Tom Friedman: 'I’d Give Obama High Marks for Fulfilling Bush's Forei

New York Times columnist Tom Friedman this weekend said he'd give President Obama high marks for fulfilling Bush's foreign policy. This surprising observation on PBS's McLaughlin Group came somewhat coincident with Chris Matthews saying George W. Bush was actually better at conveying his message than the current White House resident (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
November 13th, 2011 4:56 PM

Newt Gingrich Accused of Hating Mankind by 'Conservative' Kathleen Par

Moments after being introduced by Face the Nation host Bob Schiiffer as a "conservative" columnist, the Washington Post's Kathleen Parker on Sunday referred to Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich as a "misanthrope" - aka a mankind hater (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
November 13th, 2011 3:21 PM

Daily Kos Week in Review: The He-Man Woman-Haters Club

A key part of the left's narrative about American politics is that conservatives hate not only  minorities (e.g., blacks, Latinos, gays) but also a majority group: women, who, according to the 2010 census, make up 50.8 percent of the U.S. population. Of course, it's absurd to accuse anyone of misogyny (and worse) simply because he or she is pro-life, but that didn't stop two Kossacks from doing…
Tom Johnson
November 13th, 2011 2:46 PM

Chris Matthews Shocker: Bush Better Than Obama At Conveying Message

Chris Matthews must be seriously concerned about Barack Obama's reelection chances. On the syndicated program bearing his name this weekend, the man who used to get a thrill up his leg whenever a certain junior senator from Illinois spoke said that George W. Bush did a better job of using television to convey his message than the current White House resident has (video follows with transcript…
Noel Sheppard
November 13th, 2011 2:09 PM

George Will: Money in College Sports Leads to 'Moral Derangement

Conservative columnist George Will, one of the nation's biggest sports fans amongst political commentators, came out Sunday with a strong indictment of not only the Penn State University child sex abuse scandal, but also what he believes is the corrupting force of college sports on education.
Noel Sheppard
November 13th, 2011 12:08 PM

NBC's Gregory: Obama Foreign Policy May Be Hard to Attack Because 'Ver

Appearing on the Sunday, November, 13, Today show on NBC to discuss Saturday night's GOP presidential debate that focused on foreign policy, Meet the Press host David Gregory suggested that, because President Obama's foreign policy, "by a lot of accounts," has been "very successful," the Republican candidates may not be so eager to go after Obama in that realm. Gregory, speaking of the…
Brad Wilmouth
November 13th, 2011 12:01 PM

AP, NYT Not Yet Reporting $433M Perelman-Smallpox Cronyism Story

A story first broken by David Willman at the Los Angeles Times on Friday (the story is currently dated November 13, but the first comment appeared late Friday evening Pacific Time) is going almost nowhere in the rest of the establishment press. I wonder why? No, I really don't, and neither will most readers here once they see what it's all about, namely Obama administration corruption and…
Tom Blumer
November 13th, 2011 11:09 AM

ABC Highlights SNL Jab at Perry, 'Americans Still Can't Forget' Perry

On the Sunday, November 13, Good Morning America, ABC co-host Bianna Golodryga declared that "it seems Americans still can't forget" GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry's "53-second brain freeze" from last week's debate as she and This Week host Christiane Amanpour discussed Saturday night's GOP debate hosted by CBS News. Golodryga then played a clip of NBC's Saturday Night Live making fun…
Brad Wilmouth
November 13th, 2011 10:18 AM

CBS Email Shows Michele Bachmann Was Intentionally Asked Few Questions

Those watching Saturday's Republican presidential debate in South Carolina might have noticed that Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) didn't get a lot of questions. According to a CBS News email message sent to the Congresswoman's communications director, this was intentional (photo courtesy AP, vulgarity warning):
Noel Sheppard
November 13th, 2011 10:05 AM

Newt Gingrich Schools CBS's Pelley on Killing American Born Terrorists

During Saturday's Republican presidential debate in South Carolina, CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley arrogantly argued with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich about the "rule of law" concerning killing American born terrorists overseas. By the end of the exchange, Pelley, with a smug, condescending expression on his face, looked quite foolish as the audience applauded and one of Gingrich'…
Noel Sheppard
November 13th, 2011 9:24 AM

Smithsonian Seeks Out 'Occupy' Artifacts for Museum

The National Museum of American History sent representatives out to collect materials from the Occupy Wall Street protests and "its various offshoots" to “document the spirit of American democracy and the American political process,” according to a statement released by the museum which is part of the federally funded Smithsonian Institution. The Museum is collecting the Occupy materials as…
Lucas Zellers
November 13th, 2011 9:23 AM

Rachel Maddow Slams Newt by Comparing Him to 'Google Santorum' Smear

With the usual self-satisfied smirk, as she karate-chopped the air in front of the word "SHAMPAIGN," MSNBC host Rachel Maddow mocked the idea of a Newt Gingrich surge by picking up on her fellow gay activist Dan Savage's smear of Rick Santorum: the one which insures that a Google search of Santorum leads to Savage's comparison of the religious conservative to semen and fecal matter. Don't ever…
Tim Graham
November 13th, 2011 7:40 AM

On PBS, David Brooks Predicts Herman Cain Is 'Behaving Badly' and Will

On the Friday news roundup on the PBS NewsHour, pseudoconservative analyst David Brooks of The New York Times kept up his disparaging of Herman Cain, predicting "he will be deflated very seriously within a week or two." He attacked Cain for "behaving badly" and having "gone for the home run" in denying all sexual harassment claims. Mr. Brooks didn't consider it at all possible that Cain could…
Tim Graham
November 12th, 2011 11:24 PM

CNN's Blitzer Lets Debbie Wasserman Schultz Insist on Cain Disclosure

Colby Hall at Mediaite highlighted how Democratic Party Chairman Debbie Wasserman Schultz went on The Situation Room on CNN on Friday and trashed Herman Cain for using the word "princess" for Nancy Pelosi: “I thought it was a pretty callous, sexist throwaway line.” Then Wolf Blitzer allowed her to unload a wagon of talking points against the entire GOP field for 66 seconds. When he then asked…
Tim Graham
November 12th, 2011 2:29 PM