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Could it be that the people at Fox News were more concerned with their own elevator relationships than with their viewers' opinions when they immediately decided to enhance Juan Williams' contract mere hours after his firing by NPR? I say yes. What they failed to calculate was how dramatically different their viewers feel about Williams compared to how Williams' Fox cohorts feel. I submit that Fox viewers don't really care that Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly -- who know Williams personally -- think he's a fine, stand-up guy. Whoop-dee-doo. For all we know, he may be. It is likely that...

Did anybody see Juan Williams choke so badly he laughed at himself. It's not possible to defend Obama. It's laughable. John Sununu laughed at Juan and said.. "You're struggling" Juan seemed to agree. The debate was over outsourcing jobs outside of the United States. Juan defended outsourcing by saying when you invest in the global economy some of the money makes it back to the US. Sununu said the worst thing Obama has done in send money to Brazil to drill for oil and prohibited us from drilling for oil here!!! How ridiculous a policy can you have?? said Sununu...

OH MY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How many out there just witnessed one of the most elegant, well deserved lambastings of Juan Williams by Michelle Malkin. She should win an award for that performance. She just tore that half wit to pieces within the first 12 minutes of Hannity tonight. THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT! That was so exquisite because she didn't hold back and she did it with substance, something with which leftists like Williams can never enjoy the luxury. This is a MUST SEE because she did it in a way that all journalists and would be journalists should use as their...

Juan Williams tried to pin Newt down over his “poor kids should be janitors” answer from some time ago, and tried to make it about race. Newt took the opportunity to own Williams over asking the question, and got a partial standing ovation for it in the end.

Now more than ever, Muslim and non-Muslim Islamic apologists are making broad-based and inaccurate attacks on my scholarship and integrity; but when it comes to backing up their claims in debate with me, they suddenly get cold feet. The list of Islamic "scholars" and non-Muslim "experts" who have refused to debate me keeps growing; it now includes Ahmed Afzaal; Akbar Ahmed; Karen Armstrong; Reza Aslan; Jamal Badawi; Robert Crane; Dinesh D'Souza (although I did best him in debate at CPAC in 2007, he refuses a return engagement, perhaps sensing the outcome would be the same); Carl Ernst; John Esposito; Mark...

authoritarian multiculturalism today possesses an advantage it never had before: one of its most enthusiastic adherents currently occupies the White House. Barack Obama is an apostle of multiculturalism.

Sen. John McCain, one of the strongest opponents of repealing the ban on allowing gay and lesbian service members from serving openly, said he is open to changing the law – just not now. At the outset of the first of two high-profile Senate hearings on repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” law Thursday, McCain (R-Ariz.) said it “may be premature” to make a change at this time, as he questioned the quality of the Pentagon study that recommends the force would be amenable to repeal. McCain’s support is critical to the Obama administration’s hope to pass the legislation.

Some conservative commentators are ripping into NPR for hypocrisy in the termination of former news analyst Juan Williams — specifically pointing to 15-year-old remarks by legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg in which she appeared to wish harm to befall the late Senator Jesse Helms. When I spoke with her earlier today, Totenberg called her comments "dumb" and read from letters she had sent over the years saying so in reply to complaints about those remarks. "It taught me a lesson about being careful," Totenberg said. "I haven't said anything that stupid on the air in 15 years." In 1995, on...

If anyone should feel loved right now, it’s social commentator Juan Williams. His firing by National Public Radio (NPR) for comments he made on Fox News’ O’Reilly Factor has drawn harsh criticism from all quarters, left, right and center. And I join this defensive phalanx. Sacking a man for saying that he gets “worried” and “nervous” aboard a plane when he see people “identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims” with their traditional garb is an example of political correctness run amuck. Heck, Williams was merely giving voice to a disquiet felt by a majority of Americans. And if any...

By now almost everyone who is in tune with the American cultural landscape is aware of National Public Radio's firing of one of its premier news analysts of the last decade, Juan Williams. While it's not a scientific survey, an overview of the thousands and thousands of comments posted on the npr.org site show that the decision to fire him for expressing his views has been overwhelmingly unpopular, with promise after promise from purported listeners to withhold financial contributions.  Only a small fraction of the comments listed are in favor of his censorship. I would like to leave aside the...

I wonder how the Black community views the firing of Juan Williams? I have seen little to no mention of comments from the Black community, NAACP, etc. I will be very interested to see what Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton has to say.

Yes, Juan Williams got canned by NPR. Yes it was outrageous and unjust. My take is going to be short and sweet. It is poetic justice to see..." (continued)

News analysts at NPR - we are told - are held at a different ethical standard because they are news analysts and not commentators. I'm not sure what the difference between a news analyst, reporter or a correspondent is, but I think I know a commentator when I see one. So, what will NPR do about the other two 'news analysts' on staff working for other news outlets as - get this - commentators. Ted Koppel and Cokie Roberts have certainly been willing to express their own opinion, quite often leading to the presumption they are lefties. But since conservatives...

Link here:http://gretawire.blogs.foxnews.com/fnc-james-rosen-emails-me-npr-internal-memo-on-juan-williams-here-it-is/

John McCain holds a comfortable lead in the contentious Arizona Republican Senate primary, according to the most recent public polling, making him the strong favorite against former Rep. J.D. Hayworth on Tuesday. But it’s been a costly road to a fifth term for the 2008 GOP presidential nominee, and the experience is likely to leave a lasting and unsightly stain on his legacy. It’s not just the $20 million he’s spent already this election or the scorched earth campaign that he’s run. Rather, it’s the choices he’s made and the positions he’s embraced — and what it reveals about him...

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Sen. John McCain hasn't always talked tough on immigration. That haunted his presidential ambitions, and now his political survival hinges on whether he can show that his conversion is genuine. It hasn't been easy. Boycotts, vigils and a legal fight over the state's attempted crackdown on illegal immigrants have kept voters attuned to each nuance in his run for re-election. "Since 2007, I've said we have to secure the border first. I said it in 2008 and 2009 and 2010," McCain told 120 people at a town hall meeting in suburban Phoenix. Leaning against the back wall...

(The Hill)- Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Tuesday he would favor immigration reform that would deport most of the residents of the United States who are here illegally. McCain, who at one point had been the top Republican advocate for immigration legislation promising a pathway to citizenship for some illegal immigrants, said he favored establishing a guest worker program. But McCain expressed opposition to any program that would give illegal immigrants a way to become citizens. “No amnesty. Many of them need to be sent back,” McCain said during an interview on KQTH-FM in Tucson, Ariz. Once the border is...

JD Hayworth joins Roger Hedgecock Live today, 310pm Pacific/610pm Eastern to talk about his future and the race with McCain. How's he feel that Palin endorsed Juan? Was Clear Channel pressured by McCain?? Hmmmmm it should be very interesting!

Millions of undocumented people in the U.S. should be given a path to legal status after the country finds a way to stop illegal immigration, business and government leaders said in a report Wednesday. The University of Denver report argues that legalizing as many of the estimated 12 million undocumented immigrants as possible could strengthen the economy and national security. But it should come with conditions, such as requiring new immigrants to learn English, pass criminal and medical background checks, and pay any taxes that they owe, the document states. The report is the product of a year of discussions...

He talks to Hannity.