The constant manufactured outrage a dull sound heard only by the impaired.  

And this is the mentality that Obama has to deal with every single day. The guy’s got the patience of a saint.

What a fukcing douchebag that smarmy AZ congressman was! Doesn’t the Bible also tell one not to bear false witness against thy neighbor? Sanctimonious asshole.

What a bunch of tards.  Some people aren’t religious at all, and would find “God’s blessings” offensive.  They don’t expect for God to be shoved down his throat at every turn. Close minded bigots don’t get that.  It’s their way or the highway.  I’m talking to you fox “news”.

no surprise for fox saying obama didn’t say god in his speech…. f***king racist channel didn’t find anything to bash obama so they just made the stuff out of turkey’s ass….

its no surprise fox bashed obama for not mentioning god in his speech… F**king racist channel didn’t find any issues out of his speech so they just made stuff out of turkey’s ass…

So Jon Stewart the pilgrims were farming in NOVEMBER?

Good old fashioned manufactured controversy. When you cant say enough bad things about Obama, you have to make up new things. 

Is anyone really surprised that this is the sort of drivel the Faux News outhouse manufactures for the consumption by their mindless minions?

Originally Thanksgiving was in October during the harvest. 

I like Fox and all, but Fox went a little overboard trying to attack the president about not say god.  Fox loses credibility when they make something out of nothing

make more koolaid quick!

and the common sense of a moran he does play golf alot

Tea Party Zealots plus Grover Norquist = Another 4 years for Obama. Really.

Getting tired of this site. I used to feel that this was an objective place to survey the news. I was impressed by the balance given all of the different points of view. That is definitely changing. If it continues i will drop this site off my radar. 

AB-C ya.

The truth hurts right? LOL

So the speech writer DID write God but Obama skipped it while reading it for TV… Well, I guess this should make some Americans ask why he omiited God when it was in fact written for him.

yup!

Learn to spell moron!

Seems as if Stewart is making it an issue more so than Fox  did. How many people were legitimately watching Fox during the holidays? I wasn’t. However, Stewart devoted this segment to them. I find that hilarious when there is so much other red meat to attack.

Does Stewart approve of Congress and Senate making money off of stock market options?

Sorry buddy…you can’t claim the mantle of common sense when you (1) can’t spell moron, (2) think “alot” is a word, and (3) appear totally oblivious to the concept of punctuation. 

…………………………………….________ 
………………………………,.-’”……………….“~., 
………………………..,.-”……………………………..”-., 
…………………….,/………………………………………..”:, 
…………………,?………………………………………………, 
………………./…………………………………………………..,} 
……………../………………………………………………,:`^`..} 
……………/……………………………………………,:”………/ 
…………..?…..__…………………………………..:`………../ 
…………./__.(…..”~-,_…………………………,:`………./ 
………../(_….”~,_……..”~,_………………..,:`…….._/ 
……….{.._$;_……”=,_…….”-,_…….,.-~-,},.~”;/….} 
………..((…..*~_…….”=-._……”;,,./`…./”…………../ 
…,,,___.`~,……”~.,………………..`…..}…………../ 
…………(….`=-,,…….`……………………(……;_,,-” 
…………/.`~,……`-………………………………./ 
………….`~.*-,……………………………….|,./…..,__ 
,,_……….}.>-._……………………………..|…………..`=~-, 
…..`=~-,__……`,…………………………… 
……………….`=~-,,.,…………………………. 
…………………………..`:,,………………………`…………..__ 
……………………………….`=-,……………….,%`>–==“ 
…………………………………._……….._,-%…….` 
…………………………….., 

not as much as the last president

http://youtu.be/Z3p9y_OEAdc

but of course he is the reason we got Bin Laden, so you probably voted for him twice.

public education sucks

Fox News has basically destroyed this country. It will never again be the country I grew up in. Murdoch has poisoned the well, turned American against American, made hatred acceptable on the airwaves. It took an Australian to destroy America.

Sigh…Leave it to FOX to have an actual God Scoreboard.

Golf can be healthy, fun, a good mental break, and a great way to escape briefly the madding crowd, aka Fuppet Theater.

But you never even posted, or posted so rarely we didn’t know! Seriously, if we knew you were considering leaving and getting a life, we would have got rid of G-D, WC, pablo, tatboy and all those other avatars of Jerald Edgar (No Pants) Mincowitz the IVth of apartment 1743A, guest bedroom rear closet, #23 West Parkland Apartments, Decatur, Illinois.

Again another conservative off point to deflect.

the farming had been done it was at the end of harvest time. Big Banquet at the end…….

it can also be a mental break from faild economy ask Obama

No.

First, it wasn’t a “speech” that the WH released, it was a “statement”.

Second, President Obama works on all his speeches and statement, at the planning stage, thru the editing stage, and very often extemporizes.

Third, this was not a Youtube to recite the official WH statement, it was a abbreviated greeting, like saying ‘howdy neighbor’ to your, well, neighbor, in which many many would find it very odd to use the occasion to promote churchy themes – unless it was Churchy Lafemme themes:

 http://www.flickr.com/photos/93779577@N00/4867910728/

no body can deflect Obama’s disaster

You’re only taking issue NOW with Fox?  How many years did that take?

You’re only taking issue NOW with Fox?  How many years did that take?

Idiot Post Of The Week

_|_ (-.-) _|_

no life much, cakes?

get up and knock the dirt off your filthy knees, dummy

_|_ (-.-) _|_

what did they make up ?

I think what you mean is the disaster that are conservatives WANTING this administration to FAIL………….Thanks for all the help.

how if teachers unions cant teach

they dont need help they failed

Get over yourself………………..Read what you wrote 5 times and see how stupid it sounds.

Don’t worry. If you’re a Conservative, it’s only a matter of time before you get banned anyway.

And in response, Fox brings a gayish looking/sounding priest on the program to talk about Thanksgiving. It’s a parody.

You’re really going to blame schools on your inability to spell the most basic words of the English language?

Stop digging.

Watch the video

Figures that a BYU fan would be unclear on history.

So, by your logic, it’s fine for a news org to fake outrage if no one is watching?

 Good riddance.  Go over the Fox Birth of a Nation, where you’ll be happy with the lies and distortions.  This site is for adults who understand true balance.   

homophobe

bigot

That made no sense at all. If a tree fell in the forest and know one heard it, did it really fall?  I will click the Like button because I think your post beat out BYU for worst post here.  People like you make our team look bad.  

Are you really that stupid?

OSTL? One Stupid Tea party Loser?

It’s just like Herman Cain said. If you don’t have a job, blame yourself…… If you’re stupid and can’t spell, blame yourself!

what lies and distortions?    Name a few.    Name one.    In this video you can see the Fox aired commentary and stats that showed Obama was not alone in leaving God out of an address on Thanksgiving.   They were reporting the news that some people were upset that he had done that.   They were not reporting that Fox news was upset about it, in fact it seemed to me that Fox reporters couldn’t care less one way or the other.

And the rightwingers try to ruin yet another holiday by turning it into a political football. Can’t these people relax and take a few days off to rest from their “Everyone who is not a Republican is evil” demonization job?

Fun fact: Every time Jon Stewart smiles, Bernie Goldberg cries.

It wont be long before you are banned again.

So Stewert watches Fox so we don’t have to?  Why, if someone doesn’t like something do they do it anyway? 

Reporters? It is the producers of the three shows who thought that story was so important that they would spen air time, and book the priest and that 700 club state senator to comment on that breaking story. I wonder who told them to focuss on that instead of ……let’s say Americans bombing Pakistan, or the trials of protesters in Bharian or more American soldiers dying in a pointless war over the holiday weekend. I guess they know what is really importian to their viewers. To slag Obama when ever possible.

All Leftist media hacks are utterly and totally incensed…they know no other way. But now they are DOUBLY incensed now that their beloved Barnyard Frank has decided to ‘flee’, ‘turtle,’ ‘run away and hide,’ ‘go home to mommy,’ ‘pick up his ball and go home.’

Yay, but you were home schooled.

Its not just the media that is incensed with the republicans, most citizens are incensed too.

We can only hope the press investigation in the UK helps bring Murdoch down. And please don’t remind us that Murdoch is an Aussie. He may have been spawned here, but evil has no nationality.

Even by the standards of your usually tortured logic, that’s a doozy.

Nonsense. There’s a wide variety of links. And most of them are like ink blot tests — neither liberal nor conservative. They’re like inkblot tests. You bring to them what you want. You either see what the subject says as great wisdom or utter garbage.

A little? Understatement of the year…

The point here is that it wasn’t a big deal until Fox made it a big deal. No rational person gives a damn whether Obama mentioned God in his Thanksgiving address.

Stewart devoted a few minutes to it on a comedy satire show. Fox “NEWS” channel discussed it on several shows and brought in a priest. So clearly Fox made it more of an issue.
It was ridiculous and petty and par for the course for them. 

If you are saying all Conservatives are potty mouthed mean people, the I agree.

really?  Why?

amazing really, don’t you think?  One lone channel could wrought all that ill.  Who knew?

Are you freaking serious there dude?  They did it by allowing people who don’t buy the constant b.s. the left sells as gospel and allowing adults to see the whole picture.  They caused it?

You’re one sick pup .

you call mediaite balanced?  lol

why on earth would you confuse the Fox haters with the truth?  They can’t handle the truth! lol

So now you are calling for a subject police.  Stuff you are allowed to talk about and stuff you must ignore????

yes – let’s ignore Solyndra, Tony Rezko ( the silence is telling there boys and girls – you’re not supposed to know)

Jon Stewart sees FOX news as “godless” – how dare they not take Obama as their god like all the other channels.

let me get this straight there tyler – want no confusion.  Fox presented people who said it was a big deal and people who said it wasn’t a big deal.  You didn’t want fair and balanced, you wanted silence?  

Now I get it….

so by your logic a “news organization” faked outrage?  

For people who claim to not watch Fox they sure know exactly what goes on at Fox 24/7.

A news organization cannot fake diddly – people can

Some people who appeared on Fox noted the absence of “God” – wondered why.  There was no outrage.  Some people who appeared on Fox didn’t notice and didn’t care.  When asked their opinion, some said “nah – who cares, some said “why did he not mention God”.  You figure the ones who said “why did he not mention…..should have been told to shut up, ignored or?

So how do you think the “news organization” felt about it?  

Obviously we can’t talk about Rezko and Obama’s friendship.  Why not?  Whatcha think there skippy?

love your attempting to quote the bible with verbiage straight out of the gutter dictionary.   

I watched the segments this holiday weekend and I would call that outrage my friend. But the FACT of the matter is that MULTIPLE shows on the same network discussed the same topic, while no other news stations even mentioned it. That is coordinated. That is how the “news organization” (thank you for putting that in quotes, because it’s hard calling Fox a news org) felt on this subject.

Sorry that you need to defend the indefensible, but Fox is very coordinated when it manufactures its outrage.

well I understand your conundrum.  You don’t want to lose your job to a republican.  You’ve got demonizing down to a fine art.  

Wait, wait – let’s see who is leading the republican pole so we can start the dirt digging.  It’s a tough job isn’t it?  

Another 4 years of Obama = Death of America

someone who has a very good take on the Pres.

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2011/11/28/obama-politics-two-faced/#more-775783

Australian?  I thought it was a Kenyan who is destroying the country.  Seriously, the village is missing an idiot.  Will they take him back?

AMERICA WANTS A PREACHER-IN-CHIEF

…wait, scratch that… I was thinking about Dominionists.

You misunderstood.  He was comparing the president to Rep. James Moran.

Libs why don’t you ask yourselves why did ObaMao omit the word god in his speech when it was in the speech on Thanksgiving?
Only reason I can think of is he is a denier of history.

As far as you FOX haters are concerned.Why is it that FOX has higher rating than all cable news channels COMBINED???

So are you saying that Fox is now a news organization?

I’m saying that if Fox mentioned it 3 times over one day, that’s probably a whole 15 min. – 30 mins. of a 18 hour show period. Would you like me to talk about all of the stuff that MSNBC plays on repeat within the same hour? Or CNN? It pales in comparison to what Fox covers..

So you think it was good for Stewart to waste his show talking about a non-topic?

I think you should win out for genius post of the day.

So is Stewart comedy satire or is he news? Because people claim that he’s news so this would be new to me if he were only considered as a comedy source.

Canadian hawk with the year you were born or the year of the car that you wished you had? Typical.

How many times did Fox mention why Bush didn’t mention god in his 2008 thanksgiving address?

Just curious.

Try using spell check and stop picking at your tooth.

You can’t teach stupid.  Just like you can’t polish a turd to make it a gem

Now watch this drive…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3p9y_OEAdc

higher ratings by far, every week, every month, for every hour of the day

You’ve asked the million dollar question.  For some reason Democrats have turned their backs on God and embraced this attitude that they have ALL of the answers and are the center of the Universe. 

Incredible!

This “sentence” is made up of twelve words, yet contains five errors, six if you include its lack of cohesion. Quite a feat! 

Very funny.  

It wasn’t just Fox News that took part in this manufactured outrage. Right wing bloggers were the ones that started the whole thing.

I mean, I have no problem with anyone who slams Obama on policies and issues, but this faux outrage is a real sign of desperation for people who have nothing else to attack Obama on, so they resort to this incredible nonsense. I think most conservatives are smart enough to ignore it. But the partisans in the media will try anyway, God bless them.

You’re welcome. I mentioned God.

You keep failing to spell simple words.

Bush took more vacation than other president in history. Every president including Bush Sr played golf or played some sport / physical activity.

It’s “nobody” not “no body”.

Seriously how does someone make 3 comments in a row with the misspellings of a derelict child?

I think you’ll find that most of the people who claim he’s news are those looking to insult Stewart, the left, or both. {the left get their news from TDS, or his audience is all stoned college kids, and the typical redundant nonsense}
But either way, simply by virtue of minutes spent, you were wrong about John making more of an issue of it weren’t you?

It should be noted that Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, and Mitt Romney all gave Thanksgiving day messages, and none of their message mentioned “God.”
 
It also should be noted that the entire Obama family worked in a soup kitchen on Thanksgiving day.  I wonder if that tool Steve Smith, or any of the other Obama critics, worked in a soup kitchen on Thanksgiving?  I saw a comment posted on another site which really hit home.  It went something like this: “two hands working in a soup kitchen do far more good than a thousand hands clasped together in prayer.”
 
That Steve Smith, by the way, really is a tool.  I found an article in the Tuscon Citizen which claimed that he got caught spreading bogus information from hate groups with ties to white supremacists.
 
http://tucsoncitizen.com/three-sonorans/2011/04/09/state-senator-steve-smith/
 
That priest is a shill for the GOP.  He and his parish should lose their tax exempt status for what basically amounts to a political statement about Obama.

Like as Ann Coutler said on Fox ‘News’:  “Our blacks are better than their blacks!”

No, not farming but harvest. Throughout much the world at the time a feast would be a celebration of the harvest.

Stewart is on a channel called Comedy Central.

Not on something that uses the word ‘news’.

That’s ‘poll’ darling. You haven’t ever seen the word written down? It shows you don’t read. A republican ‘pole’ sounds like the start of a Herb Cain joke, or
Vitter joke, or really any of tens of ‘pole’ errant republicans.

That’s what these 24/7 cable news networks do–”make something out of nothing”

They make money off of creating drama out of nothing for most of their air time. The constant political rhetoric that results in people yelling at each other and insulting each other for their politics wouldn’t be as bad as it is today were it not for our modern cable news networks. They’re like tabloids and they’re degrading our once respected journalistic standards.

They get rich off of baiting us against each other and we all lose.

He is an atheist…of course he will defend Obama.

God is an “excuse” for conservatives.  Why is it that any time some conservative screws up (like Newt Gingrich, who had affairs while married), they say they turned to God for “forgiveness?” 

I’m all for forgiving people, but for Pete’s sake….why don’t conservatives accept personal responsibility instead of getting a “Get out of jail free” card from God?

Being number one in the ratings doesn’t necessarily mean they are the “best” or most truthful.  American Idol was long the number one show in America.  What’s that say about us?

He was pointing out that Fox was talking about a non-topic on three different segments, which even I found a little overboard.  He thought that was funny and I even felt that was quite amusing.    

“Go home to mommy?”  “Run away and hide?????”

What the heck is that supposed to mean?  Barney Frank had long expressed his desire to retire by 2014.  He just decided to do so a little earlier.  The man is 71 or so years old, for Christ’s sake.  He’s been in politics 30+ years. 

And, if anything,  people who like Barney Frank are not “incensed” that he is leaving.  They are sorry to see him leave, not angry.  Don’t you know the meaning of the word “incensed?” 

Sounds like you might just be a homophobe.

Ignorant comment. 

Exactly.  Fox is ridiculous.

Obama and his family worked in a soup kitchen on Thanksgiving, actually helping people (and perhaps encouraging them, since being POTUS, he showed up where the poor come to get food).

I wonder if any of those dillwads on Fox worked in a soup kitchen?

God is an irritant to liberals.  Why is it that anytime some one tries to improve their life through salvation libs can’t wait to get in line and start attacking?  It’s as if God is a liberals ”Assault Defense’ card. 

Snore.

You folks use “God” as a crutch. You’re the ultimate nanny staters.

And yet their audience is a tiny fraction of the news audience for the three broadcast networks. 

Start here and just scroll down:

http://www.newshounds.us/

Funny video clip!

I don’t care about the Bible. The sanctimonious prick does, though. So I can use his own holy book against him to show that he’s a disingenuous fool. Any more questions?

You know that your statement is patently and demonstrably false.

I don’t care if people believe in God or not.  I just don’t want someone preaching to me to believe what they believe in.  I especially do not want politicians to wear their religion on their sleeve.  Obama is the President; he is not the “preacher-in-chief.”

I myself go back and forth between being and atheist and an agnostic.  I was raised as a Catholic, but I have very strong doubts about the existence of God.

I have a brother-in-law who heads a lab at St. Judes’ Hospital for Children in Memphis.  He wonders why, if God is so good, that he sees all of these little kids with cancer every single day.  He and my sister have two little kids of their own, and every time my sister goes to visit her husband at the hospital, she cries.  What did these little kids do to deserve their cancer? 

I have relatives who are liberals and are devout church goers.

One of the most “notorious” of liberals, Ted Kennedy, had a very strong Catholic faith.  John Kerry, another liberal, is a strong church goer and believer. 

Karl Rove, a conservative, is an atheist.  A regular conservative commentator on Fox News is S.E. Cupp.  She is an atheist.

Again, your statement is patently and demonstrably false.

And, to follow up, I honestly do not care if Obama had mentioned God or not.  I simply do not want politicians to wear religion on their sleeves, like that Steve Smith idiot in that Fox video.  Did Smith work at a soup kitchen on Thanksgiving Day, like the Obama family did?

Rezko was talked about ad nauseum, to no effect. If you still think people are interested in this nontroversy, go ahead. It will be even less relevant in 2012.

I’m just saying Fox made a big deal out of nothing and it hurts their credibility for being fair and balanced. 

WHAT…EVER

‘Nanny Stater’…LOL…A new term???? Well, you should be all for it then…LOL Lean forward!

Is three years enough to correct eight years of Bush?You gave Obama a bucket of shit and said turn this into gold.How can anyone support the gop if they’re not rich?Obama has done a great job for the gop,now he needs to make a hard left turn for the people who put him in office.It wil not happen,just another illusion of choice.Where are the Eisenhower republicans,he would be liberal by todays standards.

It’s about the fall harvest=food=life.I don’t believe it has anything to do with god or gods or any psuedo religion

“WHAT EVER”?????

This is a typical conservative response when faced with truths that I have mentioned.

Not really a new term. It’s for people who want to rely on omniscient figures to make everything right for them. Religious nuts like you.

Since Thanksgiving always falls on a Thursday I wonder how many Republicans go to CHURCH on Thanksgiving Day? 

I find it hilarious that the GOPers are trying to turn Turkey Day into a religious holiday LOL   :) 

FOX hyping God & Geesuss to the ignorant rancid masses once more.  And the Rat-Wingers lap it up.

So what you’re saying is that you enjoy being a NON religious NUT…huh?…LOL I can do this ALL DAY LONG!

You’re two thirds right: I’m non-religious.

Now shouldn’t you go off and pray to Sky Daddy?

There are intelligent conservatives and intelligent theists, but never the twain shall meet.

Franklin d. roosevelt changed thanksgiving from october to november. 

Interesting…please define what you mean by ‘Sky Daddy’.  I’ll go get my popcorn and Sprite.

If Obama was just a little better at his job maybe he wouldn’t have to spend his spare time (away from the golf course) working in a soup kitchen.

No t’s not you don’t even need a shovel.

Give me a break. This recession has been so bad, and it’s not necessarily all of Obama’s fault. It started in December 2007. The number of people losing their jobs increased dramatically month by month in 2008 under Bush. This trend reversed 2 or 3 months after Obama took office. I said before Obama took office that I didn’t think anyone really knew how to fix such a massive problem. There have always been poor people in this country, and there always will be. I am quite sure previous presidents have also spent Thanksgiving in soup kitchens. Last I looked, Bush still had far more vacation time than Obama has had. The man has tremendous pressures and stress. From what I have read, he puts in very long hours. And all you can do is harp on some golf games?

You sound more like a Kool-Aid® drinker to me.

It is pointless to even try and have an intelligent conversation with people like you. rjudge just did and your defense was WHAT EVER. God isn’t an irritant to liberals, he just is a crutch to conservatives.

Only a MORON … would defend Fox News.

Its your IQ WCinWI2.

I’m gonna dismiss you just like I dismissed your ‘good buddy’.  Have a nice day!

Only a homo…would defend Stewart.

So…I suppose you’re not going to explain to these good people what you mean by ‘Sky Daddy’?  That’s OK…I made my point and no one is really interested in your warped opinions anyway.

Wait – If she doesn’t read, then there’s no possibility for her to ever see the word poll written. You might want to re-think your analogies. Especially when they involve bad grammar. You didn’t use commas in the right way. See – two can play this game.

Bless your heart.

Don’t mind V.. He/she is still defending Barney Frank. You can’t get much more “in the tank” than that.

No it wasn’t and no it won’t.

Don’t worry – I think Fast and Furious is enough to sink the ship.

Why would you watch Fox? I don’t even watch Fox as often as you seem to. For someone that doesn’t like Fox, you sure watch a lot of it.

I was busy watching prison re-runs on MSNBC.

I don’t care. I think the God story is a non-angle, but it means something to you and to Stewart. Perhaps you should self-reflect on why you were watching so much Fox this weekend.

So you like programming that talks about non-topics about non-topics! Are you sure you’re not an NBC producer? You might have a winner!

No – Jon wasted time on his show to cover a non-story. Period.

Stewart’s fans claim that he’s a source of news for them. That is all.

It means something to Stewart and I because half of this country is being riled up into a self-righteous lather by some greedy folks who haven’t thought of the longterm consequences of this stuff.

The Conservatives have been fed this garbage for so long that they think their religion is under attack.  Which is dangerous.

what he said was not false.  Religion seems to be the newest hammer that the left is using to demonize the right.

It’s stupid and yet you deny it.  Funny but I have a very close relative who is a heart surgeon and he’s more a believer now than he ever was.  Obviously it’s the way that people look at the survivors not the disease”.

(so is Biden and Pelosi, but she sort of wants to rewrite the catholic religion to her suiting.  lol)

The first one out of the gate defending Obama and the God issue was Dana.  So……
again, your statement is patently and demonstrably false.

Is that a subtle dig at the piece of excrement Michele O’bachmann?

You might have found an article, but if you read it you would have realized it was a pile of crap.
The idiot writing the article was attempting to smear smith because according to the writer, smith used a figure indicating how much children born to illegals costs Arizona.  Well, the stupid writer forgot that the hate group might have used the same figures, but they didn’t invent them!’
How dumb is that, and what kind of hypocrite are you to quote a freaking article trying to smear smith when there was nothing to smear him about?  

You’re a shill for the Democrats, and a morally corrupt one at that.  
The priest blah blah.  You degenerate!  What the hell do you think Rev. Wright is?  What is the Rev. Jackson?  Are you for real or just too stupid to realize that you are a perpetrator of what you’re accusing others of doing.

Check your facts and shut the hell up unless you can be honest.  You don’t smear because you’ve got a computer fool.

His comma use was fine, so you’re wrong. He could have capitalized “Republican,” however, but you missed that one, Mr. Grammarian!

You’re welcome.

Well, Ms. Seek. Who are you to tell me to “shut the hell up?”  I have seen the nonsense you have spread many times on Mediaite.  You need to check your own facts.  Here is that article.  The article claims that Smith did not use the same figures.  He cited the hate group FAIR as the source for his figures, but the article claims that FAIR’s cost figures were lower than what Smith cited.http://tucsoncitizen.com/three-sonorans/2011/04/09/state-senator-steve-smith/ “Degenerate?” Ha, ha, ha. Do you know what that word even means? How am I a degenerate? Is it just because I criticized that priest? He is paid to go on Fox News. I have seen him often, and I disagree with much of what he says.I don’t necessarily approve of what Reverend Wright has said, but I will tell you that when I was growing up and going to Catholic mass every Sunday, I knew a white priest who preached to black parishioners and used similar type tone and language. By the way. Did you know that Wright volunteered and served 2 years in the Marines? He later went into the Navy. He’s probably more of a patriot than people like you think he is.And, people like you think Obama is either a Muslim or an atheist, someone whom people like Father Morris think disrespects God. Watch that video of Morris criticizing Obama. There is a real deep-seated, but subtle,  hatred of the President in his tone. Is that what a real “Catholic” does? Although Father Morris’ response is very subtle, he shows signs of the hatred Bill Donahue, President of the Catholic League, shows. Getting back to Senator Smith: it’s ridiculous when people like him come out and pander to the religious right…….”I thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ……” blah, blah, blah. What in the world does his “Lord and Savior” have to do with this being the “greatest country” in the world? If Jesus or religion had anything to do with this, then why isn’t Vatican City/Italy the “greatest country” in the world? That’s the home of the Pope; Italians are very religious people.  Does God really take sides? 

Yes, what he said is false.  He first said something about Democrats, implying all Democrats, turn their backs on God.

Then he turned it into liberals, again, implying all liberals.  If you look at my examples, you will see that even a liberal like Ted Kennedy was very much a religious person who believed in God, went to church, and actually practiced much of what Jesus taught.

I don’t get your point about a heart surgeon who is a believer.

Good for Dana Perino for defending Obama because it is sheer nonsense that there are those who criticized Obama for his omitting the mentioning of God in his Thanksgiving Day message last week.

And, I also want to point out again that Obama and his family worked in a soup kitchen that day.  That is way more important and helpful than mentioning “God” in a Thanksgiving Day message.

again nonsense. 

p.s.  Obama in Soup Kitchen?  Photo Op.  did nadda.  Get over it.

I started reading your nonsense and realized that I’m not about to waste my time reading your partisan nonsense.  Don’t care if Wright sunk the Bismark – he’s an asshole.  Giving him a pass for his hate indicates that again you and morality are not acquainted.

Bah bye.

p.s.  The Priest – most respectful, never hate.  

p.p.s.  I gather you watch Fox with jaundiced eyes so you can spew your biased misinformed opinion on it.

You just don’t get it, Seek.  Obama really does want to help the poor. 

I also think most Presidents have worked in soup kitchens on Thanksgiving day.  Further, I don’t recall seeing much coverage at all of Obama in the soup kitchen on the so-called “liberal media” like NBC.  I only saw an article in the Huffington Post.

Get over it.

Seek, I don’t get on Mediaite too often, but I have seen and replied to you other times.  My normal moniker is Zermatt2, but I was not able to log onto Mediaite with that name today.  It appears as if something has changed.

This is a typical response from you and conservatives…..saying that what I said is “nonsense” and therefore you will not waste your time reading it.

You are wrong. 

Tell me how Wright “hates”?  Sure, he said “GD America,” but I really don’t know what he meant by it.  It could be a way of connecting with his parishioners.  Growing up, I knew a white Catholic priest who used similar tone in talking to a mainly black parish.  He didn’t say “GD America,” but he implied with angry terms that the country wasn’t taking care of its poor.  To some extent, that is true.  I mean, being the wealthiest nation on earth, you would think we wouldn’t have so many poor (even when times were good).

And, again, I have to point out that people like you who hate Obama think he is either a Muslim or, as in this case, perhaps an atheist.  So, if this is true, any affiliation he might have had with Wright is moot.

Listen to the tone in Morris’ voice when he describes how “shocking” it is when Obama says he will spend time “reflecting on how lucky we are…..” There is a very subtle hint in his tone, and he slowly drags out his sentence, and it seems to me he is condemning and judging what Obama had said.  The Catholic Church teaches one not to judge others, but seems to me that Morris is indeed judging Obama.  He is not being respectful.

I watch Fox because 1)I do want to hear the “other side” and perhaps might learn something, and 2)yes, I watch Fox to argue against some of my conservative friends who quote sources on Fox and to argue against people like you who seem to love and agree everything you hear on that network.

I see. So even when it’s painfully obvious by your own words and reasoning you just can’t admit it. Bravo.

By calling it a “non story” you condemn Fox , who spent more time on it than Jon. All Jon did was point out the “NEWS” network’s standard for petty nonsense, as any satirist is wont to do.

“And, again, I have to point out that people like you who hate Obama think he is either a Muslim or, as in this case, perhaps an atheist.  So, if this is true, any affiliation he might have had with Wright is moot.”
I don’t hate Obama.  I think he’s not qualified for Pres, never was qualified for Pres. and it was the media who made sure that he was elected and made sure that he was not vetted.  I don’t blame him.  It’s like asking someone if they want to win the lottery and nobody would be stupid enough to say no, but there are countless stories about life after winning was not the Utopia   they had imagined.   Why would I hate him?  I’ve met many people who aren’t qualified to be doing what they are doing, but I don’t hate them for it.  Just see the problems that their lack of qualifications caused in their ability to do their job.  Obama’s job is very important and his inability to perform them in a way that induces confidence is a problem.  A big problem.  
But, again hypocrisy rears its ugly head and the democrats are extremely vocal and critical about some of the presidential candidates not having the qualifications.  Well, isn’t that special!  Suddenly you all are so concerned and demand the best for the Country.  We don’t have the best now.  Some people can have all the education in the world but absence of common sense does not allow them to use their education in a positive way.   

I never thought Obama was or wasn’t a muslim, or an atheist.  Although, exactly what his religious beliefs are I have no idea – nor do I care.  It would be very difficult to give him a complete pass on Wright when he sat there for 20 years and listened to hate – hate against whites.  Obama either attended because he believed what Wright believed or because it was a great place to meet and greet people to help him further his career.  Perhaps a combination. He claimed that Wright was like family and in fact he “stole” one of Wrights sermons for the title of his book.  So, where does that leave us?  It leaves us with a disingenuous person who pulls out his religion when it helps and hides it when it hurts his cause.  

Like I said – it makes no difference to me what his beliefs are – but it matters greatly when he’s a hypocrite about them.  

Seek, we are actually getting off topic here since the original topic was Jon Stewart blasting Fox, that priest Father Morris, and Arizona state senator Steve Smith.

But I will respond.

You may not hate Obama, but there are plenty that do, and they have hated him since before he got elected.  It ranges from the birthers to people like Mitch McConnell who said long ago that his top priority was not creating jobs; it was making sure Obama was a one term President.  It includes these people at Fox, including Father Morris, who have made a big issue out of Obama not mentioning “God” in his Thanksgiving message, yet neglecting the fact that Obama and his family did work in that soup kitchen on Thanksgiving Day (no, it was not just a photo op).  People who continue to make major issues out of nothing (“manufactured outrage”) hate Obama.  There are no ifs, ands, or buts about this.

You use the same language that those who hate Obama use.  The media did not ensure Obama got elected; they vetted him.  If nothing else, how many hours, days, and months did Fox News alone (highest rated cable network) cover the Wright story?  How much time did Rush Limbaugh (number 1 rated AM talk show) spend on covering Wright?  How much time did many of the other conservative radio talk show hosts spend on Wright?  If you look up statistics, the highest rated AM programs are conservative radio talk shows. 

I frankly have not heard very much at all from Democrats about the lack of qualifications coming from the current crop of GOP stooges, although I do agree with that.  However, the fact that conservatives have griped about Obama’s lack of qualifications warrants the same response about people like Herman Cain, Michele Bachmann, and other GOP candidates.

I strongly believe Gingrich is a very devisive figure.  I strongly believe much of the hatred and animosity currently in the political realm has come from his time as Speaker of the House when he almost literally told Republicans to get nasty with the Democrats….don’t remember his exact words, but he did say something to this effect.

While I am disappointed with Obama, he has faced some of the most difficult challenges a President has ever faced.  He inherited a huge economic problem from Bush.  Republicans in the last Congress filibustered Democratic bills more than any other Congress in history.  There is a purpose for the filibuster, but it has absolutely been absurd the way Republicans have used it.

In spite of Obama’s lack of experience, I am firmly convinced that we would have been worse off had McCain/Palin won.  Palin really has no experience, in spite of her Mayorship and half term as Governor; further, she is a celebrity hound.  I am convinced we would be deeply entrenched in at least another full blown war with Iran had McCain won.  His chief foreign policy advisor was Randy Scheunemann, a neocon who was a board member of Project for a New American Century (PNAC), a group who long pushed for attacking Iraq, way before Bush even became President.  Even arch-conservative Pat Buchanan wrote an op-ed asking McCain why he wanted “endless war,” in reference to his use of Scheunemann as an advisor.

In spite of Obama’s lack of experience, I am firmly convinced that he will be a better President than any of the current crop of GOP clowns. 

Getting back to Wright: Obama never really used him like some others on the GOP side have used religion.  Bachmann, Cain, and Perry all have claimed that God has told them to run (and Perry’s wife said God told her that her husband should run).  Perry had that religious convention before he announced his candidacy wherein he had some religious haters like John Haggee show up.  Hatemonger and crazy person Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association was a part of this prayer event, and Fischer has endorsed Parry.  Bachmann made the claim that God was trying to tell Washington something with the earthquake and hurricane Irene.  What was God trying to tell Joplin Missouri, a Republican stronghold, with the tornado that ripped through here earlier this year?  This is what I mean by “wearing religion on one’s sleeve.”  These people openly court religious people, notably evangelicals, by making such statements and associating with these hate mongers like Haggee and Fischer. 

While Obama may or may not have had a close relationship with Wright, I do not recall him saying much if anything about him while on the campaign trail.

Which gets back to the topic of this thread.  That Catholic priest, Father Morris, does seem to strongly dislike Obama.  I’ve seen him a number of times before on Fox.  I found out a short while ago that he used to be associated with Opus Dei (actually, its sister secret association, the Legion).  Anyone belong to or associated with these secret Catholic societies (like Clarence Thomas or Antonin Scalia) should be highly suspect in their motives.  

And, as Jon Stewart was trying to point out, it is utterly absurd and ridiculous for people like this priest and those on Fox News to make such a big issue out of Obama’s failure to mention “God” in his message.

The War on Christmas starts earlier every year.

First they called Obama too Christian, then too Muslim, now it’s too athiest. What’s next…they’re running out of denominations!

http://occupyxmas.net

For some of them that might true. But all or the majority of them? I don’t think so.

Also Stewart himself has said many times–including on the O’Reilly Factor–that his show is not news and he is not “Fair and Balanced” either.

You just proved his point with your response. You’re a moron.

I am applauding the fact that you actually were able to spell “you’re” correctly…usually you type it as “your” a moron. Good job, dog. LOL

What’s wrong with atheists?