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Matthews: Will Democrats 'Run Away From President O-Carter' - I Mean O
Chris Matthews made a delicious Freudian slip this weekend calling Barack Obama President Carter.In the first segment of the syndicated program bearing his name, Matthews and panel discussed what Democrats are going to have to do to win in the upcoming midterm elections.The consensus was that they can't run on what they've "accomplished" in the past eighteen months because Americans are unhappy…
Tapper Goes Out with a Contrarian Take on Sherrod; Donaldson Urges Oba
Picking up on Shirley Sherrod’s allegation Andrew Breitbart “would like to get us stuck back in the times of slavery” and “he'd like to see all black people end up again” in slavery, ABC’s Jake Tapper, during his last Sunday as interim host of This Week before the show goes to Christiane Amanpour next week, expressed astonishment she’d be offered a job building racial harmony:This woman's been…
Howard Dean Calls Fox News Racist, Chris Wallace Strikes Back
Former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean on Sunday accused the Fox News Channel of being racist.With the opening subject of "Fox News Sunday" being last week's controversial termination of Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod, Dean said, "I think Fox News did something that was absolutely racist. They took a, they had an obligation to find out what was really within…
Media Calls Them 'Homegrown Terrorists'; Blows By Muslim Conversion
Contessa Brewer isn't going to like this. Federal agents say the husband, 35-year-old Paul Gene Rockwood, Jr., aka "Bilal", created a hit list of people he wanted to see executed (included American servicemen). According to court documents, Rockwood was living in Virginia when he converted to Islam around the beginning of 2002. Shortly after converting, he began following the teachings of cleric…
Keith Olbermann Spends Vacation Talking To His Fans On Twitter
Obviously uncomfortable without someone stroking his over-sized ego, Keith Olbermann has been spending his much-needed vacation chatting with his fans on the social networking website Twitter.Since joining in April, MSNBC's hottest property has actually sent 3,000 messages to his followers.That's over 800 "tweets" per month.But this has greatly increased during his vacation. As Steve Krakauer…
Daily Kos: Take Legal Action to 'End Organized, Institutionalized Reli
For all the daily talk on the Daily Kos that conservatives are dictatorial, their cast of bloggers isn't without grand designs for social control. Take this post: "Time to begin working for the death of religion (a rant)." The diarist "BlueMoon" expressed no attempt to disrupt free speech, but the "end of organized religion" must be attempted: However, the time has come to begin work to actively…
That Wacky Left: Mike Malloy Says 'Murdoch Is a Nazi,' Every Employee
While the "gatekeepers" of the "mainstream media" worry about the recklessness of conservative bloggers in the wake of the Shirley Sherrod speech, one easy rebuttal is the recklessness of liberal talk radio. Wild-eyed Mike Malloy was at it again Wednesday, suggesting Fox owner Rupert Murdoch is a "Nazi," and every Murdoch employee is a "potential murderer." They should be beaten violently:…
Obama Plays Rachel Maddow Video to Sell Netroots Nation His Accomplish
A surprise video of Barack Obama was presented to the ultra-liberal gathering of the Netroots Nation in Las Vegas on Saturday that included MSNBC's Rachel Maddow listing his accomplishments.What does it say about this administration that it wouldn't find it at all unseemly to use the most left-leaning television network, along with one of its most liberal hosts, to propagandize political…
Krauthammer Rips 'Inside Washington' Host for Blaming Sherrod Firing o
Charles Krauthammer on Friday scolded Gordon Peterson, the host of PBS's "Inside Washington," for blaming Shirley Sherrod's termination on Fox News.As he introduced the first topic of the evening, Peterson said, "Which brings me to the story of ousted Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod who was let go on the basis of a single piece of internet video that was edited out of context,…
Reuters: Racist Images ‘Often Displayed at Tea Party Rallies
(Update: Reuters quietly improves statement by eliminating the word 'often'. Thank you Reuters, for being forthright in the error, er, slipping this in, in the hopes that your readers won't notice. We're certain that all of the Tea Party Patriots being wrongfully portrayed as racist appreciate the effort.) Reuters recently ran a piece that analyzed persistent race issues amidst the Obama…
Wash Post Obit Skips Liberal Label for Lefty Journalist Daniel Schorr
Washington Post staff writer Patricia Sullivan on Saturday managed to avoid using the word liberal in her front page obituary for left-wing journalist Daniel Schorr. According to Sullivan, Schorr was “a combative broadcast reporter who over six decades broke major national stories while also provoking presidents, foreign leaders, the KGB, the CIA and his bosses at CBS and CNN.” The fact that in…
Limbaugh to J-Lister's Death Wish Apology: 'Want to Watch Me Die? Say
Rush Limbaugh on his program Thursday commented on public radio producer Sarah Spitz's apology for wishing ill of him on the liberal JournoList."Why is she gonna apologize?" asked the conservative talk show host. "You want to watch me die, Sarah? Say it!" As NewsBusters reported Wednesday, the Daily Caller's Jonathan Strong published some more of the liberal group's e-mail messages which included…
Adjusting White House Deficit and Spending Projections to Cash-Based R
Here's the White House's latest deficit projection, as illustrated at the Corner (HT Instapundit): As explained in two previous NB posts (here and here), FY 2010 is worse than it appears by about $115 billion.This is why, as explained previously: