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Noonan to Goposaurs: "'Shrink to Win" Isn't Much of a Strategy
Daily Kos's Markos Moulitsas came up with a new nickname and logo for Republicans on Wednesday: Goposaurs.With that in mind, and Arlen Specter's defection this week, the following WSJ column by Peggy Noonan is an absolute must-read (h/t my dear friend David Tochterman): I am wondering once again if Republicans in Washington fully understand what they are up against. They have had a hard week.…
May 2nd, 2009 11:58 AM
Gingrich: 'Press Corps Has Taken Such a Pathetic Dive' with Obama
Reacting to the questions posed during Wednesday's presidential news conference, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich expressed disappointment with the White House press corps, telling FNC's Greta Van Susteren the journalists have “taken such a pathetic dive with this President that they ought to be part of his PR firm. I mean it's embarrassing to watch.” Gingrich cited a series of subjects on…
May 2nd, 2009 11:01 AM
New Yorker: Obama a Better Churchill than Churchill? (Or Bush
Amy Davidson of the New Yorker should take up bowling or gardening because history doesn't seem to be her thang, if you will. In the aftermath of Barack Obama's own false historical reference of famed WWII era English Prime Minister Winston Churchill made during Wednesday's press conference, Davidson jumped to her keyboard to further garble history with an April 30 blog post on her Close Read…
May 2nd, 2009 5:47 AM
Air Force One Flyover: Time Amused by White House Lack of Transparency
Hee! Hee! Hee!Isn't it just a laugh riot! We keep asking the White House for information about the Air Force One flyover incident by Lower Manhattan and they keep responding with evasions.Ha! Ha! Ha!And then they keep referring us to the Air Force which keeps bouncing the questions back to the White House which, in turn, refers us back to the Air Force again!Isn't this just too funny!That pretty…
May 2nd, 2009 4:59 AM
Thomas: GOP 'Letting Their Extremists Take Them Straight Down
Commenting on Senator Arlen Specter's switch from the Republican to Democratic Party, Newsweek's Evan Thomas declared Republicans are now “exactly like the Labor Party in England in the 1970s. They're letting their extremists take them straight down.” As if that would upset Thomas and the Washington press corps -- whose very characterization of conservatives as “extremists” is only helping…
May 1st, 2009 9:53 PM
CNN's Sanchez: If McCain Won, SCOTUS 'Would Be Changing in Extreme Way
Friday afternoon, CNN anchor Rick Sanchez observed that since “Obama is essentially replacing...a more liberal judge with what will eventually probably be a liberal judge doesn't really change things a lot,” but, he contended, a President McCain would have caused an “extreme” shift, as if one more non-liberal on the court would cause an “extreme” change: “If John McCain were the President of the…
May 1st, 2009 8:26 PM
Weekend Captionfest
On the Today show of April 30, 2009, VP Joe Biden tells Matt Lauer that in light of the swine flu epidemic, he would advise family members not to travel by plane or train.
May 1st, 2009 5:37 PM
Shuster Again: Attacks Traditional Marriage Advocate; Asks If He Fears
Time and time again, on-air talent from MSNBC's daytime news coverage has tried to distance itself the far left-leaning commentators on the network during prime time hours. However, David Shuster has no qualms taking a position publicly and incorporating it into his daytime news coverage. Shuster, who has been outspoken in his support for same-sex marriage, abandoned the pretense of…
May 1st, 2009 5:26 PM
Amy Sullivan: Not Even the Vatican Cares About Obama's Notre Dame Spee
Dear religious pro-life Catholics, get over yourselves. Signed, Amy Sullivan.Okay, I'm paraphrasing, but the Time magazine staffer practically expressed those sentiments in two April 30 Swampland blog posts wherein she suggests that even the pope wouldn't mind hanging out with Obama on stage at Notre Dame when he accepts his honorary doctorate later this month."The Vatican apparently needs to get…
May 1st, 2009 5:04 PM
Establishment Media Is Ignoring White House Threats to Chrysler's Non
UPDATE, May 2: ABC’s Political Punch reports that the administration is denying making threats. Uh-huh, Tom Lauria just made it up. My take: Horse manure. _____________________________________________If the Bush White House had engaged in anything similar to what's being described here (actually, Hank Paulson did; the question is how much Bush knew), there would be calls for impeachment. Maybe…
May 1st, 2009 5:03 PM
MSNBC's Guthrie: Seeing Obama Like ‘A Dream Sequence
During the 3PM EST hour of live coverage on MSNBC, anchor Norah O’Donnell turned to White House correspondent Savannah Guthrie for reaction to President Obama’s surprise appearance at the daily press briefing to discuss the retirement of Supreme Court Justice David Souter: "Savannah, let me just start with you, the shock factor. I mean, you've got that seat right there by where the President…
May 1st, 2009 4:42 PM
Friday Funnies: 'Biden Kicked Out of Country After Flu Remarks
Roughly 24 hours after Joe Biden's swine flu gaffe on Thursday's "Today" show, it's been announced that the often loose-lipped Vice President is being sent on an overseas trip to Eastern Europe.Just a coincidence?The Christian Science Monitor's The Vote Blog teased readers with the idea Friday in a piece comically titled "Biden Kicked Out of Country After Flu Remarks?":
May 1st, 2009 4:11 PM