NYT 'House Conservative' Comes Close to Endorsing Obama

P.J. Gladnick

Weekend Sports Open Thread

My oh my oh my what a wonderful Saturday of college football should be ahead of us. If today's schedule doesn't send a thrill up your leg, nothing will:No. 22 Vanderbilt at No. 10 Georgia. I know we've got Dawgs fans here. Can any of you point to the last game between these two teams that was this big? No. 16 Kansas at No. 4 Oklahoma. Does this have the possibility of being another HUGE Big 12…
NB Staff

Open Thread

For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: McCain calls Obama's tax plan socialist.Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Saturday accused Democratic rival Barack Obama of favoring a socialistic economic approach by supporting tax cuts and tax credits McCain says would merely shuffle wealth rather than creating it. "At least in Europe, the Socialist leaders who so admire…
NB Staff

NYT Reporter Sends Facebook Message to Violate McCain Daughter Privacy

P.J. Gladnick

GMA Robo-Reports Against McCain

Someone should explain to ABC: it ain't "dirty" if it's true.  GMA got the collective vapors this morning over the robo-calls the RNC and McCain campaign are making, informing voters of Barack Obama's close association with unrepentant terrorist Bill Ayers.  In GMA's book, there's no real difference between these calls—which Cokie Roberts alluded to as "dirtier" tactics—and the calls made against…
Mark Finkelstein

Margaret Carlson Is Not Amused by Joe the Plumber

P.J. Gladnick

Culture Clash: Madonna vs. 'Fireproof

Tim Graham

NBC: 'If World Had a Vote, Barack Obama Would Win in a Landslide

Friday's NBC Nightly News devoted a story to how around the world “people want to turn a page on the Bush years” and, as if it's relevant, “if the world had a vote, Barack Obama would win in a landslide.” A suggestion to viewers on what they must do to restore America's honor? Reporter Dawna Friesen warned that the next President “faces a grim reality: Much of the world deeply distrusts, even…
Brent Baker

Couric Trumpets Chicago Tribune's Obama Endorsement

“The Chicago Tribune did something today it had never done before -- it had not endorsed a Democrat for President, not even Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson in his two runs,” CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric touted Friday night before heralding the endorsement of the candidate from the paper's circulation area: “But today, the Trib endorsed Illinois Senator Barack Obama. It said he's better…
Brent Baker

Bill Maher Calls Joe the Plumber a Liar

P.J. Gladnick

ABC News Used Obama Contributor as 'Expert' in Defense of ACORN

Justin Rood of ABC news came out with a tortured defense of ACORN today with the help of "experts" that claim there is no connection between invalid voter registrations and voter fraud. In order for Rood to make this claim he relies on the testimony of two "experts", namely Civil Rights attorney David Becker and Lorraine Minnite, a political science professor at Barnard College in New York. A…
Terry Trippany

Matthews Denies Ayers Said He Regretted Not Bombing More

I think he said "I wished we had done more."  He never said "bomb more."  I think you have to be careful there. In terms of anti-war activism  . . . Let's get the facts straight . . . He didn't say he wished he had bombed more. -- Chris Matthews to Pat Buchanan, Hardball, October 17, 2008''I don't regret setting bombs,'' Bill Ayers said. ''I feel we didn't do enough.'' -- from No Regrets for a…
Mark Finkelstein

Trump: Pelosi Should Have Impeached Bush

Real estate mogul says price fixing like OPEC would land people in jail; praises Palin for strength on economic issues.
Jeff Poor

Obama Video Game Ads Contradict Early Rhetoric

Media ignore Democrat's flip: from telling Americans to put 'video games away' to advertising in 18 games.
Jeff Poor