Bob Woodward compares Benghazi to Watergate
In a Friday appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward claimed that of the three major scandals plaguing the Obama administration, the one the public should keep its eye on is the Sept. 11 attack on our foreign mission in Benghazi. “You go to the … Read More
Jay Carney’s acid trip on Piers Morgan: ‘They’re not scandals’
Opening the interview with a couple of very damning indictments from major newspapers, CNN’s Piers Morgan grilled White House Secretary Jay Carney Thursday on the numerous scandals the administration has faced this week. But Carney incredulously disagreed, basically saying there were no … Read More
Islamic cleric: Air conditioning for women ‘immoral’
In Saudi Arabia, the women are hot and the fatwas never end. According to a report from International Business Times, a man “claiming to be a Salafist-Wahhabist cleric has decreed women should not turn on air conditioners or coolers at home in the absence of their husbands.” The trollop's … Read More
Saudi Arabian religious leader damns Twitter users to hell
Saudi Arabian religious leaders are having such a conniption over the growing popularity of Twitter, one has even suggested users will spend an eternity in purgatory or hell or wherever social media sinners go. Saudi religious police chief Sheikh Abdul Latif Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh “said anyone … Read More
Orlando Sentinel’s Scott Maxwell: Rude, radical and unprofessional
Reports that Koch Industries is exploring a bid to buy the Tribune Co.’s newspapers has Orlando’s far left in a lather over the prospect of losing “its” paper. The Orlando Sentinel is one of several Tribune newspapers, which also include the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, … Read More
GOP ‘overplays its hand’ on IRS scandal, NBC pre-reports
For an idea about how the mainstream media will try to clean up a bad week for the Obama administration, a good place to start is a First Read blog written by the NBC political team of Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Domenico Montanaro. Their blog post Thursday leads with an item on "Trying to stop the … Read More
Rumsfeld says only thing Obama will take responsibility for is killing bin Laden
Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld made a rare media appearance Thursday on "CBS This Morning," discussing the troubles facing the Obama administration with host Charlie Rose. As described by NewsBusters: "The veteran journalist raised the scandals in a very general manner, and didn't … Read More
Megyn Kelly lashes out at liberal guest over Benghazi talking points
Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg walked into a buzz saw Thursday when he appeared on Fox News Channel’s “America Live” and argued with host Megyn Kelly over the significance of the White House Benghazi talking points, prompting Kelly to shout, “Come on, Simon! Can we get some … Read More
IG report: DOJ placed terrorists in witness protection, then lost them
Eric Holder’s already beleaguered Justice Department came under attack again with the release of a government watchdog report Thursday indicating that it lost track of two known or suspected terrorists, and allowed them to board commercial flights despite their names being on the no-fly … Read More
Sarah Palin rips Obama on ‘scandalous hat trick’
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin held nothing back in going after President Barack Obama and his "galling political hubris" late Thursday in a scathing Facebook post. In response to the president asking a male Marine to hold an umbrella above him as it began to rain during an outdoor press … Read More
Chief of IRS’s scandal-ridden tax-exempt unit will run Obamacare
This is one of those “good news - bad news” things. The good news is that the IRS official who oversaw the unfair targeting of conservative organizations seeking tax-exempt status has been removed from that capacity. The bad news is that she’ll now be overseeing the IRS’s enforcement of … Read More
Obama summons Marines to hold umbrellas against protocol
President Obama held a press conference with visiting Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan outdoors in the White House Rose Garden Thursday, and as if the week hadn’t been bad enough already, it rained. “Why don’t we get a couple of Marines, they’re gonna look good next to us,” … Read More
CBS: Bomber’s confession scrawled on boat wall key evidence
Boston Marathon terrorist Dzhokhar Tsarnaev found a pen and wrote his confession on the wall of the boat he was captured hiding in, according to a new report Thursday from CBS “This Morning.” CBS News correspondent John Miller explained that sources told him Tsarnaev claimed responsibility … Read More
