Posts Tagged ‘George W. Bush’
Bozell, Hannity Address Media’s Double Standard on Presidential Drug Use
"In 2008, in the primaries, there were 1,365 stories on Barack Obama" and of those, "not one single story" was devoted to President Barack Obama's admitted youthful use of illicit drugs. By contrast, President Bush's refusal to admit either way on youthful drug use in...-
Question for Chris Matthews: How Many Lies Are You Willing to Tell to Get Obama Reelected?
I have a serious question for MSNBC's Chris Matthews: How many lies are you willing to tell on national television to get Barack Obama reelected?On Friday's Hardball, the host gave viewers a plethora of falsehoods and half-truths to giving us an idea of just how far he's prepared to...-
CBS’s Rose Fishes For ‘High Marks’ For Obama From Robert Gates
Charlie Rose desperately tried to find confirmation from former Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday's CBS This Morning on whether President Obama is a good commander-in-chief: "You can answer this question as well as anyone I know....do you give President Obama high marks in the...-
Fareed Zakaria Asks ‘Is Democracy Part of Europe’s Economic Problems?’
CNN's Fareed Zakaria asked a question this weekend guaranteed to raise some eyebrows not only on both sides of the aisle but also on both sides of the Atlantic.On the program bearing his name, Zakaria amazingly asked Sunday if the economic problems in Europe are caused by democracy and not...-
Fareed Zakaria on War on Terror: ‘We Look Like Scared, Fearful Losers’
While President Obama and his adoring media did a victory lap on the one year anniversary of Osama bin Laden's assassination, Fareed Zakaria had a completely different take about how the War on Terror is going.On CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS Sunday, the host said, "We don't look...-
Brian Williams Praises Bill Clinton for Trying to Kill Bin Laden, Ignores All the Missed Opportunities
NBC's special presentation of Rock Center on the first anniversary of Osama bin Laden's assassination wasn't just a victory lap for Barack Obama.It was also a chance for host Brian Williams to praise Bill Clinton for going after the former al Qaeda leader without mentioning all the...-
Ex-CIAer Jose Rodriguez Schools Andrea Mitchell: Enhanced Interrogation Techniques Aren’t Torture
Andrea Mitchell on the MSNBC program bearing her name Tuesday twice referred to "enhanced interrogation techniques" as "torture."The second time, Jose Rodriguez, the former director of the CIA's National Clandestine Services, set the record straight (video follows with...-
Networks Huffed Over Bush’s ‘Presidential Shell Game’; No Complaints for Obama’s Secret Trip
The same networks that huffed and whined about George W. Bush's secret trip to Iraq over Thanksgiving in 2003, calling it an "embarrassing" "presidential shell game," had no such harsh language for Barack Obama's clandestine visit to Afghanistan on Tuesday.Jake...-
