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Flashback: In 2009, Time Saw GOP As 'Endangered Species' Unless Party
With all but one of the House races now resolved, Republicans have picked up at least 63 seats, the most in a midterm election since 1938. So, it might be fun on this Thanksgiving Day to recall how, just 18 months ago, Time's Michael Grunwald was arguing in a big cover story that demography and its "extremely conservative" philosophy meant the Republican Party could be on the verge of…
Thanksgiving Afternoon and Overnight: FNC Re-Running ‘The Rise, Fall
Thanksgiving afternoon at 3 PM EST, with another re-run overnight at 2 AM EST Thursday night/Friday morning, the Fox News Channel is re-running the first three hours of the six-part Fox News Reporting: The Right, All Along: The Rise, Fall & Future of Conservatism, the documentary series hosted by Brit Hume.
> At 3 PM EST/12 noon PST (and 2 AM EST/11 PM PST): “Right from the Start…
Sandra Bernhard Calls Bristol Palin a Hooker on 'Joy Behar Show
Comedienne Sandra Bernhard called Bristol Palin a hooker on Wednesday's "The Joy Behar Show."
This was just a part of a televised hatefest reminiscent of the Lindsay Lohan film "Mean Girls" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Roger Ebert Celebrates Thanksgiving Rejoicing Tom DeLay's Conviction
Film critic Roger Ebert chose to celebrate Thanksgiving by rejoicing in former Congressman Tom DeLay's conviction on money laundering charges.
Ebert first graced his Twitter followers with the following:
Angelina Jolie Refuses to Celebrate Thanksgiving: It's a Story of Murd
Today's "You're Really a Turkey" award goes to actress Angelina Jolie who according to a friend so despises Thanksgiving that she's intentionally out of the country.
The gossip website Popeater is also reporting that Jolie feels Americans are celebrating a story of murder (h/t Big Hollywood):
Holiday Open Thread: Rush Limbaugh Tells 'The True Story of Thanksgivi
There are many historical descriptions of what happened hundreds of years ago at Plymouth Rock.
On Wednesday, Rush Limbaugh told his listeners what he called in his second book "Dead White Guys, or What the History Books Never Told You: The True Story of Thanksgiving" (video follows with partial transcript):
Lauer Just Can't Seem To Recall Couric at Parade
A painful period he'd rather forget?
Asked to name the person who preceded Meredith Vieira as his Today sidekick, Matt Lauer declined to mention Katie Couric, claiming "there was no one ever. No one came before Meredith."
Matt's convenient case of amnesia came in response to a question from Robin Hall, who is celebrating his 10th and last year as executive producer of Macy's…
NBC Names Ground Zero Mosque Developer a ‘Person of the Year
NBC has announced that it has named the developer of the controversial Islamic prayer center near Ground Zero, Sharif el-Gamal, one of the network’s “People of the Year.” El-Gamal will sit down for an interview with NBC’s Matt Lauer on Thanksgiving night.
The prayer center, known as Park51, has sparked outrage and massive protests from people who say that building a mosque so close to the…
ABC Finds Palin Korea Mix-up Newsworthy
When candidate Obama bragged of campaigning in 57 states, or Pres. Obama suggested that the national language of Austria is "Austrian," we all remember how ABC flaunted those embarrassing flubs. Or not.
But let Sarah Palin momentarily mention North rather than South Korea as our ally, and ABC finds it newsworthy. Check out the video after the jump, containing the news scroll from today'…
NPR Laments That Obama's Pardoned Four Turkeys, But No Human Lawbreake
National Public Radio often has "news judgment" that coincides with the agenda of liberal groups like the American Civil Liberties Union. So it's not surprising that they greeted Thanksgiving by highlighting that President Obama is nicer to turkeys than to human lawbreakers on Wednesday night's All Things Considered:
MARY LOUISE KELLY, substitute anchor: Now, presidents have been pardoning…
Still Thankful
As millions of us gather at tables to offer thanks during this uniquely American holiday (OK, Canada has one, too, but without our Pilgrims), most will express gratitude to God for freedom and material blessings. This year, as in every year since 1989 when she escaped with other "boat people" from communist Vietnam, Kim Vu will offer thanks borne out of a deep gratitude for what America has…
Oops! 'Rightwing' Terror Suspect Turns Out to Be a...Leftwinger
It seems that whenever you hear about a "rightwing" hate crime nowadays, it turns out the the perpetrator turns out to be a leftwinger...much to the disappointment of liberals who continue to maintain the fiction about a violent Tea Party movement. And the latest case of a violent "rightwinger" who turns out to really be a leftwinger comes from my own county of Broward here in South Florida.…
Schultz Slurs Allen West: 'Ignorant
Pot calling the kettle clueless . . .
On his MSNBC show this evening, Ed Schultz twice called newly-elected Republican congressman Allen West "ignorant." For good measure, Schultz said West "didn't have a clue."
Schultz was incensed that West had observed that Washington, DC--home of big government--was relatively immune to the economic woes that have befallen the rest of the country…
Joe Scarborough Says TSA Screening Controversy 'Most Ginned-Up Story o
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough blasted protesters and opponents of the new TSA screening procedures on Wednesday's "Morning Joe," only to recant his position on the show's next hour when he realized two panel members criticized the new checks. "I was saying this was a made-up debate – this is a real debate, I guess," Scarborough admitted on the second hour of his show.
While Scarborough and co-…