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Katy Bar the Door, Rick Perry Prays for the Nation in Public

Acting like you’re allergic to God is the wrong way to grow a big tent. Expecting Christians to willfully suppress themselves — sacrificing principle for popularity — is antithetical to the conservative ideology of individualism. Leon Wolf takes to task

Credit Where It's Due: NOW Condemns Newsweek Over Bachmann Cover

Sunday night we told you about Newsweek’s unflattering cover of Congresswoman and presidential candidate Michele Bachmann and how the magazine gleefully promoted it on Twitter with the hashtag #QueenofRage. (It sparked our own caption contest using an unflattering photo of

Media and Democrats Spin to Blame the Tea Party for the Downgrade

Since America’s credit rating was downgraded for the first time in history under President Obama, Democrats and their media structure have been working overtime to spin this as the tea party’s fault. They’re spinning so hard they’re absolutely dizzy. John

What Media Bias? A Compilation of Media Hatred

Pundit Press last month compiled a hefty list of articles, some of which were covered here, as a chilling exhibition of media hatred — bias seems unsuitable — towards conservatives, the GOP, and the tea party. There are some legitimately

Where is Media in Rawesome Raid?

Tony Katz has an excellent write-up on last week’s Rawesome raid, a government action I find absolutely asinine. Look, I don’t care if you want to make the choice to purchased labeled raw dairy or local, organic food. I love

When Did the Riverfront Times Become Such a Prude?

I had to have a little chuckle over St. Louis’s alterna-weekly today after receiving a link to their recent article on Missouri’s Lt. Governor Peter Kinder. The headline? “Peter Kinder: Every Night’s a Pantless Party.” Today we can tell you

New Summer Jam: "You're Gonna Pay"

Love the creativity that went into Wilson Getchell’s do-it-yourself recording and video. [youtube IILD0N8eeQc nolink] Getchell‘s video was an entry for PowerLine’s $100k prize. Expect to hear this in Monday’s bumper tracks. *Correction: I incorrectly identified Getchall as Powerline’s winner

Sally Quinn Should Stick to Cocktail Parties and Ballroom Dancing

The Washington Post’s “faith” writer (and former author of “The Party” column until she penned a column airing her family’s conflicts and after complaints by her own family was demoted to writing on faith) and beltway hostess Sally Quinn says

Credit Where It's Due: NYT on James O'Keefe

It’s rare anymore that you read a story where you feel the writer respects both your opinion and their craft enough to allow you your own interpretation. Rarer still when it’s an article published by the New York Times. Most

Fareed Zakaria: "Tea Party is Extreme, Refuses to Compromise"

Imagine my surprise when, during Fareed Zakaria’s monologue on how the tea party is “extreme” and unyielding, a familiar sight flashed onto the screen, a backdrop for his critical opinion of the tea party movement: my costumed husband and his

White House Did Not Want GOP Response to Presidential Speech

The President is used to flexing his muscles and storming the public airwaves whenever he wants to sell skeptical Americans on socialist economic policies. The White House and media have before refused the GOP an opportunity to present a dissenting

A Quick Lesson for Media on the Definition of "Right Wing"

I loathe when American conservatives define themselves as “right wing” anything, even in jest — just as I loathe when the liberal press uses it as identification for American conservatives — because it is an inaccurate use of the term.

Quote of the Day

Via The Anchoress: It looks like he knew he was going to commit a crime that would bring him lasting infamy, and he wanted to prepare for the fame. I need to find out when those pictures were taking [sic].

MSNBC Gives Up Entirely, Replaces Cenk Uygur with Al Sharpton

Exchanging one aimless rambler for another, albeit exponentially more incendiary one. From Media Bistro: Now TVNewser hears Uygur may be moved out of the 6pm hour, possibly to be replaced by Al Sharpton. When the host changes happened earlier this

The 'Oh Snap!' Files: "Do You Have a Degree in Economics?"

Actually yes, yes he does. While losing an economic debate with Rep. Al Brooks, Contessa Brewer throws down the “well do you have a degree in economics?” card. [youtube 5mtQyEd-zS4 nolink] Ed Morrissey notes: Brooks actually has three degrees: political

Define "Transformation": Correcting Gloria Borger

Gloria Borger on CNN said recently that the tea party is “now become substantially just the no tax party as opposed to a party that cares about the deficit.” I understand that she was speaking about the movement and its

Sound Bite For the Day: Kids In the Back Seat

Via: CHRIS MATTHEWS: Country on the brink. Let’s play Hardball! Good evening I’m Chris Matthews, up in New York. Let me start tonight with the civil war going on in Washington today. It’s not North versus South or even Right

Jake Tapper Corners Jay Carney on Debt Ceiling

This is what journalism looks like. TAPPER: The worst-case scenario here is a default, right? CARNEY: That is a bad scenario. I’m not sure — I mean — TAPPER: Is it worse — CARNEY: You know, there are things you

Carney to Press: No Questions, Stills Only Today

From Politico: A long-running tiff between the White House press corps and the West Wing over presidential access flared anew today when press secretary Jay Carney faced off with reporters over the right to shout questions at the president during

Salon Can't Get Facts Straight In Gladney Smear Piece

I’m not surprised; after all, this is the publication edited* by Joan Walsh who immediately thinks of black people when she hears the word “welfare” and who insinuated, sans apology, that Andrew Breitbart and I somehow fabricated Weinergate. Alex Pareene

No Justice: Gladney Attackers Found Not Guilty

Hours ago a a St. Louis county jury found Elston McCowan and Perry Molens not guilty in the videotaped beating of Kenneth Gladney. Elston McCowan, of St. Louis, and Perry Molens, of De Soto, had been charged with attacking a

Whoopi Goldberg's Misplaced Anger

The women of “The View” are angry over this. “I am starting to feel that there is some sort of racial thing … but damnit I am sick of this crap! Could you people get your act together? … Stop

New Soros Project Aims to Follow GOP with Videographers

George Soros’s latest attempt in new media is about two years behind the conservative trailblazers who changed the face of elections and political blogging. At 27, he is a full-time “tracker” for American Bridge 21st Century, a new Democratic organization

Programming Note: Friday

I’ll be on CNN tomorrow morning (every Monday, Wednesday, Friday) at 9:30 central to talk political headlines of the day. After my 2-4 pm CDT show, Jason Lewis kindly invited me to fill in for him 5-8 pm CDT. My

Reuters Fabricates GOP Compromise on Tax Hikes

Senator Jon Kyl’s office has been slammed since Reuters Tweeted this less than an hour ago: Myself and other conservatives reTweeted this and voiced disdain for the reported compromise. We were in disbelief that the GOP would cave with zero

Politico's Interesting Way of Reporting Fox Hack

Ben Smith linked to a progressive website discussing the Fox Twitter hack but made no mention of it on their website. Because they made no mention that Fox’s account was hacked and not that Fox simply lied, the comments are

Open Thread Friday

Gloy, glory hallelujah: Democratic political candidates can skip this weekend’s July 4th parades. A new Harvard University study finds that July 4th parades energize only Republicans, turn kids into Republicans, and help to boost the GOP turnout of adults on

NBC's Bias in Bachmann Medicaid Story

Progressive media has launched a new attack on Rep. Michele Bachmann, that of her husband’s health clinic which received Medicaid patients. Newsbusters writes: On Wednesday’s NBC Today, correspondent Kelly O’Donnell declared that Michele Bachmann “faces new candidate scrutiny, including financial

White House Calls MSNBC, Complains About Halperin Remark

“Whatever action that network, any network, any newspaper might take, that’s not for us to decide.” So as long as that media outlet isn’t a car plant or Boeing, the administration won’t barge in and tell them how to run