When will conservatives push back against the media? (Updated)

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Michelle Malkin; Even some in the old media are fed up, so when will the GOP push back?

"Last week, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced the names of 2012’s chosen referees: CNN’s Candy Crowley, PBS’s Jim Lehrer, and CBS’s Bob Schieffer will preside over the three presidential debates; ABC’s Martha Raddatz will host the sole vice-presidential debate. The debate panel trumpeted the gender diversity of its picks, but the chromosomal diversity is far outweighed by the political uniformity, class conformity, and geographical homogeneity of the group."...:.If the 2012 GOP presidential ticket won’t push back, then who will? If not now, then when?"
American Thinker; Another round of liberal debate moderators  "So, once again, we can look forward to softball questions lobbed toward President Obama, and "Have you stopped beating your wife yet?" -like questions fired at Governor Romney."  
Here is one such debate question that Brian Williams asked Gov Rick Perry:

Godfather Politics; Dump the Liberal Debate Moderators  "The GOP needs to stand against the liberal media that it knows is a Fifth Column for this administration. The three networks are no longer viable or reliable news sources. They are irrelevant.
"Here’s(sic) some moderators that come to mind:"...

Want to know who chooses these debate "moderators"? This will tell you: Bring on the Gingrich Debating Offense: 10 Democrats 3 Republicans Choose Debate Moderators
"Question to Reince Priebus and Mitt Romney: How in the name of all decency, have you allowed this to happen? We’ve seen it in the past and it isn’t pretty. Are you lacking the drive to clean up how we elect our country’s leaders, or do you just think you are so good you can overcome this ambush?

"Do you expect We The People to fix the problem? We are powerless, but at this very late date, give us a suggestion and we’ll try to do your job for you. In the meantime, start talking about it. Put Paul Ryan on it. Those who select the moderators are 10 Democrats to 3 Republicans. Get to a microphone and tell “The People” what to expect."  Via  Maggie's Notebook

UPDATE; Will 2012 Presidential Debates Be Fair? All Moderators Will Be Partisan Democrats!    Via Saberpoint

Will there be hostile questions to Romney and soft-ball queries to Obama?  Will the array of questions be designed to make Romney look bad and Obama look good?  You can bet on it.

Think Football Would Be Left Alone by the Radical Left? Not For Long.

Conservative Daily News  "The American Spectator recently pointed out that football has become “the new smoking.” If only the scourge of leftism were that toxic.

"No, it’s much, much worse than that. Football represents a complete affront to the entire project of radicalism, which decades ago spread to our universities, schools, entertainment, and legal professions.

"The last remaining conservative bastions — the military and professional sports — are presently under assault by leftists who cannot stand to leave these exemplars of patriotism and capitalist competition alone. So football fans better keep their heads on a swivel."

...."The NFL, without any affirmative action policy and simply through the standard of open competition, confirms an argument that conservatives have been making for years: That a true market is colorblind. In the NFL, the rule is simple: Either you are a great football player or you are a fan."

The Left Politicizes Everything -- Including Football   "I watch a lot of football and I can't tell you the last time I saw a male reporter doing an on-field interview.  They're always females doing on-field interviews.  And then, you know, I played football with my class, high school football boys, and I got injured in January.  I'm 44 years old, and I got injured, and I'm still struggling through the injury.  It was a right hand injury.  And everybody is like, "What are you doing?"  Well, I like the game, I love the game, and I'm really upset with players who I have met personally some of them at training camps who are coming out saying things that are gonna hurt the game.  I knew the risk when I went in and played in January, and I'd do it again because I love football.  And so I mean I'm all around upset about what's going on with the NFL right now.  All around upset."   I just sneaked (snuck?) a Rush Limbaugh piece by you with this.

Oh, if this conversation could only take place

But, as has been oft-stated in the Tunnel Wall, leftists are not capable of being taught from logic. As Rush says, liberals only act from feelings and nothing more substantial. Ergo, after Reagan left the room, everything he said would have been forgotten.

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Hat tip to Harley Standlee; Placerville, CA

Speaking of movies; ‘The Hope and the Change’: New Citizens United Movie Blasts Obama

Daily Beast   "Romney fans, get ready: Citizens United is rolling out a powerful new anti-Obama video that will be the talk of the convention in Tampa." 

"The Hope and the Change" is a more sophisticated and potentially potent effort than the Hillary project was. Instead of featuring strident partisan voices such as Morris or Ann Coulter, the cast of 40 is composed entirely of registered Democrats and independents who voted for Obama in 2008. This reflects a political premise shared by Bossie and Stephen K. Bannon, the film’s director—that the 2012 election will be decided by that group of voters in key states whose enthusiasm for Obama has descended toward disillusion.

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"In the film’s opening segment, a haunting musical strain plays as Obama’s campaign plane (dubbed “Change”) is seen descending through the clouds over Denver, interspersed with vast crowd scenes of breathlessly expectant supporters. Bits of Obama’s cosmic rhetoric (“this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal”) are intercut with close-ups of faces twisted in ecstatic zeal, culminating in Obama’s memorable line, “We are the ones we have been waiting for.” "

...."The film will go into theatrical release in selected cities in September, and, if all proceeds according to plan, will play several dozen times on a cable channel right up to election day."

More here.

The Republican National Committee releases "What Else?"  Video hits back at Stephanie Cutter.

"2016 Obama’s America" #3 at the box office so far

Deadline Hollywood  "That’s  stunning because it’s playing in a 1/3 less theaters across North American than the other wide release actioners....However, its hot pre-sales have made the pic frontloaded, and its ranking will fall steeply by end of Sunday. But its new cume after this weekend could make it the #1 conservative documentary ...The success of the anti-Obama pic comes on the eve of the Republican National Convention August 27-30. This is turning into the weakest weekend of  Summer 2012 especially for new movies (with the exception of the anti-Obama pic)."

Cricket and the United States of America

From the British Freedom blog

"If you were an American or Canadian in 1844 you could be forgiven for believing that the game of cricket would long be a staple of your country. Haverford College played up until 1925, touring many English public schools, but in truth the game had started to fade into obscurity by 1905. 

"Baseball burst into the American consciousness and shelved cricket in the process.

"Whereas cricket was steeped in Englishness, baseball embodied the burgeoning identity of a new nation. As in England, cricket in America was elitist, mainly played by those with the luxury of not having to work. Away from the lush and privileged backdrop of country clubs baseball grew. With minimal equipment required, and a more simplified set of rules and a shorter format, the new sport took root."

Did Cricket inspire bits like this?

Don't tell me you didn't know this was coming.

Another 9/11 colouring book comes out

Gary Rumain's Mad About Mahound  with a hat tip to Logan's Warning

Must-read article- Charles Krauthammer:The Cordesman criteria

Charles Krauthammer  "Either Israel is engaged in the most elaborate ruse since the Trojan horse or it is on the cusp of a preemptive strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

"What’s alarming is not just Iran’s increasing store of enriched uranium or the growing sophistication of its rocketry. It’s also the increasingly menacing annihilationist threats emanating from Iran’s leaders. Israel’s existence is “an insult to all humanity,” says President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. “Anyone who loves freedom and justice must strive for the annihilation of the Zionist regime.” Explains the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Israel is “a true cancer tumor on this region that should be cut off.”"  Read more...

The Cordesman article Krauthammer refers to: Iran: Preventing War by Making It Credible    "It is equally possible, however, that war can come from the same conditions that helped trigger World War II—years of negotiations and threats, where the threats failed to be taken seriously until war become all too real.
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"Political maneuvering and opportunism does, however, raise tensions, while the administration’s efforts to damp tensions down may make Iran feel that the threats growing out of U.S. politics are beginning to seem hollow."
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The United States has many options for such attacks if they are necessary, and it can talk about them as exercises or war college studies without giving away any details. In fact, the United States can confront Iran with many more options than Iran can react to, while making it clear to our allies just how credible U.S. options can be as a last resort. The United States can—and should—speak softly while providing the clearest possible picture of the fact that it carries a big stick.

Do you think this show of determination will come from a president carrying a load of guilt over American military power; a president who is a student of anti-war activist Bill Ayres and numerous anti-American mentors? I cannot imagine any "gutsy calls" in Obama's future, but with his obsession for re-election that surpasses all regard for damage to this nation, do not rule it out. TD

Is it too much to hope President Obama will not turn out to be President Jubilation T. Cornpone?

Anderson Cooper Takes DNC Chair Wasserman Schultz to Task for Misquoting L.A. Times In Fundraising Pitch

NewsBusters   "There are some lies told by the DNC that even CNN can’t let slide.  Such is the case with a recent DNC fundraising email written by Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz which misquotes the L.A. Times in order to attack Mitt Romney.

"The email at question centers around the RNC platform on abortion which has remained the same for the past twelve years in its steadfast support for the protection life. ...

 " The email written by Ms. Schultz said the following:

Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are now, incredibly, saying they don't agree with the policies of the party whose nomination they're about to accept, but guess what? The Los Angeles Times reported yesterday that the platform was, and I quote, "written at the direction of Romney's campaign."

"On his August 23 program, Anderson Cooper called out the Chairwoman for misquoting the L.A. Times, but Ms. Schultz stubbornly refused to admit fault.  Throughout the interview, Cooper corrects Schultz’s lies, pointing out that "Mitt Romney did not design or direct the writing of the Republican Party platform. In particular, the language on abortion is virtually the same as it's been for years." "

Big Journalism; DWS When Confronted On Lie: 'It Doesn't Matter'  "CNN's Anderson Cooper doggedly tries to get DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz to acknowledge the truth behind her false claims about Mitt Romney's position on abortion."

The heading to the above said Schultz was "torn to shreds", but Rush Limbaugh fervently disagrees in this piece:  Cooper Performs Random Act of Journalism on Debbie "Blabbermouth" Schultz

But I don't think he "profoundly embarrassed" her. I don't think she can be embarrassed. I don't think Biden can be embarrassed. Oh, speaking of that, Charlie Rangel said (impression), "You're damn right Biden was talking about slavery and he's damn right about it!"Yeah, Rangel's out saying, "Damn right he was talking about slavery." Another circling of the wagons around Plugs. Anyway, maybe I'm hearing this differently than you guys, and I didn't see it. Maybe Debbie "Blabbermouth" Schultz looked guilty, but... (interruption) Okay, HR says he saw it and she looked guilty. Fine. When you just hear it, she got her message out: Romney's lying and hates women and is extreme!

The search for pro-Akin cartoons continues

Nope, nothing here...

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Wonderful California Legislature Passes Bill To Jerry Brown To Prevent Arrests Of Illegals

Weasel Zippers linked to this column in the Sacramento Bee 

 "The [California] Assembly Friday passed and sent to Gov. Jerry Brown legislation that would prohibit law enforcement officers from detaining undocumented immigrants for federal authorities when they are released from criminal custody, unless they have a history of serious or violent crime.

"He and other Democrats said it’s aimed at preventing otherwise non-threatening immigrants to go about with their lives without fear of deportation, while Republicans argued that the effect would be to give criminally inclined illegal immigrants a sanctuary.  (AB 1081 roll of votes)

"The 44-23 vote to send the measure to Brown was strictly along party lines, although some members of both parties declined to vote."  
Posted by Gazoo in the comments to this article. Sorry about the language elsewhere.

Fuentes

Holder and the Justice Dept. suing California for violating Federal Immigration Law in 3......2......1.......    oh nevermind 

Gut-and-amend bill seeks 'safe harbor' for illegal immigrants
"Fuentes received the final word only a few weeks ago that the safe harbor program could be created through legislation, without a statewide vote, which prompted the gut-and-amend of SB 901 so late in the legislative year, Golombek said."

(Below)This OC Register cartoon goes here just because I can do it.

Read more here: http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2012/08/california-legislation-seeks-safe-harbor-for-illegal-immigrants.html#storylink=cpy

Hey, Biden Had Girlfriends Too!

BernardGoldberg.com

Background; Does Paul Ryan's Black Ex-Girlfriend Matter?
"As reported on Twitter by CNN's Pete Hamby, Ryan said he has a black sister-in-law, but perhaps even more interesting, his "college sweetheart" was African American."  Democrats are frantically thinking up talking points to neutralize this.

Paul Ryan and his black girlfriend: What’s the fuss?   Crystal Wright is an occasional contributor to The Root DC and is the editor of the political site “Conservative Black Chick.”

..."But apparently, interracial dating is a story only when a white
Ryan holds a rally at a hardware store in Roanoke, Va., on Aug. 22. (Steve Helber - AP)Republican does it. President Obama dated white women in college and law school and that never became a significant story during the 2008 campaign.

"In fact, discussion by the mainstream media of the president’s interracial relationships often implied that he was more tolerant, complicated and interesting  I’m curious why Ryan isn’t afforded the same kind of perspective."

Anyway, here is the aforementioned article from Bernie Goldberg.com:

"The Chicago Democratic organization has quietly promised President Obama that it will try to offset the black-girlfriend effect by paying black voters to vote four times during the election, up from the customary three. But this is seen strictly as a symbolic gesture, because Obama seems certain to win the state of Illinois by a wide margin, no matter what.

"The more effective tactic, the strategists agree, is to retroactively link the Democratic candidates to every known ethnic, racial and religious group in the United States. ....

“They were all fantastic babes,” Biden is said to have remarked. “I dearly love every one of those groups — I mean women.”

"The Biden operative said the vice president is prepared to state that he dated gay men too if there is any indication that this group might stray from its traditional allegiance to the Democratic party."    

Bio of Arthur the author: Arthur Louis spent more than forty years as a print journalist, with the Philadelphia Inquirer, McGraw-Hill, Fortune magazine and the San Francisco Chronicle, but he is not asking for sympathy.