Obama Triangulates on Gun Control

Loyal readers will recall that I warned last year of the perfect storm approaching on gun control. Now, with the Tucson, Ariz., tragedy as a steppingstone and with eyes firmly focused on his re-election, President Barack Obama has opened a campaign to appease his base on the polarizing issue. Let me completely disclose my position: I am a strong Second Amendment advocate. I believe in…
Chuck Norris
March 29th, 2011 9:49 AM

Bill Maher Ups Ante on Vulgar Palin Attacks

After comedian Bill Maher referred to Sarah Palin as a derogatory term for a vagina a little over week a ago, NewsBusters asked, "Can the dreaded C-word be far behind?" According to the Dallas Voice, this happened on Sunday while Maher was "performing" at the Winspear Opera House (photo courtesy Reuters):
Noel Sheppard
March 29th, 2011 9:48 AM

Distorted Valerie Plame Flick Bombed at the Box Office

You might think that given the abysmal box office record of left-wing movies about the Iraq war that "Fair Game," a highly distorted version of the tired controversy surrounding former CIA non-agent Valerie Plame Wilson, would never have been made. Of course, since Hollywood is dominated by leftists, economic sanity did not prevail. Economic reality did prevail, though, as "Fair Game" ended…
Matthew Sheffield
March 29th, 2011 9:43 AM

Showtime to Catholics: Here's an Evil, Degenerate Pope. Happy Easter

Never let it be said that Showtime ignores Christianity. In fact, the network that aired "The Tudors" is getting into the spirit of Lent and gleefully calling to mind some of the Catholic Church's centuries-old sins. "The Borgias" is Showtime's new 10-part miniseries about the infamous 15thCentury Italian family of that name, and about a dark period in the history of the Church. Rodrigo…
Matt Philbin
March 29th, 2011 9:42 AM

Open Thread: Media Matters on the Attack

Today's starter topic: Left-wing attack group Media Matters is vowing to make its attacks on Fox News personal: Media Matters, Brock said, is assembling opposition research files not only on Fox’s top executives but on a series of midlevel officials. It has hired an activist who has led a successful campaign to press advertisers to avoid Glenn Beck’s show. The group is assembling a legal…
NB Staff
March 29th, 2011 9:21 AM

Stacked Deck: Soros Adds More Lefty Supporters to Event Aiming to Rema

Left-wing funder extraordinaire George Soros isn’t content with just promoting his long list of liberal causes. He wants to remake the global economy. This plan, first revealed by the Media Research Center last week, continues to get more obvious. Soros has spent $50 million getting the group INET (Institute for New Economic Thinking) to throw a remake of the famous Bretton Woods conference…
Dan Gainor
March 29th, 2011 9:15 AM

Why Are The TV Networks So Slow to Poll on Libya

One sign that the broadcast networks aren’t vigorously opposed to President Obama’s air strikes in Libya is the utter lack of polls. There were no ABC/Washington Post or NBC/Wall Street Journal polls touted before Obama’s Libya address, and a Gallup poll showing only 47 percent support for military action has been barely mentioned. CBS News did a poll (without The New York Times) and briefly…
Tim Graham
March 29th, 2011 8:43 AM

NBC's Maceda: After Obama Speech, Gaddafi Likely 'Feeling A Lot Better

Many here at home may have criticized President Obama's speech last night on Libya.  But abroad, there was at least one man who dug PBO's remarks: Muammar Gaddafi . . . That was the educated estimation of NBC's Jim Maceda, reporting from Libya on Morning Joe today.  It was PBO's failure to call for regime change that would have buoyed Gaddafi, says Maceda.  He reported that regime officials…
Mark Finkelstein
March 29th, 2011 8:32 AM

Obama's Official Easter Eggs Will Be More Eco-Friendly

Penny Starr at our sister site CNSNews.com noticed how even the Easter Egg Roll under the Obamas need a sheen of political correctness: The White House announced Monday that this year’s Easter Egg Roll will be “more environmentally friendly,” with eggs made ofwood certified by an environmental activist organization and packaging that will “minimize waste and environmental impact.” The press…
Tim Graham
March 29th, 2011 8:05 AM

Maddow Notices Similarity Between Obama's Libya Address and Nobel Peac

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow on Monday went to great pains illustrating the similarities between President Obama's Libya address to the nation and his December 2009 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech. Not surprisingly, the devout dove suddenly turned hawk chose not to discuss the irony (video follows with partial transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
March 29th, 2011 12:31 AM

Larry O'Donnell, Contessa Brewer Spin Libya Scrutiny Away From Obama

In discussing the present "kinetic military action" in Libya, MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell and Contessa Brewer both tried to shift scrutiny away from President Obama and toward Republicans Monday afternoon, hours before the President's address to the nation on Libya. O'Donnell tried to pinpoint the hypocrisy of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for criticizing Obama's failure to…
Matt Hadro
March 28th, 2011 7:00 PM

President Ed Schultz Would Stage Show Trials of Bush Officials as Reta

For a mercifully fleeting moment, Ed Schultz was considered a possible candidate for Senate. It came in the wake of Sen. Byron Dorgan, Democrat of North Dakota, announcing in January 2010 that he would not seek re-election. Speculation briefly centered on Schultz running to succeed Dorgan until Schultz adamantly denied he had any intention of doing so. On Friday, Schultz demonstrated why…
Jack Coleman
March 28th, 2011 6:36 PM

CNN's O'Brien Slants Towards Muslims, Omits Woman's Connection to Mosq

CNN's Soledad O'Brien's Sunday documentary about the controversial mosque in Murfreesboro, Tennessee predictably leaned towards the local Muslims who want it built. O'Brien brushed aside an opponent's concerns over Sharia law in the U.S.: "In New York City, we have a big Muslim community. There is no Sharia law [there]." She also omitted how a featured Muslim woman is related to one of the…
Matthew Balan
March 28th, 2011 5:57 PM

CBS's Nancy Giles Claims UCLA Student Mocking Asians Was 'Straight Out

On CBS's Sunday Morning, left-wing commentator Nancy Giles managed to attack Rush Limbaugh while condemning a UCLA student's internet video rant against Asians: "Her monologue was straight out of the Rush Limbaugh playbook from a few months ago....And Rush is a cartoon. In my humble opinion." A clip was played of Limbaugh mocking Chinese President Hu Jintao after a joint press conference…
Kyle Drennen
March 28th, 2011 5:36 PM