In an unprecedented display of choot-spa, President Obama and his supporters have been trying to brand Republicans' behavior during the debt ceiling negotiations as somehow being scandalous.
However, as noted by the hosts of Fox & Friends, it is nothing out of the ordinary.
In fact, an argument can be made that Republicans have handled themselves extremely well in every way possible.
Really, when you stop and think about it, there are far more important things to worry about than the prospect of a downgrade in the U.S.'s credit rating—things like women exercising their legal rights, poor people and minorities voting, and our freedom to purchase inefficient light bulbs being infringed upon.
Morning lineup:
Meet the Press: OMB Director Jacob Lew; Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL); Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC); Roundtable: Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R), Chairman/CEO of Honeywell David Cote, President of the National Urban League Marc Morial, Economist Diane Swonk and David Faber (CNBC).
Face the Nation: Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL); Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL); Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK).
This Week: OMB Director Jacob Lew; Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ); Ken Auletta (New Yorker) Roundtable: George Will (Washington Post), Cokie Roberts (ABC News), Republican Strategist Matthew Dowd, Jonathan Karl (ABC News) and Rep. Raúl Labrador (R-ID).
Fox News Sunday: Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH); Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD); Republican Presidential Candidate Herman Cain; Roundtable: Bill Kristol (Weekly Standard), John Podesta (Center for American Progress), Sociopath Liz Cheney and Juan Williams (Fox News).
State of the Union: OMB Director Jacob Lew; Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC); Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani (9/11); Former Chief of Staff to Joe Biden Ron Klain; Former Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA); Reliable Sources: Sarah Smith (Channel 4/UK); Michael Wolff (Vanity Fair); David Folkenflik (NPR); Jonathan Karl (ABC News); Julie Mason (Politico).
The Chris Matthews Show: Kelly O'Donnell (NBC News); John Heilemann (New York Magazine); Joe Klein (TIME); Gloria Borger (CNN).
Fareed Zakaria GPS: Former White House National Economic Council Director Larry Summers; Author Bjørn Lomborg; Journalist Rami Khouri; Ayman Mohyeldin (Al-Jazeera).
Evening lineup:
60 Minutes will feature: a report on the murder of the mayor of a Mexican city amid threats from powerful drug gangs (preview); an interview with Las Vegas sports betting legend Bill Walters, who has never had a losing year (preview); and, amazing footage of jaguars in the Brazilian jungle (preview).
On Comedy Central:
Jon Stewart – recipient of 5 Primetime Emmy Award nominations – fought the urge to question the sexuality of Michele Bachmann's husband.
The Daily Show
Monday: Actor Daniel Radcliffe
Tuesday: Former President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf
Wednesday: Actor Steve Carell
Thursday: TBA
And Stephen Colbert – recipient of 3 Primetime Emmy Award nominations – measured the fallout of the News Corp hacking scandal.
The Colbert Report
Monday: John Prendergast (Enough Project)
Tuesday: David Carr (New York Times)
Wednesday: Author Michael Sandel
Thursday: Author David Eagelman
Elsewhere:
Texas Gov. Rick Perry urged everyone to take a page from the Founding Fathers' playbook and appoint Jesus as our Lord and Savior.
I tell people, that "personal property" and the ownership of that personal property is crucial to our way of life.
Our founding fathers understood that it was a very important part of the pursuit of happiness. Being able to own things that are your own is one of the things that makes America unique. But I happen to think that it's in jeopardy.
It's in jeopardy because of taxes; it's in jeopardy because of regulation; it's in jeopardy because of a legal system that’s run amok. And I think it's time for us to just hand it over to God and say, "God, You’re going to have to fix this."
That didn't work out so well last time around.
Meanwhile:
Not even the faithful showed up for the Orange County debut of "Triumph of the Will" "The Undefeated."
The two-hour Sarah Palin political documentary (or infomercial, whichever you prefer) showed to an empty room in Orange County, reports The Atlantic. The movie, which was surprisingly not a parody, has so far received an overwhelming 0% on the movie review website, rottentomatoes.com, a feat which pools it with such classics as 'Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol' as well as 'Fred: the Movie'.
And to add insult to, well, insult, The Los Angeles Times reports that the founder of The Razzies, otherwise known as the Golden Raspberry Awards, commented that Sarah Palin was "what the Razzies are all about." A Razzie nod for Worst Film would put 'The Undefeated' on par with 'The Love Guru' and 'Gigli'. But only time will tell -- the Razzies are held the day before the Academy Awards.
And in related news:
Newt Gingrich used a roundtable discussion with Iowa high school students as an opportunity to promote his books and movies.
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich met privately with a small group shortly after noon here at Pella Christian High School. He'll go on to a lecture at the University of Iowa, then this evening he and his wife will screen one of their films for a crowd in Cedar Rapids. [...]
First question came from Vander Plaats, about the "two world views" in the coming election. "Our political elites and our news media elites really don’t want to have this conversation," Gingrich said, referencing two of his films. "The point of both movies is freedom comes from faith." [...]
Gingrich mentioned another book he wrote, with his daughter, Jackie, and touted his idea of giving grants to parents. [...]
He mentions another of his books: Stop Paying the Crooks. "Why should your tax money go to a crook?" Gingrich asked the crowd.
THE END.
- Trix