While US Catholic bishops can't, under the tax code, endorse political candidates, their allegiance to the GOP is quite obvious. Not only are they spending millions of their parishioners' dollars on defeating gay marriage; but they're warning their congregations that hell and damnation await those who vote Democratic. But because their exhortations are limited to the dwindling number of those in the pews, they need a national pulpit from which to preach their anti-Obama message. So who better to do that but Fr. Jonathan Morris who has been given a weekly TV spot on Fox News from which to spread the gospel according to the GOP, Roger Ailes, and the US Catholics bishops - all of whom are praying for the defeat of Barack Obama. On October 16, Morris devoted his weekly Fox & Friends sermonette to accusing Vice-President Joe Biden of lying about how the HHS birth control mandate will affect the Catholic Church. And last Sunday the attack continued with more false Fox witness from the sweet little priest.

Ruh-Roh! Fox News contributor - and resident hatriot - Michelle Malkin is displeased with Ann Coulter's tweet about last night's debate in which she referred to President Obama as a "retard." Although Sarah Palin didn't seem to mind the term this time, Malkin has spoken out.

On Fox & Friends post-debate coverage this morning, the Curvy Couch crew scrambled to bury their disappointment in Mitt Romney’s failure to hammer President Obama on the Fox faux controversy du jour, Benghazi-gate. Host Steve Doocy announced – not once, but twice – that Romney had proven himself fit to be Commander-in-Chief.

One of the zingers of tonight’s debate was President Obama’s comeback at Mitt Romney’s complaint that our Navy is smaller "than any time since 1917.” Obama first replied, “I think Governor Romney maybe hasn’t spent enough time looking at how our military works.” He followed that up with, “You mentioned the Navy, for example, and that we have fewer ships that we had in 1916. Well, Governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our military has changed. We have these things called aircraft carriers where planes land on them.” But never fear, Republicans, because Fox came quickly to Romney’s rescue with the ridiculous suggestion that President Obama was wrong.

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Male chauvinists in the world, rejoice! The Fox News Channel/Fox Business Network not only has your back but has at least three hosts who see things the way you do. And all three of them have decided that there was nothing at all offensive in Mitt Romney’s “binders full of women” comment. And just like in his last discussion on the subject, O’Reilly ignored Romney’s dissembling that went with it.

Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, dubbed "Obamacare" by the GOP right, Fox News has provided validation for those who oppose it. And in order to provide further validation, they utilize the services of their "Medical A Team" member and "serial medical misinformer" Dr. Mark Siegel who, as a loyal member of the "fair & balanced" news staff, is very up front about his vehement opposition to health care reform. Now that the president still maintains a slight lead in the key state of Ohio, the "fair & balanced" Fox news host, Megyn Kelly has, in picking up on a story popular on right wing sites, decided that Ohio voters need to know that they shouldn't vote for Obama because one of their doctors is against "Obama" care. How does Kelly know that? Why from a letter to the editor written by a *partisan Ohio doctor.  So who cares if you stand to lose your health care if Romney wins! Certainly not alleged "news" anchor, Megyn Kelly!

Birther Boy Donald Trump isn't getting the attention he needs these days what with the presidential campaign gearing into full swing. So he trotted out a new spotlight-grabbing trick on Fox & Friends this morning - including a teaser for some big upcoming announcement "concerning the President of the United States." So big and so important, it can wait two more days while he has a chance to build up the buzz he's lost since he made a complete ass of himself over President Obama's birth certificate and his own phony-baloney pretense of a presidential candidacy. As usual, however, the Curvy Couch Crew was completely credulous.

On yesterday's Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace aired an edited video of President Obama's September 12 remarks on the deaths of four Americans in Libya the day before. Wallace claimed the video was edited "to show that there was quite a gap between various things that he was discussing." In other words, it was edited with the express purpose of "showing" that President Obama was not referring to the Libya attacks when used the words "acts of terror." Yet, Wallace did not show the remarks in their actual context.

Now that Rupert Murdoch has been practically run out of the U.K. newspaper publishing business, it seems he wants to expand his holdings in the U.S. market. According to the Los Angeles Times, executives from Murdoch's News Corporation have held "preliminary talks" with the paper's debt holders. The Times is owned by Tribune Co., which also owns the Chicago Tribune. A report by Reuters kinda sorta plays down the rumor but also says the Times is "standing by" its report. Furthermore, FoxBusiness.com has an article saying Murdoch is "looking to buy" the LA Times.