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They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!
Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.
Why did Dr. Oz lose? well, according to the exit polls, it’s because Fetterman won.
We still have time to mess this up!
Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.
Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.
In my day, never was longer.
Americans barely caring about Afghanistan is so last month.
Accountability, motherfuckers.
Just because you believe it, that doesn’t make it true.
Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?
Infrastructure week. at last.
A democracy can’t function when people can’t distinguish facts from lies.
Fuck these fucking interesting times.
It’s the corruption, stupid.
All your base are belong to Tunch.
If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.
Anyone who bans teaching American history has no right to shape America’s future.
I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.
Second rate reporter says what?
Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.
Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.
… pundit janitors mopping up after the GOP
Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.
Incertus
We’ve got your back. South Carolina makes Floridians proud of their legislature, and that’s a tough job to pull off.
dr. bloor
The Obama antiviral:
Fight the Smears
Tom in Texas
Another site, this one Michelle specific.
Tom in Texas
Did anyone see the McCain Townhhall.com members only Town Hall in New Jersey? He called the Guantanamo decision one of the worst in history, yet he supported closing it and moving them to Leavenworth during the primary.
Don’t candidates usually tack towards the center during a general? What a maverick.
Mary
Tom, I’ve been to that Michelle site, and I’m not quite sure how to read it. The site design and general quality of the writing seem very amateurish, and the “About” section doesn’t exactly fill me with confidence:
Crusty Dem
Anybody got any take on the latest in the Countrywide scandal? I’m a bit disappointed that Dodd would fall into this, but how much responsibility does a senator have to make sure he’s not treated special? Still, it stinks..
Crusty Dem
Tom, you couldn’t pay me enough to watch McCain speak. I sat through literally minutes of the lime green jello speech, it felt like days…
Tom in Texas
Mary: This is the site designer. She doesn’t sound like a plant to me.
Tom in Texas
Sorry, this is her post concerning the ground rules for the site.
demimondian
I’ve got a challenge for the Pandora-heads out there: find a way to get a station to play The Nylons version of Up on the Roof. I wasted a couple of hours on it yesterday, and wound up getting three repetitions of _The Lion Sleeps Tonight_ in a row, but no _Up on the Roof_ joy.
Scott H
Stories while we wait for the republic to come back on.
FBI Backs Off From Secret Order for Data
Just Some Fuckhead
Me either. I’m in this huge post-primary letdown. Can’t really move on to battling McCain and the Republicans because we haven’t had our respective conventions yet. On our side, HRC hasn’t released her delegates and her supporters are still promising convention shenanigans. On the Republican side, John McCain may very well die before their convention in September. He turns 72 on August 29th, good lord willing. If he dies we’ll prolly end up with Romney.
So we’re in a “nothing really matters” kind of limbo through the summer. I think I’ll go mow the yard.
jibeaux
I’ve got a couple of these 3,600 volunteers staying at my house this weekend.
10,000 applicants for a grueling, unpaid 6-week job.
Bring. It. On.
Teak111
And its only June….
Mary
Thanks, Tom. I’m getting a little paranoid these days.
So where’s Michael?
Stephen Colbert makes Canadians very proud.
RSA
Okay, it’s already clear that they need to work on their knowledge of popular culture.
Timmy Mac
How ’bout them Celtics?
Incertus
The McCain Girls are back, as bad as ever. They’re McCainiancs, McCainiacs on the floooooooorrrrr!!!!
jibeaux
Oprah wept.
Dreggas
BWAHAHAHAHAHA
Sorry but I have absolutely no problem making fun of John McCain’s age, especially given his “confusion” the past few weeks.
PeterJ
A great video of McCain telling how much he agrees with and supports Bush, on almost everything.
It gets even better when Jed Report mixes it with McCain’s recent green screen challenge.
Tom in Texas
Tom;
I think the NBA should just bring the Harlem Globetrotters into the league, since they care more about entertainment and money than fair play. It would be pretty entertaining to watch players in the finals make bounce passes off the other teams’ heads.
Tom in Texas
Urrgh. The last comment was directed at Timmy.
montysano
The Michelle Obama site links to her “Tired of being afraid” video. I’ve listened to it several times over the last month. Guaranteed to improve your mood.
Celtics!! I almost missed it. I turned off the game in disgust in the 2nd quarter. Then a friend called and said “You might want to turn that game back on”.
rawshark
Go Celtics!
Ned Raggett
Okay, so who’s crazy enough to go see The Happening tonight not expecting it to suck?
(I am vaguely tempted to contact a slew of friends and go while drunk.)
The Other Steve
In all fairness… most of those loans don’t sound that out of the ordinary compared to stuff I saw working for one of countrywide’s competitors.
Especially over the past 5 years. Those types of deals were common.
It was when you were on the low end of the income spectrum, that they did the opposite… tried to raise your rates, and increase your points.
That’s the real scandal.
The Other Steve
I’m expecting it to suck.
But I’m not expecting to go see it.
Dreggas
I’m so disillusioned by pretty much anything that guy does anymore. Eventually, you can see the ending coming a mile away after seeing a few of his flicks and the whole premise behind “signs” that religion was the way to kill the aliens was rather irritating.
I am going to a birthday party for a friend of mine over in Irvine so no movie for me.
Dork
Can anyone tell me the origin of Atrios’ “Lime green jello with cottage cheese” ref?
Is this the juxtaposition of Casper-white McCant against his backdrop?
Just Some Fuckhead
Are they anti-McCain spoof or what? They’re pretty hideous and make me think, “With supporters like these, who needs..”
But the one on the right is kinda cute for a plumper.
The Dangerman
Not a Pandora guy, but you can find that track on FineTune.com.
The Dangerman diggs them FineTunes.
Standard B
What’s Britney up to?….Sorry, wrong site.
Incertus
Ditto. Besides, I have tickets to see Eddie Izzard tonight. I guarantee you he’ll be better than whatever Shyamalamadingdong has put on the screen.
Just Some Fuckhead
About 160 judging from the last video.
Punchy
I thought it was water?
Pretty sure this sentence applies to almost anything outside of job interviews and your girlfriend’s bed.
Zifnab
I’m not going to pretend I’m savy enough to pick out every M. Night ending before I see the movie. I’ll admit, the Little Red Riding Hood “ZOMG! You’re on a people reservation!” caught me off guard. The ending still sucked.
Signs was bad for so many reasons that didn’t involve religion… it physically hurt me. Worst. Alien. Invasion. Ever. I mean, you’re invading a planet covering 75% by water. And there’s a wet suit in 28% of American households. How do you fail at this?
I’m not seeing the Happening for the same reason that I’m not calling up that cute girl I went out with a couple nights back. I’ll just end up getting all dressed up to go out, get teased for two hours, then come home completely disappointed. Then I’ll get drunk and masturbate into a sock.
No, wait. That wasn’t a date night. That was just what happened after seeing “Lady in the Water”. Which just goes to my point, really.
Jake
Anyone else surprised by the extent and speed with which Hillary has dropped off the face of the Earth? I’m not complaining, and it makes a lot of sense (nobody wants to walk the press through their own post-mortems), I just didn’t see it coming.
Dreggas
Yeah, basically the speech the night Obama clinched the nomination. McShitstain was in front of a lime green back drop and looked like a piece of cottage cheese on it.
Punchy
Where the fuck is Cole on this?
And how in fucking fuckedy fuck is Malkin on the “earnest” side of this shizzle? I have to agree that Wonkette is exactly where it belongs…
PaulW
I got something. TEH DOOM!
Just Some Fuckhead
Yeah, it kinda sucks cuz I’ve got all this pent-up sexism and misogyny and nowhere to direct it now.
rawshark
His movies are too depressing and I hate not seeing what’s going on. Instead we see the actors reaction to what they are seeing. Terrible. And Marky Mark is the lead? And like all Shyamalan characters he has marital issues? I won’t spoil it but when you find out what’s causing the Happening you will punch the closest person to you.
Cris
I love her book club
jibeaux
I am so jealous.
Please report back tomorrow with his best jokes and a description of his shoes.
Thanks.
John Cole
Imagine that opticon is a sheet of paper. If you curve the paper so the scurrilous and earnest extremes meet, that is where we would be. And in the opinion portion, too.
Zifnab
Psh. We’re above it all. Completely orthogonal to the plane. There’s not an axis for beer blogging or cat blogging or “Can someone help me with my iPod” on there anywhere.
rob!
this morning, i heard that sack of crap Julie Mason (a talking head on MSNBC, i forget what paper is foolish enough to pay her), in a segment on Michelle Obama, call her “unruly.”
now that’s a word you don’t hear much, if at all, in common conversation. in fact, the only time you DO hear it is in the phrase “unruly mob.”
yeah, at some point someone’s gonna slip just call the Obamas the N word. i hope it happens, since it’ll release all the pressure that’s obviously building up among the punditocracy.
D-Chance.
In 7 days, I FINALLY get my “economic stimulus” check.
And I’ve been eyeing that full tank of gas for quite some time now…
Punchy
/remembers the “D” received in oragami…pounds fist, curses geometry.
Genine
**raises hand** Me! I liked the movies of his that I’ve seen- so far and I liked Lady in the Water.
eglenn
I read the spoilers for “The Happening” last night. I won’t hint, but bring something cheap to throw at the screen ($10 popcorn is NOT a valid ranged weapon).
passerby
McCain on Gitmo = more deliberate gaffery. He’ a voluntary goat for the GOP.
And now, a tinfoil hat update:
The Telegraph is reporting that Bush is considering conversion to Catholicism. Just like Tony Blair. WTF?
Could it be that they are setting up sanctuary, seeking protection
on the Popes apron stringsunder the Popes robes?They know that no amount of diplomatic immunity can shield them when the world courts call them to task for their war crimes. No where to run.
Vatican City is a sovereign entity where the Pope is King. They, as
devoutCatholics, can go there and be safe.Converting to Catholicism.
…my ass!
T
Cris
Not tonight, but I am that kind of crazy. I am, in the parlance of our times, gay for M. Night Shyamalan as a storyteller. In spite of it all. The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable caused me to build up so much good will that I didn’t even completely hate Signs.
Zifnab is right, of course: M is bound to tease and then disappoint. But I enjoy the tease so much I’ll happily suffer the blue balls.
cleek
Obama v McCain in NC ? very very close. yay!
though i really should heed my own mockery, when it comes to believing polls this far out.
Stooleo
Good article on Jim Webb
Cris
The New York Review of Books is a great periodical. I’ve been subscribing to it (in Print!) for 15 years now. It makes me feel like I’m in a room listening to a lot of very smart people talk, and hoping some of it rubs off on me.
4tehlulz
JP II must be spinning in grave.
Punchy
That, too, is exactly why I come to this blog as wel…wait, what?
Anyone wanna ask Scalia/Cheney why he didn’t raise the SCARY TERROR ALERT COLOR RAINBOW INDICATOR MARKER WARNING OF SURE DEATH SOON thingy, since his very court allowed for our country to be in instant and grave peril?
Anyone even know what the color currently is?
Decided FenceSitter
As a Dem Virginian, I support this message. GOP NRSC Chair writes off Virginia & New Mexico Senate seats.
GLEE!
Ned Raggett
Oh I already know. And I laughed and laughed.
John Cole
I think you mean to say that the Sixth Sense built up so much good will, because you are ignoring that fact that Unbreakable sucked. It was a very mediocre movie. Unbreakable was bad, Signs lifted the bar and decided to be awful, and the Village was so god awful hideous that I am surprised he was not brought up on charges of crimes against humanity when it was shown at Cannes (if it, in fact, was shown at Cannes).
flyerhawk
So what do you guys think of Carville’s suggestion that Obama ask Al Gore to be his running mate?
It’s so crazy it just might work. Al could bring the Clinton supporters back into the fold without the need of pissing off the Hillary haters.
Not sure he wants the job but it does seem almost too perfect.
Calouste
I thought the Sixth Sense sucked. Major. But then I only could stand 15 minutes of boredom and Bruce Willis playing, uh, Bruce Willis before I got up and left the cinema.
rawshark
‘Unruly’ and ‘lack of humility’ (directed at Obama) are new ways if saying ‘uppity’. They are seeing these darkies don’t know their place. But they are saying it politely.
I hate Shyamalan because he acts like he’s going to tell a big story about aliens or superheroes but all he’s doing is making a point about family and faith. Once he’s made his point he wraps up the background story (that we all came to see) with almost no imagination. Its too much of a letdown to forgive. Sixth Sense was cool because after you learned the twist you could rewatch and see all the hints you missed and get a little more out of the story. All the others are unwatchable once you learn the twist. The twist points out he didn’t put a whole lot of thought into the story. It was just a setting that he abandons too quickly. And if I have to watch one more fucking scene reflected off of a television set I’m going to kill somebody. I get it, we watch a lot of TV here.
Zifnab
It’s been either Pee Stain Yellow or GO HORNS! UT Burnt Orange for the last, what? Three years? Let Obama’s new DHS Department Head make his first official act getting rid of that fucktardly horrible system, and he’ll have my vote in 2012 if he spends the next four years skull-fucking kittens to the tune of Islamic religious chants.
4tehlulz
>>Obama ask Al Gore to be his running mate?
The mess from that many heads exploding in RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGE would be terrible.
I’m not sure if living through Scanners is worth it if I’m left over to clean that up.
montysano
Watchin’ Bonnaroo on Web teevee. Cool! Looking forward to the Raconteurs at 5:00.
I should drag my ass to Bonnaroo; it’s only about 80 miles away. But my 20 year old son and his friends said “Never again” after last year, which left me unsure as to how I’d handle it. They’ve got VIP packages for us aging hippies, where you can park your RV and sleep in the AC, but that doesn’t seem right.
Dreggas
No, if you watched Gibson blessed the water making it holy (remember he had been an episcopal priest) and the news reports about “ancient holy relics and or practices seem to defeat the aliens” bit. It wasn’t just any water IIRC.
Just Some Fuckhead
No.. never more than two years since elections are held every two years.
Just Some Fuckhead
Magic water.
Conservatively Liberal
Kos has a thread up about the Larry $inclair/National Press Club ‘interview’ that he will be doing, and it turns out that ol’ Larry has a felony warrant out of Pueblo, Colorado for his arrest. So some intrepid Kossacks decided to notify the Pueblo P.D. that their man(?) will be holding a press conference in D.C. and he would be an easy pick up for them.
That ought to be interesting.
On a humorous note, one Kossack was a bit too fast to post that they had contacted Obama’s people about the warrant for Larry, and their post read:
Note: I emphasized the ‘offending’ part of the post.
Oops! And not one Kossack noticed this slip up…lol!
Stooleo
ZOMG!! I never realized that, but he does use that effect a lot.
handy
What the hell is up with Somersby? I always enjoyed his “insider” perspective on the MSM, but the guy is getting annoying.
Bob, let it go!
passerby
4teh, I had the same thought. Both Bush and Blair are serving up these shennagans under former-nazi-youth-(“they made me do it”)Pope Benedict the Whateverth.
Does John Paul II’s assassination attempt have relevance in the larger scheme of dark politics?
T
grandpajohn
Here is some backing for something most of us already suspected
Brachiator
Hell, do they even use a color indicator anymore? I can’t even remember the last time that there was any kind of alert announced. It’s as if the Bush Administration successfully created a general climate of permanent fear and no longer have to prove that any real threat exists.
You know, kinda like that WMD thing.
Actually, Unbreakable was mediocre, but is partly redeemed by an original and creative premise. Too often, popular movies reek of stupidity. The sad thing is that Shamalamadingdong is not a very good filmmaker. He could get away with this in The Sixth Sense because the story was so compelling, but his lack of skills becomes an additional drag in his later films.
Steven Spielberg, on the other hand, is such a master film maker that he can compose shots and create an interesting looking film with both hands tied behind his back. Unfortunately, the latest Indy movie is simplistic, conceptually lame, predictable and (the kiss of death for a summer movie) as dull as dishwater — or the McCain presidential campaign.
Now that he has got that little Nobel thinggie, Gore is almost above politics in a way. But I don’t know that he has great appeal with the voter groups that Obama supposedly needs to woo.
Also, I get the feeling that Gore was into politics because it was the family business. He was an effective politician, but his heart didn’t always seem to be in it. He has really found himself now, and ironically enough now is more respected as an elder statesman than is Bill Clinton. Gore may be of more help to Obama outside government than as part of his cabinet.
cleek
he lets nothing go.
he still mentions the 2000 election in every piece he does. all of his columns are “If you needed more proof of the inanity of our press corps, here’s fat cat SoAndSo from *BC chuckling mordantly, following the script, while s/he said this about Gore.”
Neal
This spoiler/review of The Happening is probably better than the movie…but it is a spoiler so if you want to spontaneously throw shit at the movie screen, don’t read it.
Just Some Fuckhead
It started way before this Democratic primary. He jumped the shark for me a couple years back when he started slamming all the liberal blogs for not posting more about the stuff he was concerned about (specifically media criticism.) Apparently lefy blogs are completely letting Bob down by not saying better or more forcefully the things Bob wants said. And their failure to completely relive the 2000 election over and over in excruciating detail every day for the rest of our fucking lives means they aren’t serious or something.
John Cole
You better get used to it. I have spent eight years listening to him bitch about Gore’s treatment by the media, and I fully expect eight years of listening to him bitch about Clinton’s treatment. On the upside of the new Clinton angle, we are hearing less and less about Gore.
Just Some Fuckhead is right- Somerby is meticulous and thoughtful about the things he cares about. Other things, not so much. This is all part of an attempt to create a mythology around this campaign about why Hillary really lost. Krugman was just as bad this morning, perhaps even worse. Krugman’s example of sexism by progressives is… an unfriendly political cartoon.
What is amazing is that neither one can bring themselves to admit that Obama is not guilty of the sexism that has them so riled up. They also apparently also think that everyone imagined Clinton surrogate Robert Johnson’s performance in South Carolina. Everyone out there imagined Bill Clinton’s South Carolina “Jesse Jackson” remarks. Everyone imagined Geraldine Ferraro’s repeated ignorant ramblings that went on for months and finally crescendoed in a Boston Globe editorial in which we are informed that “racial resentment” is not the same thing as racism and that while it is uncool to be racist, it is normal and acceptable to resent people because of their race. Rock on! Rep. Rob Andrews was imagining things when he was on that conference call. Everyone just took things out of context and willfully misinterpreted all that, you see. It was just a coincidence that the “White people won’t vote for him Appalachian tour” came right after North Carolina, the last state with a significant African-American population, went on unabated for weeks while the Kentucky and West Virginia primaries were at stake, but then mysteriously stopped before Oregon, where progressives wouldn’t put up with that bullshit.
Blinders. And don’t get me wrong- jesse Jackson Jr’s remarks about Hillary and Katrina were deplorable, and Obama surrogates in SC did spread around a sheet of perceived racism that was full of crap (the “kid” and “fairy tale” remarks both spring to mind), but Somerby and Krugman apparently missed everything else that happened in this campaign. In their world, only Hillary was treated poorly.
This gem from Somerby is particularly telling:
He apparently missed the final debate, in which Obama fielded questions about his patriotism for an hour from two moderators AND Hillary Clinton.
passerby
ooh! Is it that time of year again? Last year’s best band was Flaming Lips, a night show.
Thanks for the heads up (and thank god for the internet).
T
SamFromUtah
I am, in the parlance of our times, gay for M. Night Shyamalan as a storyteller. In spite of it all.
Can’t agree with you, but if you like his works, have a good time with them.
I think the best treatment of M. Night Shyamalan is in Seth Green’s absurd “Robot Chicken” show – whenever anything unexpected happens, a M. Night Shyamalan puppet shows up and says “What a twist!” It’s made it so I laugh my ass off whenever I hear Shyamalan mentioned.
Genine
Wow, after reading that- I don’t think I’ll see it.
I’ll wait for the DVD, then rent it.
w vincentz
I just got back from the farm where the unbelievable happened. Jose is one of the stable hands and he was mucking the stalls this morning. He made the most amazing discovery and offered to sell it to me. Well, I just didn’t want to take advantage so I said I’d sell it and split the proceeds 50-50 with him. He’ll probably just mail his half back to his family in Mexico.
Anyway, he’s cleaning Mother Mary’s (broodmare) stall and about to put down a nice clean wheelbarrel of dry sawdust, and low and behold, he notices a “piece of horse fecal material”. It catches his attention and he saves it in a coffee can to show me later.
When I get to the farm, he’s beside himself with his find.
“Hola amigo”, he yells. “Luke a theeze!”
So I look in the coffee can and can hardly believe my eyes.
Truly, a special gift from Mother Mary.
There in the bottom of the coffee can is a beautiful baby Jesus in a little straw manger, made as only a horse can make it.
It’s now in my freezer. Jose and I are accepting the highest reasonable offer. Shipping to be paid by the buyer.
This one might be worth a lot more than the “Jesus on the potato chip” that recently sold on e-bay, and it’s far nicer than the “crucifix on the slice of toast” that is so famous.
So, I’m offering this rare art treasure to any savy art investor here at Balloon Juice.
Ned Raggett
Whoa, Tim Russert’s dead!
NY Post story
And R. Kelly got acquitted almost simultaneously.
cleek
if it please the speaker, i would have the following statement entered into the record:
Fuck the gentleman from Tennessee.
Mary
Yes, I just saw the news about Russert. Poor guy.
Unintended irony/bad taste alert: wasn’t it just a couple of weeks ago that McAuliffe was trying to curry favour with Russert by repeatedly referring to his deceased dad who was actually still alive and well? And now Russert’s dad has his son die before him. That’s awful, no matter if you’re talking about a small child or your adult child.
passerby
John Cole Says:
Wow, John, a keen observation. Subtle…it’s machinations like this that lead me to conclude that McCain’s gaffes are written into a script.
At this level of politics we find the smartest guys in the room.
And may I point out that what now passes for a “candidates’ debate” has now devolved into a debate between moderator (The Media) and candidate.
T
Conservatively Liberal
“… to the best of my knowledge”
This is the angle that people who don’t want to be called racists are going to use. It is an attempt to take the focus off of them and place it on the shoulders of the person whose race they despise. These so-called Democrats who refuse to support Obama and want to vote McCain instead will find anything they can blame on Obama to use as their excuse for doing so.
Racists are the scum of the earth, and IMO there are still too many racists in the Democratic party. While I want Obama to win because I believe that he has what it takes to lead our country, I also want to see Obama win so I can watch these racist pricks melt down. The sooner that we can reject pricks like Davis, the sooner they will migrate to the Republican party.
Where they belong.
DonnaInMichigan
NBC has announced that Tim Russert, host of Meet the Press has died of a sudden heart attack.
I wonder if he was on the Clinton’s enemies list??
passerby
Whoa. I’m already suspicious already. Looks like NBC wanted a new Political Chief.
T
PaulW
Russert is dead. I shaln’t say anything bad about the man… I shaln’t… I… OH F-CK IT:
There’s a level of Hell for people who willingly let themselves get used by liars and thieves.
Just Some Fuckhead
Not quite. The Kentucky and Oregon contests were on the same day.
Conservatively Liberal
Wow! Tim Russert dead at 58. That is just unreal. While I didn’t care much for his interviewing style at times, I still enjoyed listening to him and his political analysis.
My condolences go out to his family and friends. Tim was a good guy and there are few enough of them in journalism as it is now. He will be missed.
w vincentz
RIP Tim Russert.
On a side note, wander over to “common dreams” and read the article about the remaining six months (state of emergency) of the Bush era. It connects the dots with the nukes out of Minot and the death of a high level fed that might have blown the whistle on Mossad and Port Houston attack.
Punchy
Fucking bigots:
“I’m suspending civil weddys due to ‘office security risks’, not to mention I a fucking bigot who wants to choose that only hettys can tie the knot”
Throw this cuntbag out the door. What a fucking POS.
Face
Translation: That boy’s a nigg#r, see, and we dont allow them colored folks to tell us what to do here in Tennessee. That reminds me…gotta find someone to pick my cotton.
Just Some Fuckhead
I don’t know what the rulez are about dissing the newly dead but we should keep in mind as we listen to the worshipful tributes over the next week that Russert is a man who traded his democratic principles and integrity for money, power and access as revealed in the Scooter Libby trial. He reduced an historically informative show, Meet The Press, to a juvenile exercise in “gotcha”. What had once been a lofty exercise in lifting the discourse became a mad descent into debasing the debate. If Tim Russert is indeed one of the most influential one hundred people in the world then he deserves the salutory sendoff of that of an accomplice to murder for the damage he did to our democracy.
handy
That, and his “what’s the big deal” attitude about the RFK assassination comment are pretty telling examples of his selective scrutiny.
You know, on the one hand, I’m open, sympathetic, liberal-minded, all that to the idea that public figures often say or do things that the media twists to enforce its own narrative. I think we’d all agree that kind of thing did happen to Gore and Kerry. But there’s no context to hide behind the Ferraro and the Assassinationgate flaps.
For crying out loud, at least admit they were tonedeaf! Then, by all means, carry on with your grand conspiracy theories about the MSM.
As for Russert, leave the eulogies to his friends and family. Thoughts and prayers, all that, but the guy was an enabler and a willing pawn for Bush to “catapult the propaganda” for 7 1/2 years. Murrow? Kronkite? Hell, the guy wasn’t even Ron Burgundy.
Notorious P.A.T.
I’m thinking of seeing it, with low expectations, even though I’ve seen 4 Shyamalan movies and enjoyed them all.