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NYT's Cooper: Obama Becomes Jimmy Carter If He Doesn't Get Control Of
Barack Obama's presidency goes the way of Jimmy Carter's if he doesn't get control of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.So said New York Times White House correspondent Helene Cooper on the most recent installment of "The Chris Matthews Show."As the opening segment's discussion concerning the spill moved to a close, the host surprisingly asked his panel if Obama can continue to "blame the…
Rabbi Who Outed Helen Thomas is 'Liberal' Who Agreed w/ Her on Iraq Wa
During an interview on CNN’s Reliable Sources on Sunday, Rabbi David Nesenoff, known for exposing Helen Thomas’s anti-Semitic views, informed viewers that, up until now, he has considered himself to be a liberal Democrat – who even opposed the Iraq War and supported Barack Obama – but now asserts that "I have to really reevaluate liberal and conservative and really find out where I stand because…
Fareed Zakaria Defends Obama's Oil Spill Response: 'What Does the Medi
Newsweek's Fareed Zakaria on Sunday worked overtime trying to defend Barack Obama's pathetic response to the Gulf Coast oil spill while chastising his colleagues in the media for having the nerve to criticize the president.In the opening segment of his "Fareed Zakaria GPS" aired on CNN, Zakaria asked, "Have we all gone crazy?" He continued, "In dealing with the serious problem involving technical…
Leaked ObamaCare Docs Ignore Costs of the Law's Mandates in 'De-Grandf
On Friday, Investors Business Daily (IBD) reported on leaked government documents identifying what employer-provided health plans can and cannot do if they wish to retain their "grandfathered" status under the statist health care legislation commonly known as ObamaCare that became law on March 23. One of the items in the government document (83-page PDF) is the following table, which estimates…
Rosie O'Donnell: Helen Thomas Wasn't Telling Jews 'Go Back to the Oven
On her XM/Sirius satellite radio show on Wednesday, Rosie O'Donnell defended the outrageous comments of Helen Thomas telling Jews to “get the hell out of Palestine” and go “home” to Germany and Poland. The Radio Equalizer blog has audio where O'Donnell seemed to acknowledge Richard Cohen's Washington Post column recalling that Jews who did return home after World War II were killed by the…
Better Late Than Never: Rachel Maddow Taken to Task From Unlikely Quar
It's not often I see something on The Huffington Post I look forward to reading. Here's an exception.In a post ungrammatically titled "Why Has the New York Times and Rachel Maddow Misled Us?", novelist and essayist Richard Greener on Thursday wrote a stinging rebuke of a Times' June 8 editorial and Maddow's coverage on her show the following day of the Supreme Court emergency order intervening in…
Saturday Night Funnies: Boxer Says CO2 Leading Cause of Conflict Next
On Thursday, Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) took to the floor of the Senate and claimed that carbon dioxide -- that naturally occurring gas integral to life on this planet! -- "will be over the next 20 years the leading cause of conflict, putting our troops in harm's way" (transcript and commentary follow):
Washington Post Derides Nikki Haley as a Former ‘Small-time Agitator
When’s the last time a journalist referred to Barack Obama as a former “small-time agitator?” That’s exactly how the Washington Post described Republican Nikki Haley in a profile piece on Saturday. A headline for the article by political reporter Philip Rucker critiqued, “Nikki Haley goes from small-time agitator to credible candidate for S.C. governor.” The piece on the conservative politician…
Commemorating 23rd Anniversary of Reagan's 'Tear Down This Wall' Speec
Twenty-three years ago, on June 12, 1987, Ronald Reagan, standing on the west side of Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate, gave a speech that many believe signaled the beginning of the end of the Cold War.In this extraordinary moment in history, President Reagan challenged the Soviet Union’s Mikhail Gorbachev:General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and…
Jerry Brown Calls Meg Whitman a Nazi, Media Mostly Mum
California's Democrat gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown on Tuesday called his Republican rival Meg Whitman a Nazi.You probably didn't hear about this because America's media largely ignored it. By contrast, the press had a field day when Republican senatorial candidate Carly Fiorina made a comment about Barbara Boxer's (D-Calif.) hair that was picked up by an open microphone Tuesday evening.Why…
World Cup Open Thread: USA vs. England
The U.S. soccer team just tied England in an opening round World Cup match.Let's talk soccer!
Margaret Carlson: Only ‘Completely Masochistic’ Voters Would Elect
During the "Last Word" segment on Bloomberg Television’s Political Capital on Friday, Bloomberg News columnist Margaret Carlson – formerly of CNN and Time magazine – tore into Nevada Republican Senate nominee Sharron Angle – who will be taking on Harry Reid in November – as Carlson charged that Angle is "on the fringe, almost wacky," and asserted that Nevada voters would have to be "completely…
ABC News Featured Video: 'Teens Hail Gay Prom King and Queen
ABCNews.com on Saturday prominently featured a video about two gay students that won king and queen at their high school's prom."Hudson High, typical school with a typical senior prom, but not your every day prom king and queen," began an unidentified reporter. "Meet Charlie Ferrusi and Tim Howard, class of 2010 prom royalty."As the piece continued, an unidentified man said, "These are the kids…