CNN's Burnett: Aren't Tax Hikes Part of 'Rational' Deficit Strategy

CNN's Erin Burnett argued that, according to a Pew study, tax hikes and spending cuts together would be more effective in trimming the deficit than spending cuts alone, and asked Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) if tax hikes weren't "part of a rational independent strategy here?" Burnett also pressed the conservative presidential candidate as to why she stuck to her positions on social and…
Matt Hadro
October 13th, 2011 4:53 PM

WaPo Writers, Mostly Libs, in Lockstop With Romney's 'Command' of GOP

Early this morning, I noted how two AP writers seemed to be hoping that former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney will be the Republican Party's presidential nominee, in the process ignoring inconvenient facts like his failure to get over 25% in any poll covered at Real Clear Politics since mid-July while failing to even mention Herman Cain's name until the report's eleventh paragraph (a…
Tom Blumer
October 13th, 2011 1:33 PM

David Letterman's Math: Obama's Been President 'A Year and a Half, Clo

On Tuesday, Diane Sawyer absurdly claimed the Occupy Wall Street protests have spread to more than a thousand countries. Following in this arithmetically-challenged tradition, David Letterman told former President Bill Clinton Wednesday Obama's been in office "a year and a half, close to two years" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
October 13th, 2011 1:12 PM

Multimillionaire Tim Robbins Tells Protesters 'You Can't Rip People Of

NewsBusters on Wednesday shared a list of the top ten richest celebrities that have so far expressed their support for the Occupy Wall Street movement. Currently in ninth place is actor Tim Robbins who recently told protesters, "You can't rip people off that long and expect to get away with it," (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
October 13th, 2011 12:34 PM

ABC's GMA Welcomes Cain to Top Tier With Embarrassing Video

ABC's Good Morning America welcomed Herman Cain to the top tier of the Republican presidential field on Thursday with a video of him being stumped by a New Hampshire voter over whether or not there was a sales tax in the state. Co-host George Stephanopoulos reported that "Pizza mogul Herman Cain" was "now at the top of the pack," according to a new poll, and ABC News White House…
Matt Hadro
October 13th, 2011 12:33 PM

George Will Trashes Protesters As Lady Gaga

George Will really lets the Occupy Wall Street protesters have it in his Washington Post column on Thursday. He began by noting their events compare to Tea Party events "as Pittsburg, Kan., is to Pittsburgh, Pa. So far, probably fewer people have participated in all of them combined than attended just one Tea Party rally, that of Sept. 12, 2009, on the Mall." Then he lowered the boom: "In…
Tim Graham
October 13th, 2011 12:28 PM

'Occupy Wall Street' Goons Are the Flea Party, Media Itching to Cover

So far, the only major accomplishment of the "Occupy Wall Street" (OWS) protesters is that they have finally put an end to their previous initiative, "Occupy Our Mothers' Basements." Oddly enough for such a respectable-looking group --  a mixture of adolescents looking for a cause, public sector union members, drug dealers, criminals, teenage runaways, people who have been at every protest…
Ann Coulter
October 13th, 2011 11:44 AM

Multimillionaire Investor Al Gore Endorses Wall Street Protests

Despite making what is estimated to be $100 million since leaving the White House in 2001, multimillionaire investor Al Gore has endorsed the Occupy Wall Street movement. Here's what the Nobel Laureate wrote at his blog Wednesday evening:
Noel Sheppard
October 13th, 2011 11:43 AM

NYT's Keller Blames Global Warming, Libertarianism, Rick Perry for Wil

Former Executive Editor Bill Keller, now a columnist for the paper, used the tragic fire in Bastrop, Texas to let loose an Obama-inspired rant against the conservative argument for limited government (and again targeted Texas Gov. Rick Perry) on his New York Times blog Monday: “Life Without Government.”
Clay Waters
October 13th, 2011 10:41 AM

A Tale of Two Protests: Media Cheer Wall Street Occupiers But Jeered T

The Occupy Wall Street protestors have received overwhelmingly positive coverage from the Big Three (ABC, CBS, NBC) news networks, as they used their airtime to publicize and promote the aggressively leftist movement. In just the first eleven days of October, ABC, CBS and NBC flooded their morning and evening newscasts with a whopping 33 full stories or interview segments on the protesters.…
Geoffrey Dickens
October 13th, 2011 10:41 AM

South Park: Obama's Made America So Bad Mexicans Are All Going Back Ho

Comedy Central's cartoon hit South Park made quite a political statement Wednesday evening. In an episode called "The Last of the Meheecans," Cartman becomes a border patrol agent only to discover that not only aren't Mexicans trying to cross over into the United States anymore, Obama has made America "so sh-tty" they're all going back home (videos follow with commentary, vulgarity warning):
Noel Sheppard
October 13th, 2011 10:19 AM

NBC's Curry to Left-Wing Activist and Singer Belafonte: 'Thank You For

Updated : Full transcript added At the end of a fawning interview with far left activist and singer Harry Belafonte on Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry asked about his litany of controversial comments over the years and if he ever wished he kept his "mouth shut." Belafonte claimed "many Americans shared" his radical views and that: "I handled it with dignity and a certain kind of…
Kyle Drennen
October 13th, 2011 10:17 AM

Open Thread: Economic Freedom in America Today

Economic Freedom, the group behind this successful video on the relationship between economy and quality of life, has come out with a second video on economic freedom in the world today, placing America behind nine other countries that are more economically free than us. As they explain, "for years the United States has been a world leader in economic freedom. But runaway government spending…
NB Staff
October 13th, 2011 10:09 AM

MSNBC's Schultz: 'Damn Democrats' Not Supporting Obama Enough, 'Damn R

On Wednesday's the Ed Show, MSNBC host Ed Schultz berated centrist Democratic Senators Ben Nelson and Jon Tester as "turncoast Democrats" for voting against President Obama recent economic plan, lambasted Democrats for not doing more to call out their centrist colleague and support and Occupy Wall Street Movement, and advised Democrats to embrace the term "tax and spend liberal." Schultz:
Brad Wilmouth
October 13th, 2011 9:17 AM