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At TIME 100 Gala, Colbert Jokes Cardinal Has Viagra as 'Celibacy Plus
At their Time 100 gala, Time magazine brought shameless Stephen Colbert up for some laughs. Instead, Colbert made some vulgar remarks about Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who also made the Time 100 list. Citing unnamed critics, Colbert joked that if the Catholic Church's insurance does not cover Sandra Fluke's birth control, "it shouldn't cover Cardinal Dolan's Viagra."
What? Colbert then doubled…
April 30th, 2012 3:21 PM
Dan Savage: America has a ‘Christianity and a Bible problem
Man
thrown out of talk says anti-bullying speaker claimed ‘pope is projecting’ or
‘pope is secretly gay.’
April 30th, 2012 3:08 PM
NYTimes's Trip Gabriel Still Finds Romney Has Big 'Problem With Hispan
New York Times reporter Trip Gabriel is still searching out electoral problems for Republicans among Hispanics: "Crucial to Romney, Florida’s Latino Voters Are Wary of Him, Too."
If Mitt Romney is to overcome his problem with Hispanic voters, he is going to have to start by changing a lot of minds in central Florida.
A key battleground in a vital swing state, the region is home to growing…
April 30th, 2012 2:39 PM
Elizabeth Warren Listed as Minority in Self-Reported Professional Dire
Elizabeth Warren's credibility took another hit today with stories in both major Boston daily newspapers stating that Warren was listed as a minority in a professional directory for nine years before she was hired by Harvard Law School in 1995.
The Boston Herald broke the story on Friday that Harvard Law School described Warren as its sole Native American professor during the mid-1990s when…
April 30th, 2012 2:09 PM
'Homophobic? Maybe You're Gay,' 'We Are All Nuns,' More Left-Wing Fodd
Under the stewardship of Andrew Rosenthal (infamous for accusing House Speaker John Boehner of racism for asking President Obama to delay a speech to Congress for a day) the New York Times's Sunday Review section is devolving into a hard-left opinion page.
Last week's Sunday Review fully fulfilled its lefty promise, aided by Times columnists Nicholas Kristof and Maureen Dowd, who chose the…
April 30th, 2012 1:30 PM
NBC's Curry to Obama's Sister: 'What Void Do You Think You Filled In H
In a fawning interview with Barack Obama's half-sister Auma Obama on Monday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry lobbed softballs about the President: "...you describe an almost instantaneous connection when you met your brother Barack Obama. Can you describe why, how, you made this instantaneous connection?...What void do you think you filled in his life?"
Citing Auma's new memoir, "And Then Life…
April 30th, 2012 12:58 PM
Sheer Hypocrisy? Openly-Gay CNN Anchor Thinks Gay Bachmann Joke Is Hil
CNN host Don Lemon cracked up over a raunchy joke about Michele Bachmann's husband, on Sunday night's 6 p.m. edition of Newsroom. Conservative guest Will Cain then confronted the openly-gay anchor over why it was okay to make fun of Bachmann appearing to be gay.
"If, as the joke suggests Marcus Bachmann is gay, but he hasn't come to grips with himself. Now, I'm asking two guys who've been…
April 30th, 2012 12:42 PM
ABC Fawns Over Discredited Dan Rather: Hypes the 'Legendary' Newsman's
George Stephanopoulos and the reporters at Good Morning America did not treat Dan Rather like a discredited journalist who disgraced CBS with faked documents. Instead, Rather was extolled as a "legendary newsman," and a "news legend." Those two terms were used four times on Monday.
Stephanopoulos interviewed the ex-CBS anchor who was let go after using discredited documents in a 2004 story…
April 30th, 2012 12:32 PM
MSNBC's Bashir Attacks Ann Romney.... For Having Multiple Sclerosis
Via Real Clear Politics: It's clear that MSNBC host Martin Bashir enjoys making fun of Republican candidates who have sick family members. First, he jabbed Rick Santorum for caring for his daughter, complaining about Santorum's small amount of donations to charity. Last week, he took a jab at Ann Romney, claiming that Mitt Romney is exploiting her health issues to gain votes. [Audio here. Video…
April 30th, 2012 11:36 AM
Tim Carney: Media Reluctant to Note Chinese Dissident Chen Is Protesti
Tim Carney has an excellent post this morning at the Washington Examiner about how the media are reluctant to note the reason that Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng -- who is believed , but not confirmed, to be in hiding in the U.S. Embassy in Beijing -- is in hot water with the Communist government. Chen "has exposed the horrors of China’s one-child policy, including forced abortions and…
April 30th, 2012 11:29 AM
NBC's Curry Gushes: Comedy of 'Shecky Obama' Was 'Terrific' at White H
On Monday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry could barely contain her glee over President Obama's comedic performance at Saturday's White House Correspondents' Dinner: "I mean, he is Shecky, Shecky Obama. I'm telling you, he knows about timing. He's terrific." Curry was referring to famous stand-up comedian Shecky Greene. [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]
Fellow co-host…
April 30th, 2012 10:51 AM
Chuck Todd: Republicans 'Overreacting' To Obama's Osama Football Spike
Classic MSM jujitsu. Chuck Todd has attempted to turn the issue of President Obama's unseemly spiking of the football on the anniversary of the killing of Osama Bin Laden, into an attack on Republicans for reacting to Obama's politicization of the event.
On his MSNBC show The Daily Rundown, Todd began his discussion of the matter this morning by asking the Washington Post's Dan Balz whether…
April 30th, 2012 10:33 AM
Twitter Suspends Conservative Account, Liberal Foul Play Suspected
A not-so funny thing happened on the social media website Twitter Sunday.
As the Washington Times reports, the account of Chris Loesch, the husband of Tea Party leader and conservative writer Dana Loesch, was suspended by Twitter management due to what observers believe was foul play by liberal users of the website that don't like the couple's politics:
April 30th, 2012 9:53 AM
WashPost's Miller Sad That Nuns No Longer Escape the 'Oppression of Ma
In Saturday’s Washington Post, religion columnist Lisa Miller brought her usual radical feminism to the table insisting Mary be “heard” as the Vatican insisted that American nuns and sisters actually act like they belong to the Catholic Church.
But this line stood out: “For more than a thousand years, women like Mary have entered religious life hoping to find a safe place where they might…
April 30th, 2012 8:33 AM