Breitbart to Media: The Gig Is Up - You're Not on the American Team

Conservative publisher Andrew Breitbart called out the mainstream media Saturday saying, "The gig is up. We figured you out. You're not on our team. You're not on the American team."Speaking to a lively crowd at CPAC, Breitbart attacked the entire liberal establishment: "This multicultural crap that you instill in our kids the second they get into college, and you separate them and pit them…
Noel Sheppard
February 20th, 2010 2:45 PM

NBC Notes Obama Made Dalai Lama Sneak Out of White House Past Trash Ba

Uniquely among Friday’s broadcast network evening newscasts, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams gave his viewers a glimpse into the undignified exit from the White House endured by the Dalai Lama, who was made to walk past a number of trash bags as President Obama sought to keep the Chinese government from noticing the meeting. A photograph of Tibet's exiled Buddhist spiritual leader walking…
Brad Wilmouth
February 20th, 2010 2:19 PM

Coulter Rips CNN’s Anderson Cooper; Advises Conservatives Not to Sho

This will certainly be mulled over by the talking heads in the mainstream media for days to come. At her 2010 Conservative Political Action Committee speech on Feb. 20, conservative author and commentator took the usual shots at the former President Bill Clinton and former Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards, but she also let it be known that the she's not a fan of the mainstream…
Jeff Poor
February 20th, 2010 1:29 PM

'Family Guy' Creator Says George W. Bush Is Retarded

"Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane on Friday said former President George W. Bush is retarded. Appearing on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher," MacFarlane was discussing the controversy surrounding last Sunday's "Family Guy" when a Down Syndrome joke was made at Sarah Palin's expense. Maher pointed out that this wasn't inspired by White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel's "f-ing retarded"…
Noel Sheppard
February 20th, 2010 12:53 PM

Rick Sanchez to Ann Coulter: Why Was Cheney Applauded at CPAC

Is Rick Sanchez becoming CNN's answer to Keith Olbermann?After all, he does almost as poor a job of hiding his love for Barack Obama or his utter disdain for conservatives.Consider that during his Friday interview with Ann Coulter, Sanchez actually asked the conservative author why the audience at CPAC gave former Vice President Dick Cheney such a fabulous welcome when he spoke to them the…
Noel Sheppard
February 20th, 2010 10:57 AM

George Will's Spectacular Speech to CPAC

Syndicated columnist and ABC contributor George Will gave an amazing speech to CPAC Thursday.In it, he outlined the differences between liberalism and conservatism, and explained why the latter is once again on the rise in our nation.For George Will fans, this was one of the best speeches he has ever given.Without further ado (videos embedded below the fold in three parts):
Noel Sheppard
February 20th, 2010 10:07 AM

Olympics Open Thread

Have you been enjoying this year's Olympics? What events have really caught your eye? What have been the disappointments? What are you looking forward to the coming week?
NB Staff
February 20th, 2010 9:46 AM

Open Thread

For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: CPAC!There have been record crowds at this year's CPAC, along with what appears to be record coverage of the event by the media. Is this the year of the conservative, and does this foreshadow anything concerning the upcoming midterm elections?
NB Staff
February 20th, 2010 9:42 AM

Maddow Shows Newsweek's Adler Reading Anti-Filibuster Poem

On Friday’s Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC, Newsweek contributor Jerry Adler was shown reciting a poem in which he lamented all the agenda items that are unpassable because of the Senate filibuster rule that gives Republicans the power to block action by the Democratic majority. Host Maddow set up the clip: "Every week, Jerry Adler turns a story from the news into a verse for Newsweek. So now,…
Brad Wilmouth
February 20th, 2010 9:37 AM

Juvenile: WaPo’s Milbank Calls Prospective Florida GOP Senate Nomine

The comedic ingenuity that is adorning the pages of The Washington Post these days is astonishing, but not exactly in a good way. Dana Milbank, one-half of the duo that sent panic throughout the newsroom at the Post last year after producing a video with his colleague Chris Cillizza that suggested President Barack Obama would serve a brew called "Mad Bitch Beer" to Secretary of State Hillary…
Jeff Poor
February 20th, 2010 8:11 AM

Bozell Column: Porn and Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day fell on a Sunday this year, which could be celebrated as a day where our lifelong romantic love builds a foundation for our families and our faith. Or, to television executives, it could be a holiday for infidelity and pornography.The cable channel G4 — little known except to video-game junkies, including young boys — announced they would host a "Romance-Free Valentine's Day,"…
Brent Bozell
February 20th, 2010 7:28 AM

MacFarlane on HBO: ‘If Reagan Were President, He Would Try Dick Chen

Former President Ronald Reagan would have prosecuted Dick Cheney for war crimes, Seth MacFarlane (IMDb page), creator, writer and executive producer of the Family Guy, American Dad! and The Cleveland Show animated sit-coms which air Sunday nights on Fox, declared Friday night on the season premiere of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher. But President Barack Obama, he rued, is too “chicken s**t” do…
Brent Baker
February 20th, 2010 1:07 AM

Ed Schultz Says Health Insurers Are 'Absolutely Butchering the America

On Tuesday’s edition of his radio show, leftist talker Ed Schultz besmirched the insurance industry as butchers. They’re "absolutely butchering" people, like a bad horror movie. Schultz got a little carried away discussing socialist health care with socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders: You can't have it both ways and hold credibility with the people who are getting gouged. How can Evan Bayh sit there…
Tim Graham
February 19th, 2010 11:14 PM

Behar on Anti-Palin Family Guy Scene: ‘I Agree With Sarah on This On

On Friday’s Joy Behar Show on CNN Headline News, the normally anti-Palin Behar and most panel members – all left-leaning – sided with the former Alaska governor in the aftermath of Family Guy producer Seth MacFarlane's controversial depiction of a character with Down's Syndrome on his Fox television show, intended as a swipe at Palin whose son has Down's Syndrome. Behar declared that "I agree…
Brad Wilmouth
February 19th, 2010 10:43 PM