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Lou Dobbs accuses Obama of encouraging Treyvon Martin controversy
A solicitation published this week to micro-blogging service Twitter by the Obama campaign, promoting Obama 2012 sweatshirts and other apparel, was seemingly too much for two Obama critics to endure without comment. Appearing on Fox Business last night, former CNN pundit Lou Dobbs accused President Barack Obama of creating and…
Tucker Carlson calls black lawmakers ‘professional race-baiters’
Daily Caller editor-in-chief Tucker Carlson says that “professional race-baiters” like some African-American lawmakers and President Barack Obama are making a mistake by injecting race into the death of Trayvon Martin. Fox News host Martha MacCallum played clips of Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) and Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL) speaking out…
O’Donnell panel to Joe Oliver: ‘You don’t know’ Zimmerman
Joe Oliver, the man who has publicly defended Trayvon Martin shooter George Zimmerman, endured a contentious interview on MSNBC’s The Last Word Tuesday evening, admitting that his role in the story “doesn’t make sense.” Host Lawrence O’Donnell and New York Times columnist Charles Blow criticized Oliver by questioning how close…
GOP cuts off Rep. Bobby Rush for wearing hoodie on House floor
Republican leadership in the House of Representatives shut down a prominent member of the Congressional Black Caucus after he donned a hooded sweatshirt in honor of a Florida teen who was recently gunned down by a neighborhood watch leader. During his morning remarks on Wednesday, Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) observed…
LGBT activist: NOM is both racially divisive and completely ineffective
On Tuesday night’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann, the Human Rights Campaign’s legal director Brian Moulton was on hand to discuss yesterday’s revelations about the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) and its willingness to embrace racially divisive tactics to achieve its goal of denying marriage equality to same-sex couples. NOM is…
Romney: Uninsured with preexisting conditions should be denied coverage
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Tuesday insisted that President Barack Obama’s health care reform law should be overturned and that people with preexisting conditions should be denied coverage if they had never had insurance before. During an appearance on NBC’s Tonight Show, host Jay Leno told Romney that he…
Maddow: Political decisions increasingly cost Supreme Court credibility
In 2000, weeks after the general election, the Supreme Court broke down along partisan lines and voted 5 to 4 against a recount in Florida, making George Bush our 43rd president. On Tuesday night’s edition of The Rachel Maddow Show, host Rachel Maddow discussed how that landmark decision began a…
Arlen Specter: Mitt Romney changes positions more than a porn star
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter (D) on Wednesday compared Mitt Romney to an actress in pornographic films because he had shifted position so often throughout his political career. “The Republican Party has moved so far to the right, you can’t recognize Mitt Romney,” Specter told MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski. “What Mitt…
Colbert: Obama is still planning to not take away our guns
Stephen Colbert displayed urgency in discussing the ongoing conspiracy of President Barack Obama taking away people’s guns Tuesday evening, calling it “the end of the Republic.” Colbert mentioned a Fox News segment where anchor Megyn Kelly suggested an Obama re-election has led to an increase in gun sales. “The fear…
Jon Stewart laughs at Lawrence O’Donnell for ‘grilling a chair’
Daily Show host Jon Stewart on Tuesday was highly entertained by a segment on MSNBC, where the lawyer for George Zimmerman pulled out of a scheduled interview and host Lawrence O’Donnell angrily questioned an empty chair. “He’s grilling the chair!” Stewart laughed. “No, the chair doesn’t have medical records to…
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