Jul 22, 2009 3 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Fight back, get ACTIVE WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's assertion Wednesday that government will stay out of health care decisions in an overhauled system is hard to square with the proposals coming out of Congress and with his own rhetoric. Even now, nearly half the costs of health care in the U.S. are paid for by ...
Continue ReadingJul 22, 2009 5 Comments ›› Erik Wong
WASHINGTON, July 22 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama shifts his effort to convince the American people healthcare reform is the right thing to do right now to prime time Wednesday. In an evening news conference, Obama is expected to outline the case for healthcare reform as well as provide an update on what has been ...
Continue ReadingJul 22, 2009 17 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Politico: He’s been in office only six months, but already there’s a strong sense of déjà vu around the way Americans are seeing and hearing from President Barack Obama. The president keeps returning to the same communications tactics over and over, and all the pages of his PR playbook have one thing in common: a big dose ...
Continue ReadingJul 20, 2009 12 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
"...for the first time in his presidency, more Americans strongly disapprove of his performance on the economy than strongly approve." Washington Post: Heading into a critical period in the debate over health-care reform, public approval of President Obama's stewardship on the issue has dropped below the 50 percent threshold for the first time, according to a new ...
Continue ReadingJul 20, 2009 9 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Obama has not implemented one single succesful domestic or foreign policy since he stole the election. The closest thing to success he can claim is having a rubberstamp congress rubberstamp his failed policies. Politico: Finally, we’re starting to see him sweat. President Barack Obama made his personal icy cool the trademark of his campaign, the tenor ...
Continue ReadingJul 20, 2009 5 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
RadarOnline: Barely a day after legendary newscaster Walter Cronkite died, a battle has broken out over a nasty planned tell-all book. Terri Schwab, Cronkite's former chef and manager of his Martha's Vineyard home for 10 years is shopping a tome that charges Cronkite suffered from dementia and was hated by his three children. Schwab said ...
Continue ReadingJul 18, 2009 7 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Jerusalem Post: The first feature film produced by Hamas made its debut this weekend, complete with an exclusive crowd of local celebrities posing for photographers at the movie premier screening in Gaza. The action-packed thriller, an homage to a top Hamas operative, cost only $200,000 to make and is being shown to segregated audiences of bearded men ...
Continue ReadingJul 18, 2009 1 Comment ›› Erik Wong
The Hill: The chairman of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee quashed an effort by the Treasury Department to hire a cartoonist after the link to the job ad was posted on the Drudge Report. Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) contacted the Treasury Department to complain after Matt Drudge’s website linked to a want ad for contractors with the ...
Continue ReadingJul 17, 2009 77 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Walter Cronkite, died Friday. He was 92. Cronkite spent the last 30 years promoting ultra-leftist causes. Cronkite's longtime chief of staff, Marlene Adler, said Cronkite died at 7:42 p.m. at his Manhattan home surrounded by family. She said the cause of death was cerebral vascular disease. His 1968 editorial declaring the United States was ...
Continue ReadingJul 17, 2009 6 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
MOUNT PLEASANT, Wis. (AP) - The owner of a southern Wisconsin house might not be in love with the Oscar Mayer wiener right now.
Continue ReadingJul 17, 2009 25 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Media Bistro: TVNewser has learned CNN correspondent Susan Roesgen's contract will not be renewed and she will be leaving the network. Roesgen, you'll recall, was criticized for her coverage at the tax day tea parties in April, when she said the event she was covering in Chicago was, "anti-CNN since this is highly promoted by the ...
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