CNN's Spitzer: 'Every One of Us is Being Held Hostage' By Senate GOP

CNN's Eliot Spitzer blasted Senate Republicans on Wednesday's Parker-Spitzer for their promise to hold up legislation unless the current tax rates are extended: "Every one of us...[is] being held hostage by 42 Republican senators." Predictably, co-host Kathleen Parker agreed with Spitzer to a point, and snarked, "I got stuck on the image of being held hostage by 42 Republicans- talk about a bad…
Matthew Balan
December 2nd, 2010 12:53 PM

Krauthammer on 'Inside Washington' Bias: 'Tag Team Wrestling In Which

Appearing on Tuesday's O'Reilly Factor on FNC, columnist Charles Krauthammer described his role on the political panel show 'Inside Washington': "...it's a very liberal show....it's tag team wrestling in which I don't have a team. It's three on one which I think the odds are rather good that way – for me....we do this exercise every week and it's a good workout." Host Bill O'Reilly brought…
Kyle Drennen
December 2nd, 2010 12:52 PM

Hey! The Stimulus Really Is Creating Jobs

From the same organization that gave us the ‘lives touched’ method for calculating stimulus job creation, the Department of Energy (DOE) has now stumbled upon a whole new way to increase employment.  The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday announced that they are investigating ‘an uncontrolled spread of radioactive material’ at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory in Niskayuna, New…
Rusty Weiss
December 2nd, 2010 12:48 PM

Rahm's Residency

My campaign for mayor of Chicago against Rahm Emanuel is getting under way. I already announced on Sean Hannity's nationally televised program and have Sean's endorsement. After careful consideration, Rush Limbaugh undoubtedly will be aboard and Mark Levin and, of course, the tea partyers. Moreover, I already have two major newspapers endorsing me, The New York Sun, which was very kind in…
R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.
December 2nd, 2010 11:46 AM

The Littlest Victims of ObamaCare

It's time for America's youth to buckle up and take a rough ride on Reality Highway. For the past two years, President Obama has promised our children the moon, stars, rainbows, unicorns and universal health care for all. But the White House Santa's cradle-to-grave entitlement mandates are a spectacularly predictable bust. Don't take it from me. Take it from Obamacare's own biggest…
Michelle Malkin
December 2nd, 2010 11:43 AM

ABC Disguises Democratic Activist as Victim of Mean-Spirited GOP

Good Morning America's Claire Shipman on Thursday tried to disguise a Democratic activist as just a jobless American who would be hurt by Republican failure to extend unemployment benefits. Shipman sympathetically recounted that Edrie Irvine, who she didn't explain spoke at a Nancy Pelosi press conference on Wednesday, "never thought her very livelihood would depend on a political debate in…
Scott Whitlock
December 2nd, 2010 11:30 AM

Chris Matthews Calls Republican Global Warming Skeptics Luddites

Chris Matthews on Wednesday called Republicans that are skeptical of man's role in global warming Luddites, referring to the 19th century movement in Great Britain that was opposed to changes associated with the Industrial Revolution. Clearly missing the absurdity in his analogy, the "Hardball" host arrogantly stated (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
December 2nd, 2010 11:29 AM

Gasp! Maddow Guest Howard Dean Describes Tea Party Respectfully

My what a difference a midterm can make. In my vast, lamentable experience cringing through MSNBC broadcasts, I can't recall a single instance of a left-wing anchor, host or guest talking about tea partiers without denigrating them as racist rubes acting unwittingly on behalf of their corporate masters. All that changed this past Monday when former DNC chair Howard Dean appeared on "The…
Jack Coleman
December 2nd, 2010 11:27 AM

MRC's Bozell Debates Offensive Smithsonian Art Exhibit on CNN's 'John

"Look, if you like depictions of sadomasochism... if you like homoerotic art.... if you're into religious bigotry... if you like that, fine," but don't expect taxpayers to subsidize such an exhibit at a Smithsonian museum, NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell argued in a debate segment on last night's edition of "John King USA" on CNN. The Media Research Center (MRC) founder and president…
NB Staff
December 2nd, 2010 10:37 AM

New York Times Already Pushing 'Entrapment' Defense in Case of Islamic

That didn’t take long. The New York Times is already forwarding left-wing and Muslim arguments alleging “entrapment” in the terror-plot case in Portland against Mohamed Osman Mohamud, caught in a sting operation planning to kill people at a Christmas tree-lighting ceremony. On Tuesday, Eric Schmitt and Charlie Savage reported “In U.S. Sting Operation, Questions of Entrapment.” The arrest…
Clay Waters
December 2nd, 2010 10:07 AM

Open Thread: Judge Napolitano and Amb. Bolton Debate WikiLeaks

The libertarian truther vs. the hawkish former Bush official. Who gets the best of this debate? Also, where do you stand on the central disagreement of this exchange? Does the physical defense of the nation take primacy over strict adherence to its laws given the chaotic nature of the international community?
NB Staff
December 2nd, 2010 9:30 AM

Depressed Daily Kos: Obama's a 'Reaganite

Our media tells us the Internet is an unreliable source of myths because people call Barack Obama a "socialist." But a quick read of the lefties at the Daily Kos shows a more ridiculous claim: Obama is a Reagan man. The blogger "il128" is clearly distraught: We all now know that electing Obama in 2008 was a big mistake.  It sure as Hell isn't because he's too liberal now is it?  No, the…
Tim Graham
December 2nd, 2010 7:52 AM

NBC’s Williams Hits Bowles and Simpson from the Left, Deficit Cuttin

NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams on Wednesday evening hit presidential deficit commission co-chairs Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles from the left, the New York Times left. Without ever raising conservative criticism of proposals to raise taxes, Williams charged: It seems to me there's two arguments. There's what you're trying to accomplish and then there's how you're trying to…
Brent Baker
December 2nd, 2010 7:26 AM

Cure or Care

Which do you think is less expensive, not to mention preferable: a cure for cancer, Alzheimer's disease and diabetes, or caring for people with these diseases? Wouldn't it be better medical and public policy to direct more resources toward finding a cure for diseases that cost a lot to treat than to rely on a government insurance program, such as Obamacare, which seeks mainly to help pay the…
Cal Thomas
December 2nd, 2010 12:05 AM