Mean-spirited media liberals

“Mean-spirited media liberals
Posted: September 3, 2004
1:00 a.m. Eastern

For years the media and most Democrats have taken great delight in referring to Republicans as
"mean-spirited," "hard-hearted" and lacking in compassion.
For much of that time the Republicans have ignored them. For the duration of this past week,
I spent my time blogging, writing and broadcasting from my spot on Radio Row in Madison Square Garden.
Having had this optimal vantage point to observe the likes of Sean Hannity, Al Franken, Hugh Hewitt, Ellen Ratner,
Laura Ingraham and others, let me just say it is the liberals in this crowd that are aggressive, mean and loose-tempered.
In multiple instances, media liberals have taken potshots at those whom they oppose on a political level, sometimes
turning red-faced with rage.
Let me recount the ways ...
On Tuesday, Mark Follman of leftist news website Salon.com released an op-ed that raged of "Internet traffic envy."
Follman, obviously put off by the fact the RNC had credentialed a new form of media this year, "Blogger's Row,"
took his frustrations out on the bloggers in his piece and accused them of being self-serving, sexist, shallow and
– the biggest insult of all – sorry excuses for journalists.
There is only one problem though -- they don't claim to be journalists. Follman's lack of ability to even understand
what blogging is or why it is as popular as it is proves only that this "Internet journalist" himself is envious of the
size and scope of the audience the RNC bloggers enjoy. Follman didn't get that these guys are keeping journals,
written from their perspective and to an audience that they cultivated completely without the assistance of Salon.com.
True, they did get profiled in the Wall Street Journal and promised to deliver big scoops. And they have, for it was the
RNC bloggers who in fact broke the story of Gen. Tommy Frank's official endorsement in the 2004 presidential race.
It was also the RNC bloggers who got the exclusive pictures of yet another example of liberal-media ugliness.
On Tuesday evening, Franken appeared to stand up the Ingraham show, reneging on a commitment to appear on
the far more highly rated conservative show. The producer who had booked Franken announced that the liberal talk
host had changed his mind and tempers flared. Franken became vocal and began yelling at the Ingraham producer.
Screams turned to shoves and Ingraham had to call for security. Eventually, things calmed down.
At the writing of this column, Franken is scheduled to appear on my show. By the time it is printed I will have
a clearer picture of how Al handles conservative talk shows and whether or not he can give articulate
substantive answers in the arena of debate. Yelling, shoving and calling those who disagree with you liars will not cut it.
Franken was not the only one yelling in Radio Row, however.
When Hillary Clinton and Charles Schumer, the tandem liberal senators from New York, made the decision
on Tuesday to abandon their roles on the Democrats' "Truth Squad," the DNC went into full panic.
Forced to pick up the void for all the nationally syndicated voices, DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe stepped in.
Doing some pretty softball shows did not prepare him for the substantive question-and-answer debate that
he was unready for on the Hugh Hewitt show. McAuliffe, like Franken, also lost his cool, although he never
resorted to physical violence. At the end of the first segment, McAuliffe suddenly "had no more time"
to spend with Hewitt and was whisked away.
When asked what he made of the series of events, Hewitt, who debates liberals on his show daily,
responded by saying, "[He is] ... clearly reeling under the pressure of the bad news (poll numbers
and other indicators that show momentum moving in Bush's direction), and he is clearly losing it."
Like the point I made only one week ago about John Kerry, thin skin seems to run rampant in liberal circles.
Thin-skinned people are not qualified for leadership, and the Democratic Party needs to be defeated for
their own safety and protection.
Just stay clear when the truth finally dawns on them, because their temper can prove hazardous to your health.

Kevin McCullough”

“Why does this not surprise me. Thanks for posting.”

“Who does this reporter write for? Is there a link to another source on this story, or are we to take the word of the writer?

If it can be cross ref'd with another writer that is not of the same news out let, or politcal standing as the above writer, then I would suggest that this would be a poor showing by the Dems. However, in the spirt of taking asmuch media bias out of a story, I will reserve my poo-poo until I can some other sources on the matter.”

“"Franken is scheduled to appear on my show... Yelling, shoving and calling those who disagree with you liars will not cut it."

Funny though, as mad as the right is that Franken called many of their heroes liars - Franken backed it up. Did anyone sue him for slander? No. Was it because no one wanted to sue? No. I know that because Fox, pressured by Bill O'Reilly, sued - and lost in a laugher - over his use of the phrase "fair and balanced." Maybe Franken has bad manners, I don't know (but I'll look into it before inviting him to dinner) - but he had his facts straight when he wrote 43 chapters exposing lies and hypocrisy.”

“Speaking of mean spirited... did anyone see Zell Miller's hissy fit on hard ball. What a whacko!”

“I'm wondering what the name Zell means. Where did it originate? Is it defined as "rabid dog"? Possibly the meaning is "prostitute". Does anyone know?”

“C'mon, Dun, it's short for Zellot!”

“Al Fanken is like a fart in an elevator. He’s mildly irritating but you don’t have to endure him all that long. People who let comedians make up their minds on political matters are as irrelevant as the comedian. Let him rant and rave.”

“Jeeez, what a bitter old burnout ---- creating fuego threads day in and day out.... then making sure he gets in the Last Word on each one.   It's just not healthy.

I'm hittin' the trail.

     AMF !

”

“I'm hittin' the trail. - tiltypoo

Sure, that's the ticket.

Poor tiltypoo should read a few of his own posts. [VBG]”

“Maybe he is hitting the trail virtually....(LOL)”

“Poor tiltypoo, I made him cry. I'm sorry.”

“AMF.......................KMA!”

“I can't wait till Hillary! sews up the nom. and I can laugh at all the lil Hillary! boys fall right into line. LOL”

“Hitting the bottle is more like it, eh Tilty?”

“everyone stfu”

“Why?”

“because youre all making baby jesus cry

(yea i know, its not you, its the other guy)”

“What's up with "crash blood"? What the heck does that mean? You should try "Head Bang", or "Crash Victim".”

“those dont sound very halloweeny

and y'all are "crash victims"”

“You got all those Koreans chicks over there, why are you online? When you gonna get hitched over there?”

“its 930 in the morning. ive been up for all of an hour. at least give me til noon”

“WOW...So Hillary admits to getting Media Matters Going....WHOOPS

http://wwwwakeupamericans-spree.blogspot.com/2007/10/hillary-clinton-claims-she-helped-start.html”

“http://www.drudgereport.com/flashrl.htm

LIMBAUGH SIGNS THROUGH 2016;
$400 MILLION DEAL SHATTERS BROADCAST RECORDS

********

Subheadline....
tilt, y2.0, and violin have Hissy Fits.”

“That will buy a lot of oxy contin!”

“No hissy fit. Everybody knows right wing crack heads have to get their daily Rush or they shrivel up and post things like "silly libby," "snicker," "lolol," or "vbg."

But hey, you're having fun with all this heady intellectual stuff, right?”

“LOL”

“BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

CAPITALISM RULES!!!

Suck a lemon, libs.”

“Right wing crackheads? Why do I envision white crackheads in three piece suitsbegging for change on wall st. and calling anyone who doesn't give 'silly libbie'?”

“I am a SILLY LIBBIE. Stovie, you can call me that anytime. It goes in one ear and comes out the same.”

“Sweet Geo? Keep your proclivities to yerself Bub! Not that there's anything wrong with that, but I ain't interested.”

“Ha!...now they need to axe olbermann from their football coverage too

MSNBC Loudmouths Dropped from Anchor Chair

After all the sniping and slap-fighting, Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews are out as politics anchors for election season. They'll be replaced by David Gregory.

The big move comes after Matthews and Olbermann have been accused of pushing a left-wing agenda too hard and have throttled each other on-air -- like when Olbermann made a mouth-flapping gesture with his hand during a Matthews rant at the DNC. It's totally embarrassing the network, say multiple sources.


http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Sep08/0,4670,TVNBCOlbermann,00.html”

“idiots

The sad thing is others, more mainstream anchor perps, such as Katie "She Wears Short Shorts" Couric are just as biased, but their networks would never concede the point. Heck, she was known as a hard-core liberal, yet, why did CBS hire her? To replace the lesser liberal, Dan Rather, for of all things ... letting his biased liberal viewpoint destroy his sense of reason and honesty.

idiots

Look @ NYT, as their readership goes down , they counter it by putting out more Vitrol liberally biased attack articles thinking that'll save them. Wrong.

idiots”

“those dang far lefties. its a good thing the far righties are not at all biased ~eyeroll~”

“you're right crash, i probably should have started a new thread with out "liberal" in the title...i care less about their politics and more about how much of a total jerk olberman is...all politics aside i just can't stand that guy...i thought matthews had actually calmed down a bit”

“We're talking about NEWS ANCHORS. If you think, even of Fox, their news show is biased, you haven't watched it. If anything they give sodtballs to the left and hammer the right to counter their commentaries.

crash bang, for someone who pretends to be objective, you sure do side with protecting the weak libbies a lot.”

“matthews calmed down? LOL. Maybe 10 years ago.”

“click
click”

“s-rge makes another dig at my "objectiveness" ~eyeroll~”

“stop making it about me, s-rge

~eyeroll~”

“use the power of your index finger crash”

“this is a family site, time cline!!”

“Both of you, take your trash talk to the 'mean spirited liberals' thread.”

“s-rge the thread-nanny

~eye yi yi roll~”

“The thread is cracking me up -----

Brought to you by the party of Coulter, Limbaugh and Fox?   Puh-Leeze.”

“aww, the classic "it's ok cause the other side does it defense"...i agree, i don't like biasness from either side but scrimshaw is hardly a journalist...he's a radio talk show host who gets paid to give his opinions and hanity and colms at least makes an attempt to show both sides, failed as they may have”

“coulter, limbaugh, hannity, colmes ... ?

These are news anchors?

What exactly is confusing you guys? Is English not your first language?
last edited: 9/08/08 10:33:00 AM”