Greta Van Susteren Smacks Down 'Delusional' Allred: It's 'Unthinkable

Greta Van Susteren on Friday absolutely skewered Gloria Allred, the attorney representing California Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman's former housekeeper.In a fiery nine minute discussion on Fox's "On the Record," the host accused her guest of being "unthinkable" and "rotten" by bringing this issue to light, especially right before an election.  "You're getting your client deported…
Noel Sheppard
October 2nd, 2010 12:21 PM

DNC $1 Mil Fundraiser Held at Former ABC Reporter's Home

The arrangement described here is so journalistically incestuous I was considering hanging an NC-17 (or worse) rating on this post. You see, the husband of a former longtime ABC reporter held a Democratic National Committee fundraiser at the couple's home Thursday night at which President Barack Obama appeared for 15 minutes. The reporter's husband was on the Obama campaign's national finance…
Tom Blumer
October 2nd, 2010 11:31 AM

Bill Maher Calls Republicans 'A Deadly Enemy

After telling his audience that his job isn't to "carry water for this or any administration," Bill Maher on Friday closed his show with a campaign speech begging viewers to support Democrats in the upcoming midterm elections. "When it comes to voting, when we only have two choices, you got to grow up and realize there's a big difference between a disappointing friend and a deadly enemy," said…
Noel Sheppard
October 2nd, 2010 10:25 AM

Krauthammer Takes on Entire 'Inside Washington' Panel -- Again, Over A

Think President Barack Obama has thin skin? How could one not, after the attacks on media personalities like Rush Limbaugh or his on-the-record comments about the liberal blogs and Fox News? On PBS’s Oct. 2 broadcast of “Inside Washington,” NPR’s Nina Totenberg pointed out the left-wing blogosphere has been critical of Obama, yet she chalked it up as just being “whiny.” “Inside Washington”…
Jeff Poor
October 2nd, 2010 10:15 AM

Saturday Sports Open Thread

Between the Ryder Cup, the end of baseball's regular season, and some great college football match-ups, this is a sports fan's dream Saturday!
NB Staff
October 2nd, 2010 9:08 AM

Open Thread: Gore Called A Fraud At Dem Rally In Florida

NB Staff
October 2nd, 2010 9:00 AM

'Serious Insider' Tells CNBC's Kudlow NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg Next

'The Call' co-host says Rouse replacing Rahm a signal White House 'not reaching out to business,' 'nothing going to change.'
Jeff Poor
October 2nd, 2010 8:57 AM

Bozell Column: Shame on Family Films

Don’t read Newsweek magazine while drinking a beverage. A spit take is the obvious first reaction to a column by Julia Baird headlined “The Shame of Family Films.” On the Internet, this article is coded as “Why family films are so sexist.” Baird's denunciation of Hollywood's fraction of decent entertainment began: “They have all been smash hits: ‘Finding Nemo,’ ‘Madagascar,’ ‘Ice Age,’ ‘Toy Story…
Brent Bozell
October 2nd, 2010 7:38 AM

Psst! Ford Cuts GM's Lead in Half in Sept.; GM Completes Acquisition o

Government/General Motors saw its total vehicle sales fall in September to 173,031 from 185,105 in August. At the same time, Ford's sales increased from to 157,327 to 160,375. Thus, what was an almost 28,000-vehicle lead for GM in August shrank by more than half to less than 13,000 in September. No one has a crystal ball, of course, but if GM falls and Ford surges by similar amounts in October,…
Tom Blumer
October 1st, 2010 11:06 PM

Kathleen Parker: I'm 'Slightly to the Right of Center;' Fan of Obama

On Thursday's Larry King Live, future anchor Kathleen Parker verified her tenuous conservative credentials, as she identified herself as a "conservative," but added, "a pox on everybody's house, as far as I'm concerned." She later confessed that she "would put myself...slightly to the right of center," and that she was "a big fan of Barack Obama as he came into office...I didn't want him to fail…
Matthew Balan
October 1st, 2010 7:48 PM

Open Thread: CNN Fires Rick Sanchez

NB Staff
October 1st, 2010 6:20 PM

Omission Watch: Communist, Socialist 'Partners' of One Nation Protest

An official NAACP video for Saturday's One Nation rally (featuring their leader Ben Jealous, among others) claims that their movement includes "Conservatives and moderates, progressives and liberals." But a look at the actual "endorsing organizations" on the One Nation website doesn't list conservative groups, but it does include the Communist Party USA, the Committee of Correspondence for…
Tim Graham
October 1st, 2010 5:39 PM

Lawrence O'Donnell Draws Parallel Between Extreme Militia Groups and T

What do Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, a domestic terrorist who was developing a nuclear weapon, and Tea Party activists concerned about lavish government spending have in common? Nothing, unless you're a newly-minted cable news anchor with a liberal agenda.Interviewing a Time magazine writer who conducted an in-depth investigation into right-wing militias, MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell on…
Alex Fitzsimmons
October 1st, 2010 4:54 PM

LAT: Tea Party-themed Coloring Book 'Kiddie Propaganda

A new coloring book devoted to the Tea Party amounts to little more than "kiddie propaganda," according to Los Angeles Times arts writer Christopher Knight.We looked through Knight's archives and could find no such complaints about the litany of fawning Barack Obama coloring books, or the two George W. Bush-themed ones, both of which are completely devoted to mocking the former president.So…
Lachlan Markay
October 1st, 2010 4:37 PM