NBC's Gregory: Do Obama Critics Have Same 'Resentment and Fear' as Rac

August 26th, 2013 12:52 PM
At the top of Sunday's NBC Meet the Press, moderator David Gregory interviewed Democratic Congressman John Lewis about the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" speech and seized the opportunity to bash President Obama's political opponents: "...in your view, a lot of people can't get comfortable with the idea of an African American president...Do you see some of the same…

MSNBC’s Richard Wolffe: Colin Powell a ‘National Treasure

August 23rd, 2013 5:45 PM
Nothing warms the hearts of the liberal media more than a Republican who criticizes other Republicans. Perhaps it was no surprise, then, when MSNBC political analyst Richard Wolffe called retired General Colin Powell a “national treasure” on Friday’s Morning Joe. The entire Morning Joe panel was praising the former secretary of state for speaking out against North Carolina’s strict new voter…

Shabbiness Incarnate: Maddow Guest Badmouths Earlier Guest After His D

May 2nd, 2013 5:40 PM
Wow, the unintended hilarity just keeps coming from "The Rachel Maddow Show." Last night a genuine rarity occurred when one of Maddow's guests, Lawrence Wilkerson, chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell during George W. Bush's first term, ridiculed an earlier guest, former CIA and FBI official Philip Mudd. (Video clip after page break)

NBC's Gregory Hits Rubio With Colin Powell's Rant About 'Intolerant' G

April 15th, 2013 1:02 PM
In an interview with Florida Senator Marco Rubio on Sunday's NBC Meet the Press, moderator David Gregory hyped: "The political problem the party faces, Republicans face, among minority communities, is so large if you look at the results from the 2012 election." Gregory then introduced a clip of Colin Powell ranting over a supposed "dark vein of intolerance" in the GOP during a January…

Leno: Kerry Breaks Glass Ceiling - First White Male Secretary of State

January 31st, 2013 9:38 AM
Jay Leno made a very interesting observation Wednesday night regarding the confirmation of John Kerry as Secretary of State. Commenting during his Tonight Show monologue, the host said, "John Kerry is the first white male to hold that job since 1997."

NBC's Williams Invites Colin Powell to Slam GOP 'Hatred' and 'Nastines

January 21st, 2013 4:11 PM
In an exchange with former Secretary of State and prominent Obama supporter Colin Powell during NBC's live inauguration coverage on Monday, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams urged Powell to go after Republicans: "General, there's just flat-out hatred out there, too. There's nastiness out there in the land. There's nastiness between these two parties....Let's especially go to the Republican…

NBC's Gregory Invites Panel to Pile On After Powell Slams GOP for 'Int

January 14th, 2013 3:34 PM
Shortly after former Secretary of State Colin Powell attacked the Republican Party for having a supposed "dark vein of intolerance," on Sunday's NBC Meet the Press, moderator David Gregory seized on the smear as he encouraged the show's panel to comment. The discussion that followed was devoid of any criticism of Powell's remarks. [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]…

Obama Czar Rattner: Colin Powell Feels 'Hostility' From GOP Because He

January 14th, 2013 8:34 AM
Oh those racist Republicans.  Did you know that they're hostile to Colin Powell because he's black? Yup, just ask former Obama car czar Steve Rattner.  The Morning Joe regular today claimed that poor Powell "feels this hostility toward him from the rest of the party in part because he's a minority." Really?  Colin Powell feels hostility from "the rest of the party" because he's a minority? …

Powell on MTP: GOP Has 'A Dark Vein of Intolerance

January 13th, 2013 4:05 PM
President Barack Obama and his administration have been on the receiving end of a great deal of leftist criticism recently for its "lack of diversity" (to be clear, I find that entire discussion tiresome, as it would be more productive to spend time on problems like John Kerry's anti-American history, Jack Lew's bankrupting budgetary intransigence, and Eric Holder's unprecedented obsession with…

Williams Touts Powell Endorsement to Obama, Pushes Him to Further Deno

October 25th, 2012 8:14 PM
A night after NBC’s Brian Williams used a series of interview sessions with President Barack Obama to express bewilderment Obama is not running away with the presidential race, the anchor touted Colin Powell’s endorsement, pressed Obama from the left to go further in denouncing Republicans on abortion and cued up the President to decry the high level of campaign spending. It was Williams’ “…

CBS Prompts Pro-Obama Powell on If He's 'Still Republican'; Ignores Li

October 25th, 2012 7:02 PM
CBS This Morning brought on liberal Colin Powell on Thursday so he could break his endorsement of President Obama and boost the Democratic candidate that he supported in 2008. Norah O'Donnell spotlighted Powell's service with "several Republican presidents" and wondered if he was "still Republican." When the former secretary of state claimed that he's a "Republican of a more moderate mold,"…

Colin Powell Gives Romney Good Grades: Overseas Trip 'Demonstrated He

August 10th, 2012 5:18 PM
As NewsBusters has been reporting, the Obama-loving media spent many days in recent weeks trashing presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney for alleged gaffes he made during his overseas trip to Europe and Israel. Rather surprisingly, in an interview to be aired on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS Sunday, Obama-supporter and former Secretary of State Colin Powell gave Romney good…

Colin Powell Blames Media and 'Especially' Cable TV for Nasty Tone in

May 26th, 2012 10:04 AM
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Friday blamed the media and "especially" cable television for the nasty tone in politics today. Such occurred during a discussion with Jay Leno on NBC's Tonight Show (video follows with transcript and commentary):

NBC's Lauer Begs Colin Powell to 'Throw His Weight Behind' Obama Again

May 22nd, 2012 11:35 AM
On Tuesday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer pleaded with former Secretary of State Colin Powell to again endorse Barack Obama for president: "...it sounds like you're on his [Obama's] team still, four years later....why hesitate at this stage of the game here? I mean, it's basically Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney. Why not just come out right now and throw your weight behind somebody?" [Listen to…