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Politico Erroneously Tags Retiring Rep. Dan Boren as 'Conservative Dem
Whether it's deliberate obfuscation or just plain laziness is up for debate, but the media have a penchant for misleading news consumers with the meme that Blue Dog Democrats are politically "conservative." While the Blue Dog caucus is decidedly more moderate than Democrats as a whole -- you could individual members are "conservative for a Democrat" -- they rarely if ever qualify as…
June 9th, 2011 11:22 AM

Sean Penn Still Defending the Indefensible
For some reason, some liberals in Hollywood like to give dictators the benefit of the doubt. Their five-decade support for Fidel Castro’s iron rule over 11 million voiceless Cubans is inexplicable. Their “Blame America First” philosophy has brought them into relationships with some of the worlds most nefarious people – like Yasser Arafat and Saddam Hussein.
This shouldn’t surprise us,…
June 9th, 2011 11:16 AM

Sen. Al Franken: In 2 Years, Obama ‘May Not Be the President
Sen. Al Franken, a liberal Democrat from Minnesota, suggested on Wednesday that Barack Obama may be a one-term president.
He made the comment as the Senate Judiciary Committee considered President Obama’s request to extend FBI Director Robert Mueller’s ten-year term for two more years.
June 9th, 2011 10:57 AM
Open Thread: Janet Napolitano Says Terrorist Profiling Is 'Not Using G
According to Janet Napolitano, concentrating terrorist screening efforts on young Muslim men is "not using good logic."
Her response came after a reporter in the audience asked, "Why wouldn't the Department focus more of its attention on the category of individuals that turned up most often as the suspect?"
Check out the video of Napolitano's response after the break, and let us know your…
June 9th, 2011 10:39 AM

Howard Kurtz on Weiner: I've Never Seen Media Spin This Out of Control
CNN's Howard Kurtz made a statement to his colleague Eliot Spitzer Wednesday that folks who remember the media firestorm surrounding former Congressman Mark Foley (R-Fla.) will find hard to believe.
Appearing on "In the Arena," the media analyst complained about the amount of coverage recent sex scandals involving Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.), John Edwards, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Dominque…
June 9th, 2011 10:03 AM

Privileged NYT Columnist Tom Friedman Calls for People to Work Less, O
Good news, we’re doomed, says New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman in Wednesday’s "The Earth Is Full." (Has the globe-trotting Friedman never been to Texas?) But we can still save ourselves eventually, as long as we realize that "the consumer-driven growth model is broken and we have to move to a more happiness-driven growth model, based on people working less and owning less." But does…
June 9th, 2011 7:26 AM

AP 'Scoop,' Naively Reported: WH to Form 'Rural Council' -- As If Help
Statism never sleeps.
The Obama administration has apparently identified a significant constituency it hasn't been able to buy off, and is attempting to do something about it.
Of course, the ever-gullible Darlene Superville at the Associated Press is swallowing the White House line completely, as seen in these excerpted paragraphs:
Obama to create White House Rural Council
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June 8th, 2011 10:54 PM
Former CNNer Bob Franken: Pawlenty Plotting 'Oligarchy
It takes a former CNN "correspondent" to make Tim Pawlenty sound scary . . .
It's kind of fun to watch former MSM "reporters" turn into totally-out, liberal partisans once they leave their "reporting" gigs. Take Bob Franken. For years a big-time national correspondent for CNN, the network let him go in 2007. Franken is now free to let his liberal freak flag fly.
Witness Bob on MSNBC this…
June 8th, 2011 9:01 PM

ABC's Dan Harris Asks Ann Coulter 'Is It Ever Uncomfortable For You To
ABC's Terry Moran began the final segment of Tuesday's "Nightline" saying, "Simply put - a lot of people despise Ann Coulter."
After this disgusting introduction, the first question Dan Harris asked the conservative author was, "Is it ever uncomfortable for you to be hated?" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
June 8th, 2011 8:46 PM

Housing 'Recovery?' Not So Fast
Media went 'looking for a housing recovery' in 2009, but in 2011 home prices 'double-dip' to an 8-year low.
June 8th, 2011 7:25 PM

Toxic Radio Host Mike Malloy Haunted by Fear of Families Having Fun at
Not surprising, considering this is the same fringe radical who wished Navy SEALS shot George W. Bush and not Osama bin Laden.
After the Orlando city council passed an ordinance that places restrictions on the group Food Not Bombs from feeding the homeless, followed by a legal battle between the city and group, radio host Mike Malloy did what left-wing logic dictates -- he bashed Christians…
June 8th, 2011 7:05 PM
NPR: 'Hard for Democrats' to Call for Resignation of 'Bulldog' Weiner
NPR's Renee Montagne touted the Rep. Anthony Weiner sex scandal as a "dilemma" for Democrats on Wednesday's Morning Edition. Correspondent Andrea Seabrook also underlined how it was apparently "hard for Democrats to call for his resignation" because the New York politician is a "bulldog" for their issues.
Montagne used her label during an introduction for Seabrook's report, which put the…
June 8th, 2011 6:43 PM

New NYT Editor Jill Abramson as Howell Raines, Maureen Dowd as Washing
Ominous speculation from Women’s Wear Daily (which has robust media reporting) about the management style of Jill Abramson, the New York Times’s executive editor in waiting -- she reminds one anonymous senior editor of the notorious Howell Raines!
Abramson also told an interviewer for The Guardian she was most proud of providing a "sceptical take on the motivations of" Ken Starr, the…
June 8th, 2011 5:32 PM

Ann Coulter Educates The View's Joy Behar on Reagan Tax Cuts
Author Ann Coulter sparred with Joy Behar on Reaganomics on Wednesday's episode of The View. "How are you going to solve it if you don't have any revenue coming in?" asked Joy Behar of the conservative commentator, who is currently promoting her latest book, Demonic. "When Reagan cut taxes, each year, as the taxes went down, revenue to the treasury went up" Coulter responded.
As The View'…
June 8th, 2011 5:27 PM