Joe Klein: 'Bring Back Earmarks

November 25th, 2012 12:24 PM
America has created almost six trillion dollars in new debt in the past four years and Time magazine's Joe Klein wants to "bring back earmarks." On ABC's This Week Sunday, Klein also said, "I think John McCain did a tremendous disservice to this country by making such a huge campaign about earmarks" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Morning Joe Rips 'Old White Guy' Republicans For Going After 'Younger

November 20th, 2012 9:37 AM
From Joe Scarborough to John Heilemann, Katty Kay to Mark Halperin to Willie Geist, it was unanimous on today's Morning Joe.  Whatever the substance, whatever the policy, Republicans would be making a massive political mistake by opposing the possible nomination of Susan Rice as Secretary of State. Summed up Scarborough the MJ zeitgeist: "do a bunch of old white guys want to make their first…

MSNBC's Richard Wolffe Smears McCain as a Bigot: 'There's No Other Way

November 19th, 2012 6:27 PM
Former top Newsweek journalist and current MSNBC.com editor Richard Wolffe on Monday smeared Senator John McCain as a racist. According to Wolffe, there's no legitimate reason for the Republican to oppose Susan Rice's confirmation for Secretary of State. Appearing on Hardball, the journalist sneered that it was "outrageous" the way McCain was acting, raging against "this witch hunt going on the…

Politico's Simon: McCain Picked Palin But Won't Vote For Rice - 'That

November 17th, 2012 2:11 PM
The liberal media cheerleading for United Nations ambassador Susan Rice to become Secretary of State despite her repeated claims that September's attack on our consulate in Libya were a reaction to an anti-Muslim video are becoming nauseating. On PBS's Inside Washington Friday, Politico's Roger Simon actually said, "John McCain named Sarah Palin to be a heartbeat away from the presidency but…

CBS Pummels McCain; Rushes to Susan Rice's Defense Over Refuted Bengha

November 14th, 2012 5:22 PM
Charlie Rose and Norah O'Donnell took turns hammering Senator John McCain on Wednesday's CBS This Morning over his promise to block any potential nomination of Susan Rice to be secretary of state. Rose grilled McCain after the Republican slammed Rice for blaming a "spontaneous" mob for the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi: "Didn't Susan Rice say that...all the information was not in,…

NB Publisher Bozell: Media's Attack on Conservatism Attempt to Divide

November 14th, 2012 11:43 AM
We hear this from the liberal media every single time the Republicans don’t win something. They have only one solution for the Republican Party: don’t be conservative. It’s never about the failures of the candidates or a poor voter turnout effort. It’s that Republicans are too conservative – a false conclusion that ignores the successful campaigns of conservatives Ronald Reagan, George H.W.…

Letterman: 'Tubby Little Weasel' Karl Rove 'Tried to Frighten' Elector

November 8th, 2012 3:17 AM
As NBC anchor Brian Williams appeared as a guest on Wednesday's The Late Show on CBS, host David Letterman charged that Republican political strategist Karl Rove "lied to" and tried to "frighten" the electorate in 2012, referring to the former George W. Bush strategist as a "tubby little weasel." Letterman:

Romney Could End Up With Less Votes Than McCain Got In

November 7th, 2012 9:11 AM
What happened to all that Republican enthusiasm we heard talk about since the Tea Party took America by storm? With 95 percent of Tuesday's ballots counted, it appears Mitt Romney could end up with less votes than John McCain got in 2008 when all the planets lined up against the GOP.

On CNN, 'SEAL Team Six' Producer Lauds Obama, Slams Romney and McCain

November 6th, 2012 6:15 PM
The film "SEAL Team Six" came under fire for being an Obama-booster just before the election. Its Obama-supporting producer Harvey Weinstein gave credibility to those charges when he lauded the President and took shots at Mitt Romney and John McCain on CNN on Monday night. "I didn't have to do anything to remind anybody about the decision that Barack Obama made to pull the trigger on Osama…

Harvey Weinstein: Obama is 'True Hawk,' Giuliani Could be 'Crazy Villa

November 5th, 2012 11:44 PM
Appearing as a guest on the Monday, November 5, Piers Morgan Tonight on CNN, film maker Harvey Weinstein mocked Republicans John McCain and Rudy Giuliani as "brilliant actors" because they had appeared on Morgan's show recently and criticized President Obama, with the liberal film maker cracking that Giuliani could "play the crazy villain in any movie." He went on to assert that the military…

Bozell Column: The News Squashers

October 30th, 2012 11:02 PM
NBC’s David Gregory isn’t always a news reporter. As we're seeing with increasing frequency on that network, he's squashing stories. Call him an unreporter. On Sunday’s “Meet the Press,” he showed the extent to which he'll vaporize any suggestion that Team Obama failed to offer adequate protection from terrorists at our consulate in Benghazi. Businesswoman Carly Fiorina slammed Obama’s Libya…

Orlando Sentinel Endorses Romney After Backing Obama in

October 19th, 2012 5:58 PM
The Orlando Sentinel endorsed Mitt Romney on Friday. This is a switch from the the paper's support for Barack Obama in 2008. Here's the Sentinel's view now:

NBC: By Seizing 'Political Opportunity,' Did Romney 'Misread the Momen

September 13th, 2012 11:43 AM
Continuing to attack Mitt Romney's reaction to the embassy attacks in Egypt and Libya, on Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie urged Senator John McCain to admit Romney made a mistake: "Was it correct for Mitt Romney to seize on that political opportunity at a moment when the U.S. Ambassador had been killed?" [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump] McCain stood…

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough Slams Mike Barnicle For Running ‘Marxist V

September 13th, 2012 11:32 AM
It appears that even quasi-conservative Joe Scarborough won’t put up with the ridiculous statements that appear on his network anymore.  Such was the case during an interview with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Thursday’s Morning Joe that centered on the mob attack on the U.S. embassy in Cairo and the deadly attack by Islamists on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. McCain was asked by…