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Bill Maher on Ryan Budget: 'F--k the Poor/B--w the Rich
You would expect that as a contributor to Barack Obama's Super PAC, HBO's Bill Maher wouldn't have kind things to say about Paul Ryan being named Mitt Romney's running mate.
True to form, Maher took to Twitter on Saturday to make vulgar comments about Ryan's budget despite likely not knowing one single word that's in it (serious vulgarity warning):
August 12th, 2012 6:06 PM

WashPost TV Critic Prefers Charms of TV Monkey to 'Remote' Sarah Palin
Washington Post TV critic Hank Stuever was reviewing NBC's new veterinarian comedy "Animal Practice" on Sunday and saved his biggest praise for Cyrstal the "crafty Capuchin" monkey. "I have never seen a fresh-faced celebrity work harder to please, with barely a hint of a treat or a reward coming. Crystal did everything she was asked and then some; she apparently decided it is her job to save…
August 12th, 2012 5:59 PM

Kurtz Asks Libtalker 'Won't People Like You and Ed Schultz Be Drowned
CNN's Howard Kurtz on Sunday asked liberal talk radio host Stephanie Miller a question that most right-thinking Americans pray the answer is "Yes."
"You are a liberal in a conservative media...dominated by the likes of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham," said the Reliable Sources host. "Won't people like you and Ed Schultz and some of the few liberal national voices on talk radio…
August 12th, 2012 5:07 PM

Flashback: Schieffer Chided Paul Ryan; To Interview Him on Tonight’s
Tonight’s (Sunday) 60 Minutes will feature an interview with the new Republican ticket of Mitt Romney and Congressman Paul Ryan conducted by CBS’s Bob Schieffer. Last year, when Schieffer interviewed Ryan on Face the Nation, he chided Ryan over his budget plan and refusal to raise taxes.
“Why do these rich people need another tax cut?” Schieffer demanded of Ryan on the April 17, 2011 program…
August 12th, 2012 4:54 PM

The Top 10 Most Outrageous Media Attacks Against Paul Ryan
Now that Representative Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) has been named Mitt Romney's running mate in the upcoming presidential election, we can expect the Democrats and the media to set new lows in their attacks on him.
Unfortunately, over the years, liberally biased journalists have had plenty of practice. Here's our look at the top 10 most outrageous media attacks on Paul Ryan.
August 12th, 2012 3:59 PM

WaPo's Ruth Marcus: Paul Ryan Is 'Sarah Palin With Substance and a Pap
With all the trashing of Paul Ryan by Obama-loving media members in the past 24 hours, Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus pulled off quite a feat on CBS's Face the Nation Sunday.
In just one sentence, she insulted Ryan as well as former Alaska governor Sarah Palin (video follows with transcript and commentary):
August 12th, 2012 3:38 PM

Maddow on NB Piece Linked By Drudge: 'Welcome 3-Day Onslaught' of 'Ema
Rachel Maddow apparently wasn't pleased to learn that a NewsBusters piece about her being destroyed on Meet the Press by National Review editor Rich Lowry Sunday was picked up by the popular website The Drudge Report.
Commenting on Twitter, the MSNBC commentator wrote, "Ah, a Drudge link. Welcome, 3-day onslaught of ALL CAPS swearing misspelled tweets & emails informing me that I am…
August 12th, 2012 1:38 PM

In Obama Ad, Actress Offers Tampon TMI, But Can't Say the Word 'Aborti
Actress Elizabeth Banks made a campaign video for Obama-Biden 2012 – just barely. Almost the entire 75 seconds is a defense of Planned Parenthood and their “essential services,” which is the euphemism feminists use to describe America’s leading provider of abortions.
In fact, Banks could not bring herself to even mention the word or the concept of abortions, except indirectly as “that little…
August 12th, 2012 12:59 PM

Now, Spike Lee Thinks Hopes For Obama Were 'Way Too High
On Friday, CNN anchorman Don Lemon rolled tape and asked filmmaker Spike Lee if the expectations for Obama were too high. Lee said “Yes. He was the savior, black Jesus. I don't care who it was, I mean, expectations were way too high. What somebody can deliver knowing how politics works and knowing that you have to deal with the Congress.”
But who on earth was silly enough to suggest he was “…
August 12th, 2012 12:01 PM

National Review's Rich Lowry Destroys MSNBC's Rachel Maddow on Meet th
UPDATE: Maddow responds.
She's touted by the liberal media as one of the brightest commentators on television, yet MSNBC's Rachel Maddow got thoroughly demolished by National Review editor Rich Lowry on Sunday's Meet the Press.
When continually asked by Lowry to defend the President's $700 billion Medicare cuts in ObamaCare, Maddow repeatedly refused making herself look tremendously foolish…
August 12th, 2012 12:01 PM

Wasserman-Schultz: 'I Have No Idea' Of Political Affiliation Of People
Serious question: is there anything—anything!—Debbie Wasserman-Schultz won't say to promote Barack Obama?
On Fox News Sunday, interviewed by guest host John Roberts, the Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee somehow managed to keep a straight face as she brazenly claimed: "I have no idea of the political affiliation of folks who are associated" with Priorities USA, the Super PAC…
August 12th, 2012 10:49 AM

CBS Still Claiming Obama's 'You Didn't Build That' Was About Infrastru
Incredible. CBS News has an anti-Romney "fact check" article up this morning supposedly debunking statements made by Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan during yesterday's introduction of the veep pick. At the end, CBS actually snuck in the hyper-partisan, DNC-talking-point assertion that it was "clear" that when President Obama utttered his infamous "you didn't build that", he was talking about "…
August 12th, 2012 9:42 AM

Hollywood Reporter Claims 'Hard-Right' Ryan Favors 'Repealing the New
The Hollywood Reporter posted an “analysis” headlined “Romney VP Pick Could Finally Galvanize Hollywood: Rep. Paul Ryan's Hard-Right Ideology May Rekindle the Entertainment Industry's Enthusiasm for Obama.”
Tina Daunt sounded like an overwrought direct-mail writer for Democrats: “His proposed federal budget has become virtually an article of faith on the GOP right and supporting it was one…
August 12th, 2012 7:22 AM
NY Times Magazine Asks: “What’s So Bad About a Boy Who Wants to We
The New York Times’ quest for tolerance has taken a lunatic turn. A contributing author for New York Times Magazine is now pushing for boys who want to wear women’s clothing to be allowed to do so, in the name of gender fluidity.
The New York Times Magazine published a 5,500-word celebration of boys breaking traditional gender boundaries. Ruth Padawer, a professor at the Columbia University…
August 12th, 2012 12:14 AM