Obama Excuses Chavez While American Rots in Cuba

Accuracy in Media Except for some innuendo in the mainstream press that the Republicans are “desperate” for an issue to use in the presidential campaign, Obama’s mind-boggling statement about Marxist Hugo Chavez of Venezuela not having “a serious national security impact” on the United States is getting little national media attention. But like the private conversation with outgoing Russian President Dmitry … [Read more...]

Castro’s Puppet Works for ‘Progressive Congress’

Accuracy in Media A former AFL-CIO political director, who is now running a project to establish a “progressive Congress,” walked away in disgust last week when I tried to question her about a trip she had made to Castro’s Cuba. The exchange, such as it was, occurred at the “Take Back the American Dream” conference in Washington, D.C., where Karen Ackerman had appeared on a panel about how to elect progressive … [Read more...]

Obama Bows to Castro; Executive Order while Congress Mourned

"It is unthinkable that the administration would enable the enrichment of a Cuban regime that routinely violates the basic human rights and dignity of its people.” G u l a g   B o u n d On Sunday’s “Meet the Press,” host David Gregory tried to use the Arizona tragedy to browbeat Republicans into stopping their tough criticism of President Obama’s agenda. Speaking to Republican Senator Tom Coburn, Gregory said, “you … [Read more...]