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NY Times Celebrates Mortgage Defaulters Who Live 'Rent-Free
Since foreclosure is everyone else's fault, the Times says debtors don't 'slink away in shame.'
World Cup Ball On Time Cover Looks Like Obama Logo
It's just my speculation: Time isn't about to share its inner workings with me, but FWIW . . . He is, after all, the man who informed the world that his ascendancy would be seen as the moment that "the planet began to heal." So I suppose it's fitting that his logo appear on the World Cup soccer ball, the event that will be watched by more people than any other event in human history.Could that…
Behar Blames Palin for Making Her Children Targets, ‘Passing That Ki
After having already used her appearance on Wednesday’s The View show on ABC to defend author Joe McGinniss’s claim that Sarah Palin was acting like a Nazi trying to intimidate him, Joy Behar again defended McGinniss on the same day’s Joy Behar Show on HLN, and suggested that Palin is responsible for making her children into targets for daring to let the public see her family – as most…
NPR: Expecting Our Leaders to Be In 'Functional, Heterosexual, Child-P
On Tuesday night's All Things Considered newscast, Michele Norris sadly relayed news of the Gore separation: "The Gores had a storybook romance: college sweethearts, four beautiful children. Their playful affection energized the campaign trail. The concession was you don't make that kind of stuff up. The Gores' union became a model of stability in a hard-charging town where partnerships, even…
Rove: Joe Klein's 'Man Love' For Obama Makes Chris Matthews' Tingles P
Karl Rove on Wednesday said the "man love" Time's Joe Klein has for Barack Obama makes Chris Matthews' adoration of the President pale by comparison.As Rove's radio interview with Sean Hannity began, the host told the former White House adviser, "You know, we now have guys like Joe Klein out there blaming George W. Bush for the oil spill."Rove responded, "Joe Klein used to be a thoughtful person…
White House Obfuscation on Sestak So Glaring Even Matthews Notices 'BS
The obfuscation displayed by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on Tuesday, in refusing to address factual contradictions in the Joe Sestak job offer storyline, is so obvious that even MSNBC's Chris Matthews on Wednesday night showcased a “kerfuffle” between Gibbs and CNSNews.com's Fred Lucas who dared to point out a Congressman cannot serve in the un-paid board position reportedly offered…
Mediaite: 'Does The BP Oil Spill Mark The Death Of The Tea Party Movem
The senior editor of the liberal online publication Mediaite asked an astonishingly absurd question in a headline Tuesday: "Does The BP Oil Spill Mark The Death Of The Tea Party Movement?"Glynnis MacNicol's premise in her piece by that name: "The call for less government intervention into the lives of ‘regular' citizens that was so prevalent throughout last summer, and fall, and winter has gone…
CNN's Griffin to Reich on Idea to Seize BP: 'Illegal;' 'Smacks of Vene
On Wednesday's Rick's List, CNN's Drew Griffin pressed former Clinton administration official Robert Reich on his call for a federal takeover of BP and its efforts against the Gulf oil leak. Griffin first questioned Reich if his proposal was serious, and later stated that the Democrat's idea "sounds not only highly illegal...but seems to me to smack of something that we might see in Venezuela" […
Scarborough to Rove: Criticizing Barack Obama For BP Response Hypocrit
On the Wednesday edition of “Morning Joe,” host Joe Scarborough attacked Republican political strategist Karl Rove for his critique of the Obama administration’s delayed response to the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Scarborough was irate at the “hypocrisy” of the statement because during his time in New Orleans in the middle of Katrina, he recalled, “a lot of people keeping their mouths shut…
NYT's Bronner Hits Israel's 'Disproportionate Force'; Times Also Botc
The subject of the Gaza-bound "Freedom Flotilla" organized by pro-Palestinian activists that attacked Israel Defense Forces as they boarded a cargo boat, was the subject of Charlie Rose's talk show Tuesday night.Rose's roundtable included Ethan Bronner, Jerusalem bureau chief of the Times, who accused Israel of acting with "disproportionate force" and for causing "increasing disillusionment in…
Chris Matthews Claims Oil Spill Sews Up Win for Crist Over Rubio for F
It was bound to happen and no one can really blame them for doing so, but someone eventually had to determine who the political winners and losers are for the tragic circumstances surrounding the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Looking forward to the upcoming election cycle, MSNBC "Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough determined the time was right to take a stab at it, although reluctantly on his…