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'(Near) Panic!!!': Time's Halperin on Dem Reaction to Palin Bounce
If you needed any more evidence that the Democrats and their media minions are in a serious state of panic concerning the bounce that John McCain has gotten from Sarah Palin and a highly-successful convention, you need look no further than a blog posting by Time's Mark Halperin.On Wednesday, Halperin, the magazine's editor-at-large and senior political analyst, wrote a piece delicously titled "(…
CNN'S Yellin Cites 'Nonpartisan' Group Critical of Palin
A favorite tactic of the mainstream media is to cite supposedly nonpartisan organizations to advance the point they're trying to make. An example of that was shown on CNN's American Morning today. Anchor John Roberts set up the segment:ROBERTS: Coming up now at 18 minutes after the hour. Sarah Palin returns to Alaska today. But her homecoming bittersweet as her eldest son, Track, deploys for…
Biden Rebuked by Bishops: Life at Conception Not Faith But Fact
Barack Obama's running mate could use a bit of remedial education on both biology and Catholic teaching. Biden joins House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in being publicly corrected by Catholic clergy for misrepresenting the teachings of the Catholic Church on human life before the media.The Associated Press has the story (excerpted below via FoxNews.com). The AP also covered the Pelosi row as…
Book Review: Confessions of a Subprime Lender
"An Insider's Tale of Greed, Fraud and Ignorance" by Richard Bitner
CNN Parrots Dems on Republicans and Economy
Cable network promotes negative economic news; wrongly accuses GOP of avoiding the issue.
Matt Damon on Sarah Palin: 'Like a Really Bad Disney Movie
The latest celebrity to join in the group slamming of Sarah Palin is none other than Matt Damon as you can see in this Associated Press video which reeks of condescension. Damon, who has yet to attain public office condescendingly mocks Palin's credentials (emphasis mine):I think there is a really good chance that Sarah Palin could president. And I think that's a really scary thing because I…
CBS Highlights Democrat’s Anti-Palin Plea: ‘We’ve Got to Go Afte
While, like the rest of the media establishment, CBS’s Early Show seemed to conclude that Barack Obama’s “lipstick on a pig” crack from the day before was nothing but a harmless comment, reporter Bill Plante put the swipe in the context of Democrats’ desperation to find some way to undermine the Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.Unlike his competitors at ABC and NBC, Plante on…
Sanctimonious Joe Klein Rebukes McCain for 'Sleaziest' Anti-Obama Ad
You gotta love Joe Klein if only for the entertainment value.When last I blogged about Joe Klein, I scoffed at him not recognizing a single journalist that argued that Bristol Palin's teenage pregnancy was "anything other than a private matter." Now Mr. Anonymous is huffing and puffing about how he can't forgive John McCain for his latest negative ad addressing a vote Obama cast for "age…
WaPo: 'Is McCain Against Teaching Little Kids to Beware of Sexual Pred
John McCain's ad denouncing Barack Obama for supporting sex education for kindergartners when he was in the Illinois Senate hit a nerve. Today, in a posting titled "Does the Truth Matter Anymore?," Columnist E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post expresses outrage on the newspaper's Web site:And now comes a truly vile McCain ad accusing Obama of supporting legislation to offer "'comprehensive sex…
MTV Awards Cut Joke About Palin Executing Pregnant Daughter
As NewsBusters reported, Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards presentation was filled with some disgraceful pro-Obama, anti-Republican moments courtesy of host British comedian Russell Brand.Amazingly, things could have been much worse, for censors forced Brand to cut some even more disgusting comments, including one about Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin putting her pregnant daughter…
MSNBC Mocks, Distorts Prayer Request by Palin
Monday night featured MSNBC hosts Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow finding fault with Sarah Palin's religious beliefs and some of the teachings of her former church in Wasilla, Alaska, as the two harped on a speech the Alaska governor delivered at the Wasilla Assembly of God last June. On the first episode of her new television program, the "Rachel Maddow Show," the eponymous host misinterpreted…
'Ridiculous
We now know the official Obama talking point on Lipstick-gate. In the course of her Morning Joe appearance today, Obama spokeswoman Linda Douglass used the word "ridiculous" no fewer than six times to dismiss the controversy that has arisen since Obama said yesterday that you can put lipstick on a pig but it's still a pig.Click on the image at the right to view the edited video clip.Douglass was…