-By Warner Todd Huston Some of you may recall that early in the morning of July 28 of 2006 actor Mel Gibson was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving in Los Angeles, California. During that arrest, it was reported that Gibson was alleged to have launched into a brief but vehement denunciation of Jews that were “responsible for all the wars in the world.” Famed at the time for having produced and directed the film The …
In recent days, Paul Moore, the former campaign manager of Kansas Republican congressman Jerry Moran ,?has endorsed Moran’s opponent, Moran’s colleague Todd Tiahrt . In his Tiahrt endorsement letter , Moore, a former assistant U.S. attorney, explains that after working for Congressman Moran for a brief period, he concluded that?Moran “was not instinctively conservative and that his willingness to actually lead against the tide of …
[Guest post by DRJ] Ho, hum. Another day, another Daily Caller story about how Journolist members — including political operatives — worked to shape the news to fit the liberal narrative: “Journolist founder Ezra Klein, a staffer at the Washington Post, says he “tried to be very strict” in making sure no active political operatives joined Journolist. “It’s possible I missed someone,” he explained in an email. In …
Guest post by Jim Durbin, 24thstate Last week, the reconstituted ACORN (now known as Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment), stormed a Chase Bank branch in St Louis in a carefully orchestrated protest designed to create sympathetic media stories for breaking the law. MORE, whose Facebook page includes celebration of communist ideals and whose membership includes the most radical and deluded…
Stuart Smalley Afraid Of Oversight? Say It Isn’t So! Why So Afraid, Al? Senator Al Franken, former Air America radio host and comedian. He’s afraid of GOP oversight! Al Franken”s Keynote Speech at Netroots Nation : “Here’s more key evidence of how deeply top Democratic officials are tied to the neo-communist anti-Semitic hate-blog Daily Kos (and the rest of the progressive blogosphere, CAP, Media Mutters, etc.). Take your time and really listen to chief election thief Al Franken…
NBC’s Ann Curry, in an exclusive interview with Vice President Joe Biden aired on Thursday’s Today show, pushed Biden from the left on war funding for Afghanistan as she exclaimed “boy there was some reluctance” in the House and pressed: “How long can we keep paying for this war?” The bill actually passed by a vote of 308 to 114 but Curry claimed the “reluctance” was significant she recited Democratic Congressman Jim McGovern’s frustration that “we need to do more nation building here at home,” as seen in the following exchange: ANN CURRY: Meantime the House, on Tuesday night, agreed to fund a surge in Afghanistan – $33 billion for 30,000 …
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On Thursday’s Early Show, correspondent John Blackstone reported on a federal judge blocking several provisions in Arizona’s new immigration law: “The judge’s ruling seemed to answer the prayers of many in Arizona’s immigrant communities.” Footage of two women crying and praying at a protest against the law followed his declaration. Blackstone began his report by noting that protestors “are already beginning to gather for more protests today against Arizona’s new law. They know that even with the court ruling yesterday…there will be an appeal, that their battle is not over.” During the segment, the headline on screen …
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WCBS in New York is reporting that Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) has cut a deal with the House Ethics Committee to avoid a trial on charges he violated House rules. The first meeting of the subcommittee that will hear the charges against Rangel is set to meet at 1 p.m. ET. So now’s the time for cutting what amounts to a plea deal. We should know one way or the other within the hour. New York – New York City – Charles B. Rangel – United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct – United States
Greg Sargent has a memo circulated by the DCCC to House Democrats, making the case for why the Republicans will not take over come November. I’m with Nate Silver and Jim Geraghty in finding their argument vague, weak, and wishful — though I would add that, if Vice President Biden’s comments about the “heavy lifting” being over for this Congress are true, and if Republicans don’t get their act together and present a coherent governing program to the …
There’s a small item on the Daily Caller about Bloomberg reporter Ryan Donmoyer asking fellow JournoListers whether it was okay to call the “teabaggers” fascists since they seemed to be aping the “brownshirts.” Historian Michael Kazin shot down the idea. But Rick Perlstein responded: I’m always extremely reluctant to deploy the “F” word. But this essay is a good one on which to hang a discussion, …
