A Classic Case of Leftist Bias From Reuters on Obama’s Coming Judges
November 15, 2008 | Filed Under Barack Obama, Congress, Constitution, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, Judges, Media Bias, News, President, Publius Contributor, Society/Culture, The Law, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments
-By Warner Todd Huston
We’ve seen some major cases of left leaning bias in the media, especially during the late presidential campaign. Many of these cases have been blatant and over-the-top in style but, while covering the brazen cases of such bias, it is easy to forget that there are every day cases of the more subtle bias to the left in the media. Today, we have a perfect example of a more subtle left leaning bias in the media with a Reuters story headlined “Obama likely to push courts away from right.” In it there are lies, distortions and tricky wording all used to pat Barack Obama on the back for his assumed sharp turn to the left he’ll take as he appoints judges during his forthcoming presidency. The same tricks of the trade are used to attack George Bush and conservatives for their judicial turn to the right these last eight years.
The headline, of course, is a classic example of leftist bias. Just take a look at the language: “Obama likely to push courts away from right.” More properly this headline should read: “Obama likely to push courts to the left.” But, notice that instead of saying “push to the left,” they say “push away from the right.” This gives Obama cover for what he’s really doing and takes the emotional impact away from the fact that Obama is, indeed, going to veer to the left by placing the negative connotation on the right. Reuters is assuring people that Obama ISN’T going left, no, no, no, he’s only going “away” from the right!
The first paragraph continues to use words that soften Obama’s shift to the left while highlighting Bush’s actions in harsher terms.
Christians, this election is not just about the economy
October 31, 2008 | Filed Under Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Elections, GOP, Judges, Marie Jon, News, Publius Contributor, Religion, Socialism, Society/Culture | 1 Comment
-By Marie Jon’
Christians founded this nation, and they will either save it or let fall into the hands of a Socialist-Marxist and his minions. By refusing to vote for Sen. John McCain, Christians will bear a huge portion of responsibility for abandoning their nation in its time of greatest need.
Only a massive turnout of every devout believer in Christ can turn this election around. We most certainly have the numbers to do the job. God fearing Christians who are willing to vote their faith can overturn the attempted theft of this election by the enemy.
The Democrats have let it be known that if and when they gain control of all three branches of government, they will do so for generations to come, by force if necessary.
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Boston Paper: John McCain Will be a Dictator?
October 25, 2008 | Filed Under Anti-Americanism, Congress, Constitution, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, GOP, Government, Corruption, Judges, Media Bias, News, President, Publius Contributor, Socialism, Society/Culture, Taxes, The Law, Warner Todd Huston | 1 Comment
By- Warner Todd Huston
Someone at The Phoenix, a small Boston weekly, is off his medication. It’s hard to believe sanity is a familiar state, at least, when reviewing the silliness passed off as serious political analysis, anyway. For the lead editorial in The Phoenix this week is a fantastic display of hyperbole filled with “truther” propensities. The editorial, you see, is all worried that John McCain will make himself a “dictator” if he wins the election next month. No, they are serious, so quit laughing.
And how is it that he will become a “dictator”? Why, it’s because he will be able to appoint a new Supreme Court Justice, you see. Yes, that is the only proof posited for this idiotic theory.
The “argument” this editorial pushes on an unsuspecting reader is that if McCain appoints another eeeevil conservative Justice, then the Courts will turn over all the power in the land to the president. After that, I suppose the writer of this schlock posing as analysis imagines that the rest of the government will just turn off the lights and go home, or something.
ProPublica Forgets to Mention Federal Judge Being Impeached was Clinton Appointee
September 19, 2008 | Filed Under Democrats/Leftists, Judges, Media Bias, News, Publius Contributor, Society/Culture, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments
-By Warner Todd Huston
A Federal judge from Louisiana is under a cloud of impeachment and if he’s convicted it’ll be the first Federal judge impeached in almost 20 years. The story was covered by the new wire service named ProPublica, a service that claims to be non-partisan. Yet in two stories on this judge there is not one mention of the fact that he was appointed to the bench by President Bill Clinton, nor that his corruption was known by the Department of Justice when Clinton made the appointment. I wonder why ProPublica didn’t find that relevant, don’t you?
A while back, I wrote of a new wire service that was starting up to be called ProPublica. This new service claimed that it was going to be a non-partisan service but the fact that it was being funded by left-wing billionaires made me wonder about the veracity of that claim. I have to admit that I haven’t paid much attention to ProPublica since my first look into it, but this judge story piqued my interest. So, I gave ProPublica a look see.
I found at least two stories about this corrupt judge on ProPublica, both written by Christina Jewett. One from September 16 and one from the next day.
Both of Jewett’s stories have all the requisite facts about Judge Thomas Porteous’ questionable actions. Both stories tell of the envelopes of cash the judge took from attorneys and representatives involved in cases before him, the free rooms in Vegas he accepted, the wild gambling there, the fact that he filed his own bankruptcy papers under an assumed name, that he didn’t report these gifts on his taxes, etc., etc. We even get a paragraph informing us that authorities suspected this misconduct before he was named to the Federal bench.
Whoopi Thinks Slavery Still In Constitution?
September 13, 2008 | Filed Under Abortion, Constitution, Democrats/Leftists, Entertainment, GOP, Judges, Media Bias, News, President, Publius Contributor, Society/Culture, Warner Todd Huston | 2 Comments
-By Warner Todd Huston
**Video Below the Fold**
On ABC’s “The View” on September 12, Whoopi Goldberg asked Senator John McCain if she should worry about being made a slave again once he becomes president. Newsflash, Whoopi: There was this little fracas we call the Civil War where six hundred thousand Americans died and that resulted in the elimination of slavery from existence. Oh, and Whoopi, it happened nearly 150 years ago! Just trying to help you with that whole “history” thing, Whoopster.
Apparently, Whoopi is unaware that slavery was removed from the Constitution, because during a discussion about the Law of the Land on the TV talk show, Whoopi wondered if she should “worry” about being cast into chattel slavery should John McCain get in office and institute his desires that strict construction of the Constitution be observed by his judicial picks.
The subject of how McCain would handle the Roe v Wade abortion situation is what prompted Whoopi to blurt out her uninformed view of the Constitution.
Unreported: Montana Governor’s ‘Senior Counsel’ Not Licensed to Practice Law in State! (Democrat, of Course)
September 3, 2008 | Filed Under Democrats/Leftists, Elections, Government, Corruption, Judges, Media Bias, News, Publius Contributor, Society/Culture, The Law, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments
-By Warner Todd Huston
There is an ethics squabble going on in Montana perpetrated by the senior counsel to the Democrat Governor of Montana, Brian Schweitzer. It has been revealed that the Governor’s “senior counsel,” a man named Eric Stern, has been caught trying to “back-door” the judge in a case in which he is involved on behalf of Governor Schweitzer. The ethics violation is bad enough, but it has also been discovered that, even though he is claimed to be an attorney and the Governor’s senior counsel, Eric Stern, is not licensed to practice law in the state of Montana. This seems to say that Eric Stern is practicing law without a license, doesn’t it? Strangely, the media have not bothered to report this most important fact.
According to reports, Eric Stern “a senior official in the governor’s administration” improperly contacted the commissioner of political practices “outside of official proceedings in an ongoing ethics case.” In effect, Stern is accused of trying to “back-door” the judge by discussing the case outside of official proceedings, an extremely blatant ethics violation.
Commissioner Dennis Unsworth, who acts like a judge in the proceedings, said he was contacted by Gov. Brian Schweitzer’s senior counsel, Eric Stern.
The conversations are not allowed outside official proceedings, according to a lawyer for the state Republican Party, who is asking for a hearing to determine what was said.
Like I said, the violation of ethical conduct by Governor Schweitzer’s senior counsel is bad enough, but some bloggers have discovered something that is even more disturbing about Stern: he isn’t licensed to practice law in the state of Montana.