We all know Politico always delivers the most original angles that no other establishment media outlet even considered publishing - like the important scoop that a few friends of Roman Polanski gave some dollars to President Obama, which (I hope) was too trivial for even Jake “I smell cigs” Tapper.
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Halperin’s “Essential Reading” Is Total Crap
Today, Time’s Mark Halperin posted a rant written by an anonymous “Close Observer of the Health Care Debate” who thinks that “ObamaCare Is/Might be in Deep Doodoo.” Halperin calls this “Essential Reading.”
First off, turning over Serious website to an anonymous source is irresponsible, even for a Serious Journalist. For all I know, it could’ve been some [...]
This Guy Cracks Me Up
If you’ve woken up today, you know that President Obama was awarded the Nobel Prize. I don’t really understand why he was awarded it, but the idea that this is a sure loss for the White House is so stupid I can’t believe our mindless mainstream media would say it.
In fact, it’s a win for [...]
George Will Gets It All Wrong
George Will’s Newsweek column on “Why No One Believes Obama” is the best ever.
He writes, “[Obama's] incessant talking cannot combat what it has caused: An increasing number of Americans do not believe that he believes what he says.” Does he back this up? No, but he writes it, and he’s a MSM journalist who blindly [...]
Roger Simon Speaks The Truth
Roger Simon writes that we have entered the “age of rabid response”:
The purpose of rabid response is to scorch the earth, to raise the stakes, to go nuclear in the hope that your opponent will be so shellshocked he can make no response at all. The purpose of rabid response is to grab the public [...]
Redefining Dana Milbank
Washington Post writer Dana Milbank has effectively pissed off everyone by now. You could call him an “equal opportunity provocateur,” as Politico’s Michael Calderone does, or you can call Milbank a dick, if you’d prefer not to mince words.
Calderone, whose work I generally appreciate, treats Milbank with kid gloves in his most recent piece and [...]
Is Calling HRC A ‘Mad Bitch’ Edgy?
Slate media critic Jack Shafer takes issue with the Washington Post’s decision to can “Mouthpiece Theater,” a thoroughly unfunny online video series featuring Chris Cillizza’s made-for-print delivery style and Dana Milbank’s repugnant pomposity, after Milbank suggested that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should drink a ‘Mad Bitch’ ale.
Shafer first defended the “Mouthpiece” episode on August [...]
Pete Hoekstra & CNN’s Epic Fail
Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) suggested that, if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s claim that the CIA misled her and did not brief her on waterboarding was false, she may have to step down, CNN reported on May 18. He asked that the CIA would make the briefing notes public to prove the validity of her claims.
One [...]
No Gaffe On Iran
On Sunday, Vice President Biden reaffirmed that Israel is a sovereign nation and, as such, has the right to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities if it so chooses:
“Look, Israel can determine for itself — it’s a sovereign nation — what’s in their interest and what they decide to do relative to Iran and anyone else,” Biden [...]
WaPo Cancels Influence Peddling Event
The Washington Post has cancelled its July 21 “Salon,” following outrage over the paper’s decision to sell access to its newsroom and to Administration officials. Publisher Katharine Weymouth and and Executive Editor Marcus Brauchli said that the flyer sent out to lobbyists was not properly vetted and that the off-the-record event would not have occurred [...]