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Memo to Michael Gerson: Republicans Defeated Castle, Not Palin

A fact-challenged Michael Gerson seems intent on largely blaming two lost Senate seats on Sarah Palin. But given that the facts don’t support his claim, what he actually reveals is just how much his brand of establishment Republican detests the

Miller Camp Claims AK Division Of Elections Dropped The Ball Today

The Senate campaign of Alaskan Republican, Joe Miller, claims the Alaska’s Division of Elections failed to meet its responsibilities today with regard to the transparent handling of what is sure to be a closely watched ballot counting process. They say

Media Acknowledges Obama's Declining Influence

Not that long ago, Barack Obama was viewed as the most powerful person in the world by the ruling class establishment. While still ranked at number 2 on Forbes magazine’s Most Powerful People on Earth list, his being brushed aside

The Path To Victory For Joe Miller In Alaska

Based upon current laws and regulations, there is a reasonable path to victory for Republican Joe Miller in the contentious U.S. Senate race in Alaska; however, with a very pro-Murkowski Lt. Governor, Craig Campbell, operating much like a state Secretary

NBC's Weak Post-Election Analysis of The Tea Party

Writing at NBC’s First Read, Alexandra Moe presents such a biased analysis of the Tea Party’s impact on the 2010 mid-terms, it’s either pure agitprop, or she left Curly, or Shemp and Larry out of her full last name. For

CBS Anchorage Affiliate KTVA Fires Two Over Phone Flap

In response to a Big Government story broken on October 30th, which exposed CBS affiliate KTVA employees conspiring as to how to potentially damage the campaign of Republican Senate candidate, Joe Miller, KTVA has announced the firing of two producers.

Reid Intimidating Harrah Execs To Get Employees In Line

On October 30th, the Left went crazy and there was immediate talk of official investigations when a local McDonald’s owner simply suggested to a “handful” of McDonald’s employees, they should consider supporting the right candidates. “If the right people are

Couric Mocks Juan Williams, Casts Him as Islamophobic

Perhaps just as minorities and women are fair game for the Left, provided they are Republicans or Conservatives, it appears that Juan Williams leaving NPR and joining Fox News in an expanded role now makes him fair game as well.

Left Assails ABC Over First Amendment Respect

The American tradition allows for all voices and viewpoints to be heard in our nation’s political discourse. Yet, when, in that spirit, ABC extended an invitation to Andrew Breitbart and Dana Loesch to participate in their election night coverage, ABC

Liberals Hate the First Amendment

My own politics began to mature while in college when simply publishing a letter to the editor from a student the academic Left rightly saw as an enemy resulted in their launching an all out effort to destroy my reputation.

Murkowski Casts New Challengers as Dyslexiaphobic

Looking increasingly like the liberal Washington, DC politician critics so often accuse her of being, Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski invoked the state’s largest minority group… and dyslexics to cast a number of new challengers for the Alaska Senate seat as

ABC Welcomes Right, While Some Seem Obsessed

Breitbartians are crashing the gate of ABC’s election night coverage, while still other media outlets appear to be obsessed, as if the Right has gotten inside their heads. It’s great to see ABC inviting Dana and Andrew into their election

How Many Child Pornographers Has Barbara Boxer Employed?

If someone were to ask you how many now convicted child pornographers Senator Barbara Boxer has employed, what would your answer be? My answer would have been none, before beginning an investigation into media double standards, as a result of

Obama Hosts Leftist Bloggers with Issues

In what some might characterize as an act of desperation to stir up his base for voting purposes, Barack Obama, presumably the most powerful individual in the free world, opened the Oval Office to a bevy of leftist bloggers, ones

Cold Chaos: Big Gov Wants You For Senator From Alaska, Today!

If you’re an Alaska resident and qualified to run for Senate, Big Government wants you to take action today to highlight the chaos brought about by Lisa Murkowski’s seemingly unending quest for power with her write-in campaign. But you must

Huffington Post Caught in Ethics Violation in Koch Smear Attempt

Note: Please be sure to read Big Government‘s expose on the Left’s manufactured smear attempt of philanthropist Charles Koch. A Big Government investigation into the Left’s manufactured smear campaign against liberty supporting philanthropist, Charles Koch, has caught the Huffington Post,

Exposing Institutional Left's Astroturf Attack On Charles Koch

While falsely portraying it as a David versus Goliath event, the Institutional Left has been caught in an orchestrated effort to attack Charles Koch, while creating a public relations event around California’s ballot initiaitve, Prop 23. Koch openly supports the

Paul Supporter to Court, Gladney Still Seeks Justice

The AP certainly doesn’t seem to be wasting any time in making an incident at a Kentucky political event big news. Editor Dana Loesch recently posted on the incident here at Big Journalism. LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) – A Rand Paul

Incident Reports Alleged Voter Fraud in Houston, Texas

Big Government has come into possession of the following five incident reports which appear to point to potential voter fraud in Houston, Texas. As readers know, the True the Vote story much in the news, is centered on Texas. Bryan

Joy Behar Thinks Media Matters Matters

Oh, man, are the Twitter fanatics going to have fun with this one. Let’s see, Eric Boehlert has a Behar in his shorts? Joy Behar haz stoopid views! Oh wait, I can see a moron from Joy Behar’s house and

TPM Frets Over ACORN and Other Democrat Nuts

For Big Journalism readers keeping score at home, every time vote or voter fraud is raised as an issue by the Right, Democrats and the Left, often led by TPM, get so crazy they fall out of their collective tree.

Barney Frank's Incompetence, Politics Made Financial Crisis Worse

The document trail below reveals some extremely troubling questions for Representative Barney Frank. Is the GAO report cited below truly the first serious investigation of the mortgage meltdown? Did Congress or the Financial Services committee he chairs have access to

Dan McCaleb: Useful, Idiot, Or Both?

Northwest Herald editor Dan McCaleb weighs in on the controversy over reciting the Pledge of Allegiance at a recent Melissa Bean event. How dare the great unwashed wish to rise in praise of old glory, one they’re intent on recapturing

Josh Marshall: Prescient, Or Eat Your Words?

Nothing like a little new media joust on a Saturday afternoon in the fall. Josh Marshall on both Obama and Bill Clinton today at TPM: Being president is hard. Being president two years into your first term is hard. And

Democrats Call Lisa Murkowski A Liar

All the while, Lisa Murkowski’s campaign has been engaged in a smear campaign against Joe Miller. Now, out of the blue, Democrats come out and call her an outright liar? It was troubling when Murkowski broke her word to voters

Houston's True The Vote Initiative

As cited by Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit, Hans A. von Spakovsky of Heritage, writing at Pajamas Media, points out just some of what a grassroots group of concerned citizens has turned up regarding potential voter registration issues in Houston, Texas.

Note To OFA: All Your Voters, They Belong To Us!

Would it really be surprising to learn that Organizing for America’s progressive Democrats may be better at vote fraud and stealing elections, as opposed to running information-based GOTV campaign? Probably not. After all, these are the same people who aired

The Digital Lynching of Clarence Thomas, Part Deux

In the wake of reports that wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Ginny Thomas, called Anita Hill for an apology for her performance before the Judiciary Committee nearly 20 years ago, the Washington Post has come out with a

GA Gov Candidate Roy Barnes' Mounting Financial Confusion

I’m a bit puzzled by Democrat Roy Barnes’ accounting methods here. Funny how an accounting error can lead to his allegedly owning a home for tax break purposes, when he didn’t actually own it. On top of that, he now

Politico's Jonathan Martin Humiliated by Multiple Named Sources

Relying upon multiple named sources, not Jonathan Martin’s anonymous know-it-alls, new media as an enterprise is humiliating Politico and Martin. For now, they still seem bunkered down. At this rate, it looks like something of a journalistic suicide watch for

'They,' Madam Speaker, Are We the People

Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, Democrat, blinked into her crystal ball and predicted the Republicans will pick-up only 15 House seats in November. A skeptical Charlie Rose reminded her of what “they” say. But Speaker Pelosi doesn’t seem to

At 39%, Upopular Obama Runs Home for A Hug from His Rahm

CNS News points out, Obama’s reelection rating by the American people is now down to 39%. Only 39 percent of Americans now believe President Barack Obama deserves to be reelected, according to a Gallup poll conducted Oct. 14-17. That’s likely

NPR: A Mission Failed Should Not Be Funded

According to National Public Radio’s (NPR) site, this is its stated mission. Below, a look at item one of three in said mission statement. Is it fair to say that the feelings Juan Williams expressed recently on Fox, ones for