http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/ratherbiased/ en-us Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:28:26 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102976/posts Zogby says, "When push comes to shove this will be a landslide. You have a big middle in this election, and a big middle that is unhappy. That middle is going to tilt this election one way or another." Zogby says Obama's 4 point lead is crucial. Both former Democratic candidates John Kerry and Al Gore sharing the same number in previous elections and both lost. But can Obama keep on pace? Dick Lockwood, an Obama supporter, says "They all said it was Hillary's to lose and she lost it. Now I'm afraid to say it's Obama's to lose but... WTVH http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102976/posts#comment Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:28:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2100248/posts CBS Poll: Uncommitted Voters Say Obama Won Oct. 8, 2008(CBS) Uncommitted voters named Barack Obama as the winner of the second presidential debate as well, according to a CBS News/Knowledge Networks poll. Immediately after the debate, CBS News interviewed a nationally representative sample of 516 debate watchers assembled by Knowledge Networks who were "uncommitted voters" - voters who are either undecided about who to vote for or who say they could still change their minds. Forty percent of these uncommitted debate watchers said Obama won the debate, 26 percent said John McCain won, and another 34 percent thought it was... CBS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2100248/posts#comment Wed, 8 Oct 2008 06:23:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089601/posts (NEW YORK) They scold us for “being unfair,” remind us to “ask all the candidates the same questions,” and occasionally, they boo us. From Canton to Colorado, some of the tens of thousands of people attending Sarah Palin’s rallies regularly take it upon themselves to give the media a piece of their minds. So I thought it only fair to turn the microphone around, and give a handful of rally attendees a chance to air their grievances about the way in which the media has covered the Republican vice presidential nominee. Watch the video below: CBS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089601/posts#comment Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:51:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074599/posts I thought Palin's speech was quite good: well-written, well delivered. And, as I said earlier, I think she's a genuinely engaging person, and comes across very well. There were just a couple of problems. One, which I have seen people notice, but which I suspect won't be a big deal for a lot of voters, is that it had very little substance. The other, which the commenters I saw on TV for some reason neglected to mention, was that she told a lot of lies. A few that stood out for me, or that I spotted in my quick run-through... CBS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074599/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 16:21:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990800/posts When Democrats contemplate the apocalypse these days, they have visions of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton slugging it out à la Ted Kennedy and Jimmy Carter at the 1980 convention. The campaign's current trajectory is, in fact, alarmingly similar to the one that produced that disastrous affair. Back then, Carter had built up a delegate lead with early wins in Iowa, New Hampshire, and several Southern states. But, as the primary season dragged on, Kennedy began pocketing big states and gaining momentum. Once all the voting ended and Kennedy came up short, he eyed the New York convention as a... The New Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990800/posts#comment Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:03:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989532/posts Some 50 delegates were reportedly poised to unite behind Barack Obama if he had won by even 1 point in Texas. He lost the popular vote by 100,000 ballots, and now we learn that 100,000 Republicans voted for Hillary Clinton, probably not because of some change in party allegiance but because they thought she would be the easier candidate to beat. This kind of strategic voting often backfires (think Ralph Nader). The Texas crossovers are winners. By helping to prolong the Democratic race, they can claim credit for weakening the eventual nominee, whoever it turns out to be. Obama has... Newsweek http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989532/posts#comment Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:20:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987151/posts The Early Show did its best this morning to help Barack Obama climb out of the hole he's dug for himself with his close association with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. In a set-up segment, CBS's Dean Reynolds rhetorically asked: "the question is whether the rhetoric is so remarkable, because in African-American churches pastors often seek to rouse their congregants to self-reliance by speaking harshly about the country's troubled racial past and the need to overcome it." Nice try, but how does accusing the US government of introducing AIDS and giving black people drugs equate to a call for self-reliance? Reynolds... News Busters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987151/posts#comment Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:47:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983083/posts I'm dancing on the top deck with a 71-year-old feminist and psychotherapist whom I've come to think of as the Twirler. We've spent two days attending seminars on The Nation magazine's Alaska cruise; we've talked about the Bush presidency and prison reform and single-payer health care. Now, at almost midnight, my fiercely intelligent and opinionated new friend is putting all the heady political talk behind her by bodily twirling. "If I start to get dizzy, then I twirl in the opposite direction," Charlotte tells me as the live band revs up its throbbing Motown beat. "I won't fall." "Good, please... South Florida Sun-Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983083/posts#comment Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:58:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981156/posts Hillary Clinton ceased to be the Democratic front-runner weeks ago, humiliatingly enough for her formerly inevitable campaign. But it was only after her drubbing in the Wisconsin primary that she became an inconvenience, the superfluous woman of Democratic politics. Among elected Democrats and the press, there is a palpable impatience with Hillary’s continued presence in the race: Won’t this lady ever leave so we can consummate our love affair with Barack Obama? Hillary’s bulwark was to be the Democratic establishment, but here was the party’s immediate past presidential nominee, John Kerry, an Obama supporter, shooing her off the stage. On... The National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981156/posts#comment Thu, 6 Mar 2008 05:40:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1977885/posts Former CBS anchor Dan Rather has accused those he called "corporate overlords" at CBS of "working in secret collusion with the powers in Washington" to intrude into television newsrooms. Rather made the remarks as he returned to a courtroom in New York to demand that CBS release documents by a private investigator hired by the network to look into claims made in Rather's story about George W. Bush's Texas Air National Guard service. The story led to Rather's dismissal from the anchor's post and eventually from the network. CBS has claimed that the same documents will reinforce its own position... IMDB.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1977885/posts#comment Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:56:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1970698/posts CNN has fired producer Chez Pazienza after the network brass realized he had been blogging at his own left-wing site and several others over a period of years: In a phone interview this morning, Mr. Pazienza, 38, said he joined CNN as a senior producer in January 2004 and has consistently received positive performance evaluations of his work. He spent his first year at CNN at the network’s headquarters in Atlanta, then moved to New York to work on “CNN Daybreak,” which has since been canceled, then “American Morning,” which is shown Monday through Friday, from 6 to 9 a.m.... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1970698/posts#comment Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:52:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1956980/posts CONTEMPLATING the Clinton-Obama racial war, some Republicans were so excited you’d have thought Ronald Reagan had risen from the dead to slap around a welfare deadbeat. Never mind that the G.O.P. is running on empty, with no ideas beyond the incessant repetition of Reagan’s name. A battle over race-and-gender identity politics among the Democrats, with its acrid scent from the 1960s, might be just the spark for a Republican comeback. (As long as the G.O.P.’s own identity politics, over religion, don’t flare up.) Alas, these hopes faded on Tuesday night. First, the debating Democrats declared a truce, however fragile, in... The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1956980/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:07:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1956971/posts According to CNN's fancy map of South Carolina, Fred Thompson is sapping votes away from Mike Huckabee in the socially conservative north. If that's the case, Thompson probably has a smile on his face. Thompson's distaste for Huckabee has been apparent throughout the campaign. Thompson often pushes back against Huckabee at debates and regularly sends emails critiquing Huckabee's stances on immigration and taxes. Persona-wise, Huckabee is everything Thompson isn't—charming, funny, and self-effacing. Most importantly, Huckabee possesses the start power that many Republicans hoped Thompson would have in the race. Huck is bizarro Fred. Most importantly, Huckabee has stolen Thompson's base... Slate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1956971/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jan 2008 07:33:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1950128/posts 1. We expect promises of change from Democratic candidates, but it's disappointing to watch certain Republican candidates yield to that superficially seductive sound bite, too. It's like the global-warming freight train, which few politicians have displayed the guts and character not to board. 2. It's disappointing to watch candidates from both parties accept the premise that criticizing your opponents' records and pointing out their inconsistencies and lies is engaging in dirty politics. It is not dirty but obligatory to draw distinctions between you and your opponents. Dirty politics is distorting one's record or spreading lies about a candidate. Why do... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1950128/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jan 2008 08:18:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1950024/posts COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - It doesn't matter to South Carolina state Republican David Hiott's colleagues that he's an avowed Fred Thompson supporter - his phone keeps ringing with pleas for him to get ready to jump ship. Hiott says he will be with Thompson "until the bitter end" of his presidential campaign. Hiott and other Thompson supporters in the early voting state say Statehouse colleagues for months have been trying to snare their support for other Republican candidates. But they're sticking with the former Tennessee senator and actor. They say Thompson's conservative credentials and foreign policy experience will gain traction... WAAY TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1950024/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jan 2008 02:55:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1950060/posts Politico.com an upstart (but seemingly well-funded) political blog has been sticking it to Fred Thompson for weeks. So Friends of Fred are Sticking it to Politico (dot com). Please visit the site. SoCal Pundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1950060/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jan 2008 04:07:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1945932/posts Former Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn, accused some of my colleagues of "journalistic malpractice" just now on Fox News Sunday. He's referring to coverage implying that Thompson said he's "not particularly interested in running for president," like this story. As our awesome ABC News off-air reporter with the Thompson campaign advised us last night, and as Jim Geraghty at National Review points out that may not be the fairest characterization of Thompson's complete remarks. The larger point Thompson seems to have been trying to make is that he's not interested in the process of running for president, but he wants to... ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1945932/posts#comment Sun, 30 Dec 2007 16:16:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1943425/posts Confederate Yankee catches Roger Simon of the Politico making a Fred Thompson visit to an Iowa firehouse sound like it went much worse than it did. Simon describes Thompson's "sour expression" on his face, and suggests that Thompson offended the firefighters when he mentioned his "silly hat" rule. CBS News - you know CBS News, that longtime friend of bloggers - offers video, that shows a lot of laughter and good spirits all around. Come on, man. Thompson apparently makes a reference to this botched story in his latest little video from the road: "Remember, we don't raise our hands... The National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1943425/posts#comment Sun, 23 Dec 2007 05:38:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1943339/posts In this long election cycle, we may be learning as much about media bias as about the candidates. PJM’s Bob Owens has more on the questionable characterization of Fred Thompson by The Politico’s Roger Simon. Fire Chief Dan McKenzie cast more doubts on The Politico’s chief political correspondent Roger Simon’s version of events at McKenzie’s Waverly, Iowa fire station in Simon’s article “Fred Thompson: Lazy as charged.” Questions had been raised about Simon’s article based on a video of Thompson’s appearance, which seemed to show the candidate behaving in a radically different manner from the one described by The Politico... Pajamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1943339/posts#comment Sat, 22 Dec 2007 22:52:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1933833/posts According to The Politico, New York Post columnist and FOX News contributor Dick Morris has been secretly advising former client Mike Huckabee on his Presidential campaign. Morris claims he is acting in an entirely voluntary capacity by simply offering free advice. Keep in mind that nationally syndicated columnist George Will was pilloried by the media when it became public that he had secretly and voluntarily helped Ronald Reagan prepare for his Presidential debates in 1980. A prominent national GOP insider tells Politics1 that he believes Morris -- despite his claims to the contrary -- is paid for his services through... Ron Gunzburger's Politics 1 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1933833/posts#comment Mon, 3 Dec 2007 05:24:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1933135/posts SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 29 (OneWorld) - U.S. war veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan have announced they're planning to descend on Washington, DC this March to testify about war crimes they committed or personally witnessed in Iraq. "The war in Iraq is not covered to its potential because of how dangerous it is for reporters to cover it," said Liam Madden, a former Marine and member of the group Iraq Veterans Against the War. "That's left a lot of misconceptions in the minds of the American public about what the true nature of military occupation looks like." Iraq Veterans Against the... OneWorld.Net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1933135/posts#comment Sat, 1 Dec 2007 06:41:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1933128/posts It was the Republican presidential candidates' turn to take questions from the great unwashed, and they didn't seem to have as much fun as the Democrats did. And it's not just because there was no talking snowman or Jackie Broyles and Dunlap. --snip-- Marc Ambinder (3) graded the candidates, and he proved to be pretty generous. "McCain's mix of resigned sighs, sober mien and sense of humor went over well with a crowd that seemed predisposed to be wary of him. ... Giuliani had a an 'eh' to 'poor' night. He seemed deflated. A little defensive. ... Thompson: He gets... The Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1933128/posts#comment Sat, 1 Dec 2007 06:04:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1932564/posts Remember the gay retired brigadier general who chastised Republicans for their stance on gays in the military at Wednesday's CNN/YouTube debate? Turns out Keith Kerr was packing a partisan sword. He's served as a member of an advisory team on gay and lesbian issues to the Sen. Hillary Clinton Campaign. In the words of CNN's debate crew: D'oh! And here's Anderson Cooper falling on his nonpartisan sword. So how did this slip under CNN's radar? Maybe CNN could have checked its own website. Instead, they paid for Kerr's airfare and hotel to St. Petersburg for the debate. This is a... The San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1932564/posts#comment Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:43:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1927724/posts A while back, the L.A. Times tried to make Fred Thompson's record as a Prosecutor in Tennessee look bad. They wanted the public to get the impression that he was incompetent or that he had a bad record. Since that time, I was doubtful, but since I could not prove things one way or the other, I had to live with my doubts. Well, someone finally took the time and looked into Fred's record to see how his record really stacked up and determined that he was actually quite successful as a prosecutor. My suspicions on the accuracy of the... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1927724/posts#comment Mon, 19 Nov 2007 07:20:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1924107/posts There is an old hymn written by Fanny Crosby, sung at generations of camp meetings, which exclaims: "Crown Him! Crown Him! Prophet, and Priest, and King!" Since the emergence of evangelicalism as a cultural force in the 1950s, three approaches to politics, represented by three personalities, have emerged. They are the prophet, the priest and the kingmaker. The prophet has been psychologist James Dobson, who dispenses child-rearing advice on the radio from his Colorado ministry, Focus on the Family. On family issues, Dobson's counsel is moderate and broadly appealing. On politics, his tone sharpens. He rails against compromise on social-conservative... Newsweek http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1924107/posts#comment Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:07:42 GMT