Vintage Santelli – Rips Obama's Keynesian-ish Policies: Why Does My

This is one of those "I told you so" moments conservatives should really be out publicizing: The $787-billion stimulus passed early 2009 - it's not working. And on CNBC's June 25 broadcast of "The Call," CME Group floor reporter Rick Santelli explained that all government spending is not created equal, and President Obama's so-called stimulus spending was for government payrolls and not the…
Jeff Poor
June 25th, 2010 3:51 PM

Santelli, Kudlow: Obama-Style Bailout/Keynesian Economics Not Working

CNBC personalities explain $787-billion stimulus not implemented correctly and only creating 70 cents of GDP for every dollar.
Jeff Poor
June 25th, 2010 3:33 PM

NPR Twice Promoted David Weigel as Chronicler of Conservative Extremis

The idea that Washington Post writer David Weigel was supposed to be a conservative -- and not merely someone reporting on the conservative movement -- was clearly not based on a review of Weigel's output. Weigel didn't just deconstruct conservatives for the Post, but was also presented twice recently by National Public Radio as a wise man assessing the fringiness of conservatives. Last October,…
Tim Graham
June 25th, 2010 3:23 PM

NBC's Todd Defends Obama 'Twitters' Gaffe: 'Written Incorrectly in His

On NBC's Today on Friday, White House correspondent Chuck Todd preemptively dismissed any criticism of President Obama referring to "Twitters" during a joint press conference with Russian President Dimitri Medvedev on Thursday: "It turns out he didn't misstate it. It was written incorrectly in his prepared remarks."During Todd's report, a clip was played of Obama noting how in a visit to…
Kyle Drennen
June 25th, 2010 3:16 PM

NYT Movie Critic: Venezuelan Dictator Hugo Chavez a 'Good-Hearted Man

Stephen Holden, the New York Times's most left-wing movie critic (and that's saying something) admires Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez almost as much as left-wing conspiracist/movie director Oliver Stone does. Stone's new documentary, "South of the Border," features informal interview sessions with several left-wing Latin American leaders, but the screen-time is dominated by Chavez, who Holden…
Clay Waters
June 25th, 2010 2:01 PM

Paul McCartney Compares Global Warming Skeptics to Holocaust Deniers

Seems the only thing gushing more than the BP oil spill these days is the disaster brewing in Paul McCartney's mouth.  In an exclusive interview with The Sun, McCartney takes a major swipe at global warming realists, er, deniers, by stating (emphasis mine):"Sadly we need disasters like this to show people. Some people don't believe in climate warming - like those who don't believe there was a…
Rusty Weiss
June 25th, 2010 1:39 PM

Breaking: WaPo's David Weigel Resigns After More Conservative-bashing

UPDATE | Lachlan Markay - 6/25, 3:00 PM: A roundup of reactions from all over the blogosphere and twitterverse below the fold. Washington Post blogger Dave Weigel resigned today after a host of offensive e-mails surfaced revealing his disdain for much of the right - the beat he was charged with covering. Fishbowl DC, which published a number of those emails yesterday, confirmed the resignation…
Lachlan Markay
June 25th, 2010 12:31 PM

WaPo’s Stevens-Arroyo Calls for Catholics to 'Embrace a Redistributi

The Washington Post’s really should consider renaming Anthony Stevens-Arroyo’s column in its “On Faith” blog. “Catholic America” should be “Liberal Democrat Catholic America,” just for the sake of truth in advertising. On June 23, left-wing hack Stevens-Arroyo again injected his politics into the ostensibly religious column. In “Common good v corp. profits,” he actually wrote that Catholics…
Sarah Knoploh
June 25th, 2010 12:14 PM

MRC-TV: The June 24 'Media Mash' on Hannity

"The media, for like five seconds, those with thrill up and down their legs, they were a little critical of the Anointed One and what was one of the worst speeches in the Oval Office... but as soon as he fired McChrystal and hired Petraeus, they went nuts," Sean Hannity observed last night at the beginning of his recurring "Media Mash" segment with NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell.The Fox News…
NB Staff
June 25th, 2010 11:42 AM

FNC's O'Reilly Cites NewsBusters Video of Media Praising Obama's 'Bril

At the top of Thursday's O'Reilly Factor on FNC, host Bill O'Reilly cited a NewsBusters video montage of various media figures touting President Obama's "brilliant" handling of the General McChrystal controversy: "[Obama] has a very powerful ally, the American media. After the President fired General McChrystal yesterday, NewsBusters.org put together this montage of press reaction." [Audio…
NB Staff
June 25th, 2010 11:00 AM

Stossel Argues Gun Control Can Increase Crime, 'I Was Once as Clueless

On Thursday’s Stossel show on FBN, host John Stossel devoted the program to making the case that gun control can increase crime rates and that higher rates of gun ownership tend to decrease crime. Stossel admitted that, even as a libertarian, it took time for him to come around to this truth as he and most in the mainstream media live in the New York City liberal bubble, not cognizant of all the…
Brad Wilmouth
June 25th, 2010 10:08 AM

Open Thread: House Passes DISCLOSE Act

NB Staff
June 25th, 2010 9:54 AM

Garofalo: Bible a 'Work of Fiction' for 'Child-Like Audience

Sometime-comedian Janeane Garofalo never passes up an opportunity to slam conservatives or, apparently, Christianity. The Huffington Post gave her an opportunity June 24 to kill two birds with one stone. In an interview promoting her upcoming special on a network called EPIX, Garofalo compared the most widely-read book of all time, the Bible, to a Bill O'Reilly autobiography and a children's…
Nathan Burchfiel
June 25th, 2010 8:43 AM

Democracy, Yecch: Does NPR Really Want to Slam the 'Tyranny of Constit

Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit mocked the curious turn of phrase National Public Radio Senior Washington Editor Ron Elving used on his Watching Washington blog to defend a recent NPR survey showing dire straits for the Democrats in the fall. Beneath the surface, the NPR poll was all about the tyranny of constituency, the down and dirty of serving the folks back home. House districts (and states'…
Tim Graham
June 25th, 2010 7:51 AM