U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Pays Homage to Obama—But Not Jesus

The 63-foot Sierra White Fir lighted at the U.S. Capitol Grounds on Dec. 6 as the official 2011 Capitol Christmas Tree includes a prominently displayed ornament paying homage to President Barack Obama, but includes no ornament readily visible to a person standing near the tree’s base that uses the word “Christmas,” or includes an image of the ...

Schultz Derides GOP ‘Fearmongering’ on Iran As Panetta Hints at Military Strike

On Monday’s The Ed Show, MSNBC host Ed Schultz accused Republican presidential candidates of “fearmongering” on the issue of the danger posed by a nuclear Iran, but, ironically, on the same day the CBS Evening News led its show with an interview with Obama administration Defense Secretary Leon Panetta who hinted at the possibility of ...

NBC’s Curry to Bill Clinton: Does Gingrich Have ‘Temperament’ and ‘Leadership Qualities’ to be President?

During a fawning interview with Bill Clinton on Tuesday’s NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry asked for the former President’s thoughts on Newt Gingrich running for president: “You also, having worked with him, I’m wanting to know, putting aside politics, do you see Newt Gingrich as a man who has the temperament, the leadership qualities, to ...

CBS Let Biggest Lie of the Year in Politics Go Unanswered For Months

Tuesdays Early Show on CBS brought on PolitiFacts Bill Adair to reveal what he labeled as the “biggest lie of the year” inside politics, which was “the claim by many Democrats that the Republicans voted to end Medicare.” But CBS let Democratic operatives spout that falsehood several times without scrutiny earlier in 2011 via CBS ...

Taliban are not our enemy, says Joe Biden

I don’t think our returning soldiers who have been fighting them for the last 10 years feel the same, Mr. Vice-President The Taliban are not an enemy of the U.S. and should not be talked about in such terms, Joe Biden has claimed.The vice-president said the militant Islamist group only represents an inherent threat if it allows ...