George Stephanopoulos Touts Obama's 'Dramatic,' 'Emotional' Speech, Ch

George Stephanopoulos on Wednesday's Good Morning America delighted over Barack Obama's "dramatic," "emotional" and "ambitious" speech. During live coverage of last night's Republican response, however, the former top Clinton aide lectured viewers that Marco Rubio's speech was "hard-edged." On Wednesday, Stephanopoulos introduced a segment on the State of the Union by praising, "The speech…
Scott Whitlock
February 13th, 2013 12:45 PM

Drone Strike Hypocrisy Turns Liberal Bloggers Against Each Other

It's always interesting when liberals disagree on something because each one believes he or she is always 100 percent correct on any issue, a stance that often leads to fiery confrontations and personal attacks. The latest example of this concept is the angry Twitter debate between Buzzfeed editor-in-chief Ben Smith and Talking Points Memo founder Josh Marshall over an article entitled “7…
Randy Hall
February 13th, 2013 12:41 PM

Slate Brings Back Hitchens To Trash Pope's 'Stench of Evil

Christopher Hitchens has been brought back from the dead by Slate, but it won’t do them any good. Yesterday, they republished a hit piece by the atheist from 2010 that was vintage Hitchens: the man was a great polemicist but a third-class scholar. Facts never mattered to him. ("The Pope's entire career has the stench of evil about it.") Hitchens said the scandal “has only just begun.” Wrong…
Bill Donohue
February 13th, 2013 11:33 AM

Marco Rubio Schools Obama Shill George Stephanopoulos, Reminds Host Th

Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos was in full Obama talking points mode, Wednesday, grilling Marco Rubio on why he won't support the President's agenda. Every question the host offered echoed the White House's State of the Union agenda. Stephanopoulos lectured, "The President last night asked the members of Congress to promise not to shut down the government, not to do anything that…
Scott Whitlock
February 13th, 2013 11:22 AM

Chris Matthews Bashes Rubio for ‘Primitive’ Response to Obama

Once again, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews showed his over-eager liberal partisanship and Obama puffery following Marco Rubio’s response to the State of the Union on February 13.  Speaking on Tuesday night with the rest of the liberal MSNBC panel, Matthews slammed Rubio’s speech as “primitive” and “tinker toys.” Following Rachel Maddow’s liberal critique of Senator Rubio’s speech, which she said was…
Jeffrey Meyer
February 13th, 2013 11:10 AM

Maher: Rubio's a 'Shameless Liar' for Saying Obama Created More Debt T

NewsBusters readers know that one of my guilty pleasures is exposing Bill Maher's lack of knowledge on subjects he pompously pounds the table about. On Tuesday evening, Maher gave me a doozy when he wrote on Facebook, "Wow, what a shameless liar this Marco Rubio guy is - Obama created more debt than Bush? Well, if you don't believe in science, why not math too?"
Noel Sheppard
February 13th, 2013 10:56 AM

NBC's Lauer to Boehner: Is Obama 'The Most Inspirational African Ameri

In an interview with House Speaker John Boehner aired on Wednesday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer highlighted the Speaker inviting two girls from a Washington D.C. inner city school to the State of the Union address, but rather than focus on the scholarship program Boehner supports, Lauer wondered: "They're your guests. Could you blame them, though, if they're not a little mesmerized by Barack…
Kyle Drennen
February 13th, 2013 10:55 AM

Maher: Catholic Priests Would Use Birth Control If Altar Boys Could Ge

There clearly is no limit to Bill Maher’s depravity. On TBS’s Conan Tuesday, the comedian beloved by the liberal media said that Catholic priests would use birth control if altar boys could get pregnant (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
February 13th, 2013 10:04 AM

Scarborough: 'Rubio Not Ready; Republicans Pushing Him Out There Makin

"I'm going to get in trouble for saying this," said a prescient Joe Scarborough. Less than an hour after delivering a devastating take-down of the Obama economic record that surely pleased many conservatives,  Scarborough made remarks about Marco Rubio that are bound to outrage many of the same folks. Commenting on Marco Rubio's response to the State of the Union, Scarborough declared that…
Mark Finkelstein
February 13th, 2013 9:45 AM

Politico's Thrush Cites Obama's SOTU 'Spending Proposals,' Omits His C

Last night in his State of the Union speech, President Barack Obama claimed: "Nothing I'm proposing tonight should increase our deficit by a single dime." Even considering the inclusion of "should" as a wiggle word, that's a laughable claim. Politico's Glenn Thrush is one among what will surely turn out to be a legion of pundits and reporters who will ignore Obama's deficit promise while…
Tom Blumer
February 13th, 2013 8:55 AM

Scarborough SOTU Response Rips Obama's Failed Economic Record

In just 58 seconds, Joe Scarborough has managed to render an imagined response to last night's SOTU that demolishes President Obama's failed economic record. Delivered on today's Morning Joe, Scarborough scalded PBO's pitiful performance on the economy.  Highlights from the Hall of Shame: four million more Americans out of work today than when Barack Obama became President; average income…
Mark Finkelstein
February 13th, 2013 8:04 AM

NB Chat: State of the Union

Now that the State of the Union speech is over, the chat has ended. Please use this to discuss it or anything else in the news.
NB Staff
February 12th, 2013 11:20 PM

Rubio to Obama: 'I Don’t Oppose Your Plans Because I Want to Protect

Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fl.) gave the Republican response to the President's State of the Union address Tuesday, and not surprisingly, he came out swinging. Maybe his best comment was, "Mr. President, I don’t oppose your plans because I want to protect the rich. I oppose your plans because I want to protect my neighbors."
Noel Sheppard
February 12th, 2013 11:20 PM

Bozell Column: Conservatism, Killing the GOP

As President Obama enters his second term, what “mandate” does he enjoy? His liberal media enablers are boldly declaring that somehow his four-point victory was a “shellacking,” and the Republican Party is in danger of “ceasing to be a national party.” They’re very blunt about what’s killing the GOP: conservatism. It’s not helping the GOP that some of its conservative leaders are acting…
Brent Bozell
February 12th, 2013 10:47 PM