Michelle Malkin

Rightbloggers' Solution to Obama's Reelection: Bring Back Culture War and White People!

It would be cruel to take too much pleasure in the rightblogger reactions to last Tuesday's events. Lest we forget, Democrats too have been known to lose faith in their fellow Americans when a big election doesn't go their way. So let us, after a brief review of their wrathful ejaculations, focus o ... More >>

Rightbloggers Turn Benghazi Truthers, Spin Egypt, Libya Riots As Obama Treason

Last week, upon learning that an anti-Islamic film existed, extremists in several Arab cities rampaged, and in Benghazi killed four Americans, including the U.S. Ambassador. President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton denounced both the violence and the film, and Libyan authorities apprehended so ... More >>

Rightbloggers Love Mitt Romney Since He Pissed Off Black People

Mitt Romney gave a speech at the NAACP promising to overturn "Obamacare," and got booed. Then he went to Montana and said the black people booed him because they wanted "free stuff." Rightbloggers hadn't been too enthusiastic about Romney before, suspecting that the father of Romneycare was not a t ... More >>

Lights Off for Earth Hour? Rightbloggers Leave Lights On, Declare Victory Over So-Called "Environment"

Conservatism is making a big comeback, folks. The proof? The tremendous success of Human Achievement Hour on Saturday. What, you never heard of it? Well, you've heard of Earth Hour, right? That thing where all the stupid hippies turned their lights off for an hour to celebrate their precious, so-ca ... More >>

Rightbloggers Ride Rush Limbaugh's Slut Wagon Into a Ditch

Remember the Clarence Thomas hearings, and how David Brock (then a right- rather than a left-wing operative -- yes that's how long ago it was!) called Anita Hill "a little bit nutty and a little bit slutty"? Remember how decent people were outraged by this appalling breach of decorum? Boy, those we ... More >>

Rightbloggers Defend Rich Bastards from Obama's Tax Plan

If rightbloggers believe in anything, it's that taxes are bad -- especially if they're on people making over a million dollars. When it was revealed that President Obama would propose a tax on millionaires, the brethren loyally manned the barricades to defend America's rich -- e.g., Donald Trump, ... More >>

Rightbloggers Not Really Enjoying This New York Gay Marriage Thing

Gay marriage has been passed in the New York state legislature, and Governor Andrew Cuomo's signature will make the Empire State the sixth state to allow same-sex couples to wed. You can imagine how rightbloggers feel about this. A few say they don't mind, but the majority fulsomely display one ... More >>

Rightbloggers Counter Eco-Nazis' "Earth Hour" by Patriotically Wasting Electricity

This weekend, an unknown number of people worldwide participated in the fifth annual "Earth Hour" sponsored by the World Wildlife Fund. They turned off electricity to "take a stand against climate change." Landmarks were dimmed, but the effect on either energy consumption or awareness is unknown an ... More >>

Glenn Beck and Martin Luther King -- Together at Last at the Restoring Honor Rally!

Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally on Saturday was part religious revival, part group therapy session. "Pray on your knees," Beck roared like a TV evangelist, and he warned that the country was "at a crossroads... we must advance or perish. I choose advance!" Sarah Palin generously extended her ... More >>

At Gay Pride, Rightbloggers Try to Keep It On The Down-Low, But Some Out Themselves

Pride Week's a fun time to rightblogger-watch, because rightbloggers just don't know what to do about the gays. They must know straight America is losing its antipathy toward gay people -- Hell, even TGI Fridays is down with Pride. And some insist that the gay-hating stuff is behind them, too. Bu ... More >>

'My Sons Beat Up Mexicans'

And their mother is an idiot: A success story

National Enquirer Recycling Obama Sex Scandal, Powered By John Edwards Goodwill

​Did President Barack Obama have an affair with Vera Baker, a campaign aide on his run for Senate in 2004? Definitely (maybe), says the National Enquirer! Probably, says the Drudge Report, amid vivid Vietnam-style flashbacks while muttering "Lewinsky" repeatedly. Everyone else is hedging their ... More >>

Bill Clinton Reportedly in Hospital (Update: Chest Pains, Stent) (Update: Two Stents!)

​Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States and husband to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, has reportedly been hospitalized in New York City. The cause is unknown, but Clinton had a quadruple bypass operation in 2004. A reference to his health maintenance thereafter appeared in a ... More >>

Scott Brown-Martha Coakley Election Today; Turnout Heavy, Fraud Charges Slow

Turnout is reported heavy in the Scott Brown-Martha Coakley Massachusetts special election that is expected to end the Democrats' supermajority in the Senate. Massachusetts secretary of state William Galvin expects between 40 and 55 percent attendance, unusual for a special election, despite incleme ... More >>

No TV For Prop 8 Trial in San Francisco -- US Supreme Court

​The US Supreme Court has pulled the plug on broadcasting the historic Prop 8 federal trial, beginning today in San Francisco. Last week, Judge Vaughn Walker made the decision to allow delayed televised coverage of the trial. Video coverage was to be available regularly on YouTube, though Wal ... More >>

Why This Decade Sucked, Reasons #6-#3: Clothes, Yankees, Mets, Racism

​ We will, in the closing days of this wretched decade, list the Top Ten reasons why it sucked. We're behind schedule, so here are four for the price of one. Previous reasons here, here, here, and here. ​6. Fashion: We stopped trying, outsourced our clothing trends to stars. 50's: Pegg ... More >>

Crotch-Bomber Fails to Blow Up Plane, in Yet Another Disaster for Obama

There are a few ways to look at the case of the thwarted holiday crotch-bomber. On the one hand, we have a deluded fellow who, allegedly assured of eternal glory by jihadists who bade him sew explosive chemicals into his underwear, set his lap on fire during a Delta flight and, instead of the coo ... More >>

Today's Battle of Political Outrages: Sarah Palin's Hat vs. Chuck Schumer's Bitch

​Which of the today's internet political shrieks wins the battle of Depressing Indicator of Our Discourse of the Day -- Sarah Palin's un-McCain hat, or the continuing uproar over Chuck Schumer saying "bitch" on a plane? The answer may surprise you!

Rightbloggers Find the Real White House Gatecrasher Story: Obama's Radical Ties

Last week's state dinner for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was from the beginning fraught with controversy -- or what passes for controversy among rightbloggers. First, the dinner menu was leaked. Right Pundits was miffed that "such cultural oddities as potato and eggplant salad, arugula, r ... More >>

Tea Party Over? Hoffman Concedes in NY-23, Democrat Owens Takes Seat Held by GOP Since '93 (Update: Rightbloggers React!)

Last week conservatives were telling us that the revolution was beginning in New York's 23rd Congressional District, where Conservative Party insurgent Doug Hoffman had knocked not-rightwing-enough Republican Dede Scozzafava off the ballot and was going to purify the GOP with a big victory. This m ... More >>

Anti-WFP Suit Charges Debi Rose Didn't Pay Enough for Services (or At Least Not Fast Enough) [Updated]

(Update: Dan Levitan of WFP has something to say about the "discounts," below the fold.) We've mentioned Data and Field Services, the election support outfit that was criticized by the Campaign Finance Board for giving discounts -- essentially in-kind contributions -- to Working Families Party candi ... More >>

Fake But Accurate: Obama "Thesis" Proves His Treason Even After It's Debunked

Much has been written in recent days about the White House's War on Fox News, in which Administration officials have called the Republican-friendly network "the research arm or the communications arm of the Republican Party" and such like, excluded it from the President's media tours, and even tri ... More >>

Armey to March for 3rd-Party Candidate in NY-23 as Conservatives "Send a National Message"

​National conservatives continue to push hard for the defeat of Republican candidate Dede Scozzafava in New York's 23rd Congressional District. Despite the frantic efforts of the local GOP and Scozzafava's endorsement by Newt Gingrich, Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman (pictured) has r ... More >>

More right-wing agita in NY-23

​The national Republican battle over the race to replace Secretary of the Army Bill Owen in the House ratcheted up this week, with conservative icon (and former House ideological purity enforcer) Newt Gingrich injecting himself on behalf of Republican social moderate Dede Scozzafava. Scozzaf ... More >>

Letterman Case Spawns Rumors, Office Dating Advice, Rightblogger Outrage

​The Letterman sex 'n' extortion thing gets weirder. The name of Letterman's former assistant Stephanie Birkitt keeps popping up: it is believed she had a relationship with the alleged extortionist Robert Joe Halderman, and that Halderman got hold of her diary and other incriminating docs whic ... More >>

Rightbloggers Remember 9/11 With Attacks on Obama, Other Terrorists

As we observe another 9/11 anniversary, rightbloggers identify the real villains of the day: President Obama, and various others of their fellow citizens. Many continue their assault on the national day of service and remembrance the President called for September 11, despite the involvement of Ga ... More >>

Town Brawl! Rightbloggers Applaud Aggro Outbreaks at Health Care Meetings

As you may have heard, some of the town hall meetings held by public officials for debate on Obama's health care plans have become brawls. In St. Petersburg, protesters bellowed until Representative Kathy Castor left the meeting; in St. Louis, a health care reform proponent, Brian Matthews, said h ... More >>

10 Stupidest Things Said About Obama's Cairo Speech (So Far)

There have been some intelligent criticisms of Obama's Cairo speech to the Islamic world from the right and the left. As followers of our rightblogger columns will expect, though, there have also been some idiotic ones. Here is a quick round-up of the dumbest bits so far. 10.) Andy McCarthy, Natio ... More >>

On Notre Dame, Rightbloggers More Catholic Than The Pope

On Sunday President Obama spoke at Notre Dame University, where he had been invited to address graduates of the Catholic school. As the President is pro-choice, this raised some controversy among Catholics. And, to paraphrase Jesus, where two or three are gathered to oppose Obama, there also are ... More >>

Supreme Court Justice Souter Expected to Retire

It hasn't been confirmed, but Supreme Court Justice David Souter is expected to resign today. The 79-year-old Justice was born in Massachusetts, and moved with his family when he was 11 to Weare, New Hampshire, where he still maintains a residence. He went from the state attorney general's office t ... More >>

Your Morning Dose of Swine Flu Panic

You already know that we're all going to die of swine flu. But! Did you know that the World Health Organization -- sponsored by the U.N., which patriots normally deride and ignore unless they need to be scared -- has upgraded the pandemic threat level from 3 to 4? That means "sustained human to hu ... More >>

Arlen Specter Turns Into a Democrat

They're having a hard time getting Al Franken to take a seat in the Senate, so in the meantime Democrats will have to make do with a new seat in Pennsylvania: Senator Arlen Specter is switching parties. "I have been a Republican since 1966," says the rightwing's bete noir in a statement. "Last year ... More >>

Rightblogger: Don't Call Obama a Socialist -- Socialist Americans Might Like Him More

President Obama today announced his support for credit card legislation moving through Congress, which would trim some of the tricks such companies use to keep unfortunate users in eternal indentured servitude. He's going to meet with credit card executives, hopefully to lay down the law. This is of ... More >>

In Europe, Obama Delights Everybody Except Rightbloggers

The President took time before his NATO summit to address a town hall in Strasbourg, France. His placeholder-filled extemporaneous speaking style, which conservatives love to mock, went over well with the crowd, perhaps because it reminded them of their professors (the town has about 45,000 student ... More >>

Rightbloggers on Easter Eggs, Notre Dame, Earth Hour, Etc.

In earlier Obama days, when the market was tanking, rightbloggers talked about the "Obama Dow Jones Death Watch," "Change we cannot afford," "DOW Collapse Signaling Fear of Socialist as President?" etc. Politics West huffed that Obama, "has essentially never been an investor," and that he and hi ... More >>

GOP Adds $18.5 Billion to Stimulus They Want to Block

Democrats want 60 Senate votes to ensure trouble-free passage of Obama's stimulus package. Republicans have been vacillating between "block that kick" and, in the immortal words of Van Halen, "everybody wants some, I want some too." Yesterday the latter tendency prevailed as the Senate passed a Rep ... More >>

MLK Observed

Happy Martin Luther King Day! The New York Times celebrates by profiling Bed-Stuy's Martin Luther King Jr. Place, which "has only a handful of buildings that anybody lives in, a sprawling schoolyard playground and a small city park -- all pavement, no grass to speak of." Also, nearby the Marcy Hou ... More >>

Rightbloggers Bedazzled by Obama Ring Story

Rightbloggers On Palin's Turkey Slaughter ("The Lady's Got Spunk") and Other Big Wins

Don't Fear La Raza: It's Only a Mexican-Spanish Term for Community

Cutting through more Know Nothing nonsense

The Scarlett (Johansson) Letter is "O" for Obama

Oh, Obama! Denouncing Rev. Jeremiah Wright

TABLOIDED: Patrick Swayze's Cancer Diagnosis

New NYT Columnist Lives Up to (Bad) Expectations

The End of Democracy

Losing America's birthright, the George Bush way

The XYZ Affair

How Michelle Malkin learned to stop worrying and defend the internment