John McCain
CBS Dubiously Implies McCain Supports Hillary Over Rand Paul For Presi
August 1st, 2013 3:26 PM
This just in: John McCain supports Hillary Clinton over Rand Paul for president in 2016! That was the message that CBS’s Gayle King implied during a news brief on Thursday’s CBS This Morning. King reported on a recent interview in The New Republic in which Sen. McCain (R-Ariz.) was asked who he would vote for in 2016 if former Secretary of State Clinton faced Sen. Paul (R-Ky.) in the general…
Palin: McCain Campaign Banned Me From Talking About Obama - 'Media Wou
July 27th, 2013 11:02 AM
Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said Friday that the McCain campaign in 2008 prevented her from talking about Barack Obama's controversial background or his lack of job experience for fear "the media would eat us alive."
Fox News's Greta Van Susteren responded by saying, "I think at some point [people are] going to look at us in the media and think we're just a bunch of fools.…
Bozell Column: Terrorist Rocks Rolling Stone
July 20th, 2013 7:12 AM
The dwindling number of people still reading Rolling Stone know that just as MTV no longer is a music station, this is not just a music magazine. Nevertheless, the magazine’s covers are almost always rock and pop stars, and sometimes movie and TV actors. In recent months, that list has included glamorizing shots of Jay-Z, Rihanna, Bruno Mars, and Justin Bieber (who’s now “Hot, Ready, Legal…
MSNBC's Reid Fumes: Republicans 'Don't Want to Add More Brown People
July 11th, 2013 5:11 PM
Appearing on Thursday’s Now with Alex Wagner, MSNBC contributor Joy Reid accused Republicans of racial motivations in their opposition to the Senate immigration bill, claiming GOP lawmakers “don’t want to add more brown people to the population.” She also compared a legalization option – which some Republicans support – to “indentured servitude.”
Reid, a frequent guest on the Lean Forward…
Andrea Mitchell On Immigration: McCain 'Heroic,' Conservatives Focused
July 11th, 2013 9:43 AM
Want to be "heroic" on immigration in Andrea Mitchell's eyes? Easy: team up with Chuck Schumer and President Obama to push amnesty through Congress. Want to earn Andrea's ire? Focus on border security. She'll scold you and say you should be "ashamed."
Yes, there was Andrea on today's Morning Joe, praising amnesty-pushing McCain as "heroic," while scolding conservatives who want to focus…
Maher Calls Out Supposedly ‘Conservative’ Guest for Being a RINO
June 8th, 2013 12:37 PM
CNN political contributor Ana Navarro is the liberal media’s new darling when they want a supposedly "conservative" guest to bash Republicans and support Obama.
So obvious is her charade that Bill Maher on HBO’s Real Time Friday called Navarro out for it (video follows with transcript and commentary):
NBC's Guthrie Urges McCain to Agree That IRS Scandal 'Went No Further
June 3rd, 2013 3:07 PM
In an interview with Arizona Senator John McCain on Monday's NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie attempted to dismiss growing evidence that the IRS scandal rocking the Obama administration went as far as Washington D.C.: "Darrell Issa...says that his gut tells him this goes beyond the Cincinnati office....He released excerpts of some e-mails that might support that theory, they're not…
On Obama's In-Your-Face Nuland Promotion, Politico's Epstein Acts As I
May 25th, 2013 4:14 PM
In Thursday and Friday posts at the "Politico 44: A Living Diary of the Obama Presidency," Jennifer Epstein relayed the announcement that President Barack Obama has nominated Victoria Nuland as the next assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs.
In other words, the President is defiantly giving the person who was integrally involved in altering the Benghazi talking points…
Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert Downplay Benghazi Response, Attack Critic
May 9th, 2013 3:10 PM
One of the unwritten rules of comedy is to always attack the people in power. Apparently, that concept has mostly eluded Comedy Central's Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, who have staunchly defended the reaction by President Barack Obama and his administration to the death of four Americans in the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11, 2012.
Instead, the hosts of “The Daily Show”…
MSNBC's Sharpton Slams NRA Video as 'Tasteless' and 'Offensive
May 6th, 2013 5:16 PM
On the Friday, May 3, Politics Nation, MSNBC host Al Sharpton fretted over the video that was played at Friday's NRA convention in Houston to introduce Rick Perry which shows the Texas governor firing at targets with an AR-15. Sharpton began the segment:
CBS Highlights FBI's Latest Benghazi Development; NBC Yawns
May 2nd, 2013 6:48 PM
Thursday's CBS This Morning singled out the FBI's pursuit of three persons of interest who could provide information on the September 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Margaret Brennan touted how "what happened that night is still the topic of debate in Washington", and noted that members of Congress "want to speak to those Americans evacuated from Benghazi, but…
CBS Hypes 'Millions...Harmed By the Sequester Wondering What Washingto
April 29th, 2013 12:58 PM
On Monday's CBS This Morning, Chip Reid forwarded the talking points of "some Democrats [who] say less vocal victims of the budget slashing have been left out in the cold ". Reid asserted that "millions of Americans harmed by the sequester [are] wondering what Washington plans to do for them" after Congress expedited the passage of a bill that ended the furloughs of air traffic controllers.…
Bill Maher Jokes About John McCain and Lindsey Graham Being Gay Lovers
April 20th, 2013 1:21 AM
Bill Maher on Friday proved once again that when it comes to insulting Republicans, there's no floor to his indecency.
During the New Rules segment of HBO's Real Time, the host joked about Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) being gay lovers (video follows with transcript and commentary):
NPR Lines Up Liberal Boosters of 'Path to Citizenship' For Illegal Imm
April 11th, 2013 7:12 PM
NPR's David Welna stacked his Thursday report on Morning Edition full of liberal politicians and activists who support granting citizenship to illegal immigrants. Welna aired sound bites from a representative of the left-wing SEIU, three Democratic politicians, and a woman who has illegal immigrant family members. He only included one clip from a Republican – Senator John McCain, who has long…