Matthews Smears All Other GOPers in the Race as 'Crazy,' Huntsman Repl

MSNBC's Chris Matthews on Friday interviewed 2012 presidential candidate Jon Huntsman and smeared the rest of the Republican field as "crazy," asserting that the Utah Governor is the only "sane" choice. This prompted Huntsman to reply, simply, "Thank you." The Hardball anchor knocked Michele Bachmann as "looney tunes" and wondered how Huntsman could "sit next to a person who says there…
Scott Whitlock
October 21st, 2011 6:31 PM

Claptrap Legislation

I do not know what the learned political scientists of the Republic say about it, but it seems to me that the laws of the land are now so poorly written that almost no one knows what they mean. That is a government bureaucrat's delight! The healthcare bill, disparagingly and often referred to as ObamaCare, is typical. No member of Congress could have read it before voting on it, and, even now…
R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.
October 21st, 2011 6:19 PM

Occupy Wall Street Nothing Like Tea Party

Lefty protests filled with anti-Americans, Communists, Socialists and Anarchists who all want 'revolution' and to 'f*** the USA.'
Dan Gainor
October 21st, 2011 6:18 PM

CNN Touts Own Poll to Pretend GOP Has Pro-Abortion Majority

CNN released a poll last month where 61 percent of Republican respondents believed abortion should be legal in "certain" cases and 11 percent believed it should be always legal, while only 27 percent opposed its legalization in all cases. Don Lemon cited this poll and touted that an overwhelming number of Republicans now support the legalization of abortion "under all or certain circumstances…
Matt Hadro
October 21st, 2011 6:08 PM

WaPo's Kessler Exposes Biden's 'Absurd Claims About Rising Rape and Mu

In June, when yours truly last blogged on a Glenn Kessler piece (at NewsBusters; at BizzyBlog), the Washington Post's "Fact Checker" was calling Barack Obama's claims about the accomplishments of the auto-company bailouts "one of the most misleading collections of assertions we have seen in a short presidential speech." He gave Obama's claims three Pinocchios ("Significant factual error and/or…
Tom Blumer
October 21st, 2011 6:07 PM

NBC: Occupy Wall Street a 'Civics Lesson' for Kids; GOP Debate an 'Ant

During a panel discussion on Friday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer asked of the Occupy Wall Street protests: "What's the civics lesson in this for our kids as they're watching this on TV?" News anchor Natalie Morales argued: "...there's a huge civics lesson....the idea of having that civil discourse is important to teach our kids and it's something in history we've seen." In contrast,…
Kyle Drennen
October 21st, 2011 5:48 PM

Bashir Asks Liberal Guest 'Do You Think Herman Cain Can Spell the Word

It's becoming clear that MSNBC anchors, hosts, and commentators are allowed to say any defamatory thing they want about the Republican presidential candidates. On Friday, Martin Bashir asked one of his liberal guests, Goldie Taylor, "Do you think Herman Cain can spell the word 'Iraq?'" (video follows with commentary):
Noel Sheppard
October 21st, 2011 5:34 PM

Anti-Bullying Bully Savage Invites Herman Cain to Suck his D**k

Gay activist and sex columnist wants GOP frontrunner to prove being gay is a choice
Erin Brown
October 21st, 2011 4:39 PM

MSNBC Raises Fear of 'Electoral Genocide' of S.C. Blacks for Second Da

For the second day in a row, an MSNBC anchor raised a liberal Democrat's claim that South Carolina's new voter ID law would be "electoral genocide" that disenfranchises thousands of black voters in the Palmetto State. Daytime anchor Thomas Roberts made note of the alarmist statement by South Carolina Democratic Party chairman Dick Harpootlian in an interview about the photo ID law in the 11 a…
Ken Shepherd
October 21st, 2011 4:07 PM

Psycho Talk! Someone Actually Suggested It - President Ed Schultz

... That someone being Cornel West, who used to be a respected scholar unless he decided to focus on full-time engagement as a provocateur. On "The Ed Show" last night, West was talking with host Ed Schultz about Occupy Wall Street, his arrest outside of the Supreme Court, and GOP presidential candidates when he said this (video below page break) --
Jack Coleman
October 21st, 2011 3:44 PM

Piles of TV Newsers Wear Purple For Conservative-Censoring Gay Lobby

October 20 marked the second annual "Spirit Day" thrown by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Debate (GLAAD). They say the D stands for Defamation, but they've been very aggressive in pressuring media outlets to refuse to grant time to any conservative guest that dares to question the gay agenda. To celebrate "Spirit Day," GLAAD encouraged the news and entertainment media to wear purple to…
Tim Graham
October 21st, 2011 3:29 PM

WaPo's 'On Faith': Jesus Would Bless 'Occupy Wall Street' Movement

On Washington Post's On Faith blog, Daily Beast contributor Lisa Miller teased a piece about Occupy Wall Street with a worthy question: "What would Jesus think about Occupy Wall Street?" Her answer was simple, and predictably liberal: "The Jesus of history would love them all." In a piece titled "Jesus at Occupy Wall Street: 'I feel like I've been here before,'" Miller portrayed the…
Paul Wilson
October 21st, 2011 3:07 PM

NBC Portrays Herman Cain's Presidential Run as Money-Making Scheme

On Friday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer noted Herman Cain leading the Republican presidential field but wondered: "is he really aiming for the Oval Office or something else?" In the report that followed, correspondent Michael Isikoff proclaimed: "Herman Cain is facing new questions about whether he is profiting from his own campaign." Isikoff reported: "Cain's campaign committee has used $…
Kyle Drennen
October 21st, 2011 3:05 PM

Anti-Bullying Bully Dan Savage Invites Herman Cain to Suck his D**k

The notorious gay activist and ruthless bully behind the infamous Santorum 'Google' incident has done it again - he has called out another conservative Republican candidate with a raunchy request. This time, Dan Savage has asked for Herman Cain to choose to be gay and in fact prove it by sucking his 'd**k' in front of a waiting camera crew. Savage's proposition came as a response to Herman…
Erin R. Brown
October 21st, 2011 2:48 PM