Category Archives: Wonky Media

Breitbart’s Day Of Vindication, Cannonfire’s Day Of Delusion

There’s much sadness, and insanity, on the port side of the political aisle right now, vis a vis the Weiner affair. And Politico starts us off with In Andrew Breitbart’s up-and-down career as a conservative agitator, it doesn’t get any better than this. Ten days ago, he broke the Rep. Anthony Weiner Twitter scandal on […]

Fish Wrap’s Back To Calling Jihadis “Militants”

Back to the same from the NY Times ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — One of Pakistan’s most wanted militant commanders, Ilyas Kashmiri, was killed in an American drone strike in the tribal territory of South Waziristan, residents and a militant active in the area said Saturday. But Pakistani and American officials cautioned that they had not been […]

Liberal Bummer: Obama Can’t Do Anything To Fix Economy In Short Term

News for liberals: he hasn’t been able to do anything in the long term, either. He’s had over two years. He had a compliant Congress for the first half of his term. What they’ve done hasn’t worked. But, of course, what the Liberals are worried about is not an actually better economy, but, an economy […]

LA Times Doesn’t Believe Weiner, Who’s Surely Happy Edwards Was Indicted

They aren’t buying what Weiner’s selling (LA Times) We really, really don’t want to be writing about Weinergate. Seriously. The travails of Rep. Anthony Weiner seem so much like a piece of here-today, gone-tomorrow political theater, a manufactured controversy just titillating enough to keep the Twittersphere thrumming, that we’d rather not add to the national […]

Palin Bus Tour Upsets GOP Elites

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: for someone who is supposed to be a lightweight, stupid, and has no chance of being president, Palin sure scares the panty shields off of the liberal media and the GOP intelligentsia, and The Politico is there to make sure they tell us once again that […]

MSDNC Anchor: Palin’s Bus Tour A “Breach Of Federal Law”

Funny stuff from Newsbusters, who watch MSNBC so the rest of us don’t have to MSNBC’s Martin Bashir on May 31 insisted that Sarah Palin’s bus tour amounts to a “breach of a federal law.” Anchoring his eponymous program, Bashir scolded, “In fact, the whole thing could be in breach of a federal law because […]

Oh, Noes! Sarah Palin “A No-Show For Fans!”

Breathlessly reported by MSDNC Palin a no-show for fans at Civil War battlefield GETTYSBURG, Pennsylvania — Sarah Palin has found a new way to keep her political faithful guessing. Palin was a no-show for several hundred supporters, celebrity-watchers and media who turned out in hopes of seeing her at the Civil War battlefield of Gettysburg […]

Politico: “Sarah Palin Goes Behind Enemy Lines”

Yes, that is the exact headline, and what follows is an interesting article Starting Sunday, Sarah Palin enters enemy territory. The bus tour that stands to return her to the 2012 spotlight is taking her to the part of the country that’s the least friendly to her — the northeastern U.S. The headline and the […]

Ya Know, I Wasn’t Aware Of Obama Being In Europe To Worship Apollo

How ’bout you? Paean: a hymn of invocation or thanksgiving to Apollo or some other ancient Greek deity. Oh, wait, Politico probably meant the other definition, any song of praise, joy, or triumph, which was probably meant to say Europeans were praising NMP Obama. In the actual story page, vs the front page screen capture, […]

Suddenly, Citing The Willie Horton Ad Is Not Raaaaacist…

…when attempting to use it against the GOP: GOP governors could face pardon issue in 2012 campaign It’s still early in the presidential race, so the opposition research dumps haven’t really begun. But when the skeletons in the closets of 2012 GOP hopefuls begin to be revealed, the unique shape of the field—which will almost […]

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