When I was a kid, I LOVED watching old reruns of the Three Stooges. Now? Not so much. Mainly because it reminds me of the folks in this video.
What irritated me most about it was when Olbermann actually restated a POSITIVE comment Obama had made about Bush – about how he was ALWAYS supportive of the troops and a huge supporter of the military and their families.
Rachel McUglyShoes, of course, does that sarcastic eye-roll guffaw thing she does, and looks as if she’s about to hold her breath and jump up and down because something positive – GOD FORBID – was said about Bush. Because, as we ALL know, in the end, EVERYTHING is Bush’s fault. Still. Yep. STILL.
Gays in the military, and the whole Don’t Ask Don’t Tell thing. I’ll apologize right now for subjecting you to seven minutes of Rachel Maddow, but she’s not really relevant to this post except for the fact that she’s interviewing the person who IS relevant to this post, Victor Fehrenbach. Victor is a Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force, and he’s about to celebrate his 19th anniversary in the service. Rachel does a nice job telling you about his credentials and his experience, and to summarize, Victor is a total badass. He’s also completely devoted to the Air Force and wants more than anything to continue to serve.
The problem is that someone (outside the military) outed him, and now that his gayness is “public”, he faces being discharged, a year before he’s eligible to retire. I don’t know where you guys stand on the whole gays-in-the-military thing, but I think it’s utter bullsh*t that Victor could actually be kicked out. The main reason I’ve been supportive of the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell philosophy is that it eliminates discussion on the matter of sexuality in the context of everyday work in the military, which is GOOD. It’s not Victor’s fault that someone decided to make his life complicated, and he certainly didn’t make his sexuality an issue while he served. Because it SHOULDN’T BE AN ISSUE.
If you’re a gay person, and you’re fit and able to competent to serve, then I say, HAVE AT IT. If you insist on making your sexuality an issue, such that it then distracts you and/or others with whom you serve from the mission at hand, then you should be discharged. I don’t see why it has to be more complicated than that.
My dad sent me this link, which shows cable network ratings for last week.
Not surprisingly, Fox News Channel ranks 2nd, behind the USA network. MSNBC ranked 26th, CNN ranked #32, and Headline News ranked #37.
Just for some added perspective, the CARTOON NETWORK ranked ahead of those other clowns. By kind of a lot! As did MTV, and Comedy Central.
Poor, poor Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow and Chris Matthews. Getting beat by a channel the White House doesn’t even recognize as a legitimate news agency AND the ‘Toon network has to be kinda ouchy.
This clip is dripping in bias, especially when Maddow claims that the Coffee Party has no preexisting ideology. Um, yeeeeah….riiiiight. Didn’t the founder play a huge role in Obama’s campaign? I think she did, but that’s neither here nor there.
So, I wonder if Rachel and Keith and Chris and all the other “serious journalists” will come up with some sort of sexual innuendo phrase for this lame group of sheeple?
Probably not.
I’m curious, clever and competent readers – what do you make of this Cappucino Party?
Me? I think it’s all the people that never fully digested and peed out the Kool-Aid, pissed off and regrouping to try to salvage that hopey-changey thing.
I kind of love this video. It’s Andrew Breitbart at CPAC saying a lot of things, including how people like Maddow – in her “overselling” of Barack Obama and her crucifying people in the Tea Party movement – are responsible for the revolts popping up around the country (as witnessed in places like Massachusetts).
I like Breitbart. I could totally party with this guy. And Maddow? Um, yeah, I’m sure the network would get you a stylist if you asked nicely. You may want to look into that.
According to this, Rachel Maddow is just as offensive and punch-worthy as she’s always been.
Well, that’s not exactly what the article says, to be fair. That’s simply my interpretation of it. You can decide. Rachel’s got her boy-shorts in a twist over the Tea Party Convention, and because she’s upset about it, she’s resorted to the standard liberal accusation. “RAAAAAAAACIST!!!!!”
There’s video of this, but I felt it would be cruel to subject you to it on a Superbowl Sunday morning. So I’ll just give you some text-bytes. She said, “The opening speech last night was given by failed presidential candidate, ex-congressman and professional anti-immigrant, Tom Tancredo who started the event off with a bang, a big loud racist bang.”
Here’s what Tom Actually Said, “Mostly because I think we do not have a civics literacy test before people can vote in the country, people who could not even spell the word, “vote,” or say it in English, put a committed, socialist ideologue in the White House. The name is Barack Hussein Obama.”
I’m trying to understand what’s racist about that statement. Perhaps Rachel can explain.
She said, “Just for reference here, when Tom Tancredo talks about literacy tests, that`s what they used in the south to keep black people from voting before civil rights legislation and court rulings put a stop to that. So the convention opened with a clarion call to bring back the literacy tests for voting. And as you could hear, the tea party convention crowd erupted in cheers at the suggestion, although, to be fair, it was sort of hard to tell exactly what the sounds coming from the crowd meant. They were sort of a little bit muffled by, you know, the white hoods.”
Gawd. “White hoods” – and she seriously doesn’t get why her ratings are in the tank? Tancredo’s long-time “hot-button issue” is immigration. And I don’t disagree with him ONE BIT that voters ought to be able to spell the word “vote” AND say it in English. Then again, I’m one of those RAAAACIST WACKJOBS who think English should be the official language of the US.
The article’s author also lists many of the questions required for people to answer correctly before becoming American citizens. You know, the legal way. Is it racist for us to have the civics test too, Rachel?
But you know – whatever, Rachel – you just keep right on doing what you’re doing. It worked out really well for Air America.
According to this, the US attorney, Jim Letten, who apparently leaked information about James O’Keefe’s arrest to the media, has now recused himself. Huh. Coincidentally, he recused himself the same day that Andrew Breitbart came to O’Keefe’s defense and explained that O’Keefe “sat in jail for 28 hours without access to an attorney while the U.S. attorney leaked the information about his arrest, helping the media frame it as ‘Watergate Junior.” It seems Letten created a big fat mountain of what is quickly turning out to be a teeny tiny molehill.
Cue Rachel Maddow, who was positively GLEEFUL about O’Keefe’s arrest, being inexplicably quiet now. Whaddya know. Here’s Rachel BEFORE:
Ooo – she used the word “wiretapping.” Even though that was not actually a charge. Let’s take a look at the video of her AFTER:
Uh oh. Can’t find it. Can you guys?
It’s laughable, really, how pathetically transparent the MSM’s motives have become.
Even before the final votes were tallied last night, Bayh said, “There’s going to be a tendency on the part of our people to be in denial about all this. If you lose Massachusetts and that’s not a wake-up call, there’s no hope of waking up.”
Bayh suggested that the Democratic party has been too far to the left, and has alienated moderates and independents. Which is, incidentally, exactly right. It’s hysterical to me that people like Rachel Maddow are now saying, “Oooo – we need to move further to the left now! That’s what will fix this!” I mean, how stupid are they? How many times do they need to hear that this country is CENTER RIGHT before they actually believe it?
Bayh continued, “It’s why moderates and independents even in a state as Democratic as Massachusetts just aren’t buying our message. They just don’t believe the answers we are currently proposing are solving their problems. That’s something that has to be corrected.”
Yup. See also: New Jersey and Virginia.
Bayh also said, “Whenever you have just the furthest left elements of the Dem party attempting to impose their will on the rest of the country — that’s not going to work too well.”
I can’t believe I’m about to say this, but Evan – you’re spot on here. Good job.
Here’s Rachel Maddow on David Letterman. I don’t know if you want to actually sit through the whole thing, as it’s kind of excruciating to watch, but here are some of the highlights spewed by the great Maddow herself:
We right wingers are crazy.
Obama has “put together the most legislatively accomplished first year of any president in a generation.“
“We still have an economy.”
“The stimulus works. Even conservatives are starting to admit it.“
Of course, all of the above made me scratch my head. As did her choice of footwear for the show, which is plain-out, freakin’ hideous.
The most accurate statement of the segment? Why, it was Letterman himself who said, “I’m just a boob in a suit.”
Shame on those race-card-playing conservative wackjobs. I mean, they’re causing confusion among the liberal elite. In the clip below, Rachel Maddow and her lemming du jour need help in understanding an ad put forth by conservatives to mock the fact that if they disagree with Obamacare, they’re all labeled as silly racists. I think it’s pretty self-explanatory – and it honestly doesn’t take an entire 8-minute segment to dissect, but I’m also not of the same intellectual capacity as someone like Maddow and friend, obviously. I mean, the last time I checked, they all thought I was suffering from Stockholm Syndrome, so take this entry for what it’s worth, people.
For all you simpletons like me out there, I’ll break it down in Readers Digest for Dummies format –
Liberals are allowed to play the race card. Liberals are allowed to scream “racist!” at conservatives who are opposed to the healthcare bill, mainly because if we don’t agree with Obama on ANY issue, we are obviously racist. And, of course, liberals are the only ones who can determine what is offensive, as they’re the only ones who are allowed to get offended. If a conservative is offended, on the other hand, well, um, HUH? WHAAAA? Conservatives can’t be offended, silly! I mean, we’re all just a bunch of walking white stereotypes void of feelings and emotion and compassion. This is common knowledge in today’s MSM, right?
If one can’t understand the blatant mocking of the fact that race is even an issue at ALL in this monstrosity of a health bill, then one may need to take the giant “I’m a victim” plug out of one’s assular cavity. Especially if you’re spending a whole segment on your show dissecting it. I’m just sayin.
Here’s a newsflash to the ones offended by this ad. The bill sucks monkey poo. And, out of the 61% of people who oppose it, I would venture to say that not all 61% of them are racist a$$holes. They maaaaay just think it’s a fiscally irresponsible piece of crap. They may believe that it’s going to cost way more than what the Messiah has promised (because, let’s face it, the dude has broken just a wee bit of his campaign promises already in one short year). They may believe that their freedom is being stripped away, and this is a huge part of the beginning of that stripping process. They may just have an issue with government attempting to have more control over our health, our families’ health, and the ramifications that are consequential from such governmental control. They may believe in personal responsibility. In a free market. In LESS government. Hell, they MAY be actually satisfied with their current healthcare. You know – the one they work hard for to provide to their family, because they don’t see it as a right, but rather a privilege.
And all of this maaay just be what this ad is trying to point out. By being snarky. Hello.
According to Maddow and company, it’s pathetic that conservatives would use race in this way. It’s OBSCENE, I think was the exact word used in the dissection. Because, you know, Democrats NEVER pull the race card for their own gain. Ever.
This is the most brilliant mash-up of photos and audio I have EVER SEEN EVER. I don’t know who the jackoff is that Rachel Maddow is interviewing, but to listen to both of them feign moral outrage over Obama and Hitler comparisons is positively HILARIOUS given the pictures being displayed. And Rachel’s conspiracy theory that Obama/Hitler comparisons are actually secret coded messages for conservatives to become violent – is she HIGH? What in the holy hell?
LOVE this video. LOVE whoever created it. Best display of liberal media hypocrisy ever.
SERIOUSLY? The official White House opinion is that because of two opinion shows (Beck and Hannity) the entire Fox News organization is not a news network? And at the same time, they confirm that KEITH OLBERMANN AND RACHEL MADDOW are invited to a press briefing?
How can they say this crap with a straight face? Please, liberals, please please please tell me you see the hypocrisy in this. Please. Because this is the kind of crap that starts to mess with my brain and makes me feel as though I’m living in some sort of twilight zone.
UNBELIEVABLE.
Major credit to Jake Tapper, for at least forcing the White House’s hand.
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