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2nd Term Part VIII - The Thin Red Line
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Liberal Rebel Scum, apparently
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I don't know what that is exactly. They were both nervous puddles, because of that and it being a panel interview, there was only so much I was willing to do to them. The one was a complete mess, he won't be seen again. The other guy looks like a probably hire, in case you're interested.
I don't know what that is exactly. They were both nervous puddles, because of that and it being a panel interview, there was only so much I was willing to do to them. The one was a complete mess, he won't be seen again. The other guy looks like a probably hire, in case you're interested.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: 2nd Term Part VIII - The Thin Red Line
Julie Mason was a White House reporter who works on XM POTUS now. A coupla days ago she told a fantastic story about Dubya. Keep in mind that she really liked Dubya.
Apparently, George has a famously atrocious diet -- hot dogs, etc -- that makes him very flatulent. He also LOVES fart jokes. Apparently the drill was, whenever a new intern would show up to meet him, he'd spend a few minutes in his office working up an absolutely disgusting cloud of nuclear stench, then invite the poor kid in, give him a huge hug, and then just start talking, and not let up for five minutes. All the time he could see the poor kid with tears welling up in his eyes, undergoing what had to be the biggest combination of terror, embarrassment, and discomfort. Finally, he'd show the kid to the door, and when he left half the WH staff would be lined up in the hall, giving him a huge ovation, and Bush's personal secy would say, "welcome to the White House. You just got the 'Austin welcome.' "
When I heard this story Bush went up several notches in my estimation.
Julie Mason was a White House reporter who works on XM POTUS now. A coupla days ago she told a fantastic story about Dubya. Keep in mind that she really liked Dubya.
Apparently, George has a famously atrocious diet -- hot dogs, etc -- that makes him very flatulent. He also LOVES fart jokes. Apparently the drill was, whenever a new intern would show up to meet him, he'd spend a few minutes in his office working up an absolutely disgusting cloud of nuclear stench, then invite the poor kid in, give him a huge hug, and then just start talking, and not let up for five minutes. All the time he could see the poor kid with tears welling up in his eyes, undergoing what had to be the biggest combination of terror, embarrassment, and discomfort. Finally, he'd show the kid to the door, and when he left half the WH staff would be lined up in the hall, giving him a huge ovation, and Bush's personal secy would say, "welcome to the White House. You just got the 'Austin welcome.' "
When I heard this story Bush went up several notches in my estimation.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: 2nd Term Part VIII - The Thin Red Line
John Walsh quits campaign to spend more time plagiarizing to his family.
John Walsh quits campaign to spend more time plagiarizing to his family.
ScoobyDoo
NPC
Re: 2nd Term Part VIII - The Thin Red Line
He's dropping out to spend more time on being on Senator? That article is very confusing, someone explain it to me.
He's dropping out to spend more time on being on Senator? That article is very confusing, someone explain it to me.
Re: 2nd Term Part VIII - The Thin Red Line
Why does Parise always speak to guys like that?
Why does Parise always speak to guys like that?
ericredaxe
Veteran
Re: 2nd Term Part VIII - The Thin Red Line
Focus on finishing his term, no distraction of campaigning with added scrutiny of plagiary, ride off in to sunset slightly less disgraced.
Focus on finishing his term, no distraction of campaigning with added scrutiny of plagiary, ride off in to sunset slightly less disgraced.
Re: 2nd Term Part VIII - The Thin Red Line
You've evidently missed repeated surveys in which MSM reporters self identify as Democrats. The glory days for liberal coverage of the news came in the old days, when an enormous percentage of Americans had as their primary source of news one of three half hour network broadcasts each night. And just by coincidence, those broadcasts were headquartered in NY. And the anchors, executive editors, assignment editors, etc of those broadcasts had as their primary source of news, the front and op/ed pages of the New York Times. Neat. Tidy. And closed.
But they're still willing to pull their old tricks. See Dan Rather doing his best to change the outcome of a presidential election (and helpfully giving the Kerry campaign a heads up). J school professors everywhere must have blanched, hearing that clown assert the documents were "fake but accurate." 'Course that's not quite in the same league as Daniel Schorr asserting Barry Goldwater was going to seek liaison with Nazis in "Hitler's old stomping ground," but it's right up there.
But the "elite" media are still reliably left of center. Look at the coverage of the Trayvon Martin incident. "Did George Zimmerman use the word "coons"? "Was it Trayvon Martin who was screaming for help" (seriously, when A is slamming B's head off the sidewalk, A is unlikely to be requesting assistance)? And the NBC affiliate which helpfully edited Zimmerman's 911 call to make him appear to be focused entirely on Martin's race. The coverage of the Duke "rape" case followed the same template: the "exotic dancer" (who was an honor roll student at her local JC we were informed thousands of times, but never described as a prostitute) was a "victim." And the rich, white, jocks were the "victimizers." So credulous were most of the elite media that they very nearly missed what could have been a massive miscarriage of justice. Tip of the hat to Ed Bradley for finally reporting the truth.
CNN has worked very hard to create the appearance of a racial incident in the death of Kendrick Johnson in a wrestling mat in Valdosta, Georgia. They would have you accept the notion that the lad was murdered, that racial animus was the motivating factor, that the murder occurred in the school gym while school was in session, that the two teenage sons of an FBI agent were responsible and that authorities know all about it but because of racial animus are covering it up. That's what the boy's parents think. It would be nice if there were an atom of evidence for any of that perfervid speculation. How about a little perspective and context from CNN? Time for an application of Occam's Razor. But that would get in the way of the pandering.
And these two incidents are hardly anomalous. Jena, Louisiana? Anyone remember that? A "lynching" at Kokomo, Mississippi? Cincinnati cops gunning down "unarmed" young black men. Cops murdering Black Panthers. And on and on. The MSM are attracted to these incidents like moths to flame and inevitably cross over from reporting the facts to actively supporting those who assert racial bias as the "true cause" of the events. They are sensitive to charges of racial animus which is not necessarily a bad thing, but that sensitivity causes them to lose perspective and edge into advocacy which is a bad thing.
And these same media are reluctant to report on black on black crime. Take Chicago, where 84 people were shot over the July 4th weekend. 84! The vast majority of the victims were black, as were the shooters. Generally, crickets from the MSM. Try to imagine the tone of the coverage if 84 black folks had been shot by white folks.
At this point, no serious person can deny the media hagiography surrounding the president (everything from leg tingles to the creases in his pants). Nor the persistent notion (expressed by no less a figure than the Attorney General) that any opposition to or even criticism of this president is driven by racism. In my own case, I opposed Hillary Care and oppose Obama Care. Imagine my surprise when I learned that meant Hillary is black.
We have more media choices than ever before. And that's generally a good thing . And I can't tell you how long it's been since I've watched a network prime time newscast. I only use the cable channels when they're reporting "wall to wall" on some breaking story (that insufferable, pompous a*shole O'Reilly lost me forever when he insisted Shawn Hornbeck liked being sodomized every night by a 300 pound pedophile, not that I had ever really paid any attention to him). Even that is unreliable, given CNN's obsessive "reporting" on a missing Malaysian airliner (it crashed, we don't know where or why and probably never will and everybody on board is dead). But the dead enders who continue to insist that the elite media are not left leaning--despite their self identification as Democrats (Candy Crowley double teaming Romney comes to mind)--are an endless source of amusement.
You've evidently missed repeated surveys in which MSM reporters self identify as Democrats. The glory days for liberal coverage of the news came in the old days, when an enormous percentage of Americans had as their primary source of news one of three half hour network broadcasts each night. And just by coincidence, those broadcasts were headquartered in NY. And the anchors, executive editors, assignment editors, etc of those broadcasts had as their primary source of news, the front and op/ed pages of the New York Times. Neat. Tidy. And closed.
But they're still willing to pull their old tricks. See Dan Rather doing his best to change the outcome of a presidential election (and helpfully giving the Kerry campaign a heads up). J school professors everywhere must have blanched, hearing that clown assert the documents were "fake but accurate." 'Course that's not quite in the same league as Daniel Schorr asserting Barry Goldwater was going to seek liaison with Nazis in "Hitler's old stomping ground," but it's right up there.
But the "elite" media are still reliably left of center. Look at the coverage of the Trayvon Martin incident. "Did George Zimmerman use the word "coons"? "Was it Trayvon Martin who was screaming for help" (seriously, when A is slamming B's head off the sidewalk, A is unlikely to be requesting assistance)? And the NBC affiliate which helpfully edited Zimmerman's 911 call to make him appear to be focused entirely on Martin's race. The coverage of the Duke "rape" case followed the same template: the "exotic dancer" (who was an honor roll student at her local JC we were informed thousands of times, but never described as a prostitute) was a "victim." And the rich, white, jocks were the "victimizers." So credulous were most of the elite media that they very nearly missed what could have been a massive miscarriage of justice. Tip of the hat to Ed Bradley for finally reporting the truth.
CNN has worked very hard to create the appearance of a racial incident in the death of Kendrick Johnson in a wrestling mat in Valdosta, Georgia. They would have you accept the notion that the lad was murdered, that racial animus was the motivating factor, that the murder occurred in the school gym while school was in session, that the two teenage sons of an FBI agent were responsible and that authorities know all about it but because of racial animus are covering it up. That's what the boy's parents think. It would be nice if there were an atom of evidence for any of that perfervid speculation. How about a little perspective and context from CNN? Time for an application of Occam's Razor. But that would get in the way of the pandering.
And these two incidents are hardly anomalous. Jena, Louisiana? Anyone remember that? A "lynching" at Kokomo, Mississippi? Cincinnati cops gunning down "unarmed" young black men. Cops murdering Black Panthers. And on and on. The MSM are attracted to these incidents like moths to flame and inevitably cross over from reporting the facts to actively supporting those who assert racial bias as the "true cause" of the events. They are sensitive to charges of racial animus which is not necessarily a bad thing, but that sensitivity causes them to lose perspective and edge into advocacy which is a bad thing.
And these same media are reluctant to report on black on black crime. Take Chicago, where 84 people were shot over the July 4th weekend. 84! The vast majority of the victims were black, as were the shooters. Generally, crickets from the MSM. Try to imagine the tone of the coverage if 84 black folks had been shot by white folks.
At this point, no serious person can deny the media hagiography surrounding the president (everything from leg tingles to the creases in his pants). Nor the persistent notion (expressed by no less a figure than the Attorney General) that any opposition to or even criticism of this president is driven by racism. In my own case, I opposed Hillary Care and oppose Obama Care. Imagine my surprise when I learned that meant Hillary is black.
We have more media choices than ever before. And that's generally a good thing . And I can't tell you how long it's been since I've watched a network prime time newscast. I only use the cable channels when they're reporting "wall to wall" on some breaking story (that insufferable, pompous a*shole O'Reilly lost me forever when he insisted Shawn Hornbeck liked being sodomized every night by a 300 pound pedophile, not that I had ever really paid any attention to him). Even that is unreliable, given CNN's obsessive "reporting" on a missing Malaysian airliner (it crashed, we don't know where or why and probably never will and everybody on board is dead). But the dead enders who continue to insist that the elite media are not left leaning--despite their self identification as Democrats (Candy Crowley double teaming Romney comes to mind)--are an endless source of amusement.
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Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: 2nd Term Part VIII - The Thin Red Line
Primary season means close race season! Here's a fun one: TN-04. Current gap is "up" to 167 votes (it was 35 at the time of the article).
You may remember the incumbent from such classics as "married doctor who banged his patients, got them pregnant, and advised one to get an abortion (he is of course vocally anti-choice)."
Primary season means close race season! Here's a fun one: TN-04. Current gap is "up" to 167 votes (it was 35 at the time of the article).
You may remember the incumbent from such classics as "married doctor who banged his patients, got them pregnant, and advised one to get an abortion (he is of course vocally anti-choice)."
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Re: 2nd Term Part VIII - The Thin Red Line
A major putz. An early contender for the Wilbur Mills Award
A major putz. An early contender for the Wilbur Mills Award
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Now we know what they meant when church leaders warned us that same-sex marriage would lead to bestiality.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/08/jerald-hill_n_5662462.html?cps=gravity
Now we know what they meant when church leaders warned us that same-sex marriage would lead to bestiality.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/08/jerald-hill_n_5662462.html?cps=gravity
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
dxmnkd316
Lucia Apologist
Re: 2nd Term Part VIII - The Thin Red Line
Since this is a Supreme Court thread, I have a question about the economy.
When the current administration took over, it inherited an economy that had been driven off a cliff and was in a free fall without a parachute. We were mired in two wars, the worst of which was costing about 7-8 bil a month and our own VP, when he was secdef, predicted would turn into a quagmire.
What do Obama's harshest critics think the economy should be doing now, given where it was 6 years ago? What would _________have done to make that happen?
I posted this a month ago, thinking Ob's critics, of which there are many, would jump all over it. No response.
Since this is a Supreme Court thread, I have a question about the economy.
When the current administration took over, it inherited an economy that had been driven off a cliff and was in a free fall without a parachute. We were mired in two wars, the worst of which was costing about 7-8 bil a month and our own VP, when he was secdef, predicted would turn into a quagmire.
What do Obama's harshest critics think the economy should be doing now, given where it was 6 years ago? What would _________have done to make that happen?
I posted this a month ago, thinking Ob's critics, of which there are many, would jump all over it. No response.
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