Is Obama Destined to be a Footnote in Presidential History

December 17th, 2010 4:25 PM
For all of the bluster and glory, for all of the pomp and circumstance and yes, for all of the anticipated hope and the promised change, the whirlwind of hype and expectation surrounding the President a mere two years earlier has virtually dissolved, and Barack Obama has set a course that will leave his legacy as no more than a footnote in American Presidential history.

Condoleezza Rice Schools Katie Couric on Why U.S. Invaded Iraq

December 12th, 2010 11:10 AM
On December 3, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gave CBS's Katie Couric a much-needed lesson on why America invaded Iraq. When Couric said to her guest during an "HBO History Makers Series" interview, "Documentaries have been made about how intelligence was incorrectly analyzed and cherry-picked to build an argument for war, and memos from that time do suggest that officials knew…

KISS’s Gene Simmons: ‘I’m Very Conservative,’ Regrets Voting f

December 8th, 2010 5:13 AM
 Appearing as a guest on CNN’s Parker-Spitzer, rocker Gene Simmons of the rock band KISS and the TV show Family Jewels related to viewers that he is "very conservative" on fiscal and foreign policy issues, voiced his support for President Bush and the war on terrorism - including "nation building" in Iraq - and declared that he wishes he could take back his vote for President Obama from the…

Mark Shields: I've Never Heard a Democratic Leader Accuse Bush of Lyin

November 20th, 2010 12:31 PM
Syndicated columnist and PBS regular Mark Shields on Friday actually said on national television that he has never heard a Democratic leader or presidential candidate accuse former President George W. Bush of lying America into the Iraq War. This was said in response to Charles Krauthammer telling his fellow "Inside Washington" panelists that this all too common media assertion is the "…

Cenk Uygur Bizarrely Bellows: Ghailani Trial Shows 'Our Justice System

November 18th, 2010 5:26 PM
While most of the country took a collective gasp over the verdict in the trial of al-Qaeda terrorist Ahmed Ghailani, Cenk Uygur spun the disconcerting outcome as a success story for the Obama administration. Anchoring the 3:00 P.M. EDT hour of MSNBC's live news coverage today, the liberal host of "The Young Turks" boldly and bizarrely proclaimed "our justice system worked." After accusing…

Rachel Maddow Clings to Baathist Party Line That 'Saddam Wasn't Pursu

November 11th, 2010 8:35 PM
Not to worry, Baghdad Bob, MSNBC's got your back. Criticizing former president George W. Bush's newly released memoir, "Decision Points," Maddow said this on her cable show Monday night (video below page break)  --

Olbermann's New Sign-Off Mocks John Boehner & GOP House Takeover

November 11th, 2010 3:17 AM
  Since Republicans won control of the House of Representatives last week, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann has recited at the end of his Countdown show a new sign-off each night he has hosted noting the number of days since the GOP victory and mocking Speaker-designate John Boehner by sarcastically asking, "Where are the jobs?" At the end of Wednesday’s Countdown, he ended the show: "That's November…

New Sean Penn Film 'Fair Game' Pushes Blatant Falsehoods About Valerie

November 10th, 2010 2:44 PM
The director of the new film "Fair Game" - released Friday - is either blatantly dishonest, or astoundingly lazy. The movie, starring Sean Penn as former U.S. diplomat Joe Wilson and Naomi Watts as his embattled wife, CIA agent Valerie Plame, makes a number of claims on controversial issues that are demonstrably false. The Daily Caller's Jamie Weinstein did the legwork in demonstrating just…

Matthews: Bush Should Be Given A Lie Detector To Find Out Why He Invad

November 9th, 2010 7:57 PM
Chris Matthews' renewed attacks on George W. Bush continued Tuesday as he accused the former President of having no real motive to go to war with Iraq in March 2003. Implying that Bush was basically an idiot that was "in over his head," the "Hardball" host stated, "Maybe you ought to put this guy in a lie detector" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Former Bush Aide Smacks Down Joan Walsh For Questioning W's 'Psycholog

November 8th, 2010 8:51 PM
A former advisor to George W. Bush smacked down Salon's Joan Walsh Monday for questioning the 43rd President's psychological compass. Appearing on MSNBC's "Hardball," GOP strategist Ron Christie also gave Chris Matthews a much-needed education on why going into Iraq was a successful part of Bush's strategy to prevent America from a follow-up attack after 9/11 (video follows with transcript…

BBC’s Katty Kay: Cheney ‘Hoodwinked the American Public’ into Be

November 8th, 2010 8:48 AM
 On Sunday’s syndicated Chris Matthews Show, panel member Katty Kay of the BBC claimed that Vice President Dick Cheney had convinced 70 percent of Americans to believe that Saddam Hussein was behind the 9/11 attacks, and that he "hoodwinked the American public." Kay’s accusation came as host Matthews had turned the discussion to the topic of how President Obama might have handled the response…

NY Times Reveals 'Disturbing First Glimpse' of Bullhorn, Saddam Pistol

October 26th, 2010 9:40 AM
Former president George W. Bush can’t even put exhibits in his own presidential center without offending some easily frightened leftists. New York Times reporter Michael Brick handed some at Southern Methodist University in Dallas a megaphone to complain about the megaphone Bush used to address rescue workers from the rubble of the World Trade Center in moving fashion three days after the…

WikiLeaks Lances Lancet's 2006 Pre-Midterm Elections Iraq Civilian Cas

October 24th, 2010 9:36 PM
Not that it justifies the horrible consequences of leaking classifed information, thereby endangering our troops, our allies, our friends, and their families (of course it doesn't), but the WikiLeaked documents being carried at outlets like the New York Times are revealing some truths that are proving quite inconvenient for Iraq war opponents. Earlier today (at NewsBusters; at BizzyBlog), I…

Imagine That: Wikileaks Docs Show There Were WMDs in Iraq

October 24th, 2010 9:47 AM
The WikiLeaksters seem to have inadvertently done history a bit of a favor in the their obsession, with the help of heavy-breathing media mouthpieces like the New York Times, to release classified military documents. It seems that some of those documents reveal the utter untruthfulness of a core claim of Iraq War opponents, namely that "We now know that there were no weapons of mass…