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Tea Party Cat Fight

by BooMan
Sat Feb 6th, 2010 at 10:48:56 PM EST

I knew I should have gone to that damn Teabagging Convention. Just standing around in the halls talking to those nutters would have been high comic relief. I could have even called myself a journalist and compared notes. But, seriously, it's belly-achingly funny to picture Andrew Breitbert and WorldNetDaily Editor-in-Chief Joseph Farah having a public argument about who is and isn't a real journalist. It's also hilarious that the subject of contention was whether the Obama birth certificate issue is divisive to the nascent Tea Bagging Party. And the guy arguing that Birtherism is dumb is the guy who brought you the ACORN-steals-elections nonsense.

Hey, their bullshit is effective in its own way. But to argue that any of it is true, or journalism? Yeah, it makes me giggle.

By the way, how'd Palin do? I was too busy watching real hypnomedia. That shit is hilarious. And I say that as a non-Guido Jersey Boy.

What do you want? It's a snow-day.

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I will live, I will die for the people of America.

~Palin

by seabe on Sat Feb 6th, 2010 at 11:33:34 PM EST

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I can't see who her speak can be taken seriously. The Tea Bags paid a 100K for her speech. Talk about wasteful spending.

by americanforliberty on Sun Feb 7th, 2010 at 12:32:30 AM EST
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speak = speech

by americanforliberty on Sun Feb 7th, 2010 at 12:33:13 AM EST
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...for the American people". Until I decide to quit...again.

We need to push for Progressive change, now more than ever.

by keepinon (jaukkuri@sbcglobal.net) on Sun Feb 7th, 2010 at 02:47:04 PM EST
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I watched "It Might Get Loud" for the nth time. Good movie, even though it has no bass players in it. :)

mbr + dv + woyg

by keirdubois (keir@mybandrocks.com) on Sun Feb 7th, 2010 at 12:05:32 AM EST

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Also, look at what Oliver Willis found:

http://www.oliverwillis.com/2010/02/06/sarah-palin-caught-reading-her-speech-off-her-hand/

by seabe on Sun Feb 7th, 2010 at 12:19:34 AM EST

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Did she answer c)?

by BooMan on Sun Feb 7th, 2010 at 12:45:06 AM EST
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I'm loving that scratchout on the second line, myself. Even when she cheats, she screws it up.

Every third American devotes himself to improving and uplifting his fellow citizen, usually by force. -- H.L. Mencken

by stormkite on Sun Feb 7th, 2010 at 11:03:20 AM EST
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"And the guy arguing that Birtherism is dumb is the guy who brought you the ACORN-steals-elections nonsense."

Ancient Chinese saying: When two people argue, either one is wrong or they are both wrong.

Even if Breitbart is technically right on this, a closer look reveals his real outlook. His rationale as to why the birther issue should be dropped is:

"That is an argument for the primaries that did not take hold. ... it's not a winning issue-"

The fact that it's total bullshit never comes into it. It's just not effective. (The reason it's not effective is that it's such total bullshit that the great majority of Americans can see that.) I guess the Acorn argument WAS effective. Until O'Keefe got arrested the other day.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35083861/

Good old American pragmatism at its best. What's true is what works. Until it doesn't work.

by priscianus jr on Sun Feb 7th, 2010 at 11:59:19 AM EST

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Yeah, Breitbart and Farah arguing over birtherism reminds me of the exasperated housewife talking to her husband and another guy "Oh please! You're going to fight a battle of wits? But you're both unarmed!"

by rich2506 on Sun Feb 7th, 2010 at 01:08:18 PM EST

watch greek free (none / 0)

hehehehehe...that's nice....

watch greek free

by bugzbunny (jejebugz_17@yahoo.com) on Mon Feb 8th, 2010 at 01:06:57 AM EST

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