Early Show: Rodriguez Laments Laws of Supply and Demand
October 20th, 2008 8:50 AM
Prices shouldn't be set by supply and demand. They should be determined by, well, what prices "should" be. That's the innovative theory Maggie Rodriguez propounded on today's Early Show.The Early Show anchor's unique take on economics came in the course of a segment on the falling price of gasoline. Rodriguez lamented to co-anchor Chris Wragge that grocery prices weren't falling along with gas…
AP Again Calls Gov. Palin A Racist
October 20th, 2008 5:50 AM
The Associated Press has once again called Governor Sarah Palin a racist. This time Rachel D’Oro for the AP bases her claim on the fact that Palin appointed minorities to her Alaska administration -- but not enough of them to suit the AP -- and because at an Alaska rally when she was running for governor one attendee once spoke to a black cameraman in an unkind manner. Yep, that's a mountain of…
'Family Guy' Character Wears Nazi Uniform With McCain-Palin Button
October 19th, 2008 11:25 PM
Fox's animated comedy "Family Guy" on Sunday showed one of its main characters, Stewie Griffin, dressed up in a Nazi uniform with a McCain-Palin button on it.I kid you not.The premise of the episode setting up this disgraceful political statement weeks before an important election was described by IGN TV (video of segment embedded right, h/t NB reader David M):
Sam Donaldson: Socialism Has Washed Over Capitalism
October 19th, 2008 8:03 PM
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…
Gergen: Powell's Obama Endorsement Most Important of Campaign
October 19th, 2008 5:45 PM
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
October 19th, 2008 1:16 PM
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
October 19th, 2008 11:44 AM
(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…
Halperin: Media Bias This Campaign Doing Democracy a Disservice
October 19th, 2008 11:27 AM
Time magazine's Mark Halperin on Sunday made one of the strongest insider indictments to date about how the Obama-loving media have behaved during this presidential campaign.Talking with CNN/Washington Post media analyst Howard Kurtz about the "clear, unambiguous double standard" concerning how differently Barack Obama's fundraising and flipflop over taking public campaign funds would be covered…
Weekend Captionfest II
October 19th, 2008 9:47 AM
Sarah Palin [left] and Tina Fey cross paths on the set of Saturday Night Live, October 18, 2008.
Tuned In To See Sarah, And Nasty Clarence Thomas Joke Broke Out
October 19th, 2008 9:17 AM
I thought Sarah Palin did more than fine on Saturday Night Live [Noel's got the video here]. In particular, during her Weekend Update appearance Palin displayed a speaking poise and polish exceeding that of the other candidates on both tickets. But Republicans who agree to appear on such shows put themselves in the lap of the liberal media gods. And those lesser deities abused their power last…
Sarah Palin's Guest Appearance on Saturday Night Live
October 19th, 2008 12:22 AM
Video of Palin's second appearance -- on the "Weekend Update" segment -- follows below the fold:
Cindy McCain's Attorney Sends Complaint Letter to NYT's Keller
October 18th, 2008 8:53 PM
Before the New York Times published Saturday's 2500-word, front-page hit piece about Cindy McCain, an attorney representing the wife of the Arizona senator sent a letter to executive editor Bill Keller appealing to his "sense of fairness, balance and decency" to not run "another story about her."In the correspondence, which has been posted in full by Time magazine's Mark Halperin (h/t NBer Bob Mc…
Olbermann Responds to McCain's Charity Roasting by Bashing Palin
October 18th, 2008 5:15 PM
Keith Olbermann cowardly responded to the jokes John McCain made about him at Thursday's Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner by attacking Gov. Sarah Palin.After showing some of the hysterical jibes made at the charity event by McCain and Barack Obama, the "Countdown" host on Friday picked up a microphone, and while doing an astoundingly poor impersonation of a nightclub comic, launched…
