NY Times Gloats: ‘Bring Back Big Government’ Over Coronavirus

March 19th, 2020 6:30 AM

Farhad Manjoo, New York Times tech columnist turned proudly left-wing opinion columnist, positively gloated over the private sector and President Trump’s failure to bring the coronavirus to heel in “Bring Back Big Government -- America’s failed response to the coronavirus is a direct result of decades of starving federal agencies of expertise.” Of course, it turned out to be Ronald Reagan's…

Preposterous: WashPost Promotes Idea of Sanders, 'Reagan of the Left'

March 8th, 2020 11:57 AM
Sunday's Washington Post Outlook section carried a preposterous article by Sam Tanenhaus, the former editor of The New York Times Book Review. It tried to suggest Bernie Sanders was a lot like Ronald Reagan, a "Reagan of the left." Why pick this man to try this lame thesis? This is the same Tanenhaus who wrote a book predicting The Death of Conservatism in 2009.
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CNN Campaign 1980 Documentary Spins Carter as 'Fiscal Conservative'

March 7th, 2020 1:30 PM
It’s another presidential election and CNN is releasing more episodes of its documentary series Race for the White House. The February 23 episode showcased the 1980 Jimmy Carter vs. Ronald Regan battle. The show bizarrely labeled Jimmy Carter a “fiscal conservative” and made sure to highlight Reagan’s “gift-wrapped” gaffes. Narrator Mahershala Ali began with the primaries, telling voters: “As the…

Thatcher and Reagan: Why Do They Hate Them So?

February 20th, 2020 4:24 PM
WASHINGTON — I am rounding the last turn of Charles Moore's magisterial biography of Margaret Thatcher. It is no sprint. It is not even a long-distance race. It is a marathon of a literary work, three volumes. Three thick volumes. Yet, as I have said, it is a masterpiece. Charles loves Ms. Thatcher. That is not to say he lets her off easy. Charles is too fine a biographer for that, and Thatcher…

Ex-CNBC Star, Harsh Critic of Socialism, to Challenge AOC in Primary

February 13th, 2020 10:57 AM
Many Republicans -- and some Democrats as well -- have been unhappy ever since wildly liberal Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won New York’s 14th congressional district in November of 2018, after she upset 10-term Democratic incumbent Joe Crowley. While several people have expressed an interest in running against her in this year’s primary and general election, the most recent person to challenge that…
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Hippie Sitcom Dad Freaks Out About 'Trickle-Down Economics'

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February 11th, 2020 10:38 PM
Hippie parents Alicia (Tika Sumpter) and Paul Johnson (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) learn to get outside of their comfort zones in the February 11 Valentine's Day episode of ABC's Mixish. In the show, which takes place in the 1980s, Alicia has to grow comfortable with young Rainbow (Arica Himmel) going on a date with Bryce.

Tom Brokaw Slams (Social) Media as Enabling a No-Context '24/7 Rage'

January 10th, 2020 8:01 PM
Paul Bedard at the Washington Examiner reported former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw gave an interview to NBC's NFL sideline reporter Michele Tafoya for the magazine Artful Living and complained "I think the most extraordinarily powerful tool and the most destructive development in modern life is the current media." What? He suddenly hates the media? Listen closer. He doesn't like social media, and how…

Add Iran’s Leadership to Ash Heap of History

January 7th, 2020 4:06 PM
Addressing the British Parliament in 1982, President Ronald Reagan outlined a plan for placing the Soviet Union and Marxism-Leninism on the “ash heap of history.” It is an objective President Trump might pursue against the mullahs in Iran, who are subsidizing terrorism in the Middle East and threatening to export it elsewhere. The latest military and verbal volleys between the United States and…
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WORST OF THE DECADE: Damn Those Conservatives

December 24th, 2019 9:00 AM
As the decade comes to a close, NewsBusters is recounting the most obnoxious liberal bias of the last 10 years. Today’s installment showcases some of the decade’s most rancid quotes attacking Republicans or conservatives.

Is It 1979 Again?

December 17th, 2019 10:27 PM
“Blowout” was how one UK newspaper described the decisive victory of Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party in last week's election. How decisive was it? Not only did conservatives win an 80-seat majority in Parliament, a constituency in Blythe Valley in Northeast England elected a conservative member for the first time since its creation 40 years ago. Pundits leading up to the election were…

Nasty Liberals Gloat Over Reagan’s ‘Comeuppance’ With Wildfires

October 30th, 2019 4:52 PM
Wednesday brought the distrubing and sad news that wildfires were threatening the Ronald Reagan presidential library in Southern California. Well, it was sad news to normal people. But that didn’t stop a few prominent liberals from either gloating or blaming conservative inaction on global warming. Philadelphia Inquirer columnist and occasional CNN guest Will Bunch used the dangerous fire as an…
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MSNBC's Glaude Still Blaming Reagan for Economic Problems

October 13th, 2019 6:20 PM
More than 30 years after President Ronald Reagan left office, MSNBC contributor Eddie Glaude on Sunday was still blaming him for modern economic problems during a discussion of the Democratic presidential race. On Up with David Gura, as Glaude gushed over Elizabeth Warren's performance in the last debate, he even claimed that Democrats have been "complicit" along with Republicans in implementing…
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Nasty ABC Comedy Slimes Ronald Reagan as Racist

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October 1st, 2019 11:50 PM
Mixed-ish just aired its second episode Tuesday and it continues to follow in the vein of the first episode-- anti-Reagan and full of wokeness.

New '80s Comedy 'Mixed-ish' Mixed-Up on Communism, Reagan

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September 24th, 2019 11:49 PM
Mixed-ish premiered on ABC Tuesday and it is about the childhood of Rainbow "Bow" Johnson, the mother in the hit television show Black-ish played by Tracee Ellis Ross. In what has become typical from ABC, the show features themes such as communistic sympathy, anti-conservative and anti-capitalism bias.