Tag Archives: The Narrative

WaPo: Leave Barry Alone!

Ed Rogers has a cute post over at WaPo recalling his days in the White House when things got rough: I’d like to shout out to the beleaguered souls working in the Obama White House and on the president’s reelection … Continue reading

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Shamelessly Worshiping in the Cult of Personality

Maureen Dowd had an absolutely marvelous piece on Obama in Sunday’s NY Times, titled, “Dreaming of a Superhero.” Seriously. On Friday, an ugly job market report led to the stock market’s worst day of the year. As the recovery flat-lined, … Continue reading

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Deliberate Misrepresentation

From Twitter: Greg Sargent @ThePlumLineGS tweets: @DrewMTips It’s customary to conceal your excitement about bad news for the country and continued economic misery for fellow Americans There they go again. Deliberate misrepresentation and smears. “Shame on me, a cold -hearted … Continue reading

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Saying One Thing, Doing Another

It’s how the left rolls. First, there’s the double-standard: if a conservative states a fact, it’s labeled “True but false.” If a liberal lies, it’s “fake but accurate.” The right is simply held to a different standard. But the left … Continue reading

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The War of WordCraft

Ace has a posting on Axlerod’s Goofing earlier today. But he takes a nice slap at The Narrative and the creative use of vocabulary by our biased friends in the media: I’ve asked @buzzfeedben and @buzzfeedandrew to craft a consistent … Continue reading

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The Worst Thing Obama Has Ever Said

That’s Michael Tomasky’s headline over at the Daily Beast where he’s wringing his hands that The One made a mistake: For Obama to refer to a “Polish death camp” is just ghastly. How in the world could that happen? Some … Continue reading

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5-Star Snark Spotlight: S.E. Cupp and Larry Flynt (Updated)

From Ace of Spades Comments (H/T Tami): Note to Larry Flynt & Hustler: “satire” is photoshopping the media without a d**k in their mouth. — David Burge (@iowahawkblog) May 24, 2012 [Added:] For those unaware, S.E. Cupp was photoshopped in … Continue reading

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