Obama Email Preaches Civility--Then Seeks $$ To Defeat Those Lying Rep

Come, let us reason together with our GOP compatriots.  But in the meantime, send us some cash to defeat those Republican liars. That was the decidedly mixed message that this fervent hope-and-changer received from Pres. Obama today in his fundraising email on behalf of Harry Reid and his merry band at the Dem senatorial campaign committee. PBO was clearly trying to channel the new "civility…
Mark Finkelstein
January 29th, 2011 1:57 PM

Chris Matthews Blames Egypt Riots on George W. Bush and Iraq War

It's a metaphysical certitude that whenever anything happens in the Middle East, the media will quickly blame former President George W. Bush and the war in Iraq. Not missing the opportunity to do so, Chris Matthews began the 5PM installment of "Hardball" Friday connecting the riots in Egypt to a man that has been out of office for two years (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
January 29th, 2011 12:17 PM

Ed Meese: 'Reagan Took Advantage of Being Underestimated

Reagan was always underestimated by his friends and by his opponents. He actually believed that was an advantage. Many political opponents thought he would be an easy mark. But his overwhelming victories in the four elections he won revealed the folly of such suppositions. So wrote Ed Meese in the Washington Examiner Thursday.
Noel Sheppard
January 29th, 2011 11:27 AM

Open Thread: Egypt and Weekend Edition

For general discussion and debate about all things relating to politics, the economy, and sports. Possible talking point: Egypt. How serious is the situation in Egypt? Will this result in a full-scale revolution that topples Mubarak? If so, will this become religious leading to some kind of new Islamic government such as in Iran? Or will Mubarak get control of the situation?
NB Staff
January 29th, 2011 11:16 AM

Krauthammer Exposes Hypocrisy of Being Called 'Cranky' by WaPo Columni

In the middle of a rather comical exchange on PBS's "Inside Washington" Friday evening, Washington Post columnist Colby King accused fellow panelist Charles Krauthammer of being "cranky" concerning President Obama's State of the Union address. Not at all surprising to fans of the Fox News contributor, Krauthammer struck back and did so quite impressively (video follows with transcript and…
Noel Sheppard
January 29th, 2011 10:56 AM

Hypocritical New York Times Smears Whistleblowing Conservative Council

Not content with casting doubt on charges made by New York City Councilman Daniel Halloran, Republican of Queens, of a union-authorized work slowdown during the infamous blizzard that hit Manhattan the day after Christmas, New York Times reporters Russ Buettner and William Rashbaum dove into his personal finances to discredit him in Wednesday’s “Evidence Is Elusive on Charge Of a Blizzard Work…
Clay Waters
January 29th, 2011 10:55 AM

AP's 'Fact Check' of HHS Scare Stat Also Factually Challenged

Ten days ago, on the eve of the House vote to repeal ObamaCare, Kathleen Sebelius's Department or Health and Human Services issued a fearmongering press release saying that "129 million Americans with a pre-existing condition could be denied coverage without new health reform law." Ten days later, on a Friday afternoon (naturally), the Associated Press's Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar finally got…
Tom Blumer
January 29th, 2011 10:17 AM

Oops: AP Says GDP Report Was Causing Stock Market Rise in AM, Quietly

It seems that Associated Press Business Writer David K. Randall made a bad call yesterday. But he only has himself to blame for engaging in what he should have known was wishful thinking. Shortly after the government's report on economic growth during the fourth quarter of 2010 came in with an annualized 3.2% reading, Randall put out this this short report: Stocks edge up after stronger…
Tom Blumer
January 29th, 2011 8:35 AM

Professed Pothead Bill Maher: 'Kids Are Dumbasses Taking Drugs and Not

Bill Maher has for years bragged about his love for marijuana and his desire for drugs to be legalized. On HBO's "Real Time" Friday, the sometimes comedian linked our nation's education problems to drugs claiming, "The kids are dumbasses and their parents are dumbasses and they’re taking drugs and f--king and not learning" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
January 29th, 2011 1:56 AM

Bozell Column: The 'Good News' About Gay Teens

If anyone doubts that our entertainment industry and our entertainment media are evangelists for a revolution of sexual immorality (or in their lingo, “progress”), he needs only to read the latest cover story in Entertainment Weekly magazine, a “special report” on gay teen characters on TV, and “How a bold new class of young gay characters on shows like 'Glee' is changing hearts, minds, and…
Brent Bozell
January 28th, 2011 10:21 PM

Just Say No to State Bailouts

The government will not put itself on austerity, only the people can force it to.
Dan Kennedy
January 28th, 2011 10:11 PM

CMI Commentary: Media MIA on Scrutiny of Skins Creator

A critique of the brains behind the vulgar show - given a pass by the press
Erin Brown
January 28th, 2011 9:39 PM

Accuracy-Indifferent Maddow Invents Alleged GOP Push for US to Leave U

Rachel Maddow's self-proclaimed "obsessive" devotion to the truth again proves fickle. As an example of what she sees as the resurgence of wedge issues, Maddow said this on her MSNBC show last night -- The culture war era conspiracy theories about black helicopters and a one-world government secretly pursued by America's elites, that stuff is back from the culture war eras too. The new…
Jack Coleman
January 28th, 2011 9:00 PM

MRC's Bozell Blasts Media Coverage of Obama SOTU on Friday's 'Fox & Fr

When Republican presidents in years past delivered their State of the Union addresses, NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell noted this morning, "no sooner had the words, 'God bless America,' left their lips than the analysts were there... just pouncing on them, pointing out any discrepancy, pointing out any controversy, ridiculing any mistake." Now "along comes Barack Obama, and the same…
NB Staff
January 28th, 2011 5:46 PM