MSM: Obama’s top spokesman Robert Gibbs – There’s ‘no doubt’ Democrats could lose control of House

(NYDailyNews) – President Obama’s top spokesman admitted Sunday there’s “no doubt” Democrats could lose their grip over the House of Representatives in this fall’s elections.

“I think there is no doubt there are enough seats in play – that could cause Republicans to gain control. There’s no doubt about that,” White House press secretary Robert Gibbs told NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

The talking point from the always-scripted Gibbs seemed calculated to scare swing voters and fire up the party’s somewhat dispirited grass-roots activist base for the fall campaign by raising the specter that the political right could seize the House. Republicans also stand to chip away at the Democrats’ 59-seat Senate majority. Continue reading

Bowling For Patriots

(RevoltOfThePlebs) – Set em’ up and knock em’ down!

I have really got to ask the Southern Poverty Law Center something?  Who is this list supposed to scare, anyway?

Ya’ll know what I’m talking about, right?  Your scathing six page report entitled: ‘Meet the Patriots’—I mean, come on, even the title of this thing is a joke.  You know that all of those geriatric grandmothers, whom you hit up for donations each year, are going to confuse this with the sequel to that Ben Stiller movie, don’t you? Continue reading

Obama tops Bush in troop buildup

The combined US troop deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan have now reached a higher level than existed at any time under the presidency of George W. Bush. This surge past the record set by its predecessor marks another grim milestone in the Obama administration’s escalation of American militarism. Continue reading

Video: NBC News to Bloggers – Don’t Say or Think Anything Controversial

(MeetThePress) – Message from Meet the Press: the Internet is disinformation, the corporate media is the truth. Continue reading

Hillary Clinton: Iran’s pursuit of nukes ‘futile’

(Politico) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday that Iran will never achieve its goal of obtaining a nuclear weapon, declaring to Tehran: “Your pursuit is futile.” Continue reading

Video: Pakistani president – Osama bin Laden is dead

Two weeks ago, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zadari suggested that Osama bin Laden might be dead, saying that U.S. and Pakistani intelligence agencies had been unable to detect any sign of the world’s most wanted man since an audio recording of his voice was released in March. Continue reading