Zakaria: Sales Tax, More Government Spending Needed to 'Restore Americ

On Thursday's Newsroom, CNN's Fareed Zakaria endorsed a predictably liberal solution to get the American economy moving again: enact more taxes and implement new government programs. Zakaria called for a national sales tax and advocated new government spending on "research and technology" and "upgrading the infrastructure." The CNN host also labeled tax cuts "bad stuff." Anchor Ali Velshi…
Matthew Balan
October 28th, 2010 7:08 PM

Ed Schultz Erroneously Claims No Evidence of Leftist Violence at Kentu

While slamming Rand Paul supporters who assaulted a MoveOn.org worker in Kentucky, Ed Schultz claimed Wednesday there was simply no other side to the story – that he had not seen "any violence, anywhere, from anybody on the Left." Furthermore, Schultz blamed GOP Senate candidate Rand Paul for inciting the violence. [Click here for audio.] There's just one problem – evidence exists of a…
Matt Hadro
October 28th, 2010 6:28 PM

Talk Show Host Richard Bey Claims Obama Cherishes Debate and Welcomes

Sometimes the liberal media's bias is subtle and nuanced, even, dare I say, clever. This is not one of those times. On Sirius host Lynn Samuels's eponymous program yesterday, Richard Bey, a liberal talk show host, peddled the laughable assertion that, compared to former President George W. Bush, President Barack Obama has governed as an inclusive, consensus-building chief executive. "We…
Alex Fitzsimmons
October 28th, 2010 6:09 PM

Only CBS Notes MoveOn Protestor's Provocation at Kentucky Debate

While all three broadcast networks, ABC, NBC, and CBS, highlighted MoveOn.org protestor Lauren Valle being stepped on outside Monday's Kentucky senate debate, only CBS reported new video showing Valle running up to Rand Paul's car and trying to shove a sign into the Republican candidate's face. The morning and evening newscasts on Tuesday all pointed to the scuffle as evidence of the 2010…
Kyle Drennen
October 28th, 2010 5:55 PM

Jon Stewart Confirms His Radical Sympathies in Obama Interview

Last night's interview between Jon Stewart and President Obama was a far cry from their jovial encounter two years ago almost to the day. Instead of sounding like two kindred spirits yucking it up, there was quite a bit of tension between the two. The interview certainly cemented Stewart's role as the nation's most popular liberal kool-aid sipper. Reality may have turned the post-partisan…
Lachlan Markay
October 28th, 2010 5:41 PM

Obama Incorrectly Tells Jon Stewart Social Security Was Originally For

For a man who thinks Social Security is the most important social safety net we have in America, Barack Obama appears to know very little about its history. Consider that on Wednesday, the President actually told the "Daily Show's" Jon Stewart that Social Security benefits originally only applied to widows and orphans (video available here, transcript and commentary follow):
Noel Sheppard
October 28th, 2010 5:17 PM

Andrea Mitchell Slams Angle's 'Halloween Show' Immigration Ad; It's 'B

Andrea Mitchell on Thursday made no secret of the contempt she held for a new ad Republican Sharron Angle is running in Nevada, deriding it as "beyond the pale." The MSNBC host announced that so many people are "outraged" over the campaign spot she slammed as a "Halloween show." The commercial, which the senatorial nominee just began airing, features images of illegal immigrants crossing the…
Scott Whitlock
October 28th, 2010 4:15 PM

Top Liberal Law Prof Advised Obama Not to Pick ‘Bully’ Sotomayor

One wonders how Ed Whelan of the Ethics and Public Policy Center managed to get a hold of a private letter sent to President Obama by Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe advising him against nominating Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, but be that as it may, its contents are quite interesting and show just how nakedly political Tribe’s view of a justice really is and also how little he…
Matthew Sheffield
October 28th, 2010 3:44 PM

'Funny or Die' Urges Viewers to Vote: 'Do You Realize How Motivated St

Actor and former Obama White House staffer Kal Penn joined Alyssa Milano and a handful of other actors in a short video urging "Funny or Die" website visitors to take time to vote next Tuesday, comparing the time it would take to do so with "much worse ways to spend 10 minutes," like "talk[ing] to your parents about the first time they had sex." [h/t blogger Robert Stacy McCain] "That is a…
Ken Shepherd
October 28th, 2010 3:40 PM

Soros Donates $1.8 Million to NPR, Juan Williams Fired Days Later

"Follow the money," the left insisted when News Corporation donated $1 million to the Republican Governor's Association. The implication was that since News Corp. gave lots of money to Republicans (nearly 10 times as much as it did to Democrats), Fox News coverage that casted the GOP in a positive light could fairly be seen as a direct result of that contribution. By the standard much of the…
Lachlan Markay
October 28th, 2010 3:37 PM

Joy Behar Chides: 'Bitch' Insult Was 'Mistake,' 'I Reserve That Word f

Joy Behar admits she made a "mistake," sort of. After angrily denouncing Nevada Senate candidate Sharron Angle (R) as a "bitch" who will "go to Hell" for her "Hitler youth commercial" in which she criticizes Democrat Harry Reid's position on illegal immigration, "The View" co-host sarcastically retracted part of her joyless insult. "I really shouldn't have called her a bitch because to me…
Alex Fitzsimmons
October 28th, 2010 3:04 PM

Center for 'Public Integrity' Absorbs the 'Huff-Po Investigative Fund

The Center for Public Integrity boasts of itself as a "nonpartisan" journalism outfit -- while at the very same time it is absorbing something called the "Huffington Post Investigative Fund," which isn't a brand-name for nonpartisanship. It's a brand name that says trendy-left combo of a little political reporting, some celebrity blogging, celebrity nude/almost-nude photos -- and currently,…
Tim Graham
October 28th, 2010 2:27 PM

On Today: Young Voters Disappointed that 'Centrist' Obama Hasn't Gover

 New York magazine's John Heilemann apparently thinks Barack Obama hasn't been liberal enough, as he told NBC's Matt Lauer, on Thursday's Today show, the "centrist" president was compelled to go on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to fire up his young supporters because they lost faith in their "progressive champion." After Lauer relayed a point Stewart made during his interview with the…
Geoffrey Dickens
October 28th, 2010 1:54 PM

CNN Guest Mischaracterizes Focus on the Family as Pro-'Mean' Toward 'G

With the recent accounts of anti-gay bullying in the news, there has been a backlash against people and organizations that promote traditional values. Call it a relentless pursuit to find someone to blame. As politicians like Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., and organizations like Focus on the Family express their concerns over the promotion of homosexuality in the public square, they are regularly…
Jeff Poor
October 28th, 2010 1:16 PM