Politico has a big piece today whining about the press’s access to President Obama and wonders if they’ve become his puppets. Of course, they blame him rather than themselves. President Barack Obama is a master at limiting, shaping and manipulating…
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Politico Thinks Conservatives Have A Fever And The Only Cure Is More Politico
by Lonely Conservative • • 2 Comments
Politico’s Jonathan Martin thinks that conservatives have a fever and the only cure is more Politico, and more left wing media. He says we’re in a media cocoon that is “intellectually suffocating and self-defeating.” What a crock. We can’t get…
Oh My! Politico’s John Harris Said Obama ‘Diminished Himself’ As Commander In Chief
by Lonely Conservative • • 50 Comments
Here’s video of Politico’s John Harris pointing out how President Obama “diminished himself” as commander in chief during the final debate of the 2012 election. I felt that a number of times while the president was making his points so…
Politico Hits Romney for Responding to Obama’s Nasty Smears
by Lonely Conservative • • 2 Comments
According to Politico, Mitt Romney shouldn’t respond to the nasty smears coming from the Obama campaign. They should just allow the lies to stand and move along, lest they offend the sensibilities of Obama’s cheerleaders.
Politico Reporter Tweeted Penis Joke About Ann Romney
by Lonely Conservative • • 14 Comments
I don’t know if “joke” is the right word, since the tweet sent out by Politico White House correspondent Joseph Williams about Ann and Mitt Romney isn’t the least bit funny. Here’s a short clip of Williams discussing what he…
Politico: Obama Really Blew the Opening of His Campaign
by Lonely Conservative • • 2 Comments
Politico’s Mike Allen and Jim Vandehei picked up on how badly President Obama has blown the opening of his reelection campaign. It’s unknown whether they wrote the piece before or after Obama was talking about cowpies in Iowa, but surely…
Why Didn’t Politico Report Anything About Obama Ad Star John Slagle?
by Lonely Conservative • • 2 Comments
The Mitt Romney campaign released an ad featuring a few of the people the Obama economy has left behind. Within hours, Politico’s Maggie Haberman published a piece full of dirt on one of the men who appeared in the ad.…
Mark Block: Son of First Herman Cain Accuser Works for Politico – Update – Politico Denies
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Herman Cain’s campaign chief of staff Mark Block appeared on Sean Hannity’s show and said that the campaign has confirmed that the son of Karen Kraushaar works for Politico. Kraushaar is the first woman to have accused Cain of sexual harassment.…
‘Give it Up, Politico!’
by Lonely Conservative • • 2 Comments
This is just too funny not to mention. One of Politico’s many pieces telling us basically nothing about the Herman Cain “sex scandal” was picked up on memeorandum. The caption below the title comes from the first comment on the…
In Less Than a Week Politico Published 90 Stories on Herman Cain Scandal
by Lonely Conservative • • 1 Comment
Charlie Spiering counted the number of stories Politico has posted this week on the Herman Cain scandal – it was a whopping 90! They’re obsessed. How much is too much? Politico broke the Cain sexual harassment story last Sunday night, launching organization…
New Media Spin – Obama Can’t Do Anything About the Economy
by Lonely Conservative • • 8 Comments
Remember when Bush was President and we were told the economy was terrible because unemployment was at 5.5% and all anyone could find were McJobs? That was Bush’s fault. But now that the economy is completely in the crapper, and…
Politico: High Turnover on Michelle Obama’s Staff Due to Operation’s ‘Polish and Discipline’
by Lonely Conservative • • 3 Comments
First Lady Michelle Obama’s East Wing staff has an unusually high turnover rate. It took former First Lady Laura Bush six years to achieve the staff turnover Michelle Obama has reached in two years. I don’t know much about the…
Ben Smith of Politico Slams Public Policy Polling Hard
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Is Public Policy Polling gimmickry finally wearing thin on the media? If Ben Smith at Politico is any indication, then today might be the beginning of the end: This PPP survey has more to do with feeding the liberal echo…
Rush Limbaugh on the ‘Off Beat’ Political Candidates and the ‘New Normal’
by Lonely Conservative • • 2 Comments
I heard this today on the radio and was pretty amused at the a$$-backwards nature of the media. At least, as much as any of us can be amused by the state of politics today. Politico apparently did a piece…