It’s always reassuring to have your beliefs validated by the masses. So IHateTheMedia.com was pretty damn happy to see this Gallup poll which proves that 3 out of 4 Americans also hate the media.
It’s always reassuring to have your beliefs validated by the masses. So IHateTheMedia.com was pretty damn happy to see this Gallup poll which proves that 3 out of 4 Americans also hate the media.
The number of Americans who have a positive opinion of First Lady Michelle Obama has fallen in the last 16 months, according to the new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.
Is it her hideous sense of fashion? Her imperious attitude? Or just the fact that her last name is Obama?
Byron York reports in the Washington Examiner:
Michelle's approval rating dropped about 3% just for wearing this dress
The number of Americans who have a positive opinion of First Lady Michelle Obama has fallen in the last 16 months, according to the new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. In April, 2009, 64 percent of those surveyed by the Journal/NBC said they had a positive impression of Mrs. Obama; today, the number is 50 percent. That 50 percent personal approval is just slightly above President Obama’s personal approval figure, which stands at 46 percent in the new poll.
It’s Bush’s fault. Laura Bush, that is.
Mrs. Obama’s personal popularity is lower than former First Lady Laura Bush’s ratings in the same poll by the same pollsters. In December, 2001, 76 percent of those surveyed had a positive opinion of Mrs. Bush. In February 2005, that number was 65 percent. In October 2006, with her husband’s job and personal approval ratings plummeting, Mrs. Bush’s personal approval rating was 56 percent.
Hey, Obamas, here’s an idea. Just forget these pesky polls and go on another fancy schmancy vacation. That’ll make everyone love you again.
Kudos to CBS News, of all places. They noticed that President Obama has a tendency to say everything is a top priority. And we mean everything.
President Obama hard at work on his real top priority
Kudos to CBS News, of all places. They noticed that President Obama has a tendency to say everything is a top priority. And we mean everything.
Perhaps that’s why he’s flailing and failing. No focus.
ECONOMIC RECOVERY: “Our top priority is to recover and rebuild from a recession that has touched the lives of nearly every American.” (6-15-10) Address to the Nation
JOB CREATION: “Creating jobs in the United States and ensuring a return to sustainable economic growth is the top priority for my Administration.” (3-11-10)
FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS: “…that’s something that’s going to be a top priority.” (4/27/10)
ENERGY SECURITY: “And that’s why my energy security plan has been one of the top priorities of my Administration since the day I took office.” (4/28/10)
EDUCATION REFORM: “To train our workers for the jobs of tomorrow, we’ve made education reform a top priority in this Administration.” (2/24/10)
STUDENT LOAN REFORM: “This is something that I’ve made a top priority.” (2/1/10)
EXPORTS BY SMALL BUSINESSES: “This is going to be a top priority.” (12/3/09)
HEALTH ASSISTANCE TO 9/11 FIRST RESPONDERS: “I’m not just talking the talk, we’ve been budgeting this as a top priority for this Administration.” (2/3/10)
END HOMELESSNESS AMONG VETERANS: “I’ve also directed (Veterans Affairs) Secretary Shinseki to focus on a top priority: reducing homeless among veterans.” (8/17/09)
HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS: “Our top priority is ensuring the public safety. That means appropriate sheltering in place or if necessary, getting as many people as possible out of harm’s way prior to landfall.” (5/29/09)
H1N1 FLU VACCINATIONS: “And throughout this process, my top priority has been the health and the safety of the American people.” (5/1/09)
SUPPORT FOR MILITARY FAMILIES: “These military families are heroes too. And they are a top priority of Michelle and me. And they will always have our support.” (5/30/09)
STRENTHENING TIES WITH CANADA AND MEXICO: “We’re going to make this a top priority…” (10/16/09)
CONSUMER PROTECTION: “During these challenging times, the needs of American consumers are a top priority of my Administration.” (2/11/09)
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: “So this is going to be a top priority generally improving our environmental quality.” (11/5/09)
Fact is, President Obama, if everything is a top priority, nothing is a top priority.
Perhaps you should follow one of the rare pieces of advice given by the IHTM Editor’s illustrious farmer father — “Pick one thing and do it well.”
One thing other than socializing the American economy, that is.
President Obama threw a big pre-Ramadan dinner at the White House on Friday night for an A-List of Muslim diplomats and supporters of terrorism.
Just because Islam has always been part of Barack Hussein Obama doesn't mean it's always been part of America
President Obama threw a big pre-Ramadan dinner at the White House on Friday night for an A-List of Muslim diplomats and supporters of terrorism. Among his wacky comments was this one:
“And here in the United States, Ramadan is a reminder that Islam has always been part of America and that American Muslims have made extraordinary contributions to our country.”
Say what?
It may seem like an outrageous, ignorant statement until you remember that in Obama’s mind, America wasn’t really founded until 19 months ago.
You know there’s a problem when Joe Biden starts to sound like the intelligent one in this administration.
And now we bid a fond farewell to any pretense of transparency in the Obama administration. The One, who came into office claiming that his would be the most transparent administration in history, has now officially eliminated the job of the man who was in charge of it. Transparency, that is.
And now we bid a fond farewell to any pretense of transparency in the Obama administration. The One, who came into office claiming that his would be the most transparent administration in history, has now officially eliminated the job of the man who was in charge of it. Transparency, that is.
The Washington Examiner has the opaque details:
President Obama has abolished the position in his White House dedicated to transparency and shunted those duties into the portfolio of a partisan ex-lobbyist who is openly antagonistic to the notion of disclosure by government and politicians.
Obama transferred “ethics czar” Norm Eisen to the Czech Republic to serve as U.S. ambassador. Some of Eisen’s duties will be handed to Domestic Policy Council member Steven Croley, but most of them, it appears, will shift over to the already-full docket of White House Counsel Bob Bauer.
Got that? Transparency is now the responsibility of Obama’s attorney. And you know how transparent attorneys are.
Liberal Washington Post columnist (pardon our redundancy) Ruth Marcus saw Gibbs comment and raised him one by telling Chuck Todd and Savannah Guthrie that the left and the blogosphere are “deranged” because they just expect so much of President Obama. He’s only human, damn it, people!
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs caught hell last week for stating that “the Professional Left is on drugs.”
Liberal Washington Post columnist (pardon our redundancy) Ruth Marcus saw Gibbs comment and raised him one by telling Chuck Todd and Savannah Guthrie that the left and the blogosphere are “deranged” because they just expect so much of President Obama. He’s only human, damn it, people!
Got that? It’s taken 19 months, but Obama has finally gone from Superman to “He’s only human.”
At the rate he’s going, in another 19 months they’ll be saying, “He’s only Kenyan!”
The scene: One of those seemingly endless shows on CNN. The participants: conservative talkers Hugh Hewitt and Dana Loesch, lib talker Stephanie Miller, and an unidentified black woman.
The scene: One of those seemingly endless shows on CNN. The participants: conservative talkers Hugh Hewitt and Dana Loesch, lib talker Stephanie Miller, and an unidentified black woman.
Miller is, perhaps, our least favorite liberal talk show host. Despite a 20-year history of lousy ratings everywhere she’s taken her show, she continues to get jobs because she’s supposedly funny.
Yet in this case, it was Hewitt who scored highest on the laugh-o-meter.
Miller: Hugh, I’m going to play this tape of you on my radio show after you’re wrong in November. Hewitt: Good, nobody will hear it. Loesch: Ohhhhhhhh!
Miller’s 13 listeners were reportedly offended by Hewitt’s comment.
For months, the media’s been pounding home the meme that the Tea Party is filled with extremists and racists who live out their angry lives far beyond the American mainstream. And now…
For months, the media’s been pounding home the meme that the Tea Party is filled with extremists and racists who live out their angry lives far beyond the American mainstream.
And now new research shows that those idiot Americans have ignored the media and made up their own minds about Reid and Pelosi?
Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi. Less popular than the Tea Party, marginally more popular than gonorrhea
Damn it, people, why do you refuse to cooperate with your intellectual superiors in the media?
The Hill reports the people’s preferences:
An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll showed that 30 percent view the grassroots conservative groups very or somewhat positively compared to 34 percent who view them very or somewhat negatively.
But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was seen positively by 21 percent of those polled and 46 percent viewed her negatively. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) received a lower positive rating, 11 percent, but also a lower negative rating of 31 percent.
The numbers indicate that the public is dissatisfied with the way Congress has been run; 32 percent believe that this Congress’ overall performance and accomplishments are “one of the worst.” Only 4 percent say that Congress has done above average or excellent work.
Here’s corrupt Congresswoman Maxine Waters from back in 1994, talking about that awful Newt Gingrich and how he should be tarred and feathered and driven out of the House. Or words to that effect.
Here’s corrupt Congresswoman Maxine Waters from back in 1994, talking about that awful Newt Gingrich and how he should be tarred and feathered and driven out of the House. Or words to that effect.
“Well, it’s about time. Believe me, the American public does not believe in double standards. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. No one should be so big, so important, so powerful that they can violate the rules of this House and the laws of this country without suffering the consequences. Newt may be Speaker but, he too must account for any and all wrongdoing. It’s about time let’s get on with the business of finding out who Newt Gingrich really is.”
This may be the first time we’ve ever agreed with a corrupt person of color congress.
Despite repeated warnings, that bumbling George Bush couldn’t convince New Orleans residents to evacuate before Hurricane Katrina came ashore. Democrats have spent the intervening years saying that anyone could have handled disaster more successfully.
As they say in Texas, Obama is all hat, no cattle.
Despite repeated warnings, that bumbling George Bush couldn’t convince New Orleans residents to evacuate before Hurricane Katrina came ashore. Democrats have spent the intervening years saying that anyone could have handled disaster more successfully.
Now there’s proof that nobody can get people out of town better than Barack Obama. Want proof? Just look at the way Texas Democrats – led by gubernatorial candidate Bill White – fled Dallas and Austin just before the President arrived.
The Star-Telegram reports the greatest mass migration since the Jews left Egypt:
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White said he never considered changing his campaign schedule Monday to catch up with President Barack Obama, who is attending private fundraisers in Austin and Dallas.
Instead, White will start the day by talking to Texans in Midland and end it by participating in the Pioneers and Old Settlers Reunion parade in Alvarado.
“This has been scheduled quite a while,” White said Friday after talking to the Rotary Club of Fort Worth. “In general, we tend to make a schedule and keep a schedule. We have a pretty disciplined campaign. But there’s no disrespect intended toward the president.”
Republican Gov. Rick Perry, on the other hand, plans to greet Obama at Austin-Bergstrom Airport when the president arrives in Austin on Monday, Perry spokeswoman Katherine Cesinger said Friday.
Perry had asked the White House for a meeting with the president to talk about what Perry calls Obama’s “grossly insufficient” allocation of National Guard troops for the Texas border, among other issues. Now Perry hopes to be able to tell Obama about some of the problems during the brief greeting Monday.
Don’t bother, Rick. The mere mention of the word “border” will send Obama fleeing town like the Democrat he is.
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs started the whole brouhaha by saying, and we paraphrase, “What more can a socialist president do to satisfy the extreme left in this country?”
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs started the whole brouhaha by saying, and we paraphrase, “What more can a socialist president do to satisfy the extreme left in this country?”
So lunatic Florida Congressman Alan Grayson counterattacks by saying Gibbs should be fired.
This is like watching the 1980s war between Iraq and Iran. You don’t really want either of them to win. You just want to see them keep fighting until they both drop from exhaustion.
Just as it looked like the government funding gravy train of Swine Flu was going off the tracks, scientists have discovered a new disease that’s going to kill every man, woman, child.
Advanced electron microscopy gives scientists their first look at the elusive new Indian superbug
On Tuesday, the World Health Organization declared an end to the dreaded swine flu epidemic. Just as it looked like the government funding gravy train was going off the tracks, scientists have discovered a new disease that’s going to kill every man, woman, child on the face of the earth. Whew! Just in the nick of time.
Reuters has the details of the deadly disease:
A new superbug could spread around the world after reaching Britain from India — in part because of medical tourism — and scientists say there are almost no drugs to treat it.
Researchers said on Wednesday they had found a new gene called New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase, or NDM-1, in patients in South Asia and in Britain.
NDM-1 makes bacteria highly resistant to almost all antibiotics, including the most powerful class called carbapenems, and experts say there are no new drugs on the horizon to tackle it.
Should you be worried? Could you and your loved ones die? And should the government begin cutting some big, fat checks for some big, fat research?
“At a global level, this is a real concern,” Walsh, from Britain’s Cardiff University, said in telephone interview.
“Because of medical tourism and international travel in general, resistance to these types of bacteria has the potential to spread around the world very, very quickly. And there is nothing in the (drug development) pipeline to tackle it.”
Quick! Fund some expensive research. It’s not just a bug, damn it, it’s a superbug!
The geniuses at NOAA said its stats proved that Wisconsin temperatures were at record highs of 600 degrees. ClimateChangeFraud.com debunks it.
Egg Harbor, Wisconsin is changing it's name to Fried Egg, Wisconsin
The geniuses at NOAA said its stats proved that Wisconsin temperatures were at record highs, but the folks over at ClimateChangeFraud.com took a closer look at those stats and discovered that something very odd.
Egg Harbor, Wisconsin, really got cooking this July 4th around 9:59AM, according to NOAA and Coast Watch. It was there, at the bottom left row of the temperature data points, that the records reveal on that day a phenomenally furnace-like 600 degrees Fahrenheit.
Further analysis of the web pages shows that the incredibly wide temperature swings were occurring in remarkably short 10-hour periods – and sometimes in less than 5 hours. Strangely, none of the 250 citizens or the 78 families living in the village appeared to notice this apocalyptic heatwave during their holiday festivities.
On the same day that he bragged that the worst of the recession is over, the Dow Jones tumbled 265 points and followed that up with another 59 point loss on Thursday after the Fed downgraded its forecast for economic recovery and the likelihood of a double-dip recession increased.
Bad timing on President Obama’s part.
On the same day that he bragged that the worst of the recession is over, the Dow Jones tumbled 265 points and followed that up with another 59 point loss on Thursday after the Fed downgraded its forecast for economic recovery and the likelihood of a double-dip recession increased.
What? Me worry about the economy?
The day’s newspaper headlines included, “Unemployment claims rise to six month high,” “You unemployment hits record high,” “July deficit adds $165.04 billion,” and “30,000 line up for hand-outs.”
Nevertheless, President Obama refused to bow to reality (he reserves his bowing for America’s enemies) and “insisted the worst of the recession is over as he signed legislation suspending duties on hundreds of imports.”
“So while we have fought back from the worst of this recession, we’ve still got a lot of work to do,” the Propagandist In Chief added. “We’ve still got a long way to go. And I’m more determined than ever to do every single thing we can to hasten our economic recovery and get our people back to work.”
Every single thing? So cutting taxes is on the table. Nah, who are we kidding?
Good lord, man, if this is a “recovery summer,” we’d hate to see a recessionary summer.
In what may be the least surprising announcement made in months, Janet Napolitano revealed Thursday that the troops she promised Arizona and other border states won’t be in place for weeks. Maybe months.
In what may be the least surprising announcement made in months, Janet Napolitano revealed Thursday that the troops she promised Arizona and other border states won’t be in place for weeks. Maybe months.
Arizona lawmakers asked for National Guard troops on the border and Napolitano promised to have them in place by August 1, but it looks like Tucson’s just going to have to wait a little longer. Or a lot longer.
“The first began arriving, or the command and control elements began arriving, on the 1st of august. They should all be there within, I would say, 30 to 60 days,” said Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano.
Napolitano went on to say, “Or 90 days. Or maybe 120 days. Or maybe not at all. You know what I love about my job? The more you lie, the easier it gets.”
Liberal stereotypes are falling. This week conservative gay men revealed that they felt more welcome at the Philadelphia’s Tea Party than at gay bars.
Liberal stereotypes are falling left and right. Last week we had the specter of conservative black men revealing that they saw no discrimination in the Tea Party. This week was have conservative gay men revealing that they felt more welcome at the Philadelphia’s Tea Party than at gay bars.
Joe Donnelly is a congressman from Indiana. He’s an incumbent Democrat, but you’d never know it from his new TV commercial.
Joe Donnelly is a congressman from Indiana. He’s an incumbent Democrat, but you’d never know it from his new TV commercial.
Donnelly says he’s been to the border and knows “just how bad the situation on the border is.” And he’s just Joe getting warmed up. He goes on to say that he wants to deport illegal aliens who commit felonies. And that he wants to deep six amnesty “because no one should ever be rewarded for breaking the law.”
Then he delivers the coup de grâce. He reveals that those positions aren’t “what the Washington crowd wants”, while displaying a photo of President Obama and Nancy Pelosi. You know, a couple of those darn Democrats.
The only thing missing from this commercial is a whispered voiceover right at the end that says, “Joe Donnelly is a Democrat, but he won’t tell anyone if you won’t.”
Michele Bachmann, the Republican Representative that lefties love to hate, told Sean Hannity democrats will be be using your tax dollars to campaign against ideas and candidates you believe in.
Michele Bachmann, the Republican Representative that lefties love to hate, told Sean Hannity that the Democrats’ latest $26 billion bailout is nothing more than a source of funding that will allow public employee unions to run ads against the Republicans in the upcoming elections.
In effect, they’ll be using your tax dollars to campaign against ideas and candidates you believe in.
“Coincidence,” Nancy Pelosi would probably respond, “It’s just a coincidence that all that money went to public employee unions.”
The accomplice media paints the Democrats as the party of peace and love and harmony. Yet some of the most vile comments seem to come from the left. Like this one from New Hampshire House candidate Keith Halloran.
We couldn't find a photo of Keith Halloran, so here's a photo of another horse's ass
The accomplice media paints the Democrats as the party of peace and love and harmony. Yet some of the most vile comments seem to come from the left. Like this one from New Hampshire House candidate Keith Halloran.
In a Facebook post about the plane crash that killed former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens and several others, Halloran said, “Just wish Sarah and Levy [sic] were on board.”
“Mr. Halloran’s outrageous comments are a new low, even by the standards of the New Hampshire Democrat Party,” NHGOP Communications Director Ryan Williams commented. “His publicly stated death wish for Governor Palin and her family is abhorrent, and has no place in our public discourse. Governor Lynch and Ann McLane Kuster need to immediately denounce Mr. Halloran’s hateful remarks and demand that he personally apologize to the Palin family.”
Of course, if a Republican had made a similar comment about a Democrat, the accomplice media would have been outraged. Absolutely outraged. Cries of righteous indignation would immediately demand that the Republican withdraw from the race.
But Halloran’s a liberal, so look for him to be offered his own show on MSNBC.
And when you think about it, wouldn’t that be punishment enough?
We doubt that Dr. Robert Jeffress, Pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas, will be invited back on Contessa Brewer’s show anytime soon. Not after the way he destroyed Brewer on Wednesday.
We doubt that Dr. Robert Jeffress, Pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas, will be invited back on Contessa Brewer’s show anytime soon. Not after the way he destroyed Brewer on Wednesday.
The subject was the proposed mosque at Ground Zero. Jeffress compared it to building a Shinto shrine at Pearl Harbor. Hilarity ensued when Brewer said that 9/11 had nothing to do with Islam. That’s when Jeffress took Brewer apart.
“Well, Contessa,” Jeffress said, “I’ve just been listening to your broadcast for the last few minutes. You talked about ten Christian relief workers gunned down by Muslim gunmen. You talked about this woman who was beaten to death because she broke Islamic law. You talked about attacks being launched in a German Mosque. I think Americans are beginning to realize these are not in opposition to Islamic teaching. But these followers of Islam are obeying the 35 verses in the Koran that call for radical violence against the infidels.”
Brewer spent the rest of the segment saying, “Yeah, but…yeah, but…yeah, but….”
Harry Reid stuck his pie in his boca again on Wednesday when he told a roomful of Hispanic Democrats that “I don’t know how anyone of Hispanic heritage could be a Republican.”
Harry Reid stuck his pie in his boca again on Wednesday when he told a roomful of Hispanic Democrats that “I don’t know how anyone of Hispanic heritage could be a Republican.”
AFL-CIO head honcho Richard Trumka actually called the deficit problem fiction and said, “We don’t have a deficit problem. Every economist in the country knows that.”
AFL-CIO head honcho Richard Trumka has apparently gone off his meds and needs to get back on them immediately.
He actually called the deficit problem fiction and said, “We don’t have a deficit problem. Every economist in the country knows that.”
No, Richard, what we have is a union problem. A moron problem. A head up our ass problem. A “I’m-gonna-say-something-really-stupid-and-the-liberal-media-outlet-won’t-have-enough-integrity-to-call-me-on-it problem.” A “What you talkin’ about, Willis?” problem. A lust for power problem. A socialist utopia problem. A problem dealing with reality problem.
This is what debate has come to on MSNBC. Ed Schultz can’t argue with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s success, so he resorts to calling him fat.
This is what debate has come to on MSNBC. Ed Schultz can’t argue with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s success, so he resorts to calling him fat. Yes, Ed Schultz, the round mound that expounds, had the guts to call someone else fat.
The opening graphic of his banal report read, “Battle of the Bulge” and was followed by Noel Coward-ish bon mots such as:
“This morning, Beckster [Glenn Beck] had some sizeable praise for the job-cutting governor.”
“On his radio program, Laura Ingraham backed him up with this hefty endorsement.”
“Christie’s couch-potato lifestyle.”
“Chris Christie is a guy who makes the middle-class, the poor and schoolkids pay for his fat-cat buddies to keep their living high on the hog lifestyle.”
“To say he’d be a good president? That would be some pretty hefty Psycho Talk.”
Do you think Ed understands tht you can’t score points by making fun of someone who already makes fun of his own weight.
Charles Gasparino tells Bill O’Reilly that he has confirmation that the “go easy on Obama” order was actually issued by General Electric (GE), which owns NBC, MSNBC, and CNBC.
Jeff Immelt is the sleazy chairman of General Electric (GE), which owns NBC, MSNBC, and CNBC.
Rumors swirled around the media world very early in the Obama administration that Immelt had held a dinner for the top executives and air talent of his networks and told them to go easy on the new administration. Of course, everyone involved denied that the dinner had ever taken place.
Now Charles Gasparino tells Bill O’Reilly that he has confirmation from people who attended the dinner that it not only took place, but that the “go easy on Obama” order was actually issued.
The only remaining question is, why did he bother inviting anyone from MSNBC? How much easier could they go?
