SNL + White House Party Crashers = Show Open
Washington Post: “Suddenly, he’s interrupted by the Salahis, who have crashed the speech — Michaele Salahi in a red, red sari…”
Washington Post: “Suddenly, he’s interrupted by the Salahis, who have crashed the speech — Michaele Salahi in a red, red sari…”
President Barack Obama is “angry” about the infiltration of a State Dinner for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by two intruders, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Tuesday. Yet little over a year ago in September 2008, candidate Obama
President Obama claimed a $787 billion Keynesian spending bill would keep the joblessness rate at 8 percent or below, so it’s no surprise that the White House is feeling defensive now that the unemployment rate is 10 percent. The supposedly
Congress wants the White House staff director involved in the now-infamous “gatecrasher” dinner to explain what happened. She won’t, because President Obama is invoking executive privilege. While there’s a decent claim for executive privilege here, Barack Obama’s hypocrisy is nothing
Fox News: Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, who was dubbed the “ACORN king” because of the bucket of acorns displayed prominently by his side, said he’s convinced that any investigation of ACORN will reflect poorly on the Obama administration. “These roads
I’ll be the first to admit that anti-trust law is not my strong suit. The myriad implications of cable giant Comcast’s proposed acquisition of NBC are complexities beyond the grasp of most mortals. Legions of attorneys will put legions of
Ed DeSeve, an Obama special advisor in the Office of Management and Budget and director for implementation of the Recovery Act, is calling his treatment by comedic late night host Stephen Colbert “perverted” and “unfair.” Since his appointment by President
Now, there’s something very troubling about the couple who snuck into that White House dinner – and it’s not just their “Easy-Bake oven” hair, or their beady, heat-seeking eyeballs. No – it’s something else… and that something else makes me
It’s not just the scientists at the Climate Research Unit of East Anglia University who may have criminally violated the Freedom of Information Act (some profesors in the UK and some in the USA), NASA has been stonewalling a FOIA
On July 31, 2009, the Democratic House Leadership communicated to their members that they were working in close coordination with the White House and Health Care for America Now (HCAN) to get “grass roots” activities at town hall meetings through
Mark Twain’s famous quote, “Never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel,” resonates loudly in my mind as I finish Sarah Palin’s captivating story, Going Rogue. But Palin ain’t buying it by the barrel, she’s got
So the President holds a jobs summit, but doesn’t invite the biggest actual producers of jobs — instead stacking the deck with people who believe there just hasn’t been enough government reallocation of taxpayer money. We’ll talk about the summit
Successfully demonizing Washington insiders on the campaign trail, President Obama needed to find a way to meet with lobbyists without appearing hypocritical. The administration’s advice to lobbyists? De-register. For an administration that promised to renounce interest groups, the Service Employees
Politico: The White House likes nothing better than a tangle with the vestiges of the Bush Administration, and Robert Gibbs cheerfully responded to Donald Rumsfeld’s denial that he’d denied troops to Afghanistan with, first, a clarification that Obama had been
AP: Inspiration for the Obamas’ first Christmas in the White House came from the house itself. First lady Michelle Obama chose traditional decorations to reflect the scale, architecture and color palette of each room.
In Part 1 of this series we detailed the events leading up to the assault on Kenneth Gladney on August 6th and revealed the document written by Margarida Jorge at Health Care for American Now (HCAN) a front group funded
I am told that, at this morning’s hearing of the House Select Committee on Global Warming, the Ranking Republican Jim Sensenbrenner (WI) requested that the two administration science witnesses — White House science advisor John Holdren, most recently seen in
The Hill: President Barack Obama’s administration is becoming “deficit hawks,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) warned Tuesday. The Vermont senator, an Independent who caucuses with Democrats, said that the White House signals that agencies would need to scale back spending in
[youtube w4VxK7csr1M nolink] In this episode, “NewsBusted” covers: Thanksgiving, White House Party Crashers, Climategate, Safe Cars, Senator Mary Landrieu, Sarah Palin, Oprah, Notable Quotables Web Show, and Johnny Depp.
Yesterday we discussed the events leading up to the August 6th health care town hall meeting featuring Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-MO). The event was hosted by Health Care For American Now (HCAN) and Organizing for America (OFA), the former a
The L.A. Times tells us the plot is thickening: One source close to the investigation said the couple produced the e-mails at the security checkpoint last Tuesday to show that they had been invited to the event. The Secret Service,
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