Conservative media betrayed, failed its audience
There’s truth being told in conservative circles today, for those who are willing to hear it.
Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, for example, appears to be throwing his support behind the so-called DREAM Act, which would allow young immigrants brought here illegally as children to attend college and earn citizenship:
“In the next Congress, I am committed to working on upward mobility policies that will ensure people who work hard and play by the rules can rise above the circumstances of their birth and leave their children better off. The conservative movement should have particular appeal to people in minority and immigrant communities who are trying to make it, and Republicans need to work harder than ever to communicate our beliefs to them.”
And Conor Friedersdorf, writing in The Atlantic, asks why so many of his conservative colleagues were shocked and surprised last night, given that the outcome had been predicted for weeks by polls and expert analysis.
His conclusion: Because under the business model employed by the right-wing media at Fox News and elsewhere, it is more profitable to tell conservatives what they want to hear, not what they need to hear.
“But guess what?” he asks his fellow conservatives.
You haven’t just been misinformed about the horse race. Since the very beginning of the election cycle, conservative media has been failing you. With a few exceptions, they haven’t tried to rigorously tell you the truth, or even to bring you intellectually honest opinion. What they’ve done instead helps to explain why the right failed to triumph in a very winnable election.
Why do you keep putting up with it?
Conservatives were at a disadvantage because Romney supporters like Jennifer Rubin and Hugh Hewitt saw it as their duty to spin constantly for their favored candidate rather than being frank about his strengths and weaknesses. What conservative Washington Post readers got, when they traded in Dave Weigel for Rubin, was a lot more hackery and a lot less informed about the presidential election.
Conservatives were at an information disadvantage because so many right-leaning outlets wasted time on stories the rest of America dismissed as nonsense. WorldNetDaily brought you birtherism. Forbes brought you Kenyan anti-colonialism. National Review obsessed about an imaginary rejection of American exceptionalism, misrepresenting an Obama quote in the process, and Andy McCarthy was interviewed widely about his theory that Obama, aka the Drone Warrior in Chief, allied himself with our Islamist enemies in a “Grand Jihad” against America. Seriously?
Conservatives were at a disadvantage because their information elites pandered in the most cynical, self-defeating ways, treating would-be candidates like Sarah Palin and Herman Cain as if they were plausible presidents rather than national jokes who’d lose worse than George McGovern.
How many months were wasted on them?
How many hours of Glenn Beck conspiracy theories did Fox News broadcast to its viewers? How many hours of transparently mindless Sean Hannity content is still broadcast daily? Why don’t Americans trust Republicans on foreign policy as they once did? In part because conservatism hasn’t grappled with the foreign-policy failures of George W. Bush. A conspiracy of silence surrounds the subject. Romney could neither run on the man’s record nor repudiate it.
The most damaging Romney gaffe of the campaign, where he talked about how the 47 percent of Americans who pay no income taxes are a lost cause for Republicans? Either he was unaware that many of those people are Republican voters, or was pandering to GOP donors who are misinformed. Either way, bad information within the conservative movement was to blame.”
The piece gets stronger from there, including language I’m not allowed to publish on this blog. If you’re a conservative seriously concerned about your movement’s future, I highly recommend it. Because if you don’t get this part right, you cannot get the rest of it right.
– Jay Bookman
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Thulsa Doom
November 7th, 2012
2:16 pm
I see that the stupid coach, inventor of the stupid playbook add well as the stupid strategy is commenting on stupid. Who better to comment than he so thoroughly entrenched in the stupid tradition. Keep up the stupid fight Missy!
willie lynch
November 7th, 2012
2:17 pm
JIMBOB
November 7th, 2012
2:01 pm
I’m not exempting anyone from lying my point is FOX “News” is more FOX opinion. Should they try being a little more intellectually cogent they might appear a little more credible. But really Sean Hannity….come on.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
November 7th, 2012
2:17 pm
Get ready for the “United States of Greece”.
Regnad Kcin
November 7th, 2012
2:17 pm
Here’s a new idea to help the R party – ask your constituents what they want; find out about their values, hopes, and dreams.
And then go represent them.
The current strategy of saying “here’s what we stand for, and if you don’t like it, $crew you!”, and then complaining about how stupid people are, is not suddenly going to change into a winning strategy, know what I mean?
Paul
November 7th, 2012
2:18 pm
0311
Guess you had to go from 47% to 50% to make it more in line with the election results, eh?
Reality
November 7th, 2012
2:18 pm
It is sad, but….
The hard right wing republicans will not change no matter what. They are heavily funded by some of the most wealthy. They will continue their FOX news and their radio programs. They will continue to spout their hatred politics (of minorities, of the working class, of women, etc.).
Nothing will change that.
The best we can hope for is a tad of realism in the republicans with an ounce of sense to try to work towards the middle and meet President Obama to save this Country.
Otherwise, the hard right wing republicans will be happy to push the US over the cliff.
Aren’t they sort of like a terrorist group?
gm
November 7th, 2012
2:18 pm
Romney and Paul both lost their home towns, for all you southern conservatives dont you think these people knew him best.
Where is that fake USMC, who said I was crazy when I said Latinos, Blacks and women were comming out in record numbers” he called me a racist, this is why there party will continue to lose in the future.
Krystal'sBalls
November 7th, 2012
2:18 pm
@Solider mom
Cut defense spending. We are fine with existing warfiled/air/sea technology. Focus defense contracts more toward domestic front to protect homeland (like cyber, borer etc)
Tax cuts expire starting at $500,000 maybe even $1M
Revamp corporate subsidies for large scaleback
Just a few…
Peter
November 7th, 2012
2:18 pm
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801…….. “United States of Greece”.
So that is your idea……… are you retiring early and waiting to get paid ?
Or working like an American ?
Democrats Are Devils
November 7th, 2012
2:19 pm
we need another hurricane or earthquake really bad !!!
The Way of Dinosaurs
November 7th, 2012
2:19 pm
Just as Fillmore was the last Whig President, so Bush Jr. was the last Republican President.
RIP
Regnad Kcin
November 7th, 2012
2:20 pm
“Sewer Rat Democrats”
Nice how you take zero responsibility for the business “you built” – it’s always someone else’s fault, right?
Adam
November 7th, 2012
2:21 pm
Did anyone else notice the CNN anchors looked like they were in mourning?
Democrats Are Devils
November 7th, 2012
2:22 pm
christians ? you got in line to vote, now get into line for the judgement…….
Mick
November 7th, 2012
2:22 pm
0311
First rush, then oreilly? What would you call the US during the great depression? Economics is cyclical and if the damn stubborn house doesn’t come to the table, negotiate and compromise, they will be routed in 2014!!!
UNCLE SAMANTHA
November 7th, 2012
2:22 pm
GLASS HALF FULL
we are only half-way until the end of our LOST DECADE
indigo
November 7th, 2012
2:23 pm
Many of us liberals and centerists here repeadly observed that the Republican Party had been taken over by extreme right-wing fundamentalists. We further noted, especially those of us with first hand experience, that fundamentalists are extremely narrow minded and will NOT tolerate even the slightest dissent. So, expecting any intellectually honest opinions from the right-wing media and other hack pundits was on par with expecting to win the lottery.
Once people with this mindset get in control of anything, be it a denomination or political party, unseating them from power is a battle to the finish.
The Republicans have brought this old Chineese curse on themselves – “May you live in interesting times”
Joe Hussein Mama
November 7th, 2012
2:23 pm
S. R. Democrats — “@ Azzhole HusseinMama……….”
I’m going to take your response to mean that you donated the maximum to Romney’s campaign and you’re upset that he wasted your money.
And just so you know, our host is here and watching this afternoon, and he doesn’t take kindly to name-calling. So clean up your act; otherwise, you might find yourself blocked from further posting.
“The pitiful part is because of Osama Hussein Obama’s (All these Muslims look alike) Affordable Health Care, I’ve got to fire 174 people and put another 112 on part time pay or I lose the business that I spent 22 years building.”
Meet Thulsa Doom, one of our posters. He’s a health insurance salesman. He mostly deals with Medicare supplement policies, but I bet he can help you find an agent that can put together an acceptable package for your workers that won’t break the bank.
“22 years battling the fukn government every step of the way. Nice Christmas present for these employees, right?”
Guess you should have supported Single-Payer, which was what Democrats brought to the table in the first place. If that had passed, you wouldn’t have had to worry about offering health insurance ever again. Instead, what you got was a Republican idea from the 1990s called the Individual Mandate. So if you have a problem with the ACA, your gripe belongs with the Republicans. They didn’t like our idea, so we used theirs.
Guess you didn’t know that.
gm
November 7th, 2012
2:23 pm
Should people like Dick Morris, Karl Rowe, Sean Hannity be fired now? Dick Morris made millions the last 4 years predicting how Obama was going to lose in a landslide, Sean scum Hannity hated the President so bad refuse to call him Commander n Chief.
Where is the idiot Sara Palin who said people were comming out for America, these are the idiots who have made millions off poor, middle, class southerners.
Democrats Are Devils
November 7th, 2012
2:24 pm
lol ! christians still think their going to be blessed ! if they only knew whats coming to them. it is not going to be pretty…..
Morality?
November 7th, 2012
2:24 pm
One more : Big losers today are seekers of jobs in the private sector. The looming fiscal cliff and Obama/Pelosi’s do nothing policy will not create confidence in companies about our future. In stead of spending money on hand and expanding and adding jobs uncertainty and distrust of Obama will cause them to hold their cards close and hunker down for the oncoming fiscal cliff and economic disaster. You won’t find a job any time soon so blame yourself for voting Obama.
Democrats Are Devils
November 7th, 2012
2:25 pm
where can i get a check ????…………
St Simons
November 7th, 2012
2:25 pm
Enter your comments here
Krystal'sBalls
November 7th, 2012
2:25 pm
@Sewer
Based on your rant I am sure your employees are likely of your ilke. My guess is you wouldn’t dream of of employing anyone who is any bit out of round from your mold.
So go under, you’re probably a crappy businessperson anyway.
And if you truly have that many employees as a small business owner you likely wouldn’t have much time to be out here on an AJC blog whining like a baby.
They BOTH suck
November 7th, 2012
2:26 pm
Scout
Bought into exactly what those right leaning pundits and websites were telling him about the election. And he is back for more today.
Consistency is a good thing, unless you are consistently wrong.
“Reagan / Carter”
Peter
November 7th, 2012
2:26 pm
Imagine this being posted today………
CNBC
Obama Wins 8 of 10 Wealthiest Counties in US
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/obama-wins-8-10-wealthiest-154837437.html
What you probably will find out if your read the story……. is these are the areas with the HIGHEST EDUCATION as well !
This is interesting as well……
What we got was a weak moderate candidate, hand-picked by the Beltway elites and country-club establishment wing of the Republican Party. The Presidential loss is unequivocally on them….
Democrats Are Devils
November 7th, 2012
2:26 pm
lets shoot for 10 million pink slips by friday….
ncgreybr
November 7th, 2012
2:26 pm
Marc @ 1:06 said :”and that the Obamacare meetings would be on CSPAN but NONE were.”
Excuse me?
There were so many hours I was getting sick of them! HUNDREDS of hours! Where the hell were you? Just because you didn’t bother to watch didn’t mean it wasn’t there!
Why aren’t more people questioning people who post garbage crap like this?
mm
November 7th, 2012
2:27 pm
It’s time for the sorry GOP to man up and start helping this country.
Peter
November 7th, 2012
2:27 pm
Democrats Are Devils…… where can i get a check ????…………
Did you do any work ?
Democrats Are Devils
November 7th, 2012
2:27 pm
come on stocks ! you can do better than that…..
willie lynch
November 7th, 2012
2:27 pm
Sewer Rat Democrats
November 7th, 2012
2:15 pm
You should have been a better businessman, or better yet, shut up and pull yourself up by your bootstraps.
getalife
November 7th, 2012
2:27 pm
“The very thin veneer of patriotism has worn away, exposing the rot beneath.”
Unhinged Part Two.
Peter
November 7th, 2012
2:28 pm
Democrats Are Devils lets shoot for 10 million pink slips by friday….
Gosh you are so American…….. or Republican with hate toward your neighbor.
Democrats Are Devils
November 7th, 2012
2:28 pm
Peter
November 7th, 2012
2:27 pm
Democrats Are Devils…… where can i get a check ????…………
Did you do any work ?
peter ?? its called sarcasm…
Counting Votes and Taking Names
November 7th, 2012
2:28 pm
At least Democrats and Obama admitted he sucked in the first debate. Republicans would never concede anything that cast them in a bad light. Nothing. It dehumanizes them and turns moderates and independents into skeptics. The obstructionists can no longer rule on principle alone. There has to be some pragmatism behind their policy…and some humanity.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
November 7th, 2012
2:29 pm
BOTH
Consistency is a good thing, unless you are consistently wrong.
http://tinyurl.com/bsp776p
Thulsa Doom
November 7th, 2012
2:29 pm
Speaking of making shyte up Joe mama likes to make up claims that people never made and then go about disproving the nonexistent claim. Such is life in kook world.
Peter
November 7th, 2012
2:29 pm
Please Republican’s…… tell me how this happened ?
CNBC
Obama Wins 8 of 10 Wealthiest Counties in US
Bottom Line
November 7th, 2012
2:29 pm
Democrats Are Devils…… perhaps.
But Republicans are LOSERS!
Peter
November 7th, 2012
2:30 pm
Democrats Are Devils………. ok sorry I thought you were a Republican mocking the victory.
Morality?
November 7th, 2012
2:30 pm
Christians follow God – We don’t worship idols or big gub’ment – Obama is a mere mortal
Joe Hussein Mama
November 7th, 2012
2:30 pm
Doom — “Speaking of making shyte up Joe mama likes to make up claims that people never made and then go about disproving the nonexistent claim. Such is life in kook world.”
Doom, get something original. (laughing, pointing)
Regnad Kcin
November 7th, 2012
2:30 pm
Awwwwwwww! Poor Morality?…. he’s sad today…
*digital tissue*
Simple Truths
November 7th, 2012
2:30 pm
No spin coming from Jay though. Nah. Never.
Democrats Are Devils
November 7th, 2012
2:30 pm
but to be real ?? i know at least there’s 6 people in my family for doing absolutely nothing……
bulls_eye
November 7th, 2012
2:31 pm
Judging by the time stamps on all these post (especially the repeat posters), you people don’t work or just steal from your employer.
Mark in mid-town
November 7th, 2012
2:31 pm
I am mostly a fan of Fox News but I do think that Hannity is an idiot and as dishonest and over-the-top as anyone on MSNBC. I wish Fox News would jettison him. But I think most in conservative media were sincere in not trusting polls which seemed to over-sample Democrats. Democrats went after Gallup when Gallup was showing numbers very favorable to Republicans.
Best I can tell, the reason Romney lost by as much as he did was not that Democratic turnout was so much stronger than anticipated, it’s that Republican turnout was weaker than many conservatives anticipated.
Also, Sandy definitely helped Obama, probably by 2 points in the spread if not more. That was luck of the draw. As well, had the msm been reporting the economic news the same as they would be had a Republican been in office, then I don’t think Obama could have won. Additionally, CBS News sitting on that interview footage with Obama until a couple of days before election when nobody was interested anymore was just unbelievable and possibly the most agregious example of liberal msm bias since CBS News tried to take out Bush in 2004 with those forged documents.
Nate Silver’s critics, of which I was one, were wrong, 100% wrong. But what Nate Silver showed was that the overall polling was really not oversampling Democrats and that the average of the overall polls was pretty much right on the money. We’re told that being able to poll accurately has never been more difficult due to only one 1 of 9 people even bothering to answer the phone call anymore, yet it would appear that the polling has seldom been more accurate than it was for this election. Maybe that was just luck, but I doubt it. They did a great job.
A couple of months ago, I was one who thought that the election would trend to Romney and that he would win by 3 – 5 points. I relied on my instincts and reading of past history which had consistently in the past out-performed conventional wisdom. But boy was I wrong this time around. I’m humbled by how wrong I was.
Congratulations to President Obama and his supporters. I thought Obama was a mostly terrible president his first 4 years and that he was the one most responsible for the partison divide. But I hope he ends up being a great president the 2nd time around. If he’s not, then the country is in a lot of trouble.
Tealiban Party
November 7th, 2012
2:32 pm
Anyone seen Kayaker? I have been looking over at Kyle’s place to but he can’t be found.
kayaker 71
October 30th, 2012
4:20 pm
Romney…. 320. Bozo…. 218. Count on it.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
November 7th, 2012
2:32 pm
…you people don’t work or just steal from your employer.
Self-employed, sport.
Corbin Sharpe. I think, therefore I am...I think.
November 7th, 2012
2:33 pm
This would be interesting if he could pull it off…
—————————-
Breaking from Newsmax.com
Three GOP Phone Calls Obama Should Make Today
By Lanny Davis
I have some advice for President Obama. Here it is.
Mr. President, you should make three phone calls — as soon as you and your team finish celebrating, with justification, having run a great victory. These three calls should be made to three conservative Republican senators who care about the country and who want to solve problems more than winning ideological wars.
They are Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Orrin Hatch, R-Utah.
These three men should be invited to the White House … and Mr. President, you should say something like:
“What would it take to win your support — and that of other Republican conservative senators and House members — to do the Grand Bargain to pay down our $16 trillion debt?
“Will you join me in endorsing Simpson-Bowles?
“In finding a centrist immigration reform solution?
“To reform the tax code?
“Tell me — I want to find a compromise. Help me. Let’s work together.”
This is the Barack Obama of the 2008 campaign — the keynote speaker in 2004 — running for history, not for re-election.
If our president can do this, or something like this, there is a chance we can once again be a “purple nation” — not a polarized “red” and “blue” state nation.
President Obama can then find a broad center-left and center-right bipartisan majority Congress and actually start to solve the problems facing our country.
© 2012 Newsmax. All rights reserved.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
November 7th, 2012
2:33 pm
To rephrase what I have posted in the past, countries are like people – they have a life cycle.
The country has changed, the electorate has changed, the way we govern has changed and the result does not bode well for this Republic. I believe we will unfortunately go the way of socialist Europe with all of the ramifications thereof and the world will no longer have a policemen in the night.
My only regret is that it happened on my watch.
We hand this nation over to a new generation and history will judge if you have the wisdom and courage of past generations.
Recon 0311 2533
November 7th, 2012
2:33 pm
TBS, your check for Wounded Warriors went out in today’s mail. I wrote in remarks that they both suck won the election.
Democrats Are Devils
November 7th, 2012
2:33 pm
and the so called christians are losers too !! as a matter of fact, they are going to lose more than that….
Mick
November 7th, 2012
2:34 pm
When the previous president was re-elected in 04, many of us thought it would end in calamity and it did; Now, this president has us trending in the right direction of ending wars, proposing higher taxes on the wealthy, and investing in education. What’s not to like???
USA Patriot
November 7th, 2012
2:34 pm
Sewer Rat Democrats – Based on the responses from some of these folks about your reduction in headcount, I’d say you’re speaking to an empty boat. Love the one about being a “better businessman”, these folks just don’t get who is getting screwed by this government. Best of luck to you!
JDW
November 7th, 2012
2:34 pm
@Thulsa…”Dow down 276 points. The Obama reelection effect already at work.”
Typical Repug…missed that whole Europe Germany dynamic did you…
Regnad Kcin
November 7th, 2012
2:34 pm
“Nate Silver’s critics, of which I was one, were wrong, 100% wrong. But what Nate Silver showed was that the overall polling was really not oversampling Democrats and that the average of the overall polls was pretty much right on the money. We’re told that being able to poll accurately has never been more difficult due to only one 1 of 9 people even bothering to answer the phone call anymore, yet it would appear that the polling has seldom been more accurate than it was for this election. Maybe that was just luck, but I doubt it. They did a great job.”
================
This^^^^is a great take-away for this election cycle.
Reality
November 7th, 2012
2:35 pm
@Mark in Midtown,
With hindsight, how can you say that? Shouldn’t you clearly see that it is the FOX news station and the other conservative pollsters that were lying to you? Compare what they were predicting to the final results.
Can you not face the facts?
Joe Hussein Mama
November 7th, 2012
2:36 pm
bulls_eye — “Judging by the time stamps on all these post (especially the repeat posters), you people don’t work or just steal from your employer>”
Never heard THAT criticism in here before.
Bottom Line
November 7th, 2012
2:36 pm
“agregious” example of liberal msm bias
LMAO
Morality?
November 7th, 2012
2:36 pm
My great grand daddy, like JFK’s daddy, knew when to bet on economic disaster to make millions. It’s time!!!!!
They BOTH suck
November 7th, 2012
2:36 pm
Recon
Thanks. Had no doubt that you would send the check.
Great cause. Those who have been wounded in their valiant efforts that enabled us to vote yesterday will appreciate the donation.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
November 7th, 2012
2:37 pm
Deader than Canasta next door at the children’s table.
Joe Hussein Mama
November 7th, 2012
2:37 pm
Mark in mid-town — “But I think most in conservative media were sincere in not trusting polls which seemed to over-sample Democrats.”
Sincerity is beside the point. They were IGNORANT in thinking that actually meant something.
detritusUSA
November 7th, 2012
2:37 pm
In my opinion, Mr Romney lost because he chose the wrong VP candidate. Mr Ryan is no Sara Palin, but he is frightening because he actually believes the Randian policies he espouses and is willing to push them into national law. I and apparently many other Americans recognized the danger he posed to our social safety nets and voted against the republicans.
gogators
November 7th, 2012
2:38 pm
the outcome of the election is not that big of a suprise what is a suprise is that 14 million less people voted compared to 2008 to the victor belong the spoils hope the liberals understand that almost 50% of the nation didnt vote for the dems good luck to everyone we are going to need it
getalife
November 7th, 2012
2:38 pm
“bet on economic disaster”
You will lose that bet con.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
November 7th, 2012
2:39 pm
Sincerity is beside the point.
As Brother Long used to preach, “You can be sin-ceeeeer-aah, but you can be sincerely wrong.”
Reality
November 7th, 2012
2:40 pm
@0311 -
How pitiful you are with your prediction! But, don’t fret because you are totally wrong!!!!
Look at South Africa. Look at Austrailia. Look at Canada. Look at Brazil. All of these Countries are not just surviving, they are thriving. Maybe it is time for you (and other hard-headed right wing republicans) to take your heads out of your rear ends and actually CONSIDER that you DON’T have the answers!!!
Maybe…. just maybe….. other people with other points of view have the answers!
bookman parrot
November 7th, 2012
2:40 pm
interesting that propaganda is “betrayal” if you lose, but if you win it is not, even though it just another propaganda as well.
Steve
November 7th, 2012
2:41 pm
I love how conservatives are such bad predictors of the future
Consistently completely wrong.
Mick
November 7th, 2012
2:41 pm
recon
I guess you’re the one in the minority, not me…
Reality
November 7th, 2012
2:42 pm
@gogaters –
Wow dude – I guess they don’t teach math at the University of Florida? President Obama actually got over 50% of the popular vote and way more than that of the electorial college vote.
Doggone/GA
November 7th, 2012
2:42 pm
“In my opinion, Mr Romney lost because he chose the wrong VP candidate”
That might have contributed…some…but it was most definitely NOT the sole reason. Romney lost on his own lack of merit, of which choosing Ryan was just one.
Thulsa Doom
November 7th, 2012
2:43 pm
Jesus h Christ,
I just got a call from a lady asking if she could get her obamacare from my agency. Holy shyte. The lady had no idea she would have to pay for it. Oh my god there are going to be some awfully upset people when 2014 comes. WOW!
Peter
November 7th, 2012
2:43 pm
kayaker 71
October 30th, 2012
4:20 pm
Romney…. 320. Bozo…. 218. Count on it.
he is with Jm drinking those Rum punches Jm talks about…….
Morality?
November 7th, 2012
2:43 pm
Yes I am sad for you and your lack of a future. Me, I’ve made mine and it is no longer in U. S. banks. Made it big on the dot.com bubble and the real estate bubble….. now getting ready to make it big on the health care sector bubble – coming soon. And don’t forget the bond market bubble will be right behind it when to GREAT INFLATION makes your dollar worth 10 cents. YES I AM SAD for the FUTURE FOR THE YOUTH of the USA that you have sold down the river to your PARTY LOYALISTS.
bill arp
November 7th, 2012
2:43 pm
Jay,
It’s also nice seeing Democrats/Liberals being so humble in their big victory and continuing to try and bring us together, rather than calling other people names like ‘idiots’ and ‘losers’ and such. Got to make you proud.
Don't Forget - Obama is a two term president.
November 7th, 2012
2:43 pm
Every single republican candidate said they would not accept one dollar in revenue increases for 10 dollars in spending cuts.
That kind of rigidity of thought is entirely undemocratic, shows a total lack of leadership and basically disqualified them all for governance.
bookman parrot
November 7th, 2012
2:43 pm
personally i think the media has too much influence. change the way it is done; one month before the election each side gives it’s platform; then NO interpretation/analysis/projecting by any media, then the vote. DONE.
Alex
November 7th, 2012
2:45 pm
Sounds like Lanny Davis is spot on, as for the premace of Jay-NO KIDDING, people watch and talk and hang out with people who reflect their own biases, No kidding…Challenging people (like giving Kamchek a bath) is uncomfortable- NO KIDDING, where’s Dr. Phil and Psych 101 at Penn State…. In MY book, people are responsible to acuire as broad a source of info as they can get, if they want only Fox they should expect Right wing diatribes, if they watch Mathews they will get left wing garbage. If you’re too stupid to know that or too young or too insecure then it’s YOUR fault, as someone blogged:look in the mirror (and NOW Kamchack-take a bath)
Joe Hussein Mama
November 7th, 2012
2:45 pm
I’ve been saying this since the summer of last year:
If the Republican candidate doesn’t give us *affirmative,* positive reasons to vote for him — instead of simply complaints and reasons to vote *against* President Obama, then the 2012 election is going to be 2004 all over again, but with the political parties reversed.
And that’s what we got.
An incumbent President with a middling record and a restive electorate.
An opposition candidate of some distinction, but who is otherwise unremarkable, backed by a strident and vocal core of supporters
And a close win for the incumbent.
On to 2016, cons. Maybe next time you’ll listen. But I doubt it. If you listened, you might not be cons.
Mick
November 7th, 2012
2:46 pm
Yes, where is donovan today? The hurdy gurdy man speaks with forked tongue or mighty righty? Gomer the lesser? It’s OK, we know your pain, been there completely in 04…
getalife
November 7th, 2012
2:46 pm
morality is losing it.
Peter
November 7th, 2012
2:47 pm
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801 instead of crying today…take advantage of the opportunity…….
Pick up some NOK Nokia, maybe some Silver Wheaton SLW, and any other sector stock that has been UN-rationally beaten down today.
You do know there will be a Santa Claus rally coming later in December correct ?
DannyX
November 7th, 2012
2:47 pm
“My great grand daddy, like JFK’s daddy, knew when to bet on economic disaster to make millions. It’s time!!!!!”
Morality, you haven’t been right about anything. Chances are excellent that you’re wrong about your latest blah, blah, blah.
Morality?
November 7th, 2012
2:48 pm
“Obama ain’t got no G.D. Plan to save America”…… Sam L. Jackson…. amen brother – preach it!
St Simons
November 7th, 2012
2:49 pm
breaking –
Harry Reid – “We will pursue filibuster reform”
oh yeah, b* slap em Harry, its wayyyy past time
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
November 7th, 2012
2:49 pm
Well, I don’t blame the media for the bad info I got. I blame the Richard Heads on this blog that kept telling me Obama was going to get blowed out like a bad tire on a gravel road. That’s why I got ready to sellabrate and set there with old Ace just waiting for the announcer to say Romney was elected with about 400 electoral votes. You can just imagine what it did to my insides when the bad news started coming in. I like to of went right in my easy chair. I think a few of these bloggers ought to get the Death Penalty at least.
Anyhow, I’ll never beleive anything these people write again. If they told me the sun was shining I’d need to stick my head outside to make sure they wasn’t just seeing a flashlight.
Have a good p.m. everybody.
tm
November 7th, 2012
2:49 pm
Gotta love Harry Reid, he knows how to start off the spirit of cooperation. Claims he has a mandate to raise taxes on the wealthy; do away with the filibuster and pass imigration reform. That will get everyone off to a cumbaja start.
DannyX
November 7th, 2012
2:49 pm
0311, where are your Drudge headlines and Rasmussen links today?
They BOTH suck
November 7th, 2012
2:50 pm
You got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em,
Know when to walk away and know when to run.
You never count your money when you’re sittin’ at the table.
There’ll be time enough for countin’ when the dealin’s done.
Now Ev’ry gambler knows that the secret to survivin’
Is knowin’ what to throw away and knowing what to keep.
‘Cause ev’ry hand’s a winner and ev’ry hand’s a loser,
And the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep.”
Joe Hussein Mama
November 7th, 2012
2:51 pm
Alex — “(and NOW Kamchack-take a bath)”
Heyyyy . . . I have it on good authority that K’Chak takes regular baths all by himself, with no supervision needed.
Once a month, whether he needs one or not.
Proud American
November 7th, 2012
2:52 pm
Hooray for the United States of America!
A complete rejection of the Limbaugh/Coulter/Hannity/Beck fueled hatemongering.
Alex
November 7th, 2012
2:52 pm
@Reality: South Africa THRIVING- NO, NOT really, it is a debacle as for Canada,thriving,eh?, as for Australia, thriving-huh, can’t remember if I have bought anything made in australia and if they are thriving is because they control their immigration SO tightly, they only accept productive people and let’s just sweep under the rug the aboriginal thing. You MUST go to the library now…..
@ Joe 2:45, agree with a lot you have said, if conservatives do not learn, the libs will overplay their hand, it is the nature of the political beast
Regnad Kcin
November 7th, 2012
2:53 pm
” change the way it is done; one month before the election each side gives it’s platform; then NO interpretation/analysis/projecting by any media, then the vote. DONE”
Otherwise known as the “just lie your azz off – nobody will call you on it” election technique. Why would republicans want that?
Oh…yeah…
DannyX
November 7th, 2012
2:53 pm
“Gotta love Harry Reid, he knows how to start off the spirit of cooperation. Claims he has a mandate to raise taxes on the wealthy; do away with the filibuster and pass imigration reform.”
Good ol’ Harry now has a stronger majority, wait, weren’t Republicans supposed to retake the Senate??? What the hell happened??????
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
November 7th, 2012
2:53 pm
In MY book, people are responsible to acuire[sic] as broad a source of info as they can get…
In MY book if you acquire crap, then don’t expect to find anything BUT crap, no matter how “broad” the source is.
the cat
November 7th, 2012
2:54 pm
I wonder if Romeny can stop payment on the check to Franklin and Billy Graham?
Maybe Karl Rove would know!