Mitt Romney is heading on a trip to London for the Olympics, followed by visits to Poland and Israel. In advance of this bit of Foreign Statesman stuff, John Bolton, former UN Ambassador turned Fox News foreign affairs pundit and Romney rooter, appeared on last night’s On the Record to tell us why his man will be a better foreign policy president than Obama. "Romney the Unapologetic vs. Obama the 'Ashamed' was the title of this segment online, though it’s a bit misleading since Bolton didn’t actually speak those words in his interview with Greta Van Susteren. Doesn't seem to matter to Fox, which seldom passes up a chance to accuse Obama of hating America and apologizing for it to the rest of the world.  

Can you imagine how the writers for the Fox News website and Fox Nation would be salivating over news that a Democratic fundraiser, with connections to President Obama and other top Dem's, had been accused of multiple rapes? It would certainly be a lede on Fox News.com and Fox Nation where the resident troglodytes would be braying about how this is an example of how the Democrats have no morals. So as the "Church Lady" would say, isn't it special that neither of the above websites have anything related to last week's report that a top Utah GOP fundraiser, Greg Peterson, is being charged for serial date-rape. One assumes that the salacious and sleazy alleged actions of Peterson, had they been perpetrated by a Democrat would get detailed attention. But so far - crickets!

As the mouthpiece for the anti-choice right wing, Fox News provides a ready and willing news platform for "pro-life" attacks on Planned Parenthood. In addition to the anti-reproductive rights screeds of O'Reilly, Laura Ingraham, and Peter Johnson Jr., the Fox News website is taking up the newest "pro-life" casus belli against Planned Parenthood; i.e. the unfortunate death of a woman from complications after an abortion done at Planned Parenthood. While any surgical procedure has certain risks, the anti-choice crazies are apoplectic over this incident and are using it to exploit their political agenda against an organization that provides quality health care service to millions of low income women. Enter, stage right, Fox News with a great, big shout-out, in the form of a great, big lede about GOP Rep. Cliff Stearns' (Lila Rose fan and birther) call for a probe of Planned Parenthood - an organization that he is attempting to bring down by any means necessary.

Bill O’Reilly – yes, THAT Bill O’Reilly – has come out in favor of stricter gun laws this week in the wake of the Aurora, Colorado movie theater massacre. Under cover of viciously attacking liberals for arguing for greater gun control. Last night, O’Reilly argued forcefully there should be stricter reporting of sales of assault weapons. This, after he viciously smeared Bill Moyers and the left for “using” the tragedy to promote control.

Monday night on the O'Reilly Factor means Bernard Goldberg's weekly analysis of the latest nefarious deeds of the left-wing media. Top on the bill last night was the mistaken allegation, by Brian Ross of ABC, that James Holmes, the accused in the Aurora movie theater massacre – or at least someone bearing the same name – was a member of the Tea Party. All part of an ongoing liberal effort to make the Tea Party look bad, Goldberg implied.

During his “reality check” segment last night, Bill O’Reilly proclaimed, “We are on the bias watch.” By that he meant he’s on the watch for racial bias against white people – and Mitt Romney in particular.

"Fair and balanced" FoxNews.com used various methods to bury its own findings last week that President Obama leads Mitt Romney in a national poll of 901 registered voters. In web articles, Fox hyped other findings that were unfavorable to Obama. But my favorite was the claim that Obama's 4-point lead was within the poll's margin of error - which was 3 points. UPDATED

Let's do the Fox News time warp again and flash back to August of last year. The Fox & Friends curvy couch potato heads had their nice white (the principal hue on Fox & Friends) panties in a bunch because MoveOn did an ad which featured children to "push a welfare state." The children in the ad articulated ideas for what government could do for the people. Gretchen Carlson said it was "offensive" and the kids didn't know what they were talking about. Fox friends and Maltese Knight, Peter Johnson Jr, said this was a "new low in using children in a political message." Flash forward to this morning's Fox & Friends during which Brian Kilmeade interviewed two little girls whose lemonade stand, for the purposes of Fox & Friends, is an example of  Obama's egregious statement about how businesses aren't built in a vacuum. So when MoveOn utilized children in a TV ad, that was "using" children for "a political message" - and this isn't? Really?

It was déjà vu all over again, Cheney style, on the Hannity show last night as – get this – Sean Hannity and Liz Cheney theorized that Weapons of Mass Destruction in Syria had been sent there by Saddam Hussein in advance of our Iraq invasion. And since that military action worked out so well, the two went on to suggest we ought to do it again in Syria. Cheney, perhaps ogling a cabinet position in a Romney presidency, went on to blow the now-familiar Romney-campaign dog whistle of characterizing President Obama as anti-American, this time for not being more bellicose.

It has now been 1188 days or 3 years, 3 months and 1 day since Sean Hannity said he'd undergo waterboarding to prove it's not torture - and do it to raise money for charity. Time to man up, Sean, to borrow one of you favorite phrases. Either do it or explain why you haven't!