Month: March 2011

Useful Idiot: Chris Matthews Sees Japan Earthquake an ‘Opportunity’ for Obama to Remind People He Was Born in Hawaii

Hundreds if not thousands of people are dead due to a devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. But at least it gave Barack Obama an avenue to remind everyone he was born in Hawaii. That’s the silver lining for MSNBC’s Chris Matthews.

“Was this sort of a good opportunity for the president to remind everybody that he grew up in the United States and Hawaii?”

via Chris Matthews Sees Japan Earthquake an ‘Opportunity’ for Obama to Remind People He Was Born in Hawaii.

62% Favor Repeal of Obamacare – Rasmussen Reports™

Support for repeal of the national health care law has reached its highest level since May of last year. The number of voters who believe the plan will increase the cost of care has tied its highest level since the law’s passage last March.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely Voters shows that 62% favor repeal of the health care law, including 51% who Strongly Favor it. Only 33% of voters oppose repeal, with 24% who are Strongly Opposed.  To see survey question wording, click here.

via Health Care Law – Rasmussen Reports™.

N.J. activist James O’Keefe’s video shows NPR executive slamming tea party movement | NJ.com

“This disturbing video makes it clear that taxpayer dollars should no longer be appropriated to NPR,” House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., said in a statement. He added that executives have “finally admitted that they do not need taxpayer dollars to survive.”

The budget bill passed by the House last month would end funding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which supports programs distributed on NPR and PBS. CPB is getting $430 million in the current fiscal year.

via N.J. activist James O’Keefe’s video shows NPR executive slamming tea party movement | NJ.com.

NPR Executives Caught On Video Bashing Conservatives | The Daily Caller – Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

A man who appears to be a National Public Radio senior executive, Ron Schiller, has been captured on camera savaging conservatives and the Tea Party movement.

“The current Republican Party, particularly the Tea Party, is fanatically involved in people’s personal lives and very fundamental Christian – I wouldn’t even call it Christian. It’s this weird evangelical kind of move,” declared Schiller, the head of NPR’s nonprofit foundation, who last week announced his departure for the Aspen Institute.

NPR Executives Caught On Video | The Daily Caller – Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment.