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Lisa Mascaro at the LA Times: Nation's Budget Problems Are 'Substantia
A recurring theme at the Los Angeles Times during the past several days has been that the nation's economic and fiscal circumstances really aren't all that bad, and they're getting better under Dear Leader Obama. (Oh, and throw in a healthy dose of "It's Bush's fault" for good measure.)
Lisa Mascaro, with the help of Brian Bennett, David Lauter and Michael A. Memoli, added to that effort late…
October 20th, 2013 5:43 PM
Daily Beast Contributor Jokes About Cruz and McCain Settling Feud in a
I'm fully aware that Daily Beast contributor Dean Obeidallah is a comedian, but would the following comment he made on Twitter Sunday be funny if made by a conservative comic about Democrats?
"Anyone else hoping Ted Cruz and John McCain settle their feud in an Aaron Burr-Alexander Hamilton style duel? Id [sic] be rooting for John McCain":
October 20th, 2013 4:49 PM
Andrea Mitchell: 'Jim DeMint and Heritage Have Been Completely Discred
Liberal media members sure do hate conservative think tanks.
Take NBC's Andrea Mitchell who on Sunday's Meet the Press said, "Jim DeMint and Heritage have been completely discredited among Republicans, among conservative Republicans" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
October 20th, 2013 2:39 PM
NPR Health Reporter Elated With Obamacare, Taunts GOP for Worthless
When Obamacare was signed by the president in 2010, NPR marked how its health reporter Julie Rovner had a "picture perfect day," and took a snapshot. She "was all smiles when asked about how important this day was to her.” She said: “It's the first month of my twenty-five years covering health policy...and I did not intend to miss this event!”
So it’s not surprising that she would write a…
October 20th, 2013 2:16 PM
Chuck Todd: 'They're Going to Have to Find a Fall Person' for ObamaCar
NBC chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd made a strong statement Sunday about the administration needing "a fall person" if the ObamaCare website continues to fail.
Appearing on Meet the Press, Todd said, "Kathleen Sebelius is very nervous about her standing with the president" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
October 20th, 2013 1:46 PM
AP Claims California's $68 Billion High-Speed Rail Got 'Overwhelming
In a Sunday morning report which tries to put the best possible face on a project which appears to be on track to make the $22 billion "Big Dig" in Massachusetts look like a petty cash disbursement, Juliet Williams at the Associated Press claimed that the $68 billion involved thus far "would span the state." No it wouldn't, unless all of the formerly Golden State north of the San Francisco Bay…
October 20th, 2013 1:13 PM
E.J. Dionne: 'The Era of the Tea Party Is Over
How many times in the past five years have you heard a liberal media member declare the Tea Party dead?
It happened again on NBC's Meet the Press Sunday with Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne claiming, "I think that the era of the far right and the era of the Tea Party is over" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
October 20th, 2013 12:57 PM
Martha Raddatz on Hillary Clinton: 'She's Got to Run
Is it possible for liberal media members to hold back their glee concerning Hillary Clinton running for president in 2016?
Consider ABC's Martha Raddatz who on Sunday's This Week actually said to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), "She's got to run, right?" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
October 20th, 2013 12:13 PM
Oprah Refused to Sell ObamaCare for White House
As NewsBusters has reported, many Hollywood stars volunteered their services to help the White House sell ObamaCare.
According to a Sunday article at the New York Post, the woman who named Barack Obama "The One," Oprah Winfrey, wasn't among them.
October 20th, 2013 10:30 AM
WashPost Columnist and Former Editor David Ignatius Wants to Hunt the
Several Washington Post journalist/operatives are also teaching in the Karen Tumulty School of Unselfishly Un-electing The Tea Party. In Sunday’s paper, columnist David Ignatius (formerly a Post foreign editor and assistant managing editor for business news) penned a piece titled “Disarming the RINO Hunters.”
“Many Republicans have been muttering over the past few weeks of political…
October 20th, 2013 9:39 AM
'Mr. Big' Gets Small: Actor Chris Noth Sneers Tea Party Is Racist, Un
Chris Noth, a star of “The Good Wife” on CBS, isn’t as restrained a politician in real life as he is on TV. Black leftist Marc Lamont Hill spotlighted him as "fascinating" on HuffPost Live for tweeting: “Highest level of racism was showed yesterday when Republicans forced a shutdown of our government. Mostly because our President is black.”
Noth also tweeted “Every Tea Party member should be…
October 20th, 2013 7:29 AM
Saturday Night Funny Video: Krauthammer Cracks a Joke About Pandas and
As anybody knows, who watched Charles Krauthammer accept the “William F. Buckley Jr. Award for Media Excellence” last month at the MRC’s 2013 DisHonors Awards and Gala, Charles Krauthammer is capable of delivering funny lines and humorous anecdotes.
On Friday’s Special Report with Bret Baier on FNC, Krauthammer offered a joke in explaining why the ending of the government shutdown – with the…
October 20th, 2013 1:32 AM
NPR Boosts ‘Feminist Hulk’ That Says ‘F— Patriarchy...Hulk Sma
If there’s a superhero that NPR can get behind, it would have to be “Feminist Hulk.” He doesn’t smash abortion clinic protesters. This hero apparently defends food stamps and WIC subsidies, so the shutdown added liberal luster. The NPR Morning Edition Facebook page merely said “Feminist Hulk!”
“Feminist Hulk is Jessica Lawson, a doctoral student in English literature at the University of…
October 19th, 2013 10:34 PM
Get a Room! WashPost's Ann Hornaday Longs to Tousle Redford's Hair
The New York Times and The Washington Post are already gushing about the coming Robert Redford film "All Is Lost," in which he barely speaks as he struggles by himself to survive at sea.
But Post film critic Ann Hornaday takes the gush in another direction. She's fantasizing about him in print, because at 77, the old man has "still got it," sexually speaking:
October 19th, 2013 6:34 PM