AP to Bernanke: Save Us, Ben! (Barack, Nancy, and Harry Who?)
AP to Bernanke: Save Us, Ben! (Barack, Nancy, and Harry Who?)
Sometimes you just have to chuckle at the transparent motivations of business writers in the establishment press.
Two Associated Press reports from this afternoon, one from Stephen Bernard and another much lengthier piece from Jeannine Aversa, attempt to set the [...]
Pataki Smacks Down Matthews: You Bash Limbaugh, How About Olbermann?
Pataki Smacks Down Matthews: You Bash Limbaugh, How About Olbermann?
Former New York Governor George Pataki on Wednesday got into a heated discussion with Chris Matthews over the Ground Zero mosque and the Republican opposition to it.
In the middle of his second "Hardball" segment on MSNBC, Matthews played a clip of Rush Limbaugh saying [...]
CNN’s Blitzer Presses Crist on Party Preference, ‘You Just Can’t Caucus with Yourself’
CNN’s Blitzer Presses Crist on Party Preference, ‘You Just Can’t Caucus with Yourself’
During an interview on Saturday’s The Situation Room with independent Florida Senate candidate and Governor Charlie Crist, CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer pressed the former Republican to announce which party he would choose to caucus with if he is elected to the [...]
Sharron Angle’s political activism started in the Home School movement
Sharron Angle’s political activism started in the Home School movement
by Paul Jacob
Sharron Angle, who is running for U.S. Senate against Harry Reid, the majority leader seeking a fifth term, had a very good reason for entering politics. The powers that be wouldn’t leave her be.
In his column “Candidate Nobody Is Not to Be Underestimated,” George [...]
Another Round of Town Hall Tussles Awaits 'Big Spending' Democrats
Another Round of Town Hall Tussles Awaits 'Big Spending' Democrats As members of Congress head back to their districts for the August recess, they could be met by the same rowdy town halls that rocked the national healthcare debate last summer. But this summer, record-breaking government spending would fuel the voter uprising, conservatives say. "This [...]
Chris Matthews Demonstrates Television’s Version of the JournoList
Chris Matthews Demonstrates Television’s Version of the JournoList
MSNBC’s Chris Matthews on Wednesday demonstrated how the dissemination of Democrat talking points and marching orders via the JournoList can be far more effectively employed on television.
In a "Hardball" segment about a new Democratic National Committee ad that looks to connect the GOP with the "more [...]
CBS: Financial Reform ‘Big Win’ for Obama, Adds to ‘Long List’ of ‘Accomplishments’
CBS: Financial Reform ‘Big Win’ for Obama, Adds to ‘Long List’ of ‘Accomplishments’
On Thursday’s CBS Evening News, anchor Katie Couric touted the just-passed financial reform bill as a "big win" for President Obama, "as was the passage of health care reform." She then lamented how despite that: "…there are rumblings he’s in big [...]
MSNBC Scarborough Slams Republican Sharron Angle as a ‘Jackass’
MSNBC Scarborough Slams Republican Sharron Angle as a ‘Jackass’
On Tuesday’s edition of "Morning Joe," Joe Scarborough and his panel discussed the 2010 midterm elections and trashed Republican candidate Sharron Angle as a "mental patient" and a "jackass."
The conversation, which included Chris Matthews and Mike Barnicle, began with MSNBC contributor Mike Halperin claiming Angle [...]
Wayne Root hearts fellow Tea Partier Sharron Angle
Wayne Root hearts fellow Tea Partier Sharron Angle
Republican-leaning Libertarian Wayne Allyn Root of Nevada, has a glowing editorial on his blog, extolling the win of Tea Party insurgent Sharron Angle over her GOP rivals Danny Tarkanian, and Sue Lowden.
Root asks “U.S. Senator Sharron who?” (RootforAmerica):
I TOLD YOU SO! The question on national political [...]
ABC’s Chutzpah: Scolds Congress for ‘Pay-Go’ Spending When It Made Jim Bunning an Ogre for Trying to Block It
ABC’s Chutzpah: Scolds Congress for ‘Pay-Go’ Spending When It Made Jim Bunning an Ogre for Trying to Block It
Three months after the networks, led by ABC’s Jonathan Karl, derided Senator Jim Bunning for daring to hold up an “emergency” spending bill which circumvented the “pay as you go” rules, as Karl made a [...]