Category Archives: Wonky Media

Politico: You Know What Obama’s Really Awesome At?

Initially, when I ran across this article at Memeorandum and started reading it, it seemed to be a typical Politico portrait of just how super-awesome Obama is And what’s right with President Obama? Barack Obama is a man of different talents, instincts and interests than Clinton. But now that Washington is in pile-on mode — […]

EJ Dionne: Obama Needs To Lay Out A Moral Position For Syria

Obviously, The Washington Post’s E.J. Dionne takes some swipes at the GOP for failing to be super enthusiastic for whatever-the-hell Obama’s Syria policy is (beyond throwing a few bombs and missiles): that’s expected. By throwing a vote to congress Obama was creating a situation where the GOP could be assaulted no matter what. Then we […]

Oh, Good, NY Times Blames UN And Congress, Saying They’ve Abdicated Their Role On Syria

Interesting. Polls range from 50% to 80% saying Americans do not want to military strikes on Syria. And 80% want Congressional approval. Yet, Mr. Obama has stated that he’s not going to bother with more than a few meetings and briefings, nothing heavy nor involved, nor is he going to seek a vote, like PM […]

NY Times: Hey, Obama Really Needs To Follow Through And Strike Syria

The Editorial Board for the Times squishily makes its case that Nobel Peace Prize winner Barack H. Obama should conduct war on Syria, with or without the blessing of the United Nations, forgetting that getting the blessing of the United States Congress might be nice Responding to Syrian Atrocities There is little doubt now that […]

Ezra Klein Takes One For Team Climahysteria, Walks Back Gore Hurricane Comment

Lots of people, from pundits to scientists, have hit Gore for his comment about “category 6 hurricanes”. Like a good little disciple, Ezra Klein takes one for the team (via Junk Science) (Washington Post) On Wednesday, I published an interview with Al Gore in which he mentioned that the scientific community was beginning to consider […]

NY Times: Hey, What Happened In Egypt Really Isn’t Obama’s Fault

It must be the fault of Other People, you know How American Hopes for a Deal in Egypt Were Undercut For a moment, at least, American and European diplomats trying to defuse the volatile standoff in Egypt thought they had a breakthrough. As thousands of Islamist supporters of the ousted president, Mohamed Morsi, braced for […]

NY Times: Mostly Unnamed North Carolinians Fear Something

I’d like to know what the NY Times actually knows about “the middle way”, considering they operate out of a heavily Progressive city in a pretty heavily left voting state North Carolinians Fear the End of a Middle Way When Pat McCrory, a Republican former mayor of Charlotte, was elected governor last year, he pledged […]

Good News: POTUS Press Secretary Still A Clueless Fool

Jay Carney makes Baghdad Bob look like an awesome spokesperson (Daily Caller) White House Press Secretary Jay Carney dismissed a question Wednesday regarding the safety of George Zimmerman and his parents as “ridiculous.” Asked by The Daily Caller during the daily press briefing whether the president intends to take any action to protect the Zimmermans […]

Dana Milbank Upset Democrats Dare Accuse Bush, Bush Admin. Of Wrong Doing

Oh, wait, sorry, he’s upset that Republicans have suggested that Obama and his administration might have engaged in wrong doing and could be involved in the IRS targeting scheme Accuse first and ask questions later A third House committee joined the stampede to examine the IRS on Monday, and its chairman did exactly what you […]

NBC Makes Up Quote For Michele Bachmann: “I’m quitting my House seat in 2014”

Here’s their headline Nowhere in the story is that headline verified. Nor, if one listens to the 8+ minute video from Bachmann will you hear that phrase. A bit of bias, eh? For Max Baucus NBC had the headline Max Baucus heeds the call of Nature. And Harkin won’t seek 6th Senate term (for Tom […]

Pirate's Cove