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Richard Lewis: 'Constitution Has Been Trampled the Last Eight Years
Another celebrity uses the same tired line that Bush has trampled on the Constitution. This time it is Richard Lewis pontificating on the October 17 edition of "The View." Calling for Americans to get out and vote Lewis also blamed "fundamentalists" for America’s demise."The Constitution has been trampled the last eight years, period. This is not what this America is supposed to be for. I have…
Vote or Check the Scores in Round Two of the MRC's Sweet-On-Obama Sixt
We have reached the final days of voting from amongst the Enamored Eight. The polls remain open through Sunday, so if you haven't already, get in there and cast your ballot.And if you have, check back throughout the weekend (as nearly half of Round One's voting took place then) and see how your choices are faring.And to Comment upon the action, all as we work our way towards deciding the…
US News' Erbe: McCain Campaign Could Be Most Corrupt Ever
Days after U.S. News & World Report's Bonnie Erbe declared "when one thinks of voter fraud, one usually associates it with the GOP," she predicted "the McCain campaign could go down as the most corrupt and inept in history."Writing at her blog at the News's website Thursday, Erbe joined the rest of the mainstream media's attacks on Joe the Plumber, the Ohio man who recently challenged Barack…
Same Partisan Networks That Buried Us In Mark Foley News Utterly Skipp
Two years ago, ABC’s Brian Ross broke wide open the scandal of Republican Rep. Mark Foley sending sexual Internet messages to Congressional pages. Foley resigned quickly, but that didn’t dampen the story. We reported "On the ABC, CBS, and NBC morning and evening news programs, from the story’s emergence on Friday night, September 29, through Wednesday morning, October 11, the Big Three networks…
On ABC, Newt Gingrich Slams Media's Lack of Fairness to McCain/Palin
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Friday strongly challenged "Good Morning America" host Diane Sawyer about the media's lack of fairness towards the McCain/Palin presidential ticket. The exchange came after the ABC journalist followed up on negative Gingrich remarks about the Obama tax plan by asserting, "for fairness," Obama talking points on middle class tax cuts.An irritated Gingrich…
CBS ‘Early Show’ Looks at ‘The Real Joe the Plumber
On Friday’s CBS Early Show, correspondent Jeff Glor reported on the role of Joe the Plumber, a.k.a. Joe Wurzelbacher, in the presidential campaign: "The McCain campaign is using Wurzelbacher to say their opponent would raise taxes. Though it turns out, Wurzelbacher himself owes nearly $1,200 in back taxes and his annual tax bill would actually go down under Obama's plan." Glor then added: "Obama…
WaPo Sloppy Reporting on Conservative Episcopalians
Frank Lockwood of Bible Belt Blogger spotted a "glaring error" on the front page of the Washington Post the other day. File this in the "media don't get religion" department (emphasis mine):Can you spot the mistake? It's in this story about parishes and dioceses that have split from the Episcopal Church since the ordination of a practicing homosexual as bishop of New Hampshire in 2003:"They say…
Angry Democrats Threaten Boycott of Maryland Hotel with McCain Sign
The Colony South Hotel & Conference Center in Clinton, Md., has hosted fundraisers for Barack Obama, held a prayer breakfast for a local Democrat, hosted a meeting for the African-American Democratic club and hosted a home foreclosure program for Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer. But now that they had the audacity to put up a McCain-Palin campaign sign on their front lawn they are being threatened…
Open Thread
For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: "W".How will Oliver Stone's hit piece do this weekend? With roughly two weeks until Election Day, and roughly three months to go before the presidential baton is passed, will people actually fork over $10 to see this Bush-bash?
Chgo Trib: Internet Makes Politics 'Obnoxious
The dead tree media, the dinosaur media, the Old Media has spoken. It's officially worse than ever! The Chicago Tribune has pronounced political discourse worse than ever before and it's all because of that "obnoxious" Internet. So, you folks reading this should know that the Trib blames these rancorous times on you. Of course, what the Trib and its "experts" suffer from is My-Lifeitis, that well…
Mitchell Measures the Drapes: 'I Think You're Going to See a Bipartisa
You might know Barack Obama as the most liberal member of the Senate, a hyper-partisan who toed the Harry Reid line an amazing 97% of the time. But Andrea Mitchell sees in Obama a bipartisan president in the making. Appearing on Morning Joe today, Mitchell came close to speaking of an Obama presidency as a given, just managing to curb her enthusiasm. And wait till you see the people she cited…