Posts Tagged ‘New York Times’
Friday, May 6th, 2011
A small LinkSwarm for a lazy Friday:
Mickey Kaus: “Why do these Democrats tell pollsters that immigrants are a burden because they ‘take our jobs’? Maybe because they do. Just a thought.”
The New York Times gets the Texas Senate Race, well, not quite right. “So far, only Republicans have declared in the Senate race.” False. Political neophyte Sean Hubbard has declared for the Democratic nomination, and has been filing his campaign financing reports with the FEC. “At least seven Republicans are vying for the seat being vacated by Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison.” Technically true but incomplete; there are five declared major candidates (Ted Cruz, Tom Leppert, Michael Williams, Roger Williams, and Elizabeth Ames Jones), three declared longshot candidates (Glenn Addison, Andrew Castanuela, and Lela Pettinger), one withdrawn candidate who filed her wind-down report with the FEC (Florence Shapiro) and one undeclared potential frontrunner (David Dewhurst). Saying “At least seven” makes me wonder exactly who you’re counting…
The Race to Replace KBH on Senate candidate Twitter antagonists. “Big fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite them/And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so on ad infinitum…”
From the same source we also learn that Leppert asked for, and received, the endorsement of the far-left SEIU.
More on Leppert’s SEIU support from the horse-mouth, SEIU Texas political coordinator Shannon Perez in the lefty Dallas Observer:
“The Republican primary voters of the state of Texas need to know the truth about Tom Leppert.
When he first ran for Mayor, as a moderate and a supporter of working men and women, he was pro-SEIU, pro-public employees organizing, pro-collective bargaining.
So committed to these ideals was Tom, that he vigorously pursued SEIU’s endorsement.
So committed to these ideals was Tom, that he came to our union organizing launch in the Water Department — encouraging folks to join SEIU. So committed to these ideals was Tom, he frequently threw on an SEIU T-shirt and came to our union hall…Tom even signed an SEIU membership card!
Tom, Tom, Tom, it makes it hard to take your Second-Coming-of-Ronald-Reagan rhetoric seriously when stuff like this keeps tumbling out of your closet. Is it too late for you to switch to the Democratic Primary? You’ve already got a huge lead over Sean Hubbard…
Tags:2012 Election, Andrew Castanuela, David Dewhurst, Elizabeth Ames Jones, Florence Shapiro, Glenn Addison, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Lela Pettinger, Michael Williams, New York Times, Roger Williams, Sean Hubbard, SEIU, Shannon Perez, Ted Cruz, Texas, Texas Senate Race, Tom Leppert
Posted in Border Control, Democrats, Elections, Texas, unions | 4 Comments »
Thursday, October 28th, 2010
So much election news, so little time to write about it:
- It’s the ObamaCare, stupid.
- Stuart Rothenberg touts up Democratic House members in trouble, with lots of familiar names: Steve Driehaus, Suzanne Kosmas, Kathy Dahlkemper, as well as Chet Edwards, Paul Kanjorski, James Oberstar, Solomon Ortiz and Ciro Rodriguez.
- Karl Rove talks of a Democratic Apocalypse (at least when he’s not taking swipes at Sarah Palin).
- James Cameron calls for a vote against California’s Proposition 23, which would reign in the most radical of the state’s job-destroying “green” excesses. That’s Canadian citizen James Cameron.
- Is Nurse Bloomberg planning a run for the Presidency in 2012? “If he runs, Bloomberg is prepared to spend between $1 to $3 billion on his campaign.” That’s Billion, with a “B”.
- “Poll Finds Obama Voters Leaning Republican”: That was the original title for that New York Times piece. It looks like someone at the Obama White House got through on the emergency NYT Red Phone, as it now bears the less-depressing-for-liberals title “Obama Coalition Is Fraying, Poll Finds.” But the article itself should be just as distressing to them: “Republicans have wiped out the advantage held by Democrats in recent election cycles among women, Roman Catholics, less affluent Americans and independents.” And take a look at the accompanying graphic, which shows lots of groups breaking heavily for Republicans, including college-educated voters. Man, that’s got to really stiing for those enveloped in the soft comfort of the Obama Reality Bubble.
(Hat tips: Real Clear Politics, Fark, NRO’s The Corner, and probably some I’ve forgotten. I’m dancing as fast as I can.)
Tags:Catholics, Chet Edwards, Ciro Rodriguez, Democrats, James Cameron, James Oberstar, Karl Rove, Kathy Dahlkemper, LinkSwarm, Michael Bloomberg, New York Times, Paul Kanjorski, Sarah Palin, Steve Driehaus, Suzanne Kosmas
Posted in Democrats, Elections, Republicans, Uncategorized | No Comments »
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
Today’s New York Times reveals that the Democratic Party isn’t just going to run against Bush this fall.
Mainly they’re going to run against Sarah Palin.
It’s interesting to see the irrational sputtering and fuming from the left on Palin, especially when asked what they think of her. They always start with the assumption that every right-thinking (which is to say Left-thinking) person believes that Palin is some sort of drooling moron. When asked to back up this judgment they become very defensive, or else cite widely debunked sound-bites such as her being a book-banner or a bad student (as opposed to being a member of the Honor Society), or saying God made dinosaurs 4,000 years ago.
It’s amazing that a political party who has controlled the House and Senate for four years, and the White House for two is, instead of running on their own record, attacking someone who currently holds no elective office. I’m sure that will earn some ink in any official history of the Democratic Party’s failure in this year’s elections…
Tags:New York Times, Sarah Palin, Snopes
Posted in Democrats, Elections, Media Watch, Republicans | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
Today the Washington Post announced that it was putting money-losing news magazine Newsweek up for sale. You may remember Newsweek‘s decision a couple of years ago to remake itself as a liberal opinion magazine (something ably lampooned by the indispensable Iowahawk). Since then, Newweek has managed the amazing feat of actually losing readers faster than most legacy media.
Of course, that brings up an interesting question: Which left-wing news outlet would you most like to see go out of business first? To that end, I’ve created a poll:
Vote away, good reader, vote away!
Tags:CBS News, MSNBC, New York Times, Newsweek, NPR, polls, Salon
Posted in Media Watch | 3 Comments »
Saturday, March 6th, 2010
Via Instapundit comes word that proponents of anthropogenic global warming are getting tired of all that annoying skepticism over tiny little things like “missing data,” “corrupted peer review processes” and “stuff just made up out of thin air.” And they’re not going to stand for it any more! They’re going to hit back at those skeptics hard, real hard! They’re going to (brace yourself for this) take out an ad in The New York Times!
Oh no, not The New York Times! Not that! Just imagine the impact that will have on the 3% of the NYT readership that doesn’t already believe in global warming! It’s like trying to influence the NRA by threatening to take out an ad against them in the local vegetarian newsletter.
But on reflection, a global warming ad isn’t designed to change minds the minds of skeptics any more than a papal encyclical on original sin is designed to sway the mind of Christopher Hitchins. It’s designed to reassure the global warming faithful that the high priests of AGW will fight to maintain the faith, and that unbelievers and heretics will be punished. For that, The New York Times is the perfect vehicle.
They’re not trying to convince the other side. They’re preaching to the chorus.
Tags:Anthropogenic Global Warming, Global Warming, New York Times
Posted in Global Warming, Media Watch | No Comments »
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
Some The New York Times employee took time out from their busy schedule of losing money and praising Obama to tell Instapundit Glenn Reynolds to “STFU.”
This is indeed amusing. However, I think it’s high time we stopped trotting out the “look at the mighty newspaper taking on the lowly blogger” cliches, even for the sake of irony. The stark fact of the matter is that Instapundit has more readers than The New York Times. If i wanted to reach readers outside the Greater New York Area (and, more honestly, Manhatten), I’d rather get a link from Instapundit than a profile in the The New York Times.
Tags:Glenn Reynolds, Instapundit, New York Times
Posted in Media Watch, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »