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Mamazoyd wrote: callmelou wrote: Trophywife wrote: Gemini wrote: Just another spin by the Liberals. Taking words and phrases out of context is what they do. Bush was wrong to make such a statement too without knowing all the facts. I doubt he listened to the whole conversation.
Need I say more? Even on a Sunday! 
I don't think that Brian got it...maybe he did...Rush; Bush..there's no difference anyway..altho, if Brian feels Rush needs him to interpret his comment several times a week, maybe Brian should take over Rush's show. Or maybe thinks Bush made the comments to spare Rush the blame..conservatives as so hard to figure out. Gonna disagree with you on this one. Many conservatives who would follow Rush to the slaughter since he's so high on their extremist conservative pedestal, felt that Bush was not conservative enough -- he was too moderate for them although not moderate enough for others. Cheney from all appearances was the extremist. I felt GW appeared to do what others wanted or what was expected of him -- it seemed kind of evident from the get-go especially with Cheney coming from daddy's administration. I wonder how many times GW did not do what HE felt was right for the American people but did others' bidding and ended up doing the wrong thing.
Mama, you're so funny. You don't need to make excuses for President Bush, he knew exactly who he is.
I wonder how many times you claimed to be a republican and you weren't??? LOL, many, too many to count.
Having asked you many times, what exactly defines us as "extremists" on the right and you don't answer, why is that? See, when I hear "extremist" I think of White Supremest Skin Heads, I don't think George W Bush, Dick Cheney, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin or me. I saw a young guy in the grocery store last week, and he had White Power tatooted on his bald head. Now that would be an "extremist". Can you be more definitive in your name calling because I think you are truly misguided, much like you are a ummmm, uhhhhh, moderate type something. 
President Bush was a decision maker. You can't point to one time in his term that he DITHERED on an important decision. After 9-11 took place, he knew exactly what was going to define his Presidency, it was to keep America safe and he took it very seriously. I don't think your luvbug has a serious or courageous bone in his body with his elistist nose up in the air, certainly not anything that is in the best interest of the American people, he wants to HUMBLE us. He wants to FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORM us. He wants us to claim blame for all the World's ills, and be apologetic for our EXCEPTIONALISM. In fact, he doesn't even admit to our EXCEPTIONALISM. Why? Because he doesn't see it.
Well, whadda ya know... just take a lookie look at who is saving Haiti as we speak. Is it France??? Uhhhh, no. Is it Russia.....Uhhhh, no. Is it Valenzuela or Cuba because you know many leftie loops like them a lot even though they hate us....uhhhhhh, no. Is it China maybe??? Uhhhh, hell no. Is it Germany?? Ummmm, haven't heard a word from them. Hey, about Saudi Arabia, they are rich...not a whisper. Ok, any doubt about our World? It's all about America. We carry the water for the rest of them. Remember when the left said our anointed ONE would change the world, ummmm not so much. They still hate us and they still depend on us to carry the water.
Time to tell our Prez, stop apologizing for us. We are truly the greatest Nation in the World and Haiti is just another example of our EXCEPTIONALISM. Grow up, get on our side, and let's move our Country forward, stop trying to emulate our European friends. Without us, they are nothing. They need us way more than we need them. Drop the Saul Alinsky type governance, that isn't who we are. Rokey, dokey??? 
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Mamazoyd wrote: callmelou wrote: Trophywife wrote: Gemini wrote: Just another spin by the Liberals. Taking words and phrases out of context is what they do. Bush was wrong to make such a statement too without knowing all the facts. I doubt he listened to the whole conversation.
Need I say more? Even on a Sunday!
I don't think that Brian got it...maybe he did...Rush; Bush..there's no difference anyway..altho, if Brian feels Rush needs him to interpret his comment several times a week, maybe Brian should take over Rush's show. Or maybe thinks Bush made the comments to spare Rush the blame..conservatives as so hard to figure out. Gonna disagree with you on this one. Many conservatives who would follow Rush to the slaughter since he's so high on their extremist conservative pedestal, felt that Bush was not conservative enough -- he was too moderate for them although not moderate enough for others. Cheney from all appearances was the extremist. I felt GW appeared to do what others wanted or what was expected of him -- it seemed kind of evident from the get-go especially with Cheney coming from daddy's administration. I wonder how many times GW did not do what HE felt was right for the American people but did others' bidding and ended up doing the wrong thing.
I don't remember hearing that little bush wasn't conservative enuf for the far right...guess it's all relative....Criminal Cheney was further right than little bush...but I think it's like giving Cheney the Criminal a 10 and little bush a 9.5 on the far-to-the-right scale...I don't bush ever didn't do what HE didn't think was right..problem was his head was screwed on so loosely, he had no concept that he could be wrong...which takes me to our current President...when he thinks he's wrong, he's enough of a moral person to admit it...I don't agree with him on everything..I still think Hillary might have been better..but do I respect him? Am I happy he beat mccain and the crazy cariboo? Totally..
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callmelou wrote: Trophywife wrote: Gemini wrote: Just another spin by the Liberals. Taking words and phrases out of context is what they do. Bush was wrong to make such a statement too without knowing all the facts. I doubt he listened to the whole conversation.
Need I say more? Even on a Sunday!
I don't think that Brian got it...maybe he did...Rush; Bush..there's no difference anyway..altho, if Brian feels Rush needs him to interpret his comment several times a week, maybe Brian should take over Rush's show. Or maybe thinks Bush made the comments to spare Rush the blame..conservatives as so hard to figure out. Gonna disagree with you on this one. Many conservatives who would follow Rush to the slaughter since he's so high on their extremist conservative pedestal, felt that Bush was not conservative enough -- he was too moderate for them although not moderate enough for others. Cheney from all appearances was the extremist. I felt GW appeared to do what others wanted or what was expected of him -- it seemed kind of evident from the get-go especially with Cheney coming from daddy's administration. I wonder how many times GW did not do what HE felt was right for the American people but did others' bidding and ended up doing the wrong thing.
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callmelou wrote: Trophywife wrote: Gemini wrote: Just another spin by the Liberals. Taking words and phrases out of context is what they do. Bush was wrong to make such a statement too without knowing all the facts. I doubt he listened to the whole conversation.
Need I say more? Even on a Sunday!
I don't think that Brian got it...maybe he did...Rush; Bush..there's no difference anyway..altho, if Brian feels Rush needs him to interpret his comment several times a week, maybe Brian should take over Rush's show. Or maybe thinks Bush made the comments to spare Rush the blame..conservatives as so hard to figure out.
Well, lookie who you are still talking about...LOL Rush did his job.
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Trophywife wrote: Gemini wrote: Just another spin by the Liberals. Taking words and phrases out of context is what they do. Bush was wrong to make such a statement too without knowing all the facts. I doubt he listened to the whole conversation.
Need I say more? Even on a Sunday!
I don't think that Brian got it...maybe he did...Rush; Bush..there's no difference anyway..altho, if Brian feels Rush needs him to interpret his comment several times a week, maybe Brian should take over Rush's show. Or maybe thinks Bush made the comments to spare Rush the blame..conservatives as so hard to figure out.
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Trophywife wrote: Gemini wrote: Just another spin by the Liberals. Taking words and phrases out of context is what they do. Bush was wrong to make such a statement too without knowing all the facts. I doubt he listened to the whole conversation.
Need I say more? Even on a Sunday! Good come back. Need I say more!
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Gemini wrote: Just another spin by the Liberals. Taking words and phrases out of context is what they do. Bush was wrong to make such a statement too without knowing all the facts. I doubt he listened to the whole conversation.
Need I say more? Even on a Sunday!
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Biggerthanabreadbox wrote: callmelou wrote: LucifersLandlord wrote: So Limbaugh show his ugly side by attacking the aid for Haiti. Hmmm kept his mouth shut when billions and billions were spent in a country that keeps blowing up what we paid to rebuild and then has a problem with those in need after a disaster. I am not a fan of giving out aid to other countries, but sheesh this man is such an idiot and so full of himself.
It's rather interesting that his dittoheads ignore the first comments in which he urged Americans NOT to donate to Haiti at all, claiming that we do thru tax dollars, but they are posting his lame, very, very lame, attempt to spin his comments to an anti-Obama rant to deflect what he said the day before...the dumber of his dolts will buy it..the others will just remain silent with their arms crossed..as they always do......
Okay, look at this transcript and highlight where Rush is urging Americans to NOT donate to Haiti at all because we do through our tax dollars. You are taking two fragments (sorry, Huff and Puff writers are taking two fragments) and putting them together to send an incorrect message. Rush said not to go through the WhiteHouse webpage because he doesn't trust that they won't use your personal information. That's all he said on that one. He said the WH page directs people to the Red Cross. Why not go directly to the Red Cross?
As far as the tax dollars going to Haiti, I believe he's saying that we as a nation have given. There are churches and private organizations that allow people to give above and beyond and probably do it a lot more effectively than if we let the government handle it. He's saying the government will do it and has done it, but relief organizations are much more efficient because of their use of volunteers and pooled resources. I don't see where he's saying at all that we should feel satisfied because we give through taxes...he's just saying that we already are.
People in Haiti right now don't need money. They need food and medicine and building supplies. They need manpower and construction people and people to help support. What is a Hatian without a home or food supposed to do with a dollar bill? He can't wear it, can't live under it and can't eat it. Money in this case may be useful down the road when rebuilding efforts are needed and supplies need to be purchased, but right now, these people need tangible goods. They need basic needs met. Money isn't always the answer. Sometimes, it's the service of people.
RUSH: We're going to start in Raleigh, North Carolina. Justin you're first today. Great to have you with us.
CALLER: Mega Rush Baby dittos. My question is, why did Obama in the sound bite you played earlier, when he's talking about if you wanted to donate some money, you can go to WhiteHouse.gov --
RUSH: Yeah.
CALLER: -- to direct you how to do so. If I want to donate money to the Red Cross, why do I need to go to the WhiteHouse.gov page and --
RUSH: Exactly. Would you trust that the money is going to go to Haiti?
CALLER: No.
RUSH: Would you trust that your name is going to end up on a mailing list for the Obama people to start asking you for campaign donations for him and other causes.
CALLER: Absolutely.
RUSH: Absolutely right.
CALLER: That's the point.
RUSH: Besides, we've already donated to Haiti. It's called the US income tax.
CALLER: Rush, my mother was going to be on a missionary trip. She was going to leave at 4:30 this morning to go to Haiti with our church.
RUSH: That's another point, too. Churches --
CALLER: No government money, Rush.
RUSH: Exactly right. Look, there are people that do charitable work every day in Haiti. It's not as though -- like Debbie Wasserman Schultz, it's our fault. Reverend Wright, it's our fault, there's no excuse for such poverty when there's a nation as rich as we are so close. There are people that have been trying to save Haiti just as we're trying to save Africa. You just can't keep throwing money at it because the dictatorships there just take it all. They don't spread it around, and even if they did they're not creating a permanent system where people can provide for themselves. It's a simple matter of self-reliance. Nobody takes that approach down there because this has always been a country run by dictators and incompetent ones at that.
Just another spin by the Liberals. Taking words and phrases out of context is what they do. Bush was wrong to make such a statement too without knowing all the facts. I doubt he listened to the whole conversation.
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callmelou wrote: LucifersLandlord wrote: So Limbaugh show his ugly side by attacking the aid for Haiti. Hmmm kept his mouth shut when billions and billions were spent in a country that keeps blowing up what we paid to rebuild and then has a problem with those in need after a disaster. I am not a fan of giving out aid to other countries, but sheesh this man is such an idiot and so full of himself.
It's rather interesting that his dittoheads ignore the first comments in which he urged Americans NOT to donate to Haiti at all, claiming that we do thru tax dollars, but they are posting his lame, very, very lame, attempt to spin his comments to an anti-Obama rant to deflect what he said the day before...the dumber of his dolts will buy it..the others will just remain silent with their arms crossed..as they always do......
Okay, look at this transcript and highlight where Rush is urging Americans to NOT donate to Haiti at all because we do through our tax dollars. You are taking two fragments (sorry, Huff and Puff writers are taking two fragments) and putting them together to send an incorrect message. Rush said not to go through the WhiteHouse webpage because he doesn't trust that they won't use your personal information. That's all he said on that one. He said the WH page directs people to the Red Cross. Why not go directly to the Red Cross?
As far as the tax dollars going to Haiti, I believe he's saying that we as a nation have given. There are churches and private organizations that allow people to give above and beyond and probably do it a lot more effectively than if we let the government handle it. He's saying the government will do it and has done it, but relief organizations are much more efficient because of their use of volunteers and pooled resources. I don't see where he's saying at all that we should feel satisfied because we give through taxes...he's just saying that we already are.
People in Haiti right now don't need money. They need food and medicine and building supplies. They need manpower and construction people and people to help support. What is a Hatian without a home or food supposed to do with a dollar bill? He can't wear it, can't live under it and can't eat it. Money in this case may be useful down the road when rebuilding efforts are needed and supplies need to be purchased, but right now, these people need tangible goods. They need basic needs met. Money isn't always the answer. Sometimes, it's the service of people.
RUSH: We're going to start in Raleigh, North Carolina. Justin you're first today. Great to have you with us.
CALLER: Mega Rush Baby dittos. My question is, why did Obama in the sound bite you played earlier, when he's talking about if you wanted to donate some money, you can go to WhiteHouse.gov --
RUSH: Yeah.
CALLER: -- to direct you how to do so. If I want to donate money to the Red Cross, why do I need to go to the WhiteHouse.gov page and --
RUSH: Exactly. Would you trust that the money is going to go to Haiti?
CALLER: No.
RUSH: Would you trust that your name is going to end up on a mailing list for the Obama people to start asking you for campaign donations for him and other causes.
CALLER: Absolutely.
RUSH: Absolutely right.
CALLER: That's the point.
RUSH: Besides, we've already donated to Haiti. It's called the US income tax.
CALLER: Rush, my mother was going to be on a missionary trip. She was going to leave at 4:30 this morning to go to Haiti with our church.
RUSH: That's another point, too. Churches --
CALLER: No government money, Rush.
RUSH: Exactly right. Look, there are people that do charitable work every day in Haiti. It's not as though -- like Debbie Wasserman Schultz, it's our fault. Reverend Wright, it's our fault, there's no excuse for such poverty when there's a nation as rich as we are so close. There are people that have been trying to save Haiti just as we're trying to save Africa. You just can't keep throwing money at it because the dictatorships there just take it all. They don't spread it around, and even if they did they're not creating a permanent system where people can provide for themselves. It's a simple matter of self-reliance. Nobody takes that approach down there because this has always been a country run by dictators and incompetent ones at that.
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callmelou wrote: LucifersLandlord wrote: So Limbaugh show his ugly side by attacking the aid for Haiti. Hmmm kept his mouth shut when billions and billions were spent in a country that keeps blowing up what we paid to rebuild and then has a problem with those in need after a disaster. I am not a fan of giving out aid to other countries, but sheesh this man is such an idiot and so full of himself.
It's rather interesting that his dittoheads ignore the first comments in which he urged Americans NOT to donate to Haiti at all, claiming that we do thru tax dollars, but they are posting his lame, very, very lame, attempt to spin his comments to an anti-Obama rant to deflect what he said the day before...the dumber of his dolts will buy it..the others will just remain silent with their arms crossed..as they always do......
I was thinking the same thing. Notice the billions for rebuilding Iraq and Afghanistan after bombing the crap out of them was ok, the millions in aid give out under any other administration especially a repulican administration is ok. Its clear they dont care and its all partisan. I also noticed the amount given is much lower than the normal amounts given out by our government.
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LucifersLandlord wrote: So Limbaugh show his ugly side by attacking the aid for Haiti. Hmmm kept his mouth shut when billions and billions were spent in a country that keeps blowing up what we paid to rebuild and then has a problem with those in need after a disaster. I am not a fan of giving out aid to other countries, but sheesh this man is such an idiot and so full of himself.
It's rather interesting that his dittoheads ignore the first comments in which he urged Americans NOT to donate to Haiti at all, claiming that we do thru tax dollars, but they are posting his lame, very, very lame, attempt to spin his comments to an anti-Obama rant to deflect what he said the day before...the dumber of his dolts will buy it..the others will just remain silent with their arms crossed..as they always do......
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Biggerthanabreadbox wrote: Go to today's MSN homepage and see that Sandra Bullock and others just gave a million dollars to Haiti relief efforts. She gave directly to Doctors Without Borders because she wanted to see that the money would go directly to the cause. See, even Sandra Bullock knows giving the money to the government first isn't the best way to handle this situation.
How is that any different than what Rush said? It's not, but since he's conservative, suddenly it matters. Uh-huh. I see.
As a reminder she gave each a million dollars to the 911 victims and Sri Lanka. Can you believe she is a conservative that doesn't mind giving back. The Liberals are doing a good job on the awareness part but I haven't heard of them literally donating any of their own money. I f they are then I commend them for it.
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Go to today's MSN homepage and see that Sandra Bullock and others just gave a million dollars to Haiti relief efforts. She gave directly to Doctors Without Borders because she wanted to see that the money would go directly to the cause. See, even Sandra Bullock knows giving the money to the government first isn't the best way to handle this situation.
How is that any different than what Rush said? It's not, but since he's conservative, suddenly it matters. Uh-huh. I see.
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From yesterday's show, another classic illustration of how Rush effectively tweaks the media.
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 RUSH: To Paducah, Kentucky. This is April. That is one of my all-time, top ten favorite female names. April, thank you for calling. Nice to have you with us. Hello.
CALLER: Thank you, Rush. I'm glad that you chose to have me on today.
RUSH: Yes?
CALLER: This is kind of belated, but I just have a question for you.
RUSH: Yes, ma'am? Yes, ma'am?
CALLER: Where in your right mind do you get the cojones to just completely -- I don't know, I guess -- dismiss a tragedy of possibly a hundred thousand people dead in Haiti? You're -- you're going around discouraging people to send donations because we already donated to Haiti and it's called the US income tax; and Obama, the president of our United States -- your president as well, whether you like it or not.
RUSH: Where did you...?
CALLER: -- you're saying --
RUSH: Where did you hear that I discouraged donations to Haiti?
CALLER: Uh, I read it in, uh, a news thing called the Huffington Post, but that's not the point. I was going to finish my sentence if that's okay with you.
RUSH: Well, but what you just said is a lie. They reported a lie. I did not discourage donations to Haiti.
CALLER: Okay. Well, um, actually the point I was getting to, whether or not you said that -- which actually I believe you did. But...
RUSH: No, it's not "whether or not." That matters. I mean you call here and ask, "Where do I get off suggesting that we don't donate to Haiti because we do in the income tax?" and I tell you I said that, but I also said private donations are going to be much better than a government donation. They're all going, go to the Red Cross, do other things, don't go through the government. It's just going to go through hands and bureaucracies and a dollar is going to end up being 30 cents by the time they get through with it. I did not say, "Don't make donations." That's not a "whether or not" thing. That's why you called.
CALLER: Calm down.
RUSH: Finish your sentence.
CALLER: Calm down. I planned on it, but actually I... Keep denying that, but what is this you were saying about our president of the United States trying to just basically establish credibility in the black community among white (sic) and dark-skinned African-Americans? And why do you, like... After saying that, why would you call yourself a patriot?
RUSH: All right. Now, this is funny. This was our Media Tweak of the Day yesterday, April. You know, what we do here on this program is, purposely, play the media like violin, like a Stradivarius. And I love tweaking them. I love irritating them, and I love upsetting them and all you do is take words uttered by liberals and apply them to current events. It was Harry Reid who looked at Obama and said he's a "light-skinned" guy that "doesn't speak in a Negro dialect."
CALLER: I'm not talking about Harry Reid.
RUSH: Well, I was.
CALLER: I'm talking about you.
RUSH: I was. You see, this is the point. You didn't listen to the program. You're reading people who take what I say out of context precisely to create this sense of outrage that you have.
CALLER: Okay.
RUSH: In fact, I want you to listen to something with me. Before I said all of this I made a prediction, because this was my Media Tweak of the Day -- and it's getting too easy. I mean, you're illustrating how easy it is to outrage these people. I enjoy it. This is a great success. When people start squealing like pigs is when I know I've hit a home run. This is what I said yesterday.
RUSH ARCHIVE: Before this week is out, I will be the one who uttered the words "light-skinned" and "doesn't speak the Negro dialect when he doesn't want to." I'll be the one that said it. Before the week is out I'll be the one that said it, not Harry Reid, and they'll be asking, "Why have you not condemned Rush Limbaugh for what he said (in repeating what Harry Reid said)?" and Harry Reid will condemn me from the Senate floor!
RUSH: And then I proceeded to suggest that Obama is going to be giving aid to both light-skinned and dark-skinned Negroes in Haiti, just designed to get the reaction I got -- and it worked. The people that listen to this program laugh and chuckle every day at this stuff, because we're just needling the media. They talk about me all the time and I can create it any time I want. It's made you mad, and you believe things they take out of context that don't completely say what I fully said, and you get mad.
CALLER: Okay, so you're basically evading the second part of my question. You're not going to tell me why you decided to go around saying something, like, a tragedy that's happened to hundreds of thousands of people, who are suffering.
RUSH: No, I'm not evading it at all. If I said it I meant to say it, and I do believe that everything is political to this president. Everything this president sees is a political opportunity, including Haiti, and he will use it to burnish his credentials with minorities in this country and around the world, and to accuse Republicans of having no compassion. I went further than that even. I'll have to tell you what else I said after the break if you want to hold on.
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RUSH: We go back now to April in Paducah. I had to interrupt you because we had a hard break and I couldn't miss it. What is it you were going to say?
CALLER: Well, if I remember correctly I was about to go say, like, I've been trying to get you to explain to me, at least -- if not the entire country listening to your show right now -- what...? Like what... Why...? It doesn't sound like the president is making this Haiti donation business a political thing. It sounds like you are. You're just... Uh, you brought up a completely inane, baseless point about establishing credibility in the light- and dark-skinned black communities, and, like, there's no reason for that. There's, like --
 RUSH: Now, April, I must ask a serious question: Do you ever listen to my program or do you hear about it in places like the Huffington Post?
CALLER: Um... I... When I'm upstairs in the bedroom I'll have the radio on and I like to listen to some local stations. So, yes, I have heard your show.
RUSH: All right.
CALLER: And I've heard dozens and clips and quotes that you've said and most of the time I'm absolutely disgusted with you. I'll be perfectly honest with you.
RUSH: I see. Okay, now that we've established that you listen sometimes and you're absolutely disgusted. Let me ask you a question. Have you ever heard of the Democrat Party and President Obama politicizing a natural disaster?
CALLER: Have I ever heard of them politicizing...?
RUSH: Yeah, has that ever happened? Has Barack Obama and the Democrat Party ever politicized a natural disaster?
CALLER: Umm, well, this is the -- at least if you're speaking specifically about President Obama, this is the first natural disaster that we've had on, uh -- on his term. So...
RUSH: We had a natural disaster when he was Senator. It doesn't matter whether he was president or not. I said the Democrat Party and President Obama, as a Senator, certainly politicized Hurricane Katrina. You see, the difference, April, is that I know these people. I know who they are and I love to tweak them. I love to tweak the media. I predicted yesterday... How come there's no outrage, by the way, at Bill Clinton suggesting that Obama's nothing more than a slave when he was trying to get Ted Kennedy to endorse Hillary and he says (doing impression), "Come on! Come on, Ted. You know, a few years ago this guy would be fetching us our coffee." You're not outraged about that because the Huffington Post isn't outraged about it. They probably don't write about it but I talk about all of it.
CALLER: Actually... Uh, are you implying that the Huffington Post as the one and only resource that I watch (sic--read)? I even watch Fox News once in a while.
RUSH: No, no, no, no, no. I'm not implying that.
CALLER: Okay.
RUSH: What I'm illustrating here is that you're a blockhead. What I'm illustrating here is that you're a closed-minded bigot who is ill-informed. I am being patient and tolerant and I'm trying to explain this to you, and you're totally closed to it. I'm hitting you with piercing, penetrating logic, and it escapes you -- and it is irritating people like you that I revel in. I absolutely revel in it. I've got 19 sound bites here today, April, of media people going bat manure yesterday over what they think I said. They didn't hear me say it, either. They got it from the Huffington Post or they got it from Media Matters or they got it from someplace else. I did not say don't donate. I did say Obama will use this to help burnish his credentials, 'cause there's no question he will. I'll tell you something else I said, April: It took him three days to go out and talk about the Christmas Day Underwear Bomber. It took him less than 18 hours to get out there and start rallying people about this earthquake.
I'll tell you something else, April. I'm going to make prediction to you, and I'm gonna be right about this. Before the week is out we're going to have to be stories in the Huffington Post and other places that you read pointing out how fast Obama moved into action versus Bush during Hurricane Katrina. To accuse me of politicizing everything is to be ignorant about what I do on this program. I simply react to the left. They're the ones that politicize virtually everything that's happening from health care to terrorism, and I love illustrating absurdity by being absurd. And if you had listened to this program for a modicum of time you would know it. But instead you're a blockhead. You're mind is totally closed. You have tampons in your ears. Nothing is getting through other than the biased crap that you read. So I've had enjoyment here talking to you and illustrating that it's impossible to deal in the truth with you. I appreciate your calling and I appreciate your holding on. I grew up not far from Paducah. If I'd known you were there, I might have stayed.
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RUSH: Let me tell you by way of Tony Blankley, a sound bite we played yesterday. What all of this is, is reacting to what I did not say yesterday on this program.
BLANKLEY: The lesson that we learned from this is not that the Senator said anything particularly remarkable, but that when conservatives say something equally unremarkable, that the feigned outrage drives them out of office; whether it's Rush Limbaugh saying that a black quarterback got better press than had he been white or whether it was Senator Allen who used the word "Macaca" -- whatever that means -- that got six stories on the front page of the Washington Post. The point is, they're not sincere when they're outraged. They're just trying to drive out a political opponent.
RUSH: Exactly. And so all of this outrage that you saw on television last night is feigned. It is fake. I'm not the one that ever used light skinned, dark-skinned. That was Harry Reid! We're laughing at him. We're making fun of him. And they fake all this outrage that I would say this, not even understanding -- and they do understand I was making a joke. They are just feigning outrage to try to take me out, and that's why I do the Media Tweak every day because they're going to bomb out every time they try. I mean, it's just fun.
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The bard wrote: LucifersLandlord wrote: So Limbaugh show his ugly side by attacking the aid for Haiti. Hmmm kept his mouth shut when billions and billions were spent in a country that keeps blowing up what we paid to rebuild and then has a problem with those in need after a disaster. I am not a fan of giving out aid to other countries, but sheesh this man is such an idiot and so full of himself.
Which is why the AUTHORITARIANS love him!
Judge for yourselves folks. (Note: Rush will often preface his remarks by saying he's tweaking the media. IOW, he knows lemmings in the media will lap it up and turn what he says on it's head. It becomes comical to his listeners when they take the bait.)
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RUSH: Here's President Obama speaking about Haiti this morning in Washington at the White House. He held a press conference. Now, I want you to remember, it took him three days to respond to the Christmas Day Fruit of Kaboom Bomber, three days. And when he came out after those three days, he was clearly irritated that he had to do it. He didn't want to do it. He comes out here in less than 24 hours to speak about Haiti.
OBAMA: I have directed my administration to respond with a swift, coordinated, and aggressive effort to save lives. The people of Haiti will have the full support of the United States in the urgent effort to rescue those trapped beneath the rubble and to deliver the humanitarian relief, the food, water, and medicine that Haitians will need in the coming days.
 RUSH: Oh, this is what he lives for. He lives for serving those in misery. Now, don't misunderstand here, folks. I don't have the whole press conference, but I wonder did he apologize for America before acknowledging we are the only people on earth that can possibly help 'em out down there in any significant way? By the way, I've checked it out, Cuba has offered nothing. Venezuela has offered nothing. They have nothing to offer. (interruption) Venezuela is going to send 30 people? Well, they're people who want to get out of there anyway because they're having rolling blackouts in Venezuela, in Caracas, which is an oil-driven -- it's the most amazing thing. The vision of our future is right before our eyes in Venezuela. Socialist country, devalued the currency on purpose a couple days ago, putting people in jail if they raise prices as a result of this. We are devaluing our own currency, not as rapidly as Hugo Chavez did but we're doing it with all of our deficit spending and borrowing. At any rate, here's another portion of the president's statement.
OBAMA: Despite the fact that we are experiencing tough times here at home, I would encourage those Americans who want to support the urgent humanitarian efforts to go to WhiteHouse.gov where you can learn how to contribute. We'll be resolute in our response, and I pledge to the people of Haiti that you will have a friend and partner in the United States of America today and going forward. May God bless the people of Haiti and those working on their behalf.
RUSH: So the country that he runs around the world apologizing for, the country that he has chip on his shoulder about, he now turns to as its president and asks people who have lost their jobs because of his policies to donate to WhiteHouse.gov to the people of Haiti, and we will do it. We are the most charitable and the most generous people on the face of the earth. Each and every time a natural disaster like this happens, we step up. We are there. "Despite the fact we're experiencing tough times here at home, I would encourage those Americans who want to support the urgent humanitarian effort --" You know, I have been to Haiti way back a long time ago when it was a cruise ship stop, Port-au-Prince. And I've seen pictures of Haiti. It is a devastatingly poor place and nothing has ever changed. And right across a mountain ridge in the middle you've got the Dominican Republic, which is like night and day. It's like night and day. And what's the one common factor?
That place, Haiti, has been run by dictators and communists, and how long is it going to be before we hear Obama and the left in this country say that what we really need to do is reinstate the communist Aristide to the leadership position down there to coordinate putting the country back together? The Haitian economy is entirely dependent on foreign aid. They produce nothing. Zilch, zero, nada. And it's been that way for the longest time. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who you will next hear, was on MSNBC Live this morning, and she essentially says that Haiti and its current plight is our fault. I knew it wouldn't take long for some Democrat to get there. The question she was asked was this: "I want to know if you can put into perspective how difficult it is when you talk about there not being much infrastructure to begin with, how challenging that makes the relief effort now?"
 SCHULTZ: You should think of the most primitive environments, the most primitive living conditions that you can imagine. It is wrong, especially in a region as prosperous as this one, for us to continue to allow the desperate situation that exists in Haiti to continue, and I want to conclude by saying that in particular it's incredibly important that the United States grant TPS, temporary protective status to the Haitians that are here because the last thing in the world that we need to have happen is for Haitians who are here to be sent back to Haiti in this desperate hour that they are struggling through, there's no way they could support that.
RUSH: I could sit here and be really cynical. I'll hold off on the cynicism for a couple hours, I'll hold off on it. I'm going to hold off on it, give the show's flow a chance to establish, 'cause it's going to be the Media Tweak of the Day. I'll wait 'til about 2:15 when they're occupied with something else Obama is doing and then I'll make my cynical comment. You know, Bill Clinton is the envoy to Haiti. I guess we're thankful he wasn't there. He sent his thoughts and prayers? You may not have remembered that, folks, but Obama made him the envoy. Did you not know that, Dawn? Well, that's because he's got experience of this kind, he's called up the Arkansas National Guard before so he knows. He wasn't there. We're all very fortunate that Bill Clinton was not there in his official position as envoy. So here you have Debbie Wasserman Schultz. "It is wrong, especially in a region as prosperous as this one, to continue to allow the desperate situation that exists in Haiti to continue." So it's our fault, it's our fault that Haiti is in its current state of devastation. We should take it over, we should do something, annex it, make it a state. Imperialism, yeah, make it a state, take it over.
No word from Cuba about aid. They're not sending anything. They don't have anything. You say Hugo is going to send 30 people and some supplies? All right, well, good for him. Now, here are some facts about Haiti. It's one-third of the island of Hispaniola. It's in the Caribbean located between Cuba and Puerto Rico, one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere. Eighty percent of the residents live in poverty. It's one of the most densely populated, least developed countries in the Western hemisphere, and of course this, according to Debbie Wasserman Schultz, is our fault. Jean-Claude Duvalier declared himself president for life in 1964 and ruled as a dictator. In August of 1971 he died, and his son declared himself president for life. He used a secret police force called the Tontons Macoutes, which is bogeyman, to enforce his policies. Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the communist in December 1991, Haiti's first free election. And in '91 Aristide was outed in a military coup. He fled the country. The Organization of American States and United Nations led trade boycotts to try to force Aristide's return to power.
Many Haitians tried to flee to the US. They were forced back to Haiti. Later the refugees were sent to Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. In September of 1994, President Clinton, now the envoy to Haiti, sent a delegation there in hopes of avoiding a military conflict. He sent President Carter, General Powell, and Senator Sam Nunn. The peace deal does prevent an outbreak of fighting. And what happened was Colin Powell went in there and he took one of these military leaders -- I forget the guy's name. (interruption) It might be General Cedras. Yeah, I think it was. What a memory you've got there, H.R. General Cedras. He took General Cedras over to a window in this decrepit room and building they were in. He said, "General, you see this window? Ten minutes after we leave this building, I can have a missile fired and hit right through this window." That's when General Powell was still a Republican and was not making the top 100 liberal lists in British newspapers.
I did not know until I looked this up, February 24th of 2004: "Reverend Al Sharpton, US presidential candidate, states that both Aristide and the political opposition leaders approved his suggestion to travel to Haiti to broker a peace agreement, after the former US-backed peace plan was rejected by the opposition leaders." On February 28th, four days later, "Secretary of State Colin Powell urges Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to step down, according to senior State Department officials. Aristide reaffirms his stance on his position; he will not leave until his term expires in 2006." Aristide's a communist. Now, I do think that part and parcel of helping out down there, it won't be long before somebody in the Obama administration suggests that we reinstate, reinstall Aristide, because there's sympathy with these kind of people. So we'll keep a sharp eye on this, but I'm just fascinated here the country the president of the United States feels the need to apologize for, the country the president of the United States feels is immoral and unjust, can barely contain himself running to the cameras in less than 24 hours after this earthquake to pledge aid and to ask citizens who have lost their jobs because of his policies to donate to the relief effort.
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 RUSH: Yes, I think in the Haiti earthquake, ladies and gentlemen -- in the words of Rahm Emanuel -- we have another crisis simply too good to waste. This will play right into Obama's hands. He's humanitarian, compassionate. They'll use this to burnish their, shall we say, "credibility" with the black community -- in the both light-skinned and dark-skinned black community in this country. It's made-to-order for them. That's why he couldn't wait to get out there, could not wait to get out there.
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RUSH: President Obama, folks, cites in his book Dreams from My Father, page 293, the passages of Wright's Audacity to Hope speech that most inspired him, what Reverend Wright said. This is one of the things Wright said that most inspired Obama: "In this world, a world where cruise ships throw away more food in a day than most residents of Port-au-Prince see in a year, where white folks' greed runs a world in need, apartheid in one hemisphere, apathy in another hemisphere, that's the world on which hope sits." That's a Reverend Wright statement Obama was most inspired by, in his own book.
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RUSH: We're going to start in Raleigh, North Carolina. Justin you're first today. Great to have you with us.
CALLER: Mega Rush Baby dittos. My question is, why did Obama in the sound bite you played earlier, when he's talking about if you wanted to donate some money, you can go to WhiteHouse.gov --
RUSH: Yeah.
CALLER: -- to direct you how to do so. If I want to donate money to the Red Cross, why do I need to go to the WhiteHouse.gov page and --
RUSH: Exactly. Would you trust that the money is going to go to Haiti?
CALLER: No.
RUSH: Would you trust that your name is going to end up on a mailing list for the Obama people to start asking you for campaign donations for him and other causes.
CALLER: Absolutely.
RUSH: Absolutely right.
CALLER: That's the point.
RUSH: Besides, we've already donated to Haiti. It's called the US income tax.
CALLER: Rush, my mother was going to be on a missionary trip. She was going to leave at 4:30 this morning to go to Haiti with our church.
RUSH: That's another point, too. Churches --
CALLER: No government money, Rush.
RUSH: Exactly right. Look, there are people that do charitable work every day in Haiti. It's not as though -- like Debbie Wasserman Schultz, it's our fault. Reverend Wright, it's our fault, there's no excuse for such poverty when there's a nation as rich as we are so close. There are people that have been trying to save Haiti just as we're trying to save Africa. You just can't keep throwing money at it because the dictatorships there just take it all. They don't spread it around, and even if they did they're not creating a permanent system where people can provide for themselves. It's a simple matter of self-reliance. Nobody takes that approach down there because this has always been a country run by dictators and incompetent ones at that.
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RUSH: Carol from Coupeville -- hope I'm pronouncing that right -- Coupeville, Washington. Is that right, Carol?
CALLER: Yes.
RUSH: Is it Coupeville, Washington?
CALLER: Yes, Coupeville, Washington.
RUSH: Thank you.
CALLER: Formally from Sacramento.
RUSH: Oh, good. Well, my adopted hometown. Were you there when I was there?
CALLER: Yes. In fact, when we signed our house papers, I looked up at a billboard across the street and it had a picture of somebody's mouth and said: "Rush Limbaugh's mouth, actual size." And I've been a fan ever since.
RUSH: (laughing) Giant billboard, "Rush Limbaugh's mouth, actual size." Well, welcome to the program, Carol, great to have you here.
CALLER: Thank you.
RUSH: Is that what you wanted to say, about the billboard?
CALLER: No. I wanted to say that I thought that since President Obama said he was going to donate his money from the Nobel Peace Prize to charity, Haiti would be perfect, you know, and he's calling for us to donate money. This would be a perfect thing for him to donate his charitable money to, which I don't believe.
RUSH: Did he say he was going to donate the Nobel Peace Prize? What is that, a thousand, 700 dollars or some such?
CALLER: No, it's a million.
RUSH: That's right, it's a million dollars. I wonder if he's donated it all yet.
CALLER: What do you bet?
RUSH: Well, you know most presidents release their tax returns. We'll see. We'll see it at (interruption) what's so funny?
CALLER: Well, I think he's phony. When he was over in Hawaii --
RUSH: Let me tell you something. Let me tell you something, Carol. You realize he's got this brother living in a hut --
CALLER: Yes, I know.
RUSH: -- over in Kenya, and this guy makes the equivalent of 50 cents a year. If Obama would give this guy $20, I mean the percentage increase, $20 would be like giving an average person a thousand.
CALLER: I know.
RUSH: And if he hasn't given his brother any money or any of his family any money, what makes you think he's going to send money to Haiti?
CALLER: I never thought he was anyway. I just thought it would be good to call him on it.
RUSH: Well, I'm glad you did and I'm glad you called, Carol. Thanks very much. I had somebody go to WhiteHouse.gov to see what the donation process is. And this is all the guidance you get on donating to Haiti at the White House site. What I'm going to read to you is buried in a very long blog post about what Obama said about the earthquake. You get that first, you gotta read what Obama said, the maximum leader, you gotta read what he says and then you get to the bottom and here's what it says. "You can also help, immediately, by donating to the Red Cross to assist the relief effort. Contribute online here, or donate $10 to be charged to your cell phone bill by texting Haiti. Find more ways to help through the Center for International Disaster Information." So that's all the guidance you get. Now, that's pretty easy, text Haiti and you're gonna get billed for ten bucks and that money ostensibly is going to go to Haiti.
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LucifersLandlord wrote: So Limbaugh show his ugly side by attacking the aid for Haiti. Hmmm kept his mouth shut when billions and billions were spent in a country that keeps blowing up what we paid to rebuild and then has a problem with those in need after a disaster. I am not a fan of giving out aid to other countries, but sheesh this man is such an idiot and so full of himself.
Which is why the AUTHORITARIANS love him!
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So Limbaugh show his ugly side by attacking the aid for Haiti. Hmmm kept his mouth shut when billions and billions were spent in a country that keeps blowing up what we paid to rebuild and then has a problem with those in need after a disaster. I am not a fan of giving out aid to other countries, but sheesh this man is such an idiot and so full of himself.
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callmelou wrote: LucifersLandlord wrote: Palin running for President is like saying to a republican Gore is a great candidate for president. Its hilarious and the laughter never stops until the twit does actually decide to run. Then the truth sets in that if either of these 2 were ever elected its the end of America cause they are the cause of global warming with the all the methane gas they produce from the crap flying out of their mouths.
Palin to speak at major GOP event
Posted: January 7th, 2010 05:59 PM ET
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will not be speaking at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, but she has accepted an invitation to speak at a higher profile event that could have implications for the 2012 presidential race.
Palin will speak at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, a major gathering of Republican officials, donors and activists from 14 southern states, organizers announced Thursday.
"I'm looking forward to addressing conservative activists from across the south at the 2010 Southern Republican Leadership Conference," Palin said in a statement. "This is a great opportunity to listen and speak to those who are helping to set the direction of our party."
A Palin confidante said the governor is not being paid to speak at the event.
The last sentence probably means she'll have copies of her book for sale..she's learned that pimping pays big.
Yeah they will all be personalized for an extra $10.
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LucifersLandlord wrote: Palin running for President is like saying to a republican Gore is a great candidate for president. Its hilarious and the laughter never stops until the twit does actually decide to run. Then the truth sets in that if either of these 2 were ever elected its the end of America cause they are the cause of global warming with the all the methane gas they produce from the crap flying out of their mouths.
Palin to speak at major GOP event
Posted: January 7th, 2010 05:59 PM ET
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will not be speaking at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, but she has accepted an invitation to speak at a higher profile event that could have implications for the 2012 presidential race.
Palin will speak at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, a major gathering of Republican officials, donors and activists from 14 southern states, organizers announced Thursday.
"I'm looking forward to addressing conservative activists from across the south at the 2010 Southern Republican Leadership Conference," Palin said in a statement. "This is a great opportunity to listen and speak to those who are helping to set the direction of our party."
A Palin confidante said the governor is not being paid to speak at the event.
The last sentence probably means she'll have copies of her book for sale..she's learned that pimping pays big.
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Palin running for President is like saying to a republican Gore is a great candidate for president. Its hilarious and the laughter never stops until the twit does actually decide to run. Then the truth sets in that if either of these 2 were ever elected its the end of America cause they are the cause of global warming with the all the methane gas they produce from the crap flying out of their mouths.
Palin to speak at major GOP event
Posted: January 7th, 2010 05:59 PM ET
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will not be speaking at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, but she has accepted an invitation to speak at a higher profile event that could have implications for the 2012 presidential race.
Palin will speak at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, a major gathering of Republican officials, donors and activists from 14 southern states, organizers announced Thursday.
"I'm looking forward to addressing conservative activists from across the south at the 2010 Southern Republican Leadership Conference," Palin said in a statement. "This is a great opportunity to listen and speak to those who are helping to set the direction of our party."
A Palin confidante said the governor is not being paid to speak at the event.
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BigSurprize wrote: Biggerthanabreadbox wrote: Bard, Bard, Bard, what ever happened to your smarmy, above us all attitude about how you will only engage in intelligent exchanges? Insulting individual posters based on your observations runs counter to your original claim. Are you saying after all that you are NOT above all of us?
Lord no...it's called desperation! Legend has him wandering down in the archives each night...feverishly searching for just the right post to feed upon. HaHaHaHaaaaaaaaaaaa
LOL...true true! How long ago was the exchage Bard was reacting to below? I can't even find it! Is it even from this thread? Lordy, Lordy Lord!
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Biggerthanabreadbox wrote: Bard, Bard, Bard, what ever happened to your smarmy, above us all attitude about how you will only engage in intelligent exchanges? Insulting individual posters based on your observations runs counter to your original claim. Are you saying after all that you are NOT above all of us?
Lord no...it's called desperation! Legend has him wandering down in the archives each night...feverishly searching for just the right post to feed upon. HaHaHaHaaaaaaaaaaaa
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Bard, Bard, Bard, what ever happened to your smarmy, above us all attitude about how you will only engage in intelligent exchanges? Insulting individual posters based on your observations runs counter to your original claim. Are you saying after all that you are NOT above all of us?
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SnowBird 101 wrote: designman124 wrote:
SnowBird 101 wrote: designman124 wrote:
SnowBird 101 wrote: Thanks for helping me out. I would have gotten booted for saying it my way. You put it very nicely.
Well thanks, Snowbird. I try to be civil.
I was speaking to Clarz007
You could have fooled me. I guess that doesn't take much.
Not at all. Higher mental functions are beyond this one. All it can do is interact by posting pirated cartoons that it quite possibly does not even understand. Pathetic.
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To all my friends on the right, the movie "An American Carol" is on Showtime this month . If you have not seen this its a political swipe at the left and its really funny.
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HawgRider wrote: I didn't see where anyone said anything about fear. He was just stating the truth about the 2 of them. The families money got them both out of what might have been a really hard time in their lives.
Something most of parents couldn't afford to do for our sons. All the poor kids went to war or to Canada.
Thank god Bush didnt go to Canada or we would still be at war with them to... LOL
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I didn't see where anyone said anything about fear. He was just stating the truth about the 2 of them. The families money got them both out of what might have been a really hard time in their lives.
Something most of parents couldn't afford to do for our sons. All the poor kids went to war or to Canada.
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WOW. Hard to believe that you fear someone who is evil as you say...LOL
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Trophywife wrote:
Cheney Certainly Didn't 'Dither' During Vietnam - He Hauled Ass
Where is Dick Cheney's shame? And where is the shame of the people who are supposed to be covering him?
Dick Cheney is walking around demanding that we place our troops in harm's way like a veteran who begged for combat, then won the Congressional Medal of Honor for his service. The way he's strutting around, lecturing America and saber-rattling for war, one would never know that when the nation called for him to serve, he ran like a weasel on high potency steroids to avoid military service - and the mainstream media is just as gutless as he is for not pointing that out.
What's passing for the press in this country has proven without a doubt, that they've literally degenerated into a group of glorified ambulance chasers. They've been staked out under Tiger woods' toilet seat for the last week trying to get an exclusive on Tiger's sex life. At the same time, they're completely ignoring the most pertinent news in the nation - a draft dodger and former CEO of a major military/industrial corporation pressuring the president to rush our troops into harm's way.
 Why isn't the media holding Dick Cheney accountable for his deplorable hypocrisy? Why aren't they holding Cheney accountable for anything? I can think of several questions that the media should demand that Cheney answer every time he sticks his head out of his undisclosed rat hole.
What were the "other priorities" that he claimed was more important than America when he sought, and received, five (5) deferments from battle when it was his turn to fight? What hardships were those deferments based on? Were they more important than the hardships in the lives of men who responded to the nation's call, then fought and died? Who approved Cheney's deferments, and were they valid?
Was it just a coincident that his daughter and fellow chicken hawk, Liz Cheney, was born virtually nine months to the day after the selective service declared that married men would be called for duty, but married men with children would remain deferred? The rules of deferment was changed on Oct. 26, 1965. Liz was born on July 28, 1966 - nine months and two days later. Cheney got his final deferment Jan. 26, 1966 - because his wife was pregnant. Now there's some sexual prowess worth looking into.
In addition, considering the nation's sacrifice in both lives and treasure, isn't it worth investigating who was involved and what was discussed in Cheney's "secret meeting" prior to the Bush administration taking us to war in Iraq? Who decided to award no-bid contracts before going into Iraq? And who decided what corporations would receive no-bid contracts, and what criteria was that decision based upon? And here's a question that just begs to be asked - didn't they consider it a conflict of interest that Halliburton, the corporation that Vice President headed before entering office, was awarded the largest no-bid contract in Iraq?
The mainstream media also seemed to have been out to lunch regarding the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame. Isn't that treason? So why was it handled so casually by the press? Revealing the identity of a CIA agent is the very height of treasonous irresponsibility for any citizen, and the fact that it could be done by the Vice President of the United States is simply unfathomable. When that incident took place it should have alerted every citizen of this country that instability reined in the Bush administration and virtually anything was possible - oh, but sounding that alarm is the job of a responsible and diligent fourth estate is it?
We have a very serious problem in this country when citizens have to depend on late-night comedians to put the shenanigans of our government into perspective. Renowned newsman Edward R. Murrow once said that "A citizenry of sheep begets a government of wolves." I wonder what he'd say about a press filled with ostriches with their head in the sand?
Murrow would immediately recognize that even the most informed citizen relies on the press to sound the alarm when government goes astray. The founding fathers depended on that as an important element of keeping America free. That's exactly why the freedom of the press was incorporated into the nation's founding documents. But what passes for the press today has gotten so caught up in the economic, egocentrism, and self-service of our political environment, that they've become next to useless on the issues that really count. They seem to be afraid of angering a demagogue by asking him the obvious question.
Even though our troops were dying under the nation's mandate to capture the people responsible for 9/11, Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.) alleges that the Bush administration purposely allowed Osama Bin Laden to get away so they'd have an excuse to invade Iraq. The congressman said:
"That was done by the previous administration intentionally let Bin Laden get away. If they would capture al Qaeda, there would be no justification for an invasion in Iraq," He went on to say, "There's no question that the leader of the military operations of the U.S. called back our military - called them back from going after the head of al Qaeda."
So why isn't all hell breaking loose in the press? Why isn't that all we can hear about on every channel, and the headline of every newspaper? In other words, why isn't it being given the Michael Jackson treatment? Instead, all we can hear on every channel is how many women tiger Woods is allegedly sleeping with, and whether his wife went after him with a putter or a nine iron.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm just as nosey as anyone else about whether or not a billionaire who's the most recognized sports figure in the world can get a girlfriend. But I prefer my national news not being preempted by such frivolity. I can wait to get that information on the Wendy Williams Show (How you doooin', girl?) - and I'm virtually certain that most Americans agree. Well . . . maybe not, but that's grist for another mill.
Edward R. Murrow brought an end to the grip that Sen. Joe McCarthy's hypocrisy had on the nation with just one commentary, and one commentary by Walter Cronkite essentially spelled the beginning of the end of the Vietnam conflict. These journalists provided a valuable service to the American people. But the electronic commentators now on the air are so self-aggrandizing and prop-laden that they lack the dignity and clot - and the few true journalists left are treated like field hands.
While CNN does make an effort to maintain some semblance of journalistic standards as far as they go, they are just as guilty as the rest of the networks of failing to pursue issues of vital importance to the nation. And I wouldn't even mention Fox in a news context, since they're clearly nothing more than a public relations firm for the Republican Party, but they're significant because their appeal to the very worst within us is what's responsible for dragging down the journalistic standards of the electronic news media as a whole.
A perfect example of that can be seen in the programing of MSNBC. The network has great talent on their staff, but they've lost credibility by allowing themselves to be reduced to spitball fights with Fox in order to gain ratings.
Take Keith Olbermann, for example. He's a great talent, but his talent doesn't come close to matching the size of his ego. When I watch Olbermann I get the feeling that the news is secondary to showing how witty he can be. On the surface Keith's antics may seem harmless enough, until one tries to imagine either Murrow or Cronkite throwing copy at an imaginary window, or quoting people in the news in cartoon-like voices. It's only then that one begins to recognize how far downhill we've come.
Okay, maybe it's just fun and games, but when you play games with serious issues like a politician blatantly lying to the American people about healthcare, or the meaning of torture, or about a competing network purposely misleading the American people, you leave the impression that the offense can't be all that serious, otherwise, you wouldn't be joking about it. So they contribute to the perception that lying and corruption is nothing to become alarmed about - it's just the way the game is played.
So in that regard, their behavior is just as irresponsible and damaging to our society as Fox News.
See where they want to discharge women soldiers who are getting pregnant. They are saying its a way to get out of serving. Hmmm so what about all the rich boy's who got out of it or Daddy and his political clout saved them...... They get to be President and Vice President.
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Trophywife wrote:
Cheney Certainly Didn't 'Dither' During Vietnam - He Hauled Ass
Where is Dick Cheney's shame? And where is the shame of the people who are supposed to be covering him?
Dick Cheney is walking around demanding that we place our troops in harm's way like a veteran who begged for combat, then won the Congressional Medal of Honor for his service. The way he's strutting around, lecturing America and saber-rattling for war, one would never know that when the nation called for him to serve, he ran like a weasel on high potency steroids to avoid military service - and the mainstream media is just as gutless as he is for not pointing that out.
What's passing for the press in this country has proven without a doubt, that they've literally degenerated into a group of glorified ambulance chasers. They've been staked out under Tiger woods' toilet seat for the last week trying to get an exclusive on Tiger's sex life. At the same time, they're completely ignoring the most pertinent news in the nation - a draft dodger and former CEO of a major military/industrial corporation pressuring the president to rush our troops into harm's way.
Why isn't the media holding Dick Cheney accountable for his deplorable hypocrisy? Why aren't they holding Cheney accountable for anything? I can think of several questions that the media should demand that Cheney answer every time he sticks his head out of his undisclosed rat hole.
What were the "other priorities" that he claimed was more important than America when he sought, and received, five (5) deferments from battle when it was his turn to fight? What hardships were those deferments based on? Were they more important than the hardships in the lives of men who responded to the nation's call, then fought and died? Who approved Cheney's deferments, and were they valid?
Was it just a coincident that his daughter and fellow chicken hawk, Liz Cheney, was born virtually nine months to the day after the selective service declared that married men would be called for duty, but married men with children would remain deferred? The rules of deferment was changed on Oct. 26, 1965. Liz was born on July 28, 1966 - nine months and two days later. Cheney got his final deferment Jan. 26, 1966 - because his wife was pregnant. Now there's some sexual prowess worth looking into.
In addition, considering the nation's sacrifice in both lives and treasure, isn't it worth investigating who was involved and what was discussed in Cheney's "secret meeting" prior to the Bush administration taking us to war in Iraq? Who decided to award no-bid contracts before going into Iraq? And who decided what corporations would receive no-bid contracts, and what criteria was that decision based upon? And here's a question that just begs to be asked - didn't they consider it a conflict of interest that Halliburton, the corporation that Vice President headed before entering office, was awarded the largest no-bid contract in Iraq?
The mainstream media also seemed to have been out to lunch regarding the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame. Isn't that treason? So why was it handled so casually by the press? Revealing the identity of a CIA agent is the very height of treasonous irresponsibility for any citizen, and the fact that it could be done by the Vice President of the United States is simply unfathomable. When that incident took place it should have alerted every citizen of this country that instability reined in the Bush administration and virtually anything was possible - oh, but sounding that alarm is the job of a responsible and diligent fourth estate is it?
We have a very serious problem in this country when citizens have to depend on late-night comedians to put the shenanigans of our government into perspective. Renowned newsman Edward R. Murrow once said that "A citizenry of sheep begets a government of wolves." I wonder what he'd say about a press filled with ostriches with their head in the sand?
Murrow would immediately recognize that even the most informed citizen relies on the press to sound the alarm when government goes astray. The founding fathers depended on that as an important element of keeping America free. That's exactly why the freedom of the press was incorporated into the nation's founding documents. But what passes for the press today has gotten so caught up in the economic, egocentrism, and self-service of our political environment, that they've become next to useless on the issues that really count. They seem to be afraid of angering a demagogue by asking him the obvious question.
Even though our troops were dying under the nation's mandate to capture the people responsible for 9/11, Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.) alleges that the Bush administration purposely allowed Osama Bin Laden to get away so they'd have an excuse to invade Iraq. The congressman said:
"That was done by the previous administration intentionally let Bin Laden get away. If they would capture al Qaeda, there would be no justification for an invasion in Iraq," He went on to say, "There's no question that the leader of the military operations of the U.S. called back our military - called them back from going after the head of al Qaeda."
So why isn't all hell breaking loose in the press? Why isn't that all we can hear about on every channel, and the headline of every newspaper? In other words, why isn't it being given the Michael Jackson treatment? Instead, all we can hear on every channel is how many women tiger Woods is allegedly sleeping with, and whether his wife went after him with a putter or a nine iron.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm just as nosey as anyone else about whether or not a billionaire who's the most recognized sports figure in the world can get a girlfriend. But I prefer my national news not being preempted by such frivolity. I can wait to get that information on the Wendy Williams Show (How you doooin', girl?) - and I'm virtually certain that most Americans agree. Well . . . maybe not, but that's grist for another mill.
Edward R. Murrow brought an end to the grip that Sen. Joe McCarthy's hypocrisy had on the nation with just one commentary, and one commentary by Walter Cronkite essentially spelled the beginning of the end of the Vietnam conflict. These journalists provided a valuable service to the American people. But the electronic commentators now on the air are so self-aggrandizing and prop-laden that they lack the dignity and clot - and the few true journalists left are treated like field hands.
While CNN does make an effort to maintain some semblance of journalistic standards as far as they go, they are just as guilty as the rest of the networks of failing to pursue issues of vital importance to the nation. And I wouldn't even mention Fox in a news context, since they're clearly nothing more than a public relations firm for the Republican Party, but they're significant because their appeal to the very worst within us is what's responsible for dragging down the journalistic standards of the electronic news media as a whole.
A perfect example of that can be seen in the programing of MSNBC. The network has great talent on their staff, but they've lost credibility by allowing themselves to be reduced to spitball fights with Fox in order to gain ratings.
Take Keith Olbermann, for example. He's a great talent, but his talent doesn't come close to matching the size of his ego. When I watch Olbermann I get the feeling that the news is secondary to showing how witty he can be. On the surface Keith's antics may seem harmless enough, until one tries to imagine either Murrow or Cronkite throwing copy at an imaginary window, or quoting people in the news in cartoon-like voices. It's only then that one begins to recognize how far downhill we've come.
Okay, maybe it's just fun and games, but when you play games with serious issues like a politician blatantly lying to the American people about healthcare, or the meaning of torture, or about a competing network purposely misleading the American people, you leave the impression that the offense can't be all that serious, otherwise, you wouldn't be joking about it. So they contribute to the perception that lying and corruption is nothing to become alarmed about - it's just the way the game is played.
So in that regard, their behavior is just as irresponsible and damaging to our society as Fox News.
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Cheney Certainly Didn't 'Dither' During Vietnam - He Hauled Ass
Where is Dick Cheney's shame? And where is the shame of the people who are supposed to be covering him?
Dick Cheney is walking around demanding that we place our troops in harm's way like a veteran who begged for combat, then won the Congressional Medal of Honor for his service. The way he's strutting around, lecturing America and saber-rattling for war, one would never know that when the nation called for him to serve, he ran like a weasel on high potency steroids to avoid military service - and the mainstream media is just as gutless as he is for not pointing that out.
What's passing for the press in this country has proven without a doubt, that they've literally degenerated into a group of glorified ambulance chasers. They've been staked out under Tiger woods' toilet seat for the last week trying to get an exclusive on Tiger's sex life. At the same time, they're completely ignoring the most pertinent news in the nation - a draft dodger and former CEO of a major military/industrial corporation pressuring the president to rush our troops into harm's way.
Why isn't the media holding Dick Cheney accountable for his deplorable hypocrisy? Why aren't they holding Cheney accountable for anything? I can think of several questions that the media should demand that Cheney answer every time he sticks his head out of his undisclosed rat hole.
What were the "other priorities" that he claimed was more important than America when he sought, and received, five (5) deferments from battle when it was his turn to fight? What hardships were those deferments based on? Were they more important than the hardships in the lives of men who responded to the nation's call, then fought and died? Who approved Cheney's deferments, and were they valid?
Was it just a coincident that his daughter and fellow chicken hawk, Liz Cheney, was born virtually nine months to the day after the selective service declared that married men would be called for duty, but married men with children would remain deferred? The rules of deferment was changed on Oct. 26, 1965. Liz was born on July 28, 1966 - nine months and two days later. Cheney got his final deferment Jan. 26, 1966 - because his wife was pregnant. Now there's some sexual prowess worth looking into.
In addition, considering the nation's sacrifice in both lives and treasure, isn't it worth investigating who was involved and what was discussed in Cheney's "secret meeting" prior to the Bush administration taking us to war in Iraq? Who decided to award no-bid contracts before going into Iraq? And who decided what corporations would receive no-bid contracts, and what criteria was that decision based upon? And here's a question that just begs to be asked - didn't they consider it a conflict of interest that Halliburton, the corporation that Vice President headed before entering office, was awarded the largest no-bid contract in Iraq?
The mainstream media also seemed to have been out to lunch regarding the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame. Isn't that treason? So why was it handled so casually by the press? Revealing the identity of a CIA agent is the very height of treasonous irresponsibility for any citizen, and the fact that it could be done by the Vice President of the United States is simply unfathomable. When that incident took place it should have alerted every citizen of this country that instability reined in the Bush administration and virtually anything was possible - oh, but sounding that alarm is the job of a responsible and diligent fourth estate is it?
We have a very serious problem in this country when citizens have to depend on late-night comedians to put the shenanigans of our government into perspective. Renowned newsman Edward R. Murrow once said that "A citizenry of sheep begets a government of wolves." I wonder what he'd say about a press filled with ostriches with their head in the sand?
Murrow would immediately recognize that even the most informed citizen relies on the press to sound the alarm when government goes astray. The founding fathers depended on that as an important element of keeping America free. That's exactly why the freedom of the press was incorporated into the nation's founding documents. But what passes for the press today has gotten so caught up in the economic, egocentrism, and self-service of our political environment, that they've become next to useless on the issues that really count. They seem to be afraid of angering a demagogue by asking him the obvious question.
Even though our troops were dying under the nation's mandate to capture the people responsible for 9/11, Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.) alleges that the Bush administration purposely allowed Osama Bin Laden to get away so they'd have an excuse to invade Iraq. The congressman said:
"That was done by the previous administration intentionally let Bin Laden get away. If they would capture al Qaeda, there would be no justification for an invasion in Iraq," He went on to say, "There's no question that the leader of the military operations of the U.S. called back our military - called them back from going after the head of al Qaeda."
So why isn't all hell breaking loose in the press? Why isn't that all we can hear about on every channel, and the headline of every newspaper? In other words, why isn't it being given the Michael Jackson treatment? Instead, all we can hear on every channel is how many women tiger Woods is allegedly sleeping with, and whether his wife went after him with a putter or a nine iron.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm just as nosey as anyone else about whether or not a billionaire who's the most recognized sports figure in the world can get a girlfriend. But I prefer my national news not being preempted by such frivolity. I can wait to get that information on the Wendy Williams Show (How you doooin', girl?) - and I'm virtually certain that most Americans agree. Well . . . maybe not, but that's grist for another mill.
Edward R. Murrow brought an end to the grip that Sen. Joe McCarthy's hypocrisy had on the nation with just one commentary, and one commentary by Walter Cronkite essentially spelled the beginning of the end of the Vietnam conflict. These journalists provided a valuable service to the American people. But the electronic commentators now on the air are so self-aggrandizing and prop-laden that they lack the dignity and clot - and the few true journalists left are treated like field hands.
While CNN does make an effort to maintain some semblance of journalistic standards as far as they go, they are just as guilty as the rest of the networks of failing to pursue issues of vital importance to the nation. And I wouldn't even mention Fox in a news context, since they're clearly nothing more than a public relations firm for the Republican Party, but they're significant because their appeal to the very worst within us is what's responsible for dragging down the journalistic standards of the electronic news media as a whole.
A perfect example of that can be seen in the programing of MSNBC. The network has great talent on their staff, but they've lost credibility by allowing themselves to be reduced to spitball fights with Fox in order to gain ratings.
Take Keith Olbermann, for example. He's a great talent, but his talent doesn't come close to matching the size of his ego. When I watch Olbermann I get the feeling that the news is secondary to showing how witty he can be. On the surface Keith's antics may seem harmless enough, until one tries to imagine either Murrow or Cronkite throwing copy at an imaginary window, or quoting people in the news in cartoon-like voices. It's only then that one begins to recognize how far downhill we've come.
Okay, maybe it's just fun and games, but when you play games with serious issues like a politician blatantly lying to the American people about healthcare, or the meaning of torture, or about a competing network purposely misleading the American people, you leave the impression that the offense can't be all that serious, otherwise, you wouldn't be joking about it. So they contribute to the perception that lying and corruption is nothing to become alarmed about - it's just the way the game is played.
So in that regard, their behavior is just as irresponsible and damaging to our society as Fox News.
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This is why the republicans need an enema. This turd is stuck and needs to be flushed. The idiot brigade nominate him as conservative of the year. lol....
Cheney named Conservative of the Year
Posted: December 21st, 2009 02:37 PM ET
From CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney
Human Events has named Cheney Conservative of the Year.
(CNN) - He may have exited the national stage nearly one year ago, but former Vice President Dick Cheney has been named "Conservative of the Year" by the conservative Human Events magazine for his ardent and continuous criticisms of the Obama administration's national security policies.
"What Cheney is saying, primarily on foreign policy, defense and anti-terrorism, makes sense to more and more American citizens growing increasingly worried by the Obama Administration's insouciance when U.S. national interests are threatened, both at home and abroad," former U.N. ambassador John Bolton writes for the magazine.
"Since the only real, long-term way to deal with persuasive positions on substantive policy matters is to refute them with sounder policy arguments, it is not hard to understand why the Obama White House is near panic," Bolton also writes. "Where are they going to go to find a better policy inside his administration?"
In a series of interviews and speeches over the last year, Cheney declared President Obama had put the country's security at an elevated level of risk as a result of a string of national security decisions that largely went at odds with Bush administration practices.
Cheney's comments have met criticism from many Democrats and some members of the media who say he would be better off following the example set by former President George Bush, who has remained largely silent on the actions of his successor.
But in the Human Events article, Bolton said its necessary former leaders continue to defend their policies.
"Most people have scratched their heads at this criticism, which is what passes for devastating analysis by the media, because it is entirely natural for a senior public official to explain and defend his policies once he leaves office," Bolton writes. "In fact, it is critical that men and women who have served in high positions, as Cheney has, to do just that, to give our citizens a better understanding of what actually goes on in high-level decision making."
"Cheney's quiet, inner-directed motivation is simply impervious to the attacks orchestrated against him by the Chicago machine-style politicians at the White House, a fact also plainly visible to his fellow citizens," Bolton adds. "And it is yet another important reason to have confidence that Cheney's solid policy analysis will yet prevail in the national political arena. Of course he is the conservative of the year!"
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Razenkn wrote: callmelou wrote: So let's understand this: this creature of ignorance, wishing to be incognito and avoid the attention of photographers, musters up the very best judgement she is capable of and decides the way to proceed is to wear a visor. Not any visor, as do the millions of visitors she wished to blend in with, but a John McCain for Pres. visor, on which she admits she Sharpied out the name. I guess her book sales have netted her so little, she didn't have a buck left to have someone from the hotel bring up a floppy hat from the gift shop. Then, since nothing is ever Palin's fault, she announced that she's cutting her vacation short because of the photographers...Sarah...please....shut up...stay home.....watch more TV. You can see Russia from your house. Watch it and report back if it moves.
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MERRY CHRSTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
AWWWWEE...da wittle, wittle, teeny baby is sleeping....Rush on the radio always works. Happy Holidays.
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callmelou wrote: So let's understand this: this creature of ignorance, wishing to be incognito and avoid the attention of photographers, musters up the very best judgement she is capable of and decides the way to proceed is to wear a visor. Not any visor, as do the millions of visitors she wished to blend in with, but a John McCain for Pres. visor, on which she admits she Sharpied out the name. I guess her book sales have netted her so little, she didn't have a buck left to have someone from the hotel bring up a floppy hat from the gift shop. Then, since nothing is ever Palin's fault, she announced that she's cutting her vacation short because of the photographers...Sarah...please....shut up...stay home.....watch more TV. You can see Russia from your house. Watch it and report back if it moves.
Zzzzzzzzzzz.....
MERRY CHRSTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
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So let's understand this: this creature of ignorance, wishing to be incognito and avoid the attention of photographers, musters up the very best judgement she is capable of and decides the way to proceed is to wear a visor. Not any visor, as do the millions of visitors she wished to blend in with, but a John McCain for Pres. visor, on which she admits she Sharpied out the name. I guess her book sales have netted her so little, she didn't have a buck left to have someone from the hotel bring up a floppy hat from the gift shop. Then, since nothing is ever Palin's fault, she announced that she's cutting her vacation short because of the photographers...Sarah...please....shut up...stay home.....watch more TV. You can see Russia from your house. Watch it and report back if it moves.
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BigSurprize wrote: This is what John McCain thinks about Sarah Palin...and the attention given to Visorgate!
http://www.breitbart.tv/mccain-defends-palin-in-visorgate/
John McCain said it best. "Can't people just take her word for it"? She gave her reason for doing it, why would anyone care in the first place? It just shows liberal desperation at so many levels even McCain had to laugh.
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LucifersLandlord wrote: Lamb Chop is at it again!!!! Dissing Mccain , ha its tought funny when it comes from such a piece of crap like her.
Palin meant no disrespect with blacked-out hat
Posted: December 17th, 2009 04:51 PM ET
Palin said she supports McCain '100 percent.'
(CNN) - Sarah Palin said she meant no disrespect to the man that elevated her to the national scene after she was photographed wearing a visor on which Sen. John McCain's name had been blacked out.
The gossip Web site TMZ ran photos of the former Alaska governor vacationing in Hawaii earlier this week in which Palin is shown with a McCain campaign visor with black marker covering the ex-presidential candidate's name.
The Web site declared the hat a "frontal attack on Sen. John McCain," but Palin told Politico she was merely trying to "be incognito" while vacationing in Hawaii.
"I am so sorry if people took this silly incident the wrong way," Palin said in a statement to the Web site. "I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago. So much for trying to be incognito."
A Palin source confirmed the accuracy of the former vice presidential candidate's comments.
The four term Senator McCain is up for re-election next year.
The vacation comes a month after Palin's memoir, "Going Rogue: An American Life," hit book stores. Palin launched an around-the-country book tour soon after and has since visited more than 30 cities.
You know what luci? I think she farted there too, do you think the reporters stood around and smelled it?? LOL. The libs are so crazed by her they are watching every move she makes and report on it and try to turn it into some big news event. You attacked her for nothing, why do you hate her so? NOBODY on here is ever able to tell me that. Oh sure, you call her names, ridicule her and her family, you obviously don't agree with her but on what? I've yet to put my finger on what it is that has lit a fire of such hatred. It borders on being obsessed with her and her family.
So, please tell us why. Why would anyone care that she blacked out the Senator's name so not to draw attention to it? Had she not done that then everyone would be saying oh she's living in past days of glory. It just shows how down to earth she is, she needed a visor, that is the one she had, she made it work. Anyone else would have run out and purchased a new one, but that's not her gig. She is who she is and she is quite comfortable with herself, but for some reason you guys are frantic about that. It's quite comical albeit baffling to watch. Why do you care so much if she is all that you say she is? She said it best, it's just "silly" but it's the libs who end up looking stupid, not her....every time.
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Lamb Chop is at it again!!!! Dissing Mccain , ha its tought funny when it comes from such a piece of crap like her.
Palin meant no disrespect with blacked-out hat
Posted: December 17th, 2009 04:51 PM ET
Palin said she supports McCain '100 percent.'
(CNN) - Sarah Palin said she meant no disrespect to the man that elevated her to the national scene after she was photographed wearing a visor on which Sen. John McCain's name had been blacked out.
The gossip Web site TMZ ran photos of the former Alaska governor vacationing in Hawaii earlier this week in which Palin is shown with a McCain campaign visor with black marker covering the ex-presidential candidate's name.
The Web site declared the hat a "frontal attack on Sen. John McCain," but Palin told Politico she was merely trying to "be incognito" while vacationing in Hawaii.
"I am so sorry if people took this silly incident the wrong way," Palin said in a statement to the Web site. "I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago. So much for trying to be incognito."
A Palin source confirmed the accuracy of the former vice presidential candidate's comments.
The four term Senator McCain is up for re-election next year.
The vacation comes a month after Palin's memoir, "Going Rogue: An American Life," hit book stores. Palin launched an around-the-country book tour soon after and has since visited more than 30 cities.
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callmelou wrote: LucifersLandlord wrote: Ok so they dont like health care for all Americans just for themselves we know. I am dying laughing at the sign for "Sarah Help"!!!!! She wouldbe a great idea for health care reform, just when its about to be defeated Sarah would up and quit and it would pass. Please please please look for someone who is even slightly intelligent to help your party.
Conservative 'Code Red Rally' hits the Hill
Posted: December 15th, 2009 03:55 PM ET
Conservatives rallied in Washington Tuesday to show their opposition to Democrats' plans for health care reform. (Photo Credit: Getty Images)
Washington (CNN) - Activists opposed to the Democrats' health care reform plans rallied outside the U.S. Capitol Tuesday.
The "Code Red Rally," was organized by a long list of conservative groups, including advocacy organizations Americans for Prosperity and Patients First. Republican Sens. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and Jim DeMint of South Carolina, Rep. Michelle Bachmann of Minnesota, and talk show host Laura Ingraham were among the featured speakers.
The event was held as Senate Democrats try to reach agreement on a health care reform plan.
That sign got me, too. Sarah help: hunt a moose; sarah help catch a fish; sarah help sell books? What else could she possibly help do?
LOL she could help the economy with a new as seen on TV store. Books, T-shirts, animal heads and pregnancy tests...
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LucifersLandlord wrote: Ok so they dont like health care for all Americans just for themselves we know. I am dying laughing at the sign for "Sarah Help"!!!!! She wouldbe a great idea for health care reform, just when its about to be defeated Sarah would up and quit and it would pass. Please please please look for someone who is even slightly intelligent to help your party.
Conservative 'Code Red Rally' hits the Hill
Posted: December 15th, 2009 03:55 PM ET
Conservatives rallied in Washington Tuesday to show their opposition to Democrats' plans for health care reform. (Photo Credit: Getty Images)
Washington (CNN) - Activists opposed to the Democrats' health care reform plans rallied outside the U.S. Capitol Tuesday.
The "Code Red Rally," was organized by a long list of conservative groups, including advocacy organizations Americans for Prosperity and Patients First. Republican Sens. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and Jim DeMint of South Carolina, Rep. Michelle Bachmann of Minnesota, and talk show host Laura Ingraham were among the featured speakers.
The event was held as Senate Democrats try to reach agreement on a health care reform plan.
That sign got me, too. Sarah help: hunt a moose; sarah help catch a fish; sarah help sell books? What else could she possibly help do?
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The ignorance never ceases to amaze, does it LLL? Hope your holidays are wonderful! Hey, what happened to the other emoticons??? I like them better !!!
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Ok so they dont like health care for all Americans just for themselves we know. I am dying laughing at the sign for "Sarah Help"!!!!! She wouldbe a great idea for health care reform, just when its about to be defeated Sarah would up and quit and it would pass. Please please please look for someone who is even slightly intelligent to help your party.
Conservative 'Code Red Rally' hits the Hill
Posted: December 15th, 2009 03:55 PM ET
Conservatives rallied in Washington Tuesday to show their opposition to Democrats' plans for health care reform. (Photo Credit: Getty Images)
Washington (CNN) - Activists opposed to the Democrats' health care reform plans rallied outside the U.S. Capitol Tuesday.
The "Code Red Rally," was organized by a long list of conservative groups, including advocacy organizations Americans for Prosperity and Patients First. Republican Sens. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and Jim DeMint of South Carolina, Rep. Michelle Bachmann of Minnesota, and talk show host Laura Ingraham were among the featured speakers.
The event was held as Senate Democrats try to reach agreement on a health care reform plan.
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callmelou wrote: Mamazoyd wrote:  Thar's gold in them shills! Fox raps Glenn Beck's endorsement dealJeff Bercovici
Dec 7th 2009 at 7:45PMT
 prominently featured on the website of Goldline International, a vendor of "gold, silver, and platinum coins and bars as well as rare and collectible numismatic coins." According to the site, Beck is a "paid spokesman" for the company. "This is a top notch organization," a thumbnail photo of Beck's head declares.
Beck regularly does "live reads," or live commercials, for Goldline on his syndicated radio show, and has even interviewed Mark Albarian, Goldline's president and CEO, twice on the show, most recently on Nov. 12, 2009.
Critics including Media Matters say it's a major conflict of interest for Beck, who has often advised the viewers of his Fox News program to buy gold to protect themselves against the collapse of the dollar -- and of Western civilization -- without informing them of his Goldline deal. (Politico recently took an in-depth look at Beck and other right-wing talkers gold ties.)
Like other news organizations, Fox News prohibits its on-air personalities from making paid product endorsements. But it makes an exception for its commentators who are also radio hosts, who are allowed to perform live reads, says Joel Cheatwood, senior vice president for development.
"When we hired Glenn at Fox News, we hired him with the understanding that he had a well-established, burgeoning radio business, and we had to be accepting of certain elements of that," Cheatwood tells DailyFinance, noting that Beck's relationship with Goldline dates back to his time at HLN, CNN's sister network.
The same understanding applies to Don Imus, who recently started simulcasting his radio show on Fox Business Network. (An MSNBC spokesman says his network has a similar policy in place, while a spokeswoman for CNN said only, "CNN/US anchors and correspondents are prohibited from participating in any paid endorsements of products and services.")
But the exemption is meant only to apply to live reads, not to the kind of broader spokesmanship Beck, to all appearances, provides Goldline. In particular, Beck's ubiquity on the Goldline website is not in keeping with Fox's rules. A Fox spokeswoman said the network's legal department is taking up the matter with Beck's agent, George Hiltzik.
Even so, it could be argued that taking money from a gold vendor in any form creates a conflict of interest that calls into question Beck's objectivity on stories touching on gold's investment value. I asked Cheatwood whether Beck is capable of covering the issue in an impartial way.
"I think the beauty is he doesn't operate in a vacuum with the show," he said. "He's got a staff. I'm involved with the show daily. The rundowns of the show are circulated through Bill Shine," the network's senior vice president of programming. "It's a cooperative effort."
"If gold declines and the dollar goes up," Cheatwood added, "I absolutely guarantee the reporting will be that on the show."
Gee Wilikers---a Republican entertainer making money via conflict of interest...Anybody else shocked? No? Didn't think so...well, there's 'gold' in Beck's books...how much of the US currency does Beck think he deserves anyhow?
Yeah wont see those topics on his show. "Liars and Cheaters who tell on other Liars and Cheaters" LOL he use to be interesting to watch now he has stooped to new lows and isnt worth the time slot he is in.
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Mamazoyd wrote: Thar's gold in them shills! Fox raps Glenn Beck's endorsement dealJeff Bercovici
Dec 7th 2009 at 7:45PMT
prominently featured on the website of Goldline International, a vendor of "gold, silver, and platinum coins and bars as well as rare and collectible numismatic coins." According to the site, Beck is a "paid spokesman" for the company. "This is a top notch organization," a thumbnail photo of Beck's head declares.
Beck regularly does "live reads," or live commercials, for Goldline on his syndicated radio show, and has even interviewed Mark Albarian, Goldline's president and CEO, twice on the show, most recently on Nov. 12, 2009.
Critics including Media Matters say it's a major conflict of interest for Beck, who has often advised the viewers of his Fox News program to buy gold to protect themselves against the collapse of the dollar -- and of Western civilization -- without informing them of his Goldline deal. (Politico recently took an in-depth look at Beck and other right-wing talkers gold ties.)
Like other news organizations, Fox News prohibits its on-air personalities from making paid product endorsements. But it makes an exception for its commentators who are also radio hosts, who are allowed to perform live reads, says Joel Cheatwood, senior vice president for development.
"When we hired Glenn at Fox News, we hired him with the understanding that he had a well-established, burgeoning radio business, and we had to be accepting of certain elements of that," Cheatwood tells DailyFinance, noting that Beck's relationship with Goldline dates back to his time at HLN, CNN's sister network.
The same understanding applies to Don Imus, who recently started simulcasting his radio show on Fox Business Network. (An MSNBC spokesman says his network has a similar policy in place, while a spokeswoman for CNN said only, "CNN/US anchors and correspondents are prohibited from participating in any paid endorsements of products and services.")
But the exemption is meant only to apply to live reads, not to the kind of broader spokesmanship Beck, to all appearances, provides Goldline. In particular, Beck's ubiquity on the Goldline website is not in keeping with Fox's rules. A Fox spokeswoman said the network's legal department is taking up the matter with Beck's agent, George Hiltzik.
Even so, it could be argued that taking money from a gold vendor in any form creates a conflict of interest that calls into question Beck's objectivity on stories touching on gold's investment value. I asked Cheatwood whether Beck is capable of covering the issue in an impartial way.
"I think the beauty is he doesn't operate in a vacuum with the show," he said. "He's got a staff. I'm involved with the show daily. The rundowns of the show are circulated through Bill Shine," the network's senior vice president of programming. "It's a cooperative effort."
"If gold declines and the dollar goes up," Cheatwood added, "I absolutely guarantee the reporting will be that on the show."
Gee Wilikers---a Republican entertainer making money via conflict of interest...Anybody else shocked? No? Didn't think so...well, there's 'gold' in Beck's books...how much of the US currency does Beck think he deserves anyhow?
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