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Joy Behar: Obama Picking Rick Warren Like 'Cheney in Charge of Gun Con
On Thursday’s The View, co-host Joy Behar expressed her displeasure at President-Elect Barack Obama’s choice of Rick Warren for the invocation at his inauguration: “I don’t think it’s appropriate. It’s like putting, you know, Cheney in charge of gun control. It’s wrong....it’s just wrong.” The topic of Obama choosing Warren came up during the regular opening “Hot Topics” segment of the ABC…
CBS’s Schieffer: Obama ‘Must Restore Government’s Credibility
On Sunday’s Face the Nation on CBS, host Bob Schieffer concluded the broadcast by sharing a recent political cartoon: "...a cartoon from the Houston Chronicle caught the flavor, a man standing in front of a burning building labeled the ‘Economy’ is shouting into a phone, ‘My house is on fire. How soon can you get here?’ A fireman who looks like Barack Obama answers, ‘January 20th.’" Schieffer…
Trump On Madoff Mess: Millionaires of the World, Unite
Poor schlumps out there know how to get along with next to nothing. But these were multi-millionaires that Bernard Madoff wiped out: show some sympathy! That was The Donald's daffy drift in speaking to Wolf Blitzer on this afternoon's Situation Room on CNN.View video here.DONALD TRUMP: They put 100% of their money with this character, this sleazebag. 100% and they're wiped out. And you know,…
Dear NY Times: Applauding the Case for Creative Destruction
Op-ed makes it clear that even as companies 'die,' American capitalism survives and thrives.
Chuck Todd Named NBC Chief White House Correspondent
Chuck Todd, who once favorably compared Obama chief-of-staff Rahm Emanuel to World War II heros Gens. Patton and MacArthur will soon be perched close to Field Marshal Rahm in the West Wing. That's right, NBC News has named Todd as the new chief White House correspondent, replacing the outgoing David Gregory:WASHINGTON - NBC News announced today that Political Director Chuck Todd has been named…
ABC's Rick Klein: Obama Wants Fight with Gay Activists to Prove He's M
Barack Obama doesn't mind a fight with gay activists over selecting Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration because the President-elect is bound and determined to govern as a centrist.That according to ABCNews.com's Rick Klein as posted to The Note blog (emphases mine):President-elect Barack Obama’s selection of Pastor Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration…
Big Three a Thorn in Our Side for Decades -- Thus We Must Reward Them
Democrats in Congress say the darndest things, don't they? My favorite recent example -- 10-term Congresswoman Louise Slaughter of New York talking with liberal radio host Ed Schultz on Tuesday about why she voted in favor of bailing out Detroit (click here for audio) -- SCHULTZ: The Big Three, how did you, you voted in favor of that.SLAUGHTER: I did, because one in 10 jobs in the United States…
ABC's Terry Moran Touts Iraqi Shoe Throwing: 'Instant Pop Culture Clas
On Wednesday's "Nightline," co-anchor Terry Moran could barely restrain his amusement over the shoe throwing incident on Sunday involving an Iraqi journalist and President Bush, asserting that it had become an "instant pop culture classic." He later touted the shoe attack, which occurred at a press conference in Baghdad, as "a dramatic act of contempt and disapproval." [audio available here]…
CNN Falsely Claims Governor Paterson is Slashing Spending
In an article outlining the ridiculousness of New York State Governor David Paterson's budget proposal tax hikes, CNN misleadingly led with the following statement (emphasis mine throughout): A budget plan by Gov. David Paterson that would plug budget shortfalls by slashing spending and raising taxes on items from sugary soft drinks to iTunes downloads is drawing criticism in New York.Paterson…
GM PR Advisor Appears as 'Auto Analyst' to Argue for Bailout
Full disclosure, you can take the day off. CBS's "The Early Show" included a statement in its Dec. 18 report on the Big 3 bailout from "auto industry analyst," Dan McGinn. Letting the massive car companies fail "would be like 10 Katrinas hitting America at the same time," McGinn asserted. "The American public understands that." What the report didn't say is that McGinn is also an adviser…
CBS ‘60 Minutes’: Barney Frank, ‘The Smartest Guy in Congress
In a softball profile of the liberal Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank on Sunday’s CBS 60 Minutes, anchor Lesley Stahl led with: "Barney Frank has been called the smartest guy in Congress, which is lucky for us, since he works on some of the thorniest issues around. The 14-term, 68-year-old Harvard-educated Democratic congressman from Massachusetts is chairman of the House Financial Services…