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RIP Tim Russert
2008-06-17 06:31:00 Meet The Press' Tim Russert passed away today at the age of 58 from an apparent heart attack. Tim Russert was working at the DC Bureau (where he was the bureau) when he suddenly collapsed. He leaves behind his wife, a son who recently graduated from college and his father who he just helped move last ...
Fathers Day - Dedicated to Tim Russert
2008-06-14 20:45:00 Tim Russert at Boston College's 128th Commencement Exercises on May 24, 2004 I'm dedicating this year's Fathers Day post to Tim Russert. As a Catholic with a lot of Irish in me and a solid base of Catholic upbringing and Jesuit education, I connected with Tim's public persona. I didn't know him. I wish I'd had an opportunity to know him. I recall passing him in the hallway at the 2006
By: Iddybud Journal
NBC's Tim Russert dies at 58 of heart attack
(AP)
2008-06-14 08:56:00 AP - Tim Russert, a political lifer who made a TV career of his passion with unrelenting questioning of the powerful and influential, died of a heart attack Friday in the midst of a presidential campaign he'd covered with trademark intensity. Praise poured in from the biggest names in politics, some recalling their own meltdown moments on his hot seat.
Sports Emmys Winner And Part-Time Political Journalist Tim Russert Drops De
2008-06-14 00:09:00 “Meet The Press”? Who Gets Up THAT Early On Sunday Mornings Anyway? RIP, Tim Russert That’s right, I’m a beer-swilling NFL fan and on Sunday mornings I’m lucky enough to wake up in time to witness the kick-offs in the early games. Therefore; I always thought of the guy with the unmistakeable face (may he Rest In Peace) as an “ESPN football analyst-type” who would delve into the politcal arena every now and then like many so many other sports pundits will do on occasion. As I watched the breaking (sad) news today, I literally asked those around me if that was “that ESPN guy”. I apologize for my ignorance. Obviously, the man was so much more than just THAT. CORRECT; I’m admitting I had no idea on Earth Tim Russert was better known for his political wit (again, since I don’t watch “Meet The Press“) than for his awesome sports commentary; I thought it was the other way AROUND. Oh, sure; I’d seen...
Tim Russert Has Died
2008-06-13 15:08:00 Breaking: Tim Russert has died at the age of 58. My deepest sympathies go out to Tim's father, who Tim lovingly called "Big Russ", Tim's wife, Maureen Orth, and Tim's son, Luke, who lost his Dad just a couple days before Father's Day. From MSNBC: WASHINGTON - Tim Russert, NBC News' Washington bureau chief and the moderator of "Meet the Press," died Friday after a sudden heart attack at the
By: Iddybud Journal
NBC's Tim Russert dead at 58
(AP)
2008-06-13 14:54:00 AP - Tim Russert, host of NBC's "Meet the Press" and its Washington bureau chief collapsed and died at work Friday after suffering an apparent heart attack. He was 58
The Bane Of McCain Falls Mainly On The Brain
2008-06-01 23:46:00 Bush should've axed Karl Rove in Miss Covert America Valerie Plame CIA leak case. Former press flack Scott McClellan to Tim Russert on "Meet The Press." VideoMaureen Dowd NYT: McClellan did not realize the value of a favorite maxim ? ?The truth shall set you free? ? until he was hung out to dry by his bosses in the Valerie Plame affair, repeating the lies Karl Rove and Scooter Libby brazenly told him about not being the leakers. ?Clearly,? McClellan says, sounding like the breast-heaving heroine of a Victorian romance, ?I had allowed myself to be deceived.? He felt ?something fall out of me into the abyss.?It could be Pillsbury doughboy Scottie McClellan who denies John McCain the presidency. Frank Rich NYT "McCain's McClellan Nightmare": Mr. McClellan isn?t a sizzling TV personality, or, before now, a household name beyond the Beltway. His book secured no major prepublication media send-off on ?60 Minutes? or a newsmagazine cover. But if the tale of how the White House ginned up ...
By: Chickaboomer
Big Flack Attack
2008-05-28 13:16:00 David Gregory and MSNBC's "Morning Joe" crew gloating over this: Politico Wash Post Former Bush press flack and fellow Texan Scott McClellan's "story of how the presidency of George W. Bush veered terribly off course." "Scott McClellan Blames The Liberal Press Corps For Eating Up Bush's (His?) Drivel Too Easily" JossipTim Russert and Mike Barnicle blabbing McClellan's "how the [Iraq] war was a marketing campaign." Scott is pissed that Karl Rove lied, making him look like a buffoon before the laughing-behind-his-back WH press corps. So what else is new? The flack can be is the last to know...Bad news for John McCain...This is what the Iraq war is about. Money. Corruption. Military and intelligence contractors you've never heard of making millions in Iraq. Halliburton, its spinoff Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR), and North Carolina-based Blackwater are just the tip of the iceberg. Tim Shorrock "Spies For Hire." Tell me why MSNBC "Morning Joe" Scarborough was invited (paid?) to del...
By: Chickaboomer
NBC's Peter Principle
2008-05-23 14:36:00 Keith Olbermann as Tim Russert's fill-in on "Meet The Press?" Oh, yeah, baby! Johnny Dollar's Place and Olbermann Watch. Make sure the Obsessive-Compulsive Manic One has a double dose of Effexor an hour before... Last night he sunk his talons into John McCain. NewsBusters
By: Chickaboomer
Tim Russert Passes Gas During Interview
2008-05-22 03:16:00 If you like ‘News You Can’t Use’ by Willie Geist on ‘Morning Joe’, this is your cup of tea. Er, cup of joe. ©2008 Garling Gauge. All Rights Reserved..
By: Garling Gauge
Clinton Inc: Barcalunger
2008-05-15 14:36:00 "Hope that Barcalounger doesn't have its back to a window." Stephen Colbert warning Tim Russert that Hillary psychomanic Terry McAuliffe killing off Russert's dad Big Russ on Sunday's "Meet The Press" was "no slip" and a "thinly veiled threat."
By: Chickaboomer
Terrytoons
2008-05-11 15:20:00 Hillary delusional pimp Terry McAullife: "If Big Russ was looking down at us having a scotch, he'd say nothing's impossible, and so would Jack McAuliffe." Tim Russert: "Big Russ is still sitting in the Barcalounger." Superficial manic Terry's crawl up Tim's ass backfired. He had no idea Tim's father was still on the planet.... "Was Buffalo out of it when they were down 39 points?" McAuliffe bombed on "Meet The Press" recycling the same tedious Hillary's The One spin. Is he on drugs? I'd bet cocaine. Appealing to Tim's love of his Buffalo Bills: "Was Buffalo out of it when they were down 39 points?" Clinton: I'll Go All The Way" NYP "Hillary Clinton Is One Sorry Sight On Her Way To Defeat" NYDN "Spoiler Clintonites Ruining A Fun Party" Peggy Noonan NYP "Illegal $115 G For Her Run" NYP "Michelle Vetoes Hillary" Robert Novak Real Clear Politics "Is She A Trojan Rabbit?" Maureen Dowd NYT
By: Chickaboomer
Tim Russert: Obama has it won!
2008-05-07 08:42:00 It’s Time For Hillary To Quit! Barack Obama celebrates with wife Michelle Sen. Barack Obama won North Carolina’s presidential primary by a wide margin Tuesday, while Sen. Hillary Clinton... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Obama Makes Sense on Meet the Press
2008-05-05 03:14:00 I just saw Barack Obama interviewed by Tim Russert on NBC's Meet the Press, and was especially impressed by the following points:1. Obama said his "DNA" makes him ideally suited to bring Americans together - his black father and his white mother. I like that - the way Obama thinks and talks. When was the last time you heard another Presidential candidate of either party talk about DNA, in any connection to politics?2. Obama again spoke about the superficiality of the American flag pin issue - the degree to which Obama wears and does not wear a pin. I couldn't agree more. Did it ever occur to those who think flag pins are so important that a terrorist could easily wear one? What counts is what candidates say and do - not what they wear in their lapels.3. Obama explained his opposition to the gas tax holiday (McCain) and gas tax holiday plus windfall profits reduction (Clinton) proposals. They're sugar fixes, and, in the case of the windfall profits reductions, not likely to ...
By: Infinite Regress
TIME Has Come Today
2008-05-01 13:51:00 Tim Russert makes TIME mag's "100 Most Influential" list. The road to the White House goes through Tim...
By: Chickaboomer
Hillary Kills On Bill
2008-05-01 12:16:00 "Morning Joe" Scarborough and the MSNBC gang begrudgingly admit Fox News conservative blowhard Bill O'Reilly's interview with Hillary last night was good. They were talking about it out of the gate at 6 a.m. MSNBC played O'Reilly clips showing a gentle but persistent Bill and an amazingly poised Hillary parrying questions like: "You're a polarizing figure. Just like me. I hate to say it but.." Hillary's performance got Obamagirl Mika's nose out of joint. You could tell. She was gritting through her teeth watching Hillary kill. Watch last night's interview here. Part two airs tonight. Reviews: NYP NYDN Wash Post Huff Post vidO'Reilly pats himself on the back: "This was the toughest interview she's ever done." TV NewserMSNBC 6:35a.m. An Andrea Mitchell piece thumping Barack and Michelle Obama's NBC "Today" show Meredith Viera interview. Segue to an O'Reilly/Hillary bite on Wright: "Hillary courting O'Reilly's viewers even though he's been one of her harshest critics..."H...
By: Chickaboomer
Beware Of Greeks Bearing Rifts
2008-04-30 13:52:00 The symbiotic relationship between tedious liberal intelligentsia blowhard Huff Post Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington and NBC News appears to be over. Keith J. Kelly NYP Arianna Huffington claims that she was banished from NBC News shows because her new book, "Right is Wrong," blasted "Meet the Press" anchor Tim Russert. Huffington is the force behind the Huffington Post, an influential political Web site where she had started a blog called "Russert Watch." Her new book, which is slated to hit later this week carries the sub title, "How the Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America, Shredded the Constitution and Made Us All Less Safe." Aside from being the anchor, Russert is also the managing editor of the show, the Washington Bureau Chief of NBC News and a senior vice president of NBC News. Huffington dubs him "EZ Pass" Russert because she claims his softball questions give the Washington elite a free wave-through when they appear on his shows. While he may ask a tough opening question, he ...
By: Chickaboomer
Pope Rope-A-Dopes
2008-04-18 16:37:00 Brian Williams: When was the last time you went to church? Same question to the lot of you Pope ring kissers off-the-chart about the Pontiff's visit. Has the Vatican's Swiss Army Guard sent anthrax letters? Venal George Bush tells the Pope his speech yesterday was "awesome?" The Devil to whom Bush sold his soul responds to the prez's straying from Satan's playbook with an earthquake in Illinois."Faced with the prospect of salvation," Tim Russert blabs to Brian Williams this am on his private audience with the Pope yesterday, "I kept my mouth shut." Tim and Wolf Blitzer were the "Buffalo Boys" version of Milwaukee's finest: "Laverne & Shirley Meet The Pope." Except they kept their yaps shut. TV Newser: "I must say, I don't often say it, but I truly feel blessed that I had this opportunity to do what I've just done," said Blitzer to CNN's John King who was sub-anchoring the Situation Room while Blitzer was at the University. King said, "Pope Benedict may be the only m...
By: Chickaboomer
Not-So-Nicene Screed
2008-04-18 00:08:00 I'm shuddering contemplating how MSNBC "Countdown" Keith Olbermann's massive ego is being fed like "The Blob's" voracious and indiscriminate consumption of humans. Dick Cheney at last night's Radio & Television Correspondents' dinner:"Countdown" frequent guest Mo Rocca entertained the gimlet-eyed journos wie Cth a riff on Katie Couric, Larry King, and C-BS. "She's simply waiting for Larry King to wander off," he said. "You know things are really bad when CBS News was included as one of the charities in Idol Gives Back."Mitt Romney performed a decidedly unstiff Top Ten List on why he bailed the Repub race. More at TV Newser...Catholic Tim Russert and Jewish Wolf Blitzer left the soiree early to pray for journalistic guidance prior to their private audience today with the Pope. TV Newser The Pope reportedly absolved their confessed TV news sins with an admonition to channel their talents for the greater good.
By: Chickaboomer
Christopher Hitchens Corrects Andrew Sullivan's Grammar: Different From
2008-04-06 04:17:00 One of my biggest pet peeves is when people use the phrase "different than" rather than "different from." Well, on Tim Russert's show today, Christopher Hitchens corrected Andrew Sullivan's grammar. It made me love Christopher Hitchens even more. Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story.
Questions For Tim Russert
2008-02-27 20:32:00 by Bob Cesca @ 1:57 PM (EST) Throughout the last seven years, we’ve observed the very serious traditional media reacting to what many perceive as a bias of all varieties: from a liberal bias, to an anti-liberal bias, to facts proving that some reporters were actually paid to be Bush White House propagandists. According to ...
By: Suzie-Q
One Dead In O-hi-o
2008-02-27 15:06:00 Tim Russert wondered which Hillary Clinton would show up last night? NYDN Answer: The Victim. Hillary took a shot at the media right out of the gate whining about ALWAYS getting the first question and media bias against her after commandeering the debate for 16 interminable minutes on health insurance. NBC's Tim Russert painted The Victim into a coffin last night on Iraq - the death rattle heard 'round the world signaling a gasping Hillary's final moments. NYP Wash Post NYDN NYTPerhaps finally sensing that she was, in stand-up comedy parlance, dying and not killing, Clinton tried to lighten the tone by quoting a lame, one-joke sketch from the recent return of "Saturday Night Live." TV Newser vid The one joke, perhaps less than one, was that the news media have been openly and lavishly biased in favor of Obama, a hugely arguable premise in the first place. Clinton made a reference to lines from the sketch about running off to get Obama a pillow so he'd be comfy in his chair and s...
By: Chickaboomer
Which Hillary Clinton Will Show Up Tonight?
2008-02-26 13:40:00 NBC's Tim Russert on MSNBC's "Morning Joe." Russert and Brian Williams are moderating tonight's debate in Cleveland. Guess which "Sybil" Hillary multiple personalities will rear their ugly heads. Southern accent, harsh Midwestern shrew, weeping willow, the gracious and complimentary Clinton, ruthless sarcastic bitch?The NYT asked five "experts" to come up with questions that haven't been asked. See if you agree here. The Wash Post culls the top Obama & Hillary flip flops.
By: Chickaboomer
Russert: Shuster Suspension "Indefinite"
2008-02-10 15:35:00 MSNBC's David Shuster's ass was saved by Tim Russert. BigHeadDC reports Sponge Balls Square Pants network suit Phil Griffin wanted to fire Shuster but Russert intervened. Russert this a.m. on "Meet The Press": Shuster's suspension has gone from "temporary" to "indefinite". Inside Cable News picks up on an observation by Extreme Mortman about the dubious double standard at MSNBC. Here's Edward R. Murrow Apparition Keith Olbermann attacking George Bush in one of his tedious Howard Beale "Special Comments": 9/20/07: ?And in pimping General David Petraeus and in the violation of everything this country has been assiduously and vigilantly against for 220 years, you have tried to blur the gleaming radioactive demarcation between the military and the political, and to portray your party as the one associated with the military, and your opponents as the ones somehow antithetical to it.?The Clinton heat-seeking missiles are really targeting anti-Hillary blowhard Chris Matthews, and hard ...
By: Chickaboomer
Mitt Has Left The Room
2008-02-07 18:33:00 Mitt's out. CNN Politico 12:36 P This is an NBC News special report. Here is Brian Williams. "Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has apparently decided to end his quest for the GOP nomination." Tim Russert: "He doesn't have the delegates and he doesn't have the money." Cue the music... back to MSNBC where there are technical glitches. All we hear is a woman talking. Then: Brian: "I have no audio, Chris, I can't hear you." Well, they're back on track blabbing with Tim Russert. MSNBC is flummoxed waiting to go live to the annual CPAC conference in Alexandria, Virginia. Pause. Chris: "Let's go live to Laura Ingraham on the floor where she's introducing Mitt Romney..."Miz Laura snipes at McCain: "It's not enough to say you were a 'foot soldier in the Reagan revolution'? What have you done for conservatism lately?" Crowd erupts in cheers. "I ask all of you should all of us 'calm down?' Should we 'calm down' or should we point out that Americans will cease to be free....
By: Chickaboomer
MSNBC Nevada Democratic Debate (January 15, 2008)
2008-01-17 06:39:00 On Tuesday, January 15, 2008, the top 3 Democratic candidates debated the issues in Nevada on MSNBC. Dennis Kucinich was not allowed to participate by MSNBC and that ruling was upheld when it was challenged in court. A judge in a lower court had threatened to block the MSNBC broadcast if Kucinich was not allowed to participate but the Nevada Supreme Court reversed that decision 1 hour before the debate went on air. The debate went on without Kucinich and the tone was friendly throughout the debate. Tim Russert, Natalie Morales, and Brian Williams were the moderators of the round-table style debate. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were asked about the issue of race and the battle that emerged between the two parties over the past week. The candidates stayed true to their word and honored the truce on the issue. ?I think that what?s most important is that Senator Obama and I agree completely that neither race nor gender should be a part of this campaign,? Sena...
We Are Family!
2008-01-16 03:19:00 I've got all my bros and me! "We both have exuberant and sometimes uncontrollable supporters. We are all family in the Democratic party." Hillary blaming campaign grunts for the escalating race baiting. NBC's Brian Williams kicked off the Dem debate noting it was Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday today. "No one expected [race] to be as prominent as it is." So Hillary and Obama toned down the anatagonism a few notches to prevent the debate from turning into a free-for-all. "Senator Obama and I agree completely that neither race nor gender should be part of the campaign." Obama was nothing but a gentleman and diplomatic in praising Hillary. Russert: "Do you regret pushing this [race] story?" Obama blamed his staff. Cutaway shots showed a tired, set-jaw Hillary blinking her eyes and nodding her head. Russert: "Do you think it was a deliberate attempt to marginalize you as a candidate?"Obama (lying): "No." "Whats a white male to do running against these historic candidates?" Viewer q...
By: Chickaboomer
Formika
2008-01-04 16:05:00 I'm really impressed with MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski and willing to forget about that publicity stunt where she torched that Paris Hilton script after refusing to read any more Paris "news." Zbig's spawn is acquitting herself well today in that "Morning Joe" NH airport diner/set. Clever, NBC. The Joe Sixpack hoi polloi drinking THEIR morning joe in the fuzzy background. So there's Mika, Scarborough, David Shuster (I knew his dad. Detroit News political guru Gary Shuster), Tim Russert - all sitting around a shiny gray formica table serving up political analysis. The old political and media hands like me aren't shocked that Hillary's old spin is falling on deaf ears. Hillary's just not getting that people eschew the Clinton "back to the future" hype. Deaf Hillary's not getting that her "35 years' experience" is ringing hollow to voters with no desire for a Clinton WH encore. Fired Bill Clinton political czar and hooker toe-sucker Dick Morris: Hillary faces a serious problem: Vot...
By: Chickaboomer
Tim Russert Re-Christens Don Ho
2008-01-04 14:49:00 I thought I was hallucinating ten minutes ago. Tim Russert was on Don Ho's show! You heard right. Big Tim has opened the flood gates for the ususal suspects to rear their hypocritical turncoat heads on Imus. Russert and his ilk are blowing off Mike Huckabee's Iowa win as a "stirring of the pot" of evangelicals, "homeschoolers," Amway pimps, and Bible-thumping conservatives. Russert brought up God on Imus and Huckabee's fervent belief in the Lord. Imus: "I believe in God" (after last night's what used to be political beauty contest). I presume Imus was giddy with delight that his nemesis, the heretofore "inevitable" Hillary, was handed her corrupt chameleon ego on a plate. Earlier Russert was on "Morning Joe" and thumped the same Huckabee Democrat spin, even going so far as to offer advice to Hillary. Just come out and say you're not inevitable, congratulate Obama, and spin yourself as "the comeback kid." Sound familiar? I wasn't able to watch the bulk of the Tee Vee news spin ...
By: Chickaboomer
Giuliani explains the criteria for spending taxpayer dollars on his mistres
2007-12-09 19:52:00 From this morning’s Meet the Press: Tim Russert: Would it be appropriate for a president to provide Secret Service protection for his mistress? Rudy Giuliani: It would not be appropriate to do it for that reason, Tim … The reason it’s done is because somebody threatens to do harm and the people who assess it come to the conclusion that it is necessary to do this. The reality is that it all came about because of my public position, because of the fact that when people are public or celebrities these kinds of threats take place. Well, that clears things up considerably. There are many things I could say here, but I’m only going to ask one small question. And it’s a question that goes out to a particular segment of American society. You know who you are. Can you imagine if this exchange had involved not Rudy Giuliani, but Bill Clinton? I’m so proud of myself for making it this far without resorting to terms like “Republican ho budget.” I&...
The Cable Guys
2007-11-28 16:05:00 Top Ten Imus enablers crawling from under their rocks. Media Is A PluralFCC Chair Kevin Martin gets his balls handed to him on a silver platter by the cable TV toughs. NYTNo more will you be held hostage to Verizon's cell phones. NYT
By: Chickaboomer
Bar Shills
2007-11-26 20:48:00 Emeril packs his knives and leaves the Food Network over a contract dispute. Fishbowl NYStick a fork in former hairdresser Mary Matalin and the serpentine James Carville. They're so overdone. Tim Russert: The statute of limitations is up on this millionaire pair pimping their political whores paying them big time. NYO
By: Chickaboomer
Fishbowl NY
2007-11-19 16:19:00 Thanks for the credit, my friends, on the Tim Russert/Don Imus story. FishbowlNY
By: Chickaboomer
Tim Russert, LA Times Fixing Obama News - Media Makes Errors and Ommissions
2007-11-19 10:28:00 If you've wondered about those negative stories about Barack Obama and whether they were "fixed" here's your answer: yes they were. If you've ever wanted one place to see all of those errors and ommissions with regard to Senator Obama's presidential run, you've come to the right place. It's all here. From the LA times excluding Senator Obama's specific statements on human rights and national security, to Time Russert's famous "fixed" Meet the Press questions that sounded as if they were written by the Clinton campaign, to CNN's misrepresentations of Senator Obama's statements about Hillary Clinton. They're all here for you. Share this with a friend and tell them how the mainstream media's unfairly fixing news against Barack Obama. They can't laugh at you; it's all here! Check it out. LA Times claimed Obama was "less than definitive" on human rights vs. national security, but omitted his specific statementsFriday, November 16, 2007 5:07PMMalveaux misrepresen...
Hillary Clinton Rejects Driver's Licenses for Illegals: Oh No She Didn't!
2007-11-15 03:14:00 Hillary Clinton is simply unbelievable. How is the media allowing this woman to pull the wool over the American people's eyes? I am almost speechless. After New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer decided today to reject his prior push to allow driver's licenses for illegal immigrants, (Maybe because over 75% of the American people rejected it) Hillary Clinton changed her position as well. Hillary... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story.
"Meet The Press'" Tim Russert Misquotes Senator Barack Obama
2007-11-12 12:33:00 Recently, NBC and MSNBC have been agressively working to change the terms of debate in the 2008 Presidential Race. This video's a great example. According to MediaMatters..-- During his November 11 Meet the Press interview with Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (IL) on NBC's Meet the Press, host Tim Russert asserted that "critics will say you've not been a leader against the war," and then read a quote he attributed to Obama: "In July of 2004, Barack Obama: 'I'm not privy to Senate intelligence reports. ... What would I have done? I don't know,' in terms of how you would have voted on the war." After quoting two other Obama statements on the war, Russert concluded: "It doesn't seem that you were firmly wedded against the war and that you left some wiggle room that, if you were in the Senate, you may have voted for it." However, in citing Obama's comment "What would I have done? I don't know," Russert did not quote the very next sentence of Obama's statem...
Tim Russert doesn?t vote in Iowa
2007-11-11 22:30:00 Now I've never had much use for Obama and he is certainly not doing anything that would make me believe I was wrong when I described him as an empty suit. Now he is undermining one of the few progressive victories the last few years - Social Security.Obama: Tax more income for Soc Sec WASHINGTON - Democrat Barack Obama said Sunday that if elected he will push to increase the amount of income that is taxed to provide monthly Social Security benefits.Obama and other Democratic presidential candidates previously have signaled support for this idea.But during an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press," Obama said subjecting more of a person's income to the payroll tax is the option he would push for if elected president.He objected to benefit cuts or a higher retirement age."I think the best way to approach this is to adjust the cap on the payroll tax so that people like myself are paying a little bit more and people who are in need are protected," the Illinois senator said."That is the ...
Separated At Birth: Don Imus & King Tut
2007-11-09 15:58:00 The cadaverous Don Imus dodges the dead bodies of other radio talent beached to make way for his WABC gig. Ironically some of those guys backed Imus back in the day when he was getting hammered. So Imus is back in the saddle December 3rd and it'll be like nothing happened as media and political elite kiss his ring like before. TV Barn's Aaron Barnhart asked Tim Russert on tape if he'd go back on Imus. "If asked, absolutely." The caveat: He's got to get a note from NBC brass above his pay grade. There's a clog in Clear Channel's $1.2 bil deal to flush radio stations. WSJThe Spy Guys are back together again! Vanity Fair's major domo Graydon Carter is handing his former Spy Magazine partner Kurt Andersen a five-figure payday to write two Vanity Fair articles. NY PostSpy mag only lasted two years (1986-88) but had an indelible effect on American media and culture. The phrase "separated at birth" was a Spy photo feature. Donald Trump is hereafter stuck with the unflattering "Short...
By: Chickaboomer
Hell, Crook & Panhandle
2007-11-08 19:43:00 The O.J. Simpson court media circus in full tilt boogie in Las Vegas. We hear no hotels in Sin City wanted O.J.'s business. Somebody finally gave him a room. Probably a sleazy Motel 6. If Hillary keeps it up, nobody will give her a seat in a restaurant. Apparently she has a habit of not tipping waitresses. In 2000 Her Imperial Heinous stiffed a single-mom waitress during a campaign stop when she wss running as a New Yorker for the Senate. Drudge Today's flap is over an October Hillary "Middle Class Express" stop at a small Iowa diner where a waitress working three jobs to support her kids blabbed that no one got a tip. NPR had the story first. ABC NewsHillary's goons are now blaming the restaurant. Hillary's ALWAYS blaming someone else. Never her fault. The tip she left wasn't "disbursed properly." Recall that Hillary and Bill NEVER paid for anything harking back to their Arkansas days. They were on the dole and take. Never paid for dinners. Even with friends. To nobody's surp...
By: Chickaboomer
Tim Russert = Hitler
2007-11-06 06:42:00 The Democrats can dish it out but they sure can't take it.  Tim Russert: Stop the Inanity  Russert passes for a "tough" interviewer by adopting a confrontational pose rather than asking genuinely challenging questions. Which is why he's a terrible moderator for our presidential debates. (contined and worth reading) This is another perfect example of how the left always expects the media to be on their side. And if they are not, then they must be conservatively biased. It is amazing to see Russert ask Hillary Clinton the same sort of questions he has asked conservatives and suddenly he is Hitler Incarnate to the nutroots. Well, logic dies a lonely death while hypocrisy flourishes in a liberals mind. Tim Russert: A Fox in Nipper’s Clothing Last summer the Nevada Democrats pulled out of a debate sponsored by Fox News. Loaded, racist and all the rest, the Dems decided it was incoherent for them to pretend Fox was a media outlet like any other. Tim Russert is worse, bec...
Who is Watching Media Matters as They Smear Tim Russert?
2007-11-06 00:58:00 Anyone who watched the recent Democratic Presidential Debate saw very clearly that Tim Russert asked fair questions, and it was Hillary Clinton who was filibustering. Not only were the questions fair, but they were absolutely necessary to have an informed understanding of Hillary Clinton?s positions. Nevertheless, many liberals think that a moderator asking a direct question demonstrates... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story.
When Anchors Attack!
2007-11-05 15:00:00 Lean to the left, lean to the right, stand up, sit down, fight, fight, FIGHT! Wash Post's Howard Kurtz on the polarizing cheerleading sections for delusional blowhard Bill O'Reilly and his liberal nemesis, Keith Olbermann. Wash Post I caught Howard on Tim Russert's OTHER show this weekend. Tim asked him about the influence of guys like Jon Stewart on the Big Three's staid network newscasts. There's a place for both, he contends. Not for long, I counter. Wash Post's brilliant TV critic Tom Shales agreed with me on Brian Williams's SNL appearance. He "neither took nor gave a pie in the face." My assessment early Sunday morning was "No harm, no foul." Almost Alive! Brian Williams on SNL! The media were so into speculating about Brian Williams's performance as the first network Tee Vee anchordude to venture into uncharted comedy waters. Should he do it? Not do it? His news cred? Who gives a f**k. NBC's witty, erudite Edwin Newman hosted the show twice in 1984. Richard Nixon blu...
By: Chickaboomer
Beat The Press
2007-11-01 18:10:00 Hillary and frothing henchmen furious with Tim Russert and BriWi following that disasterous (for Hillary) debate. It's not smart to piss off the guys behind the mike. Tim Russert "should be shot?" The HillThis is what America and the clueless media get if Her Imperial Heinous Hillary becomes Queen.
By: Chickaboomer
Hillary Clinton Machine Attacks Tim Russert: Supporter says Russert ?Should
2007-11-01 17:11:00 For years at Indoctrination Universities, liberals have never been pressed to articulate what they really believe. Instead, students have been permitted to spout soliloquies regarding a mythical ?soup line,? racist America. Moreover, students are encouraged to agree with socialist doctrine without ever educating others why they believe it is superior to limited government. Well, at the most... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story.
Tim Russert ’should be shot’, Hillary supporter declares on con
2007-11-01 15:20:00 (link) Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (D-N.Y.) top advisers, doing damage control after the candidate’s debate performance Tuesday, told supporters on a conference call Wednesday that the campaign needed more money to fight back. Mark Penn, Clinton’s senior strategist and pollster, and Jonathan Mantz, the campaign’s finance director, told the supporters on the call, which The Hill ...
Hillary Clinton Supports Driver's Licenses For Illegal Immigrants: Thank Yo
2007-10-31 16:46:00 Last night at the Democratic debate, Tim Russert did a magnificent job at not allowing Hillary Clinton to get away with her nonsense. Clinton wants to always take two sides on every issue, and Russert would have none of it. Russert demonstrated complete integrity the entire night. He should be commended. Tim Russert asked Mrs. Bill Clinton whether or not she supported giving driver's licenses... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story.
The Taming Of The Shrew
2007-10-31 14:56:00 Her Imperial Heinous Hillary's back to her old trix. Blaming everyone but herself. That's the Clinton Way. So now it's NBC's Tim Russert's fault she was all over the map in last night's Democratic debate. Moderator Russert is "unprofessional?" "Belligerent?" PoliticoHillary's salivating in Halloween Candyland, her evil political elves inserting razor blades in the other guys' apples.
By: Chickaboomer
Democratic Debate in Philadelphia (October 30)
2007-10-30 18:36:00 Democratic candidates shown debating in New Hampshire. Tonights debate will be held in Philadelphia on MSNBC. (Photo by REUTERS). Tonight, Brian Williams and Tim Russert will moderate the eighth Democratic debate that will air on MSNBC. You will also be able to see the debate streamed live on MSNBC.com. The debate will begin at 9:00 PM Eastern time and is supposed to last 2 hours. The thing to watch tonight will be Barack Obama?s offensive strategy on Hillary Clinton. Do not forget that John Edwards will also be there on the offensive as well, especially on the issue of Hillary taking money from lobbyists. I have been hearing political commentators saying that this debate will be more important for Obama because the next debate is too close to Thanksgiving. That debate is scheduled for November 15, 2007. I thought Thanksgiving was on the 22nd? I think they under estimate Americans ability to think about the upcoming holiday and what Barack Obama says i...
Truthiness Test
2007-10-22 15:36:00 "I don?t want Iowa and New Hampshire to be the only people in the United States who get to control who is a bellwether state. And if Iowa and New Hampshire don?t like that, they can take some of that Iowa corn and stick it right up their Dixville Notch."Stephen Colbert tells Tim Russert on "Meet The Press" why he's only running in his home state of South Carolina. So it's all a joke (yeah, he'd consider Larry Craig as Vee Pee), but Colbert makes some valid points cloaked in comedy. Editor & Publisher has a transcript. Here's the vid. More vid. Read the NYT piece.
By: Chickaboomer
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