MRC's Motley on Left-wing Netroots Displeasure at Obama Transition

November 24th, 2008 12:22 PM
Appearing on the November 24 "Fox & Friends," MRC Director of Communications Seton Motley reacted to left-wing bloggers critical of President-elect Obama for choosing center-left, rather than far-left staffers for his presidential transition team. [audio available here]:GRETCHEN CARLSON, co-host, "Fox & Friends": Alright, Seton, so a lot of these people on the Left say, "Oh, wait a minute…

ABCNews.com Examines Obama's Church Search

November 24th, 2008 11:55 AM
Complete with a photo of the president-elect at the pulpit, ABCNews.com is hyping how "Obama Goes Church-Hunting, With Caution" on the Web site's front page."In picking church, Obamas will weigh political, religious and personal feelings," the subheading to Russell Goldman's reads.:Come Jan. 20, Barack Obama knows the house in which he and his family will live, but he has yet to decide at which…

Obama Appointee Questionnaire Demands Info on Individual and 'Immediat

November 23rd, 2008 11:27 AM
It may not be an automatic disqualifier for an Obama administration appointment, as Ed Morrissey at Hot Air suggested on Friday, but it's certainly an affront to the personal privacy rights of individuals and families.The Politico reported Thursday evening about the fallout resulting from an intrusive question on the president-elect's 63-question personnel form:President-elect Barack Obama’s…

Time's Klein Giddy For New Green Regulation of Auto Industry

November 21st, 2008 1:13 PM
Practically rubbing his hands in glee, Time magazine's Joe Klein exulted yesterday over Michigan Rep. John Dingell (D) losing out to the more liberal Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) for control of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee.Apparently Klein is happy that under Waxman the committee will succeed in decreasing both domestic energy and commerce with fresh, strict regulations on…

Catholic Church-hating Roseanne Barr Wants Vatican to Control Jerusale

November 20th, 2008 5:52 PM
Is comedian, radio talk show host and blogger Roseanne Barr angling for the ambassadorship to Israel? After all, she has a simple solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict:ISRAEL MUST CONCEDEALL TERRITORY PRE 1967 AND JERUSALEM TOO, TO A THREE WAY SPLIT UNDER INTERNATIONAL AND VATICAN CONTROL IN ORDER TO AVOID WW3!!! But wait a minute. The Vatican is administered by the Roman Catholic…

New Screensaver for Chris Matthews? ChiTrib's 'White House Romance' Ga

November 20th, 2008 1:52 PM

Forget Auto Bailouts, Can Michelle Obama Save the Fashion Industry

November 20th, 2008 11:22 AM
Finding Michelle Obama to be the "First Lady of Fashion," ABCNews.com's Luchina Fisher wondered if the president-elect's wife could save the fashion industry.:Michelle Obama will soon be the nation's first lady and mom in chief, but others are expecting even grander things from her, like saving the fashion industry. And who in their right mind would think that?: "We're all obviously trying to…

Newsweek: American 'Refugees' Head to Mexico for Health Care Fleeing

November 19th, 2008 5:18 PM

Press Coverage of SC Priest's 'Repudiation' Ignores Superior's Earlier

November 16th, 2008 9:36 PM
The plot surrounding Father Jay Scott Newman's admonishment to Barack Obama-supporting parishoners has thickened. On Friday (at NewsBusters; at BizzyBlog), I noted news that Fr. Newman, a Catholic priest and pastor at St. Mary's Church in Greenville, South Carolina, had informed parishoners who voted for Barack Obama in full knowledge of the Illinois Senator's aggressively proabortion positions…

UK Paper Notes 'Surreal Scientific Blunder' in Global Temps Measuremen

November 16th, 2008 11:20 AM
Earlier today, Christopher Booker at the UK Telegraph noted a "surreal scientific blunder," followed by an attempted cover-up, that should cause everyone to question the source's past and future credibility. The source of the shoddy work is NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), the outfit run by world champion globalarmist James Hansen. Hansen has in the past stated that "heads of…

CBS Mum on FOCA in Story On Priest Warning Pro-Obama Parishioners

November 14th, 2008 4:32 PM
CBS News has found a Greenville, S.C., Roman Catholic priest who has warned any and all of his Obama-voting parishioners to repent of voting for the Illinois Democrat before taking Communion, owing to the president-elect's "stance on abortion." Yet in reporting the November 14 story on its Web site, CBS News failed to ever mention by name the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA), the signing of which…

Roseanne Barr to Prop 8 Backers: To the Gulag, Go

November 14th, 2008 3:48 PM
Comedian, radio talk show host and blogger Roseanne Barr has a special place she wants to send Californians -- including blacks, Catholics, and Mormons -- who voted for Proposition 8. Too bad they'd have to time travel at least 17 years back in time to get there. Picking up her never-ending screed against those she considers enemies of well, humanity, Barr wished to be able to send voters in…

ABCNews.com Brings Out 'Pregnant Man' Hype Again

November 13th, 2008 2:09 PM
Congratulations, America. It's a she-male!Trumpeting an "exclusive," ABCNews.com is proud to announce that transsexual Thomas Beatie is pregnant again. As we've documented at NewsBusters, the biologically female pregnant "man" was the mid-summer fascination of ABC News both in broadcast and on its Web site, ABCNews.com. Beatie gave birth in July but is preggers again and that's enough to make the…

Politico Celebrates 'Rahmbonics

November 13th, 2008 11:45 AM
Imagine if you will, President Bush or Gov. Sarah Palin saying the following in a sit down interview or a Sunday morning show appearance: We had a crisis, we kicked it down the can.... These are – just taking those two examples, these are crises you can no longer afford to kick down the can.... The crisis we have here, the American people know we have one and they are ready and willing to start…