Archive for 2019

OPEN THREAD: Be jolly, it’s time to put up Christmas decorations.

J. CHRISTIAN ADAMS: Democrats Launch Effort to Win 2020 Election… in Court. “Democrats have launched a multi-state effort in courts across the nation seeking to tinker with the rules of the 2020 election to help oust President Donald Trump from the White House. These lawsuits are the latest in a longstanding push to use the courts to alter election rules, all in the name of ‘civil rights.’ The lawsuits are funded by dark money sources, and not-so-dark money sources such as George Soros’ Open Society Institute.”

BOING! BOING! This Is How the Mercedes-Benz GLS and GLE’s “Bounce” Mode Works. “Called Free Driving Assist, the feature is meant to get you unstuck when off-roading—but we used it just for fun.” How many SUV owners take them off-roading? I’ve taken mine offroad a couple of times, or on fire roads, but nothing you could really call off-roading.

JOE SCARBOROUGH’S ODD FANTASY: Trump Brought Down by a Fox News ‘Cronkite Moment.’

Joe Scarborough turns his lonely eyes… to Fox News??

Looks that way. On today’s Morning Joe, Scarborough dreamed of a scenario in which Fox News would turn against President Trump, thus bringing down his presidency. Scarborough analogized it to a “Cronkite moment.” That was the time in 1968 when CBS News anchorman Walter Cronkite essentially declared the Vietnam War unwinnable. LBJ was reported to have said at the time, “if I’ve lost Cronkite, I’ve lost Middle America.”

Time to flash the Bat-Signal to Media Myth Alert: The ‘Cronkite Moment,’ 50 years on: Remembering why it’s a media myth.