Rick Santelli: 'If It Wasn't for the Tea Party...We Would Have Been Ra

August 8th, 2011 7:09 PM
For over 24 hours, Obama advisers, Democrat senators, and terminally stupid ideologues in the media have been blaming Standard and Poor's downgrade of America's debt on the Tea Party. On Monday, one of the only sane voices in the mainstream media stood up and said, "If it wasn't for the Tea Party, they would have passed the debt ceiling thumbs up, we would have been rated BBB" (video follows…

Scarborough Tells 'Terminally Stupid Ideologues' to 'Stop Using the Te

August 8th, 2011 11:21 AM
As NewsBusters reported Sunday, Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) set off a liberal firestorm when he called Standard and Poor's U.S. credit rating change the "Tea Party Downgrade." On Monday's "Morning Joe," host Joe Scarborough told "terminally stupid ideologues" that "really don't understand" anything because they're "so dogmatic [they] can't think for [themselves]" to "stop using the Tea Party…

MoveOn.org Jumps on Kerry's 'Tea Party Downgrade' Bandwagon

August 7th, 2011 7:11 PM
John Kerry's claim on Sunday's "Meet the Press" that Standard and Poor's U.S. credit rating decision Friday is a "Tea Party Downgrade" is already catching on in liberal circles. The far-left MoveOn.org has taken it on as a rallying cry:

'Meet the Press' Replays Kerry's 'Tea Party Downgrade' Comment at End

August 7th, 2011 6:44 PM
It wasn't enough for "Meet the Press" host David Gregory to nicely set up Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) to blame Standard and Poor's downgrade of America's credit rating on the Tea Party Sunday. The producers actually felt Kerry's "Tea Party Downgrade" comment was important enough to replay again at the end of the show (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Maddow Flat Out Lies About S&P’s Downgrade Explanation: 'Not Because

August 7th, 2011 5:48 PM
As NewsBusters previously reported, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow was rewarded for lying about Rush Limbaugh on her program Thursday by getting a guest appearance on Sunday's "Meet the Press." The top brass at NBC should be pleased with their decision for Maddow proceeded to thoroughly misrepresent the reasons Standard and Poor's gave for downgrading America's debt Friday (video follows with…

Cokie Roberts on Downgrade: 'The Problem That We Have Here Is the Cons

August 7th, 2011 1:51 PM
ABC's Cokie Roberts said something on national television Sunday that made her colleague George Will shake his head on camera. During a "This Week" discussion about the recent credit rating downgrade by Standard and Poor's Roberts said, 'The problem that we have here is the Constitution of the United States of America which actually does require people to come together from different…

Clarence Page: 'Is The Tea Party Over

August 7th, 2011 11:53 AM
Want to know just how scared of the Tea Party America's media are? On Sunday, the Chicago Tribune's Clarence Page published a column entitled "Is The Tea Party Over?":

Arianna Huffington Flat Out Lies About Investment Firm's Economic Opin

August 7th, 2011 10:19 AM
UPDATE AT END OF POST: AOL HuffPo responds. Joining our growing list of media members willing to flat out lie on national television to advance their political agendas is Arianna Huffington who falsely claimed this week that securities firm JPMorgan warned its clients the debt ceiling agreement "is going to reduce our growth by a point-and-a-half." Such was dishonestly said during a segment…

Yahoo: 'America's Credit Rating Was Intentionally Sabotaged By Congres

August 6th, 2011 12:09 PM
"[I]t's difficult to escape the conclusion that America's credit rating was intentionally sabotaged by Congressional Republicans." So wrote Yahoo Finance economics editor Daniel Gross Friday evening:

NYT Downplays Downgrade: 'Experts Say the Fallout Could be Modest

August 6th, 2011 11:09 AM
Ever the dutiful Obama shills, the New York Times on Saturday downplayed the seriousness of the announcement by Standard and Poor's that it had downgraded America's debt rating to AA+. As you read this, imagine how this front page article would have differed if a Republican was in the White House:

NYT's Nocera Apologizes for Calling Tea Partiers 'Terrorists

August 6th, 2011 10:30 AM
New York Times columnist Joe Nocera took a lot of heat this week for writing an article calling Tea Party members "terrorists" wearing "suicide vests." On Saturday, he apologized:

Sen. Kerry Asks Media to Stop Giving 'Equal Time or Equal Balance' to

August 5th, 2011 11:44 AM
Last week, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman said conservative views about the debt ceiling should be censored from news reports. On Friday's "Morning Joe," Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) took this a step further calling on media to stop giving "equal time or equal balance" to Tea Party ideas that people like him consider "absurd" and "not factual" (video follows with transcript and…

AP Item on Boehner's Carrot-Free, Stick-Free Persuasion Ignores

August 4th, 2011 9:45 PM
It seems that every time I see something possibly redeeming put forth by the Associated Press, they figure out a way to ruin it. Take Larry Margasak's report this afternoon on John Boehner's attempts at persuading House Republican members to support his various attempts at debt-ceiling legislation during the few two weeks. (I've made my general unhappiness with the ultimate result pretty…

Scarborough Rails Against House Republicans That Opposed Debt Ceiling

August 3rd, 2011 10:40 AM
Joe Scarborough on Wednesday railed about House Republicans that opposed Monday's debt ceiling agreement. Although he agreed the final package "when it comes to actual debt savings [was] a real nothing-burger," the host of MSNBC's "Morning Joe" said GOPers that voted "No" are "going to have to understand if they’re going to stay in the majority they’re going to have act more responsibly than…