Ben Carson hits a profound low re GOP anti-refugee rhetoric.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ben-carson-rabid-dogs_564e0953e4b08c74b734be0c

Which reminds me of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1eA5bUzVjA

And wondering who will be the Republican equivalent of Joseph Welch to publicly stand up to Ben Carson playing demagogue.

As Barbara Walters retires, some irreverent comments on her legacy.

Yes, Barbara Walters interviewed many Important News Figures and was treated abominably by then-ABC News colleague  Harry Reasoner when they were a nightly news anchor team in the 1970s.  But, for balance, the stories below need to be factored into her decades-long impact on news and infotainment.

SALON article: http://www.salon.com/2014/05/15/barbara_walterss_real_legacy_is_the_view_and_thats_worse_for_women_than_we_realize/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

HUFFINGTON POST article  in which Barbara Walters defends hiring vaccine-hating Jenny McCarthy for co-host on THE VIEW: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/03/barbara-walters-jenny-mccarthy-criticism_n_4193956.html

Article on Barbara Walters' relationship with infamous attorney (and Joseph McCarthy ally) Roy Cohn: http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2008/05/barbara-walters-why-i-was-roy-cohns.html

Why Senator Ted Cruz will stay on the nation's radar a bit longer.

Yes, Ted Cruz makes Joseph McCarthy look like William F. Buckley, Jr.  But he hits a gigantic nerve with feel-don't-think conservatives across the USA.

Witness these comments on Cruz' Facebook page (commenters' names redacted):
Good that they have a Senator who understands the Constitution and the gravity of the current state of affairs.
Please don't crumble! You are all we have!!
Ted Cruz for president!
WE DONT LIKE OBAMA, REMOVE HIM FROM OUR WHITEHOUSE! !!!
Illegal Immigration, and Obamacare, this is not the country of my youth. STAND YOUR GROUND or we are ruined

John McCain: When all else fails, channel the ghost of Joseph McCarthy.

Desperate to hang onto "the base", John McCain smears both Barack Obama and THE LOS ANGELES TIMES: http://news.aol.com/elections/article/los-angeles-times-obama-khalidi-tape/230765?icid=200100397x1212447352x1200793185