Liberal Two-Fer: NPR Ties Catholic Inquisition to Bush Interrogations

On Monday, as thousands of Catholics were marching in the streets of Washington to protest the brutality of abortion, NPR’s Terry Gross was focusing her program “Fresh Air” on bashing the Catholic Church and the Bush administration – a liberal two-fer – with the Vanity Fair writer Cullen Murphy. His new book finds parallels between the Inquisition and the Bush team’s “persecution” of  Muslims…
Tim Graham
January 29th, 2012 8:35 AM

CNN Projects Gas Prices Rising to $4.25 to $5 a Gallon

When gas prices get high, politicians love to blame the financial speculators for driving the price up. On Saturday morning, CNN's Josh Levs reported that "we have analysts telling us to get ready for national average around $4.25. That's spring. Summer, that's when it could go higher, $5 could happen in some cities." What might high gas prices mean for the 2012 campaign? Or how might the…
Tim Graham
January 29th, 2012 7:26 AM

Saturday Night Funny Video: Silent Film ‘The Artist’ Treatment of

Playing off the “best picture” nominated motion picture, The Artist, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live on Tuesday night created its own version of the black and white silent movie – but with a twist, using video clips from NBC’s Republican presidential debate of the night before. FNC ended Thursday’s Special Report with the pretty inventive video created by Kimmel’s staff. Bret Baier set it up by…
Brent Baker
January 29th, 2012 1:24 AM

'Chuck' Star Says Hollywood's More 'Center-Right' Than People Think

Adam Baldwin, the actor who played no-nonsense Reagan-loving spy John Casey on NBC's "Chuck," gave an interview to Kregg Janke at Big Hollywood now that his show just ended with a two-hour season finale. Baldwin is a favorite of many conservatives on Twitter (at @adamsbaldwin).  He said the dirty little secret about Hollywood is that it's just like the majority of Americans, that they're…
Tim Graham
January 28th, 2012 10:39 PM

Jesse Jackson Says Gov. Brewer ‘Gave President Obama the Finger

It was a routine Saturday morning at Rev. Jesse Jackson's Rainbow PUSH forum, broadcast nationally on the Word Network.  He was all over the map.  Jackson trashed Ronald Reagan, Barry Goldwater, Newt Gingrich, and Mitt Romney.  He warned that enterprises such as black funeral homes and black insurance companies are “under attack.”  He condemned a proposed change in Grammy Award classifications…
Mike Bates
January 28th, 2012 9:37 PM

MSNBC Runs Viewer Tweet Urging Secret Service to Break Jan Brewer's Fi

Yet more evidence of pathologies that roil the liberal, uh, mind. MSNBC, America's closest approximation yet to Pravda (though not for lacking of trying, New York Times), did something curious but characteristic Wednesday night during the hour-long hyperventilation known as "The Ed Show." (video after page break)
Jack Coleman
January 28th, 2012 7:21 PM

Maher: Romney 'Only Paid 11% In Taxes,' Clinton Tax Hike 'Turned Aroun

The ignorance of HBO's Bill Maher was oozing from every nook and cranny of his being Friday night. After telling his Real Time audience that the national debt has only gone up by $1.5 trillion under Obama, the host during the Overtime segment actually said, "Mitt Romney we found out made $27 million, only paid 11 percent in taxes” (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary,…
Noel Sheppard
January 28th, 2012 7:20 PM

Eleanor Clift Says Something So Dumb Mort Zuckerman Does Double Facepa

How many times have you watched a political talk show and just couldn't imagine the nonsense coming out of some liberal pundit's mouth? On PBS's McLaughlin Group Friday, Newsweek's Eleanor Clift said something so absolutely absurd about tax cuts that U.S. News and World Report's Mort Zuckerman did a double facepalm on camera in disbelief (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
January 28th, 2012 4:57 PM

Maher Mocks Gingrich's Wife as a Martian

Remember the good old days when the family members of politicians were considered off-limits? That of course is never the case for Republicans as HBO's Bill Maher sadly demonstrated on Friday's Real Time when he depicted Newt Gingrich's wife Callista as a Martian (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
January 28th, 2012 3:32 PM

Bill Maher Falsely Claims Debt Only Increased $1.5 Trillion Under Obam

In today's "How Can Someone So Dumb Have His Own Nationally Televised Show" segment, HBO's Bill Maher said Friday the federal debt has only increased by $1.5 trillion since Barack Obama took office (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
January 28th, 2012 2:42 PM

Real Time Guest KOs Maher and Bashir: If Brewer Were Dem Pointing Fing

Reason TV's Kennedy on Friday had a delicious smackdown of HBO's Bill Maher and MSNBC's Martin Bashir. When Maher and Bashir voiced predictable scorn for Governor Jan Brewer pointing a finger at Barack Obama earlier in the week, Real Time panelist Kennedy correctly observed, "If this were a Democratic governor and a Republican president doing the same thing, the entire panel on your show…
Noel Sheppard
January 28th, 2012 1:56 PM

Krauthammer Advises Romney: Memorize Daniels' SOTU Response, 'Give it

Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer on Friday had some high praise for Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels' Republican response to Barack Obama's State of the Union address this week along with some advice for presidential candidate Mitt Romney. "Memorize that speech, give it everywhere you go, you’ll be president" (video follows with absolutely no need for commentary):
Noel Sheppard
January 28th, 2012 12:18 PM

Politico's Evan Thomas Calls Obama's State of the Union 'Disheartening

While most in the Obama-loving media took a predictable victory lap for the President's State of the Union address this week, Politico's Evan Thomas was not impressed. Appearing on PBS's Inside Washington, Thomas said, "It was a disheartening speech. It was a pathetic speech...He is running on sort of cheap pandering" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
January 28th, 2012 11:43 AM

Weekend Open Thread

You of course can talk about anything you want as long as it's decent, but here are some possible discussion topics if you so choose:
NB Staff
January 28th, 2012 11:09 AM