Category: Awards

by Chris Bodenner

Chris Matthews loses that loving feeling:

Does he really use a teleprompter in meetings?  Ed Morrissey partially defends the president.

by Chris Bodenner

"Progressives and Islamists are indeed on the same side. Their common disdain for Christianity explains why left-wing judges in America find any inkling of Christianity in the public square unconstitutional, while Islamist judges in the Middle East deem it executable. Their common view that life is expendable explains the left’s embrace abortion-on-demand and why the Islamists don’t hesitate to deploy their own children for homicide bombings," – Gary Bauer.

by Chris Bodenner

"If the Muslims own that property, that private property, and they want to build a mosque there, they should have the right to do so. … There’s a question of whether it’s too close to the 9/11 area, but it’s a few blocks away, it isn’t right there. … And there’s a huge, I think, lack of support throughout the country for Islam to build that mosque there, but that should not make a difference if they decide to do it. I’d be the first to stand up for their rights," – Orrin Hatch, becoming one of the few prominent Republicans – and Mormons – to support the Cordoba center.

by Chris Bodenner

"Oh, nobody made me the God Squad. The pope even said, this is Pope Benedict, that it is demonic not divine when theology crosses into the line of doing that which only the divine can do. He was speaking specifically about liberation theology," – Glenn Beck, asked by Chris Wallace about his views on Obama's religion. Keep restoring that honor.

by Chris Bodenner

From the guy who brought you the Willie Horton ad:

by Chris Bodenner

"Last week, after the announcement that [Right Wing News] is sponsoring Homocon, people started asking me why RWN chose to promote that event. After all, I'm against gays in the military, I'm a strong supporter of Prop 8, and I'm very much in favor of a Federal Marriage Amendment. So, why back a gay group that doesn't agree with me on any of those issues? …

[T]here's a world of difference between saying, "This is the Republican Party's position on this issue" and saying, "This is the Republican Party's position on this issue and to be a Republican, you have to agree with it." A political party that holds the former position can be both principled and have a big tent, while a political party that holds the latter position is doomed to purge heretics on one issue after the other until it dies an ignominious death. Additionally, no matter what your race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation may be, you should be welcomed into the Republican Party and the conservative movement. If there are people who don't agree with that, if there are people who think a gay conservative or a gay Republican is a contradiction of terms, then we're just never going to see eye-to-eye," – John Hawkins.

by Chris Bodenner

"I am not ultra-ultra-conservative on every issue. I actually support gay marriage. I think the gay marriage thing would definitely surprise people. I mean, for some people, it will surprise them to the point that they won’t want to hear it. “No, that can’t be, I really want to have this sort of idea of her in my head,” so I sort of rain on their parade there," – Elizabeth Hasselbeck.  All the right people are pissed.

by Chris Bodenner

Senate candidate Roy Blunt's campaign ad:

To his credit, Blunt removed it:

Blunt told the reporter he didn’t know about the ad, and it disappeared from the campaign’s website moments later. A spokesman subsequently told the reporter that ad was removed because it “didn’t reflect the right tone.” The ad has re-appeared, but now shows pictures of Carnahan with President Obama instead of graphic Ground Zero damage. (HT: Fired Up! Missouri)

But I suspect this ad is just the tip of the iceberg for November, particularly when it comes to candidates lower on the political food chain (Exhibit A).