Cal Thomas Column: The Stossel Solution

In order to get the correct answer to anything, one must ask the right question. That is what former ABC News and current Fox News TV host John Stossel does on his weekly program. If ever there was "must see-TV," this is it. Stossel's show on Saturday, June 30 was a classic. It was called "Government, Incorporated" and focused on what private industry can do less expensively and more…
Cal Thomas
July 13th, 2012 3:45 PM

NYT's Timothy Egan: 'People Who Like Sex...Believe in Science' Won't V

New York Times liberal reporter turned liberal columnist Timothy Egan's Thursday nytimes.com column, "Tribes of the Swing States," began with an intriguing rundown of what Obama and Romney have in common, before swerving into ridiculously self-righteous liberalism: What’s little known, and certainly unmentioned on the campaign trail, is what Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have in common. Both…
Clay Waters
July 13th, 2012 3:33 PM

Soledad O'Brien Thinks Obama -- Not Governors -- Should Get Credit for

Soledad O'Brien apparently thinks President Obama should get the credit for states with low unemployment, as she pressed two Republican governors to admit on Friday's Starting Point. Interviewing Gov. Terry Branstad (R-Iowa), O'Brien mentioned his state's low unemployment rate and asked "Do you think that the governors get the credit for that or shouldn't President Obama get the credit for…
Matt Hadro
July 13th, 2012 3:18 PM

Leno: 'No Word' Yet If Romney's 'Rooting for Switzerland, Bermuda, Lux

Obama-loving news outlets aren't the only ones hyperventilating over presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's international investments. NBC Tonight Show host Jay Leno insultingly jumped on the bandwagon during his monologue Thursday (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
July 13th, 2012 2:17 PM

Connecting 'Demagogue' Brigitte Bardot to Romney

Washington Post writer Annie Groer claims to be a big fan of French former sexpot/movie star Brigitte Bardot, who is being honored with a photo exhibit in Washington at the Sofitel Hotel near the White House. Groer’s "She the People" blog post, headlined “Brigitte Bardot, from goddess to demagogue,” somehow goes from Bardot’s convictions for “inciting racial hatred” (she’s been repeatedly…
Tim Graham
July 13th, 2012 2:10 PM

Bill Keller, Former NYTimes Editor, Says Voter ID Laws Only About 'Dis

On Thursday's edition of the New York Times's daily TimesCast, liberal columnists Charles Blow and Bill Keller discussed Mitt Romney's appearance at the NAACP convention (which Keller, the paper's former executive editor, found condescending). They took on the issue of voter ID laws in various states. Over a montage of still photos of blacks in line to vote, Keller called voter fraud "kind of…
Clay Waters
July 13th, 2012 1:07 PM

Time's Scherer Blasts Obama Ad That Skews Mitt Romney's Position on Ab

As we noted previously and to its credit, the Washington Post has been critical of misleading Barack Obama attack ads on Republican candidate Mitt Romney. Now Time magazine has taken to fact-checking an Obama ad which hits Mitt Romney on a hot-button social issue: abortion. Time magazine's Michael Scherer -- no Romney backer he -- slammed the Obama spot as "centered on a clear untruth," and…
Ken Shepherd
July 13th, 2012 12:45 PM

NBC: Obama Preaches 'Unity' and 'Optimism' While Romney 'Relentlessly

In a campaign report for Friday's NBC Today, correspondent Peter Alexander touted a sound bite of President Obama telling CBS's Charlie Rose: "...the nature of this office is also to tell a story to the American people." Alexander added that the President wanted to tell, "A story that gives Americans a sense of 'unity' and 'optimism'..."   Immediately following that glowing description of…
Kyle Drennen
July 13th, 2012 12:33 PM

Occupy Violence Erupts in Los Angeles: 'Kill the Cops!'; NBC Ignores

Occupy violence erupted in Los Angeles on Thursday with protesters using slogans such as "Kill the cops." NBC skipped the story on Friday's Today. CBS This Morning and ABC's Good Morning America offered a combined 31 seconds. GMA news reader Amy Robach explained that police had to break up a crowd of "200 angry protesters." She briefly added, "It started when Occupy L.A. activists joined a…
Scott Whitlock
July 13th, 2012 12:11 PM

Parade Mag Spurs Bush 41 to Ask: 'Who The Hell Is Grover Norquist

The Sunday newspaper supplement Parade magazine is showing its liberal bias again...but this time, it's helping the Bush family whacks anti-tax conservatives again. Just as Jeb Bush slammed the Grover Norquist tax pledge last month, George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush unload for this Sunday's papers. George asks:  "Who the hell is Grover Norquist, anyway?" Barbara thinks he should "go back to…
Tim Graham
July 13th, 2012 11:39 AM

Open Thread: Unintentionally Hilarious Trailer for Pro-Obama Movie

It's Friday, so what better way to kick off the weekend than a hilarious trailer promoting an over-the-top pro-Obama movie.  Judging by the 2:30-long trailer for The Obama Effect, the movie, set in 2008, is the fictional account of a man named John (played by Charles S. Dutton) who suffers a heart attack and discovers he's spared death because he has a mission from God: campaigning for Barack…
Matt Vespa
July 13th, 2012 11:20 AM

Irony Alert: Dan Rather Loves HBO's 'The Newsroom,' Says It's About th

Former CBS news anchor Dan Rather, who resigned in disgrace from the network in 2005, loves HBO's liberal show The Newsroom and told CNN's Piers Morgan on Thursday that it is ultimately about "the battle for...the soul of news itself." "The Newsroom, which is on HBO, is terrific," gushed Rather. "[I]t's a story of the battle for the soul of a big-time big network anchorman, the soul of his…
Matt Hadro
July 13th, 2012 11:17 AM

Deutsch: Bloomberg Rich But A 'Man of The People', Unlike Romney

Tough day at the office?  In the market for some mood-brightening mirth?  Try this for a guaranteed giggle: Donny Deutsch claims that unlike Mitt Romney, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, while also rich, is a "man of the people." Let's leave aside Bloomberg's massive wealth and a lifestyle that includes multiple mansions around the world and a fleet of personal aircraft.  What makes Nanny Mike…
Mark Finkelstein
July 13th, 2012 10:32 AM

NBC's Guthrie Invites Clinton to Slam GOP 'Rooting for the Economy to

In an interview aired on Friday's NBC Today, former President Bill Clinton began by attacking Republicans: "I'm not sure both sides want the economy to get better....I know what Senator McConnell said, that his number one priority was winning the election." Co-host Savannah Guthrie helpfully added: "It sounds like you're saying the Republicans are basically rooting for the economy to fail." […
Kyle Drennen
July 13th, 2012 10:22 AM