Quote of the Day - 03.06.09
| Fri Mar. 6, 2009 8:21 AM PST
From Fox News chief Roger Ailes, talking about Barack Obama's efforts to turn America into a socialist hellhole:
"I see this as the Alamo. If I just had somebody who was willing to sit on the other side of the camera until the last shot is fired, we'd be fine."
Last night I was channel surfing and happened to land on Sean Hannity's show for a few minutes. Marian walked in and wondered why I was watching it. "Doesn't he just increase your blood pressure?" she asked.
I'd never really thought about it, but I realized right then that he doesn't. Lou Dobbs increases my blood pressure. Chris Matthews increases my blood pressure. Maureen Dowd increases my blood pressure. But Hannity? Rush Limbaugh? Glenn Beck? Nah. They seem so frankly clownish, and so completely insulated in their little cocoon of viewers who already agree with them anyway, that they just don't bother me much. That's probably a little too lackadaisical on my part — they can still drive cards and letters into congressional offices, after all — but the fact is that they've lost their ability to push my buttons. Their particular brand of freak-showism just doesn't seem so scary these days.
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wish I could be so sanguine
Submitted by alan (not verified) on Fri Mar. 6, 2009 8:42 AM PST.
Wish I could be so sanguine. These nits are increasingly off the deep end and they'll be increasingly off the deep end until they inspire a whole series of mad bombers.
"They seem so frankly
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri Mar. 6, 2009 9:08 AM PST.
"They seem so frankly clownish, and so completely insulated in their little cocoon of viewers who already agree with them..."
The sad thing is that Kevin typed this in without for a second realizing how exactly it applies to himself.
Oh, go entertain yourself.
Submitted by michael7843853 on Fri Mar. 6, 2009 2:51 PM PST.
Oh, go entertain yourself.
They Calm Me
Submitted by fostert (not verified) on Fri Mar. 6, 2009 9:12 AM PST.
The likes of Hannity and Rush probably lower my blood pressure. They can't really anger me because they're just too silly to take seriously. But they actually tend to calm me. I can watch them and relax knowing that this is the best that conservatism has to offer, and it ain't too good. When I was a kid, we had Bill Buckley arguing against us, and he was good. Say what you will about Mr Buckley, but he really did know how to frame an argument and tear his opponent to pieces. Going against him was like facing the Pittsburgh Steelers defense alone without a helmet. Going against Hannity is like facing the third string of the Detroit Lions with an Army battalion backing you up. It's comforting to know that your opponents are pathetic.
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Submitted by SqueakyRat (not verified) on Fri Mar. 6, 2009 10:47 AM PST.
They don't seem so scary right now. But let the economic recovery efforts fail and they will inherit the earth. This is the way fascism comes to power. It can happen quite quickly.
Their mental state
Submitted by daCascadian (not verified) on Fri Mar. 6, 2009 11:13 AM PST.
Kevin Drum >"...Roger Ailes..."
Fat, dumb & happy about covers it. This applies to the entire batch of these folks as well.
"...it's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine..." - REM
Anonymous (not verified) on March 6, 2009 - 9:08am.
Sure. Kevin's in his little cocoon with people who agree with him. Except for, well, you, and the other commenters who get to stop by and tell him how wrong he is.
Now where can I go on Rush's site to tell him, anonymously, how full of shit he is?
Are we still listening to fat rich people?
Submitted by elmo on Fri Mar. 6, 2009 7:48 PM PST.
By the way...today is the anniversary of the fall of the Alamo...
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." - FDR
I'm not sure, but it seems
Submitted by Geoffrey (not verified) on Sat Mar. 7, 2009 4:28 AM PST.
I'm not sure, but it seems to me that guys/girls like Limbaugh are in the TV industry, primarily. At least, that's how I first discovered him/them. Doesn't the TV industry focus primarily on ratings? Is it not about money? I think that anyone else getting caught with that much Oxy would be in jail for a long time. So they're just about making waves, creating drama, and manufacturing some sick form of maladaptive entertainment, no? Don't real politicians actually work and whatnot?
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