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SC Catholic Priest Makes Firm Post-Election Doctrinal Statement on Abo
Why wasn't there more of this before the election? The headline at a Greenville, SC News story carried at USA Today says, "Priest urges penance for Obama voters." Father Jay Scott Newman is actually demanding it of those who would claim to be faithful Catholics. In the process, he is also stating longstanding Church policy on abortion that has largely been absent from Sunday pre-election…
Roseanne Barr to Prop 8 Backers: To the Gulag, Go
Comedian, radio talk show host and blogger Roseanne Barr has a special place she wants to send Californians -- including blacks, Catholics, and Mormons -- who voted for Proposition 8. Too bad they'd have to time travel at least 17 years back in time to get there. Picking up her never-ending screed against those she considers enemies of well, humanity, Barr wished to be able to send voters in…
CBS: Should GOP ‘Broaden Appeal’ Beyond ‘Palin-Style Conservatis
In a report on Thursday’s CBS Evening News on the Republican Governors Association conference, correspondent Kelly Cobiella focused on Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, observing: "A lot of Americans would like to see her stay on the national stage -- 45 percent, according a new Gallup Poll. But even more, 52, percent, would not." Cobiella then added: "The party itself is split on whether to embrace…
Character the Most Important Issue in the Presidential Primary Debates
Reporters threw more softballs to Democrats overall but more hardballs at Democrats on honesty
Rachel Maddow Confuses Allegation With Fact in Covering for Former Air
Most recent unintentionally hilarious moment on Rachel Maddow's MSNBC cable show -- her interview with Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie over the upcoming recount in the Senate race between incumbent Republican Norm Coleman and Democratic challenger/reformed court jester Al Franken.The interview on Wednesday night's show began innocuously enough, with a news caption at the bottom of the…
Now CBS Frets Gas Prices Are Too Low
After spending much of the spring and summer hyping the dire consequences of rising gas prices, CBS on Thursday night decided the plummeting cost of gas at the pump is really bad news. Noting that “crude settled at about $58 a barrel today, that's about $90 less than it was in July,” fill-in CBS Evening News anchor Harry Smith warned “that comes as a mixed blessing.”
Reporter Mark Strassmann…
ABC's Chris Cuomo Has Few Follow-ups for 'Campaign Boogeyman' Ayers
"Good Morning America" news anchor Chris Cuomo on Friday conducted an interview with former bomber William Ayers that qualified as neither a softball or a grilling of the ex-domestic terrorist. Although he did challenge Ayers, he didn't interrupt when the Chicago professor insisted that America fought a "violent terrorist war" or when the '60s radical characterized the U.S. government as…
Newsweek Wonders If Obama Can Save Print Media
"Barack Obama, have mercy on us!" cried the lepers of the newspaper media unto the president-elect. And lo, he spake unto them, saying, "Go, and print some more."Noticing heavy demand for post-Election Day editions of major daily newspapers, Newsweek wondered of President-elect Obama, "Can He Save the Media?"The subheader to Newsweek's front page tease promised a look at "[h]ow Obama has…
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Topics in today's show: Russia plans to deploy missiles near Poland, voter turnout in '08 about the same, Simon Cowell swears off women, and "CSI: Miami's" David Caruso gets stalked. Click the play icon in the orange box to the right to watch.