MSNBC Figures Out How Romney Should Sell Bain -- He Needs Bill Clinton

On the Friday edition of Andrea Mitchell Reports on MSNBC, Mitchell was trying to "help" Mitt Romney with all those anti-Bain Capital attacks. "It seems to me that Mitt Romney has to figure out a way to get around the vulture capitalist, you know, we are using that phrase as it comes from Rick Perry and others on the Republican side, using that phrase in quotation marks, he has to find a better…
Tim Graham
January 14th, 2012 4:30 PM

Eleanor Clift: Romney Withholding Tax Returns Because They'd Show Offs

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has up to this point opted not to make his tax returns public. Not surprisingly, Newsweek's Eleanor Clift smells a rat and expressed her conspiratorial opinion during the predictions segment of PBS's McLaughlin Group Friday (video follows with transcript):
Noel Sheppard
January 14th, 2012 3:41 PM

McLaughlin Group Pays Tribute to Tony Blankley

Like a lot of Americans who live outside the D.C. metro area, I was first introduced to Tony Blankley by PBS's McLaughlin Group. It was therefore quite fitting that host John McLaughlin as well as panelists Michelle Bernard, Pat Buchanan, Eleanor Clift, and Clarence Page on Friday paid tribute to Blankley who sadly passed away last Saturday (video follows with commentary):
Noel Sheppard
January 14th, 2012 3:21 PM

Hate Radio: Mike Malloy Wishes Cardinal George and Rick Santorum Would

Leftist talk radio host Mike Malloy never stops wishing for the death of conservatives. On January 6, he talked of "Sick Santorum," and said "I think he's Catholic, right? What you ought to do is call Francis Cardinal George out in Chicago and maybe you and he can get together for a cup of -- hemlock." He wants Santorum and Cardinal George to kill themselves. On both January 6 and January 9,…
Tim Graham
January 14th, 2012 2:00 PM

Bill Maher and Rob Reiner Don't Get the Fuss Over Marines Urinating on

It really is amazing how far liberal media members are willing to go to deflect any criticism from Barack Obama. On HBO's Real Time Friday, host Bill Maher and guest Rob Reiner said this week's revelation of United States Marines urinating on dead Taliban wasn't really that big of a deal; Reiner even said, "It's expected" (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
January 14th, 2012 10:52 AM

'Doomsday Clock' Moves Closer to Midnight; Guess Why

The "Doomsday Clock" has been with us since 1947. It is a symbolic construct of the now left-leaning Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a group which "was established in 1945 by scientists, engineers, and other experts who had created the atomic bomb as part of the Manhattan Project. They knew about the horrible effects of these new weapons and devoted themselves to warning the public about the…
Tom Blumer
January 14th, 2012 10:19 AM

Bill Moyers: George Soros 'Has Been the Victim of Glenn Beck' and 'Fox

To give you an idea just how perilously liberal Bill Moyers is, in a media discussion with Arianna Huffington Friday, he actually sung the praises of America-hating billionaire George Soros. Not only that, Moyers also claimed Soros "has been the victim, of course, of Glenn Beck and the right-wing, the Fox News assassins" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
January 14th, 2012 9:52 AM

NBC Brings More Raunch to Primetime with Launch of 'Chelsea

From the network that brought you the failed show, "The Playboy Club," NBC is now offering more trashy television with the new primetime comedy, "Are You There, Chelsea?" based on the book by comedienne and host of "Chelsea Lately," Chelsea Handler. The sitcom, which premiered January 11, centers on the life of Chelsea Handler, a bartender who prays to Vodka, drinks heavily without regret and…
Erin R. Brown
January 14th, 2012 9:34 AM

Weekend Open Thread

For general discussion and debate about whatever tickles your fancy.
NB Staff
January 14th, 2012 9:04 AM

Weekend Sports Open Thread

The NFL playoffs continue. Can the Niners beat the Saints? Can the Giants beat the Packers? Can the Texans beat the Ravens? And most importantly, can Tebow beat Brady? Anything else sports-related you want to talk about?
NB Staff
January 14th, 2012 9:01 AM

Bozell Column: Hollywood's Snotty Day In Court

It was symbolically perfect that on the same day Hollywood went to the Supreme Court to make the case for broadcast profanity, Entertainment Weekly reported that the next showing of the ABC smutcom “Modern Family” would feature a two-year-old girl dropping the F-bomb. The episode’s title will be “Little Bo Bleep.” Shameless. There’s no other way to describe the people running these networks.…
Brent Bozell
January 14th, 2012 7:56 AM

Bill Press Show Can't Stop Trashing Tim Tebow's Kneeling: 'I Just Want

The Munchkins that lead liberal talk radio really can't stop demonstrating their hatred of Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow. On Thursday's Bill Press Show, the lapsed Catholic host launched into another broadside about Tebow's winning touchdown pass to Demaryius Thomas, and how the "Tebowing" made him nauseous. "I couldn’t believe it and then I looked up at the screen and there he was on…
Tim Graham
January 14th, 2012 7:01 AM

Bill Maher Admits His Audience Are 'Brainwashed Liberals

A truly marvelous thing happened on the season premiere of HBO's Real Time Friday. Host Bill Maher admitted that his audience are a bunch of "brainwashed liberals" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
January 13th, 2012 11:59 PM

Three Months in and With Weak Support, AP Says Annual Federal Deficit

I see that the Associated Press's Derek Kravitz is picking up where his colleague Martin Crutsinger left off in offering up incomplete information and inconvenient truth-avoiding coverage of Uncle Sam's financial results as described in the Monthly Treasury Statement. December's statement, which was released yesterday, showed a deficit of $86 billion and a year-to-date shortfall of $322 billion…
Tom Blumer
January 13th, 2012 11:38 PM