Last weekend, at Rep. Steve King's first annual Iowa Freedom Summit, Sarah Palin let it be known that she is "seriously interested" in running for president in 2016.
And she isn't the only one.
Donald Trump announced that he, too, is considering a presidential campaign; and, not only that, he claimed that he would've beaten President Obama in 2012—if it weren't for those meddling kids... or something.
This news was warmly received on the left, but not so much on the right.
Conservative pundits and activists were quick to cast doubt about Palin and Trump's real intentions, with many exhibiting outright hostility towards the prospect of either or both of them running.
Apparently, there's only room enough in the field for two scam artists—and Ben Carson and Mike Huckabee already have those positions covered.
Morning lineup:
Meet The Press: Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI); Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates; Former NFL Player Leonard Marshall; DeMaurice Smith (NFL Players Association); Roundtable: Savannah Guthrie (NBC News), Mark Halperin (Bloomberg News), Jim Cramer (CNBC) and Kathleen Parker (Washington Post).
Face The Nation: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC); Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL); Former Secretary of State James Baker; Roundtable: Peggy Noonan (Wall Street Journal), Mark Leibovich (New York Times Magazine), Democratic Strategist Stephanie Cutter, Republican Strategist Phil Musser and John Dickerson (CBS News).
This Week: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R); Others TBD; Roundtable: LZ Granderson (ESPN), Republican Strategist Matthew Dowd, Gwen Ifill (PBS) and Rich Lowry (National Review).
Fox News Sunday: Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH); Retired Gen. Jack Keane; Former Special Middle East Coordinator Dennis Ross; Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R); Former Secretary of Education Bill Bennett; Roundtable: George Will (Washington Post), Julie Pace (Associated Press), Former White House Press Secretary Dana Perino and Peter Baker (New York Times).
State of the Union: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ); Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R); Others TBD.
Evening lineup:
A special edition of 60 Minutes will feature: a profile of country music star Blake Shelton, a look at a special project by the Foo Fighters, and a visit to the medieval Italian city that gave the world the famed Stradivarius violin (preview).
On Comedy Central...
Jon Stewart viewed the Republican presidential field through the lens of auditions for Fox News. (01/26/15)
The Daily Show:
Monday: Actor/Comedian Martin Short; Tuesday: Author Bill Browdy; Wednesday: Author Wes Moore; Thursday: Actor/Comedian Bob Odenkirk.
And Larry Wilmore weighed in on the great vaccination debate. (01/27/15)
The Nightly Show:
Guests TBD.
Elsewhere...
Mike Huckabee trashed the women he worked with at Fox News.
Appearing last Friday on Mickelson in the Morning, an Iowa-based radio show, Huckabee recounted the culture shock he experienced when hearing profanity in the workplace while working for Fox News in New York City.
"In Iowa, you would not have people who would just throw the f-bomb and use gratuitous profanity in a professional setting,” Huckabee said. "In New York, not only do the men do it, but the women do it!"
He continued: "This would be considered totally inappropriate to say these things in front of a woman." But "for a woman to say them in a professional setting," Huckabee went on, "that's just trashy!"
Meanwhile...
Clueless actress/Fox News host Stacey Dash dumbsplained who's responsible for the campus rape epidemic. (Hint: Not the rapists.)
"The other bad girls–bad women–are the ones who like to be naughty, might go out and play and get hurt and then, you know...But the other thing about this is that it then blames the alcohol instead of the person who over-drinks. So it's like, the same thing with guns. Guns don't kill people; people kill people. Alcohol doesn't get you drunk; you get yourself drunk."
And...
Fox News Radio host Tom Sullivan exposed the racket that is psychiatry.
Fox News Radio host Tom Sullivan told a caller who said she suffered from bipolar disorder that her illness is "something made up by the mental health business" and just "the latest fad." When the caller told Sullivan that she "would not be alive today" if she hadn't received mental health treatment, Sullivan wondered if "maybe somebody's talked you into feeling and thinking this way." [...]
A caller later challenged Sullivan over his remarks, saying she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder thirteen years ago and mental health treatment allowed her to graduate from college and obtain a full-time job. The caller, who now volunteers with Stop Stigma Sacramento, noted that bipolar disorder isn't a made up illness and is biological.
Sullivan responded by telling her, "I've got to tell you, if you haven't been told, I will tell you. I think bipolar is like the latest fad. Everybody and their brother is getting diagnosed with bipolar. And last time I checked, we all have good days and we all have bad. And I don't consider that an illness. And I don't consider it a disability."
He added that bipolar disorder is "something made up by the mental health business just to be able to give people prescriptions and keep them coming in, and keeping you -- paying them money."
It's all about the benjamins.
- Trix