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They're Already Naming Schools and Mountains for Obama

Tim Graham

Derrick Z: OK To Be Patriotic. Now

For years, little would upset liberals more than the suggestion they were less patriotic than other Americans.  The crowd spewing "Bush-Hitler-Genghis-Khan-baby-killers-AmeriKKKa-Ho-Ho-Ho-Chi-Minh"? Great patriots, all.  Bill Ayers trampling a flag?  Dissent is patriotic, dude.But now that Barack Obama has been elected, comes an admission, unintended as it may be. Yeah, maybe we weren't so much…
Mark Finkelstein

Stop the Presses! AP's Important Story: Obama Had Corned Beef Sandwich

Ya gotta hand it to them. The Associated Press knows how to cut out all the extraneous background noise and get right to the important issues of the day. Barack Obama will surely be in the center of the vortex of some of the most important decisions in the world during the next four years and even his preparations for taking office are vitally important as a marker to what he might do in office.…
Warner Todd Huston

Friday Follies: Obamas Announce Daughters Will Attend Private School

Mike Bates

Obama 2007 Radio Interview: My Attorney General Will Investigate Bush

***UPDATE***NY lawmaker seeks to prevent Bush pardons of “cronies”(h/t Naked Emperor News) Naked Emperor News has unearthed a 2007 KJFK radio interview Barack Obama gave to host Christiane Brown.  He promised that one of his first acts as president would be to call on his new Attorney General to investigate the Bush administration(emphasis is mine:) BROWN: And when you are... if you were to be…
Kerry Picket

Mitchell Impressed by Obama's 'All-Star Cabinet' of 'Smartest People

While ABC, CBS and NBC on Friday night all touted how news that New York Federal Reserve President Tim Geithner will be nominated for Secretary of the Treasury fueled a market rebound, NBC was the most excited with Andrea Mitchell, sounding completely in the tank, hailing President-elect Obama's “all-star cabinet” as she maintained “Obama is determined to pick the strongest, smartest people he…
Brent Baker

Reporter Reflects on Leftist Hopes of Newspaper Publisher

Mithridate Ombud

CNN's Christiane Amanpour Channels Love for Obama, RFK

Tim Graham

'Nightline' Shuns Balance While Blasting CEOs

ABC's Brian Ross doesn't let fairness get in the way of good have vs. have-not story.
Matt Philbin

CBS: Gitmo Ruling ‘A Big Legal Setback for the President's War on Te

At the top of Thursday’s CBS Evening News, anchor Katie Couric referred to a recent court ruling to release five Guantanamo Bay detainees as: "A big legal setback for the president's war on terror." Couric later introduced a report on the ruling and reiterated the idea of the ruling being a defeat solely for President Bush: "...a federal judge ruled today that five suspects held at Guantanamo Bay…
Kyle Drennen

Newsweek Lauds UN for Letting Indian Navy Do Its Job

Earlier this week the brave sailors of the Indian Navy struck a deadly blow to Somali pirate by sinking one of their mother ships.The courage and dedication of the Indian sailors no doubt is a source of pride for Indian citizens but also cause for cheering among Americans, Europeans, and others the world over who hope to see the Somali piracy threat eradicated. Yet it was only today that Newsweek…
Ken Shepherd

Robin Roberts in the ABC 'Hot Seat': 'What's on Your Ipod

Day three of "Good Morning America's" "hot seat" series featured softball viewer questions for co-host Robin Roberts, including subjects such as her iPod and whether she'd ever consider appearing on "Dancing With the Stars." The purpose of the daily segment, which concludes on Monday, is to have the tables turned on the GMA hosts and force the journalists to ask tough questions. More typical were…
Scott Whitlock

Weekend Captionfest

Trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.  Note badge number. [Photo AP]
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