Palin Tries To Grab The Political Spotlight In Arizona
So much for Sarah Palin’s plan to “step back” and “let some new voices, new faces, new energy out there to really engage with the base.” That’s what she said two weeks ago when it was clear she was persona non grata at both the Republican convention and the Romney campaign. But now that the convention is here she just can’t seem to be able to resist trying to butt in and grab some attention away from others. Again. You might say she quit her quitting.
Read moreKarl Rove Attacks Obama For Not Thanking Romney For Saying He Was Born In The U.S.A.
It was bad enough that Karl Rove had the chutzpah to “defend” Mitt Romney’s birther joke by attacking President Obama as “ungracious” for not thanking Romney for acknowledging Obama was born in the U.S. I mean, what’s next? Rove attacking Obama for not being grateful that nobody on Fox has called him the n-word? But within the same spiel, Rove admitted that it was to Romney’s advantage not to be “so self discrediting” by going birther.
Read moreFox News Sunday Helps Huckabee ‘Defend’ Akin With A Passel Of Smears And Distortions About Obama And Abortion
Fox News Sunday hosted Mike Huckabee on its panel yesterday where Chris Wallace asked him about his support for Rep. Todd Akin. Huckabee proceeded to “defend” Akin by smearing President Obama with the long-ago debunked attack on his “born alive” votes in the Illinois senate, and outlandishly calling Obama a “radical” on abortion. Even worse, nobody challenged Huckabee for such outrageous rhetoric.
Read moreFox & Friends Goes Gay?!
Fox & Friends starts its segment with a group of cute young guys who are sitting at a table with Steve Doocy while the awesome "It's Raining Men" is playing as background music. So you might be thinking that Steve is getting ready to interview a group of Log Cabin Republicans or some guys from GoProud. But as soon as the music stops, you learn that these fellows are Mitt Romney's strapping young sons. For the uninitiated, "It's Raining Men" has taken on an iconic status in gay circles where it is often heard in gay bars and other gay venues. So - ah - what was the Fox & Friends producer really trying to tell us? And BTW, if it's going to rain men, let it be the NY City Firefighters and not Mitt Romney's sons and Steve Doocy!
H/T Raw Story
Read moreEric Bolling Hates Atheists So Much....!!??
Admittedly, my years of Catholic school indoctrination were long ago, in a galaxy far, far away so maybe Catholic priorities have changed. Along with being constantly warned about "impure thoughts," we were taught that the second greatest commandment was to love ones neighbor as oneself. So either "devout Catholic" Eric Bolling was absent during that Catechism lesson or that commandment, when Bolling was a Catholic school boy, had gone the way of meatless Friday's because it's apparent that Bolling doesn't love his neighbor if that neighbor is an atheist. Without going all Ablow, it does appear that Bolling, who informs his Twitter followers whenever he attends Mass, has some serious, I mean serious issues with those who don't believe in the spirit in the sky. Last week, during a discussion about the "Ground Zero Cross," an issue in which Fox "news" has taken the side of the angels, Bolling added to his collection of not so neighborly comments about atheists. It's strange.
Read moreFr. Jonathan Morris' Subtly Slams Obama For "Unscientific" View On Life!
One of the ongoing tropes of the anti-choice movement and the Catholic Church is that human "life" begins at the moment of conception and therefore must be accorded all rights given to those who are already born. This notion of "personhood," effectively banning all abortions as well as some types of birth control and IVF, has been rejected by voters. But those who oppose reproductive rights maintain that "science" says that "life" begins at conception while in reality, the mainstream scientific community doesn't weigh in on whether zygotes are "humans" in the legal or metaphysical sense which is really the domain of philosophy and religion within which there is disagreement. But when candidate Obama told Rev. Rick Warren that this issue was "above his pay-grade," he was, as he told George Stephanopoulos, reflecting that he couldn't answer this theological question. But that didn't stop the anti-choice zealots from attacking him. Yesterday, in case the Fox audience had forgotten, Fr. Jonathan Morris sweetly reminded them of Obama's sin.
Read moreFox News Wants You To Think Romneys Are Not Elitists
In the second part of Fox News Sunday's Romney infomercial today, host Chris Wallace visited the entire Romney family in their home in New Hampshire (not the one in La Jolla with the $55,000 car elevator). Wallace seemed to really, really want us to think of them as regular folks: No maids! They love to shop at Costco! And Mitt Romney cooks!
Read moreThe One Thing Romney Wants You To Take Away From His Convention Speech: His Dog Whistle ‘I Believe In America’
In a mostly lapdog interview on Fox News Sunday, punctuated with a few tough questions, Mitt Romney insisted the most important thing in his campaign is trying to solve the “big issues that America faces” such as unemployment. Yet when asked about what the “one thing” voters should “take away” from his convention speech, Romney quickly replied, “That I believe in America and the American people.” Host Chris Wallace didn’t think that worth commenting on, nor the fact that Romney later gave a dizzying “explanation” as to why he invests in Swiss bank accounts and other offshore investments and then, while he continues to refuse to release more than two years of tax returns, followed that up with the statement, “I’m not gonna try and hide who I am.”
Read moreFox Tries To Blame Obama Administration For Outing Bin Laden SEAL - Actually Outed By Fox
It was bad enough that Fox News outed the identity of a Navy SEAL Team 6 member who has written a memoir about his participation in the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden – at the same time that the network was concern trolling about national security information possibly divulged by the publication of the SEAL’s pseudonymous book. But the next day, under cover of that same “concern,” Fox News military analyst – and newly-minted OPSEC swift boater – Bill Cowan suggested that any fallout from the revelation of the author’s true identity would be the Obama administration’s fault. Host Martha MacCallum helped perpetuate the falsehood by failing to correct or challenge it in any way.
Read moreFox's Crackpot Psychiatrist: Todd Akin Has Committed 'Political Rape' Of The Republican Party
Fox News' "Medical A-Team" psychiatrist, Dr. Keith Ablow, has come up with another psychoanalysis that just so happens to perfectly dovetail with Republican talking points. This time Dr. Ablow gets "inside the mind of Todd Akin" and concluded that he has committed political rape against the Republican Party.
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