Krauthammer: Rush has a Condescending View of What America Is Looking For In a President (Video)

Krauthammer: Rush has a Condescending View of What America Is Looking For In a President (Video)
From Fox News Special Report gatewaypundit video Charles: "As one of the three slobberers on the set, let me say that I find it interesting that only the ruling class wants a president who is smart, articulate and oratorial in delivering a Funeral oration. It’s an odd and rather condesending view of what the rest of America is looking for in their president”As much as I like Charles and as many videos that I've posted on him, I'm gonna have to agree with El Rushbo on this one. How i...

Oh, Its On: Charles Krauthammer Responds To Rush Limbaughs Slobbering Critique
A house divided against itself cannot stand… but it will certainly garner a lot of media attention. As we told you earlier, conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh is criticizing Fox News Channel’s “All-Star Panel” for, as he sees it, “slobbering” over President Barack Obama’s Speech at this week’s memorial event for those killed in the recent Tucson, Arizona shooting. Fox News is, of course, fighting back. Charles Krauthammer appeared on Bret Baier...

Limbaugh Vs Krauthammer: Low Road Vs High
Rush Limbaugh’s reaction to the Arizona tragedy has been nothing short of embarrassing, and not worthy of the Talk Radio host with the largest audience in that medium. Limbaugh railed against the Fox News “All Stars”, Chris Wallace, Brit Hume and Charles Krauthammer for “slobbering” over President Obama’s Arizona Speech, going so far as to derisively call it a “pep rally.” Either Limbaugh really believes the drivel he’s been emitting since th...

Video: Krauthammer vs. Limbaugh on Obamas speech
I joked last night on Twitter that liking The One’s Speech could be the new RINO litmus test. (Chris Christie flunked!) From this afternoon’s Rush: “Fox Loved it,” he said. “The Fox All Stars, when this was done, were slobbering over the speech. It was predictable. They were slobbering for the predictable reasons - it as smart, it was articulate…It was everything the educated, ruling class wants their leaders to be and sound like.” Limbaugh parsed the speech

United We Stand
My e-mail was buzzing last night about Krauthammer vs. Limbaugh. Wednesday night’s Speech in Tucson was the best of Obama’s presidency.  Fit between an odd invocation and hooting and hollering, he was — as is appropriate to a president — presidential and focused on many powerful images, and lives. But there were also things to criticize about Obama’s speech, and Rush did. Perhaps because he went on too long, the president’s view of America came through.&n...;

Pimpin the Rides
"Sign on, young man, and sail with me. The stature of our homeland is no more than the measure of ourselves. Our job is to keep her free. Our will is to keep the torch of freedom burning for all. To this solemn purpose we call on the young, the brave, the strong, and the free. Heed my call, Come to the sea. Come Sail with me." -- John Paul Jones "A kind Providence has placed in our breasts a hatred of the unjust and cruel, in order that we may preserve ourselves from cruelty and injustice. They ...

Funeral Held For 9-Year-Old Victim Of Tucson Shooting
American Flag recovered from Ground Zero after the 9/11 attacks, outside the entrance at the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church for the Funeral of 9-year-old Christina Taylor Green (AP) Yesterday, hundreds of mourners gathered in Arizona for the Funeral of 9-year-old Christina Taylor Green, one of the Victims killed in last weekend's tragic shooting in Tucson. A U.S. flag recovered from Ground Zero was hung up outside the church as part of the ceremony, the first Funeral for one of the six people ...

Giving notes to mourners
Giving Notes To Mourners by digby Jon Stewart takes on the Memorial critics: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog</a> The Daily Show on Facebook We all remember the Wellstone hissy fit, but my personal favorite was the full blown meltdown over the behavior of the mourners at the Coretta Scott King Funeral. It's going to be hard for them to beat that one. . ...

Sens. McCain, Kyl propose bill to name courthouse after slain Judge Roll
Six days after the death of John M. Roll, the chief Federal Judge in Arizona, in the Shooting Spree at a Tucson Safeway, Arizona's two senators are proposing to preserve the memory of the slain jurist by naming a new Courthouse for him. Sens. John McCain (R) and Jon Kyl (R) announced Friday that they would introduce Legislation to name the soon-to-be constructed federal Courthouse in Yuma the "John M. Roll United States Courthouse." "We had the privilege and honor of knowing and working with Chi...

"Tell them to kiss my butt..."
Paul LePage, Maine's new Governor is not known for his tact. He was asked to attend an event to celebrate the MLK holiday next Monday. LePage declined the invitation, citing other plans, and the NAACP complained. When asked about their complaints, LePage answered in what is coming to be known as his Trademark style.Speaking to reporters Friday morning, LePage was asked to respond to suggestions from NAACP members and others that his decision not to attend ceremonies honoring Rev. Martin Luther ...

Cars, houses, bodies...in rural Queensland, the scars may never heal
Of all the unspeakable things Martin Warburton witnessed from the roof of his petrol station in the Queensland hamlet of Grantham, one stands out: a house hurtling past, borne by raging floodwaters, with people inside it screaming for help. Now the house, a crumpled mess, sits in a paddock about a mile from the site where it was ripped from its foundations – a symbol of the horrors visited on Grantham and a clutch of neighbouring townships when a wall of water roared through last Monday. W...

Pope John Paul II to be beatified in May
The Pope has approved a miracle attributed to the late Pope John Paul II and set 1 May as the date for him to be beatified. Pope Benedict XVI declared in a decree yesterday that the cure of a French nun who suffered from Parkinson's disease was miraculous, the last step needed for the beatification. The ceremony is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of pilgrims to Rome to celebrate one of the most popular popes of all time. A second miracle is needed for John Paul to be made a saint. Bened...

Funeral of judge killed by gunman
Mourners gathered yesterday to remember a Federal Judge who was among six people killed when a man shot a US congresswoman and people in the crowd in Tucson, Arizona last Saturday. District Judge John Roll, who served almost 40 years, had called at the event after attending Mass to speak to Representative Gabrielle Giffords. The Democratic congresswoman was among 13 people wounded. Security was tight for the Funeral at St El ADVERTISEMENT izabeth Ann Seton Church. As the hearse entered the chu...

Death toll from mudslides rises to 514 but search for survivors is hampered
THE death toll from Mudslides which hit mountain settlements near Rio de Janeiro amid torrential rain has risen to 514, officials said yesterday. Grieving survivors had to struggle down the slippery slopes with the bodies of their dead loved ones, as rescuers struggled to get to the hillside shantytowns. Many told of entire neighbourhoods washed away, and begged for food and water to reach ADVERTISEMENT those still isolated by Brazil's deadliest Natural Disaster in four decades. Officials sai...

Security tight at funeral for slain Arizona judge
TUCSON (AP) — One day after mourning a bubbly 9-year-old slain during the attempted Assassination of a congresswoman, residents and fellow jurists gathered Friday at the same Tucson church to remember a Federal Judge. U.S. District Judge John Roll, who served nearly 40 years, had stopped by a Supermarket meet-and-greet for Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on Saturday when he was shot and killed, along with five others. Authorities say the shooter, 22-year-old Jared Loughner, was targeting...

Cancer therapy is 'saving lives'
A tough but pioneering treatment is showing promising results for patients with advanced kidney Cancer, staff at Christie Hospital Manchester have said. The hospital is spearheading a specialist immunotherapy treatment which uses the body's immune system to fight cancer cells. Latest research shows that 25% of patients treated with high doses of Interleukin-2 are now in remission. Professor Robert Hawkins said patients were carefully selected. One of the patients on the seven year trial, He...

Body of Honeymooner Killed in Mauritius Arrives Home to Northern Ireland
The body of the 27-year-old woman murdered on her Honeymoon in Mauritius arrived home in Northern Ireland on Friday. Michaela McAreavey's new husband John Mcareavey found her dead in their Hotel Room on the Indian Ocean island Monday. According to police, the newlywed was strangled over a purse containing a small amount of cash. The teacher's coffin was met by two of her brothers, Michael and Matthew Harte and close family friend Eoin Conroy at George Best Belfast City Airport. Her Funeral was e...

Wounded congresswoman regaining more physical function
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords appears to be steadily regaining physical function and awareness six days after she was shot through the head by a gunman at close range, doctors said on Friday. Giffords, 40, is improving in her ability to follow simple voice commands, such as to raise her fingers or wiggle her toes and is opening her eyes more frequently, Dr. Michael Lemole told reporters at the University medical Center in Tucson. "We're actually confident tha...

Is John Paul ll Being Fast-Tracked To Sainthood?
By Francis X. Rocca Religion News Service Vatican City -- Pope Benedict XVI has recognized a miracle attributed to Pope John Paul II, bringing the late pontiff one step from sainthood a mere six years after his death, the Vatican announced on Friday (Jan. 14). By signing a decree accepting the miracle, Benedict completed one of most rapid beatifications in the modern history of the Catholic Church. Another miracle attributed to John Paul's intercession will be required before he can be declare...

Bashir Ahmad Gwakh: The Deep Roots of Pakistan's Extremism
Punjab Governor Salman Taseer's Murder by his Security Guard was an obvious act of Religious Extremism and a clear sign that Pakistan has changed little in the more than 80 years since a carpenter killed a Hindu for allegedly publishing a book that insulted the Prophet Muhammad. A country that was founded on the basis of religion remains in a dark morass presided over by insidious, violent ideologies. Taseer's Murder has exposed the horrendous levels of Extremism and intolerance that have engu...

Rep. Giffords Making 'Right Moves In The Right Direction,' Doctor Says
What is this? Doctors at University Medical Center in Tucson just held a very brief news conference and passed along some news about Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' condition. Dr. G. Michael Lemole, section chief of Neurosurgery, said: — The Democratic congresswoman is opening her eyes more frequently. — Overall, Giffords is "continuing to make all the right moves in the right direction." There was also word that another of those recovering from gun shot wounds suffered during las...

Debbie Friedman, legendary Jewish singer, dies at 59
Debbie Friedman, who gave Jewish music a modern folk sound, died this week due to complications from Pneumonia. She was 59. The immensely popular singer/songwriter was eulogized Tuesday as an artist who brought blessings to “not hundreds, not thousands, but millions of people.” Rabbi Heidi Cohen of Temple Beth Sholom in Santa Ana, California, also read a statement from Friedman's sister, Cheryl Friedman. "Debbie made each person in the congregation or audience know that she was ...

Congresswoman Giffords regaining more physical function
By Brad Poole TUCSON, Arizona | Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:37pm EST TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords appears to be steadily regaining physical function and awareness six days after she was shot through the head by a gunman at close range, doctors said on Friday. Giffords, 44, is improving in her ability to follow simple voice commands, such as to raise her fingers or wiggle her toes and is opening her eyes more frequently, Dr. Michael Lemole told reporters at the Universit...

IT'S A MIRACLE: Pope John Paul II one step from sainthood...
VATICAN CITY – During his 2005 Funeral Mass, crowds at the Vatican shouted for Pope John Paul II to be made a saint immediately, chanting "Santo Subito!" for one of the most important and beloved popes in history. His successor heard their call and on Friday, in the fastest process on record, set May 1 as the date for John Paul's beatification — a key step toward Catholicism's highest honor and a major morale boost for a church reeling from the clerical sex Abuse Scandal. Pope Benedi...

Funeral Held for Judge Roll
Washington Post reports: For the second day in a row, mourners in this grieving city streamed toward a pink-walled, green-roofed Catholic Church under bright and sunny skies. But on Friday, instead of remembering the spirited, short life of a girl who loved gymnastics and dance and was newly interested in civics, they mourned a respected Federal Judge who faced threats on his life over the years but - in the end - was gunned down by accident. Christina Taylor Green, at age 9 the yo...