Obama's Chummy Press Corps Offers David 'Axe' Axelrod Their Advice for

Neil Munro of the Daily Caller was attacked by journalists for asking President Obama a question out of turn -- because Obama wasn't offering a turn. He expects to speak without taking questions. On Thursday, Munro once again found himself surrounded by amateur Obama advisers thinly disguised as objective journalists after Obama lost the debate in Denver. Munro noted several reporters on the…
Tim Graham
October 6th, 2012 3:14 PM

Billy Crystal Ridicules Romney Wearing His Picture With Mouth Cut Out

The dissing of Mitt Romney by America's Obama-loving media knows no bounds. On CBS's Late Show Friday, Billy Crystal showed up with a picture of Romney with the mouth cut out and proceeded to ridicule the Republican presidential nominee with the assistance of host David Letterman (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
October 6th, 2012 2:41 PM

Producer Was Amazed Historian Thought Romney Would Win -- Then Later A

British journalist and historian Tim Stanley is a conservative expert on American politics. He blogged at the Telegraph (U.K.) website that the liberal media lost in the first debate, suffering a "humiliation for an industry that has spent several years setting Obama up as the wisest, most eloquent, most popular politician since FDR." Stanley found that American media bookers fully expected…
Tim Graham
October 6th, 2012 1:26 PM

David Letterman Calls Mitt Romney 'A Felon

CBS Late Show host David Letterman on Friday accused Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney of being "a felon." "The man has not paid a nickel in United States federal income tax" (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
October 6th, 2012 1:24 PM

Snoop Dogg: Romney 'A White N---a

Rapper Snoop Dogg on Friday posted on Instagram ten reasons why he's not voting for Mitt Romney, and ten reasons why he is voting for Barack Obama. His opposition to the Republican presidential nominee was filled with vulgarities and racial epithets (serious vulgarity warning):
Noel Sheppard
October 6th, 2012 12:39 PM

Frank Luntz Finds the 1% – In Maher’s Audience Where One Person Su

A revelatory humorous moment on Friday night’s Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO: A single member of his studio audience supports Mitt Romney. How’d he get in? When Republican political consultant Frank Luntz predicted Barack Obama would win re-election, loud applause broke out from those in the studio at CBS Television City in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles. “How many of you out there…
Brent Baker
October 6th, 2012 11:02 AM

Rapper Ice T Tells Obama 'No Weed Before the Next Debate, Homie

Actor and musician Ice T was apparently also displeased with Barack Obama's debate performance Wednesday. Commenting on Twitter Friday, Ice T wrote, "Message to the President: 'No weed before the next debate homie.'"
Noel Sheppard
October 6th, 2012 10:52 AM

Maher on Debate: 'It Looks Like Obama Took My Million and Spent it All

Just how awful was President Obama during Wednesday's debate with Mitt Romney? One of his financial supporters, HBO's Bill Maher, said Friday, "It looks like he took my million and spent it all on weed" (video follows with transcript and commentary, vulgarity warning):
Noel Sheppard
October 6th, 2012 10:27 AM

WashPost Asks Lehrer: Did Romney Say He 'Would Take the Rug Right Out

Jim Lehrer has granted several post-debate interviews to respond to negative reactions from other journalists. In Saturday's Washington Post, Paul Farhi concluded with this. "One last thing: What was your reaction when Governor Romney said he intended to end funding for PBS? Did it sound to you like he was saying, 'I’ll take the rug right out from under you if I’m president?'" What? Romney…
Tim Graham
October 6th, 2012 10:19 AM

DOL's Solis Misleads CNBC Viewers on Job Revisions, Admin's Willingnes

In a Friday interview where the primary purpose was to give her an opportunity to defend her Bureau of Labor Statistics, Obama administration Department of Labor head Hilda Solis gave CNBC viewers the false impression that prior-month upward revisions to reported job additions were in the private sector (they were all government jobs), and falsely claimed, despite her boss's refusal to do…
Tom Blumer
October 6th, 2012 9:51 AM

Wild and Crazy Steve Martin in Bizarre Video Endorsement of Bob Kerrey

Actor and comedian Steve Martin is a wild and crazy guy so it is no surprise that he would make a bizarre political endorsement. In this case the endorsement was for Bob Kerrey who is running for the senate seat from Nebraska. However, Steve Martin does not once mention Bob Kerrey or anything political in the "endorsement." Instead, Martin in the guise of a home crafts expert shows us how to…
P.J. Gladnick
October 6th, 2012 9:19 AM

Bozell Column: Oscars Splash In The Sewer

Anyone in Hollywood who’s dreamed of hosting the Oscars telecast never imagined that the qualifications would eventually include creating cartoon dogs that love "pukesicles" and cartoon babies that eat horse sperm for breakfast. That crashing sound you heard was the collapse of the final vestiges of taste, civility, respect, decency – whatever you want to call it – as the allegedly classy…
Brent Bozell
October 6th, 2012 8:05 AM

Liberal Radio Has the DNC Song Sheet: Romney Only Won Because He's a

In case anyone is in doubt that Liberal Talk Radio-land can display the tendency to all hit the same talking points, many liberal hosts all hit the same post-debate theme on Thursday: Mitt Romney only won because he shamelessly lied his face off. (They find it charming when Clinton does.) Al Sharpton was outraged, as if he never lied as he was callously spreading the Tawana Brawley racial hoax…
Tim Graham
October 6th, 2012 7:30 AM

Daily Kos Week in Review: Boxing Day

This past week's presidential debate put at least two Kossacks in mind of throwing punches and caused another to reflect upon which group Republicans hate more: women or those who pay no income taxes. And why do leftists hate all the liberal debate moderators, like first-timer Candy Crowley of CNN? As usual, each headline is preceded by the blogger's name or pseudonym.
Tom Johnson
October 6th, 2012 6:38 AM