Barney Frank took a protester to task after she refered to Obama's "Nazi" health care reform. He asked the woman "on what planet" does she live, and said that trying to have a serious discussion with her about health care would be like talking to a dining room table. Now, comes the tut-tut of the conservative media. How both sides … Read More
Michele Bachmann on Health Care
I love her. Here she is on Hannity last night: Money quote: It is not within our power as members of Congress, it’s not within the enumerated powers of the Constitution, for us to design and create a national takeover of health care. Nor is it within our ability to be able to delegate that responsibility to the executive. Pinhead, … Read More
RIP Bob Novak
Some greatest hits: He was an old-school Washington reporter. He took a downward spiral when he became a member of the fledgling Tv network CNN in the early 1980's. The Evans-Novak Report was pretty thoughtful, but then came Capital Gang, and the Crossfire, setting the groundwork for TV political panel yell-a-thons. Then he became a tool for the Bush White … Read More
Birthers Still Grasping At Straws
The hubbub may have died down, but WorldNetDaily hasn't given up on Obama's birth controversy. The latest? WorldNetDaily considers websites to be more credible than state documents, I guess. The online media lizard notes that Obama's Facebook page correctly lists 1961 as his birth year, as do all other online references, including earlier archived MySpace pages. But rather than simply … Read More
The Glenn Beck Exodus Continues
Wal-Mart, Best Buy, CVS, Travelocity, Allergan (maker of Restasis), Ally Bank, Broadview Security, and Re-Bath have joined the ranks of ConAgra, GEICO, Lawyers.com, Men's Wearhouse, Procter & Gamble, Progressive Insurance, RadioShack, Roche, SC Johnson, Sanofi-Aventis, Sargento, and State Farm Insurance to refuse to advertise on Glenn Beck's Fox News show. Some of these are heavy hitters. Fox will lose revenue … Read More
Glenn Beck Sponsors Start Pulling Ads
This is America. Glenn Beck can say whatever crap he wants. And the government can't (and shouldn't) stop him. He can say the President is a racist with a “deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture.” On the other hand, this is America. People can gather together and urge companies not to advertise on Beck's program on Fox. These … Read More
This Is What Passes For A Reasonable Conservative These Days
Ramesh Ponnuru at The Corner: Jonathan Cohn complains that "health-care reform" is being "swiftboated." I think the parallel holds up. A mixture of true, false, and partly-true-but-hyperbolic claims are being made against a liberal cause, and liberals are for the most part using the false criticisms to avoid dealing with the valid ones. They're also ignoring the falsehoods and bullying … Read More
How Stupid Is Our National Discourse?
This stupid. Here is Fox New's Megyn Kelly talking to the White House's Bill Burton: Look, it's quite simple, Megyn. Is the White House asking people to write them with myths regarding healthcare? Yes. Will some of those emails contain the email addresses of other people (including the sender)? Of course. The White House has no control over what people … Read More
Health Care Punditry Of The Day
From Investor's Business Daily, we find this gem. The editorial starts out by lamenting that Obama's health care plan will transform us into what they have in Great Britain: The controlling of medical costs in countries such as Britain through rationing, and the health consequences thereof are legendary. The stories of people dying on a waiting list or being denied … Read More
Yet Another Reason Why John Bolton Should Shut Up
So you may have heard that former President Bill Clinton went to North Korea today to negotiate the release of two American journalists being held by the North Koreans. Arch-conservative and former U.N. Ambassador under Bush, John Bolton, wrote this morning: Clinton’s Unwise Trip to North Korea […] The point to be made on the Clinton visit is that the knee-jerk … Read More
Obama Be Killing Us All, Like The Nazis
One of my favorite Renew America columnists, Marie Jon, has taken on Obamacare. You know it's going to be fun just from the title: Obama's Advance Care Planning: code words for 'euthanasia' Get it? "Code words". He doesn't come right out and say "euthanasia", because that would be too obvious. Marie explains: President Barack Obama has proposed that every American's medical … Read More
Obama Has A Deep-Seated Hatred For White People, But Doesn’t Necessarily Dislike Them
More from the "Better Conservative Criticism Please" Department. In the same interview this morning, Glenn Beck said: "This president, I think, has exposed himself as a guy, over and over and over again, who has a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture…" Moments later, Beck said: "I'm not saying he doesn't like white people. I'm saying he … Read More
Fox Don’t Do Geography
It's bad enough that a huge percentage of Americans can't find Iran or Iraq on a map, but it's totally unexcusable when a major news organization can't get its countries right. This is an unretouched photograph from a segment which aired on Fox News last night: From infoplease: No wonder the Egyptions hate us.