Monthly Archives: October 2015
October 30, 2015 — Scott Johnson
The most obnoxious of the three CNBC debate moderators must have been John Harwood. The competition was stiff, but Harwood combined smug superiority together with liberal cluelessness in perfect balance. As we might have anticipated, however, Harwood is not inclined to look in the mirror to account for the negative reaction he provoked among viewers outside the media bubble. See, e.g., his walk down memory lane below via Harwood’s Twitter
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October 30, 2015 — Scott Johnson
Ammo Grrrll goes TIPTOEING (Past the Graveyard of Formerly Free Speech): Way back in my misguided leftist days in San Francisco, I knew two families with wildly-varying child-raising philosophies. One couple had a lively little boy who ran barefoot in damp, chilly, meeting halls that exhibited the same standards of hygiene as many radicals did personally. He ate hot dogs, chips and candy, some picked up off dirty floors. He
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October 29, 2015 — Steven Hayward
Ask yourself a series of questions: Why is it that whenever you hear about a speaker having his/her invitation rescinded from a college speaking invitation, it is always the left that complained? When was the last time you heard about conservatives protesting an event or speaker somewhere? Last night, the audience at the GOP debate booed the questioners from CNBC. When was the last time you heard a Democratic audience
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October 29, 2015 — John Hinderaker
For the last 24 hours I have been focused on, and writing about, the GOP presidential debate. I spent three hours talking about it while hosting the Laura Ingraham show this morning. So now it’s time for something completely different. If you’re not interested in guns, skip this post. Nearly a year ago, I ordered a custom-built AR-15 from Bison Armory. Since then, I have had a lot of fun
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October 29, 2015 — Steven Hayward
South Park can be considered the American version of Charlie Hebdo (and in fact Comedy Central did once censor a South Park depiction of Mohammed), so it was only a matter of time until South Park got around to applying their highly refined mocking treatment to the “safe space” mentality of college campuses. Here’s the climactic musical number from the end, but you can take in the whole episode here.
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October 29, 2015 — John Hinderaker
This morning, Marco Rubio appeared on CBS’s This Morning program. Host Charlie Rose appeared to be appalled by Rubio’s statement in last night’s debate that Hillary Clinton lied about Benghazi. For most of us, this is like saying that the Sun rose in the East, but to Rose it was evidently a new idea. So he tried to defend Hillary, unsuccessfully. Marco gave him chapter and verse, briefly and effectively:
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October 29, 2015 — John Hinderaker
Last night’s presidential debate was the most-watched program in CNBC’s history, which might not be a good thing for the cable network. The moderators’ performance was generally considered disgraceful, as we have already noted more than once. NBC’s spokesman–CNBC is part of the NBC news empire, now America’s most left-wing–put out a one-line statement defending the moderators’ performance: People who want to be president of the United States should be
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October 29, 2015 — Scott Johnson
The folks at Fox News invited me to appear for a brief interview about the Rathergate film Truth, opening tomorrow at a theater near you. They sent me to the heart of KMSP TV’s working newsroom in suburban Minneapolis for the interview. The reporters and producers in the newsroom couldn’t escape my side of the conversation if they wanted to. That was a new one on me. FNC’s Julie Banderas
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October 29, 2015 — Steven Hayward
China announced today that it is ending its coercive one-child policy, and will now allow couples to have two children. That’s mighty white of them. Don’t get your hopes up that this represents a turn toward more respect for fundamental human rights by China’s ruling Communist Party. The change is being made for simple demographic reasons: China is getting old very rapidly, and like other social democracies it needs a
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October 29, 2015 — Scott Johnson
In the adjacent post I note that John Kasich is bidding to become the media’s favorite candidate. This is not a case of unrequited love; the ardor is reciprocated. At MRCTV, Brittany Hughes highlights Katich’s take on the CNBC proceedings (video below): “Kasich: ‘I was very appreciative’ of CNBC moderators.” Now that is funny. Let’s just say it makes him something of an outlier in more ways than one.
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October 29, 2015 — Scott Johnson
After sleeping on last night’s Republican presidential candidates’ debate event, I offer a few notes and queries in the spirit of candid inquiry. Jeb Bush’s decision to go after Marco Rubio was stupid in so many ways that I wonder what he was thinking. This is what I was thinking: your campaign is so over. And I doubt I was alone. For the record, let it be noted that Bush
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October 28, 2015 — John Hinderaker
I agree with everything Scott and Paul said about tonight’s GOP presidential debate. The moderators were a joke from the opening gun, obviously serving as Democratic Party operatives. However, they were such poor operatives that the candidates trashed them repeatedly, and they often were on the verge of losing control over the event. On balance, their risible bias probably worked in favor of the Republicans, especially those who took them
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October 28, 2015 — Paul Mirengoff
Let’s start by identifying the two biggest losers of tonight’s GOP presidential debate. They are CNBC (along with the mainstream media in general) and Jeb Bush. But since CNBC isn’t running for president, I guess Bush is the biggest loser. The winners tonight were the candidates who most effectively trounced the blatantly biased CNBC moderators. Heading that list are Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. Honorable mention (and I do mean
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October 28, 2015 — Scott Johnson
Watching the Republican candidates debate on CNBC, I see a glorified disgrace. The leading Republican candidates are an impressive crew. We are charged with the responsibility of choosing who among them can best represent us in the coming presidential election. Yet the RNC has set up a program of debates that has served up a prominent forum for smash face attacks on our leading candidates by moderators who sound like
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October 28, 2015 — John Hinderaker
The next Republican presidential debate is coming up tonight at 7 p.m., Central time. It will be televised on CNBC. What better way to watch it than with a few hundred (or thousand) fellow conservatives? As I wrote here, it could be make or break for several candidates. So: plan to sign in to Power Line Live as you watch the debate. To get into Power Line Live, click on
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October 28, 2015 — John Hinderaker
I will guest host the Laura Ingraham radio show tomorrow. The show airs live from 9 to 12 a.m., Eastern. You can go here to find a station in your area. If you miss the show live, you can get highlights via podcast on iTunes, and it also airs later in the day on various stations. It should be an exciting show. We will be talking about tonight’s presidential debate,
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October 28, 2015 — Paul Mirengoff
The Republican House conference held its Speaker election this afternoon and resoundingly selected Paul Ryan for the job. According to this report, Ryan received 200 votes to 43 for Daniel Webster. Marsha Blackman and Kevin McCarthy each received one vote. In other news, the Speaker-to-be has endorsed the awful budget deal that John Boehner secretly negotiated (along with Mitch McConnell) with Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi. The deal passed the
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