On Thursday's Parker-Spitzer, CNN's Eliot Spitzer lashed out at President Obama from the left, going so far as to accuse him of forfeiting his campaign promises, simultaneously attacking the Tea Party movement in the process: " He ...l et the Tea Party- one of the most vapid, puerile groups out there, without meaningful ideas - take over those voices for transformation, and now, he is embracing their agenda ." Spitzer led the 8 pm Eastern hour with his critique of Obama naming William Daley to be his next White House chief of staff: "You know, I don't think anybody is... continue reading
In an "exclusive" interview with new House Speaker John Boehner for Thursday's NBC Nightly News , Brian Williams told Boehner the promised vote to repeal ObamaCare has "been called a stunt," pressed him to justify repealing it given many would not call it "the best health care delivery system in the world because they, by the millions, weren't getting it" and demanded to know "where are you getting the notion...the American people want it repealed" given polling was "very evenly split on that?" Then he held Boehner responsible for a "birther" woman in the gallery who shouted out "except Obama"... continue reading
Appearing as a guest on Thursday's Countdown show on MSNBC, Matt Taibbi - contributing editor of Rolling Stone magazine - ridiculously accused Republican House Speaker John Boehner and Tea Party activists of racism in the form of using "coded language" to refer to "Mexican immigrants and non-white inner city, Democratic-leaning voters" as he responded to a soundbite of Boehner talking about having a social safety net for those unable to work, but that should perhaps exclude those who refuse to help themselves. After host Keith Olbermann played a clip of the House Speaker contending, "But do we have a responsibility... continue reading
Chris Matthews has a new obsession for 2011 and her name is Michele Bachmann. Matthews has gone after Bachmann with the same fervor he used to reserve for Dick Cheney and on Thursday's Hardball he mocked the Minnesota Republican Congresswoman's new appointment to the House Intelligence committee as he snidely observed: "This is great irony here, on the Intelligence committee. I wonder what the rules are for getting on that committee? I guess they're pretty lenient." Matthews also questioned Bachman's motives for getting involved in public service as he asked The Daily Beast's Shushannah Walshe about a profile she wrote... continue reading
In two front-page stories over the last two days, New York Times Congressional reporter Carl Hulse has relayed as fact the highly debatable claim that Obama-care will actually cut costs, in order to criticize the new Speaker of the House John Boehner's attempts to repeal the legislation. Here's Hulse in Thursday's " Taking Control, G.O.P. Overhauls Rules In House ." To reverse what they say is a Congressional process tilted toward spending increases, the new Republican majority in the House - over strong Democratic objections - approved rules that would require spending increases to be directly offset with cuts elsewhere... continue reading
Hard-left comedienne Roseanne Barr appeared on Wednesday's Good Morning America and faced no questions about her controversial, often bizarre statements , such as in 2009 when she dressed up like Hitler and pretended to bake "burnt Jew cookies." Instead, Roberts fawned, "Buckle up, folks. Roseanne Barr is back, making us laugh." An ABC graphic touted Barr: " Roseanne is Back! Past, Present and Presidency?" Keep in mind, this is a woman who once smeared that Republicans " cherish the freedom to have sex with small children ." Roberts downplayed the cover of Roseannearchy, Barr's new book, by blandly observing, "Clever... continue reading
On Thursday's CBS Early Show, congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes derided Republican efforts to repeal ObamaCare: "On Friday, they begin their assault on health care reform, with a vote to repeal the law scheduled for next week." Cordes noted how repeal "will hit a wall in the Senate," observing: "That legislative reality will force both sides to work together on some issues, something Speaker Boehner promised to Democrats." However, moments later she touted Democratic accusations of GOP partisanship: "Democrats are already crying foul, saying that that vote to repeal health care is being held without holding hearings first, without allowing amendments,... continue reading
Former Democratic aide turned journalist George Stephanopoulos on Thursday parroted Nancy Pelosi and warned the Republican Majority Leader about taking away health care benefits from Americans. The Good Morning America anchor also repeatedly needled Eric Cantor on the details of the GOP plan to cut spending. On the subject of health care, Stephanopoulos recited, "And yesterday, the outgoing House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, really threw down the gauntlet in her speech, laying out the benefits Americans will get, she says Americans will get, thanks to the passage of health reform." After playing a clip of the ex-Speaker, he chided, " Do... continue reading
NBC's Meredith Vieira seemed baffled by the concept of taking a principled stand against Obamacare, as she repeatedly pressed Michele Bachmann, on Thursday's Today show, why Republicans would bother to vote to repeal the health care bill in the House if it wasn't going to get passed in the Senate or signed by the President? Vieira's very first question to the Republican Minnesota Congresswoman set the aggressive tone for the entire interview as she demanded: "Given the fact that the Democratic-led Senate will never go for that and the President has veto power, why make that the first big thing... continue reading
Uniquely among the broadcast network evening newscasts, ABC's World News on Wednesday informed viewers of display items for the National Archives planned for next month's commemoration of President Reagan's 100 th birthday. Anchor Diane Sawyer recounted that Reagan had made "handwritten changes" to his 1983 speech in which he called the Soviet Union an "Evil Empire." Sawyer: And rarely seen reminders of Ronald Reagan and the Cold War are going on display in Washington to mark President Reagan's 100 th birthday next month. The National Archives showing his handwritten changes to the famous 1983 speech branding the Soviet Union an... continue reading