In the runup to the 2010 elections, Politico is trying to rearrange this election’s narrative from the real one of widespread voter dissatisfaction with the Democrat status quo to one of “offbeat GOP candidates” that will “hurt the GOP.” Gee,
Most Big Journalism readers are probably already familiar with Tyler Collins. Tyler is the man who walked through the Fancy Farms picnic in Kentucky a few days ago pretending to be a Rand Paul supporter. He was carrying a sign
Earlier this week, Left-Wing Gentlemen’s Quarterly (aka GQ) landed a big scoop that was destined to alter the shape of the 2010 elections, if not American politics as we know it: an anonymous source said Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul
Remember the day when “Nothing Happened?” to Ralph Melish back in 1973? [youtube hps0TsJvqEA&feature nolink] Oddly enough, 1973 was also the year that gave us Rachel Maddow, star of the ratings-challenged MSNBC. Perhaps as an infant, young Ms. Maddow heard
As we continue our Summer series of the most left-biased journalists working in the Old Media today, it’s time for number seven on the list. We’ve done Cable TV, we’ve done a wire service, and we’ve done a newspaper, so
So Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul is at it again. At a forum with Democratic opponent Jack Conway in Kentucky, Paul said America’s poor, are “enormously better off than the rest of the world.” He cited an old Russian
It’s hard not to feel sorry for Newsweek’s Eleanor Clift. She’s like the unlucky girl who keeps trying oh-so-hard but never makes the cheerleading squad. In column after column Clift seems to be angling for some future sinecure in the
Two weeks ago Dr. Rand Paul, an ophthalmologist and the Republican U.S. Senate candidate from Kentucky, appeared on the Rachel Maddow show to clarify statements he had made, which seemed to suggest that he would have opposed the Civil Rights
Let me preface this by saying I’m not fan of the Paulies and some of their rude, pushy tendencies. With that, the recent email blast from MoveOn’s Steven Biel must be addressed as the deliberate race-baiting trash it is. In
Also on part one of Monday’s show: Rand Paul’s tricky week.
Mark my words. Rand Paul is never, ever going to appear on the Rachel Maddow show again. The newly-minted Kentucky GOP senatorial candidate’s interview with Maddow, about the Civil Rights Act of 1964, got testy, as exchanges about race in
[youtube JJyWWM9OHKA&NR nolink] Step aside Governor Palin. The MSM has acquired a new primary target, GOP Kentucky senatorial candidate, Dr. Rand Paul. The host of Sunday’s Meet The Press kicked off the campaign. So let the spin begin. Here’s what
TV Newser: The headline is from a tweet by New York Times media reporter Brian Stelter. He is referring to Kentucky Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul’s decision to cancel his scheduled appearance on NBC’s long-running Sunday morning public affairs
A drowning man will cling to any spar. A drowning Democrat to any Critz. There’s nothing wrong with clinging to spars when you’re shipwrecked in mid-ocean. It beats the alternative. But one should never mistake spars for lifeboats. As Eleanor
NewsBusters: Joe Scarborough might not have won any brownie points with his employer, but he gets credit for candor.
On the day after his historic primary win, National Public Radio rabidly went after Rand Paul, the newly minted GOP nominee for Kentucky Senator, trying to make him out to be a KKK sympathizer or perhaps a racist that would
The Corner: Appearing on Laura Ingraham’s radio show this morning, Rand Paul said he regretted his Wednesday appearance with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, in which Paul appeared to waver on whether he thought the government was right to force the desegregation
Tea Party Patriots, rejoice! With enemies like Michael Kinsley, who needs friends? Read between the sneering lines of Kinsley’s May 18th column in The Atlantic and you may just find an unintended love-letter to the very Tea Party Patriots he
From the Associated Press: Rand Paul defeated Republican establishment favorite Trey Grayson in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, a closely watched race that was a test of the tea party movement’s strength. Paul, the son of former presidential candidate
Brody File: Dr. James Dobson says that “senior members of the GOP” mislead him by telling him that Senate candidate Rand Paul was pro-choice. Because of that information, Dobson originally endorsed Trey Grayson. But Dobson now realizes that he was
The footage in question begins about 3:10 into Kiran Chetry’s interview with Rand Paul.
