‘Call Me Karl’
Call it the Ali-Frasier of Sunday talk: on This Week, Katrina vanden Heuvel of The Nation lashes out at Karl Rove, saying it’s ‘laughable’ to hear him talk about fiscal responsibility.
Rahm Slams Rush
Nobody seems happier about Rush Limbaugh being identified with the Republican party—which, to be fair, has many non-ditto heads—than President Obama’s chief of staff. Emanuel even compliments Limbaugh on becoming the ‘intellectual force’ of the Republican.
Robert Gates says Obama ‘More Analytical’ than Bush
In his first television appearance since becoming President Obama’s secretary of defense, Robert Gates gives a telling answer to what differentiates his current boss from his previous one.
Liz Smith Knocks Gawker (Again)
Liz Smith, decrying the state of Internet gossip writing, tells Howard Kurtz on Reliable Sources that she gives Gawker and Perez Hilton credit for being “clever,” but she doesn’t “believe a word any of them write.”
Pat Buchanan Unsuccessfully Compares Himself to Joe the Plumber
In a spirited exchange on The McLaughlin Group about income tax increases—which billionaire Mort Zuckerman supports—Pat Buchanan proclaims himself a small business owner, a claim for which Eleanor takes him to task.
You Won’t Hear Mullen Say “Mission Accomplished”
Have we won the war in Iraq? Have we lost it? Who knows? Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, explains on Fox News Sunday why neither he nor Obama is a fan of using the words “winning” or “losing.”
Hitchens and Bernard-Henri Lévy in Hawkish Symbiosis
Appearing Fareed Zakaria GPS, Christopher Hitchens and Bernard-Henri Lévy make impassioned cases for bombing the hell out of any government—Afghanistan especially—that harbors terrorists.
