‘Politics’ Articles
Fight looms over detainee provisions
Democrats and libertarian-leaning Republicans are pushing to strip provisions allowing the military to hold terror suspects captured in the U.S. Read more...
Andrew Sullivan: ‘I Never Understood the Power of a President’s Words’ Till Obama Flipflopped on Gay Marriage
Remember back in 2008 when Michelle Obama said, "For the first time in my adult lifetime, I’m really proud of my country?"The Daily Beast's Andrew Sullivan made a similar remark on this weekend's syndicated Chris Matthews Show when he said of Barack Obama's flipflop...-
Florida battleground features full slate of competitive House, Senate races
The fierce battle between Mitt Romney and President Obama is only one of many in the Sunshine state. Read more...
New Yorker Magazine Cover: White House With Rainbow Columns
The media's victory lap for President Obama's flipflop on same-sex marriage is starting to get downright disgraceful.The cover of Monday's issue of New Yorker magazine features an animated picture of the White House with rainbow columns:As NewsBusters reported earlier,...-
On NPR, Garrison Keillor Mocks Newt Gingrich By Imagining Him Kidnapped, Torturing His Captors With Gab
In February, we reported that Garrison Keillor mocked Newt Gingrich as a "polygamist" on his NPR show "A Prairie Home Companion" -- even though Keillor has also had three wives.On Saturday, Keillor returned to mocking Gingrich as he folded his presidential campaign. Using...-
Happy Mother’s Gay From Parade
Two weeks ago, the national Sunday newspaper supplement Parade Magazine had a cover story featuring three leading chefs, and two were gay, as they supportively reported. The same thing happened on Mother's Day: the cover featured gay TV host/Bravo executive Andy Cohen, and his mother Evelyn....-
Disgraced Former NY Governor Eliot Spitzer Discusses Sanctity of Marriage on ABC’s This Week
Is Eliot Spitzer - a man who had to resign as New York's governor due to a sex scandal involving hookers - someone that should be invited on a serious political talk show to discuss the sanctity of marriage?As the answer is certainly "No," consider the delicious irony of Spitzer...-
Conservatives grumble at GOP leader Cantor’s bipartisan legislative efforts
Cantor has played a leading role in moving legislation on jobs, banning congressional insider trading, and reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank. Read more...
