Gregory Sign-off: 'Thanks for Washington
February 12th, 2008 4:52 PM
OK, it was probably just a Freudian slip by someone with the Potomac Primary on the noggin. But perhaps big-government loving MSNBC should consider it as its official new sign-off. In any case, here's how David Gregory said goodbye at 3:59 PM ET at the end of his stint as network host this afternoon:DAVID GREGORY: That's going to do it for me. My colleague Norah O'Donnell will take over our…
Hillary Suggests Fox News Fairer to Her than MSNBC
February 12th, 2008 2:45 PM
The Democrat presidential candidates refused to participate in debates sponsored by the Fox News Channel. Yet, Hillary Clinton believes the supposedly conservative cable network is actually treating her better than liberal rival MSNBC. Ain't that a kick in the head? As reported by Politico Monday evening, John Harris interviewed the presidential candidate, producing the following delicious…
Klein Can't Comprehend Why 'Fairly Moderate' Hillary Riles Republicans
February 12th, 2008 2:25 PM
How deep into the Dem mindset is Joe Klein? The Time columnist can't figure out why Hillary Clinton drives Republicans round the bend. Klein candidly admitted so today, chatting with Brian Williams on MSNBC.BRIAN WILLIAMS: On the Republican side, does John McCain blunt back the attack, the insurgents on the right?JOE KLEIN: I think to a certain extent he will. He'll have a lot more -- you know…
The Obama Flag Flap
February 12th, 2008 1:25 PM
The blogosphere began buzzing yesterday afternoon because of a Cuban flag superimposed with a picture of Che Guevara that was flown in an volunteer, unofficial office for Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama in Houston, Texas, captured by a local Fox News affiliate. Allahpundit likened it yesterday to be the equivalent of flying a Timothy McVeigh flag in a John McCain office, and…
Contessa, Closet Conservative
February 11th, 2008 5:35 PM
I wouldn't want to create problems for Contessa Brewer [file photo]. But again today the spirited MSNBC anchor said something that made me wonder whether she might be a closeted conservative in the belly of the liberal beast.Janet Huckabee, responding to Brewer's question on the possibility that her husband would withdraw from the presidential race, drew a contrast between the Romney and…
Day Before Potomac Primary, WaPo Laments 'Frustration of Being Illegal
February 11th, 2008 10:45 AM
Non-naturalized immigrants, especially illegal ones, can't vote in federal elections. Nonetheless, the day before the so-called Potomac Primary (D.C., Md., and Va.), the Washington Post devoted a 22-paragraph Metro section story to "The Frustration of Being Illegal."The story, by staff writer Marcela Sanchez, aims at tugging at the heart strings by recounting the plight of one immigrant who fears…
Obama Beats Out Clinton and Carter for Second Grammy
February 10th, 2008 10:14 PM
So, you think Nobel Laureate Al Gore is the only Democrat that can win meaningless awards from sycophantic Hollywoodans?Well, think again, for on Sunday evening, presidential candidate Barack Obama (D-Ill.) won his second Grammy in three years (first win pictured to the right). Deliciously, and possibly a foreshadowing of things to come, Obama's victory came at the expense of a Clinton. As…
Pimp Gate Update: Hillary’s Hypocritical Letter to NBC News Prez
February 10th, 2008 8:14 PM
The "pimped out" controversy surrounding MSNBC's David Shuster - destined to be called "Pimp Gate" - took a turn for the bizarre when Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton sent a letter to Steve Capus, President of NBC News. Published for all to see at the Washington Post's "The Trail" blog Saturday, the letter demonstrated a disturbing number of hypocrisies and double standards…
Frank Rich: Ruthless, Race-Carding Hillary
February 10th, 2008 8:05 AM
[A] synthetic product leeched of most human qualities. -- Frank Rich, on how Hillary Clinton is being marketed, Feb. 10, 2008. If Frank Rich is the voice of elite liberal opinion, Hillary Clinton is in deep, deep trouble. How many folks on the Upper West Side and reasonable facsimiles thereof from Boston to Madison to LA will be opening their hearts -- or credit cards -- to Hillary after…