Mar 15 2010

Will Kucinich Roll Over for Obama?

Can President Obama flip Dennis Kucinich's vote on the health care bill from "no" to "yes"? Today Kucinich is flying with the president aboard Air Force One en route to the liberal Ohio congressman's district, where Obama will deliver his stump speech for the Democratic health care overhaul. 
Kucinich has been steadfastly opposed to the Senate [...]

Feb 22 2010

Not ‘just angry white folks’

Enjoy this video clip, at Keith Olbermann’s expense, courtesy of the Dallas Tea Party and Katrina Pierson:
As MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann attacks the Tea Party movement as filled with nothing but angry white folks (hello Marvel Comics) and as he is but one of nearly a dozen WHITE MSNBC show hosts, the folks at the [...]

Feb 4 2010

Adios, Olbermann?

Reports are circulating that Keith Olbermann’s “Countdown” show on MSNBC could be nearing the end of its run. Ratings are in free-fall, dropping 44% since last year’s election. MSNBC executives say Olbermann’s decline reflects the fact that “there are times when politics does great, and there are times when it doesn’t.”
Of course, politics [...]

Feb 4 2010

PAYGO PAYGO

Barack Obama’s rhetoric about the economy I n recent days has
been a blizzard of excuses, euphemisms, denials, and scapegoating
attacks. Notice that Democrats are more upset that he is
caricaturing Las Vegas than Wall Street.

By telling people not to “blow” their money in casinos,
Obama is [...]

Jan 22 2010

Olbermann ‘beyond satarizing’

Peter Wehner points to the Jon Stewart mocking of MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann over Olbermann’s outlandish, over-the-top (even for MSNBC) comments on Scott Brown:
Stewart is clever and funny, as he usually is; but what is most revealing is that Stewart, in attempting to lampoon Olbermann, comes across as far more sane and balanced than Olbermann does [...]

Oct 29 2009

Why No "Celebration" of 1984’s 60th Anniversary?

Calendar 2009 is the 25th anniversary of the year immortalized by George Orwell as 1984 and the 60th anniversary of the publication of the book Nineteen Eighty Four in Britain and America.
You would think that the Main Stream Media (MSM), which marks 25th anniversaries of almost every breakthrough, tragedy, and historical event — 2009 is [...]

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