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Mitch McConnell On Health Reform Bill: Its The Wrong Direction To Go PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-11-22 | The night after the Senate gets 60 votes to proceed on debating health care reform, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell shares his thoughts on what to expect with CNN's John King. "We know the American people don't want us to do this," McConnell argued, adding that the bill is "the wrong direction to go." "It drives the cost up for Americans... This bill is a job killer." King then asks McConnell to explain why health reform was not proposed during the Bush administration. McConnell said that it would be futile because "we didn't have the votes to pass it." He also proposed that the balance of the "failure" of the stimulus package be repealed. McConnell also responds to a "challenge" made by Dick Durbin for an alternative ("there's nothing on the Internet," Durbin said). "We're not planning on having a 2,000-page bill," McConnell said.
Democrats Befuddled On $300M Bribe For Sen. Mary Landrieu PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-11-22 | The Washington Post reported on a provision in the health reform bill that would give the state of Louisiana - whose Senator, Mary Landrieu, is indecisive on health reform - $300 million. "The promise of the Obama campaign is to change the way Washington works," CNN's John King asks Sen. Sherrod Brown. King argues that this process is "Washington as usual, is it not?" Brown and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen were tongue-tied as to how to answer the question at first. King continued, "Is it important enough to buy votes?"
Sen. Michael Bennet: Ill Risk My Job To Vote For Health Reform PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-11-22 | CNN's John King asks freshman Democrat Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado: "If... you are a critical vote for health care reform, and every piece of evidence tells you if you support that bill, you will lose your job, would you cast the vote and lose your job?" Bennet firmly answered: "Yes." "That tape will be held," King warns Bennet.
Obama Absolutely Confident Health Reform Will Be Done PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-11-18 | From China, President Barack Obama tells CNN's Ed Henry that after "procedural hurdles" in the legislation of health care reform, "I remain confident that we're going to get this done... I'm absolutely confident." As far as why he hasn't been like LBJ, Obama says: "LBJ didn't have the Congressional Budget Office." Obama also fields a question from a disgruntled Obama supporter regarding the bank bailout. "I understand people's frustrations... The American people have gone through a very tough year," and as President, he's committed to help "navigate" Americans, especially those who lost their jobs. "I'd be mad, too."
Anita Dunn Gives First Interview Since Announcing Resignation PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-11-15 | After announcing she would be stepping down as White House Communications Director, Anita Dunn talked to Albert Hunt about the White House's war with Fox News, and whether or not she was behind the war. "I am not one to be going rogue, to use a popular phrase," she said, actually relying on the popular Sarah Palin phrase twice in the interview. She also refers to "an opinion show using edited footage" (Hannity) and the show that exposed the practice (The Daily Show). "Comedy Central... That's where you're getting fact-checking investigative journalism these days, folks." Dunn is also asked to respond to comments by "well known, above the fray analyst" from Fox, Karl Rove, that the Obama administration as "mastered the Chicago way of politics." Dunn, tempted to say, "I am rubber, you are glue," explains that Obama has "really gone to extraordinary lengths to reach out to people who don't agree with him."
Fort Hood Victim Tells CNN: Hasan Yelled Allahu Akbar PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-11-12 | Army Specialist Logan Burnette talks to CNN's Sanjay Gupta about the horrific Fort Hood shooting rampage. "He screamed allah akbar and then started shooting," he said.
Mikhail Gorbachev On 20th Anniversary Of Fall Of Berlin Wall PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-11-08 | Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin wall, former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev tells CNN's John King it was "a very important event" in which "the voters could vote in a competitive election." He also comments that United States President Barack Obama is "facing a very difficult challenge" in his current role, though his election was "unprecedented." Gorbachev also suggests that it is not necessary for additional American troops to be sent to Afghanistan.
President Obama Comments On House Health Reform Passage PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-11-08 | The day after the House passes the health reform bill 220-215, President Obama comments on the historic moment from the Rose Garden at the White House. Obama says it was "a courageous vote for many members of Congress" given the "rhetoric" prior to the vote. "We are finally this close to getting reform done... Now it falls on the United States Senate... and I'm absolutely confident that they will" pass the bill. For more videos of reaction to the House's passage of health reform, go to http://www.youtube.com/BangTheNews and subscribe.
Orlando Office Shooting Suspect Arrested At Moms House PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-11-06 | Mayor Buddy Dyer and Chief Val Demings of the Orlando Police Department tell the media that Jason Rodriguez, a suspect in a shooting at an office building in Orlando, was apprehended "without incident" at his mother's residence.
Unemployment Rate Reaches Double Digits - 10.2%! PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-11-06 | CNN coverage of the "big" unemployment rate report of October 2009: it reaches 10.2%, but job loss has slowed down.
Fort Hood Chief of Media Confirms Fort Hood Dead, Injured PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-11-05 | Fort Hood Chief of Media Christopher Hoag gives CNN's Wolf Blitzer the details of the horrific shooting at Fort Hood: two suspects apprehended, and one of the twelve soldiers confirmed dead is believed to be a third suspect. Also, thirty-one soldiers wounded.
President Obama Remarks On Fort Hood Massacre PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-11-05 | President Obama comments on the tragic shooting at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas, in which twelve soldiers were killed and dozens were injured, calling it "a horrific outburst of violence." "It is horrifying that they should come under fire at an Army base on American soil," he says. The comments were preceded by a "shout out" to a medal of honor winner.
Michele Bachmann: Pelosi Plan The Crown Jewel of Socialism PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-10-31 | On Sean Hannity's TV show, Rep. Michele Bachmann breaks down parts of the new 1,990-page health care proposal from Nancy Pelosi. "This is cradle-to-grave government takeover," she says. "This is the crown jewel of socialism, this bill." The Congresswoman also refers to the bill as "a tremendous insult to the American people" and in honor of Halloween, a "horror picture show."
Poll: Only 23% Of Americans Trust The Government PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-10-30 | CNN's Carol Costello - who recently filed a report on conservative talkers like Rush Limbaugh - files a "Just Sayin'" report on many Americans' skepticism with the government. A NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll says "just 23%" trust the government.
Gloria Borger Grills James Clyburn About Alan Grayson PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-10-30 | After Rep. Alan Grayson's comments from a month ago about Republicans "wanting people to die" as well as referring to a secretary as a "K Street whore," House Minority Whip James Clyburn is asked by Gloria Borger on "The Situation Room" about the Florida Congressman's decorum. Clyburn referred to Grayson as "a good buddy," and that "he is remorseful for the language."
Barney Franks Cell Phone Goes Off During Interview! PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-10-29 | An embarrassing moment for Sen. Barney Frank's cell phone rings during an interview with MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell.
Shannyn Moore on Levis Huge Sarah Palin Bombshell PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-10-29 | Alaska-based radio host and blogger Shannyn Moore comments on Levi Johnston's "holding back something huge" about Sarah Palin. With Lawrence O'Donnell.
Schwarzeneggers Note To Dem Lawmakers: Fuck You! PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-10-28 | Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wrote a veto letter to Democratic lawmakers in California consisting of seven lines, each line starting with the letters in the words "fuck you." A spokesman for the Governor says it was a "coincidence" that his message was spelled that way. Lou Dobbs thinks the story is hilarious.
Poll: 71% Believe Sarah Palin Not Qualified To Be President PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-10-28 | CNN's Candy Crowley reports on a new poll from CNN/opinion Research saying that only 29% of those surveyed are of the opinion that former Vice presidental candidate Sarah Palin, as Ms. Crowley puts it, "does not have the right stuff to sit in the Oval Office."
Greta Van Susteren on Alan Graysons Trifecta PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-10-28 | Comments from Rep. Alan Grayson were unearthed in which he labeled Linda Robertson "a K street whore" in a radio interview with Alex Jones. Grayson had since apologized for the remark. This despite praise from President Obama as "an outstanding member of Congress." This makes it a "trifecta," according to Greta Van Susteren, who then talks to ABC News' Rick Klein about the Congressman. Klein calls him "a bit of a loose cannon." Greta asks if the negative attention will hurt him. "I think Republicans are targeting him," he says. "He is on the top of the GOP's list."
Joe Sestak, Anthony Weiner Defend Alan Grayson Against Bill OReilly PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-10-28 | Comments from Rep. Alan Grayson were unearthed in which he labeled Linda Robertson "a K street whore" in a radio interview with Alex Jones. This led Bill O'Reilly to devote his "talking points memo" to Grayson, saying he is "a nut. N-U-T, nut." "The guy's simply out of control," he adds, also calling him "an embarrassment" and even compared him to Rev. Jeremiah Wright. O'Reilly then interviews two Democratic Congressmen, Rep. Anthony Weiner and Rep. Joe Sestak. Regarding Grayson's "whore" comment, Weiner said: "I think he went too far with his comments, and I think he would admit that." He added it's "up to his constituents" as to what Grayson's punishment should be, if any. Said Sestak on Grayson's controversial quotes: "This is why Americans are losing confidence and turst in public officials." O'Reilly is concerned about Obama being associated with "radicals" like Grayson and Judge Edward Chen, but Weiner and Sestak defend them. "People like you decry these voices on the fringes, and then we highlight them all day," Weiner said.
Hulk Hogan Quizzed About Steroids On Larry King Live PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-10-28 | During an appearance on "Larry King Live," a viewer asks Hulk Hogan why he started using steroids. "Everybody in all the sports industries were using them," Hogan says. But in the early 1990's, many realized steroids "wasn't something that was necessary." "People have been reeducated, thank God."
Rick Santorum: Obama Should Throw Alan Grayson Under The Bus PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-10-28 | Comments from Rep. Alan Grayson were unearthed in which he labeled Linda Robertson "a K street whore" in a radio interview with Alex Jones. Rick Santorum then tells Sean Hannity that President Obama - who dubbed Grayson as "an outstanding member of Congress" - would be smart to distance himself from the Congressman. "This guy is an extremist," the former Pennsylvania Senator said. "This is a guy who's deeply tied to the left... and Barack Obama is standing right beside him."
Barbara Boxer Caught Chewing Gum At U.N. Meeting! PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-10-27 | Fox cameras caught Sen. Barbara Boxer discarding chewing gum as a meeting at the United Nations was about to get underway! Includes a "slo-mo replay"!
OReilly Goes After Time Mag Writer Who Says Fox News Lies PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-10-27 | Bill O'Reilly uses his "talking points memo" to attack Time magazine columnist Joe Klein for writing that "Fox News peddles a fair amount of hateful crap," which is mostly "untrue." O'Reilly challenged Klein to appear on his show, but he declined - or "he's scared." "The Factor reaches more people in one hour than Time magazine does in a week," O'Reilly jabs. "This is now the network of record, and the left doesn't like it." Later in the segment, O'Reilly proclaims Fox News "the most powerful news organization in the world." Yet within moments, he says of his show's audience: "We're real close to Katie Couric numbers." Bernie Goldberg also appears and wonders where Klein was when a commentator at MSNBC (Keith Olbermann?) was talking "hateful crap" about President Bush. He also had a warning for the Obama White House: "They're not in Chicago anymore." For the Obama administration to provoke Fox News like they have been doing, "That's not Presidential," he argues. "That's what a mayor does... It's beneath a President to do this."
Michael Wolff: Fox News Is Not Very Popular PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-10-26 | Michael Wolff, who wrote a book about Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch titled "The Man Who Owns the News," argues that even though Fox News is dominant in cable news ratings, they are "not very popular in this country." "We're talking under 2 million people... It's a really marginal extreme presence in the United States," said Wolff, who is also a contributing editor of "Vanity Fair." Wolff and Chris Matthews also spend time talking about Rush Limbaugh's "dittoheads."
Gov. Jon Corzine Dishes Dirt On Chris Christie On CNN PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-10-26 | One week after his opponent for the New Jersey Governor's race, Chris Christie, appeared on "The Situation Room" to speak out about a Corzine ad campaign accusing him of "throwing his weight around" - "it's obvious what he's trying to do," Christie had said - Corzine appeared on the same show and called out Christie on his frequent "abuses of power," from driving the wrong way down a one-way street, hitting someone on a motorcycle, and not receiving a ticket, to reglecting to pay taxes on a loan. "[He] has the willingness to go in front of the public and say, 'Well, I'm going to be a different kind of guy'," he told Wolf Blitzer.
Reliable Sources Debates: Payback or Pay Cut for Wall Street CEOs? PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-10-25 | A panel on "Reliable Sources" discusses on CEO's of bailed-out Wall Street companies, and the coverage of the story in the mainstream media, as well as Fox News.
This Week Roundtable: The White Houses War On Fox News PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-10-25 | The "Roundtable" of "This Week" discusses the White House's war with Fox News Channel. Referring to comments made by White House Communications Director Anita Dunn, George Will says that Fox News might be "opinion journalism," but that also "describes The New York Times, and certainly MSNBC." Will also tells George Stephanopoulos that there is "a bullying aspect" in the Obama administration's tactics toward the cable network. Laura Ingraham pointed out that when "an esteemed journalist" in Charles Gibson had no clue about the ACORN scandal, there was "a collective gasp across the United States." "Every administration tries to manipulate the news media," comments Cynthia Tucker, before giving an example from the Bush administration propping other journalists. Says Bloomberg's Al Hunt: "I must say I'm amused that Karl Rove is shocked that they would go after the press."
Brazile: GOP Has No Alternative To Health Reform, Name A Bill PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-10-25 | CNN's Donna Brazile and Ed Gillespie battle it out over whether or not "a Republican alternative plan" to health care reform exists. "We've seen proposals; we've not seen a plan," Brazile said to Gillespie, before challenging him to name a bill that's been scored by the Congressional Budget Office.
McConnell: Dems Nervous; McCaskill: McConnells A Deficit Hawk PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-10-25 | On "This Week," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell tells George Stephanopoulos: "All the nervousness is on the Democratic side... We know there's nervousness among the Democrats over this increasing view that Congress is acting like a teenager with their parents' credit card, not worried about who's going to have to pay the bill." Moments late, Sen. Claire McCaskill responds: "I think that Mitch McConnell is busy on politics instead of policy... Frankly, you can't be a deficit hawk. You can't eb a serious deficit hawk, and not realize we've got to do something."
John McCain to Dick Cheney: We Ought To Look Forward PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-10-25 | On "Face the Nation," Bob Schieffer asks Sen. John McCain to comment on former Vice President Dick Cheney's comments that the Obama administration is "dithering" and "endangering" troops currently fighting. "I wouldn't use that language," McCain responds, adding: "I think we ought to look forward, that is to support the President... I think the President will make the right decision." Schieffer then asks McCain if Cheney speaking out helps the Republican party or hurts it. "He has the right to speak out," McCain says. "Having said that, I think we should, as much as possible, say our message is... we want to support the President and unite the country behind it." Schieffer then told McCain that he didn't answer his question. "I don't know," he said. "I would leave others to judge, really."
HuffPost Editor: Fox News Is 24/7 Campaign Against Obama Admin PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-10-25 | A panel on "Reliable Sources" discusses the White House's ongoing war with Fox News Channel. Nico Pitney, national editor of The Huffington Post asks, "If the Republican National Committee had a television network, how would it be any different?" "Fox News is the voice of the opposition," he continues. "By and large, the network is a 24-hour campaign against the Obama administration." "This is such a big story, other networks have to cover it," says Amanda Carpenter of The Washington Times. And Jane Hall, a contributor to Fox News for over a decade, said of the White House's isolation of Fox: "I don't think this a good strategy for the Obama administration," she told Howard Kurtz. "I think they look like whiners." Hall adds that she left Fox News because there was "less debate than they used to." "But how much debate is there on MSNBC?" She also said that Glenn Beck's language is "over the top" and that also partly contributed to her leaving Fox News.
Sen. Sherrod Brown Torches Dick Cheney On Dithering Claim PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-10-25 | On "State of the Union," John King plays for two Senators, tape of former Vice President Dick Cheney accusing President Obama and the White House of "dithering." Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) responds: "I think it's outrageous... To listen to Dick Cheney, who was the mastermind of the most failed decade of foreign policy that this country's had... talk about dithering... when their mistake was to attack Iraq and lose sight of Afghanistan... [it's] eight years of dithering by that administration." Also, Republican Senator Orrin Hatch replied: "I would never want to call my President dithering... but he argues that it's "a mistake to continue to not make this decision."
Stephen A. Smith Doesnt Know A D.A. From The D.E.A. PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-10-24 | Apparently, Stephen A. Smith's transition from sports to cable news may prove to be an arduent task. During a discussion on "Your Money," the former ESPN host says the reason why Craigslist is a hotbed for ads from hookers soliciting services, is because it can't be advertised on television. "Prostitution is illegal," he argues. "What if it were drugs," asks Christine Romans. before illustrating an example, before posing this question: "Would the DEA be down on it?" "Most certainly, a DA would be down your throat," Smith responds, "if you were to facilitate something like that." By the way, at the start of the clip, Ali Velshi says that if you search the word "prostitute" on the Internet, there are "many, many roads" other than Craigslist. And he knows this how?
Larry ODonnell: Id Bet Brazilian Wax If Roger Ailes Run For President! PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-10-24 | When rumors surfaced that friends of Fox News President Roger Ailes suggested he run for President in 2012, Ailes debunked the possibility by declining, saying, "I can't take the pay cut." In the wake of Chuck Todd's gaotee-shaving bet contingent on the Phillies returning to the World Series, This led Lawrence O'Donnell, substituting for Keith Olbermann, to tell Richard Wolffe that, "I was going to bet you that if Roger Ailes actually ran for President, I would get a Brazilian. Now, was there any chance you would have taken that bet?" "Could you just give me a couple of seconds for my retinas to stop burning with that image," Wolffe appealed to O'Donnell.
Balloon Boy Mom Admits: We Did It For Television PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-10-24 | According to a court affidavit, Mayumi Heene, the mother of Falcon Heene, a.k.a. "Balloon Boy," has come clean on the helium-fueled hoax. According to paperwork from the Larimer County Sheriff's Department, the mother admits to lying to police.
Fox News Host: CNN Insulting Viewers With Talk Radio Shrink PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-10-24 | In Bill O'Reilly's weekly "Dumbest Thing Of The Week" segment, "Red Eye" host Greg Gutfeld nominated CNN, which, for a report on talk radio, interviewed a psychiatrist to analyze radio hosts (she referred to Rush Limbaugh as a "bully"). This, on the heels of the network "fact checking" a "Saturday Night Live" skit about President Obama. "CNN is the news network version of a psych major," Gutfeld says. "They never deal with anythign of serious value... They're using the onoly mechanism the left has to explain the popularity of the right: we're all crazy." "It's actually great for networks like Fox," Gutfeld adds, "because CNN is insulting millions of people."
OReilly, Sally Quinn Call Obama Fox Snub Dumb, Childish PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-10-24 | Sally Quinn from The Washington Post talks to Bill O'Reilly about how other media outlets "stuck up" for Fox News after an attempt to be blocked from a media pool for an interview with the Obama administration's pay czar. "From what I can gather... everybody thinks it's dumb and dumber, what the White House is doing," Quinn says. "Most people think that it's absolutely crazy." "I'm baffled by it, particularly after having gone through Watergate," she adds. Quinn also commented that Obama was acting as if he were still "in campaign mode." "He's acting like in campaign mode for the fifth grade," O'Reilly added. They also discuss rhetoric coming from Rep. Alan Grayson, whom O'Reilly dubs "unhinged." Quinn says Grayson's comments are not only "worse than immature," but they're so "completely over the top" it reminds her of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Grayson was invited on "The Factor" but declined, according to O'Reilly, because he is "afraid of me."
First Lady Michelle Obama - Breast Cancer Awareness Speech PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-10-23 | First Lady Michelle Obama helped make the case for healthcare reform during a White House event Friday on Breast Cancer Awareness. The First Lady said that the health reform proposals would lead the U.S. toward better prevention and treatment of breast cancer, a particularly deadly form of cancer to afflict women. Obama cited the example of women who, after surviving breast cancer, had a difficult time getting health insurance, which was classified as a "preexisting condition," putting them at risk for costly treatments if they were to suffer a reoccurrence of the cancer. "So I know that a lot of survivors like them are terrified," Obama said, referencing women in the audience who'd gone through similar situations. "They are living in fear of losing their jobs or changing jobs or even moving, because they worry they won't be able to find affordable insurance." "That's why it is so critically important that we finally reform our health care system that is causing so much heartache for so many people affected by this disease," she added. "Now is the time." The First Lady has emerged as a more visible proponent of healthcare reform, one of President Barack Obama's signature initiatives, over the past few weeks. She said that the disease afflicts not only women, but their families as well, and that passing legislation before Congress would ease prevention and treatment. "So that's how health insurance reform will work," she said. "That's how it will help people who have been diagnosed with breast cancer and those who've survived the disease. But first, we have to get it passed."
Perino: Of Course Bush Admin Hated Some Liberal Media PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-10-23 | In light of President Obama and some of his advisors isolating Fox News as "not a news organization" or "operating as a talk radio format," former press secretary and current Fox pundit Dana Perino is asked by Neil Cavuto if she ever used that treatment toward journalists during her term. "Of course there is liberal media that we didn't like," Perino admits, "but we would never have said it out loud." The ex-press secretary of former President George Bush added that the treatment "was never his style."
Obamas Fight With Fox Echoes Nixons Enemies List PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-10-23 | President Obama might be shutting out a news organization in Fox News from the White House, but CNN's Rick Sanchez says his actions are no different than past Presidents such as Richard Nixon, Franklin Roosevelt, and even Abraham Lincoln.
Bill OReilly Reacts To Contessa Brewers Al Sharpton Gaffe With Jesse Jackson PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-10-23 | Bill O'Reilly plays a clip of MSNBC's Contessa Brewer introducing Rev. Jesse Jackson as "Rev. Al Sharpton", "Now, everybody makes mistakes - I've made plenty of them - but that was a pretty big one," O'Reilly said during laughter.
Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow Defend Lunch With Obama At White House PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-10-23 | In light of the right wing sniping at President Obama for holding a lunch with journalists at the White House as well as Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann from MSNBC, Maddow explains that not only did the Bush White House freeze out The New York Times as well as MSNBC, but she also told of why she never got an invite to "talk radio meetings" during the Bush administration. Olbermann also joins Maddow to discuss the matter, calling right-wing critics of the lunch "walking examples of... post-traumatic stress disorder." "It is pot and kettle," said Olbermann, calling Fox News' response to the lunch "stunning" as well as confounding and silly and stupid." Olbermann then broke down Fox News' journalism tactics, calling it "a way to sort of bring in crap through the side door," he said.
Olbermann Fires Back At Tucker Carlsons Hypocrisy About Obama Lunch PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-10-23 | On Monday, Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow were invited to the White House for an off-the-record lunch with journalists with President Obama. After Tucker Carlson writes that the meeting was "simple bias," Keith Olbermann uses his "Worst Persons" segment to respond. "I'm a little tired of the sanctimonious, amnesiac crap from people like Tucker Carlson," Olbermann says before explaining examples of "bias" from the Bush White House.
Obama On WH War With Fox News: Im Not Losing Sleep Over It PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-10-22 | President Obama is asked if it is appropriate to be "working the umps" in regards to calling Fox News "not a news organization." "I think what our advisors have simply said is that we are going to take the media as it comes, and if media is operating, basically as a talk radio format, then, that's one thing, and if it is operating as a news outlet, then that's another, but I'm not something that I'm losing a lot of sleep over."
Richard Lewis: I Would Have Voted For A Muppet After Bush! PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-10-22 | Comedian Richard Lewis comments on "out of touch" politicians, like Rep. Michele Bachmann's website collecting information from visitors - something the Congressman railed against when President Obama solicited health care reform support. Lewis also recalls the time Sen. Joe Lieberman denied a handshake with the comedian, saying to him: "I know your material." On the many crises that Obama has inherited, Lewis comments: "I would have voted for a Muppet after what happened after these eight years!" Oh, and he's got a comedy gig to plug, too.
Dennis Miller: Sarah Palin Wont Run For President PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-10-22 | In light of news that former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will be appearing on Oprah Winfrey's show to promote her new book "Going Rogue," comedian Dennis Miller tells Bill O'Reilly that she is no longer a rogue. "I think of Oprah's show as sort of a cathartic ATM," said Miller, who added that she has a brighter future as an author than the leader of the free world. "This is not rogue to me," he says. "This is some concession that she's whooped; I don't think she is going to run for President."
OReilly Mocks White House After Olbermann, Maddow Meeting PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-10-22 | Bill O'Reilly starts with a "talking points memo" in which he talks about the petition from "the radical left organization Move On" and their petition encouraging Democrats to stay away from Fox News. "How dumb, how cowardly," said O'Reilly, who called MoveOn.org 'a slash and burn operation trying to intimidate democrats." He also touches on a meeting that Rahm Emanusl, David Axelrod and Robert Gibbs had with New York Times columnists and "two MSNBC commentators" - whom he failed to mention (Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow). Jealous, Bill? "They drag in all these crazy lefties for 2 1/2 hours on Monday... He's talking to these loons for 2 1/2 hours? Hey, do some work in Afghanistan, you know? 2 1/2 hours with those pinheads, my God." In addition, O'Reilly pins the White House's war with Fox News solely on the Chief of Staff. "We understand Rahm Emanuel is behind this," O'Reilly says to Politico.com's Mike Allen and Jim Vandehei. "He's the guy that's pushing it." Also, the Politico guys talk about a report that the Obama administration wants to "diminish the clout" of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and "make the chamber less relevant".
Corzine Opponent Chris Christie: Im Overweight, So What? PoliticsNewsPolitics 2009-10-21 | On the evening that President Obama appears in New Jersey at a fundraiser for the re-election of Governor Jon Corzine, his Republican opponent, Chris Christie, appears on "The Situation Room," noting that once Obama leaves New Jersey on this night, the citizens know that Obama won't be running things if they vote Democratic on Election Day. "We're going to be stuck with Jon Corzine," he says. Wolf Blitzer asks Christie if he describes himself as a "moderate or a conservative Republican." Christie responds that he is simply a Republican who cares about government having a lesser role, adding, "I'll leave the labeling to the pundits." Christie also responds to an ad from the Corzine campaign painting his opponent as "throwing his weight around." "I'll let your audience in on a little secret, Wolf: I'm overweight," Christie tells Blitzer. I have struggled on and off with my weight for the last 30 years... That's the way it is."
