Megyn Kelly Promotes Fears That Obama Is ‘Hiding Something’ About His Background
Megyn Kelly was too cute by half today as she feigned balance at the same time that she promoted a poll which found that 36 percent of Americans believe President Obama is hiding something about his background and early life. Completely ignoring the role her own network played in promoting such beliefs, she repeatedly suggested that President Obama is to blame for Americans' suspicions.
Read moreTodd Starnes Really Believes That "Jackbooted Thugs" Are Coming To Town!
The term "jackbooted thug" has its origins in opposition to totalitarianism. Dem. Rep. John Dingell used the term "jackbooted American fascists" when he called for reform of the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, and Tobacco. Jackbooted and thug were put together by the NRA's Wayne LaPierre when, in 1995, he referred to government agents as jack booted thugs. Former President George HW Bush resigned from the NRA over this nomenclature. Today, it is used to describe the views of radical, anti-gun control zealots who actually believe that the Obama administration is getting ready to send out jackbooted thugs to take away their weapons. If you think that it's a cartoonish stereotype, much like the "black helicopter crowd," and that folks don't actually believe that, think again. Fox News' ace culture clubber, devout Christian, and raging homophobe Todd Starnes would appear to actually believe that the thugs are on their way!
Read moreFox’s Liz Cheney: Obama Seems More Dedicated To Disarming Americans Than Al Qaeda
Liz Cheney visited the Hannity show last night where she joined her voice to the Fox News chorus of blaming President Obama and Benghazi for the hostage-taking in Algeria. For a few right-wing bonus points, she threw in an “Obama loves Muslims more than Americans” suggestion.
Read moreDennis Kucinich Hired As Fox News Contributor
Regular readers know I'm pro Democrats appearing on Fox. But going on the payroll? Not so much. But even before the news came out that Dennis Kucinich joined Fox News as a paid contributor, I've had my concerns about Kucinich's appearances on Fox.
Read moreUnder Questioning, Impeach-Obama Advocate Steve Stockman Hedges, Evades and Blusters
Texas Congressman Steve Stockman got quite a bit of press recently for vowing to seek impeachment if President Obama tried to use executive orders to enact gun control. But when Greta Van Susteren pressed him about it on Tuesday night, he hedged and evaded. No, he wouldn’t rush to impeachment, he’d try all available tools. And the issue isn’t gun control, not really, it’s the President bypassing Congress. And he wouldn't say who his allies in Congress were.
Read moreFox Blames Obama For American Hostages In Algeria
Didn’t you just know that the moment the news arrived that some Americans had been taken hostage by an Al Qaeda-linked group in Algeria that Fox News scrambled to figure out a way to blame the Obama administration? Well, in a neat twofer, they got the job done by suggesting Fox’s favorite faux scandal of the year, Benghazi, was the cause. Never mind that even Fox News has reported that the terrorist attack was in retaliation for France's military action in Mali.
Read moreOn Fox & Friends: Michelle Malkin Defends NRA Ad With Obama Children After Accusing President Of Using Children As Props
Fox News is providing a conduit for yet another bogus right wing outrage; i.e. the presence of children at President Obama's press event during which he spoke about gun violence - an issue about which these kids were so concerned that they wrote letters to the president. Fox Nation, which isn't concerned about the NRA ad targeting the president's children, had several threads which were critical of the president for doing this, one of which was written by the perpetually outraged (and outrageous) Michelle Malkin whose hatred for Barack Obama is almost palpable. But, as I reported, these same critics ignore the fact that President George W Bush also had children present for various events. So, in order to make sure that the Fox audience gets as outraged as Ms. Malkin, she appeared on this morning's Fox & Friends where she treated us to her patented sneering and snarling vitriol about President Obama.
Read moreRupert Murdoch And His 'Fat Lady' Tweets
Rupert Murdoch made an ass of himself on Twitter (again), this week as he used the hospitalization of an obese woman after she fell through a sidewalk to make a bunch of prejudiced sneers about her. He tweeted, "How did fat lady who fell thru street get to 400 lbs? Welfare, stamps, etc? Then leave us all with 20yrs immense health bills."
Read moreMark Levin Calls President Obama’s Gun Violence Orders 'Fascistic'
On today’s Your World, Mark Levin was part of the predictable Fox News meltdown over President Obama’s executive orders to reduce gun violence. Neil Cavuto started by describing Republicans as “delirious, apoplectic more the word, over a President they say is now out of control.” There was no doubt whose side Cavuto was on when he said, “No wonder Constitutional lawyer Mark Levin is hitting the roof.”
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