In Possibly Most Ironic Thing Ever, Breitbart.com Claims Obama Harvard Tape ‘Selectively Edited’

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I guess if anyone would know about “selective editing,” it’s the shiny-faced mini-Breitbarts: THE VETTING: Ben Smith Releases Selectively Edited Obama Race Video.

“THE VETTING” refers to the last project bequeathed to them by their forefather; they’re “vetting” President Obama with BOMBSHELLS and EXCLUSIVES and video clips from his days at Harvard, hanging out with shocking angry black radicals associated with … gasp! … Jeremiah Wright, wearing a beret, and holding his cigarette like a Frenchman.

Tonight on Hannity — the BREITBARTOCALYPSE will not be stopped!

Earlier today, Buzzfeed’s Ben Smith announced on Twitter that video researcher Andrew Kaczynski had released “the mysterious Harvard/Obama/race video that the Breitbart folks have been talking about.”

The video, which Kaczynski says was “licensed from a Boston television station,” shows a young Barack Obama leading a protest at Harvard Law School on behalf of Prof. Derrick Bell, a radical academic tied to Jeremiah Wright—about whom we will be releasing significant information in the coming hours.

However, the video has been selectively edited—either by the Boston television station or by Buzzfeed itself. Over the course of the day, Breitbart.com will be releasing additional footage that has been hidden by Obama’s allies in the mainstream media and academia.

This is what I tweeted a little earlier - looks like I was right.

UPDATE at 3/7/12 1:46:58 pm

Ben Smith of Buzzfeed is peeved at the mini-Breitbarts, and says the video they released was not edited at all:

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Video: Obama Protesting at Harvard in 1991

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314 comments
1 Locker  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 1:48:00pm

Attention whores. Nothing more.

2 erik_t  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 1:48:08pm

A professor with vaguely democratic ties is being branded a 'radical academic'.

Someone fucking fetch my smelling salts.

3 HappyWarrior  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 1:48:12pm

Breitbart's people crying about selective editing? Hahahahaha excuse me but hahhaha.

4 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 1:49:24pm

Lee Atwater all over again. Instead of using the n-word they're replacing "states rights" in this instance with "diversity." This has always been the case. It's another Southern Strategy. First it was ACRON. Then Shirley Sherrod and the NAACP. Now it's "diversity" and a black professor that helped champion diversity in the Harvard.

5 Charleston Chew  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 1:51:43pm

Maybe they have more footage of that guy eating a sandwich.

6 Renaissance_Man  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 1:52:36pm

It's absolutely hilarious and sad that the most radical extremists in the country, who want to dismantle the US government, erase all trace of the commons, and plunge the US into a neo-feudal, corporate dystopia, are so eager to label everyone else as 'radical'.

7 Charles Johnson  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 1:54:02pm

Can they really have thought this was going to be huge news?

Maybe it's just missing the old Andrew Breitbart snake oil showmanship. Maybe they'll never measure up to the standard he set. That would be a shame, wouldn't it?

8 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 1:54:07pm
So…we scooped Breitbart.com, & thus they’re attacking us.

The Breitlings are just pissed that they didn't have time to deceptively edit their copy and release it before the raw, unedited version hit the interwebs.

9 Shiplord Kirel  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 1:55:10pm

Other than cutting out the part where he called on the spirit of Che Guevara to bless the proceedings---oh, and that sentence about Marx being our guide or maybe god---what kind of editing do they think was done and how might it be misleading?

//

10 The Left  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 1:56:57pm

Afternoon nookie is the best.

That is all. /

11 Shiplord Kirel  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 1:57:25pm

re: #10 Anon4This

Afternoon nookie is the best.

That is all. /

Braggart

12 zora  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 1:57:57pm

re: #7 Charles Johnson

Can they really have thought this was going to be huge news?

Maybe it's just missing the old Andrew Breitbart snake oil showmanship. Maybe they'll never measure up to the standard he set. That would be a shame, wouldn't it?

so does this mean that the are no dick pics? //

13 The Left  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 1:58:13pm

re: #11 Winston Smith, Fox News Moderator

Braggart

Hush, I'm Anon for this.

14 Decatur Deb  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 1:59:38pm

re: #9 Winston Smith, Fox News Moderator

Other than cutting out the part where he called on the spirit of Che Guevara to bless the proceedings---oh, and that sentence about Marx being our guide or maybe god---what kind of editing do they think was done and how might it be misleading?

//

But he doesn't have his bone in his nose, and he shaved his Hitler mustache, and they cut the part where he's sitting in Huey Newton's chair. It was all in there, honest.

Image: huey2.jpg

15 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:05:10pm

I thought I had the most ironic thing ever:

Arizona State party Chair Ed Whitey

but it turned out to be a joke. The secretary's name is Linda White, though.

16 Bulworth  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:05:14pm

I'm sure the "kill Whitey" part was edited out. //

17 The Left  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:05:42pm

I'm interested to see what other RADICAL!! BOMBSHELLS!! the right will dig up on Obama. You have to admit, it's pretty entertaining seeing them haul out the playbook from august 2008. JEReMiAh WrIGhT!

It didn't help them in 2008 and frankly it's even less likely to help them now. Obama's been POTUS for 4 years -- Americans were not frightened by his middle name and are even less frightened by it now.

18 The Left  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:06:35pm

re: #16 Bulworth

I'm sure the "kill Whitey" part was edited out. //

Oh, that bombshell recording of Michelle Obama saying "Whitey" is coming any day now, just you wait! //

19 Decatur Deb  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:07:51pm

re: #15 wrenchwench

I thought I had the most ironic thing ever:

but it turned out to be a joke. The secretary's name is Linda White, though.

Got a couple of Grays in there--spirit of compromise.

20 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:07:58pm

Oh noz! Derrick Bell mentioned Louis Farrakhan!

Once. In some tiny passage. That'll be their talking point.

It's 2008 all over again.

21 The Left  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:09:03pm

re: #20 Gus

Oh noz! Derrick Bell mentioned Louis Farrakhan!

Once. In some tiny passage. That'll be their talking point.

It's 2008 all over again.

Awesome. Ask anyone who volunteered or donated time or money in 2008. ;)

22 makeitstop  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:09:06pm

re: #7 Charles Johnson

Can they really have thought this was going to be huge news?

Maybe it's just missing the old Andrew Breitbart snake oil showmanship. Maybe they'll never measure up to the standard he set. That would be a shame, wouldn't it?

That's exactly it. Breitbart, for all his faults, really did have a gift for rabble-rousing.

His minions are nowhere near as gifted. They're hoping like hell that Breitbart shine will rub off on them but it looks like he took it with him.

23 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:09:52pm

re: #17 Anon4This

I heard they have footage of him speaking at a huge stadium sized rally where he spoke about "CHANGE" and "HOPE" and how if they worked with him the climate would start to change for the better etc, etc...

24 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:10:33pm

This attempted resurrection of Wright is pretty pathetic after all the exposure in 2008.

25 Decatur Deb  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:11:38pm

re: #23 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

I heard they have footage of him speaking at a huge stadium sized rally where he spoke about "CHANGE" and "HOPE" and how if they worked with him the climate would start to change for the better etc, etc...

If the President's handlers have it together, they've already booked a band and Ford Stadium in Detroit for a monster retrospective show.

27 The Left  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:12:10pm

re: #23 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

I heard they have footage of him speaking at a huge stadium sized rally where he spoke about "CHANGE" and "HOPE" and how if they worked with him the climate would start to change for the better etc, etc...

I hope they show footage again of that rally where the Decemberists played and the wingnuts all claimed that the band was evil commies and that people were only there for the band. That was awesome.

LOVE your nic btw.

28 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:12:53pm

2 guesses as to what the alleged additional footage may contain:

1. A positive reference to some rwnj shibboleth, like Alinsky or affirmative action.

2. A less-than-adoring reference to some facts of American history.

29 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:12:57pm

re: #27 Anon4This

I hope they show footage again of that rally where the Decemberists played and the wingnuts all claimed that the band was evil commies and that people were only there for the band. That was awesome.

LOVE your nic btw.

Eek! I remember that. Why are wingnuts so, stupid?

30 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:13:13pm

re: #28 Saint Rush, Martyr of Lower Wingnuttia

2 guesses as to what the alleged additional footage may contain:

1. A positive reference to some rwnj shibboleth, like Alinsky or affirmative action.

2. A less-than-adoring reference to some facts of American history.

Louis Farrakhan!

31 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:14:02pm

re: #30 Gus

Heh. Well, that would actually be icky ;)

32 Decatur Deb  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:14:35pm

re: #30 Gus

Louis Farrakhan!

Cloward and Piven doing the IWW's Little Red Songbook.

33 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:14:54pm

re: #31 Saint Rush, Martyr of Lower Wingnuttia

Heh. Well, that would actually be icky ;)

Tune in tonight to find out!

I bet they're livid about Buzzfeed releasing this however. LOL Fail.

34 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:15:12pm

re: #32 Decatur Deb

Cloward and Piven doing the IWW's Little Red Songbook.

Maybe a reference to a play.

//

35 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:15:25pm

re: #33 Gus

Yuh, they stole the momentum.

36 MittDoesNotCompute  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:16:34pm

re: #24 Saint Rush, Martyr of Lower Wingnuttia

This attempted resurrection of Wright is pretty pathetic after all the exposure in 2008.

Doesn't mean that the Breitbart minions and the rest of the RWNJ-o-verse aren't going to give it the old college try, because they are banking on Americans' political amnesia.

37 Mocking Jay  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:17:48pm

Saul Alinsky! Bill Ayers! Tony Rezko!

38 Kragar  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:18:04pm

Ron Paul aides ponder ‘frustrating’ race

Paul may still emerge with a big chunk of delegates in the GOP nominating race, but the candidate’s much-hyped focus on caucus states has yet to yield an outright victory in any state.

This gap between dreams and reality came to a head during a Wednesday morning conference call for senior staff when the discussion turned to why the campaign keeps underperforming its own forecasts.

“They count the numbers and then they count the votes,” said Doug Wead, a Paul senior adviser who was on the call. “Did they get overconfident? … We’re digesting that.”

39 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:18:09pm

Does anybody know the time when it is supposed to air? Need to decide whether to wait or go to sleep.

40 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:18:39pm

re: #39 Saint Rush, Martyr of Lower Wingnuttia

Does anybody know the time when it is supposed to air? Need to decide whether to wait or go to sleep.

Hannity?

41 Prononymous, rogue demon hunter  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:18:53pm

I wouldn't be too terribly surprised if the "real" video has some out of context footage from a different scene, or an entirely different event, edited in to smear Obama.

Why would I think such a thing? It passed through Breitbart's hands, that's why.

42 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:18:55pm

re: #40 Gus

Ayep.

43 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:19:24pm

Thought I spotted Jimmy Carter.

//

44 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:19:33pm

I'm curious to see if they're going to release an "unedited" video that is actually shorter than the Buzzfeed "heavily edited" one.
:P

45 Decatur Deb  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:19:36pm

It's that time--Walkin' Dog Blues.

Youtube Video
46 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:20:31pm

re: #42 Saint Rush, Martyr of Lower Wingnuttia

2100 ET, but choosing Hannity over sleep is not something healthy people do voluntarily.

47 Prononymous, rogue demon hunter  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:21:32pm

*Video starts*
Obama: Ladies and gentlemen, I stand before you today to say
*cut to CGIObama*
CGIObama: I love Mao and Stalin. That is all.
*end clip*

48 jaunte  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:22:40pm

Race video? What a garbage headline.

49 Mocking Jay  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:23:13pm

re: #39 Saint Rush, Martyr of Lower Wingnuttia

Does anybody know the time when it is supposed to air? Need to decide whether to wait or go to sleep.

Don't do it.

Choose life.

50 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:23:16pm

re: #46 Pope Ron Polyp XXXVII

~3.5 hours till the air, right?

51 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:24:56pm

re: #47 Javelina is a type of coffee, right?

It actually is the name of a coffee shop near here...

52 BrainSurfer  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:25:11pm

re: #37 Meh.

Saul Alinsky! Bill Ayers! Tony Rezko!

Oh my!

53 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:25:21pm

Anon downs Vatican's site. Oh gee. Too much time on their hands.

54 BongCrodny  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:26:20pm

re: #39 Saint Rush, Martyr of Lower Wingnuttia

Does anybody know the time when it is supposed to air? Need to decide whether to wait or go to sleep.

Best guess is that you'll pass out whichever option you choose.

55 The Left  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:26:36pm

re: #29 Gus

Eek! I remember that. Why are wingnuts so, stupid?

Youtube Video

You come from parents wanton
A childhood rough and rotten
I come from wealth and beauty
Untouched by work or duty.....

//On the contrary, the Decemberists should let the GOP use this as the Republican frontrunners theme song!

56 jaunte  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:27:24pm

Ben Smith puzzled at James O'Keefe's babbling:

57 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:27:57pm

LOL.

This will be the Russian entry in Eurovision 2012:

Youtube Video
58 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:29:02pm

re: #48 jaunte

Race video? What a garbage headline.

This is the title at the Breitbart cult site:

The Vetting: Obama Embraces Racialist Harvard Prof

and the text:

Breaking footage shows a young Barack Obama leading a protest at Harvard Law School on behalf of Prof. Derrick Bell, a radical academic tied to Jeremiah Wright. We will be releasing significant information in the coming hours.

Radical? Racialist? And Jeremiah Wright all over again. Ties? What did he mention him a few times in some essays? Let's see. A black man who grew up in late Jim Crow era America. I wonder why Mr. Bell was involved in race. Let's face it. The Breitbart cult is just another racist group.

59 Prononymous, rogue demon hunter  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:29:06pm

re: #51 wrenchwench

It actually is the name of a coffee shop near here...

It is also the name of a coffee shop near where I am house sitting. In my hometown, Silver City.

60 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:29:10pm

re: #56 jaunte

Ben Smith puzzled at James O'Keefe's babbling:


"Context", we know not the meaning of that word.
Your use of the alien term "nuance" confuses and infuriates us!

61 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:29:13pm

re: #50 Saint Rush, Martyr of Lower Wingnuttia

More like 4.5 hrs

edited because apparently I can't subtract.

62 Obdicut  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:29:26pm

re: #53 Saint Rush, Martyr of Lower Wingnuttia

Anon downs Vatican's site. Oh gee. Too much time on their hands.

Beating the Vatican at cyber-war is like beating Jamaica in bobsledding.

63 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:30:06pm

re: #27 Anon4This

Thanks, Everyone is welcome in the Unitarian Jihad

64 Kragar  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:30:08pm

re: #62 Obdicut

Beating the Vatican at cyber-war is like beating Jamaica in bobsledding.

It was God's will.

65 Prononymous, rogue demon hunter  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:30:22pm

re: #59 Javelina is a type of coffee, right?

Also, I'm having to scare Javelina out of the garden each night. They don't smell quite as nice as coffee does. :(

66 Mocking Jay  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:31:02pm

re: #61 Pope Ron Polyp XXXVII

More like 5.5 hrs

Your math is off. It's 5:30 here now.

67 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:31:24pm

re: #66 Meh.

see above

68 BongCrodny  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:32:18pm

I would love to know the story behind this one:

@JamesOKeefeIII - If you are over 18, under 5 foot tall, and can drive to East Lansing, Michigan -- email me.

69 The Left  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:32:24pm

re: #63 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Thanks, Everyone is welcome in the Unitarian Jihad

I love the Unitarian Jihad! I remember that piece!

70 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:33:17pm

re: #68 BongCrodny

I would love to know the story behind this one:

Wants someone to pose as a kid, I'd guess.

71 jaunte  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:33:33pm

re: #58 Gus

The Breitbarts seem to be shocked and surprised every day that the privileges they take for granted aren't shared by everyone, and some people are interested in changing that.

72 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:35:34pm

re: #68 BongCrodny

yep, wants someone to pose as a kid...was the person making the request named Pedro Bear by any chance?

73 SanFranciscoZionist  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:35:48pm

re: #68 BongCrodny

I would love to know the story behind this one:

He's going to be surprised when Linda Hunt shows up on his doorstep.

74 zora  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:36:03pm
Romney campaign says losing nomination would take 'act of God'

Mitt Romney's campaign gathered the national press corps in their campaign war room this morning to deliver a simple message: It would take an "act of God" for any candidate not named Mitt Romney to win the Republican nomination

i guess he didn't get the memo that god likes santorum better. /
statements like this will be taken as a challenge to evangelicals. they can't let the mormon be god's candidate.

75 Charleston Chew  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:36:31pm

re: #62 Obdicut

Beating the Vatican at cyber-war is like beating Jamaica in bobsledding.

Anonymous temporarily shuts down [Link: www.geocities.com...]

76 Charles Johnson  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:37:13pm

Shhh.

Don't tell anybody, but the geniuses at Breitbart.com have literally broken all of their old URLs with their recent redesign. All of 'em.

Check out what happens when you click any link to the Big sites from Google. For example:

[Link: www.google.com...]

Been this way for at least a day now.

LOL. I wonder if they're noticing a sudden complete absence of traffic to any posts at the Big sites?

77 Kragar  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:38:14pm

Rush Limbaugh Defended Joseph Kony And Lord’s Resistance Army

78 ArchangelMichael  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:38:27pm

re: #68 BongCrodny

I would love to know the story behind this one:

He might need a short person to get him out of Federal "Pound Me in the Ass" Prison?

79 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:38:30pm

re: #24 Saint Rush, Martyr of Lower Wingnuttia

This attempted resurrection of Wright is pretty pathetic after all the exposure in 2008.

That, and the fact that Obama publicly repudiated Wright's offensive rants.

80 Iwouldprefernotto  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:39:37pm

re: #7 Charles Johnson

Can they really have thought this was going to be huge news?

Maybe it's just missing the old Andrew Breitbart snake oil showmanship. Maybe they'll never measure up to the standard he set. That would be a shame, wouldn't it?

It's nothing, but on Hannity tonight they will be dragging professor Bell's name through the mud. He's going to get Rev. Wright treatment on steroids.

81 Obdicut  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:40:32pm

re: #80 Iwouldprefernotto

He'll have a lot of students who'll speak up for him.

82 Charles Johnson  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:40:39pm

I see the mini-Breitbarts are now calling Prof. Derrick Bell a "racialist."

Which is the word white nationalists like Peter Brimelow sometimes use to describe themselves.

83 SanFranciscoZionist  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:40:46pm

re: #77 Kragar

Rush Limbaugh Defended Joseph Kony And Lord’s Resistance Army

Yeah, I recall. The LRA was briefly very popular with the stupider of the wingnut brigade. Because we were offering some advisory backup on them.

84 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:41:59pm

re: #77 Kragar

Rush Limbaugh Defended Joseph Kony And Lord’s Resistance Army

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

85 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:42:39pm

re: #82 Charles Johnson

I see the mini-Breitbarts are now calling Prof. Derrick Bell a "racialist."

Which is, of course, the word white nationalists like Peter Brimelow sometimes use to describe themselves.

Maybe they're confusing Derrick Bell with The Bell Curve.

/

86 Targetpractice  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:43:46pm

re: #77 Kragar

Rush Limbaugh Defended Joseph Kony And Lord’s Resistance Army

Speaking of Rush the Hutt, I got a wingnut claiming that Rush stated on his show that only two companies have pulled their ads, and both are now "begging" to come back. Any news on that front?

87 Kragar  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:43:53pm

Fischer: The Left Hates Women

Fischer returned to the topic on his radio program again today, during a segment in which proclaimed that all the misogyny, hatred, and vulgar attacks on women almost always comes from the Left because the Right respects women and treats them with dignity. In fact, explained Fischer, there is really no difference between the Left and Islamic Radicals, who see women as "something less than human."

Then, after proclaiming that the Right always treats women respectfully, he then proceeded to again attack Fluke as a someone who is "sleeping with so many guys she can’t keep track [and] doing it three times a day" while wondering if President Obama would be proud if his daughters turned out like that:

88 Charles Johnson  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:44:22pm

It's not just all Google links that are broken -- those knuckleheads managed to hose all of their old URLs, period. All the LGF posts that linked to their articles now lead to the front page of Breitbart.com too.

No external links to any Big *** articles are working at all.

89 Prononymous, rogue demon hunter  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:45:44pm

re: #88 Charles Johnson

LOL. Apparently the hive mind doesn't know much about web development either.

90 Mocking Jay  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:46:14pm

re: #88 Charles Johnson

It's not just all Google links that are broken -- those knuckleheads managed to hose all of their old URLs, period. All the LGF posts that linked to their articles now lead to the front page of Breitbart.com too.

No external links to any Big *** articles are working at all.

Genius.

91 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:46:33pm

re: #86 Targetpractice

Speaking of Rush the Hutt, I got a wingnut claiming that Rush stated on his show that only two companies have pulled their ads, and both are now "begging" to come back. Any news on that front?

I've no doubt that some companies will quietly come back after this whole thing blows over. Maybe in 6 months to a year. As for "begging" to come back? Ha!

92 Kragar  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:47:28pm

re: #86 Targetpractice

Speaking of Rush the Hutt, I got a wingnut claiming that Rush stated on his show that only two companies have pulled their ads, and both are now "begging" to come back. Any news on that front?

Rush Limbaugh: Sponsors are like french fries

Limbaugh, citing claims he had lost 28 sponsors, said that is “out of 18,000. That’s like losing a couple of french fries in the container when it’s delivered to you in the drive thru. You don’t even notice it.”

“We have three brand new sponsors that will be starting in the next two weeks. Obviously I’m not going to tell you who they are today, but we’ve got three brand new full-fledged sponsors that will be starting in the next two weeks,” Limbaugh said. “Two of the sponsors who have sponsored have asked to return.”

He added, “Whatever you are seeing on television about this program and sponsors and advertisers is just incorrect.”

93 The Left  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:47:35pm

re: #87 Kragar

Fischer: The Left Hates Women

Did you page that? You should!

94 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:49:21pm

re: #87 Kragar

If we could harness that weapons grade cognitive dissonance as a fuel source, we could fly spacecraft to Pluto and back in less than four hours.

95 Prononymous, rogue demon hunter  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:50:23pm

re: #92 Kragar

He added, “Whatever you are seeing on television about this program and sponsors and advertisers is just incorrect.”

Er, on the television? Rush is such a fossil.

96 BongCrodny  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:50:31pm

re: #88 Charles Johnson

It's not just all Google links that are broken -- those knuckleheads managed to hose all of their old URLs, period. All the LGF posts that linked to their articles now lead to the front page of Breitbart.com too.

No external links to any Big *** articles are working at all.

I blame Obama.

97 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:50:37pm

re: #88 Charles Johnson

It's not just all Google links that are broken -- those knuckleheads managed to hose all of their old URLs, period. All the LGF posts that linked to their articles now lead to the front page of Breitbart.com too.

No external links to any Big *** articles are working at all.

Was Andrew his own web dude? The only one in his Big empire who knew how to do that stuff?

98 Mocking Jay  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:50:52pm

re: #92 Kragar

I'm sure the remaining sponsors love hearing that they won't even be noticed should they choose to leave.

99 Kragar  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:51:09pm

Wisconsin Republicans Complain Voter ID Judge Signed Walker Recall Petition

Wisconsin Republicans have filed a complaint about the judge who temporarily blocked a voter ID law from taking effect, arguing he couldn’t be a neutral arbitrator because he signed a petition calling for the recall of Gov. Scott Walker (R).

The complaint, filed with the Wisconsin Judicial Commission, said that Judge David Flanagan should have recused himself from the case or at least disclosed that he had signed the Walker recall petition. They pointed out that the group circulating the petition listed the voter ID law as one of the reasons to recall Walker.

So if a Judge doesn't agree with the GOP, he should recuse himself due to bias?

100 Charleston Chew  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:51:36pm

re: #94 Slumbering Behemoth

If we could harness that weapons grade cognitive dissonance as a fuel source, we could fly spacecraft to Pluto and back in less than four hours.

Not a viable fuel source because it produces massive amounts of toxic waste. It's gonna take decades to clean up after these people as it is.

101 Targetpractice  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:52:04pm

re: #92 Kragar

Rush Limbaugh: Sponsors are like french fries

Huh, now I know what a burning bridge sounds like.

102 Charles Johnson  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:52:11pm

re: #97 wrenchwench

Was Andrew his own web dude? The only one in his Big empire who knew how to do that stuff?

No, he didn't do that stuff.

103 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:52:39pm

re: #97 wrenchwench

Too complex a site.

104 jaunte  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:52:59pm

re: #87 Kragar

I guess he sees how well it's working for Rush, and wants to get some.

105 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:53:05pm

re: #85 wrenchwench

Maybe they're confusing Derrick Bell with The Bell Curve.

/

Speaking of Bell Curves, here's one I wouldn't mind ringing.

106 Targetpractice  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:53:17pm

re: #98 Meh.

I'm sure the remaining sponsors love hearing that they won't even be noticed should they choose to leave.

I'm sure that the local station owners are glad to hear that King Lardass thinks that their own financial difficulties due to these ads being pulled are of no consequence.

107 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:54:17pm

45.

108 Charles Johnson  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:54:23pm

He was not a web designer or programmer at all, but he got decent people to work for him. I don't know what's going on now - maybe they closed all those sites?

Actually, they did close them all - the question is whether it was intentional, I guess.

109 Charleston Chew  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:55:00pm

re: #96 BongCrodny

I blame Obama.

The Breitbarters are gonna be mad when they read that. "Hey, that was gonna be our headline! Scooped twice in one day!"

110 Kragar  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:55:20pm

re: #108 Charles Johnson

He was not a web designer or programmer at all, but he got decent people to work for him. I don't know what's going on now - maybe they closed all those sites?

Actually, they did close them all - the question is whether it was intentional, I guess.

OBAMA SABOTAGED THEM WITH A SEKRIT WEB KILLER GUN!

111 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:55:32pm

Breitbots.

112 Mocking Jay  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:55:40pm

re: #105 Slumbering Behemoth

Speaking of Bell Curves, here's one I wouldn't mind ringing.

The second reason I watch House of Lies.

The first being that Don Cheadle is just too awesome for words in his role.

113 elisabeth  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:56:22pm

re: #80 Iwouldprefernotto

And Prof. Bell is no longer around to defend himself.

114 The Left  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:56:46pm

re: #110 Kragar

OBAMA SABOTAGED THEM WITH A SEKRIT WEB KILLER GUN!

Seekrit Obama internets squads came out and used a ray gun on the brietbart sites!

115 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:56:49pm

re: #105 Slumbering Behemoth

Speaking of Bell Curves, here's one I wouldn't mind ringing.

Another black Bell!! Er, Bell Black. Whatever.

116 jaunte  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:57:08pm

re: #88 Charles Johnson

It's not just all Google links that are broken -- those knuckleheads managed to hose all of their old URLs, period. All the LGF posts that linked to their articles now lead to the front page of Breitbart.com too.

No external links to any Big *** articles are working at all.

What they really need now is a paywall.

117 Charles Johnson  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:57:41pm

Check out what happens if you click the Big *** links at the top of Breitbart.com.

Hosed.

118 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:58:31pm

re: #117 Charles Johnson

Damn. They will ruin his empire pretty soon.

119 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:58:48pm

Rush reduced to public service announcements...

120 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:59:27pm

re: #117 Charles Johnson

Well the trained monkeys tend to only work well under the guidance of their trainer...

121 Mocking Jay  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:59:32pm

re: #110 Kragar

OBAMA SABOTAGED THEM WITH A SEKRIT WEB KILLER GUN!

Super secret saboteurs from the Alinskyite Black Panther ACORN division, Local 577.

122 Kragar  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 2:59:40pm

re: #118 Creeping Diversity

Damn. They will ruin his empire pretty soon.

Andrew Breitbart as Alexander the Derp.

123 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:00:03pm

re: #111 Creeping Diversity

Breitbots.

And just like Franco...

124 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:00:45pm

re: #118 Creeping Diversity

Damn. They will ruin his empire pretty soon.

We can only hope.

125 Kragar  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:00:49pm

re: #117 Charles Johnson

Check out what happens if you click the BIg *** links at the top of Breitbart.com.

Hosed.

Seems to be working fine for me.

126 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:02:23pm

...

127 Mocking Jay  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:02:51pm

re: #125 Kragar

Seems to be working fine for me.

Same here.

128 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:04:34pm

re: #125 Kragar

They put everything on one site.

129 Charles Johnson  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:04:37pm

re: #125 Kragar

Seems to be working fine for me.

They're working now - but all direct links to articles are still borked.

I don't always succeed, but I usually try to have stuff debugged and tested before putting it online. In this case, I'm just watching in awe as they screw around with a live site in a way that totally breaks it, for hours and hours.

130 zora  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:05:07pm

the commenters at big think that this tape will be a game changer. some people can in fact be fooled all of the time.

131 The Left  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:06:37pm

re: #130 zora

the commenters at big think that this tape will be a game changer. some be can in fact be fooled all of the time.

Big think, heh. Big Poo. They're living in fantasy land.

132 Targetpractice  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:06:45pm

re: #130 zora

the commenters at big think that this tape will be a game changer. some be can in fact be fooled all of the time.

Desperation's set in. They need something, anything, that they think will damage Obama irreparably. So far, they've turned up nothing that doesn't send independent voters running for Wikipedia just to understand what the "outrage" is about.

133 Kragar  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:06:49pm

re: #130 zora

the commenters at big think that this tape will be a game changer. some people can in fact be fooled all of the time.

The uptick in gun sales again proves that.

134 MittDoesNotCompute  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:08:32pm

re: #133 Kragar

The uptick in gun sales again proves that.

OBAMAZ CUMMIN FER R GUNZ!!!11TY

135 The Left  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:08:42pm

re: #133 Kragar

The uptick in gun sales again proves that.

I'd like to just laugh at this, but as far as I know there actually is an uptick in gun sales right now.

136 Kragar  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:10:42pm

re: #135 Anon4This

I'd like to just laugh at this, but as far as I know there actually is an uptick in gun sales right now.

There is, NRA is pushing the "OBAMA IS COMING FOR YOUR GUNS" schtick again.

137 Targetpractice  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:10:48pm

re: #133 Kragar

The uptick in gun sales again proves that.

The NRA, the best friend gun shop owners who need to move old merchandise in election years could have.

138 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:15:20pm

re: #68 BongCrodny

I would love to know the story behind this one:

He is looking for a new partner for a video "sting" apparently, one that might pose as a minor.

139 The Left  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:15:23pm

re: #136 Kragar

There is, NRA is pushing the "OBAMA IS COMING FOR YOUR GUNS" schtick again.

Despite the fact that he's had three years to come for our guns....It really is 2008 all over again, Gus is right.

140 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:16:52pm

The video of Obama at Harvard posted at Big Whatever looks like they took the Buzzfeed one and washed it a couple of times and then threw it in the dryer. But it has a few extra second at the end in which Obama hugs someone (presumably Bell, but it's impossible to tell for sure on their version.)

141 Lidane  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:17:30pm

re: #139 Anon4This

Despite the fact that he's had three years to come for our guns...It really is 2008 all over again, Gus is right.

Oh, no. They're telling everyone that as soon as Barack Obama wins a second term and no longer has to answer to anyone, that's when he's going to gut the 2nd Amendment.

It's 1996 all over again but with added racism and fail.

142 Targetpractice  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:18:55pm

re: #139 Anon4This

Despite the fact that he's had three years to come for our guns...It really is 2008 all over again, Gus is right.

They're fanning the flames by asserting that he's been biding his time, waiting til he gets reelected, before passing a score of legislation that will strip them of their guns and make gun ownership virtually illegal.

Of course, how he's gonna do this when the Republicans are in no real danger of losing the House and the Democrats stand a chance of losing the Senate, I've no clue. It's election-year scaremongering, something the NRA's become quite proficient at.

143 engineer cat  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:19:29pm

re: #136 Kragar

There is, NRA is pushing the "OBAMA IS COMING FOR YOUR GUNS" schtick again.

basically the whole gop agenda is what used to work like a charm 30 years ago but is now last year's fishwrap, and they gots nothing - nothing! - new

144 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:20:44pm

re: #142 Targetpractice

They're fanning the flames by asserting that he's been biding his time, waiting til he gets reelected, before passing a score of legislation that will strip them of their guns and make gun ownership virtually illegal.

Of course, how he's gonna do this when the Republicans are in no real danger of losing the House and the Democrats stand a chance of losing the Senate, I've no clue. It's election-year scaremongering, something the NRA's become quite proficient at.

Being a wingnut is 99% imagination.

145 Targetpractice  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:21:40pm

re: #143 engineer cat

basically the whole gop agenda is what used to work like a charm 30 years ago but is now last year's fishwrap, and they gots nothing - nothing! - new

The only thing new to the GOP's repertoire this time around is that they've got the Tea Party hanging 'round their necks like a rotting albatross. Trying to play to an increasingly contradictory base is leading to a party that's virtually at war with itself.

146 Prononymous, rogue demon hunter  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:21:46pm

re: #144 Gus

Being a wingnut is 99% imagination.

We make our own reality!

147 Targetpractice  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:22:06pm

re: #144 Gus

Being a wingnut is 99% imagination.

"I reject your reality and substitute my own!"

148 The Left  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:22:12pm

re: #142 Targetpractice

They're fanning the flames by asserting that he's been biding his time, waiting til he gets reelected, before passing a score of legislation that will strip them of their guns and make gun ownership virtually illegal.

Of course, how he's gonna do this when the Republicans are in no real danger of losing the House and the Democrats stand a chance of losing the Senate, I've no clue. It's election-year scaremongering, something the NRA's become quite proficient at.

That's the reason they're revisiting 2008 scare mongering-- Obama didn't do it before 2012, which only PROVES he was WAITING for 2012! etc.

149 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:23:22pm

re: #146 Javelina is a type of coffee, right?

Imagination!

150 Targetpractice  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:23:37pm

re: #148 Anon4This

That's the reason they're revisiting 2008 scare mongering-- Obama didn't do it before 2012, which only PROVES he was WAITING for 2012! etc.

As noted above, it's basically just a dusting off of the '96 playbook, playing up an reelected Obama, free of the shackles of running for reelection, being some virtually unstoppable and mad dictator.

151 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:24:41pm

re: #146 Javelina is a type of coffee, right?

re: #147 Targetpractice

Paradoxical postmodernism from absolutist fundamentalists.

152 RadicalModerate  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:26:35pm

Today's GOP: Where corporations and zygotes are considered people, while women, gays, and racial and religious minorities are not.

153 jaunte  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:28:23pm
154 The Left  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:28:32pm

re: #150 Targetpractice

As noted above, it's basically just a dusting off of the '96 playbook, playing up an reelected Obama, free of the shackles of running for reelection, being some virtually unstoppable and mad dictator.

yeah, that's interesting. The 96 playbook bit. i really wasn't paying that much attention in 96, i admit, but you're right.

155 bubba zanetti  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:29:01pm

re: #144 Gus

Being a wingnut is 99% imagination.

And 1% perspiration? Surely not desperation.

156 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:29:45pm

re: #155 bubba zanetti

And 1% perspiration? Surely not desperation.

99% imagination and 1% defecation.

//

157 jaunte  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:30:22pm

re: #155 bubba zanetti

From what I've seen, they're a little sweatier than that.

158 engineer cat  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:31:20pm

re: #145 Targetpractice

The only thing new to the GOP's repertoire this time around is that they've got the Tea Party hanging 'round their necks like a rotting albatross. Trying to play to an increasingly contradictory base is leading to a party that's virtually at war with itself.

the teapartiers had the bad form to believe the lies the republican party establishment had been feeding them

just not done, old man, i say!

159 RadicalModerate  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:31:46pm

re: #155 bubba zanetti

And 1% perspiration? Surely not desperation.

Derp-speration.

And it's probably around 25% - never mind that puts the total over 100%, but math was never their strong suit anyway.

160 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:32:28pm

They've been reading over here.

Revealed: Derrick Bell's HBO Sci-Fi Blaxploitation Flick

by Joel B. Pollak 14 minutes ago 0 post a comment
Derrick Bell, the man whose scholarship inspired Barack Obama, was the Jeremiah Wright of academia.

And a Hollywood cult hero.

Bell was one of the chief proponents of Critical Race Theory, a radical doctrine that holds that American legal institutions—including our civil rights laws—perpetuate white supremacy.

Bell’s ideas were not only radical, but bizarre. After leaving Harvard (he resigned in 1992), he wrote a racialist, antisemitic fictional essay entitled “The Space Traders,” which Ninth Circuit judge Alex Kozinski described in the New York Times with disgust:

[...]

161 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:34:31pm

Derrick Bell, First Tenured Black Professor at HLS, Dies

Excerpts:

• Once called the “Rosa Parks of legal education” by President Obama, Derrick A. Bell—the first tenured black professor at Harvard Law School—died Wednesday night. He was 80 years old.

• Bell went to work for the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Justice Department, resigning after being asked to rescind his membership in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

• Bell was then hired by the NAACP, working with Thurgood Marshall to develop a legal strategy to fight school segregation in the South.

Read it.

162 engineer cat  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:34:31pm

re: #152 RadicalModerate

Today's GOP: Where corporations and zygotes are considered people, while women, gays, and racial and religious minorities are not.

if they don't protect the zygotes, they may never have the chance to be exploited and discriminated against

and that would be a shame

163 jaunte  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:35:25pm

re: #160 wrenchwench

That would be this Judge Alex Kozinski?
9th Circuit's chief judge posted sexually explicit matter on his website

Kozinski, 57, said that he thought the site was for his private storage and that he was not aware the images could be seen by the public, although he also said he had shared some material on the site with friends. After the interview Tuesday evening, he blocked public access to the site.

164 Killgore Trout  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:35:45pm

re: #160 wrenchwench

They've been reading over here.

I linked to it on the last thread. It's really cool.

166 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:36:10pm

And the opening salvo against Bell from Dana Loesch:

Andrea Mitchell Runs Defense for Obama, Derrick Bell

by Dana Loesch 15 minutes ago 0 post a comment
Andrew Mitchell was quick to defend President Obama and Derrick Bell from the emerging story stemming from Breitbart.com's Harvard footage. In the video, a young Barack Obama is seen lavishing praise upon Derrick Bell, known as a campus radical, before a crowd of students.

"This is classic Obama," Mitchell gushed.

Speaking of the context in which Obama is seen:

" … this is not some firebrand radical in the context of the times. He was the head of the law review and speaking out on behalf of a very distinguished professor."

"Distinguished," yes. Distinguished in what Bell believed.

Developing …

Video at the link.

167 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:37:03pm

re: #164 Killgore Trout

I linked to it on the last thread. It's really cool.

I watched the beginning and the end. I suspect that's where Pollack 'found'
it.

168 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:37:20pm

I think they're about to step into it with this one. Derrick Bell is no Jeremiah Wright. Not even close.

169 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:38:14pm

re: #163 jaunte

That would be this Judge Alex Kozinski?
9th Circuit's chief judge posted sexually explicit matter on his website

And they want to use him to attack Bell. Sick.

170 jaunte  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:38:38pm

McDonnell signs bill requiring ultrasounds before abortions

Governor Robert F. McDonnell (R) signed into law Wednesday a bill that will require women to undergo ultrasounds before they have abortions. It will go into effect July 1.

171 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:39:43pm

re: #168 Gus

I think they're about to step into it with this one. Derrick Bell is no Jeremiah Wright. Not even close.

But he talks about raaace!!! In a way that makes us uncomfortable!!!

It's so stupid of them to call him a racialist.

172 The Left  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:39:49pm

re: #168 Gus

Derrick Bell is no Jeremiah Wright. Not even close.

By the time they're done he will be. Just watch.

173 jaunte  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:39:56pm

re: #169 wrenchwench

Alex Kozinski, chief judge of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, acknowledged in an interview with The Times that he had posted the materials, which included a photo of naked women on all fours painted to look like cows

Maybe he's on Limbaugh's mailing list.

174 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:40:36pm

re: #172 Anon4This

By the time they're done he will be. Just watch.

Scum.

175 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:41:31pm

re: #172 Anon4This

By the time they're done he will be. Just watch.

I suppose that since he's dead all of the Breitbart dittoheads will respect him in death right?

Oops, nope. They won't.

176 Obdicut  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:41:55pm

re: #172 Anon4This

By the time they're done he will be. Just watch.

He's worse to them. He was an academic.

177 Shvaughn  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:42:02pm

re: #168 Gus

I think they're about to step into it with this one. Derrick Bell is no Jeremiah Wright. Not even close.

Jeremiah Wright wasn't even a Jeremiah Wright, before the attacks on him started in.

178 Gretchen G.Tiger  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:42:12pm

Hey all,

anything exciting happen today?

179 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:42:36pm

re: #176 Obdicut

He's worse to them. He was an academic.

Snob!

180 Gretchen G.Tiger  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:44:11pm

re: #163 jaunte

That would be this Judge Alex Kozinski?
9th Circuit's chief judge posted sexually explicit matter on his website

You put something on the internet and think no one will ever see it?

Am I missing something?

181 Kragar  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:44:17pm

Fischer loves Santorum

the American people love Santorum for it. His message is resonating with ordinary Americans who are ecstatic to have a public figure who fearlessly defends their values and has the character and integrity to back it up. He doesn't just talk a good game, he lives a good game.

NBC's Chuck Todd said last night that Santorum has the "silent majority" in his corner, and he's right. How else can you explain his steady climb toward the top of the pyramid? He's been outspent and out-organized, and yet there he is, running neck and neck with a candidate everyone concedes generates no enthusiasm in the Republican base.

182 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:44:28pm

Apparently Breibart readers are opposed to Obama speaking at a rally to end racism and exclusion of black men and women in the Harvard faculty.

I wonder why that is?

183 Prononymous, rogue demon hunter  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:44:34pm

re: #178 ggt

Hey all,

anything exciting happen today?

I watered a plant. That's about it.

184 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:44:36pm

re: #175 Gus

I suppose that since he's dead all of the Breitbart dittoheads will respect him in death right?

Oops, nope. They won't.

He can't sue anybody either. I wonder if that was part of the strategy.

185 Gretchen G.Tiger  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:44:44pm

I'm off,

short visit.

Have a great evening all!

186 jaunte  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:45:03pm
187 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:45:30pm

re: #184 wrenchwench

He can't sue anybody either. I wonder if that was part of the strategy.

It was there in 2008. It was nothing then as it will be now. They're just desperate and more deranged since the death of their dear leader.

188 Aye Pod  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:45:35pm

re: #1 Locker

Attention whores. Nothing more.

Never trust an attention whore.

189 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:46:40pm

re: #182 Gus

Apparently Breibart readers are opposed to Obama speaking at a rally to end racism and exclusion of black men and women in the Harvard faculty.

I wonder why that is?

As one of their commenters wrote:

Freedom is more important than equality and diversity.

Freedom for rich white guys, I guess.

190 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:47:10pm

Regardless. Progressives need to stay on their toes and get ready to react about this garbage. Too much focus on Rush Limbaugh is not going to help if they ignore these other things.

191 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:47:35pm

re: #189 wrenchwench

As one of their commenters wrote:

Freedom for rich white guys, I guess.

Well yeah. Basically, freedom to be a racist asshole.

192 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:47:51pm

re: #187 Gus

It was there in 2008. It was nothing then as it will be now. They're just desperate and more deranged since the death of their dear leader.

Breitbart was working on this before he died. They're toiling on in his memory.

193 ElCapitanAmerica  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:48:45pm

Charles!!!

BuzzFeed did edit the video, look at the one Breitbart.com has posted;
[Link: www.breitbart.com...]

The breitbart video is darker, fuzzier, and of much lower quality. The BuzzFeed one is more clear, it's clearly been Photoshopped (snicker)!!!

See how fuzzy it is? it also includes the 1 second "controversial hug" from Obama at the end! They took out the hug, I repeat, THEY TOOK OUT THE HUG!!!

194 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:49:15pm

re: #193 ElCapitanAmerica

Charles!!!

BuzzFeed did edit the video, look at the one Breitbart.com has posted;
[Link: www.breitbart.com...]

The breitbart video is darker, fuzzier, and of much lower quality. The BuzzFeed one is more clear, it's clearly been Photoshopped (snicker)!!!

See how fuzzy it is? it also includes the 1 second "controversial hug" from Obama at the end! They took out the hug, I repeat, THEY TOOK OUT THE HUG!!!

That's funny.

195 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:49:48pm

Maybe it will be a complete flop. Looks like it. That Alinsky play thing was a complete flop.

196 jaunte  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:51:15pm

re: #193 ElCapitanAmerica

Breaking footage shows a young Barack Obama leading a protest at Harvard Law School on behalf of Prof. Derrick Bell, a radical academic tied to Jeremiah Wright. We will be releasing significant information in the coming hours.

SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION!

197 Charles Johnson  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:51:40pm

The hug means everything.

Without the hug you might almost believe this is a complete nothing of a story.

198 Only The Lurker Knows  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:52:13pm

re: #178 ggt

Hey all,

anything exciting happen today?

Got the Brakes on the car fixed. Oh! and it broke 40 degrees here today.

199 jaunte  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:52:13pm

AFTER THE HUG, WE BELIEVE THERE WAS A SQUEEZE!

200 Shvaughn  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:52:31pm

Here's an interesting article about "Space Traders":

My Sci-Fi Connection With Derrick Bell

201 Killgore Trout  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:53:19pm

re: #199 jaunte

AFTER THE HUG, WE BELIEVE THERE WAS A SQUEEZE!

Terrorist penis bump!

202 Charles Johnson  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:53:28pm

Wait - "Space Traders" was "antisemitic?" Huh?

203 darthstar  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:53:30pm

re: #1 Locker

Attention whores. Nothing more.

You mean the breitbartians are taking contraceptives?
//

204 The Left  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:53:57pm

re: #195 Gus

Maybe it will be a complete flop. Looks like it. That Alinsky play thing was a complete flop.

LGF MINIONZ COULDN'T CARE LESS ABOUT OBAMA'S PUBLICLY AVOWED COMMUNIZM! TREASON!

--from Jimmah, whose keyboard is out of action, as they say.

205 bubba zanetti  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:54:29pm

re: #199 jaunte

HE
LINGERED

LOVINGLY

206 Killgore Trout  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:55:18pm

re: #202 Charles Johnson

Wait - "Space Traders" was "antisemitic?" Huh?

I watched the whole thing this afternoon. No, it wasn't. There was one line disccusing the possibility of resisting the Trade with rocks like the palestinians. One joke about the American Dream being blacks swimming back to Africa...with a Jew under each arm. Nothing outrageous.

207 Lidane  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:55:23pm

The only thing I saw in that video was the fact that Barack Obama has a remarkable consistency as a speaker, and a natural talent in front of a crowd.

208 jaunte  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:55:41pm
209 ElCapitanAmerica  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:56:35pm

re: #201 Killgore Trout

Terrorist penis bump!

YOU'RE RIGHT!

I SEE IT!!!!

The controversial Bell/Obama hug
THE HUUUUUUUUUUUUGG!!!!!!

BTW, the name they gave the file ... "bell hug 1.jpg"

THERE ARE PROBABLY OTHER HUGS THEY HAVE UNCOVERED!!!!

210 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:57:17pm

re: #206 Killgore Trout

I watched the whole thing this afternoon. No, it wasn't. There was one line disccusing the possibility of resisting the Trade with rocks like the palestinians. One joke about the American Dream being blacks swimming back to Africa...with a Jew under each arm. Nothing outrageous.

Why? For most of the Confederate wingnuts that is the "American dream."

211 bubba zanetti  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:57:18pm

Drugs not hugs.

212 Jimmi the Grey  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:57:25pm

re: #194 Gus

That's funny.

Needs moar eleventy!!1!

213 Aye Pod  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:57:42pm

re: #207 Lidane

The only thing I saw in that video was the fact that Barack Obama has a remarkable consistency as a speaker, and a natural talent in front of a crowd.

Hence the subsequent widespread wingnut brainburn.

214 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:57:51pm

What's outrageous is that it's true. People actually think that way. Get real man.

215 bubba zanetti  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 3:58:45pm

Expect that hug to be timestretched.

216 Obdicut  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:01:10pm

re: #206 Killgore Trout

And the last bit is actually anti-anti-semitic, or rather, accusing white America of antisemitism.

217 Lidane  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:02:11pm

re: #213 Jimmah

Hence the subsequent widespread wingut brainburn.

Yeah, pretty much. You could take the audio of that speech and play it for people and they'd think it was something he said last week instead of 20 years ago.

Same casual body language, same tone and delivery, same measured cadence... if that's an example of a young Barack Obama, then it's not a bad one.

218 wrenchwench  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:02:58pm

re: #207 Lidane

The only thing I saw in that video was the fact that Barack Obama has a remarkable consistency as a speaker, and a natural talent in front of a crowd.

Which is what really pisses them off.

219 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:03:36pm

How dare Obama speak out for equality at Harvard!

Seriously. When do the Breitbartians start putting on their white sheets?

220 Shvaughn  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:03:39pm

I'm reading over the Space Traders right now and let me tell you, Breitbart's stooge is lying about anti-semitism in it.

221 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:04:11pm

re: #220 Shvaughn

I'm reading over the Space Traders right now and let me tell you, Breitbart's stooge is lying about anti-semitism in it.

No way! They're lying?!

//

222 Shvaughn  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:05:54pm

re: #221 Gus

No way! They're lying?!

//

I know, shocker huh?!

They link to the PDF -- that's where I got the link -- but it's clear that they don't expect their audience to actually READ it.

223 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:09:46pm

So there's another story line here. Apparently the right-wing is going to exploit Jews to get at Obama?

224 The Left  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:09:50pm

re: #219 Gus

How dare Obama speak out for equality at Harvard!

Seriously. When do the Breitbartians start putting on their white sheets?

It's a big tent! made with a big white sheet

225 Killgore Trout  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:10:17pm

re: #216 Obdicut

And the last bit is actually anti-anti-semitic, or rather, accusing white America of antisemitism.

In the story the Jews and Blacks join together to oppose the trade. The dude probably had a lot of ideas I'd disagree with but he wasn't that outrageous. It was a decent story.

226 Obdicut  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:11:38pm

re: #225 Killgore Trout

Perceiving something with Jews and blacks joining together as antisemitic says something about the people who think that, I'd say.

227 MittDoesNotCompute  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:11:47pm

re: #224 Anon4This

It's a big tent! made with a big white sheet

Starched and pressed, with two round windows.

228 Shvaughn  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:12:32pm

re: #223 Gus

So there's another story line here. Apparently the right-wing is going to exploit Jews to get at Obama?

They've been trying with the whole "Obama hates Israel!" thing.

229 bubba zanetti  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:13:25pm

re: #227 talon_262

Starched and pressed, with two round windows.

And a steeply sloped steeple to shed snow. The pure, white, snow.

230 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:14:43pm

re: #229 bubba zanetti

And a steeply sloped steeple to shed snow. The pure, white, snow.

With a burning cross to keep you warm!

//

231 Killgore Trout  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:14:57pm

Let's support all the boycotts!
Mainstream Media Invites Crude Palin Bashing Comedian to Host Correspondents Dinner

Despite the mainstream media piling on attacks against Rush Limbaugh for calling 30-year-old college coed Sandra Fluke, who wants you to pay for her birth control, a "slut" this week, (for which he apologized) the Radio and TV Correspondents Association has chosen crude comedian Louis C.K. to host its annual black-tie dinner event in June.

People are offended! When everyone is fired then we'll finally be safe!

232 Obdicut  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:16:07pm

re: #231 Killgore Trout

Nobody consulted Louis C.K. on the debt plan.

233 Varek Raith  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:16:09pm

Lol, townhall?
Come on KT.
XD

234 Killgore Trout  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:16:36pm

re: #233 Varek Raith

Lol, townhall?
Come on KT.
XD

Exactly.

235 Obdicut  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:17:11pm

And Louis C.K.'s comedy is insulting as hell, but it's not a serious advocation to do anything politically, which Limbaugh is.

Yeah, Town Hall throws up another insanely dumb comparison. No surprise.

236 Shvaughn  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:17:16pm

re: #231 Killgore Trout

Let's support all the boycotts!
Mainstream Media Invites Crude Palin Bashing Comedian to Host Correspondents Dinner

People are offended! When everyone is fired then we'll finally be safe!

How does this even make sense to you

237 Varek Raith  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:17:52pm

re: #232 Obdicut

Nobody consulted Louis C.K. on the debt plan.

Or has to publicly grovel before him if they call him out.

238 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:18:23pm

re: #231 Killgore Trout

because Louis CK has visited the white house


Louis CK is on conference calls with billionare think tank power players setting policy


Louis CK can compel members of the house and senate to apologize to him

239 Aye Pod  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:18:40pm

re: #231 Killgore Trout

Let's support all the boycotts!

There's no such thing as a right thing or a wrong thing. It's all just one opinion against another! Post modernism! YAAY!

240 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:18:49pm

re: #236 Shvaughn

How does this even make sense to you

Troll be trollin

241 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:19:27pm

re: #231 Killgore Trout

Let's support all the boycotts!
Mainstream Media Invites Crude Palin Bashing Comedian to Host Correspondents Dinner

People are offended! When everyone is fired then we'll finally be safe!

So before there was a boycott Rush movement there were no boycotts?

Why didn't you speak as loudly about other boycotts in the past?

And if some people make foolish boycotts are all boycotts foolish?

242 Lidane  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:19:53pm

re: #232 Obdicut

Nobody consulted Louis C.K. on the debt plan.

Exactly.

243 Lidane  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:20:04pm
244 Varek Raith  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:20:55pm

All or nothing.
Or something.

245 Shvaughn  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:21:02pm

re: #243 Lidane

I was just about to post that link!

246 Varek Raith  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:21:37pm

Teen loses driver's license forever

247 Targetpractice  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:22:04pm

re: #231 Killgore Trout

Let's support all the boycotts!
Mainstream Media Invites Crude Palin Bashing Comedian to Host Correspondents Dinner

People are offended! When everyone is fired then we'll finally be safe!

KT, at this point I'm beginning to conclude that you're engaging in the slowest flounce in LGF history. That or you really are this naive, I can't tell.

248 Shvaughn  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:22:41pm

re: #231 Killgore Trout

[Quoting townhall.com]
Despite the mainstream media piling on attacks against Rush Limbaugh for calling 30-year-old college coed Sandra Fluke, who wants you to pay for her birth control, a "slut" this week, ...

...they can't even stop lying about Fluke.

249 Varek Raith  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:23:32pm

re: #247 Targetpractice

KT, at this point I'm beginning to conclude that you're engaging in the slowest flounce in LGF history. That or you really are this naive, I can't tell.

Read KT's posts on the 2008 election night threads.

:P

250 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:23:57pm

re: #247 Targetpractice

KT, at this point I'm beginning to conclude that you're engaging in the slowest flounce in LGF history. That or you really are this naive, I can't tell.

it's not a flounce or naive, it's trolling

It's a thing that stirs up the comments

See troll stir!

Stir comments stir!

251 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:24:26pm

Nah. That link to Townhall was meant to say something like, "see you moonbats supporting the Rush boycott are just as bad as the wingnuts on Townhall!"

252 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:24:57pm

Bill Maher: Dems Should Accept Limbaugh's Apology

The number of advertisers who are running away from Rush Limbaugh continues to climb, but the conservative talk show host found some support from an unlikely source this week: Bill Maher.

The late night comedian took to Twitter to tell his fellow liberals to accept Limbaugh's apology and move on: "Hate to defend #RushLimbaugh but he apologized, liberals looking bad not accepting. Also hate intimidation by sponsor pullout"

Of course, as CBS News reminds us, Maher is no stranger to controversy himself. Earlier this year the comedian faced a boycott for a controversial tweet about Denver Broncos QB Tim Tebow.

EDIT: Forgot to add...

1. No one can accept an apology on behalf of the person that was apologized too. That's not how it works.

2. Limbaugh's statement was less of an apology, and more of an excuse to repeat the lies he'd been making regarding Ms. Fluke's testimony.

253 Lidane  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:25:18pm

re: #241 Gus

I still don't see the logic in condemning the whole concept of boycotts. It makes no sense.

We put financial pressure on people we don't agree with all the time. That's the whole point of a government using trade embargoes, sanctions, tariffs, freezing assets, etc. It's a way to get people to do what you want by squeezing their wallet, since it's something people readily understand.

Even boycotts that I think are made of fail, like the ones against JC Penney because of Ellen and against Archie comics for a gay character, have at least some sort of logic behind them. It's people expressing their opinion through economic pressure.

254 Shvaughn  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:25:30pm

re: #251 Gus

Nah. That link to Townhall was meant to say something like, "see you moonbats supporting the Rush boycott are just as bad as the wingnuts on Townhall!"

Both sides do it!

//

255 Targetpractice  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:26:01pm

re: #251 Gus

Nah. That link to Townhall was meant to say something like, "see you moonbats supporting the Rush boycott are just as bad as the wingnuts on Townhall!"

It's why I'm beginning to think this is a flounce, because that's all I've heard from wingnuts since Monday: "If you think Rush should be taken off the air for saying 'slut,' then you should also want Malloy/Schultz/Maher/C.K. muzzled!"

256 Varek Raith  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:26:11pm

re: #251 Gus

Nah. That link to Townhall was meant to say something like, "see you moonbats supporting the Rush boycott are just as bad as the wingnuts on Townhall!"

Awww, how cute!
Image: funny-cat-pictures-lolcats-nananananananana.jpg

257 Shvaughn  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:26:15pm

re: #252 Slumbering Behemoth

Bill Maher: Dems Should Accept Limbaugh's Apology

Bill Maher is sort of a sexist douche, it's no wonder he's arguing for this.

Isn't he a libertarian anyway?

258 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:26:40pm

re: #256 Varek Raith

Awww, how cute!
Image: funny-cat-pictures-lolcats-nananananananana.jpg

Exactly.

259 Targetpractice  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:27:14pm

re: #252 Slumbering Behemoth

Bill Maher: Dems Should Accept Limbaugh's Apology

Yeah, I've considered showing that to the wingnuts calling for Maher's head, but I'm afraid the exploding brain matter would get on my clothes.

260 zora  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:27:17pm

re: #252 Slumbering Behemoth

Bill Maher: Dems Should Accept Limbaugh's Apology

now we will see how little the dems care about what bill maher thinks.

261 jamesfirecat  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:27:37pm

re: #252 Slumbering Behemoth

Bill Maher: Dems Should Accept Limbaugh's Apology

I disagree Rush's "apology" was one of those smarmy "I didn't meant to say what I said that way and I'm sorry if anybody got offended" apologies. It demeans/devalues all real apologies if it is accepted.

262 Killgore Trout  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:27:56pm

re: #236 Shvaughn

How does this even make sense to you

Because that's where all this leads to. Nobody's really interested in raising the level of political discourse. It's all a giant partisan circle derp trying to protect sacred cows on either side. This doesn't stop with political pundits. It's comedians, artists, actors, musicians, etc. This is what the outrageous outrage culture of boycotts has brought us.

263 Shvaughn  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:28:45pm

Even though Bill Maher isn't a liberal anyway, I'll gladly make the trade of getting him off the air in disgrace for the same thing happening to Limbaugh!

264 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:28:46pm

Gotta love it. PBS basically pre-empted Hannity and the Breitbart clown guests.

265 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:29:23pm

re: #257 Shvaughn

I've always thought of him as a douche. I didn't know he was a sexist as well.

266 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:29:30pm

And most of the Hannity viewers are already convinced anyway. Basically they'll be preaching to the choir with their distortions.

267 Killgore Trout  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:29:38pm

re: #263 Shvaughn

Even though Bill Maher isn't a liberal anyway, I'll gladly make the trade of getting him off the air in disgrace for the same thing happening to Limbaugh!

Heh. That's the spirit!

268 Lidane  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:29:48pm

re: #262 Killgore Trout

Because boycotts are a recent phenomenon. They never happened before.

269 Shvaughn  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:29:55pm

re: #262 Killgore Trout

This is what the outrageous outrage culture of boycotts has brought us.

You would have been on the wrong side during the Civil Rights Movement, wouldn't you?

270 jamesfirecat  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:30:16pm

re: #262 Killgore Trout

Because that's where all this leads to. Nobody's really interested in raising the level of political discourse. It's all a giant partisan circle derp trying to protect sacred cows on either side. This doesn't stop with political pundits. It's comedians, artists, actors, musicians, etc. This is what the outrageous outrage culture of boycotts has brought us.

Rush Limbaugh calling a girl a "slut" for testifying in front of congress is about as far as you can get from an "outrageous outrage."

Down THE FUCK ding.

271 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:30:39pm

re: #262 Killgore Trout

Fuck it. Let's go burn some Dixie Chicks albums!

Heh. +1 for "circle derp".

272 Targetpractice  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:31:07pm

re: #263 Shvaughn

Even though Bill Maher isn't a liberal anyway, I'll gladly make the trade of getting him off the air in disgrace for the same thing happening to Limbaugh!

The difference is that Maher is a comedian, even if a political one. What's more, the majority of the comments made by him against St. Palin and Daughter of Palin were on-stage, not on his HBO show. So the idea that a company is responsible for the off-air actions of its actors is something I'm not sure they wanna pursue.

273 Obdicut  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:31:15pm

re: #262 Killgore Trout

But it's not about protecting sacred cows. Women not being called sluts for testifying in front of congress on an issue that affects them is a good thing. Propaganda really does have effect. If you have a society full of hateful speech, you have more hateful behavior.

Driving it underground is better. Our society is better when terrible ideas aren't able to be openly advocated, because it raises their level of acceptance unless it's fought back against.

Calling these things 'sacred cows' ignores the efficacy of propaganda.

274 Lidane  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:31:49pm

Also, Louis CK is funny. At least IMO:

Youtube Video
275 Killgore Trout  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:31:52pm

re: #271 Slumbering Behemoth

Fuck it. Let's go burn some Dixie Chicks albums!

Heh. +1 for "circle derp".

I can use my Beatles albums for kindling. Where's my copy of Huck Finn?

276 Aye Pod  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:32:30pm

re: #249 Varek Raith

Read KT's posts on the 2008 election night threads.

:P

Me and ice recommend reading those threads on a regular basis. Too fun!

277 Killgore Trout  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:32:32pm

re: #274 Lidane

Also, Louis CK is funny. At least IMO:

[Embedded content]

I think he's probably the best comedian we have today.

278 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:32:55pm

Not this tough guy act again.

279 Obdicut  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:33:04pm

re: #275 Killgore Trout

I can use my Beatles albums for kindling. Where's my copy of Huck Finn?

Anyone who thinks Huck Finn is racist is an idiot, though. So that's another foolish comparison.

Reality matters.

280 Targetpractice  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:33:26pm

re: #273 Obdicut

But it's not about protecting sacred cows. Women not being called sluts for testifying in front of congress on an issue that affects them is a good thing. Propaganda really does have effect. If you have a society full of hateful speech, you have more hateful behavior.

Driving it underground is better. Our society is better when terrible ideas aren't able to be openly advocated, because it raises their level of acceptance unless it's fought back against.

Calling these things 'sacred cows' ignores the efficacy of propaganda.

And the value of the propaganda is proven by the fact that so many took Rush at his word within hours of him speaking it on Day One, convinced that her testimony was her whining about the cost of her overly-active sex life and how the government should cover the cost of her birth control.

281 Obdicut  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:33:32pm

re: #278 Gus

Not this tough guy act again.

No no, he's Zen.

282 Shvaughn  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:33:44pm

re: #273 Obdicut

But it's not about protecting sacred cows. Women not being called sluts for testifying in front of congress on an issue that affects them is a good thing. Propaganda really does have effect. If you have a society full of hateful speech, you have more hateful behavior.

It's only "outrageous outrage" over "sacred cows" if, like KT and the Republican party, you don't give a shit about women.

For those of us who are women or who aren't but give a fuck about them, it's not just "outrageous outrage," of course.

Once you adopt a world-view in which Women Simply Don't Matter, a lot of what KT is saying makes perfect sense. Those darn uppity liberals! OWS!

283 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:33:54pm

re: #275 Killgore Trout

I can use my Beatles albums for kindling. Where's my copy of Huck Finn?

I suppose I could throw some of my old Lovecraft stuff on the bon fire, but that may come with unfathomable consequences.

284 goddamnedfrank  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:34:46pm

Socrates the Druid casts Gust of Wind, all logical arguments in play must be discarded.

285 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:34:51pm

So boycotting Rush = burning books and records?

286 Targetpractice  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:35:48pm

re: #284 goddamnedfrank

Socrates the Druid casts Gust of Wind, all logical arguments in play must be discarded.

Thank God that one of the players here has plenty of "They Do It Too!" cards in his deck.

//

287 The Left  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:36:22pm

re: #286 Targetpractice

Thank God that one of the players here has plenty of "They Do It Too!" cards in his deck.

//

Heh!

288 Shvaughn  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:37:53pm

re: #252 Slumbering Behemoth

Bill Maher: Dems Should Accept Limbaugh's Apology

EDIT: Forgot to add...

1. No one can accept an apology on behalf of the person that was apologized too. That's not how it works.

2. Limbaugh's statement was less of an apology, and more of an excuse to repeat the lies he'd been making regarding Ms. Fluke's testimony.

Two excellent points in your edit!

289 William Barnett-Lewis  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:39:03pm

re: #247 Targetpractice

KT, at this point I'm beginning to conclude that you're engaging in the slowest flounce in LGF history. That or you really are this naive, I can't tell.

It feels much like when Cato was burning out. Different styles yet I can't help but feel it's like that.

290 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:39:07pm

re: #285 Gus

Just having some fun. Rush's comments are not comparable at all to the Dixie Chicks, just referencing them in the context of boycotts.

I don't really give a shit who boycotts what. I don't see it as being terribly effective. The Dixie Chicks didn't disappear from the music industry, and neither will Rush disappear from talk radio.

291 Varek Raith  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:39:20pm

re: #278 Gus

Not this tough guy act again.

Lol@punyhuman.

292 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:40:07pm

re: #290 Slumbering Behemoth

Just having some fun. Rush's comments are not comparable at all to the Dixie Chicks, just referencing them in the context of boycotts.

I don't really give a shit who boycotts what. I don't see it as being terribly effective. The Dixie Chicks didn't disappear from the music industry, and neither will Rush disappear from talk radio.

OK. Didn't want to lump ya' in with KT's shenanigans.

293 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:41:39pm

Going up!

294 Varek Raith  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:41:57pm
Youtube Video
295 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:42:16pm

re: #288 Shvaughn

I intended to add that originally, but when I was looking at it in "Preview" just to make sure the link worked, and hit "Post It" instead of "Close".

296 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:43:17pm

re: #292 Gus

OK. Didn't want to lump ya' in with KT's shenanigans.

I'm cool with KT, even if we disagree on some things.

297 Killgore Trout  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:44:21pm

re: #290 Slumbering Behemoth

Just having some fun. Rush's comments are not comparable at all to the Dixie Chicks, just referencing them in the context of boycotts.

I don't really give a shit who boycotts what. I don't see it as being terribly effective. The Dixie Chicks didn't disappear from the music industry, and neither will Rush disappear from talk radio.

I agree. These things work too often for my taste but it's not really a big deal. I am surprised that there is so little serious discussion about the boycotts in general but people here seem pretty universally attached to the idea.

298 Killgore Trout  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:45:06pm

re: #296 Slumbering Behemoth

I'm cool with KT, even if we disagree on some things.

Shhhh! Don't say that, my stink might rub off on you.
/

299 Varek Raith  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:45:47pm

re: #296 Slumbering Behemoth

I'm cool with KT, even if we disagree on some things.

Most of us are.
It's why we give him shit sometimes.
Also, Gus?
Stop smoking!
:)

300 Obdicut  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:46:36pm

re: #297 Killgore Trout

Well, we try to discuss it with you, but you just dodge questions and bring up obviously wrong comparisons.

It's funny watching you decry lack of discussion while dodging questions left and right.

301 Gus  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:46:51pm

re: #296 Slumbering Behemoth

I'm cool with KT, even if we disagree on some things.

I didn't say I don't enjoy harassing him either. ;)

302 Varek Raith  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:47:43pm

Just like Kragar and his pathetic Imperium.
Silly humans.
:P

303 Only The Lurker Knows  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:47:54pm

re: #282 Shvaughn

BTW, Welcome to to Jungle. It's getting more and more interesting as we move towards the next Election.

304 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:49:17pm

re: #297 Killgore Trout

I do boycott stuff on a personal basis, but it's usually based on a shitty, personal experience. Like getting a glass with lipstick on it at a restaurant. I stop going to that restaurant.

I just don't join boycotts on advertisers. Reminds me too much of my evangelical relatives in the 80's. Even knowing all I know about this Rush/Fluke thing, I'd still buy a SleepNumber bed even if they decided to continue to advertise on his show.

305 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:51:46pm

re: #298 Killgore Trout

Shhh! Don't say that, my stink might rub off on you.
/

Shit! Too late.

306 labman57  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 5:05:43pm

Public protests are a non-patriotic demonstration of unAmerican ideas by people who want to destroy society as we know it! *

* ... unless said protests are conducted by members of the tea party, in which case they're the ultimate display of democracy and patriotism against the evils of the establishment.

307 Killgore Trout  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 5:25:37pm

re: #304 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks

I do boycott stuff on a personal basis, but it's usually based on a shitty, personal experience. Like getting a glass with lipstick on it at a restaurant. I stop going to that restaurant.

I just don't join boycotts on advertisers. Reminds me too much of my evangelical relatives in the 80's. Even knowing all I know about this Rush/Fluke thing, I'd still buy a SleepNumber bed even if they decided to continue to advertise on his show.

Most of the "Boycotters" are still buying products from Rush's advertisers too. It's all about spamming phone lines.

308 Obdicut  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 5:28:46pm

re: #307 Killgore Trout

Most of the "Boycotters" are still buying products from Rush's advertisers too. It's all about spamming phone lines.

Which the advertisers know. But they know a percentage will actually switch. And moreover, they know that fewer people will apply there if it's seen as a place that promotes intolerance, and employees may quit over it.

Just like they know a lot of people are pissed off by this but aren't calling them.

309 Killgore Trout  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 5:37:48pm

re: #308 Obdicut

Which the advertisers know. But they know a percentage will actually switch. And moreover, they know that fewer people will apply there if it's seen as a place that promotes intolerance, and employees may quit over it.

Just like they know a lot of people are pissed off by this but aren't calling them.

The people who were pissed off and hated Rush yesterday are the same people who will hate Rush tomorrow. They will still spam the phone lines of companies if properly motivated. The number of people who aren't going to buy a mattress over this is pretty negligible.

310 jamesfirecat  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 5:40:01pm

re: #309 Killgore Trout

The people who were pissed off and hated Rush yesterday are the same people who will hate Rush tomorrow. They will still spam the phone lines of companies if properly motivated. The number of people who aren't going to buy a mattress over this is pretty negligible.

If its of negligible importance you can stop posting about the boycott which doesn't matter.

311 Obdicut  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 5:40:05pm

re: #309 Killgore Trout

The people who were pissed off and hated Rush yesterday are the same people who will hate Rush tomorrow.

Nope. By doing this, he's pissed off a lot of people that hadn't before, because this was a high-profile attack that lasted a long time, and it was so viciously mysogynistic.

Sure, he's said other things like this before, but by engaging in something that was already big news and by using specifically naked language, he put himself center stage and so a lot more people heard his statement than would otherwise. A lot of people who like him but find him 'over the top' found this even more over the top.

They will still spam the phone lines of companies if properly motivated. The number of people who aren't going to buy a mattress over this is pretty negligible.

Oh, so there is no actual economic pressure! Great, glad to know V5 of your argument directly undercuts V4 of your argument. Nice one.

312 Prononymous, rogue demon hunter  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 6:05:26pm

I don't know how I feel about boycotting advertisers in general. Is it effective, are there any side effects, etc? I don't know. I personally boycott a large number of products and companies for a range of reasons, but advertising with a particular person/group isn't usually one of them.

However, I do think this boycott has had some good effects. Prior to Rush's disgusting comments the GOP was very carefully trying to sell their bill as a religious freedom bill rather than as a control your sexuality bill. Then Rush stands up, yells "slut" etc, and destroys all that careful spin. And in the scramble to protect Rush from the backlash, including the boycott, the entire GOP drops the religious freedom facade.

313 Achilles Tang  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 7:55:06pm

I have been watching Maddow's graphs on the percentages of high earners who vote for Romney.

I assume others have too, but I thought it would be a worthwhile topic for a thread. It is really quite revealing, and shows something fundamental about our society if true.

Either success has nothing to do with intelligence or it has nothing to do with morality; or both.

Sorry, no links researched.

314 Mentis Fugit  Wed, Mar 7, 2012 11:05:44pm

re: #88 Charles Johnson

No external links to any Big *** articles are working at all.

That's a plus, isn't it?


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