'Teased' and 'Harassed' Victim of
Instead of leading with how Army Private First Class Bradley Manning may have jeopardized national security with his document dump to WikiLeaks, NBC's chief Pentagon correspondent Jim Miklaszewski, in his profile of Manning on Tuesday's Today show, told viewers he was the "most unlikely suspect, with a youthful smile" and portrayed him as an abused victim of the military. Miklaszewski used the…
November 30th, 2010 11:59 AM
Judge Andrew Napolitano: Another 9/11 Truther on Fox's Staff
Fox News apparently employs a pair of 9/11 "Truthers": Geraldo Rivera, host of FNC's "Geraldo at Large", and, we've recently discovered, Judge Andrew Napolitano, who hosts "Freedom Watch" on the Fox Business Network.
Both Napolitano and Rivera have, er, raised questions about the "official" (read: commonsensical) explanation for the collapse of the WTC7 building on September 11, 2001. This…
November 30th, 2010 11:35 AM
George Stephanopoulos Lobbies McCain to 'Move the President's Way' on
Playing the role of negotiator for the Democrats, Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos on Tuesday pressed Senator John McCain to "move the President's way" on extending the Bush tax cuts. He also oddly spun such a continuation as a "tax cut" for millionaires.
The ABC anchor lobbied McCain, asserting, "[Obama] moved your way on this freeze of all pay for federal workers. Are you…
November 30th, 2010 11:34 AM
On Today: Matt Lauer Fails to Convince Republican to Go Obama's Way an
NBC's Matt Lauer, on Tuesday's Today show, invited on soon to be House Majority Leader Eric Cantor to discuss today's meeting of Republican congressional leaders with Barack Obama, and in the process tried to force Cantor to move in the President's direction on raising taxes. The Today co-anchor opened the conversation by wondering if Cantor was going into the meeting in the mood for "…
November 30th, 2010 11:13 AM
Keith Olbermann Attacks Bristol Palin for Something Announced 18 Month
MSNBC's Keith Olbermann showed viewers just how on top of things he is Monday attacking Bristol Palin for something that was announced more than a year and a half ago.
During his newly renovated "Worst Person in the World" segment, the "Countdown" host gave Palin top honors for being The Candie's Foundation's abstinence spokesperson (video follows with transcript and commentary):
November 30th, 2010 10:32 AM
Open Thread: Obama Gets on Board With Fed. Worker Pay Freeze
The idea was first proposed months ago by House Republicans, as Politico notes, but it apparently took an electoral "shellacking" to get the president on board. Congressional Democrats are still hesitant.
"I am encouraged by President Obama's proposal to freeze non-military federal pay for the next two years. This past May, House Republicans, prompted by YouCut voters, offered the very same…
November 30th, 2010 8:53 AM
Arianna: There's the Super-Rich, and Then 'The Rest of Us
The Toronto Globe and Mail profiled Arianna Huffington as she prepares to keynote the Canada's Most Famous Women summit, and D.C.-based writer Konrad Yakabuski underlines that the Huffington Post founder is mysteriously aligning herself outside the bubble of the super-rich with her book Third World America:
Ms. Huffington's 13th book is a cri de coeur bemoaning the evisceration of the U.S.…
November 30th, 2010 7:55 AM
Scarborough: Off Record, 'All' Republican Leaders, Talk Radio Hosts, A
Joe Scarborough leveling harsh criticism at Sarah Palin: not news.
Joe Scarborough claiming that—off the record—"all" conservative leaders and talk radio hosts with whom he's spoken agree with his criticism: news.
Scarborough made his astonishing claim on today's Morning Joe in the context of commenting on his latest anti-Palin piece in today's Politico. This is far from the first time…
November 30th, 2010 7:38 AM
Howard Dean: Bring Back the Fairness Doctrine Because Fox ‘Makes St
An audio clip from about two months ago has been uncovered by The Blaze which clearly demonstrates that, even with all of his opining and public speaking skills, there is a reason that Howard Dean’s most notable quote will always remain a timelessly incoherent scream. Despite being a one-word definition of ignorance, Dean doesn’t mind discussing how to control the media in an effort to educate…
November 30th, 2010 4:07 AM
Obama's Seven 'Creator' Omissions (Part
With Thanksgiving behind us and Christmas before us, we are reminded once again of the integrated ways in which our Creator has had a role in our culture from the beginning. But will it stay that way?
As far back as the Declaration of Independence, our Founders affirmed together, "We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator…
November 30th, 2010 12:01 AM
Democrat Response to the Elections: We Just Need More Illegal Voters
This past election cycle, the American people marched to the polls with a clear-cut message for their officials in Washington - stop. Stop the rise of massive government. Stop developing policy behind closed doors, through backroom deals. And stop this anti-American agenda. The results were a ‘shellacking’ for the party in power.
Despite the clarity of voice with which the people spoke…
November 29th, 2010 11:54 PM
Why Is Randi Rhodes Happy Obama Was Elbowed in the Mouth
President Obama getting elbowed in the mouth playing basketball made liberal radio host Randi Rhodes so happy on her website Monday. The reason? We no longer had an idiot Republican president who injured himself repeatedly. George W. Bush can be forced into any narrative, apparently:
As Presidential injuries go, it’s a lot better than passing out from eating a pretzel. George Bush fell over…
November 29th, 2010 11:11 PM
Krauthammer Urges Prosecution of WikiLeaks’ Journalistic Collaborato
The U.S. government “ought to speak about the enablers in the American journalistic community” who have cooperated with WikiLeaks, syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer urged on Monday’s night’s Special Report on FNC, recommending that if you “collaborate” with WikiLeaks, then “we are going to look into possible prosecution.”
November 29th, 2010 7:58 PM