Dowd: Obama Didn't Call Congress Back Because 'It Would Have Screwed U

As NewsBusters has been reporting, the Obama-loving media have largely been gushing and fawning over the current White House resident taking a vacation on Martha's Vineyard as the economy appears to be heading into a double-dip recession. Giving an interesting insight into the President's decision to not call Congress back from its summer break to tackle the problems facing the nation was New…
Noel Sheppard
August 21st, 2011 10:46 AM

Weekend Open Thread

For general discussion and debate about politics, the economy, sports, or whatever else tickles your fancy.
NB Staff
August 21st, 2011 10:14 AM

'Illegal Alien' Is a Fox News Misnomer

On Friday's edition of The O'Reilly Factor, substitute host Monica Crowley investigated the Obama administration's declaration that it would institute a case-by-case review of deportations to thin the list out to just remove violent illegal aliens from the country.  Crowley invited on Steven Camerota of the Center for Immigration Studies as a critic, and immigration lawyer Susan Church to…
Tim Graham
August 21st, 2011 9:53 AM

On PBS, Former Bush Aide Laments Perry's Importing Ann Coulter Lingo I

It might not be surprising to see someone sit in the rarefied liberal air of a PBS set and dismiss the undignified palaver of talk radio and Ann Coulter, but on Friday's PBS NewsHour, this line was coming from former Bush speechwriting chief Michael Gerson, and the target was Gov. Rick Perry. Gerson and liberal Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus were sitting in for David Brooks and Mark…
Tim Graham
August 21st, 2011 8:09 AM

Saturday Night Funny Video: Putin Bags a Tiger While Obama Bags....a P

Another entry in my semi-regular series of Saturday night humor postings for NewsBusters drawn from the clips Bret Baier runs at the end of FNC’s Special Report which he and his staff usually select from video montages picked up off the late night comedy shows. Tonight, a fresh one from Friday night’s program which comes from the Colbert Report on Comedy Central in which Stephen Colbert…
Brent Baker
August 21st, 2011 12:54 AM

Jan Brewer: Facebook ‘Censored’ Post Critical of Obama Immigration

Arizona governor Jan Brewer says she was "censored" by Facebook after a posting she made on the social network was removed by the site's staff. In her post, Brewer had criticized the Obama administration's recent decision to halt prosecutions of many illegal immigrants. "Facebook censored the post and removed it because the photo apparently violated their 'Facebook Community Standards.'…
Matthew Sheffield
August 20th, 2011 8:10 PM

Fareed Zakaria: Maybe We'd Still Be AAA If We Had a Prime Minister Not

Sometimes I wonder how liberal media members could possibly live in the same country as I do and hold such startlingly absurd ideas about it. Take for example Fareed Zakaria who on the CNN program bearing his name this Sunday is going to tell viewers that America would likely still have a AAA credit rating if we had a parliamentary system of government with a prime minister rather than a…
Noel Sheppard
August 20th, 2011 5:27 PM

Headline: 'Gov. Christie Admits Climate Change Is a Real Problem, That

An article posted at NJ.com Friday evening has liberals cheering and conservatives reeling. "Gov. Christie Admits Climate Change Is a Real Problem, That Human Activity Plays a Role":
Noel Sheppard
August 20th, 2011 2:43 PM

Actress/Singer Alicia Witt Sticks with Obama Who Gave Her ‘Passion

Actress/singer Alicia Witt (IMDb page), who came to semi-fame playing Cybill Shepherd’s teenage daughter “Zoey” on the late 1990s CBS sit-com Cybill, traveled to Washington, DC this past week, which she told the Washington Examiner was her first visit to the nation’s capital since “President Obama’s inauguration, which she says made her feel more patriotic than she ever has in her life.”…
Brent Baker
August 20th, 2011 2:20 PM

Tea Partier to Sharpton: I Couldn't Listen to Any More of Your Insanit

Dallas Tea Party founder Phillip Dennis turned a wardrobe malfunction on Friday's "MSNBC Live" into possibly the best line of the week. When his earbud dislodged during a heated discussion with Al Sharpton, Dennis marvelously quipped, "I don’t think I could listen to any more of your insanity there without my earpiece falling out" (video follows with transcript and commentary, vulgarity…
Noel Sheppard
August 20th, 2011 12:23 PM

Rep. Charles Rangel Dismisses Laura Ingraham as 'Just A Pretty Girl' o

Appearing on Thursday's O'Reilly Factor on Fox News, Democratic Congressman Charles Rangel slammed fill-in host Laura Ingraham: "Let me say this. That Bill O'Reilly told me he had a secret weapon, I didn't know it was just a pretty girl that he would bring in." Ingraham responded: "That's very condescending, sir. A pretty girl. These are serious questions." [Audio available here] Ingraham…
Kyle Drennen
August 20th, 2011 12:00 PM

PETA To Launch Porn Site

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has always known how to use sexual imagery to advance its political agenda. According to Reuters, the animal rights group is planning on taking this further by actually launching a pornographic website:
Noel Sheppard
August 20th, 2011 11:01 AM

AP's Rugaber Discloses Specifics in States' Largest July Job Gains/Los

Establishment press reporters will insist from now until the cows come home that they play it straight. Their actions all too often belie their claims. One such face-hitting example came yesterday in Associated Press reporter Chris Rugaber's coverage of the government's Regional and State Employment and Unemployment report. If it weren't already given away in this post's title, veteran media…
Tom Blumer
August 20th, 2011 10:52 AM

Nina Totenberg: Obama Can Save Economy With 'A Lot of Very Populist Rh

Stock markets around the world are once again imploding in fear of a global double-dip recession. Appearing on PBS's "Inside Washington" Friday, NPR's Nina Totenberg said Barack Obama can cure what ails us with "a lot of very populist rhetoric" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
August 20th, 2011 10:26 AM