The Same Washington Post That Got Marco Rubio’s Story Wrong, Attacks Him Again

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  October 28th at 04:46 AM  | 

Last week, the Washington Post attacked Marco Rubio for “misrepresenting” his family’s story. The Post got called out by other newspapers for the Post’s egregious truth stretching to make its story fit. In the quotes the Washington Post cited, the reporter misrepresented the context of Marco Rubio’s remarks. It was true that Rubio had gotten some details wrong. But it was also very clear that | Read More »

The Washington Post Puts a Romney Blogger on the Payroll to Attack Romney’s Opponents

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  October 26th at 04:45 AM  | 

The Washington Post has been subsidizing the left’s bloggers for a while now. Greg Sargent is a veritable mouthpiece of the Democratic National Committee. Ezra Klein repackages left-wing talking points as an “economics” blogger or some such despite the fact that his only credential as an economist is a college degree in political science. Now the Washington Post has put a Mitt Romney blogger on | Read More »

Attacking Marco Rubio

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  October 24th at 04:46 AM  | 

The Washington Post has chosen to launch an attack on Marco Rubio because he may have gotten part of his parents’ life story wrong. They put the story on the front page of the Washington Post. Barack Obama, trying to push health care reform, screwed up details about a central story he used to get his package through Congress. Likewise, Barack Obama claimed his uncle | Read More »

The Washington Post has a macaca on its back.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  October 21st at 12:30 PM  | 

I swear to God, it’s like the paper remembers that one, perfect high that it got from torpedoing then-Senator George Allen’s re-election run in 2006, and has been chasing the dragon ever since: 2009: You all remember the McDonnell/Deeds gubernatorial contest, yes? You also remember how the WaPo went so all-in on pushing an absurd story that Jim Geraghty started calling it the Washington Bob | Read More »

The Washington Post Did Not Put This on the Front Page

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  October 21st at 11:07 AM  | 

It’s not just Marco Rubio who may have gotten facts wrong about his family history. But the Washington Post never put this on its front page. An aide to Barack Obama says the candidate misspoke on Memorial Day when he told a group of veterans that his uncle was among the American troops who liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp. In fact, Obama’s great uncle took | Read More »

Washington Post Reporter Manuel Roig-Franzia, Once Punched By a 70 Year Old for Crappy Writing, Does Birther Inspired Hit on Marco Rubio

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  October 21st at 09:58 AM  | 

Manuel Roig-Franzia is a reporter for the Washington Post who once got punched by his 70 year old editor, Henry Allen, for writing “the second worst story [Allen had] seen in Style in 43 years.” That’s right, Roig-Franzia wrote a horrible piece in the Style section. His 70 year old editor did not like it. Roig-Franzia reportedly called his 70 year old editor and Marine | Read More »

The Bloomberg-Washington Post Debate

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  October 11th at 10:22 PM  | 

The Bloomberg-Washington Post debate was necessary in the same way a child dying or a puppy being run over are necessary in the chaotic misery of the orbit around the center of the galaxy we slowly endure. All remind us that life isn’t fair, there are terrible tragedies, and sometimes bad things happen to us. But we have endured. And if you haven’t thrown up | Read More »

Checking the national polling ahead of the debate

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  October 11th at 03:00 PM  | 

With a new debate coming, now’s a great time to check the latest national polling. Of course, individual states matter, but this early the national polling is critical for gauging how well the candidates will be able to stay in the race. To summarize, we’ve seen no changes since Herman Cain surged just ahead of Rick Perry. Mitt Romney still leads.

Confirmed: We have a three way race for now

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  October 4th at 01:30 PM  | 

First it was one national poll, and we could wait and see. Then it was a pair of state polls, and we could hold on for one more national poll. But after the new ABC News/Washington Post poll, there’s no denying it. For now we have a three way Republican Presidential race between Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, and Herman Cain.

Tech at Night: LightSquared vs GPS, Geoff Davis and Rob Portman fight regulation

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  October 4th at 12:00 AM  | 

So, LightSquared. Some say that in some nebulous way, the firm is getting unreasonable and possibly illicit support from the Obama administration. I still don’t see it though, especially after listening in on a briefing of LightSquared’s today. The briefing discussed in depth the issues LightSquared has had with GPS manufacturers. LightSquared that they’re trying hard to be a “good neighbor” and have worked with | Read More »

On the Washington Post’s embarrassing attempt at a Perry hit piece.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  October 3rd at 09:30 AM  | 

Background: there was a ranch in Texas with an unfortunate name*. Gov. Rick Perry’s father rented the hunting rights of the camp; when the family discovered that there was a rock on the premises with the aforementioned unfortunate name on it, they first painted over, then turned over, the rock**. Almost thirty years pass. In the meantime, Rick Perry switches parties; takes over the hunting | Read More »

A Few Things for Your Day

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  October 3rd at 04:45 AM  | 

I have varied thoughts on varied matters this morning and have a busy day with some family stuff, so I’m just going to bullet point some issues here and the Morning Briefing can fill out most of the stuff. I merely quoted Sarah Palin on Friday. She told Jake Tapper the end of September was her drop dead date. I have never seen so much | Read More »

Maybe Stephanie McCrummen Just Likes Using the N Word

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  October 2nd at 11:35 AM  | 

This is perhaps the most bizarre attack on Rick Perry to come so far. Hugh Hewtitt has a very good take down of it. It shows the extent to which the Democrats will go to attack Republicans. Stephanie McCrummen, a Washington Post based reporter formerly stationed in Nairobi has a history of fanning racial flames out of context. In a move that was genuinely supported | Read More »

Post Labor Day Political Analysis: The Arrogance of “the One” has Caused Him to become Undone

By: Dan Perrin (Diary)  |  September 6th at 06:29 PM  | 

As Perry solidified his lead for the GOP nomination, the opposite has happened to “the One,” who, in short, has become obviously and glaringly undone — in a way that has been so dramatic that even the main stream media cannot ignore it, downplay it or talk around it. Basically, if there is a credible pollster, Obama has hit that pollster’s all time low, including | Read More »

Tech at Night: Earthquake, Wireless Spectrum crunch, PATENT WARS: Episode IV

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  August 25th at 02:30 AM  | 

Even as the FCC hems and haws about AT&T’s quest for spectrum via T-Mobile, new evidence has come out that we simply need more spectrum for wireless Internet. The overload of the wireless networks in the parts of the east coast the felt the Virginia earthquake says it all. And remember: new spectrum means new investment to use that spectrum, which means jobs and economic | Read More »