Erick Erickson
Irrational: Left-Wingers Institute Witch Hunt Against CNN's Erick Eric
April 2nd, 2010 5:23 PM
It's an archaic way of thinking - unless it's imposed upon conservatives, then it's OK. It's this notion that commentators that are right-of-center should know their place - that place being only in the realms of talk radio or on the Fox News Channel. Otherwise, it is unacceptable. Now Politico has joined the fray and is taking news tips from left-wing storefronts that have staked out RedState.…
RedState's Erick Erickson Joins CNN As Regular Contributor
March 16th, 2010 1:05 PM
This morning RedState.com editor Erick Erickson announced that he is joining CNN as a political contributor. Back in January, Politico noted that Erickson (pictured at right) and CNN denied a rumor floating around at the time that the Macon, Ga.-based conservative blogger would replace John King. It turns out Erickson will be a regular contributor to a brand new weekday evening program to be…
CNN Analyst Avlon: CPAC's 'Saving Freedom' Theme 'A Little Extreme
February 19th, 2010 5:58 PM
CNN contributor and Daily Beast columnist John Avlon labeled "saving freedom," the theme for CPAC 2010, as "a little extreme" and "a little far out" on Thursday's Campbell Brown program and Friday's American Morning. Avlon went further, bashing conservatives' criticism of President Obama: "When they say 'saving freedom,' they're confusing, at heart, losing an election with living under tyranny."(…
Grasping at Straws: Olbermann Claims Obama 'Arrogant' Label a Racist E
January 29th, 2010 11:14 AM
A lot of leading thinkers on the right have warned about this, but now with President Barack Obama no longer enjoying high approval ratings and many of his defenders with their back against the wall, the race card is being deployed as one of the last lines of defense. And one of the most bizarre and egregious examples of this desperation to defend the President at all costs came from MSNBC "…
Maddow Invents New Terms to Degrade Conservatives: GOP-Baggers, Tea-Pu
December 23rd, 2009 10:07 AM
On Dec. 22, when Rep. Parker Griffith of Alabama announced he would be switching from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party, it was to be expected MSNBC, the so-called "Place for Politics" would spin it in anyway imaginable. But Rachel Maddow decided to use the left's favorite boogeyman, the tea party movement, to denigrate conservatives and distract from what could be real problems for…
Company on Decision to Pull Ads from Beck TV Show: 'We Do Not Want to
August 14th, 2009 2:55 PM
UPDATE: Sargento says Colors of Change did not influence company's decision (at bottom)What constitutes "hateful speech?" It depends on the views of the individual, or in this case the advocacy group propagating the claim. Earlier this week, Plymouth, Wisc.-based Sargento Food, Inc., along with several other companies, pulled their advertising from the Fox News Channel's "Glenn Beck" program,…
Red State: Rick Warren Sells Out to Libs on CNN
August 15th, 2008 12:24 PM
Two days ago I excerpted from an open letter to Rick Warren over at Red State calling on the California pastor to post questions to the presidential candidates, particularly Barack Obama, on pro-life concerns. Today, Red State editor Erick Erickson has given up any hope that tomorrow's "Compassionate Leader" forum will be anything but a CNN-televised sop to the Left (emphasis Erickson's):Warren…
Dems Give al Jazeera Prime Real Estate for State of Union
January 28th, 2008 5:10 PM
"How would you like to get the terrorists' perspective on tonight's State of the Union address?" asks Red State's Erick Erickson, noting the prime real estate -- "just three to four steps away from the House Democratic Whip's Office"-- that the al Jazeera network is getting to cover the State of the Union and the corresponding Democratic response tonight.See picture below fold:
