CNN Fact Checks McCain Ad: 'Not Always Black and White

Mike Bates

AP's Racist Poll: If Obama Loses It's Because He's Black

UPDATE at end of post: Polling agency VIPs have contributed to Democrats including Obama.Are you getting tired of the mainstream media meme that if you're white and you don't vote for Barack Obama it's because you're a racist? Or that if John McCain wins, it's because he's white and Obama isn't?Well, on Saturday, the Associated Press and Yahoo News released results of a new poll, and the major…
Noel Sheppard

PDS, Harlem-Style: Rangel Calls Palin 'Disabled

In the Palin Derangement Syndrome parade, this one has to be at or near the front. It comes courtesy of tax scofflaw, financial-disclosure report fudger, rent-controlled apartment hoarder -- Harlem's one, and only, Charles Rangel (D-NY). When asked Friday why Democrats are so afraid of Sarah Palin and her popularity, he answered: You got to be kind to the disabled. It's on video here at Breitbart…
Tom Blumer

Susan Estrich Sounds Smitten With 'First Dude

P.J. Gladnick

Why Is Media Allowing Joe Biden to Lie About Drunk Driver Killing His

Along with the claim that Joe Biden had a "blue-collar" upbringing -- he had a decidedly upper class (though not "rich") childhood -- Joe Biden has for years claimed that his first wife and his daughter were killed by a "drunk driver" in 1972. However, closer examination of the records proves that the man driving the truck that slammed into the Biden family car was never charged with drunken…
Warner Todd Huston

Saturday Sports Open Thread

NB Staff

Sullivan: Palin Pick Most Irresponsible Act a Candidate Ever Made

If you needed any more evidence as to how frightened liberals are of Sarah Palin, you got it during Friday's "Real Time" on HBO.In fact, the panel discussion featuring The Atlantic's Andrew Sullivan, author Naomi Klein, and hip hop singer Will.I.Am was potentially the finest example of Palin Derangement Syndrome seen on television since she was first announced as John McCain's running mate three…
Noel Sheppard

Open Thread

For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: the bear that roared. Stocks around the world greeted news of a proposed financial industry bailout in the United States with tremendous joy. Markets and bourses across the globe saw shares explode at a frenzied pace on astounding volume.The big question: was Thursday the bottom, and this explosion the beginning of a new bull market? Or,…
NB Staff

Maher: 'I Don't Trust Americans...They're Just Too F***ing Dumb

HBO's Bill Maher was spewing some extraordinary hatred for his fellow countrymen again Friday night, this time claiming that he doesn't "trust Americans to do the right thing or make the right choices" because "[t]hey're just too f***ing dumb."Why does he feel this way?Because not everyone is going to vote for Barack Obama.Yes, folks, if you don't vote for the Messiah, it has nothing to do with…
Noel Sheppard

BDS Meets PDS: AP Writer 'Finds' Bush v. Gore/Palin Investigation Para

Late this afternoon, AP Special Correspondent David Espo cobbled together one of the most incoherent "comparisons" of two totally unrelated events I have ever seen. In a piece that should be called "AP Writer's Bush Derangement Syndrome Meets Up with His Palin Derangment Syndrome; Hilarity Ensues," Espo attempts to paint current GOP tactics being employed to defend Sarah Palin in the Walt Monegan…
Tom Blumer

PBS Ombudsman Raps Anti-Palin Wisecrack

On PBS's Web site today, ombudsman Michael Getler writes of complaints over an incident during last Sunday's pledge drive.  He describes the cheap shot taken by actor Mike Farrell against vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin:According to Joseph Campbell, vice president of fundraising programs, here's what happened:
Mike Bates

Barnicle: Has Economy 'Helped' Squelch Sarah-mania

Don't get me wrong. I don't mean to suggest Mike Barnicle's nearly as deep in the tank for Obama as Chris Matthews, for whom he subbed for on tonight's Hardball.  Mike's actually refreshingly down-the-middle compared to the regular host.Still, when at the very end of this evening's show Mike asked a question of Jill Zuckman, the Chicago Tribune reporter on the Palin beat, wondering [hoping?]…
Mark Finkelstein

NBC Raises 9/11 & Pushes Quote to Hurt McCain, ABC Ties in Iraq

Notes on Friday night coverage of the Wall Street bail out: On the NBC Nightly News, the always hyperbolic Jim Cramer saw “Great Depression II” avoided by the rescue effort, anchor Brian Williams raised 9/11 as he contended “this was the kind of jittery week in New York a lot of people had to go back to 9/11 to remember how they felt then,” prompting an “oh, wow” from CNBC's Maria Bartiromo, and…
Brent Baker

CBS Highlights Costly Outfit of GOP Women; Touted ‘Simple’ Obama D

On Friday's CBS "Early Show," Laura Schwartz, a former Clinton administration official and adviser to Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of former Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, appeared for a segment on Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's fashion style and the clothes she wore during her speech at the Republican National Convention. While Scwartz and co-host Harry Smith talked…
Lyndsi Thomas