AP Emphasizes 'Hardline' Republicans Oppose Auto Bailout

Tim Graham

Open Thread

NB Staff

Ayers Likens His Treatment by Fox News to Scene From Orwell's

Now that the election is over and President-elect Barack Obama successfully defeated Sen. John McCain, unrepentant domestic terrorist William Ayers has decided to break his silence and cash-in by promoting his books.Although he described himself as "an unwitting and unwilling participant thrust up on stage" for the 2008 presidential election, he demonstrated his opportunistic traits by appearing…
Jeff Poor

Mika: SUV Owners 'Greedy

Repent, all ye owners of Suburbans, thou drivers of Explorers.  Mend thy ways, ye Escalade-loving louts!  Take heed of the warning the prophet Mika has vouchsafed unto you: greedy thou art; verily, destroyers of the environment be thee!Oy.  Mika Brzezinski was on quite a roll this morning.  On the one hand, free-marketers would find much to agree with in Mika's arguments.  As noted here yesterday…
Mark Finkelstein

Chris Matthews Caught Bad-mouthing Hillary Clinton Aboard Train

It looks like Chris Matthews of MSNBC's Hardball needs to learn that it isn't a good idea to speak out of class. As relayed by the New York Post's Page Six, Matthews was caught mouthing off on the subject of Hillary Clinton during a train trip:"HARDBALL" host Chris Matthews and the other "castratos" at MSNBC shouldn't hold their breath waiting for a Hillary Clinton interview. Matthews, who once…
P.J. Gladnick

Obama Voters Demonstrate How Their Views Shaped by MSM

This is a video that is both extremely funny as well as very sad. It shows how the perceptions of Barack Obama voters were shaped by the mainstream media. We have already seen the vast amount of misinformation displayed by Obama supporters by an interview with them on the streets of New York conducted by the Howard Stern Show and now the How Obama Got Elected website goes into even more detail…
P.J. Gladnick

Orlando Sentinel Only Just Notices Obama Has Thin Resume

**Update** Interestingly, Dan Morain of the L.A. Times had discovered back in April that Barack Obama has a pretty thin resume prior to being elevated to the presidency. Between 1993 and '96, Obama, the much-ballyhooed "Constitutional scholar," had only an unusually low 3,723 billable hours of legal work accrued over a four-year stint with his law firm employer Davis, Miner, Barnhill &…
Warner Todd Huston

Eyeblast.tv Asks Ayers About Sirhan Sirhan Book Dedication...Where Was

William Ayers spoke to a Washington, D.C. audience tonight about his views on the American education system. The Ayers speech included slams towards Fox News and Governor Sarah Palin.  The event was full of mostly supporters given the amount of loud applause he received. A true question and answer session never really occurred, as audience members were required to write their questions on…
Kerry Picket

Media Mute on Obama's Mismatched Marriage Messages

How can a politician say he supports man-woman marriage when he opposes the Defense of Marriage Act?
Jan LaRue, Esq.

Boston Legal Calls McCain/Palin Supporters Idiots

Storyline includes fantasy of having sex with the Alaska governor.
Kristen Fyfe

Suddenly Popular Parker

Before a few weeks ago, I don't recall seeing Kathleen Parker much on TV.  But tuning into Andrea Mitchell's MSNBC show this afternoon, there she was.  And when I got back from the gym and fired up my DVR of David Gregory's "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?"  Yup, Parker redux.Let's see.  What might possibly explain Kathleen Parker's sudden popularity on MSNBC?  You don't suppose it could conceivably…
Mark Finkelstein

CBS Frets: Will Senate Get 'Bipartisan Maverick' McCain or 'Conservati

In a story on President-elect Barack Obama's Monday meeting with Senator John McCain, CBS's Dean Reynolds listed some “areas of potential cooperation,” but he worried: “Will it be McCain the bipartisan maverick who reemerges in the Senate or the campaign conservative who might want to join fellow Republicans in frustrating the new President's plans?” Reynolds then turned to the Politico's Jim…
Brent Baker

AP Helps Liberal Group Scold a Stubbornly Racist America

Tim Graham

Oil Analyst Reverses Trend of High-Price Forecasts; Calls $35-40 Oil a

Cameron Hanover's Peter Beutel tells Bloomberg 'Morning Call' oil likely to fall further before bottom.
Jeff Poor