Category Archives: Wonky Media

Oh, No, Special Interest Spending Way Up This Election Cycle

You know which side is going to be the bad guy, right? Interest groups are spending five times as much on the 2010 congressional elections as they did on the last midterms, and they are more secretive than ever about where that money is coming from. The $80 million spent so far by groups outside […]

Fish Wrap Exposes Democrats Negative, Personal Ads, Chides Them Gently

Tsk, tsk, says the NY Times, you Democrats are naughty boys and girls Democratic candidates across the country are opening a fierce offensive of negative advertisements against Republicans, using lawsuits, tax filings, reports from the Better Business Bureau and even divorce proceedings to try to discredit their opponents and save their Congressional majority. Opposition research […]

Fish Wrap Expounds On O’Donnells “Baggage”

You just knew that the NY Times would have to come out with an attack piece, hiding what is essentially a partisan blog post inside a supposedly straight “news” piece: Rebel Republican Marching On, With Baggage In the bright light of Wednesday morning, Christine O’Donnell, whose Republican primary victory upended the calculus for future control […]

While Obama Spends The Week Partying, Democrats Run From Own Party

It’s nice to be the king President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have a packed social schedule this week, with two major galas and a reception for college athletes. On Wednesday the First Couple will don black tie for the annual Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute gala, one of the more entertaining political galas of […]

Washington Post Allows Muslim Professor To Call People Concerned About Islam Ignorant On Op-Ed Page

It’s not the first time the Washington Post has allowed this apparent hardcore Islamist use of their op-ed page. Previously, he whined about being banned in the USA. Perhaps there is a reason, though, of course, the ACLU and other dhimmi’s took up his cause, and the Obama State Dept. revoked his banning. Here is […]

Fish Wrap Whines About John Boehner’s Ties To Lobbyists

Now, this whole article would be considered an in-kind campaign contribution under the legislation Democrats want to pass. Well, it would if a blogger wrote it, since the Old Media would be pretty much excluded. Anyhow House Democrats were preparing late last year for the first floor vote on the financial regulatory overhaul when Representative […]

Friday Stupid: Fish Wrap Worried About Media’s Role In Koran Burning Issue

Let the hand wringing begin Coverage of Koran Case Stirs Questions on Media Role Mr. Jones was able to put himself at the center of those issues by using the news lull of summer and the demands of a 24-hour news cycle to promote his anti-Islam cause. He said he consented to more than 150 […]

Fish Wrap Of Record: Hey, The USA As A Superpower Is No More

A peak inside the mindset of Liberal World, as espoused by Thomas Friedman In recent years, I have often said to European friends: So, you didn’t like a world of too much American power? See how you like a world of too little American power — because it is coming to a geopolitical theater near […]

Chatty Kathy Parker Compares Beck’s Restoring Honor Rally To A 12 Step Program

Generally, most of the major tools on the Internet are ignored, yet, everyone once in a while they write something so incredibly so mindless, so half no-witted, so perfidious, that it needs to be exposed. Here’s Kathleen Parker’s bit of complete idiocy: My name is Glenn Beck, and I need help Despite all the words […]

USA Today Tries To Provide Shelter For Obama And Dems On Stimulus

With the mid-term elections fast approaching, and the blood-bath that should occur, the Credentialed Media is doing all they can to prop Obama and the Democrats up, especially regarding the economy. They try pithy things like Economists agree: Stimulus created nearly 3 million jobs in order to show that Democrats have actually Done Something. Of […]

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