CNN Reporter on McCain: Senator Fending Off Fire From ‘Far Right
January 16th, 2007 12:47 PM
On Tuesday’s "American Morning," Miles O’Brien reported on the statement by evangelical leader James Dobson that he could never support Arizona Senator John McCain’s bid for the White House. O’Brien twice referred to the comments as attacks from "the far right." Political correspondent Bob Franken went on to characterize the remarks by Dobson, the founder of Focus on the Family, as "lashing out…
New Dem Congressman Kagen Who Insulted First Lady Was CNN Consultant
January 13th, 2007 5:11 PM
You can take the man out of CNN - and stick him in Congress - but you can't take the CNN out of the man. As per this Robert Novak column, Steven Kagen, a Democrat elected in November to represent a Wisconsin district in Congress, recently bragged of having insulted First Lady Laura Bush, President Bush, Vice-President Cheney and Karl Rove at a White House function for new members.The details…
Catch of the Day: The Pelosi-Samoa Connections May Be Even Deeper
January 12th, 2007 2:18 PM
(SEE Editor's Note Below)________________________________Fishing around in the now widely-known Samoan exception to the recently passed Minimum Wage bill (where tuna industry workers there are apparently being paid $3.26 an hour), Andy's Angle cast a wide net and hauled in the following:The interesting thing, however, is that the largest employer in American Samoa is Del Monte Foods' StarKist…
The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: January 6 to
January 12th, 2007 9:50 AM
Last week saw the dawning of the new Democratic majority and members of the media seemed to be charmed by the event. ABC reporter Cokie Roberts described a photo-op of new House Speaker Nancy Pelosi holding her grandchild as "fun" and "completely natural." CBS’s Bob Schieffer interviewed Pelosi and pressed her to raise taxes. And "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney became nostalgic for Democrats…
Pelosi Supported Increased Troop Levels in
January 10th, 2007 6:36 PM
Matt Naugle at Human Events' Rightometer found part of the excerpt that follows at Rush Limbaugh's web site; I looked for more, since Rush's content will disappear behind his subscriber wall shortly. Fortunately, I found a Google cache transcript of the entire interview involved. Its original address was: democraticleader.house.gov/ press/articles.cfm?pressReleaseID=590 In other words, what…
Don't Tell Me the Democrats Have a Macho Problem (Satire
January 7th, 2007 12:29 PM
No, of course the Democratic Party in Washington doesn't have a problem with the real or perceived masculinity of its male senators and congressmen.
Absolutely not. What in the world are you talking about?
You're all excited just because Maureen Dowd calls Barack Obama "Obambi," had to listen to him complain to her because she wrote that his ears are big (he's sennnnnnsitive about them, y'know…
FNW: Pinkerton - Gibson Fell for Pelosi Photo-Op, Hall Agrees With Boz
January 6th, 2007 7:57 PM
This evening's episode of Fox News Watch was more jam-packed than Smucker's at harvest time. But for space restraints, the headline would have been much longer. Let's get this party started:Jim Pinkerton took an unvarnished shot at Charley Gibson, anchor of ABC's World News. Said Pinkerton, discussing Nancy Pelosi's shameless photo-op, shown here:: "The picture of Nancy Pelosi holding the…
