Month: June 2014
Why Did Fox Allow Spokesanchor Megyn Kelly to Attack Dick Cheney on Iraq?
Here’s one for the Kremlin watchers. Why did Fox News Pres. Roger Ailes decide to go after Dick Cheney’s record of deception and ineptitude about the invasion of Iraq? Sources say that daily talking points are largely determined by Ailes and delivered by his minions in morning meetings to Foxbots like Megyn Kelly. During an interview with Cheney yesterday, Kelly put Cheney on defense about his record of lies and failures about Iraq, which she described in unvarnished and shockingly reality-based terms.
Cheney and his daughter Liz — last seen dropping out of the U.S. Senate race in the Cheney fiefdom of Wyoming after polls showed she was 50 points behind the incumbent, ultra right-wing GOP Sen. Mike Enzi — have launched yet another anti-Obama organization. As part of the rollout, in an op-ed in the Wall St. Journal, which, like Fox, is owned by Rupert Murdoch, Dick Cheney criticized the President, saying, “Rarely has a U.S. president been so wrong about so much at the expense of so many.”
In response to that, on Fox yesterday, Kelly asked him:
GOP Representative Says House Could Impeach Obama
He’s just absolutely ignoring the Constitution, and ignoring the laws and ignoring the checks and balances. The problem is, what do you do? For those that say impeach him for breaking the laws of bypassing the laws — could that pass in the House? It probably could. Is the majority of the American people in favor of impeaching the president? I’m not sure.
— Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA), asserting the House “probably” has the votes to impeach President Obama, Politico reports.
One Third of Republicans Not Happy with GOP Leadership
30%
Of Republicans have a favorable view of Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), according to a new HuffPost/YouGov poll. Also troubling for the GOP leaders is the fact that 45% of Republican respondents said GOP leadership in Congress is not conservative enough.
Paul: GOP Should Not Be ‘Democrat Light’
There are people who say we need to be more moderate. I couldn’t disagree more.
— Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), quoted by the Des Moines Register, saying Republicans should not just be “Democrat light.”
Obama Does the Dozens on Climate-Change Deniers
There are some who duck the question by saying, ‘Hey, I’m not a scientist.’ Let me translate that for you: What that means is, ‘I accept that man-made climate change is real, but if I admit it, I’ll be run out of town by a radical fringe that thinks climate science is a liberal plot.’
— President Obama, quoted by the Los Angeles Times, taking aim at climate change deniers.
Half of Americans Say Midterm Results Won’t Help Economy
50%
Of Americans say that Democrats or Republicans in control of Congress won’t make much of a difference in improving the economy. That’s compared with 25 percent who believe the economy will improve if Republicans control Congress, and another 23 percent who believe it will improve if Democrats are in charge, according to an NBC/WSJ/Annenberg survey.
Hillary Clinton, Bible Thumper
At the risk of appearing predictable, the Bible was and remains the biggest influence on my thinking. I was raised reading it, memorizing passages from it and being guided by it. I still find it a source of wisdom, comfort and encouragement.
— Hillary Clinton, interviewed by the New York Times, on her favorite book.
Politics for Partisans
People used to participate in politics because they cared.
The more they participated, the better democracy fared.
But not these days,
When partisanship holds sway,
And the only ones who participate are the angry and the scared.
