Armchair General Hannity Declares Victory With Hagel Filibuster
“Great American” Sean Hannity couldn’t have been more delighted to see the Department of Defense go without a new Secretary as the result of his beloved Republicans blocking a vote on the confirmation of Chuck Hagel. “It’s the first time a filibuster of a cabinet nominee has been used,” he crowed. “Needless to say this marks a major win for the GOP and a pretty embarrassing defeat for the president.”
Read moreIs On the Record Going Tabloid?
Just a little observation, gentle reader. It wasn't so long ago that Greta Van Susteren was interviewing Senators, governors, Presidential candidates and other heavy hitters. What has she been up to this week? For several days it was in-depth coverage of the Christopher Dorner manhunt. Last night she was interviewing passengers from the Carnival cruise and their families.
I wonder if this has something to do with the fact that according to the last Nielsen numbers, the show is bleeding viewers, while The Last Word on MSNBC has been picking them up. Maybe they're trying to see if cops, blood and shipwrecks do better in the ratings game. Your humble servant will monitor this to see if it's a lasting trend.
O’Reilly To Marc LaMont Hill: You Don’t Get To Decide What To Discuss About Dorner Killings, I Do
It seems our old pal (and former Fox News contributor) Marc Lamont Hill, Ph.D. made quite a stir with some comments on CNN recently about suspected ex-LAPD cop killer Christopher Dorner and, more to the point, why he has garnered support in the black community. Apparently, Hill didn’t get the memo that he was supposed to just condemn any and everyone to whom Dorner appealed and leave it at that. Because as Hill tried to argue that it’s not up to O’Reilly to decide the framework and timing of a discussion about the issues that Dorner has thrown a spotlight on, O’Reilly snapped, “No, I get to decide here, Dr. I get to decide.” Things went downhill after that.
Read moreFox Hosts Mock 102 Year-Old Voter
Desiline Victor, the 102 year-old black woman who was honored during the State of the Union address for her heroic efforts to vote, is proof that anyone getting a shout out from President Obama is fair game for attack on Fox News.
Read moreMegyn Kelly Suggests Raising the Minimum Wage Is Part Of Obama’s Secret Socialist Plan
On yesterday’s America Live, Megyn Kelly “just asked” whether Fox News contributor Charles Krauthammer was right when he alleged, as the banner on the screen put it, “PRES WANTS EUROPEAN STYLE SOCIAL DEMOCRACY BUT WON’T ADMIT IT.” The reason? President Obama wants to raise the minimum wage to $9.00 an hour.
Read moreGot Irony? Bill O'Reilly Whines About 'Epidemic Of Disrespect'
Ya gotta love it! Bill O'Reilly, who specializes in personal attacks and character defamation, not only is upset about nasty, mainstream media "hate speech;" but he's now scolding those whom he deems disrespectful. True story. Last week, after his latest fatwa victim, a pro-choice Salon writer, saw an increase in her hate mail after Bill's smeared her in his column, Bill did a two part Factor segment about what he feels is a lack of respect in American society. Talk about pot meeting kettle!
Read moreCavuto Raises Cain To Nix Nine-Dollar Minimum Wage
On yesterday’s Your World, Neil Cavuto welcomed Herman Cain to attack President Obama’s call for raising the minimum wage to $9.00 an hour. “Herman’s back to raise some Cain,” Cavuto joked.
Read moreArmchair General Mark Levin Commands His Fox News Troops To Fight Obama ‘Every Step Of The Way’
Chickenhawk and radio talk show host Mark Levin visited the Hannity show last night to whip the Fox News troops into a fightin’ frenzy – without the slightest indication he'd be putting his own well-paid fanny on the line any time soon.
Read moreBill O’Reilly Debates Howard Kurtz Over NBC And Those Drones
Bill O’Reilly just can’t let go of his victimhood over the internet ridiculing he got for saying he had not heard “anything” on NBC about President Obama’s drone program – when, in fact, NBC News had broken the story. You may recall that I was somewhat sympathetic to O’Reilly’s case because I believe he was not speaking literally but meant that MSNBC pundits, who had been outraged at George W. Bush’s waterboarding tactics, were relatively silent about Obama’s drones. But that’s not what he said. And for some reason, while he was able to admit to Fox’s Bernard Goldberg that he should have acknowledged that NBC News broke the story, when Kurtz visited The O’Reilly Factor tonight, O’Reilly insisted his admission was only made to avoid being attacked by Kurtz. Or to put it another way, to avoid getting called out for getting his facts wrong. Caution! You are about to enter a Spin Zone!
Read moreAblow: Abandoned-Child Obama Now Wants To Take Care of Everybody
It’s as predictable as sunrise and sunset. First comes the SOTU speech, then come the responders, then comes Keith Ablow with his smear-job disguised as psychoanalysis. Today was no exception. In an op-ed on foxnews.com, Ablow took us “Inside Obama’s Mind at the State of the Union Address.” And what’s in Obama’s mind? The same as it's been before. The trauma of having been abandoned as a child, which left him both hungry for power and anxious to coddle us all into a state of spineless dependency.
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