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MSNBC Gives Liberal Filmmaker Rory Kennedy Platform to Pitch New Docum
Hours after being featured on this morning's edition of "Morning Joe" program, liberal filmmaker Rory Kennedy sat down with MSNBC host Thomas Roberts for a softball interview shortly before 2:30 p.m. to promote her new documentary "The Fence."Kennedy argued that the fence being built along the U.S. border with Mexico was a waste of money, both in its actual construction and in the money required…
What If Pastor Terry Jones Had Called His Koran Burning 'Art
People have asked me my opinion of the Rev. Terry Jones' threat to burn the Quran this past weekend. Personally I think the best thing to do with this story is to not give this insignificant media-hound with all of fifty parishioners avoice. But it's way too late for that now. So, of course I find the action in poor taste - I would never burn any religion's sacred parchment. That is just wrong…
Woody Allen: Religions Are ‘Delusions to Keep Us Going
Legendary filmmaker Woody Allen recognizes that religion makes people happier, but still views religious faith as a "delusion" worthy of the same respect afforded a fortune cookie. In an interview published Sept. 15 to promote his upcoming movie, "You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger," Allen told The New York Times, "This sounds so bleak when I say it, but we need some delusions to keep us going.…
WaPo Slips Liberal Dogma Into Report on Tax Cuts: GOP Trying to 'Depri
In general, there are two major sides to the tax cut debate. One believes that Americans are entitled to keep what they earn, but that they cede some money to the government with the understanding that funding is necessary to enable the state to safeguard citizens' rights - the state's most fundamental function.The opposing side holds, in short, that Americans are entitled to their wealth only to…
CBS's Smith: Is GOP Making 'Miscalculation' At Their Own 'Peril' By Su
Talking to Republican strategist Dan Bartlett on Wednesday's CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith wondered if the electoral success of the tea party could harm the GOP: "Are all of these tea party victories good for the Republican Party?...I wonder if you're making a miscalculation at your own peril at, you know, this perceived enthusiasm gap, these people are literally changing the face of a…
Bill Clinton Fires Back at Rachel Maddow Riff Describing Him as 'Best
When lefties turn on each other ... never a pretty sight.Former president Bill Clinton, he of the elephantine memory, still nurses a grudge against MSNBC's Rachel Maddow for a crack she made about him way back in March.In an appearance with former British prime minister Tony Blair in Philadelphia on Monday, Clinton said that "one of the leading television commentators on one of our liberal cable…
Memo to Slate's Weigel: Those Who Live in Glass Houses Shouldn't Throw
Anxiety was pretty high in the heat of battle with the race for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate. However, a lot of that tension exists beyond the state of Delaware and there have been self-proclaimed conventional wisdom wizards critical of how the electoral process in Delaware has worked itself out. One of those has been former embattled Washington Post blogger Dave Weigel, who in a…
NBC Reporter Throws Around Conservative Label but Can't Call Rangel A
NBC's Kelly O'Donnell, on Wednesday's Today show, in reporting on yesterday's primary results threw the conservative label around, as she identified several Republicans that way, but for some reason couldn't manage to attach the "liberal" label when it came time to talk about ethics challenged New York Democratic Congressman Charlie Rangel.O'Donnell began her piece noting that "Democrats are…
ABC's Crystal Ball: Defeat of 'Mainstream' Castle 'Eliminates' GOP Cha
Good Morning America's Juju Chang switched into prognostication mode on Wednesday and proclaimed that, along with other Tea Party wins, Christine O'Donnell's upset victory in Delaware "pretty much eliminat[es] the Republicans' chances of taking back the Senate." [MP3 audio here.] She trumpeted, "We begin with an upset victory for the Tea Party and maybe for Democrats." The news anchor announced…
MRC Study: ABC, CBS and NBC Tilt Ground Zero Mosque Debate by Smearing
By a wide margin — 66 percent to 29 percent, according to the most recent ABC News/ Washington Post poll — the public is opposed to building that proposed $100 million Islamic cultural center near the site of the destroyed World Trade Towers. This is not a lightly-held opinion: more than half (53%) told ABC news they are “strongly opposed” to building it near Ground Zero, vs. only 14 percent who…
Maher Charges GOP w/ Racism & Invokes N Word, New Yorkers Should ‘Fo
Appearing as a guest on Tuesday’s Larry King Live on CNN, comedian Bill Maher picked up on a recent contention by Newt Gingrich that President Obama is motivated by anti-colonialism which his Kenyan father felt as the Real Time with Bill Maher host smeared the potential 2012 Republican presidential field as racist:How are they going to out-firebreathe each other? I mean, where this rhetoric has…
On CNN, Bill Maher Says Tea Party Has 'No Policy Points,' Obama Has No
It could be a real contest for which thing Bill Maher said on CNN's Larry King Live was the most ridiculous. It began with the assertion "Christine O'Donnell, like all these tea baggers, has no plan, no agenda. No policy points. They have one advantage. They're running against Democrats. That's their big advantage."But for a sheer lack of factual grasp, it might be this statement, that domestic…
Scarborough: 'I Blame Sarah Palin' For O'Donnell Win
Joe Scarborough believes Christine O'Donnell's win has cost Republicans the Delaware Senate seat and their best shot at a Senate majority. And the Morning Joe host made no bones about singling out the person he considers responsible: "I blame Sarah Palin," said Scarborough bluntly on today's show.Scarborough's comment came not long after Morning Joe aired a clip of Karl Rove's scalding…
Steve Malzberg Destroys Joy Behar: 'You Represent a Radical Leftist Vi
Conservative radio personality Steve Malzberg on Tuesday told Joy Behar exactly what the vast majority of right-thinking Americans would love to say to this "View" co-host if given the opportunity:"You represent a radical leftist view in this country; it`s a very small minority." Chatting with Behar on the CNN Headline News program bearing her name, Malzberg told the comedienne turned political…