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Iowa Woman Selling Her TVs - Reason: 'Obama On Every Channel and Stati
A Buyers' Market It is a bit of an understatement to say that when it comes to dominating the media, President Barack Obama is perhaps unequalled by any politician ever. Michael Jackson was the King of Pop, Obama the King of Pols.The Publisher of NewsBusters.org, Brent Bozell, wrote his syndicated column about the media's full-court Obama press just…
Way Too Early Williams Jokes: 'A Bit of Meth' To Get Going
Overcompensation: (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite.Today brings a prime example of the phenomenon in the person of Brian Williams, overcompensating for his image as a pampered straight arrow by joking about having a vast staff of servants, looking forward to the prospect of watching some nude male swimming, and,…
Four Years After Kelo Ruling, Now-Barren Area Still Needs 'Springboard
Four years ago, on June 23, 2005, a 6-3 Supreme Court majority ruled in Kelo v. New London that the New London, Connecticut government could condemn houses in that city's Fort Trumbull area in the name of redevelopment. A bit over a year later, the city settled with the area's final two holdouts, the Cristofaro family and Susette Kelo.Since then the city has without success tried to engage a…
Chris Matthews Attacked Cambridge 911 Caller
Apparently, MSNBC's Chris Matthews could not wait for the audio (courtesy of Real Clear Politics) release of the 911 call made by Harvard employee Lucia Whalen. If he did, he would have discovered she never inserted the race of the individuals she was describing during her conversation with the 911 dispatcher, while she reported what she thought was a burglary in progress. Her call led to the…
Gore Vidal Writes About Gates Arrest; Lapses Into Incoherence
Perhaps it is time to recall William Shatner to the Tonight Show in order to read aloud, accompanied by bongos, leftwing novelist Gore Vidal's incoherent screed about the Henry Louis Gates arrest. Even Grampa Abe ranting aloud while spinning around on the church floor in "The Simpsons Movie" made more sense than Vidal. Perhaps it could be explained by one too many Ketel Ones but here is his…
Bad Polls for Obama; CBS Finds Bright Spots, NBC Skates Over Devastati
CBS and NBC released new polls Wednesday night which illustrated how the public is moving against President Barack Obama on health care as his overall approval, at least in the NBC survey, fell to its lowest-ever level. But while both networks conveyed the bad news for Obama, NBC's Chuck Todd failed to point out how more now disapprove than approve of Obama's handling of health care, a…
Newsweek: 'What Green Jobs? Washington Is Spending $60 Billion...But N
Newsweek magazine had yesterday a web exclusive entitled "What Green Jobs?" Subtitled: "Washington is spending $60 billion to create the careers of the future, but not a single green job yet exists. Obama's 'green czar' explains."The Leftist publication deserves some plaudits for exploring this $60 billion gaping hole in the $787 billion "stimulus" package President Barack Obama signed into law…
CNN Accuses GOP Rep. of 'Calculated Distortion' on Health Care, Provid
CNN’s Drew Griffin accused GOP Rep. Virginia Foxx on Wednesday’s Newsroom program of using a “a calculated distortion” that is “gaining credence in certain back alleys of the blogosphere” about the Democrats’ health care “reform” plan, specifically about the issue of end-of-life care for seniors. But all he did to try to disprove it was provide a link to the specific part of the legislation in…
Media Ignores Extreme Views of Obama Science Czar
For the past week the news media have ran stories on the what the blogosphere has dubbed "birthers", a group focusing on the controversy of Obama's citizenship and lack of providing a long form birth certificate to the public. This group, while a minority in the conservative circle, are making themselves heard and the media are asking every Republican figure they can to weigh in on the issue. …
Frequent Maddow Guest Shows Example of Liberals' Limited Capacity for
Long before Obama and the Sotomayor confirmation process elevated "empathy" to supreme importance, it held an honored place in the pantheon of liberal values.That being the case, why is it liberals appear incapable of empathizing with those who don't share their politics? Recent example: Princeton political science professor Melissa Harris-Lacewell appearing on Rachel Maddow's MSNBC show July 23…
CNN's Amanpour Again Denies That She's Political; Gets Mushy Over Cron
[Update, 7:30 pm Eastern: Audio and video clips added.] On CBS’s Late Late Show Tuesday night, CNN’s Christiane Amanpour again claimed that she was a nonpolitical entity: “I know it’s very fashionable and trendy to wear your politics on your sleeve right now, but I just don’t.” When host Craig Ferguson favorably compared her to the late Walter Cronkite, Amanpour gushed, “He was so special. I…
Specter to Attend Netroots Convention Instead of Conservative Event
On August 14, some of the nation's most prominent conservatives will be gathering in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but former Republican Senator Arlen Specter (D-Penn.) won't be there.Instead, he's decided to attend the Netroots Nation gathering (formerly known as YearlyKos) right down the street.Stealing a theme from "Star Wars," I guess the transformation is complete (h/t Rachel Alexander):