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VIDEO: Glenn Beck’s Opening Remarks At Restoring Honor Rally
Video by Freedom’s Lighthouse via ZIP…
Media mistakes distortions so far:
CBS Downplays Number of Attendants
Sarah Palin Misquoted (Deliberate?)
Noted Genius Retracts Apology
You may recall a post I wrote about Levi Johnston back in July when he apologized to the Palin family for lying about them. Forget everything he said…
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Levi Johnston, the father of Sarah Palin’s grandson, says he wishes he hadn’t apologized for telling lies about the former Alaska governor because he’s “never lied about anything.”
Johnston said in an interview on CBS’ “The Early Show” to air Friday that he wishes that he hadn’t issued the apology to Palin.
“I don’t really regret anything,” Johnston said, who has appeared nude on the cover of Playgirl. “But the only thing I wish I wouldn’t have done is put out that apology ’cause it kind of makes me sound like a liar. And I’ve never lied about anything. So that’s probably the only thing. The rest of the stuff I can live with.”
What will happen to Ricky Hollywood Levi Johnston when the leftist media no longer has any political use for him?
Two words: Rehab show.
More at CBS snooze and Memeorandum.
Awww… David Letterman No Longer BFF’s With Obama
I guess every love affair must come to an end eventually…
Obama has faced some criticism for his latest vacation, his sixth since taking office. At a time when painful unemployment numbers continue to bear down on the tattered economy, many are frustrated that the nation’s leader is enjoying another luxurious trip. On CBS’ “The Late Show” Tuesday night, David Letterman took a jab at the president, saying: “He’ll have plenty of time for vacations after his one term is up.”
We’ll see if he ever says anything as vile about the Obamas as he has said about the Palin family.
Hat tip to ZIP.
IRONY ALERT: Dems Think FOX News Should Have a Disclaimer
The Democratic Governors Association has its panties in a bunch because Rupert Murdoch’s company News Corp. gave one million dollars to the Republican Governors Association. CNN reports…
With the knowledge that Fox News’ parent company recently cut a $1 million check to the Republican Governors Association, the leader of the Democratic Governors Association is calling on the cable news network to run a “formal disclaimer” when it covers gubernatorial races. “I request that you add a formal disclaimer to your news coverage any time any of your programs cover governors or gubernatorial races between now and Election Day,” DGA executive director Nathan Daschle wrote in the letter to Roger Ailes.
My reaction in two words: SO WHAT?
As I’m sure the Democratic Governors Association is aware, so called “objective journalists” donated more money to Barack Obama than John McCain in the 2008 presidential election by a ratio greater than 10 to 1…
An analysis of federal election records shows that the amount of money journalists contributed so far this election cycle favors Democrats by a 15:1 margin over Republicans, with $225,563 going to Democrats, only $16,298 to Republicans .
235 journalists donated to Democrats, just 20 gave to Republicans — a margin greater than 10:1. An even greater disparity, 20:1, exists between the number of journalists who donated to Barack Obama and John McCain.
Searches for other newsroom categories (reporters, correspondents, news editors, anchors, newspaper editors and publishers) produces 311 donors to Democrats to 30 donors to Republicans, a ratio of just over 10:1. In terms of money, $279,266 went to Dems, $20,709 to Republicans, a 14:1 ratio.
By those standards, maybe the news network truly in need of a disclaimer is every single one except FOX News.
Talk about an inconvenient truth.
Read more at Memeorandum.
Liberal Women Dress up as Bears to Make Palin Look Foolish
After all, how better to go after Sarah Palin than to don ridiculous looking bear costumes? Yeah, that’ll show America how ridiculous you are Palin is. Of course, the best part of this is the headline chosen by The Hill which reads “Liberal Group Launches Attack on Palin.”
Wow. Really? A liberal group is launching an attack on Sarah Palin? Boy, that’s news. I could have sworn that’s been ongoing since the instant John McCain announced her as his running mate two years ago. Dumb headlines aside, here’s how The Hill describes the situation…
Emily’s List President Stephanie Schriock detailed the group’s new “Sarah Doesn’t Speak for Me” campaign during an availability Tuesday morning at the National Press Club. The campaign is part of an effort to combat Palin’s effect in this fall’s elections and push back against her slate of candidates.
The campaign will center at first on a new website, which highlights some of the more controversial things Palin and her candidates have said during the election cycle.
“We created this campaign because we didnt want women across the country to think that there is only one voice for women, and we didn’t want Sarah Palin’s voice to go unchallenged,” Schriock said.
Good for you, Stephanie. Sarah Palin has had it way too easy in the media. It’s about time some liberal activists stood up and criticized the former governor. Great video, by the way. If the political activism thing doesn’t work out, you can always fall back on a career in furry fetishism.
The video is full of inaccuracies. Sarah Palin has never said she wants to take away a woman’s right to choose. Republicans have never tried to take away unemployment benefits, and on and on. But then, when have liberal activists ever let facts get in the way of their agenda?
Be sure to check out what others are saying about this at Memeorandum.
Partisan Hack Katie Couric Gets Her Ass Handed to Her
Last week, Katie Couric’s partisan willingness to carry water for the Obama campaign in the 2008 presidential election by cutting down Sarah Palin was exposed for all to see.
The Conservatives4Palin blog makes the best case against Couric on this situation from a political standpoint.
But what if the shoe was on the other foot? How would the stooges of the progressive media (same difference) react if the entire situation was reversed? The genius writers and photoshop artists at iOwnTheWorld.com have you covered. With their permission, I’m re-publishing their hilarious take on the situation. See below…
Thank you to Admin Girl and BigFurHat of iOwnTheWorld.com for allowing me to publish their art. It is without a doubt, one of the best pieces of political satire I’ve ever seen.
CONFIRMED: Liberal Media Hacks on JournoList Conspired to Destroy Sarah Palin From Day One
Unless you were planning to vote for Obama in 2008, you might have wondered if some members of the liberal media were actively trying to destroy Sarah Palin on a personal and political level from the moment John McCain announced her as his running mate.
Guess what… You were right.
In the hours after Sen. John McCain announced his choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his running mate in the last presidential race, members of an online forum called Journolist struggled to make sense of the pick. Many of them were liberal reporters, and in some cases their comments reflected a journalist’s instinct to figure out the meaning of a story.
But in many other exchanges, the Journolisters clearly had another, more partisan goal in mind: to formulate the most effective talking points in order to defeat Palin and McCain and help elect Barack Obama president. The tone was more campaign headquarters than newsroom.
The conversation began with a debate over how best to attack Sarah Palin. “Honestly, this pick reeks of desperation,” wrote Michael Cohen of the New America Foundation in the minutes after the news became public. “How can anyone logically argue that Sarah Pallin [sic], a one-term governor of Alaska, is qualified to be President of the United States? Train wreck, thy name is Sarah Pallin.”
Not a wise argument, responded Jonathan Stein, a reporter for Mother Jones. If McCain were asked about Palin’s inexperience, he could simply point to then candidate Barack Obama’s similarly thin resume. “Q: Sen. McCain, given Gov. Palin’s paltry experience, how is she qualified to be commander in chief?,” Stein asked hypothetically. “A: Well, she has much experience as the Democratic nominee.”
“What a joke,” added Jeffrey Toobin of the New Yorker. “I always thought that some part of McCain doesn’t want to be president, and this choice proves my point. Welcome back, Admiral Stockdale.”
Daniel Levy of the Century Foundation noted that Obama’s “non-official campaign” would need to work hard to discredit Palin. “This seems to me like an occasion when the non-official campaign has a big role to play in defining Palin, shaping the terms of the conversation and saying things that the official [Obama] campaign shouldn’t say – very hard-hitting stuff, including some of the things that people have been noting here – scare people about having this woefully inexperienced, no foreign policy/national security/right-wing christia wing-nut a heartbeat away …… bang away at McCain’s age making this unusually significant …. I think people should be replicating some of the not-so-pleasant viral email campaigns that were used against [Obama].”
Ryan Donmoyer, a reporter for Bloomberg News who was covering the campaign, sent a quick thought that Palin’s choice not to have an abortion when she unexpectedly became pregnant at age 44 would likely boost her image because it was a heartwarming story.
“Her decision to keep the Down’s baby is going to be a hugely emotional story that appeals to a vast swath of America, I think,” Donmoyer wrote.
Politico reporter Ben Adler, now an editor at Newsweek, replied, “but doesn’t leaving sad baby without its mother while she campaigns weaken that family values argument? Or will everyone be too afraid to make that point?”
I sincerely hope the “JournoListers” know that an ever growing number of Americans are going to the polls this November with them in mind.
UPDATE: This sums it up pretty well.
Tammy Bruce Proves Once Again That She is the Most Genuine Feminist in America Today
Video via Allahpundit of Hot Air.
This recording is from The Tammy Bruce Show on Monday of this week. In the segment, she warns the left and the right against attacks on Sarah Palin and Nikki Haley. Awesome.
“Draft Sarah Palin” for RNC Chair Movement Gains Steam, Steele Says He “Ain’t Going Anywhere.”
Well that didn’t take long.
I noticed the first rumblings of this idea recently on The Corner at National Review.
Now there’s a website. Jim Hoft of Gateway Pundit had the following to say:
The failure of Chairman Steele to successfully sell Liberty over Socialism, and to cultivate and facilitate those future candidates who can, is emblematic of the dysfunction of the Republican party, a dysfunction which has over the past four years led the party to near-ruin. We need a true and tested leader.
We need Sarah Palin.
In a case of ironic timing, embattled RNC Chair Michael Steele announced today that he “ain’t going anywhere.”
“I ain’t going anywhere,” Steele said to cheers at the opening Colorado Republican Party’s “Victory” program in Colorado. “I’m here. I’m here. Look, we have too much work to do; we have too much work to do.”
He added, “Look, every time something happens, people go, ‘Oh, you should step down, step down. Well, the reality of it is that’s not happening, so stop the noise on that.”