Sarah Palin Sends 'Message to All 57 States' Bashing Media Focus on No

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin on Thursday struck back at media members that bothered reporting the slip of the tongue she made the previous day concerning North Korea being America's ally. In a Facebook posting entitled "A Thanksgiving Message to All 57 States," Palin mocked news outlets for not giving similar coverage to gaffes made by Barack Obama:
Noel Sheppard

Open Thread: U.S. to Display Military Force for North Korea Sunday

For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point - U.S. will send a message to North Korea Sunday that includes nuclear aircraft carrier the U.S.S. George Washington:
NB Staff

WaPo's David Broder Declares the Voters' Will in 2010 Was Best Symboli

Liberal journalists are forever trying to dismiss the idea that when conservative candidates win, the voters who sent them to Washington sent them for conservative goals -- to restrain relentless government growth. In Thursday's Washington Post, columnist David Broder declared, in the face of all evidence, that the defining campaign of 2010 was....the egocentric write-in campaign of moderate…
Tim Graham

Team Obama Tries to Tell Supporters They 'Helped Grow This Movement' i

It's tough to sell the happy talk after a shellacking. For example, here's the tone of an e-mail that Mitch Stewart, director of Obama's Organizing for America, sent on Wednesday, seeking feedback on what went wrong this fall: Friend -- In the six months leading up to Election Day, supporters like you reached out to more than 80 million voters on phone lines and doorsteps across the…
Tim Graham

Let's Talk About Sex

Sex sells, and the pope knows it. He saw the condom media frenzy coming. In his book-length interview, "Light of the World," (with Peter Seewald) Benedict XVI warns of a "sheer fixation on the condom" that "implies a banalization of sexuality, which, after all, is precisely the dangerous source of the attitude of no longer seeing sexuality as the expression of love." He explains that "the…
Kathryn Jean Lopez

Paul Begala Extols Liberal Generosity on Thanksgiving Despite Conserva

The hypocrisy of liberal media members knows no bounds - even on Thanksgiving. On Thursday, CNN contributor Paul Begala wrote a piece for the Huffington Post extolling the "quintessentially liberal virtue" of generosity despite conservatives giving far more to charity:
Noel Sheppard

Flashback: In 2009, Time Saw GOP As 'Endangered Species' Unless Party

With all but one of the House races now resolved, Republicans have picked up at least 63 seats, the most in a midterm election since 1938. So, it might be fun on this Thanksgiving Day to recall how, just 18 months ago, Time's Michael Grunwald was arguing in a big cover story that demography and its "extremely conservative" philosophy meant the Republican Party could be on the verge of…
Rich Noyes

Thanksgiving Afternoon and Overnight: FNC Re-Running ‘The Rise, Fall

Thanksgiving afternoon at 3 PM EST, with another re-run overnight at 2 AM EST Thursday night/Friday morning, the Fox News Channel is re-running the first three hours of the six-part Fox News Reporting: The Right, All Along: The Rise, Fall & Future of Conservatism, the documentary series hosted by Brit Hume. > At 3 PM EST/12 noon PST (and 2 AM EST/11 PM PST): “Right from the Start…
Brent Baker

Sandra Bernhard Calls Bristol Palin a Hooker on 'Joy Behar Show

Comedienne Sandra Bernhard called Bristol Palin a hooker on Wednesday's "The Joy Behar Show." This was just a part of a televised hatefest reminiscent of the Lindsay Lohan film "Mean Girls" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard

Roger Ebert Celebrates Thanksgiving Rejoicing Tom DeLay's Conviction

Film critic Roger Ebert chose to celebrate Thanksgiving by rejoicing in former Congressman Tom DeLay's conviction on money laundering charges. Ebert first graced his Twitter followers with the following:
Noel Sheppard

Angelina Jolie Refuses to Celebrate Thanksgiving: It's a Story of Murd

Today's "You're Really a Turkey" award goes to actress Angelina Jolie who according to a friend so despises Thanksgiving that she's intentionally out of the country. The gossip website Popeater is also reporting that Jolie feels Americans are celebrating a story of murder (h/t Big Hollywood):
Noel Sheppard

Holiday Open Thread: Rush Limbaugh Tells 'The True Story of Thanksgivi

There are many historical descriptions of what happened hundreds of years ago at Plymouth Rock. On Wednesday, Rush Limbaugh told his listeners what he called in his second book "Dead White Guys, or What the History Books Never Told You: The True Story of Thanksgiving" (video follows with partial transcript):
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Lauer Just Can't Seem To Recall Couric at Parade

A painful period he'd rather forget? Asked to name the person who preceded Meredith Vieira as his Today sidekick, Matt Lauer declined to mention Katie Couric, claiming "there was no one ever.  No one came before Meredith." Matt's convenient case of amnesia came in response to a question from Robin Hall, who is celebrating his 10th and last year as executive producer of Macy's…
Mark Finkelstein

NBC Names Ground Zero Mosque Developer a ‘Person of the Year

NBC has announced that it has named the developer of the controversial Islamic prayer center near Ground Zero, Sharif el-Gamal, one of the network’s “People of the Year.” El-Gamal will sit down for an interview with NBC’s Matt Lauer on Thanksgiving night. The prayer center, known as Park51, has sparked outrage and massive protests from people who say that building a mosque so close to the…
Alana Goodman