Rolling Stone’s tongue-bath interview with President Obama
"Inexcusable." I know, I know, it’s Rolling Stone – but even that has at least a modicum of journalistic credibility, such as their evisceration of Barack Obama’s response to the Gulf spill that was...
View ArticleVideo: Grayson taken to the woodshed by … MSNBC?
"That's your message." We criticize MSNBC enough for its naked advocacy on behalf of the Democrats and Barack Obama, so in all fairness, we should note that they do have limits … and Alan Grayson...
View ArticleFBI investigating Stern in corruption probe
Credibility deficit. When Andy Stern abruptly resigned his leadership post at the Service Employees International Union in April, speculation swirled about why he seemed in such a hurry to hit the...
View ArticleVoter asks Obama: Why are you a Christian?
"I'm a Christian by choice." A scene from today’s backyard townhall in New Mexico, the latest in a series of events aimed at showing that he feels America’s pain or whatever. Ideally he’d politely...
View ArticleInterview: CT Senate candidate Linda McMahon
Upset in the making? Originally, Linda McMahon was scheduled to appear on my show today, but when I had the opportunity to do a drive-time morning show for The Patriot this morning (as well as next...
View ArticleHere we go: First attack ad featuring Colbert’s testimony debuts
No laughing matter. A new one from the Committee for Truth(iness?) in Politics. Geraghty loves, loves, loves it but I’m guessing roughly 97 out of 100 people who watch it will end up saying “Who the...
View ArticlePelosi vows: I’ll still be Speaker five weeks from now
Guaranteeing victory? A safe bet. In fact, I’ll go a step further and bet that she’ll be Speaker for several weeks after that too. And then the new Congress will be seated in January and she’ll hand...
View ArticleNew “credible” terror threat has CIA bombarding Pakistan jihadis with drone...
"The American authorities are extremely nervous about what is going on..." At least 20 separate strikes in 28 days this month so far, an unprecedented pace. And it’s paid off: According to Bill Roggio,...
View ArticleTakeover: 71% of Republicans now tea-party supporters
Rebranding. The other 29 percent are all invited to my next Beltway cocktail party. I kid, I kid. In the survey, 71% of Republicans described themselves as tea-party supporters, saying they had a...
View ArticleObama’s big speech to college students: “We cannot sit this one out!”
Back to school. If you want to know why he sounds so shrill and desperate at the end of the clip, that’s because he is. One last factoid from that WSJ poll I just wrote about: The NBC/WSJ pollsters...
View ArticleVideo: The most awkward moment in television history
Oh no. I was going to post the video of Cindy Sheehan proudly declaring herself a 9/11 Truther, just as a friendly reminder to media types who obsess about cranks at tea party rallies that their side’s...
View ArticleQuotes of the day
Blind faith? “If you want to know about God, you might want to talk to an atheist. “Heresy? Perhaps. But a survey that measured Americans’ knowledge of religion found that atheists and agnostics knew...
View ArticleObamateurism of the Day
Credit where credit isn't due. Last week, the final cap finally got installed and secured on the well that spewed millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, and the White House rushed to note...
View ArticleJustice: Webster up 7 over Grayson
"He’s even more unpopular than the President." Actually, justice would be too strong of a word. Justice, in this case, would be Alan Grayson falling 27 points behind Dan Webster after the smears that...
View ArticleGallup: Americans really distrust the media
Shocker! In a way, this is somewhat similar to polling job approval for Congress. Low numbers are the New Normal, and we elect people to that institution. The media, on the other hand, gets plenty of...
View ArticleStumbling into the recess with the “trifecta tribute to legislative collapse”
Dissipation. One of the presumed virtues of single-party governance in Washington is efficiency. With one party in charge, especially with large majorities in both chambers of Congress, the lack of...
View ArticleDemocrats Or The Devil
Over. Considering how hard Rolling Stone worked to make Barack Obama look good in their recent interview, it’s a pity they couldn’t bring themselves to cut the embarrassing “final thoughts” he insisted...
View ArticleGiannoulias took tax deduction for bank work in 2006
More than 500 hours worked after he supposedly left? Alexi Giannoulias insists that he left his family’s bank in 2005 as he began his campaign for treasurer in Illinois, a convenient time as many of...
View ArticleObama approval at 46% in NBC/WSJ poll
Nine-point sample advantage for Democrats ... again. NBC and the Wall Street Journal combine again to deliver a survey with a sample that manages to get the Democrat partisan affiliation advantage...
View ArticleChristie: “We may have to fire lousy teachers”
For the children. Chris Christie continues his drive for reform in education by releasing a tough new plan aimed at wresting control of schools away from unions and giving it back to the parents. The...
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