Sarah Palin’s detractors in the media are certainly prone to wishful thinking concerning the Cuda’s potential as the Republican nominee in 2012. Since Palin’s statement on the Tucson tragedy, some have written her off as a serious contender for the
Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch: Why do I defend Palin in this case? I don’t agree with her political philosophy: She is an arch conservative. I am a liberal with sanity. I know that I am setting myself
Big Journalism Editor Dana Loesch and Cornell Belcher discuss Sarah Palin’s remarks immediately following Hannity. “No one is going to be happy with anything Sarah Palin says until she puts her head on a platter and offers it up.”
The Daily Mail is positively gushing over Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais and his willingness to pretty much hit every star in the room directly in their soft spot. Meanwhile, back in America, the Hollywood Reporter has a host of
For over a week we have heard the pundits on the left try to pin the blame for the horrible Tucson shootings on the Tea Parties, Sarah Palin, and/or Right Wing Radio hosts. However there was no evidence that anything
If Joan Walsh obsessed over the facts of the Tucson shooting case as she does over every word which falls from Sarah Palin’s mouth, one might be able to take her as a credible contributor to general political discourse. As
I’ll be the first to admit that my home city of Pittsburgh has a permanent blemish on it: it’s the spawning grounds of the anti-capitalist punk band Anti-Flag. These guys function as ANSWER automatons; the first song I heard by
Part 1: Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Part 2: Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Part 3: Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin gives her first interview since Arizona shooting to Fox News’ Sean
I was pleased to read that Eric Fuller issued an apology to Trent Humphries this afternoon: Arizona shooting victim James Eric Fuller sent his apologies Monday for telling a Tea Party leader, “you are dead.” Dorothy DeRuyter, a companion of
Funny, MSNBC’s timeline video package of the tragic events in Tucson, edited to show the debate over vitriolic political speech, shows moments from Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, and several sanctimonious Democrats but no clips of Keith Olbermann, Chris Matthews or
There was a lot of discussion of this around the blogosphere as to whether or not ABC would air a video that, if Eric Fuller and Trent Humphries’ positions were reversed and a tea partier threatened someone who is obviously
There’s no mincing of words in this. Considering the public isn’t buying the spin and a recent study shows how Americans find Sarah Palin more believable and sincere after her Tucson remarks, this (forgive the “violent rhetoric”) backfired on the
From the time news coverage of the Tucson shooting began streaming across television screens till now, there has been a concerted effort to affix blame for the shooting on conservatives like Sarah Palin and bodies of conservatism, like the Tea
After ripping Kirsten Powers two weeks ago forcing an apology on Twitter, Kirsten Powers has penned a piece over at the Daily Beast that dissects the missed opportunity for President Obama in his healing hands speech/pep rally: But there was
From LA Times: Fuller, a disabled veteran and former campaign volunteer for Giffords, was charged with making threats, intimidation and disorderly conduct and was involuntarily committed for a psychiatric evaluation, Ogan said. In an interview with Democracy Now on Thursday,
While praying for the recovery of the Safeway victims all last week, we also documented the media’s attempts to defame the tea party by tying the actions of Jared Loughner to the conservative movement — all of this done while
One of the Arizona shooting victims was arrested Saturday and then taken for a psychiatric evaluation after authorities said he took a picture of a tea party leader at a televised town hall meeting and yelled: “you’re dead.” Members of
The leftwing Daily Kos on June 25, 2008, called for putting a “bull’s-eye” on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords’ district. The Kos called it a “target” list that included Mrs. Giffords, who now fights for her life after an attempted assassination on
This past week’s “blood libel” comment from Sarah Palin brought forth the seeming unlikeliest of defenders, Alan Dershowitz, who, in an exclusive to Big Government, defended the former governor’s comments from her obsessed detractors. Conservatives are justifiably pleased that their
I am a firm believer that the nug behind the gun is what needs controlling. I also believe that automatic weapons, street sweepers and 31 round mags should be reserved for the good guys. But one restriction always leads to
Andrew Potter at Mediaite took a serious swipe at Jon Stewart this week, dragging “The Daily Show” host over the proverbial coals for not doing his job in the wake of the Tucson massacre: [Stewart] …instead of taking sides, placing
As he sits behind bars awaiting trial, Jared Loughner is undoubtedly relishing every moment of the ruckus that he managed to stir up with his deadly rampage in Tucson. In addition to murdering six innocent human beings and wounding more
When the calendar approaches the Jewish Holiday of Passover there is usually much discussion and unfortunate new examples of the infamous lie against Jews, the blood libel which charges that Jews use the blood of Gentile children to make Matzo
The latest dinosaur media meme involves a comparison of two speeches given within hours of one another on the Tucson shootings- Sarah Palin’s video and President Barack Obama’s in a Tucson Basketball stadium. Obama’s speech is lauded as showing him
I know, my use of the term “on-target” makes me a vitriolic, hateful rhetoric espouser in the eyes of some. It’s not conducive to the “new tone” we are all supposed to embrace for some unfathomable and delusional reason. Of
