is political hay to be made, they go on tv and they say stuff like this. look, president obama has been anti-energy from the beginning. the president even gave a loan to brazil, brazil which is eating our lunch economically, internationally. he gave them a loan and told them, as you just alluded to, went down there and told them, we want to be your best customer. that was karl rove on the fox news channel this week saying that president obama is so anti-american energy that he gave money to brazil, so we can buy that oil from brazil. if you travel around conservative media circles, this has been taken as gospel for the last few years. president obama loaned brazil $2 billion so they can drill for oil, while he s all but stopped oil production here at home. now, while that might make for an awesome conservative talking point, it also happens to be 100% total unadulterated bullpucky. here s karl rove again. look, president obama has been anti-energy from the beginning.
health plans, not so much. that is until catholic leaders and some commentators began sounding off. catholics and christians all across america are fired up over president obama s approval of new regulations that require insurance plans of religious organizations to provide contraseptive coverage. why did it take news outlets a couple of weeks to catch up with the catholic protests? a former white house intern for president kennedy says she was his mistress 50 years ago. did he realize that you were a virgin? i think he did because he kept asking me if i was all right and i was all right. but she confirmed the affair nine years ago. was her book really worth an nbc primetime interview? plus are we ll look at the coverage of the sad and unexpected death of whitney houston. i m howard kurtz, and this is reliable sources. we re going to begin with the tragic death at the age of 48 of singer whitney houston, and joining us on the line from los angeles is cnn s larry
he makes a classically clumsy comment and plays to the notion that he was a heartless corporate job cutter. i like being able to fire people. i like being able to fire people. i like being able to fire people. but were those words wrenched out of context as we just did there? plus, we ll look at cbs s launch of a newsy morning show with charlie rose and gale king, and her interview with michelle obama and a controversial book about the first couple. you would think michelle obama is angry, she s unhappy, she feels burdened, she feels frustrated. do you feel frustrated as first lady of the united states? the question for cbs, do network viewers want that much politics for breakfast? i m hourt kurtz, and this is reliable sources. it was almost comical as i flipped around the cable chat shows before the polls closed in new hampshire to watch the pundits try to set the bar for mitt romney. he needed 35% of the vote. no, it had to be bovl 37%. when the former governor
differently. with respect to my professional career, i left the united states senate and i needed to provide for my family. i had several different jobs and worked as the president of a technology company for three years and i worked with, as a, on the board of directors of a private health care company and tried to learn more, and govern a very complex, you know, both acute care as well as a behavior health care system and worked with a coal company and excited about. my grandfather was a coal miner and the whole way, the whole way of life in the area of the country that i grew up in, was at stake, in my opinion with cap and trade on the precipice of being passed and i wanted to be in the game helping those who reflected the values of the people that worked hard and built this country in the coal fields of appalachia. mike: one they think i wanted to tell you, a few weeks ago i kind of caused some stir in media circles
differently. with respect to my professional career, i left the united states senate and i needed to provide for my family. i had several different jobs and worked as the president of a technology company for three years and i worked with, as a, on the board of directors of a private health care company and tried to learn more, and govern a very complex, you know, both acute care as well as a behavior health care system and worked with a coal company and excited about. my grandfather was a coal miner and the whole way, the whole way of life in the area of the country that i grew up in, was at stake, in my opinion with cap and trade on the precipice of being passed and i wanted to be in the game helping those who reflected the values of the people that worked hard and built this country in the coal fields of appalachia. mike: one they think i wanted to tell you, a few weeks ago i kind of caused some stir in media circles