Posted by Leslie Eastman
on May 31, 20148 Comments
In the wake of Tea Party’s initial phases of success and media attention in 2009, progressive counterparts astroturfed their own version: The Coffee Party. For me, the most troubling aspect of development is that the organizers usurped the beverage that powers my Tea Party activities....
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on September 27, 201334 Comments
Among the nicest things the Democratic smear machine called Sarah Palin was “Caribou Barbie.” Just about everything else they called her was much worse. The term “Caribou Barbie” started within days of Palin’s nomination for Veep in August 2008. By September 2, 2008, the term was spreading...
This isn’t going over so well. When I was a teenager, I used to wait anxiously for my issue of Tiger Beat to arrive (yes, I’m ashamed to admit that). I think some folks have it right – this Rolling Stone cover is more like...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on May 02, 20134 Comments
I totally missed the Howard Kurtz kerfuffle. John Nolte at Breitbart.com has the background. The short version is that Kurtz made a factual error regarding whether Jason Collins had disclosed that he previously was engaged and then tried to minimize the error through after-the-fact editing...
Posted by David Gerstman
on March 22, 20135 Comments
1) The President talks to the Israeli people Barry Rubin summarizes President Obama’s message to the young people of Israel whom he addressed at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem yesterday. First: Obama’s big theme is that — and I’m not being satirical here —...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on March 03, 20137 Comments
I didn’t watch the Romney interview. I have nothing against him or Ann, I’m just not interested in fighting yesterday’s battles. Learn from them, yes. Refight them, no. Steve at Comment Cents has the video if you are interested. I spent some time on the attacks...
Posted by David Gerstman
on February 22, 20137 Comments
WAJ Note — As mentioned yesterday, David produces an almost daily Mideast Media Sampler newsletter, which we will be running at LI. It is a great way to keep up with media reports about the Middle East. ——— 1) One last Hagel post In the Hagel...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on January 20, 201318 Comments
And still be right. Via Ed Driscoll: In the illustration above, the Newsweek cover on the left was mocked-up by the Photoshop artists at National Review to accompany a 2009 satire by Rob Long titled, “A Conversation from Heaven,” regarding what Bernard Goldberg might call...
Posted by Bryan Jacoutot
on January 05, 20139 Comments
Thursday night, newly re-minted Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL) appeared on Al Sharpton’s MSNBC show to talk about the upcoming debt ceiling battle. In a display that looks to be a good indication of the immediate future of bipartisanship in Congress, Grayson wasted no time demonizing...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on December 13, 201226 Comments
Prof. Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit, writing in The NY Post, suggests that Republican billionaires and money people use some of their dollars to buy up women’s magazines and websites, keep almost everything the same, except get rid of the anti-Republican content: Mitt Romney and the GOP...