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When You've Lost Chuck Todd…

… you know you’re really in trouble: [youtube aHV6lrIdVqk&feature nolink] The sad part is that many on the left still don’t understand why this is happening to them. Do they, Mr. President?

The End of the Affair: 'He's Never Constructed a Narrative'

The once-passionate, even slobbering, love affair between the media and Barack Obama is rapidly cooling. Writing in the Washington Post, Richard Cohen bemoans “Obama’s Shrinking Presidency:” One of the unintended results of the redecoration of the Oval Office was the

Things You Never Saw On the Network News

As everyone except the left knows and understands, the U.S. military is representative of the finest elements of American society, but you’d never know it from the attitude of the scared-of-inanimate-objects MSM, who have never picked up a gun, served

Los Angeles Times: Andrew Breitbart's Epiphany

From the LA Times: The command center of Andrew Breitbart’s growing media empire is a suite of offices on Sawtelle Boulevard in West Los Angeles with the temporary feel of a campaign office. Only the computers seem firmly anchored. On

Make 'Em Squirm: How to Grill a Public Official

Tough but fair, and persistent: [youtube y6s4qpmjJUE&feature nolink] Ethical problems with the Democrats? Eighteen months ago, this interview never would have gone this way. The worm keeps turning. More interviews like this and the CNN will have a shot of

Prime Snark: MoDo on Obama's New Oval Office Man Cave

As usual, Maureen Dowd’s latest musings in the pages of the once-august New York Times — she’s writing in the same space where collosi like Flora Lewis and “Red” Tony Lewis once trod! — are a free-range mental mix of

Always Funny Open Thread: TOTUS in the Classroom

With the report from Chris Matthews that Obama uses a TelePrompter even when he’s having private meetings at the White House, it’s time once again to trot out this perennial favorite of the Punahou Kid: Harvard must be so proud.

The AP Fact-Checks Obama and Finds Him Wanting

You know the tide is turning against the Emperor Hussein when his state-controlled media subjects have the impertinence to pull this little stunt: OBAMA: “Tonight, I am announcing that the American combat mission in Iraq has ended.” THE FACTS: Peril

And Speaking of Rage…

Sneer night at the fun factory: Kind of reminds us of a poem: And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray. Do not go gentle into that good night.

Where's the New York Times on the El-Gamal Rap Sheet Story?

Too busy praising the non-virtue of “tolerance,” decrying American “racism,” and writing puff pieces like this one. In the meantime, the New York Daily News is eating their lunch: Years before his latest real-estate project ignited an uproar, Sharif El-Gamal

A Horse Is a Horse, of Course, of Course, Unless, of Course…

… he’s another part of the horse’s anatomy: That would be “Mr. Ed” Schultz, perhaps the wackiest of all the MSNBC fun-house crew, who has delivered himself of this pronunciamento: [youtube H4v2BdB_0DQ&feature nolink] At least that’s how we call it.

Morning Thread: Should Dr. Howard Dean Be Institutionalized?

The good doctor of East Hampton and Vermont, Howard Brush Dean III, analyzes Glenn Beck: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Card-carrying hack John Heilemann, totally clueless as usual, also chimes in. And isn’t

The Pigford in the Middle of the Room: Fox News Special Report

L’Affaire Sherrod provided a rare peek into a potential legal and government boondoogle: The Pigford Settlement. The Settlement arose out of a handful of credible claims of racism by black farmers against the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Tens of thousands

War on Our Southern Border? What War?

This is how real reporters cover war, by being in the middle of the crossfire, not by watching it on television in an air-conditioned media briefing room: [youtube hNNex3ATBio&feature nolink]

Do Not Approach the Emperor Hussein: 'We're Buying Shrimp'

Looking every inch a president in his fancy sneaks and White Sox cap, the Punahou Kid displays his common touch while on his sixth vacation of the year. From Jake Tapper, perhaps the only honest member of the Washington press

The Decline and Fall of Time Magazine (Cont'd)

Bobby Ghosh, Time Magazine’s World section editor: [youtube ZqYc6cdv4Dc&feature nolink] “Hate speech?” You mean like this? (Warning: not for the squeamish) [youtube WRqf9MrXU28 nolink]