CNN Reporter Lectures Anchor Over Use of 'Tea Party Radicals

After slamming the "Tea Party radicals" who he said initiated the shutdown, CNN's Michael Holmes was admonished by his colleague Jim Acosta on Thursday. "I mean, first of all, let's be careful about using the term 'radical,' because a lot of those folks feel like they're standing on principle today, even though they didn't come out on top in this," Acosta lectured Holmes. [Video below the…
Matt Hadro
October 17th, 2013 7:01 PM

Sharyl Attkisson Spotlights New Obama Admin. Scandal: Grenade Running

On Thursday's CBS This Morning, Sharyl Attkisson revealed a new debacle involving the smuggling of weapons into Mexico on the Obama administration's watch. Attkisson pointed out how "a grenade used in the murders of three Mexican police officers last week has been linked to an alleged arms trafficker that U.S. officials left on the street to operate long after they had evidence of his crimes…
Matthew Balan
October 17th, 2013 6:10 PM

You Stay Classy, Ed - Schultz Trashes Retired Veteran Over the Airwave

Picture this -- a conservative is introduced to a person and told that he served in the military for more than 20 years. Ninety-nine times out of a hundred, how does the conservative respond? With these words -- Thank you for your service. Liberal radio host and high-maintenance MSNBC afternoon host Ed Schultz was presented with this scenario yesterday on his radio show. As if taking a direct…
Jack Coleman
October 17th, 2013 4:53 PM

Douglas Brinkley on CNN: Obama Has 'Steel Backbone,' a 'Firewall Progr

Liberal historian Douglas Brinkley said President Obama has a "steel backbone" and hailed him as a "firewall president" in a Thursday afternoon segment on CNN. "And you saw that in this crisis, the steel backbone of Barack Obama, that's what history's seeing him as, the firewall progressive," Brinkley fawned over the President. He also offered this pathetic excuse for Obama's "forceful" tone…
Matt Hadro
October 17th, 2013 4:38 PM

Study Explodes Lefty Talking Point: Tea Partiers More Scientifically L

Who's going to break the news to MSNBC's Chris Matthews? Apparently, a study by Yale University -- you know, that great New Haven bastion of conservatism -- finds that folks who self-identify with the Tea Party are more literate when it comes to scientific matters than non-Tea Partiers. If and when this knowledge causes the Hardball host's head to explode, I hope the suits at MSNBC will be…
Ken Shepherd
October 17th, 2013 4:37 PM

Planned Parenthood to Teens: ‘Nothing Bad or Unhealthy’ About Prom

“Hi kids, Planned Parenthood here, using your parents’ tax dollar to tell you about the joys of sleeping around! Now you may have heard that copulating like amnesiac wildebeests in season is something to be frowned upon. Nothing could be further from the truth! Cheap, loveless sex – wherever you can get it – is a cornerstone of a healthy, happy adolescence. Just be sure to stop by your local…
Katie Yoder
October 17th, 2013 3:40 PM

On MSNBC, Orrin Hatch Whacks Heritage Foundation 'Radicalness

Susan Jones at CNSNews.com reports Sen. Orrin Hatch attacked the Heritage Foundation in an appearance on MSNBC’s “Daily Rundown” on Thursday. When MSNBC’s Chuck Todd said "The right's not going to be happy with” majority leader Mitch McConnell, Hatch not only defended McConnell but said Heritage in its “radicalness” will be losing its clout and reputation:
Tim Graham
October 17th, 2013 3:02 PM

WashPost In Gloating Mode: Elephant Waves White Flag as 'Far Right Fla

The Washington Post was in Gloating Mode on Thursday against Republicans. The front page of the free Express tabloid showed an elephant’s trunk waving a white flag. The headline: "IT'S OVER. FOR NOW." (Somehow, they failed to show Obama waving a white flag when he “solved” Syria’s chemical-weapons problem.) On page 3 was a nasty Associated Press article by Donna Cassata on how a selfish Ted Cruz…
Tim Graham
October 17th, 2013 2:08 PM

Matthews: Does the Right Still 'Count Blacks as Three-Fifths

Chris Matthews is convinced the conservative opposition to Barack Obama isn't about opposition to big government spending but race. Appearing on MSNBC, right after the President delivered his speech on the shutdown deal, the Hardball host demanded to know why a "small part" of the GOP thinks they can beat Obama as he questioned: "Why does a group of people that always loses elections or tends…
Geoffrey Dickens
October 17th, 2013 1:09 PM

Daily Beast's Kohn Angry That Neb. Judge Stands in Way of Teenager Abo

A Nebraska judge standing in the way of a 16-year-old obtaining an elective abortion is a "shame" worthy of national scorn, according to Fox News and Daily Beast contributor Sally Kohn, in her October 17 Women of the World blog entry, "Nebraska Abortion Shame." Daily Beast editors highlighted Kohn's rant, placing it in the number 7 slot in the lightbox this morning. "A 16-year-old foster teen…
Ken Shepherd
October 17th, 2013 1:03 PM

Businessweek: Leaving Finance Behind for Liberal Politics

Perhaps it was only a matter of time before Bloomberg Businessweek followed its namesake, New York Mayor and Head Nurse Michael Bloomberg, moving from business and finance and into liberal politics. And it’s jumped in with both feet. This week’s cover, featuring Ted Cruz dressed as the mad hatter, proclaimed “The Tea Party Won: Ted Cruz and his band of dead enders took the U.S. through the…
Mike Ciandella
October 17th, 2013 1:01 PM

Chris Matthews Trashes Cruz and Lee for Their 'White' 'Minority' Base

 Liberal cable anchor Chris Matthews on Thursday sneered at conservatives Mike Lee and Ted Cruz, trashing their "white" "minority" base. The Hardball host also defined a patriot as someone who "believes in government." According to Matthews, conservative Republicans in the House and Senate don't meet this standard. The host fumed, "They all run around as if 'we got all of these white people out…
Scott Whitlock
October 17th, 2013 12:42 PM

CBS's Norah O'Donnell Heralds Obama as Shutdown's 'Grown-Up in the Roo

Norah "we shouldn't editorialize" O'Donnell boosted President Obama mere seconds after the liberal politician finished his Thursday presser about the end of the partial government shutdown. The CBS anchor claimed that Obama was trying to "be, sort of, the grown-up in the room, and to look forward and say, here are the three ways we can now work together. " O'Donnell later asserted that the…
Matthew Balan
October 17th, 2013 12:21 PM

Politico Howler: 'Obama Has Gotten Surprisingly Few Questions' About H

The following sentence appeared in a writeup on the ongoing failure known as HealthCare.gov by Politico reporters Kyle Cheney, Jason Millman and Jennifer Haberkorn: "President Barack Obama has gotten surprisingly few questions about the enrollment problems as the country — and Republican critics of the health law — focused on the government shutdown and the debt ceiling battle." Gosh,…
Tom Blumer
October 17th, 2013 12:05 PM