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Bob Schieffer Cues Up DNC Chairwoman: ‘Is Mitt Romney a Wimp
A left-wing writer for a liberal magazine wrote an article trying to undermine the Republican presidential candidate, a cover story which featured an insulting characterization. But instead of treating the attack as irrelevant, CBS’s Face the Nation decided to showcase it. “I just got a copy of the Newsweek cover that’s going to be hitting the newsstands tomorrow that calls you a ‘wimp,’”…
July 29th, 2012 3:12 PM

AP's Kasie Hunt: A Hotel Is 'Communal' Space; Also Makes Obama Appear
In the kerfuffle over the initial refusal by Mitt Romney's campaign to allow reporters into a fundraising event to take place at an Israeli hotel on Monday, a position the campaign reversed late yesterday (early morning in Israel), the Associated Press's Kasie Hunt had, to say the least, an interesting take on property rights, while clearly misstating how the Obama campaign has handled press…
July 29th, 2012 2:50 PM

George Will and Dana Loesch School Donna Brazile and Ruth Marcus on Ob
For the past two weeks Barack Obama's media minions have been working overtime trying to convince the American people the President was taken out of context during his now infamous "You Didn't Build That" speech in Roanoke, Virginia.
CNN's Donna Brazile and the Washington Post's Ruth Marcus tried making that pathetic claim on ABC's This Week Sunday only to receive a much-needed education from…
July 29th, 2012 1:44 PM

Krugman: If Obama's Reelected 'Good Chance That for a Month or Two We
New York Times economic columnist Paul Krugman made a statement Sunday about the looming end of the year tax hikes and spending cuts that is likely to raise some eyebrows on both sides of the aisle.
Appearing on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS, Krugman said, "If Obama’s reelected, I think that there’s a quite good chance that for a month or two we actually will go off the cliff" (video follows with…
July 29th, 2012 12:16 PM

CNN Plays 'Stupid Girls' Before Story About Sarah Palin Visiting Chick
UPDATE AT END OF POST: CNN responds.
Remember last November when Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) was disgracefully greeted with the song "Lyin' A-- B--ch" during her appearance on NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon?
On Sunday, Pink's "Stupid Girls" was played before a CNN Sunday Morning piece about former Alaska governor Sarah Palin visiting a Chick-fil-A restaurant to show support…
July 29th, 2012 10:29 AM

After Obama Goo, CBS's Charlie Rose Pounds Eric Cantor With Questions
When CBS This Morning co-host interviewed the Obamas earlier this month, Matthew Balan revealed it was mostly personal goo and political softballs. So it was more than a bit shocking on Friday morning when Rose interviewed House majority leader Eric Cantor and whacked him with four questions hammering him about the "intolerance" of the Republican Party -- like the networks do every four years…
July 29th, 2012 9:24 AM

AP's Kuhnhenn Cites a 'Rare Swipe' at Romney by Obama (Actually at Lea
You know, President Obama is such a constructive guy. Why, he's a veritable Mr. Sunshine like Chicago Cubs baseball Hall of Famer Ernie Banks. He hardly ever goes after presidential opponent Mitt Romney with harsh criticism. When he does, it's a "rare swipe."
That's what Jim Kuhnhenn at the Associated Press told his readers yesterday in his coverage ("New day, old bickering on taxes between…
July 29th, 2012 9:11 AM

Somehow, Daily Kos Morally Merges Aurora Killer With Jonah Goldberg
Jonah Goldberg has written a column advocating a swift execution for Aurora theatre killer James Holmes, which outraged “Tytalus” at the Daily Kos. His article is titled “Doughy Pantload vents his violent impulses.”
In classic Kosmonaut fashion, the advocacy of killing the mass murderer somehow morally merges Holmes and Goldberg into identical warts on society’s gluteus maximus:
July 29th, 2012 7:56 AM
Washington Post Reporter Speculates On Fox News And Super-PACs Playing
Oh those looming racists at Fox News and the Republican-friendly super-PACs. They just might try to play the race card against President Obama. But not to worry! It would only backfire against them.
So suggested Washington Post reporter Nia-Malika Henderson, appearing on this weekend's edition of the Chris Matthews show. Henderson assured viewers that if the Super PACs and Fox News "hint…
July 29th, 2012 7:20 AM

Saturday Night Funny Video: New Obama Ad Narrated by Morgan Freeman
Imagined and created by TBS’s Conan, a parody of an Obama campaign ad if narrated by Barack Obama supporter Morgan Freeman.
FNC’s Special Report with Bret Baier, anchored by Shannon Bream, played it at the end of this past Monday’s show.
July 29th, 2012 12:59 AM

AP Headline: 'Unemployment Could Stay High'; Opening Sentence: 'High U
It's becoming increasingly clear that the Associated Press, aka the Administration's Press, believes there are two primary kinds of users of its output: those who only read headlines and those who read on or click through. It often dresses up the headlines with inaccuracies, omissions, and occasional downright falsehoods, which more often than not are respectively rendered properly, included,…
July 28th, 2012 7:57 PM
Russell Brand: Sarah Palin Is Popular Because 'People Want to F--k Her
British actor Russell Brand made a disgustingly sexist and misogynistic comment about former Alaska governor Sarah Palin Saturday.
The Wrap reported moments ago that during a question and answer session at the Television Critics Association, Brand said of Palin's popularity, "People want to f--k her."
July 28th, 2012 5:58 PM
All Purpose Weekend Open Thread
If only there were something to talk about...
July 28th, 2012 3:17 PM

Paul Krugman Wants to Replace Ben Bernanke as Federal Reserve Chairman
Here’s a really scary thought: New York Times columnist Paul Krugman wants to replace Ben Bernanke as the Chairman of the Federal Reserve.
The perilously liberal economist actually said this in a segment of CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS to be aired Sunday (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
July 28th, 2012 3:11 PM