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Wall St. Journal Reporter Cites Smerconish as a Gaffe Expert: Mrs. Oba
Jeffrey Zaslow of The Wall Street Journal reported on political gaffes on Wednesday, and as an expert he brought on Obama-loving former Republican Michael Smerconish. Unsurprisingly, Smerconish bashed Ann Coulter and forgave Michelle Obama as he discussed his "Muzzle Meter" and the severity of scandalous words: We've become a culture that is unforgiving when it comes to poor word choice, says…
Nye Delighted About ClimateGate Exoneration 'Sham'; Calls Skeptics 'Ir
Surprise - a British panel ruled that the scandal known as ClimateGate that supposedly revealed the manipulation of certain data strengthen the case of manmade global warming was much ado about nothing. But, The New York Times in a July 7 story called these findings of an inquiry led by Muir Russell, a retired British civil servant and educator, "a sweeping exoneration" of the ClimateGate…
Conservative Rep. Darrell Issa a 'Nuisance' and 'Pest,' Says NYT's Mar
New York Times political personality profiler Mark Leibovich (pictured right) upholds his reputation as treating Democrats with respect and Republicans with derision in Wednesday‘s front-page profile of Republican Darrell Issa of California, "Darrell Issa Emerges as Obama's Annoyer-in-Chief."Issa's he said-he said claim of a rude middle finger from White House chief Rahm Emanuel somehow reflects…
Nye Delighted About Exoneration From ClimateGate 'Sham'; Calls Skeptic
Famed 'Science Guy' and global warming alarmist says scandal was based on out-of-context twisted phrases; Lomborg still questions credibility.
The Hill's Brent Budowsky Compares GOP to South Africa's Apartheid Reg
Why did the chicken cross the road?Racism, according to the liberal. Isn't it obvious?Same reason that Republicans and conservatives oppose Obama, the liberal quickly adds.Here's the latest example of this threadbare line of criticism, from Brent Budowsky, a columnist for The Hill's Pundits Blog and former congressional staffer.Appearing on Ed Schultz's radio show Tuesday, Budowsky offered an…
Immigration: Richardson Sees McCain Going Squishy If Re-Elected
Seriously: is Bill Richardson trying to wreck John McCain? Ask yourself: what would be the one thing most likely to undermine McCain with Arizona Republican Senate primary voters? Surely it would be the possibility that if re-elected, born-again immigration hawk McCain would revert to the squishiness that led him to partner with Ted Kennedy on a "path to citizenship" for illegals. Yet on this…
CNN Drops Editor That Made Pro-Hezbollah Comments on Twitter
On Monday, NewsBusters wondered how CNN would handle one of its senior editors expressing regrets for the death of the Hezbollah cleric that possibly orchestrated the 1983 bombing of two Marines barracks in Beirut, Lebanon.
Two days later, the self-professed "most trusted name in news" dropped Octavia Nasr for tweeting, "Sad to hear of the passing of Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah.. One of…
Chris Matthews Stars in Future Marco Rubio Campaign Commercial
UPDATE: It turns out that the future is NOW. This Matthews video is running as a Marco Rubio campaign commercial as of yesterday.Are you happy with the job that the Obama administration and the Democrats are doing? If so, then vote for Charlie Crist for the U.S. Senate because Chris Matthews happily proclaimed that Crist is going to be the new star in the Democrat caucus. However, if you are…
CNN Again Omits Pro-Illegal Immigration Stance of 'Public Defender
On Wednesday's Newsroom, CNN's Tony Harris omitted the pro-illegal immigration activism of guest Isabel Garcia, just as his colleague Suzanne Malveaux did more than two months earlier. Harris twice referred to Garcia as merely the "deputy public defender in Pima County, Arizona," and didn't mention her involvement in the beating and decapitation of a pinata effigy of Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio.…
Jimmy Buffett Blames Bush’s Oil Ties for BP Spill: 'Like Dracula Run
Jimmy Buffett, a singer famed for his laid-back island tunes, had some harsh words for the people he claims are responsible for the BP oil spill - the administration of former President George W. Bush. The Obama-supporting musician told the Associated Press on Tuesday that he believed the Bush administration was responsible for the crisis, due to its alleged ties to oil companies."To me it was…
MSNBC Fill-In Host: Conservative Liberal Media Claims Based On Racism
Cenk Uygur, host of the left-wing internet talk show 'The Young Turks,' filled in for MSNBC host Dylan Ratigan during the 4PM ET hour on Wednesday and decried the nation's "shift to the Right." He lamented: "...when I started out I was a liberal Republican. No such thing exists anymore." [Audio available here]He wondered why the media hadn't reported on the supposed radical shift in American…
MSNBC Guest Host Absurdly Claims: President Obama More Conservative th
So is President Obama more conservative than the late Ronald Reagan? MSNBC substitute anchor Cenk Uygur thinks so. Filling in yesterday for Dylan Ratigan on his 4 p.m. show, Uygur moderated a segment based on the preposition that President Obama's policies have actually been more conservative than those of President Reagan."That's the silliest thing I've ever heard," former Reagan White House…