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Maddow Ends Show With Santorum's Vulgar 'Google Problem,' Calls Dan Sa
Having spent the past week mercilessly attacking conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh for his comments concerning Georgetown University law student and women's rights activist Sandra Fluke, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow closed Wednesday's program by discussing at length Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum's vulgar "Google problem."
You see, calling a liberal woman a slut is…
March 8th, 2012 10:07 AM
Open Thread
Today's topic is a bit of surprising news from the Washington Times: In the GOP presidential race, it seems that Rick Santorum is actually the one doing the best at attracting votes from Democrats. This goes against a lot of the conventional wisdom that candidates like Ron Paul or Mitt Romney might have greater crossover appeal:
March 8th, 2012 9:48 AM
NPR Skipped Massive March for Life, But Publicized a Dozen Protesters
NPR’s Morning Edition and All Things Considered newscasts skipped covering tens of thousands protesting abortion in the “March for Life” in January, but on Wednesday night, NPR highlighted a dozen protesters of Sen. Marco Rubio, including illegal aliens.
Reporter Greg Allen began: “In Miami, a dozen young Hispanic men and women gathered outside Senator Rubio's office last week to send a…
March 8th, 2012 7:09 AM
Stephanopoulos Grossly Understates ABC Attention to Limbaugh/Fluke, Cl
When FNC's Bill O'Reilly brought up "ABC News's coverage of this Rush Limbaugh/Fluke situation" on Wednesday's The O'Reilly Factor, guest George Stephanopoulos not only misled FNC viewers about ABC coverage by focusing only on how much time his weekday edition of Good Morning America devoted to the story while ignoring other ABC shows like World News and the weekend edition of GMA, but he even…
March 8th, 2012 6:06 AM
Liberal 'Humorist' Calls Santorum a Terrorist and Mental Patient on Su
Liberal humorist Andy Borowitz writes political satire for the "Borowitz Report," long featured by Newsweek. He's now a popular blogger on The Huffington Post and last year, his Twitter feed was honored as the world's best by Time magazine. This means that liberals really love humor that doesn't have to be funny as long as it's mean toward conservatives.
Borowitz began his Super Tuesday…
March 7th, 2012 11:09 PM
NYT's Maureen Dowd Gets Offensive on GOP 'Warmongers,' Israel, and the
New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd got unusually offensive and personal in her Wednesday attack on Republicans, the Iraq War, and Israel: "Liz Cheney: Desist!"
March 7th, 2012 8:15 PM
'Game Change' Stars and Execs Gave $200K to Democrats, Zero to Republi
Days before HBO's anti-Republican propaganda film "Game Change" premieres, it has been revealed that the top stars and executives involved in the movie have given $200,000 to Democrats and liberal causes over the years.
By contrast, according to the Hollywood Reporter, they've given exactly nothing to Republicans:
March 7th, 2012 7:04 PM
Matthews Attacks Kids at Romney Event: 'Are They Androids?' - 'Is This
MSNBC's Chris Matthews on Wednesday actually attacked children at a Mitt Romney campaign event.
"Who are these featureless, young people waving those placards?" asked the Hardball host. "Are they androids?...They all are exactly in unison. Is this North Korea?" (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
March 7th, 2012 5:56 PM
CNN Contributor Argues Limbaugh's Remark Was Worse Than Bill Maher's V
Liberal comedian Pete Dominick, a CNN contributor, listed the "differences" he saw between Rush Limbaugh's crack at Sandra Fluke and Bill Maher ripping Sarah Palin in vile fashion, on CNN Wednesday. "[T]here still is a difference in terms of what comedians say," he said of Maher versus "arguably" the "most influential commentator in all of politics" Rush Limbaugh.
Perhaps his most ridiculous…
March 7th, 2012 5:29 PM
Clarence Page Falsely Asserts Fluke Testified 'Before a Congressional
On the Chicago Tribune's Web site and in its print edition today, columnist Clarence Page asks hopefully "Could this be the end of Limbaugh?"
Seizing on the usual Democratic points regarding Rush Limbaugh's comments about law student Sandra Fluke, Page writes that Limbaugh wasn't suspended, "despite his breathtaking assault against a private citizen whose only crime, after all, was to…
March 7th, 2012 5:08 PM
Brian Williams Quotes Himself Comparing Obama to Liberal Movie Preside
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams has a long-standing infatuation with the 1995 film, The American President, in which actor Michael Douglas plays Democratic commander in chief Andrew Shepherd. That infatuation was clearly on display on Tuesday, as Williams praised President Obama for taking on Republicans over Iran.
On Tuesday's Nightly News, Williams cheered Obama's afternoon press…
March 7th, 2012 4:54 PM
Dramatic Front Page WashPost Story of Lesbian-Scarred-by-Priest Scanda
On February 29, The Washington Post created a scandal for the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington by dramatizing the denial of communion to lesbian activist Barbara Johnson at her mother’s funeral. Reporter Michelle Boorstein painted an emotional picture of a Catholic daughter being publicly shamed by a priest at her lowest moment.
But new details keep ruining the Post’s report. Thomas Peters…
March 7th, 2012 4:47 PM
Malkin Column: The War on Conservative Women
I'm sorry Rush Limbaugh called 30-year-old Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke a "slut." She's really just another professional femme-a-gogue helping to manufacture a false narrative about the GOP "war on women." I'm sorry the civility police now have an opening to demonize the entire right based on one radio comment — because it's the progressive left in this country that has viciously and…
March 7th, 2012 4:44 PM