Commenting on President Obama's 60 Minutes interview in which he said that was "skeptical from the get go" about his administration's failed policy of training Syrian rebels, WaPo's David Ignatius on Morning Joe calls the president's reaction "weird," adding "he took the line almost of 'I told you so.'"
Isn't that sweet: a Politico reporter assures a far-left MSNBC host that when it comes to a major issue, he shares her political view.On this evening's Rachel Maddow show, guest host Melissa Harris-Perry happened to mention that she was a "feminist." Barely were the words out of her mouth when Jake Sherman, congressional correspondent for Politico, broke in to assure her "me too!"
If Jeb Bush had Donald Trump's poll numbers, the media would proclaim the race "T-K-Over." Yet rather than touting Trump's commanding lead, the liberal media speculates instead on the Donald's "exit strategy." That had Joe Scarborough blasting CNN and other MSM outlets as "Trump deniers" on today's Morning Joe.Why is the MSM unwilling to give Donald his due? Scarborough suggested the media…
Yeah, that's been our big beef with the New York Times: that it's too tough on major Democrats . . . On today's Reliable Sources, Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet assured host Brian Stelter that the paper is not "too aggressive" or "unfair" in its coverage of Hillary Clinton. As proof, Bacquet pointed to a Times story on Benghazi that "did not point a finger at her" and another story probing…
Who is taking more glee from the current Republican turmoil over the selection of the next Speaker: Democrats or the MSM--or do I repeat myself?Today's Morning Joe featured a clip from Andrea Mitchell's interview of Ben Carson in which she asked: "what does this just say about the Republican brand and the Republican party. Can it survive after this kind of chaos?" Wishful thinking, Andrea?
For weeks now, Joe Scarborough has been expressing befuddlement and skepticism over Ben Carson's appeal. It boiled over on today's Morning Joe, as Scarborough went on an epic anti-Carson rant.Scarborough unleashed after clips were played from town halls in Iowa and New Hampshire in which Republican voters expressed strong support for the notion of Carson as a qualified president. Railed Joe: "I'…
Is it the MSM's role to protect Hillary's image by preventing the public from seeing what members of her own party think about her? Today's Morning Joe, played footage from a Dem focus group in New Hampshire in which there was near unanamity that Hillary's personality could be a serious turn-off to voters, particularly male ones.Joe Scarborough then said this: "We actually cut a good bit in…
A week ago, we noted that--negating Nicolle Wallace's notion that the woman who aided the New York prison break shouldn't do any time herself--Willie Geist observed "you can't help convicted murderers escape from jail." An NB reader remarked: "I get the sense that Willie Geist is a good guy trapped inside the leftwing matrix."
Far be it from us to cause workplace problems for Willie by praising…
They really are coming for your guns . . . After the Charleston church shootings, President Obama praised Australia's draconian gun laws, which included a mandatory buy-back program, AKA confiscation.On today's Morning Joe, Mika wondered "why" we couldn't institute a similar gun ban in the United States, throwing in support for a database of all gun ownership for good measure. Joe Scarborough…
Now it's not only Donald Trump who's taking tough shots at Republican competitors. Jeb Bush jumped into the fray in a big way on today's Morning Joe with a couple of blows aimed at Marco Rubio.
Jeb began by being condescending to Rubio, saying "Marco was a member of the [Florida state] House of Representatives when I was governor and he followed my lead, I'm proud of that." But he became even…
