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Mr Ice Cream Glove: Apr 22, 2007

Genuis

quote:

It's easy enough to mock Sarah Palin's new eponymous online video channel, but Stephen Colbert took the Palin-trolling a step further on Tuesday by announcing he bought thesarahpalinchannel.com.

That domain could quite easily be mistaken for sarahpalinchannel.com, where the former Republican vice presidential nominee launched an online community for news and videos of her family's Alaskan adventures alike.

"This is all part of Sarah's continuing mission to protect our freedoms at any cost, specifically $9.95 a month," Colbert quipped. "Sure, that's more than Netflix, but it's just as good as 'House of Cards' with even more threatening monologues into camera."

Thesarahpalinchannel.com calls itself "The only Sarah Palin Channel on the internet with a definite article in the address!" and redirects lost Palin fans to a "The Colbert Report" segment on her 2011 PAC-funded bus tour.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/stephen-colbert-sarah-palin-channel

https://www.thesarahpalinchannel.com

Mr Ice Cream Glove fucked around with this message at 14:44 on Jul 30, 2014

# ? Jul 30, 2014 14:37

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# ? Jun 1, 2024 11:41

BiggerBoat: Sep 26, 2007; Don't you tell me my business again.

Mr Interweb posted:

http://www.readingisforsnobs.com/2013/09/yes-thanks-to-michelle-obama.html

See? God that's just sad. I seriously wish that Barrack of Michelle would come out and advise people not to drink gasoline, bleach or pond water. Maybe mention that aiming a loaded gun at your face is not such a good idea either.

# ? Jul 30, 2014 19:29

anonumos: Jul 14, 2005; Fuck it.

BiggerBoat posted:

See? God that's just sad. I seriously wish that Barrack of Michelle would come out and advise people not to drink gasoline, bleach or pond water. Maybe mention that aiming a loaded gun at your face is not such a good idea either.

I wonder what would happen if she came out supporting monogamy.

# ? Jul 30, 2014 19:59

madlobster: Aug 12, 2003

BiggerBoat posted:

See? God that's just sad. I seriously wish that Barrack of Michelle would come out and advise people not to drink gasoline, bleach or pond water. Maybe mention that aiming a loaded gun at your face is not such a good idea either.

The way I imagine it, Barack and Michelle Obama make a joint address to the nation. President Obama talks about everyone's need to continue breathing. The first lady urges everyone to just say no to superglueing your nostrils and mouth shut.

Afterwards, Shepard Smith goes through the halls and offices of Fox News reporting on the deaths of nearly everyone there. The only real surprise is that Sarah Palin is still alive, holding her breath like a little kid, nostrils dripping with Elmer's School Glue.

# ? Jul 30, 2014 20:12

Mr Ice Cream Glove: Apr 22, 2007

What just got placed on Reaganbook front page

quote:

Thank you to all those who participated in the pre-release of ReaganBook.com Your participation is helping us build a more secure site. Thank you! Please be patient while we make the necessary changes to keep the site free from obscenity, pornography, and those intent on the destruction of life, liberty, and the family. We will be opening the doors again soon with additional protections in place. As Reagan taught us, trust, but verify.
--Management

# ? Jul 30, 2014 20:29

Slaan: Mar 16, 2009; ASHERAH DEMANDS I FEAST, I VOTE FOR A FEAST OF FLESH

anonumos posted:

I wonder what would happen if she came out supporting monogamy.

Suddenly Preachers all over the South and Mid-West would 'rediscover' the passages in the Bible which support polygamy. A new wave of polygamy spreads, more white children are born and the world is saved from the immigrant menace. :911:

# ? Jul 30, 2014 20:30

spunkshui: Oct 5, 2011

Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:

What just got placed on Reaganbook front page

Freedom haters!

# ? Jul 30, 2014 20:38

Mr Ice Cream Glove: Apr 22, 2007

spunkshui posted:

Freedom haters!

I think the photo of dudes ejaculating onto the confederate flag might have led to it

# ? Jul 30, 2014 20:40

Intel&Sebastian: Oct 20, 2002; colonel...
i'm trying to sneak around
but i'm dummy thicc
and the clap of my ass cheeks
keeps alerting the guards!

Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:

I think the photo of dudes ejaculating onto the confederate flag might have led to it

Poe's Law in (hot) action

# ? Jul 30, 2014 20:57

BigRed0427: Mar 23, 2007; There's no one I'd rather be than me.

Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:

I think the photo of dudes ejaculating onto the confederate flag might have led to it

drat, wish I could have seen that.

# ? Jul 30, 2014 21:02

RadicalR: Jan 20, 2008; "Businessmen are the symbol of a free society
---
the symbol of America."

BigRed0427 posted:

drat, wish I could have seen that.

Preemptive request to keep this thread SFW.

# ? Jul 30, 2014 21:04

Intel&Sebastian: Oct 20, 2002; colonel...
i'm trying to sneak around
but i'm dummy thicc
and the clap of my ass cheeks
keeps alerting the guards!

RadicalR posted:

Preemptive request to keep this thread SFW.

Alright I won't post but I'm definitely finishing myself off.

# ? Jul 30, 2014 21:05

LloydDobler: Oct 15, 2005; You shared it with a dick.

Dr. Arbitrary posted:

I'm no biblical scholar, if Samson self destructed the building, killing everyone inside, who wrote the story down? Is there an explanation other than goddidit?

It's a story about a doofus version of Hercules with magic strength hair that gets cut off when his philistine whore girlfriend tricks him into revealing his secret, even though she betrayed him three times previously. It might just be that someone made the whole thing up. It also might be one of the dumbest stories in the old testament. I recommend reading it. Here's a link for the lazy. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges%2013&version=NIV

# ? Jul 30, 2014 21:45

Sir Tonk: Apr 18, 2006; Young Orc

BigRed0427 posted:

drat, wish I could have seen that.

There will be screenshots in the GBS thread, if there aren't already. Just head over there.

# ? Jul 30, 2014 21:54

Lycus: Aug 5, 2008; Half the posters in this forum have been made up. This website is a goddamn ghost town.

LloydDobler posted:

It's a story about a doofus version of Hercules with magic strength hair that gets cut off when his philistine whore girlfriend tricks him into revealing his secret, even though she betrayed him three times previously. It might just be that someone made the whole thing up. It also might be one of the dumbest stories in the old testament. I recommend reading it. Here's a link for the lazy. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges%2013&version=NIV

One of the few memories I have from Sunday school was watching an animated Samson movie. Even as a kid, I knew how dumb a story it was.

# ? Jul 30, 2014 22:17

sweart gliwere: Jul 5, 2005; _{better to die an evil wizard,

than to live as a grand one.}; Pillbug

Lycus posted:

One of the few memories I have from Sunday school was watching an animated Samson movie. Even as a kid, I knew how dumb a story it was.

It's not that dumb a story if the goal is to teach small children that women and out-groups deserve skepticism and scorn. It just sounds a lot dumber now, since not many of us are as tribal as bible-times folk. Sort of how the tower of Babel makes God look like a jealous monster, even though the internet and academia are recreating its foundation (everyone on earth can communicate and collaborate).

e: I'm sure there are plenty of more-plausible modern equivalents.

sweart gliwere fucked around with this message at 22:27 on Jul 30, 2014

# ? Jul 30, 2014 22:24

Darkman Fanpage: Jul 4, 2012

Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:

What just got placed on Reaganbook front page

Censorship? Reagan would not have stood for such infringements on liberty! :911:

# ? Jul 30, 2014 22:29

Lycus: Aug 5, 2008; Half the posters in this forum have been made up. This website is a goddamn ghost town.

So what happened? Did a bunch of people join Reaganbook and immediately start filling it with porn? Nope, couldn't have predicted that.

# ? Jul 30, 2014 22:33

Star Man: Jun 1, 2008; There's a star maaaaaan
Over the rainbow

Lycus posted:

So what happened? Did a bunch of people join Reaganbook and immediately start filling it with porn? Nope, couldn't have predicted that.

Interracial porn, I hope.

# ? Jul 30, 2014 22:39

Dirt: May 26, 2003

Star Man posted:

Interracial porn, I hope.

Transexual mostly

# ? Jul 30, 2014 22:40

An Apple A Gay: Oct 21, 2008

Do you guys have a link to the palin interview with the dude calling obama a friend of the family? From her online channel. The vid was pulled but there has to be another.

# ? Jul 31, 2014 00:32

Dirt: May 26, 2003

DJ BK posted:

Do you guys have a link to the palin interview with the dude calling obama a friend of the family? From her online channel. The vid was pulled but there has to be another.

That story is from an Onion type satire news site.

the Nation Review is satire.

Sounded pretty realistic though. Those guys are kind of good at this.

# ? Jul 31, 2014 00:37

BiggerBoat: Sep 26, 2007; Don't you tell me my business again.

I can't remember if it was this thread or the US Politics thread that gave a poo poo (and I hate to derail), but I asked my banker about the "Federal Government MADE us get rid of payment books" thing and he said this:

BiggerBoat posted:

I can't find *my loan officer's* e-mail. Maybe you can answer this.

He said the Federal Government is making it so the banks can't issue
payment booklets anymore and have to go to monthly statements but I can't
find anything about that online.

Can you tell me the law or bill that makes the banks do this? Because I
liked my payment book.

I'm genuinely curious.

Thanks

BiggerBoat

My Bank Manager posted:

I know in fact, that *your banker guy's* explanation is correct. It is attributable to
the Frank-Dodd legislation that was passed, along with the Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which spawned from Frank-Dodd. Monthly
statements provide much more information to the customer, so they can be
"better informed" on a consistent basis.

dudeatmybank.com, if you want further clarification.

DJ BK posted:

Do you guys have a link to the palin interview with the dude calling obama a friend of the family? From her online channel. The vid was pulled but there has to be another.

Oh god this is about to get good.

# ? Jul 31, 2014 00:39

Mr Ice Cream Glove: Apr 22, 2007

Palin image of the day

# ? Jul 31, 2014 01:15

Dr. Faustus: Feb 18, 2001; Grimey Drawer

drat, I posted this in the wrong thread!

Crosspost:

Is this old news to you all?

The news about the newest Lois Lerner e-mails is coming out and in it she is lamenting right wing whackos and assholes and crazies (her words) taking "us" down. From the context she is pretty clearly implying us = "Republicans."

The demon IRS bitch who hates Tea Baggers is... a Republican. Was this common knowledge? Can she be hoisted on her petard as an establishment Republican now? Can we agree that this means she would probably not be inclined to act on the orders of some Democrat in the WH?

http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2014/07/30/new_irs_bombshell_lois_lerner_bemoaned_right_wing_crazies.html

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/irs-lois-lerner-email-crazies-109544.html

quote:

By RACHAEL BADE | 7/30/14 1:02 PM EDT Updated: 7/30/14 5:39 PM EDT

Ex-IRS official Lois Lerner refers to some Republicans as �a�holes� and �crazies� in an exchange from 2012, according to emails released by House Republicans on Wednesday.

�Maybe we are through if there are that many a�holes,� the former head of the IRS tax-exempt division wrote in an exchange with an unnamed non-IRS official, dated Nov. 9, 2012. Later she added: �We don�t need to worry about alien terrorists. It�s our own crazies that will take us down.�

Although Lerner doesn�t say �Republican� or �conservative� in the particular emails, she and the unnamed person were discussing conservative talk radio hosts.

Lerner, through her lawyer, maintains her innocence, and the new seemingly personal exchange does not prove that she allowed bias to infiltrate her job, merely that she had a number of opinions. Earlier emails released by the panel suggested she was a Democrat.

quote:

�Great. Maybe we are through if there are that many a�holes.�

The question was asked what she meant by, "we." I think it's pretty clear from the context that she means moderate/establishment Republicans as opposed to Tea Baggers and RWM radio personalities. I admit I could be wrong.

# ? Jul 31, 2014 01:33

kik2dagroin: Mar 23, 2007; Use the anger. Use it.

The whole "OBAMA IS MAKING US IMPEACH HIM :byodood:

" narrative being coordinated on the right is pretty impressive

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RUSH: I want to clarify this impeachment business because Snerdley's exactly right: "Rush, the proof of what you say is how the media's already dealing with you." And he's exactly right. I have never come out for impeachment, and yet I have. I have never made a call for impeachment. I've never demanded the House Republicans get going on this. And yet I am part of the conservative talk radio faction leading the charge against a tyrant president. I haven't said a word about it. This is exactly what the media is gonna be doing with everybody.
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Impeachment's gonna have to be a bipartisan thing if it's to ever happen. And we're so far from that. And the Republican fear is that any real talk of impeachment is gonna further the partisan divide and make the line of demarcation even wider, meaning the sides get even further apart. The reality is that the political case could be made, but the political case can't be made by people like me. It can't be made by people on Fox. The political case has gotta be made by political people. And that just isn't gonna happen. It just isn't gonna happen. And I realize this, which is one of the reasons I'm not calling for it.

However, I want to be very clear on something here. I do not accept the conventional wisdom that moving forward is instant death for the Republicans. I just went through this, so I'm not gonna go through it point by point, word by word, but every political calculation the Regime has made this year has blown up in their face, and the greatest example is all these kids, accompanied children, the reason this is happening is twofold. Well, hell, there's actually a bunch of reasons, but I think there are two primary reasons. One is to goad the Republicans into impeaching 'cause Obama and the Democrats think that's a slam-dunk win for them.

The second thing is, use kids and you soften the opposition to the whole notion of illegal immigration, because nobody wants to do anything to harm the children. Witness the way Hamas uses children in the battle with Israelis. I mean, even now, the children dying in Gaza are dying because Hamas is putting them in harm's way. The Israelis are getting all the blame for it, and the Israelis have their own PR problem, they don't quite know how to deal with it because they're dealing with idiots in the media who have closed minds about what's happening over there. I have sound bites to prove it later.

But the faces of children -- you don't even need to see the faces, really. All you need to hear is it's unaccompanied children that are fleeing war torn, poverty stricken, just horribly ravaged homelands. They're seeking safety, and they're seeking milk, and they're seeking a quality life. Who are we to say, "No, you can't come?" The calculation is that even the most hard line anti-immigration activist will soften when it's kids. Well, that didn't work out, did it? It blew up in their face. It blew up in their face in Murrieta, California.

Mike Pence, the governor of Indiana, just found out that illegal alien children are being dumped in Indiana. He found out in the media. The Regime didn't even tell him. The Regime is not telling governors that they're dumping these kids. It's blowing up in their face. It is not resulting in a softened attitude toward illegal immigration. And I think impeachment would work out the same way. But it's academic 'cause it isn't gonna happen.

I want to go further and make one the thing abundantly clear. While I, El Rushbo, have not once advocated for this, despite the fact the media is putting me at the head of that class doing it, I do think it is a mistake politically for the Republicans to take it off the table. There is no politics to be gained by taking it off the table. The fact that they think there is, is an illustration of just how deeply depressed they are. I contend to you that the Republicans, for some reason, are suffering posttraumatic stress disorder.

After years of being called racist and bigots and sexists and extremists and hatemongers, they're just cowed. They are none of that, but they don't know how to deal with it, and their consciousness every day is that's what people think of them. That's not good, folks, for a political party and it's elected officials -- many of them, not all -- to be running around with that kind of guilt and thinking there's no way out of it and so forth, and being that purposely maligned. Put yourself in that position personally.

Imagine that everywhere you went -- try this as an exercise. Everywhere you go, you walk into a restaurant, alone or with friends or with your spouse or whatever, or you walk into a store, or you walk into a movie theater or wherever, imagine that everybody there who sees you thinks you're a racist bigot swine. Well, I think that's what the Republicans think that people think of them. And they are hell-bent to prove it's not true. And they're engaging in a lot of what I call negative action to prove it. What is negative action? By announcing there won't be any impeachment. "See? We don't hate the president because he's black. We don't hate the president at all. We're not racist! Not only do we not want to impeach him, but we're telling you right now we won't be. Please love us."

Negative action, they're trying to gain credit for not doing something. No greater telltale sign of the full defensive position the media have put them in and the Democrat Party after years and years of bombardment. So they announce publicly there will not be any impeachment as though, (clapping) "All right. You guys aren't nearly as bad as we thought. Okay, we'll think about voting for you, then." It doesn't work that way. But that's what they're hoping for. They're hoping that by saying "Hey, we're not gonna do that."

"All right, then you're not as bad as I thought. Okay, we'll listen."

But when you take something off the table in any negotiation, you have just given up. You've gotta keep your options available. Same thing... There was a guy. What was name, Scalise? Not sure. There was a guy who announced earlier this week -- under questioning, by the way, it might have been on Fox News Sunday -- that there wouldn't be a government shutdown.

Why say that? Why take that off the table?

You know what that means? Jeff Sessions thinks the way to deal with a lawless president is to deny him the money to do what he wants to do, and Congress has that power. Every dime spent in this country originates in the House of Representatives. Obama can sign everything he wants, but if the House doesn't authorize the money for it, it's academic.

Well, a government shutdown is what would happen, theoretically, if the Republicans exercise their power the purse. There's no reason in July to say that there won't be a government shutdown in October, unless you think that the people will hate you less. If you're running around carrying the baggage that the people already hate you because of all the other government shutdowns, that you can store points by saying there won't be one?

Uh, sorry, but A, that doesn't convert anybody. B, it doesn't win you any support. All it does is weaken your position. "Mr. Limbaugh, are you saying you are for government shut?" No! Can you listen to what I'm saying? I'm talking about in a strategic negotiation you never give up that kind of an option. You always make the other side think it's possible. Same thing with impeachment.
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http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2...t_off_the_table

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RUSH: Fairfax, Virginia. This is Karen, and thank you. Thank you for calling. Hi.

CALLER: Oh, Rush, it is a pleasure to talk to you.

RUSH: Is it still? After 26 years, is it still a big deal to listen and talk to me? Is it really?

CALLER: It really is. It really is. (chuckles)

RUSH: I thank you. I thank you very much. That's very sweet of you to say.

CALLER: Thank you. I want you to know, I have two grandchildren now, one and three years old, and I'm looking forward to buying all your books for them.

RUSH: Thank you very much.

CALLER: Thank you.

RUSH: I deeply appreciate that.

CALLER: Thank you. What I wanted to tell you is that I wholeheartedly agree with usually 99.9% everything you say, and I do on this, but this is what my concern is. If the Republicans move forward with impeachment, which is 100% deserved --

RUSH: Wait a minute, now. Hold it. Whoa.

CALLER: Okay.

RUSH: I'm glad you said that. I need to clarify. I am not advocating that!

CALLER: I understand, but --

RUSH: I'm not, and neither are the Republicans! Boehner said yesterday isn't gonna be any impeachment, and yet look! This is exactly what Obama wants. We're still talking about it. What we need to be talking about is exactly what Jeff Sessions is talking about : Obama's lawless behavior. Don't even say the word "impeachment." Just talk about Obama's lawless, extra-constitutional behavior. It's already a majority of people are opposed to it. But, anyway, I didn't mean to interrupt. Go ahead and finish your thought.

CALLER: That's okay. I heard on the news break earlier, then, that they were going to sue Obama. Is that correct?

RUSH: Yeah, but that's not impeachment.

CALLER: Okay. Well, that's what I heard on, like, the news break on the radio.

RUSH: Yeah, presidents get sued all the time. This is nothing new. Suing Obama for separation of powers violations, those things happen all the time. But that's not drawing up articles of impeachment and having a trial in the Senate. None of that.

CALLER: Well, it just seems like if they keep talking about it -- and I'm sure the Democrats want to keep talking about it -- it's gonna take the light off of Obama and all the awful things that he's been doing and the things that are undoing all the good things about this country --

RUSH: Wait, wait, wait.

CALLER: -- and it's gonna put the Republicans in a bad light in November.

RUSH: Wait a minute. How is talking about all of the violations of his oath of office Obama is committing taking the light off it?

CALLER: Talking about that is good. Talking about trying to move... Well, okay. You're right. Talking about that is good, and bringing that to the surface. What concerns me is the way the Democrats and the liberals and the media constantly take the truth and spin it so far out of proportion.

And we on the conservative side always come off looking like the villains, and then when something does take place and you need to the Republicans to stand up for what is right and what we are doing or they are doing that is right, they fold. They don't speak up for themselves, for our cause, and the Democrats are out there talking a mile a minute.

RUSH: Yeah. I know. It's, what, the last six years.

CALLER: Yeah, and -- and --

RUSH: But I want to prepare you for something. I want to prepare you for something. I just... The only people that are talking about impeachment, as though it's going to happen, are the media and Obama. I'm gonna try to prepare you for the fact you're gonna be pulling your hair out. You called here, "Rush, we can't do it! We can't do it, 'cause they'll just galvanize Obama's support! We can't do it."

I agree with you.

The Democrats know that, too. So they're just gonna lie.

The media is just gonna lie.

They're gonna report every day that the Republicans want to impeach Obama. You're not gonna hear one Republican say they want to impeach Obama. Not one Republican is gonna say it. Yet the media every day is gonna have stories about how the Republicans want to do it, "even though they don't say it." So you just better get ready, because exactly what you don't want to happen, the media is gonna try to convince low-information Nimrods it is happening.

They're just gonna lie, Karen, like they always do.

You need to steel yourself and get ready for it and have faith.

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2014/07/30/desperate_obama_gins_up_impeachment_talk_but_he_may_be_miscalculating

# ? Jul 31, 2014 01:34

MaxxBot: Oct 6, 2003; you could have clapped

you should have clapped!!

quote:

RUSH: I want to clarify this impeachment business because Snerdley's exactly right: "Rush, the proof of what you say is how the media's already dealing with you." And he's exactly right. I have never come out for impeachment, and yet I have. I have never made a call for impeachment. I've never demanded the House Republicans get going on this. And yet I am part of the conservative talk radio faction leading the charge against a tyrant president. I haven't said a word about it. This is exactly what the media is gonna be doing with everybody.

I only listen to Limbaugh's show maybe once every other month or so but the last time I did he was interviewing the author of this book and stressing how important it was for this book to be published at this time.

http://www.amazon.com/Faithless-Execution-Building-Political-Impeachment/dp/1594037760

That's why I rarely listen to Limbaugh or Beck, the fact that they just straight up lie to their audience on a daily basis without them ever caring makes my brain hurt.

# ? Jul 31, 2014 01:51

Minghawk: Oct 9, 2012

'There is no politics to be gained'. It has a certain beauty.

# ? Jul 31, 2014 02:06

King Metal: Jun 15, 2001

MaxxBot posted:

I only listen to Limbaugh's show maybe once every other month or so but the last time I did he was interviewing the author of this book and stressing how important it was for this book to be published at this time.

http://www.amazon.com/Faithless-Execution-Building-Political-Impeachment/dp/1594037760

That's why I rarely listen to Limbaugh or Beck, the fact that they just straight up lie to their audience on a daily basis without them ever caring makes my brain hurt.

He hasn't come out and said IMPEACH OBAMA, so he can say he hasn't called for it. He sure as hell has talked about it a lot with just skirting around calling for it

# ? Jul 31, 2014 02:51

FuzzySkinner: May 23, 2012

How come Obama can get impeached for equates to nearly nothing, yet Reagan and W. get off scot free for what would have likely been legitimate crimes?

# ? Jul 31, 2014 03:16

Mr Hands Colon: May 7, 2009; requiescant in pace.

FuzzySkinner posted:

How come Obama can get impeached for equates to nearly nothing, yet Reagan and W. get off scot free for what would have likely been legitimate crimes?

melanin

# ? Jul 31, 2014 03:18

Knight: Dec 23, 2000; SPACE-A-HOLIC; Taco Defender

I feel compelled to post an image macro of Limbaugh with "IMPEACH OBAMA" on it to Facebook both for the amount of conservatives resharing it and Limbaugh hopefully seeing it and having to talk about it on his show.

# ? Jul 31, 2014 03:19

Nintendo Kid: Aug 4, 2011; by Smythe

FuzzySkinner posted:

How come Obama can get impeached for equates to nearly nothing, yet Reagan and W. get off scot free for what would have likely been legitimate crimes?

That's the beauty of it, they can't even be bothered to actually impeach him despite technically having the power to do so. Instead they're attempting a hare-brained lawsuit that probably isn't even constitutional because they can't get a majority for the real thing.

# ? Jul 31, 2014 03:19

Barudak: May 7, 2007

FuzzySkinner posted:

How come Obama can get impeached for equates to nearly nothing, yet Reagan and W. get off scot free for what would have likely been legitimate crimes?

Unforgiveable amounts of Blackness.

But rather I'd argue its that the left's habit of circular firing squad rather than locking together means that impeachment will always be thrown more in the direction of left leaders while ones who enjoy popularity on the right will find themselves facing opposition lacking the cohesive force to push for it without overwhelming and unavoidable popular support.

# ? Jul 31, 2014 03:19

woke wedding drone: Jun 1, 2003; by exmarx; Fun Shoe

FuzzySkinner posted:

How come Obama can get impeached for equates to nearly nothing, yet Reagan and W. get off scot free for what would have likely been legitimate crimes?

The sheepishness and complicity of all Democrats

# ? Jul 31, 2014 03:19

Rexicon1: Oct 9, 2007; A Shameful Path Led You Here

The democrats are a huge bummer of a party

# ? Jul 31, 2014 03:41

FuzzySkinner: May 23, 2012

Honest question,

I heard a conservative caller on a local right wing talk show insist that the "MAINSTREAM LIBERAL MEDIA" was responsible for hiding Obama's "SOCIALIST POLICIES". The host then claimed that media throughout history never showed bias, and it's job was to simply just report on the news without such a thing. He then tried to pin the blame on CNN for starting a bias look at news.

I'm a tad bit confused because there's only about four "LIBERAL" shows that I can think of off the top of my head that seem to have any sort of relevance to mainstream america. Three of them are comedies mixed in with news. (Who do good work, but they are what they are).

So how easy is it to debunk these claims? I know one of the easy ones would be to point to the fact that Limbaugh is on the AM Dial in nearly every large American market, and the fact that Fox News is clearly a thing.

# ? Jul 31, 2014 03:59

ShortStack: Jan 16, 2006; tinystax

Don't bother trying to debunk it. LIBERAL MEDIA is a cornerstone of the right wing echo chamber. It will never go away. Just learn to roll your eyes and ignore whatever anyone says about it.

# ? Jul 31, 2014 04:01

Sir Tonk: Apr 18, 2006; Young Orc

http://onpoint.wbur.org/2014/07/29/congress-recess-debt-house-senate

Tom Ashbrook has a really good show yesterday on the recent Congress and even allowed some Tea Party nitwit to explain their position. It was rather entertaining, if you like hearing PoliSci professors act incredulous. Made me feel a bit better about the country, there's a very good caller halfway through that I won't ruin the surprise for.

Also, Dinesh D'Souza was on today explaining why America shouldn't apologize! :suicide:

http://onpoint.wbur.org/2014/07/30/dinesh-dsouza-america-campaign-finance

# ? Jul 31, 2014 05:03

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Plus, when your arguments are weak and you don't have anything to back them up, it's useful to dismiss any source as biased or flawed. Without any kind of objective sources, nothing can ever be known and everything becomes a pissing contest where everyone tries to shout their opinions the loudest and most often.

# ? Jul 31, 2014 05:06

The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Debate & Discussion > Right Wing Media: congratulations Rush Limbaugh on three full years of sobriety!

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