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Vieira to Scott Brown: You're Derailing Cause of Teddy's Lifetime
January 20th, 2010 10:56 AM
NBC's Meredith Vieira, on Wednesday's Today show, rained on Scott Brown's parade as she wondered if the Senator-Elect's post-victory call to Ted Kennedy's widow Vicki was an awkward moment since, as the Today co-anchor pressed, "You plan to do whatever you can to derail...the cause of his lifetime?" [Audio available here]MEREDITH VIEIRA: You know on a personal note, you said last night the…
Politico Blames Coakley's Defeat On Sexism
January 20th, 2010 10:05 AM
It sure didn't take long for someone to blame Martha Coakley's defeat in Tuesday's Massachusetts special election on sexism.If you thought it was because of the economy, or a backlash against Obama's agenda and/or healthcare reform, think again, for Jeannie Cummings and Erika Lovley of Politico claim Scott Brown won because he's a man and his opponent was a woman.As their piece was published only…
Olbermann Renews 'Teabagging' Attack on Scott Brown, Cuts His Victory
January 20th, 2010 5:56 AM
While it is well known that MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann is the most viciously liberal voice to host a news program within the mainstream media, even he normally tones down his anti-conservative, anti-Republican vitriol when anchoring special events like election results. But during MSNBC’s coverage of the Massachusetts special Senate election, Olbermann’s presentation was more rabidly partisan than…
Dean and Skinner on CNBC: Mass. Vote Close Because Health Care Bill La
January 19th, 2010 7:44 PM
We don’t yet know the outcome of the Jan. 19 Massachusetts Senate special election. But the very fact that the Democrats could lose the seat formerly held by Sen. Ted Kennedy to a conservative who’s made blocking healthcare reform a centerpiece of his campaign, has liberals sputtering implausible explanations.On Jan. 19, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean and liberal radio host Nancy Skinner…
Matthews Blares: A Vote for Scott Brown is 'Premeditated Murder for He
January 19th, 2010 6:10 PM
Chris Matthews left no doubt for Massachusetts voters what was at stake with their vote in today's Senate election as the MSNBC host, on Tuesday's Hardball, underlined, in graphic terms, that a vote for Republican Scott Brown was a vote to kill health care. Matthews, on the 5pm edition of his show, blared: "If they go for Republican Scott Brown it's deliberate, premeditated murder for health…
Eleanor Clift: Coakley's Problem Was She Wasn't a 'Kennedy Person From
January 19th, 2010 5:52 PM
As a probable Coakley loss became apparent over the past few days, the liberal excuse machine has been gearing up to spin away as much as it can to dismiss a Scott Brown victory as inconsequential to the national political climate, despite the crucial nature of the seat to a Democratic super-majority.Not one to disappoint, liberal apologist-cum-journalist Eleanor Clift offers a fresh excuse at…
Mass. Bias in NYT: Voter 'Advocate' Coakley vs. G.O.P.'s Brown, a 'Con
January 19th, 2010 5:12 PM
New York Times reporter Liz Robbins provided an excellent case study of liberal bias Tuesday, profiling both candidates on the eve of the special U.S. Senate election in the deep-blue state of Massachusetts. Robbins's stories appeared side-by-side on page A22 of Tuesday morning's newspaper, and Democrat candidate Martha Coakley clearly got the better of the deal.A headline portrayed Coakley as a…
CNN's Yellin : 'Angry and Scared' People Caused Scott Brown's Rise
January 19th, 2010 5:11 PM
On Monday’s AC360, CNN’s Jessica Yellin spun the rise of Republican candidate Scott Brown as coming from “folks here in Massachusetts [who] are feeling angry and scared. They’re angry and scared about the economy, about jobs...and especially in this state, about health-care reform....[Brown] has tapped into that fear and sold himself essentially as a man of the people who will fight big…
WaPo's Quinn: Scott Brown Success Due to '80s Semi-Nude Photo Shoot
January 19th, 2010 2:35 PM
The special election in Massachusetts is sure to be a close one. Should Republican Scott Brown prevail, however, the liberal media will have a host of ways to explain away the election as an anomaly and by no means a referendum on either the president or his legislative accomplishments (or lack thereof).Perhaps one of the most absurd instances of this thinking came on last night's "O'Reilly…
ABC Empathizes with White House: Coakley Loss ‘Shakespearean
January 19th, 2010 3:15 AM
ABC on Monday night again empathized with the Obama White House’s disbelief that they could lose “Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat” -- and thus ObamaCare -- if Republican Scott Brown beats Democrat Martha Coakley in Tuesday’s special election in Massachusetts. George Stephanopoulos saw a “Shakespearean” tragedy just over a week after PBS’s Judy Woodruff, on ABC’s This Week, described such a scenario as…
Olbermann: Scott Brown's A 'Homophobic, Racist, Teabagging Supporter o
January 18th, 2010 11:14 PM
UPDATES AT END OF POST: Joe Scarborough calls Olbermann out for these disgusting remarks -- now including video!"In Scott Brown we have an irresponsible, homophobic, racist, reactionary, ex-nude model, teabagging supporter of violence against woman and against politicians with whom he disagrees."Such was actually said Monday evening -- on national television!!! -- by a person currently employed…
Boo! Hoo! Andrew Sullivan Mourns 'Looming Landslide' in Mass. Election
January 18th, 2010 10:19 PM
This is the endBeautiful friendThis is the endMy only friend, the endOf our elaborate plans, the endOf everything that stands, the endNo safety or surprise, the endI'll never look into your eyes...again.Break out the hankies! Andrew Sullivan has gone into deep melodrama mode over at The Atlantic and is now mourning the "looming landslide for Brown." For the gloomy Sullivan tomorrow could signal…
