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Nets Trumpet Powell's 'Major,' 'Powerful' 'Endorsement of the Year
Journalists on TV Sunday heralded the importance and impact of Colin Powell's long-expected endorsement of Barack Obama which he made on Meet the Press. Later in that show, NBC reporter Andrea Mitchell touted Powell's endorsement and critique of the McCain campaign as “a very powerful political statement.” On the same panel with Mitchell, Newsweek Editor Jon Meacham declared that “having Colin…
LAT's Brooks: Obama's Point 'Correct' In Saying Our Troops 'Just Air-R
What's bothering the Los Angeles Times's Rosa Brooks now? She doesn't like how the McCain-Palin ticket has noted that Barack Obama said on the campaign trail that our troops in Afghanistan are "just air-raiding villages and killing civilians." Yet Brooks declares that Barack Obama was essentially "correct" when he said this. ("Obama's no troop-hater: Lost in the debate about 'air-raiding…
Sam Donaldson: Socialism Has Washed Over Capitalism
ABC's Sam Donaldson has validated Joe the Plumber's worst fears: socialism has indeed washed over capitalism.Maybe worse, Donaldson is clearly less unhappy about this than our new campaign spokesman from Ohio. Such appeared to be the case when the former White House correspondent published a rather ominous commentary at ABCNews.com Tuesday both in written and video form (emphasis added, h/t…
NPR Listeners Flunk Newscast for Scrutiny and Mockery of Joe the Plumb
Apparently, the listening audience of National Public Radio is not completely liberal, or at least not entirely a club of Obama fanatics. On Friday’s All Things Considered, anchors Michelle Norris and Melissa Block read some listener mail, and none of the listeners quoted were happy about NPR’s scrutiny and mockery of Joe the Plumber, the man who dared to ask Barack Obama about punishing success…
Gergen: Powell's Obama Endorsement Most Important of Campaign
CNN's Senior Political Analyst David Gergen, appearing on ABC's "This Week" Sunday, declared the announced support of Barack Obama by former Secretary of State Colin Powell "the most important endorsement of the campaign so far."Judging by other media reaction, it is a metaphysical certitude Gergen will not be alone in his Powell-loving assessment.Is this announcement really the bombshell press…
Brokaw Didn't Ask Powell About The Surge or Obama's Opposition
Whether it's an example of the host's bias or incompetence, potentially one of the most amazing aspects of Colin Powell's endorsement of Barack Obama on Sunday's "Meet the Press" was that Tom Brokaw didn't ask the former Secretary of State about the success of the surge in Iraq or the Democrat presidential candidate's opposition to this winning military strategy.Given Powell's critical position…
Two Bloggers' Work Makes Closeness of Obama-Ayers Ties More Obvious Th
(See Oct. 20 Update at the end of this post.)Two recent finds noted by bloggers have put further dents in the Obama campaign's core claim about its candidate's relationship with Bill Ayers, the unapologetic domestic terrorist who has not ruled out recidivism, as seen here at Obama's FightTheSmears.com home page: The first was discovered by SeeDubya, former weekend blogger at Michelle Malkin's…