MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Touts McVeigh Special, Warns U.S. Is Seeing 'Ups
April 14th, 2010 12:45 PM
Liberal MSNBC host Rachel Maddow appeared on the Daily Show, Tuesday, to promote her new Timothy McVeigh special and to compare, "The dark side of it is that [McVeigh] really did see himself as part of an anti-government movement in the United States...And, right now, I think we are experiencing an upswing again in sort of anti-government extremism." Maddow didn't go into detail about who,…
Media: Confederate History Month Proof of Conservative Racism
April 14th, 2010 9:37 AM
Painting conservatives as racists is a favorite pastime of the mainstream media and a recent move by Republican Virginia governor Bob McDonnell gave them more ammunition to do just that. McDonnell issued a proclamation on April 2 stating April would be Confederate History Month, but failed to note the role slavery played in the U.S. Civil War that lasted from 1861-1865. Commentators and…
Rachel Maddow Special to Link McVeigh to Violence From Present-day 'A
April 12th, 2010 12:34 PM
Liberal MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow will host an April 19 special on Timothy McVeigh's 1995 act of terrorism and how it "puts into perspective the threat posed by anti-government extremism." In an ad for the program, Maddow lectured, "It doesn't have to lead to violence, but it can and it has. We ignore this, our own very recent history of anti-government violence and the dangers of domestic…
Coburn: Maddow 'Comes At Me On The Basis Of Emotion. She Demonizes Me
April 8th, 2010 12:27 PM
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) got himself in some hot water this weekend when he said that Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is a nice lady while seeming to take a shot at Fox News.With this in mind, the folks at Daily Caller decided to interview the Senator to see if "the famously ferocious conservative from Muskogee [has] gone soft.""If we're gonna win things, we have to look at other side," said Coburn. "…
NBC's Curry Quotes Obama-loving Frank Rich to Rachel Maddow
April 5th, 2010 2:37 PM
Talk about tossing a softball. NBC's Ann Curry, on Monday's Today, quoted the New York Times' Frank Rich, essentially comparing Barack Obama to Superman to MSNBC's Rachel Maddow. After citing Rich claiming "Not since Clark Kent changed in a phone booth has there been an instant image makeover to match Barack Obama's, in the aftermath of his health care victory" Curry asked Maddow how Obama will…
Lefty Rachel Maddow to Host MSNBC Special Linking Timothy McVeigh to
April 2nd, 2010 11:18 AM
Liberal MSNBC host Rachel Maddow will anchor an April 19 retrospective on terrorist Timothy McVeigh and whether his murder of 168 people could be linked to "today's anti-government extremists." [Audio available here.]During an ad for the upcoming special, footage of bloody victims from the Oklahoma City bombing appeared onscreen as an announcer wondered, "15 years later, can McVeigh's words help…
The Five Craziest Attacks on Tea Parties
March 31st, 2010 8:42 AM
In case there are any residual doubts about how bad the tea partiers have been treated, here are the Top Five ways the left and the media have abused a grassroots movement. The coverage has been so hateful and so biased, it was almost impossible to narrow the list. Here they are in reverse order, just in time for the big tea party events April 15: 5) Protesters are Anti-Government The media…
Rachel Maddow Doth Protest Too Much About Senate Run Speculation
March 27th, 2010 10:29 AM
Did you know that Republican Senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts is "harassing" Rachel Maddow?
Depends, of course, on how you define harassment. Liberals like Maddow are inclined toward the most flexible definition possible, especially when directed at those of less evolved politics.
As far as Maddow is concerned, Brown is "harassing" her -- in other words, he's a criminal -- because Brown…
Purpose of Insurance Too Obvious for Public Intellectual Rachel Maddow
March 21st, 2010 6:53 AM
Back when she had a show on the now-defunct, fringe left-wing Air America Radio, Rachel Maddow ran a regular feature called "Ask Dr. Maddow."It began with an announcer stating, "Rachel Maddow is a doctor. Just not that kind of doctor." You know, the indispensible kind who can save lives. Instead, Maddow is of the academic variety, courtesy of a doctorate in political science from Oxford. The…
Maddow, Still Bravely Struggling With Accuracy, Makes False Claims Abo
March 13th, 2010 11:20 PM
Rachel Maddow has to get it right eventually, what with the law of averages and all. We'll just have to remain patient.Latest targest of her self-righteous wrath? Congressman Bart Stupak, apostate Democrat of Michigan, for his opposition to taxpayer-funded abortion. Here's Maddow from her MSNBC show on Wednesday, alleging deceit by Stupak while engaging in it herself twice over -- MADDOW: One…
Pelosi Proclaims Maddow 'Nonpartisan,' But the Syrupy Interview and Tr
March 12th, 2010 11:25 AM
Despite what House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said to MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow in an interview last night – "I know you`re nonpartisan" – Maddow very predictably helped Pelosi dismiss any responsibility for the Speaker in the Eric Massa ethics investigation. [Audio available here.]Maddow didn’t act like a skeptical Tim Russert, asking if Pelosi sounds exactly the opposite of her remarks in 2006, assuming…
'Crazy Misogynistic Culture': Blow's Bizarre Excuse For Pelosi Mishand
March 12th, 2010 8:25 AM
How much of a pickle is Pelosi potentially in? Enough that Dem loyalist Charles Blow had to resort to some truly twisted reasoning to explain away her delay in responding to allegations against Eric Massa.Of all things, the New York Times columnist tried to excuse Pelosi's failure to act by blaming . . . "our crazy misogynistic culture." Huh?Blow offered his odd opinion on today's Morning Joe…
Michael Moore Warns Democrats 'In for an Ass-Whooping of Biblical Prop
March 11th, 2010 12:06 AM
When Michael Moore starts getting panicked, you know times are getting tumultuous for the left and the Democratic Party. The anti-corporation, sometimes conspiracy theorist documentary filmmaker aired his frustrations about the current health care reform predicament. Congressional Democrats have gotten themselves into a mess with time running out as the midterm election cycle fast approaches…
Maddow and Guest Frank Shaeffer Can't Discuss La.-Based 'Operation Exo
March 9th, 2010 11:19 AM
As did Martin Luther King Jr., I have a dream.I dream that my 10-year-old son of pale skin hue will one day grow to maturity in a nation where he won't be dismissed by liberals as some old white guy with a fetish for firearms. Rather, that my son will be judged by a still-revered belief in the singular importance of character. Agreed, such an expectation is probably more delusion than dream,…