
Andrea Mitchell Frets: Voters Might Punish Obama Over Afghanistan, Gas
It must be reassuring to President Obama to know that minions like Andrea Mitchell have his back.
On Morning Joe today, "correspondent" Mitchell fretted that President Obama might be facing electoral challenges for rising gasoline prices and Afghanistan, despite the fact that these are "global events" over which Obama has "so little control." So unfair. I mean, Obama only being…
February 27th, 2012 9:06 AM

Rev. Wright to Speak In Cleveland, Media Still Praising Him and Making
Rev. Jeremiah Wright it still out giving fiery sermons, but some journalists are either lazy publicists or Obama-loving whitewashers. On Wednesday at noon, Rev. Wright will speak in Cleveland at the "Amistad Chapel" of Cleveland's United Church of Christ for Black History Month. It's open to the public, but you must register and bring photo ID. (Isn't asking for photo ID a scheme for racists…
February 27th, 2012 8:20 AM

Not News: Koch Bros. Hit Back at Laughably False Obama For America Ema
Imagine if a Republican campaign organization attempted to raise money by going after billionaire Barack Obama fan Warren Buffett by claiming that Buffett is making a lot of money at the pump because of higher gas prices. The press would immediately pounce and say that it's not true, because even though Buffett could be benefiting from the President's cancellation of the Keystone Pipeline, the…
February 26th, 2012 11:43 PM
Politically Rewarded Behavior: Calif. Lets Single-Occupant Volts Into
Silly me. I thought "HOV" when used in connection with expressway traffic meant "High Occupancy Vehicle." Apparently not, now that California is allowing a 2012 version of the Chevy Volt to use HOV lanes, even by drivers who have no passengers. Maybe the acronym really stands for "Haughty Obama Vehicles." Or "Hapless Odd Vehicles." Or "Have-to Offload (these slow-selling) Vehicles." I'm sure…
February 26th, 2012 9:32 PM

Billy Crystal Calls GOP Candidates 'Dark Knight, an American Psycho an
NewsBusters reported Friday that Oscars host Billy Crystal intended to mock GOP "idiots" during Sunday's awards presentation.
Roughly forty-five minutes in, Crystal was true to his word taking a cheap shot at the Republican presidential candidates (video follows with transcript):
February 26th, 2012 9:26 PM

S.E. Cupp Smacks Down Margaret Carlson for Calling Santorum a Zealot
Conservative author S.E. Cupp didn't take kindly to Bloomberg's Margaret Carlson calling Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum a zealot on CNN's Reliable Sources Sunday.
"Rick Santorum is not a zealot," scolded Cupp. "He happens to be a Christian and a conservative. That's it, end of story" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
February 26th, 2012 7:38 PM

Rick Santorum Scolds David Gregory for Focusing on Social Issues
Rick Santorum had a bit of a testy exchange with NBC's David Gregory on Sunday's Meet the Press.
After Gregory asked if Santorum was going to "rail against areas of our culture that [he] disagree[s] with" if elected president, the former senator smartly replied, "It's so funny. I get the question all the time, 'Why are you talking so much about these social issues'...as people ask me about…
February 26th, 2012 6:49 PM

Jesse Jackson: 'It's an Honor to Be a Food Stamp President
Weeks ago, Jesse Jackson accused GOP presidential candidate of "name calling" for referring to President Barack Obama as the "best food-stamp president in American history." But Saturday morning at his Rainbow PUSH forum, broadcast nationally on the Word Network, Jackson appears to have decided that being characterized that way isn't so bad after all.
As he often does, Jackson directed (…
February 26th, 2012 6:36 PM

For Schieffer, GOP ‘Too Far to the Right’ and Too Obsessed with Bi
CBS’s Bob Schieffer, on Sunday morning’s Face the Nation, pressed Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie over how Republicans have moved “too far to the right” to win before cuing up Maryland’s Democratic Governor, Martin O’Malley, to agree while fretting “we’ve spent the last couple of weeks here talking about running against birth control for goodness sake” – as if the media have…
February 26th, 2012 6:15 PM

Chris Matthews Makes Mock Movie Trailer Attacking Romney: 'Mitt Better
Chris Matthews this weekend, on the syndicated program bearing his name, offered viewers a mock movie trailer attacking Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
In honor of Sunday's Oscars and the presumed favorite "The Artist," Matthews was using the occasion to cinematically show Romney's "downfall" is "when he has to open his mouth" (video follows with transcribed highlights and…
February 26th, 2012 5:29 PM

Current TV's Granholm: 'Blaming the President for High Gas Prices is L
As NewsBusters has been reporting, America's media have recently taken it upon themselves to make sure the soaring price of gas does not reduce Barack Obama's chances of getting reelected in November.
Doing her part Sunday was Current TV's Jennifer Granholm who actually said on ABC's This Week, "I think blaming the president for high gas prices is like blaming Rudy Giuliani for 9/11" (video…
February 26th, 2012 4:18 PM

Howard Kurtz on Maher's Obama Donation: 'There’d Be a Bigger Fuss if
As NewsBusters reported Friday, HBO's Bill Maher recently gave $1 million to pro-Obama Super PAC Priorities USA Action.
On CNN's Reliable Sources Sunday, host Howard Kurtz correctly observed, "There’d be a bigger fuss if comedian Dennis Miller gave a million dollars to a pro-Romney or a Santorum Super PAC" (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
February 26th, 2012 2:32 PM

Washington Post and Baltimore Sun Repeat O'Malley Budget Cuts Deceptio
Since ascending to the head of the Democratic Governor’s Association last year, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley has been fashioning a national profile for himself as a responsible fiscal steward of Maryland’s finances. The Washington Post and Baltimore Sun are dutifully helping O’Malley perpetuate that fiction.
O’Malley released his fiscal year (FY) 2013 budget last month, which includes…
February 26th, 2012 2:09 PM

Madison Newspaper Falls For Leftist Hoax Press Release Against Paul Ry
MRC's Dan Gainor forwarded this embarrassing story from Jim Romenesko on Wisconsin: Madison's leftist newspaper the Capital Times apologized Saturday after associate editor John Nichols wrote up a story based on a on a prank anti-Paul Ryan press release. In this fictional scenario, Ryan and other Wisconsin Republicans supposedly were pressuring the Smithsonian to remove posters from last year’s…
February 26th, 2012 1:12 PM