What a shock, Maddow’s obsession with all things Fox has made her tell another lie. I wonder if the MSNBC “newspeople” have pictures of Rupert Murdoch on their mirrors like Rock had, of Drago, in Rocky 4.

Letterman and Maddow . Two of a kind . That’s some great entertainment there .

Really? Rachel Maddow isn’t an authoritative view point on the opinions of fox news, or conservatives? Now what–next I’ll hear Keith Olbermann has bias…

Well I’m sure she’ll graciously correct it as soon as possible…

Yes, I’m so sure.

That’s just a really stupid thing for her to say, even liberal MSNBC’ers wouldn’t really think that Fox actually said that.

Rachel Maddow and “facts” in the same sentence?

That’s what the Democratic Media does.
If reality doesn’t fit their antiquated belief system, they just ignore it, and make up their own reality that does!

Very inspiring isn’t it?
They actually petrify their own development!

A few would. There’s always a few. Never underestimate the passions of a political extremist.

Yeah right, republicans think the new black pathers decided the election like the democrats thinks judicial activism decided the 2000 election. The new black pathers was a case of local voter intimidation suppressed by the DOJ on racial lines, Bush v. Gore was a matter of sore losers unwilling to accepts facts. No one thinks the NBP altered the outcome of the election, but their behavior was illegal nonetheless.

Burn!!

Are you guys kidding? By claiming that people were intimidated from voting at the Housing Project that is 65% African American where those TWO guys who comprise the NBPP, fox was, as usual bending the truth. What did you think they were implying? A stolen election! Oh, and politifact didn’t do itself any favors when they claimed the President did raise taxes despite what he told Bill O in that dreadful interview. What taxes did the President actually raise? The tanning bed and cigarette tax. Of course those don’t affect the middle class. Just the one’s stupid enough to indulge in either.

timzank said:
That’s just a really stupid thing for her to say, even liberal MSNBC’ers wouldn’t really think that Fox actually said that.

No, they wouldn’t. Rachel needs to slow down. Her youth and immaturity is biting her in the ass.

ImNotBlue said:
Well I’m sure she’ll graciously correct it as soon as possible…

Yes, I’m so sure.

Maybe keith will name her wpitw on his first show? ROFL!

Kudos Alex Alvarez for one of the first unbias researched articles I’ve seen on this site. I hope more of the same is forthcoming.

RichardBraincase said:
Yeah right, republicans think the new black pathers decided the election like the democrats thinks judicial activism decided the 2000 election. The new black pathers was a case of local voter intimidation suppressed by the DOJ on racial lines, Bush v. Gore was a matter of sore losers unwilling to accepts facts. No one thinks the NBP altered the outcome of the election, but their behavior was illegal nonetheless.

Did anyone file a complaint of intimidation? NO! And Bush was appointed President. That’s what judicial activism is. Also see the Citizens United decision. Wingnuts live in an alternate universe. The state of denial.

timzank said:
That’s just a really stupid thing for her to say, even liberal MSNBC’ers wouldn’t really think that Fox actually said that.

Msnbc’ers believe anything. Trust me. Check think progress or newshounds for proof and you’ll find it.

This is such a pathetic high school drama at this point.

Fox News is the hot chick that everyone likes, and Rachel Maddow and MSNBC are the ugly chicks that nobody likes because they’re always bitching about the hot chick.

By the way, don’t take Rachel’s word for fox being full of shit. Here’s a former employee with the good.

http://mediamatters.org/blog/201102100007

Read it and discount it like you baggers always do. It’s what makes you baggers!

This is an excellent example of the death of journalism. Rachel Maddow, despite what a lot of people think, is an articulate, thoughtful, and intelligent journalist. However, since she joined MSNBC who subsequently declared jihad against Fox she has become another yapping talk show host.

The quote in question, however, also shows Fox again playing their “you can only trust us” card. From the link:

“The transcripts we looked at showed that there was indeed lots of coverage on Fox. However, the discussions focused on the legal side of the story and whether other media outlets were derelict in not giving it enough attention.”

So rather than simply report it, the story became about how Fox is looking out for you and everyone else is crap. They report on other media sources just as much as they are reported on.

You gotta love those liberal leftist pukes.

roxsteady said:
By the way, don’t take Rachel’s word for fox being full of shit. Here’s a former employee with the good.

http://mediamatters.org/blog/201102100007

Read it and discount it like you baggers always do. It’s what makes you baggers!

Are you hitting the sauce, already?

delta777 said:
Kudos Alex Alvarez for one of the first unbias researched articles I’ve seen on this site. I hope more of the same is forthcoming.

I see, it’s only unbiased if they catch a lib screwing up. You don’t know what you’re talking about.

roxsteady said:
By the way, don’t take Rachel’s word for fox being full of shit. Here’s a former employee with the good. http://mediamatters.org/blog/201102100007 Read it and discount it like you baggers always do. It’s what makes you baggers!

Who needs PolitiFact when you have Media Matters!

Classic…This was really a funny post. I honestly laughed out loud when I read it.

ImNotBlue said:
Well I’m sure she’ll graciously correct it as soon as possible… Yes, I’m so sure.

That will never happen and unfortunately many people who pay little attention to politics will accept it as fact.
Liberals keep repeating the same talking points over and over and it becomes ingrained in peoples minds.
Look at Democrats with health care repeal, same talking points every interview. You don’t even have to listen anymore, you know what they are going to say. Unfortunately with all the media outlets echoing thier talking points it’s becoming a losing proposition for the right. Thier lies become truths, very sad situation.

BarneyFranken said:
Who needs PolitiFact when you have Media Matters! Classic…This was really a funny post. I honestly laughed out loud when I read it.

That’s a good article. It’s called “plausible narrative”, Sparky. Read the piece, then watch your TV, and tell me the two don’t line up. Anybody who thinks Roger Ailes doesn’t play this way, doesn’t know shit about Roger Ailes.

what would a pundit have to discuss, after all, if not a rival news network?

Can you truly be a “rival” for someone you provide NO competition for?

Tony Westover said:
This is such a pathetic high school drama at this point. Fox News is the hot chick that everyone likes, and Rachel Maddow and MSNBC are the ugly chicks that nobody likes because they’re always bitching about the hot chick.

http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/7917/2lmkphe.jpg

This picture takes your statement quite literally.

Apparently that is Rachel’s GF. I dont mean to be rude, but WOOF..!

timzank said:
That’s just a really stupid thing for her to say, even liberal MSNBC’ers wouldn’t really think that Fox actually said that.

That’s what makes it a joke. You understand she was on a Late night talk show and people say things for laughs, occasionally.

Nacho said:
That’s what makes it a joke. You understand she was on a Late night talk show and people say things for laughs, occasionally.

Hmm, that DOES have the ring of an intentionally over-the-top sarcastic comment. I’d like to see the tape.

Though they do have some good journalists – in fact I’m watching Fox right now – there’s plenty of stuff to call out Fox News for. One of the reasons why they’ll never change is, a lot of their critics are lazy about getting the facts straight. C’mon Rachel, be precise about what you’re saying.

JoeRemi said:
Hmm, that DOES have the ring of an intentionally over-the-top sarcastic comment. I’d like to see the tape.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLlO1ve1Oqw

I guess you could say it was a snarky sell half truth from a competitor.

Rachel is a liar. I prefer my hero’s Politifact record. Much stellar!

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2010/aug/27/glenn-beck-faces-truth-o-meter/

Nacho said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLlO1ve1Oqw I guess you could say it was a snarky sell half truth from a competitor.

Nope, she was talking straight, and incorrectly. FNC implied that a voter intimidation case was downplayed because of race. Well, YEAH, it was two crazy black guys shouting nonsense in front of a black precinct. It may have technically been a crime, but the race issue involved kinda negated it. Not worth the DOJ’s time; certainly not worth FNC’s. But Rachel blew it.

Oh my, say it ain’t so – Rachel gets it wrong (AGAIN!)

The question is – was it an intentional lie on Rachel’s part (most likely) or just a stupid oversight that she blames someone else for.

The is and MSNBC anchor, who always claims to deal in truth and fact.

Bwahahahaha

MSNBC is in meltdown

da-wdc said:
Though they do have some good journalists – in fact I’m watching Fox right now – there’s plenty of stuff to call out Fox News for. One of the reasons why they’ll never change is, a lot of their critics are lazy about getting the facts straight. C’mon Rachel, be precise about what you’re saying.

I will agree. They have good some journalists. I like Wendell Goller, Emanuel (WH correspondents) Catherine Herridge (Pentagon), Jenna Lee, Scott, Bill Hemmer, Julie Banderas (is she still there?), Shepard Smith and sometimes Kelly & Wallace when they’re not reading the GOP talking points. I also like O’Reilly for opinion even though I expect his biases but he’s at least fair in some quarters. So even though most of us lefties are very critical towards FNC, we do respect a lot of their journalists who on the most part do their job and abstain from hack partisan reporting.

roxsteady said:
Are you guys kidding? By claiming that people were intimidated from voting at the Housing Project that is 65% African American where those TWO guys who comprise the NBPP, fox was, as usual bending the truth. What did you think they were implying? A stolen election!

Nope- The story was how the DOJ refused to prosecute. No one was suggesting that a single polling station in Philly being intimidated stole an election. You are making the same extrapolation Ms. Maddow did- only she is smart enough to know better.

roxsteady said:
Oh, and politifact didn’t do itself any favors when they claimed the President did raise taxes despite what he told Bill O in that dreadful interview. What taxes did the President actually raise? The tanning bed and cigarette tax. Of course those don’t affect the middle class. Just the one’s stupid enough to indulge in either.

OK, I’ll Bite. What taxes did Obama Raise?

Tax Increases included in Obama’s Fiscal 2009 Budget:

$179 billion – eliminate itemized deduction
$118 billion – capital gains tax hike
$17 billion – Reinstate Superfund taxes
$24 billion – tax carried-interest as income
$5 billion – codify “economic substance doctrine”
$61 billion – repeal LIFO
$210 billion – international enforcement, reform deferral, other tax reform
$4 billion – information reporting for rental payments
$5.3 billion – excise tax on Gulf of Mexico oil and gas
$3.4 billion – repeal expensing of tangible drilling costs
$62 million – repeal deduction for tertiary injectants
$49 million – repeal passive loss exception for working interests in oil and natural gas properties
$13 billion – repeal manufacturing tax deduction for oil and natural gas companies
$1 billion – increase to 7 years geological and geophysical amortization period for independent producers
$882 million – eliminate advanced earned income tax credit

Total: $353 billion in tax increases over 10 years

What that doesn’t count, and its a biggie: Cap and Trade. It was passed in the house, but because of political pressure the senate never brought it for a vote and died. (thank you filibuster!)

But what we do know is that Obama wanted it: and with it came a hike on energy rates for every person, rich or poor.

Just because it didnt pass didnt mean Obama wasnt for it- and he would have signed it in a heartbeat.

So you can excuse me for not patting Obama on the back for not getting his way.

Thanks to Republicans, he can claim he didnt raise income taxes. (Bush tax cuts didnt expire like he wanted)

Thanks to Conservatives, Obama wasnt able to pass the SINGLE BIGGEST TAX in American History.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504383_162-5314040-504383.html

Obama now wants to raise payroll taxes. We’ll see what happens next:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20110209/pl_ac/7813834_obama_tax_proposal_could_double_state_payroll_taxes

(Notice I dont link to conservative blogs. This is credible, unlike when you link to Media Matters.)

So whether or not he was able to raise taxes, the point is if Obama got his way, we would all be paying much more in taxes, so him saying he didnt raise taxes once is rather disingenuous because we all know he wanted to.

She’s a liberal hack who will be back with Olbermann on cable soon.

It’s a good idea when mocking other news sites to have your facts correct. That’s why O’Reilly remains on top for so long. Entertain, engage and get the facts right. And of course, when you don’t, say so and move on.

Perhaps Maddow was again duped by a satire site for this information. We all know she has difficulty distinguishing between fact and fiction. Her career is based on it.

Maddow is a liar… shocking.

roxsteady said:
What taxes did the President actually raise? The tanning bed and cigarette tax. Of course those don’t affect the middle class. Just the one’s stupid enough to indulge in either.

Are you retarded? A tax on cigs doesn’t affect the middle class and THE POOR? Only rich people smoke? And only rich people go to tanning places, which are in strip malls all over America? Are you high? The facts remains that when Obama says he hasn’t raised taxes once, he’s LYING and you’re just fine with that, sheep.

Gasket said:
Rachel is a liar. I prefer my hero’s Politifact record. Much stellar!

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2010/aug/27/glenn-beck-faces-truth-o-meter/

Oh, yeah, they’ve done great work there. Like the time they gave him a Pants on Fire for Beck saying that John Holdren PROPOSED sterilants in drinking water and proved him completely wrong by showing that he really didn’t ADVOCATE for it, while referencing Holdren’s book in which he PROPOSED sterilants in drinking water. I’m actually surprised that PolitiHack got this one right.

Maddow – the kind of man Olbermann always wished he could be…sigh…

The conservatives are a bunch of morons really…

I know it’s a comedy show and all, but this is her career she’s making into a joke.

TfT said:
Oh my, say it ain’t so – Rachel gets it wrong (AGAIN!)

The question is – was it an intentional lie on Rachel’s part (most likely) or just a stupid oversight that she blames someone else for.

Very likely a stupid oversight. She probably just heard that little false tidbit from somewhere inside her bubble and, because of her partisan nature, believed it without reservation. She is a Rhodes Scholar, but studied politics, not journalism. So it’s not in her training to question the veracity of that which she believes. That’s what makes her show not news. That it’s not in her nature to question the veracity of that which she believes makes her show, for me, not watchable.

I’m sure what Rachel Maddow intended to say (or wished she’d said) is, “Fox News made such a big deal out of the New Black Panther Party that you’d have thought they decided the election for Barack Obama.”

But she didn’t. So she has to live with the consequences.

BarneyFranken said:
http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/7917/2lmkphe.jpg

This picture takes your statement quite literally.

Apparently that is Rachel’s GF. I dont mean to be rude, but WOOF..!

Can we say Photoshop!!

So when the Obama administration repeals the tax incentives to ship overseas is that considered bad and considered raising taxes? The righties vote against their better interest. If they had to live out of a dumpster they would vote for that dumpster to be removed.

Yoda002 said:
Can we say Photoshop!!

Nope! http://tinyurl.com/4lxov7y

Rachel Maddow is intellectual dishonest.
She’s supposedly smart enough to be able to discern what the truth is, but she conveniently rarely presents the truth to her audience. She’s too busy making false statements or omitting the inconvenient facts which will disprove her biased and slanted presentation of current news topics.

OxyCon said:
Nope! http://tinyurl.com/4lxov7y

Oh man did you see this gem in there??? Please Please someone, make this your avatar..!!

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XNQamkm5zYc/S-fKrQ2GiwI/AAAAAAAAAmI/FUq5VGi67lg/s1600/Rachel+Maddow+at+21.jpg

Good God Man!!

This is an outrage. Lord knows the people at Fox News would NEVER attempt to falsely associate Obama with scary black men or 60′s era radicals. Next thing you know Maddow will have the gall to point out that there is not a single black Republican representative in either the House or Senate, not even one. The NERVE of that woman!!!

maddow lying about fox? shocked i tell ya! shocked!

Thanks Alex, for doing this story.

“The problem that I think is reasonable to assert about Fox and its coverage is that they make up stories out of whole cloth and then make a big deal out of them.” – way to go there, maddow, making sh*t up!

roxsteady said:
Did anyone file a complaint of intimidation? NO! And Bush was appointed President. That’s what judicial activism is. Also see the Citizens United decision. Wingnuts live in an alternate universe. The state of denial.

Still in denial. What a fool.

roxsteady said:
By the way, don’t take Rachel’s word for fox being full of shit. Here’s a former employee with the good. http://mediamatters.org/blog/201102100007 Read it and discount it like you baggers always do. It’s what makes you baggers!

Unnamed sources. Yeah, that makes it true. God, you’re an idiot.

OxyCon said:
Nope! http://tinyurl.com/4lxov7y

MAddow must be the guy in the relationship:)

scoobydoobydoo said:
This is an outrage. Lord knows the people at Fox News would NEVER attempt to falsely associate Obama with scary black men or 60’s era radicals. Next thing you know Maddow will have the gall to point out that there is not a single black Republican representative in either the House or Senate, not even one. The NERVE of that woman!!!

A man named West in Florida is a black congressman.

sarainitaly said:
maddow lying about fox? shocked i tell ya! shocked!

Thanks Alex, for doing this story.

“The problem that I think is reasonable to assert about Fox and its coverage is that they make up stories out of whole cloth and then make a big deal out of them.” – way to go there, maddow, making sh*t up!

Maddow will be gone at some point. Her 15 minutes will be up.

Dave Richards said:
A man named West in Florida is a black congressman.

Why confuse the looney left with facts? It’s head will be spinning for days.

Dave Richards said:
A man named West in Florida is a black congressman.

And there’s Tim Scott from SC. Facts is hard.

rather than make the sweeping statement that the Party “elected” Obama, Fox News instead reported on “the legal side of the story and whether other media outlets were derelict in not giving it enough attention.”

This is a typical RM lie for which she is renowned.

Hey bitch, you are supposed to be promoting MSNBC not FOX.

notsofast said:
Hey bitch, you are supposed to be promoting MSNBC not FOX

That’s what’s so amusing, every breath they take exhales FNC. Can’t they think for themselves?

It’s almost as if Letterman and Maddow have a left wing bias.

OxyCon said:
Rachel Maddow is intellectual dishonest.
She’s supposedly smart enough to be able to discern what the truth is, but she conveniently rarely presents the truth to her audience. She’s too busy making false statements or omitting the inconvenient facts which will disprove her biased and slanted presentation of current news topics.

Prove it.

espo222 said:
What a shock, Maddow’s obsession with all things Fox has made her tell another lie. I wonder if the MSNBC “newspeople” have pictures of Rupert Murdoch on their mirrors like Rock had, of Drago, in Rocky 4.

You obviously haven’t read the story. Rachel did not lie. I equate it with the Teabaggers being “The New KKK” as founded by Dick Army and Glenn Beck for the RNC/Fox Ministry of Lies – though that is certainly more true than the 2 or three member “New Black Panther Party that Fox ginned up for 3 weeks – two years after the election” and until the screwed up on fixing the Shirley Sherrod story with Brietbart/O’Keefe editing.

Alz said:
Maddow will be gone at some point. Her 15 minutes will be up.

You people that watch Fox don’t watch anything else. How would you know morons.

You obviously haven’t read the story. Rachel did not lie. I equate it with the Teabaggers being “The New KKK” as founded by Dick Army and Glenn Beck for the RNC/Fox Ministry of Lies – though that is certainly more true than the 2 or three member “New Black Panther Party that Fox ginned up for 3 weeks – two years after the election” and until the screwed up on fixing the Shirley Sherrod story with Brietbart/O’Keefe editing.

sarainitaly said:
maddow lying about fox? shocked i tell ya! shocked!

Thanks Alex, for doing this story.

“The problem that I think is reasonable to assert about Fox and its coverage is that they make up stories out of whole cloth and then make a big deal out of them.” – way to go there, maddow, making sh*t up!

It’s incredible that none of you Fox supporters actually UNDERSTAND THE STATEMENT ABOVE. LOL.

You obviously haven’t read the story. Rachel did not lie. I equate it with the Teabaggers being “The New KKK” as founded by Dick Army and Glenn Beck for the RNC/Fox Ministry of Lies – though that is certainly more true than the 2 or three member “New Black Panther Party that Fox ginned up for 3 weeks – two years after the election” and until the screwed up on fixing the Shirley Sherrod story with Brietbart/O’Keefe editing.

Nacho said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLlO1ve1Oqw

I guess you could say it was a snarky sell half truth from a competitor.

Don’t confuse morons with facts. They might shoot themselves in fear of education.

Big Eddie said:
Letterman and Maddow . Two of a kind . That’s some great entertainment there .

And you only have Fox to watch. That is tragic, because given the Fox-ist view – everyone else is Liberal or Left Leaning. Sad that when you believe propaganda – you only have one place to go…wait, you have CBN and the 700 Club as well, but outside of that – your cult is just that – a cult of idiocy.

NORBIT Jr. said:
That’s what the Democratic Media does.
If reality doesn’t fit their antiquated belief system, they just ignore it, and make up their own reality that does!

Very inspiring isn’t it?
They actually petrify their own development!

CBN, 700 Club and Fox. One voice, one party – welcome comrades!

Ricia said:
Rachel Maddow and “facts” in the same sentence?

She’s above your education level (or pay scale) – how would you know. You watch Fokkks!

RichardBraincase said:
Yeah right, republicans think the new black pathers decided the election like the democrats thinks judicial activism decided the 2000 election. The new black pathers was a case of local voter intimidation suppressed by the DOJ on racial lines, Bush v. Gore was a matter of sore losers unwilling to accepts facts. No one thinks the NBP altered the outcome of the election, but their behavior was illegal nonetheless.

Reagan never traded Arms for hostages, Reagan didn’t fund the Contras, Nixon never broke into Watergate, Bush didn’t know there weren’t any WMDs, and Jeb Bush, Katherine Harris and the Teabagging Republican Supreme Court didn’t overturn the Florida State Supreme Court in counting the votes in Florida. You also believe in Santa Clause and the Easter Bunny. Grow up. Losers.

roxsteady said:
Are you guys kidding? By claiming that people were intimidated from voting at the Housing Project that is 65% African American where those TWO guys who comprise the NBPP, fox was, as usual bending the truth. What did you think they were implying? A stolen election! Oh, and politifact didn’t do itself any favors when they claimed the President did raise taxes despite what he told Bill O in that dreadful interview. What taxes did the President actually raise? The tanning bed and cigarette tax. Of course those don’t affect the middle class. Just the one’s stupid enough to indulge in either.

Boehner apparently. They don’t care – they are RELIGULOUS in their ignorance.

delta777 said:
Kudos Alex Alvarez for one of the first unbias researched articles I’ve seen on this site. I hope more of the same is forthcoming.

Again – don’t just READ IT – UNDERSTAND IT. You teabagers are morons. I’m sorry – I have to be honest. There is no educating you in your indoctrinated Glennbeckistan universe you live in. Sad.

delta777 said:
Kudos Alex Alvarez for one of the first unbias researched articles I’ve seen on this site. I hope more of the same is forthcoming.

Again – don’t just READ IT – UNDERSTAND IT. You teabagers are morons. I’m sorry – I have to be honest. There is no educating you in your indoctrinated Glennbeckistan universe you live in. Sad.

gar said:
That will never happen and unfortunately many people who pay little attention to politics will accept it as fact.
Liberals keep repeating the same talking points over and over and it becomes ingrained in peoples minds.
Look at Democrats with health care repeal, same talking points every interview. You don’t even have to listen anymore, you know what they are going to say. Unfortunately with all the media outlets echoing thier talking points it’s becoming a losing proposition for the right. Thier lies become truths, very sad situation.

Republicans don’t read. Remember – they all stood up and complained – we can’t read this?!! (I guarantee you Humana and the Insurance Companies and Lobbyists did – they’ve spent nearly $500,000,000 to keep the status quo and Boehner and the GOP are the biggest beneficiaries of it.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-koch-brothers-20110206,0,7986328,print.story

Dave Richards said:
Unnamed sources. Yeah, that makes it true. God, you’re an idiot.

If you like Politifact so much – why don’t you use them or quote them on the things – the MANY things – the catch the Republicans lying about – including their lies on Health Care Reform?

LOL – this is a dumb one. Fox stopped the 2+ year old BS story when they tried selling the Shirley Sherrod fake tapes; they NEVER admitted to the James O’Keefe EDITED ACORN TAPES that were completely false and shut down an agency; You’re being pathetic – be better than that.

JazzyJim:

I’m having trouble fallowing your reasoning. Rachel Maddow openly distorted an issue to the point of lying, and somehow we’re suppose to read between the lines? I agree with “delta77, and gar”. This article was straightforward, factual, and unambiguous. The type of reporting that should always be done.

CAconservative said:
JazzyJim: I’m having trouble fallowing your reasoning. Rachel Maddow openly distorted an issue to the point of lying, and somehow we’re suppose to read between the lines? I agree with “delta77, and gar”. This article was straightforward, factual, and unambiguous. The type of reporting that should always be done.

Totally agree!

Thanks, Alex.

JazzyJim said:
< Republicans don’t read. Remember – they all stood up and complained – we can’t read this?!! (I guarantee you Humana and the Insurance Companies and Lobbyists did – they’ve spent nearly $500,000,000 to keep the status quo and Boehner and the GOP are the biggest beneficiaries of it. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-koch-brothers-20110206,0,7986328,print.story

Dave Richards said:
Unnamed sources. Yeah, that makes it true. God, you’re an idiot.

If you like Politifact so much – why don’t you use them or quote them on the things – the MANY things – the catch the Republicans lying about – including their lies on Health Care Reform?

LOL – this is a dumb one. Fox stopped the 2+ year old BS story when they tried selling the Shirley Sherrod fake tapes; they NEVER admitted to the James O’Keefe EDITED ACORN TAPES that were completely false and shut down an agency; You’re being pathetic – be better than that.

Penguin60 said:
That’s what’s so amusing, every breath they take exhales FNC. Can’t they think for themselves?

juan said:
Totally agree!

Thanks, Alex.

Have you ever seen the David Letterman show? Or did the Palin jokes get you to turn it off?

CAconservative said:
JazzyJim:

I’m having trouble fallowing your reasoning. Rachel Maddow openly distorted an issue to the point of lying, and somehow we’re suppose to read between the lines? I agree with “delta77, and gar”. This article was straightforward, factual, and unambiguous. The type of reporting that should always be done.

I like Politifact – it has great information on Boehner and the Republicans. Now, think about the program that Rachel Maddow was on and the context. It’s not that hard.

What about the 200 waivers the Obama administration have given out to make thier side happy. All these waivers take money away from funding the shortfall of money needed to match those trumped up numbers from the CBO.

Jazzyjism seems alot like Paul Westlake. Better to beat a dead dog than deal with a delusional Rachel Maddow lover.

Olby Sucks said:
Msnbc’ers believe anything. Trust me. Check think progress or newshounds for proof and you’ll find it.

And you’ll deny the truth. You’re a twinkie away from joining Glenn Beck in the insane asylum.

gar said:
What about the 200 waivers the Obama administration have given out to make thier side happy. All these waivers take money away from funding the shortfall of money needed to match those trumped up numbers from the CBO.

Hannity.

JazzyJim said:
How would you know morons.

By reading your posts. HA, nice syntax.

Tony Westover said:
This is such a pathetic high school drama at this point.

Fox News is the hot chick that everyone likes, and Rachel Maddow and MSNBC are the ugly chicks that nobody likes because they’re always bitching about the hot chick.

Another Beck University grad…great.

Jazzy Jim is a one man rebuttin’ machine- All aboard Jazzy Jim’s crazy train!!

Nobody is buying what youre trying to sell here Jimbo.

Despite your feverish attempts to change the subject, the fact is that Maddow made an embarrasing misstatement that was refuted by a widely credible source.

No amount of spin and deflection from you changes this story- sorry pal.

If Rachel is talking about Fox, you can take it to the bank that she has made it up.

It is called Lefty Journalism, “LJ” for short!

JazzyJim said:
Hannity.

There’s over 5 million articles on health care waivers, from right and left. Stop looking at your autographed picture of Rachel, release your other hand from you know where and JUST TYPE IN HEALTHCARE WAIVERS.

Laura O'Brian said:
The conservatives are a bunch of morons really…

You should have said if you’re a republican moron, vote thumbs down! Well, they did anyway, so…there you go – that’s called truth! LOL.

golds1 said:
Maddow – the kind of man Olbermann always wished he could be…sigh…

gar said:
release your other hand from you know where

Doesn’t he have to wipe of the lotion first or maybe he’s going bareback?

BarneyFranken said:
Jazzy Jim is a one man rebuttin’ machine- All aboard Jazzy Jim’s crazy train!!

Nobody is buying what youre trying to sell here Jimbo.

Despite your feverish attempts to change the subject, the fact is that Maddow made an embarrasing misstatement that was refuted by a widely credible source.

No amount of spin and deflection from you changes this story- sorry pal.

When dealing with nuzis from Glennbeckinstan – you have to speak to them in the language they understand. Right moron?

Penguin60 said:
Doesn’t he have to wipe of the lotion first or maybe he’s going bareback?

God you have to live in Pittsburgh. I can’t hurt your feelings.

BarneyFranken said:
Jazzy Jim is a one man rebuttin’ machine- All aboard Jazzy Jim’s crazy train!!

Nobody is buying what youre trying to sell here Jimbo.

Despite your feverish attempts to change the subject, the fact is that Maddow made an embarrasing misstatement that was refuted by a widely credible source.

No amount of spin and deflection from you changes this story- sorry pal.

Squirrel! Hey your Messiah Glenn Beck is waiting for you – go now, sit!

JazzyJim said:
God you have to live in Pittsburgh. I can’t hurt your feelings.

Better than Philly.

Nacho said:
That’s what makes it a joke. You understand she was on a Late night talk show and people say things for laughs, occasionally.

Republicans are the butt of jokes, they do not get humor – they are humor, i.e, Bush, Palin, Boehner, Teabbagers. You can’t write that stuff.

Penguin60 said:
By reading your posts. HA, nice syntax.

Your mom should be proud! Unlike Palin and Bush – it appears you can read! 1st in your family? Congrats.

JazzyJim said:
they do not get humor

Are you kidding? Your posts have given me more laughs than I’ve had in a long time. You here all week? 2 shows a night. LMAO

BarneyFranken said:
Nope- The story was how the DOJ refused to prosecute. No one was suggesting that a single polling station in Philly being intimidated stole an election. You are making the same extrapolation Ms. Maddow did- only she is smart enough to know better.

OK, I’ll Bite. What taxes did Obama Raise?

Tax Increases included in Obama’s Fiscal 2009 Budget:

$179 billion – eliminate itemized deduction
$118 billion – capital gains tax hike
$17 billion – Reinstate Superfund taxes
$24 billion – tax carried-interest as income
$5 billion – codify “economic substance doctrine”
$61 billion – repeal LIFO
$210 billion – international enforcement, reform deferral, other tax reform
$4 billion – information reporting for rental payments
$5.3 billion – excise tax on Gulf of Mexico oil and gas
$3.4 billion – repeal expensing of tangible drilling costs
$62 million – repeal deduction for tertiary injectants
$49 million – repeal passive loss exception for working interests in oil and natural gas properties
$13 billion – repeal manufacturing tax deduction for oil and natural gas companies
$1 billion – increase to 7 years geological and geophysical amortization period for independent producers
$882 million – eliminate advanced earned income tax credit

Total: $353 billion in tax increases over 10 years

What that doesn’t count, and its a biggie: Cap and Trade. It was passed in the house, but because of political pressure the senate never brought it for a vote and died. (thank you filibuster!)

But what we do know is that Obama wanted it: and with it came a hike on energy rates for every person, rich or poor.

Just because it didnt pass didnt mean Obama wasnt for it- and he would have signed it in a heartbeat.

So you can excuse me for not patting Obama on the back for not getting his way.

Thanks to Republicans, he can claim he didnt raise income taxes. (Bush tax cuts didnt expire like he wanted)

Thanks to Conservatives, Obama wasnt able to pass the SINGLE BIGGEST TAX in American History.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504383_162-5314040-504383.html

Obama now wants to raise payroll taxes. We’ll see what happens next:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20110209/pl_ac/7813834_obama_tax_proposal_could_double_state_payroll_taxes

(Notice I dont link to conservative blogs. This is credible, unlike when you link to Media Matters.)

So whether or not he was able to raise taxes, the point is if Obama got his way, we would all be paying much more in taxes, so him saying he didnt raise taxes once is rather disingenuous because we all know he wanted to.

What moronic tripe. Reagan raised Taxes 11 Times and tripled the Deficit. Bush brought the country to it’s knees spending and borrowing – WHO DO YOU THINK HAS TO PAY FOR YOUR MISTAKES? Dumbarses.

Penguin60 said:
Are you kidding? Your posts have given me more laughs than I’ve had in a long time. You here all week? 2 shows a night. LMAO

I’ll give you a thumbs up for trying.

Pablo said:
Are you retarded? A tax on cigs doesn’t affect the middle class and THE POOR? Only rich people smoke? And only rich people go to tanning places, which are in strip malls all over America? Are you high? The facts remains that when Obama says he hasn’t raised taxes once, he’s LYING and you’re just fine with that, sheep.

Why are you bitching and moaning? Democrats are bailing out the credit spending, government expanding, constitution shredding Republicans AGAIN. This economy, left by your King George – has to be paid for. “Income Tax is what educated American understood the president to be talking about – and in addition – he only said for 95% of Americans their taxes would go up – they would get relief – and we did pay less. Of course, we didn’t get the $1,000,000,000,000 that the top 1.5% of Bush’s buddies did – no where near – but hey, he we did get income tax reduction from the Fed.

The Fox Cycle: From bogus right-wing attack to mainstream news
July 12, 2010 8:56 am ET

. . . [The] New Black Panther story follow[s] a familiar pattern. Fox News’ embrace of [J. Christian] Adams’ accusations against the Department of Justice are in keeping with a pattern observed in previous instances in which a bogus story has jumped from the conservative fringe to the mainstream media:

1. Right-wing bloggers, talk radio hosts, and other conservative media outlets start promoting and distorting the story.

2. Fox News picks up the story and gives it heavy, one-sided coverage.

3. Fox News and conservative media attack the “liberal media” for ignoring the distorted story.

4. Mainstream media outlets eventually cover the story, echoing the right-wing distortions.

5. Fox News receives credit for promoting the story.

6. The story is later proven to be false or wildly misleading, long after damage is done. . . .

(http://mediamatters.org/research/201007120005)
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Olbermann notes “one huge flaw in this latest Fox-driven conspiracy”: “Bush didn’t prosecute” New Black Panthers
July 12, 2010 11:09 pm ET

(Video: http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201007120062)
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Does Mediaite understand what the New Black Panther story is about?

July 13, 2010 10:49 am ET by Simon Maloy

[Mediate gets spanked for mischaracterizing Olbermann's comments about Fox, above, noting] “This isn’t a case of two groups of partisans blaming the other party’s administration for a controversial legal decision. This is all about the conservative media completely disregarding the facts as they stand to accuse the first black president and attorney general of being racially biased. . . . . ”

(http://mediamatters.org/blog/201007130018)
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Weigel: Fox News’ “minstrelsy” fixation on the New Black Panther Party resembles Nixon-era race-baiting
(http://mediamatters.org/blog/201007140038)
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REPORT: Fox News has hyped phony New Black Panthers scandal at least 95 times
(http://mediamatters.org/research/201007160038)
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Fox whopper: DOJ said Voting Rights Act wasn’t violated in New Black Panthers case
September 24, 2010 10:34 pm ET

Reporting on Justice Department lawyer Christopher Coates testimony on the phony New Black Panthers Party scandal, Fox News falsely reported that the Justice Department had “determined that the Voting Rights Act… had not been violated” in the case. In fact, the Obama administration’s DOJ obtained default judgment against one of the defendants on the basis of his violation of that law. . . .

(http://mediamatters.org/research/201009240054)
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A search on MediaMatters.org using the terms ‘New Black Panthers” and “Fox” returns well over 100 items similar to those above. Nearly all contain numerous source links or other documentation. Disbelievers are welcome to disprove any of the MM articles and report their findings here. (Request #26.)

Maddow is essentially correct. Fakes “News” relentlessly hyped the importance and influence of the New Black Panthers – both of them – in Obama’s election.

JazzyJim:

I’m not quite sure what Boehner and the Republicans have to do with Ms.Maddow openly lying? Maybe, you could enlighten us?
I believe the issue was “network-bias”. When asked that question on the Liberal Dave Letterman show, she openly fabricated statements by Foxnews that upon research was found to be false. Are you suggesting that it’s alright to be a bold-faced lier, as long as it’s on the Letterman show?

Dave Noland said:
Stay Klassy you knuckle dragging neanderthal

Eat a big nut, you fascist lib!

JazzyJim said:
JazzyJim says:
February 11, 2011 at 1:39 pm JazzyJim(Quote)

Sounds like you have jizz on your chin, son.

All statements involving John Boehner
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

Actually, four national polls disagree
“The American people spoke pretty loudly. They said stop all the looming tax hikes….”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

Two sets of stats say he’s wrong twice
“It’s gotten to a point where the average federal worker makes twice as much as the average private sector worker.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

Most of “unspent” money is already obligated
“There’s still about $400 billion or $500 billion of the stimulus plan that has not been spent. Why don’t we stop it.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

In July ’08, unemployment was 5.8 percent (remember that?)
“This is the first time since the Depression that unemployment has stayed above 9 percent for two consecutive years.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

A popular claim but it’s still wrong
“The Department of Health and Human Services is providing $160 million to the state of Pennsylvania to set up a new high-risk insurance pool program that would cover any abortion legal in the state.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

There’s no “fee” required by the bill
Senate health care legislation will “levy a new ‘abortion premium’ fee on Americans in the government-run plan.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

No “forcing” involved
“Forcing Americans off of their current health coverage and onto a government-run plan isn’t the answer, but that’s exactly what the Democrats’ plan would do.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

Research yes, mandates no
The health bill’s plan for comparative effectiveness research “would be used by the government to ration care.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

Amendment would prohibit use of federal funds for abortions
The Democrat-backed health care reform plan “will require (Americans) to subsidize abortion with their hard-earned tax dollars.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

Little Washington, welcome to big Washington
“In North Carolina, they used stimulus money to hire one new state worker. His job, apply for more stimulus funds from the taxpayers by the way of the federal government.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

Misquoting Obama’s remarks
Says Obama called Israel “a constant sore” that in

notsofast said:
Sounds like you have jizz on your chin, son.

No I shot it into your gapping pie hole just as I promised – now swallow!

From Politfact: Enjoy!

All statements involving John Boehner
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

Actually, four national polls disagree
“The American people spoke pretty loudly. They said stop all the looming tax hikes….”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

Two sets of stats say he’s wrong twice
“It’s gotten to a point where the average federal worker makes twice as much as the average private sector worker.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

Most of “unspent” money is already obligated
“There’s still about $400 billion or $500 billion of the stimulus plan that has not been spent. Why don’t we stop it.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

In July ’08, unemployment was 5.8 percent (remember that?)
“This is the first time since the Depression that unemployment has stayed above 9 percent for two consecutive years.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

A popular claim but it’s still wrong
“The Department of Health and Human Services is providing $160 million to the state of Pennsylvania to set up a new high-risk insurance pool program that would cover any abortion legal in the state.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

There’s no “fee” required by the bill
Senate health care legislation will “levy a new ‘abortion premium’ fee on Americans in the government-run plan.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

No “forcing” involved
“Forcing Americans off of their current health coverage and onto a government-run plan isn’t the answer, but that’s exactly what the Democrats’ plan would do.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

Research yes, mandates no
The health bill’s plan for comparative effectiveness research “would be used by the government to ration care.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

Amendment would prohibit use of federal funds for abortions
The Democrat-backed health care reform plan “will require (Americans) to subsidize abortion with their hard-earned tax dollars.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

Little Washington, welcome to big Washington
“In North Carolina, they used stimulus money to hire one new state worker. His job, apply for more stimulus funds from the taxpayers by the way of the federal government.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

Misquoting Obama’s remarks
Says Obama called Israel “a constant sore” that in

“The American people spoke pretty loudly. They said stop all the looming tax hikes….”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

Two sets of stats say he’s wrong twice
“It’s gotten to a point where the average federal worker makes twice as much as the average private sector worker.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

Most of “unspent” money is already obligated
“There’s still about $400 billion or $500 billion of the stimulus plan that has not been spent. Why don’t we stop it.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

In July ’08, unemployment was 5.8 percent (remember that?)
“This is the first time since the Depression that unemployment has stayed above 9 percent for two consecutive years.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

A popular claim but it’s still wrong
“The Department of Health and Human Services is providing $160 million to the state of Pennsylvania to set up a new high-risk insurance pool program that would cover any abortion legal in the state.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

There’s no “fee” required by the bill
Senate health care legislation will “levy a new ‘abortion premium’ fee on Americans in the government-run plan.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

No “forcing” involved
“Forcing Americans off of their current health coverage and onto a government-run plan isn’t the answer, but that’s exactly what the Democrats’ plan would do.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

Research yes, mandates no
The health bill’s plan for comparative effectiveness research “would be used by the government to ration care.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

Amendment would prohibit use of federal funds for abortions
The Democrat-backed health care reform plan “will require (Americans) to subsidize abortion with their hard-earned tax dollars.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

Little Washington, welcome to big Washington
“In North Carolina, they used stimulus money to hire one new state worker. His job, apply for more stimulus funds from the taxpayers by the way of the federal government.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

Misquoting Obama’s remarks
Says Obama called Israel “a constant sore” that infects U.S. foreign policy.
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CAconservative said:
JazzyJim:

I’m not quite sure what Boehner and the Republicans have to do with Ms.Maddow openly lying? Maybe, you could enlighten us?
I believe the issue was “network-bias”. When asked that question on the Liberal Dave Letterman show, she openly fabricated statements by Foxnews that upon research was found to be false. Are you suggesting that it’s alright to be a bold-faced lier, as long as it’s on the Letterman show?

It’s not a lie – even the heading says “might” it’s mispoken – but true.

“The American people spoke pretty loudly. They said stop all the looming tax hikes….”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

Two sets of stats say he’s wrong twice
“It’s gotten to a point where the average federal worker makes twice as much as the average private sector worker.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

Most of “unspent” money is already obligated
“There’s still about $400 billion or $500 billion of the stimulus plan that has not been spent. Why don’t we stop it.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

In July ’08, unemployment was 5.8 percent (remember that?)
“This is the first time since the Depression that unemployment has stayed above 9 percent for two consecutive years.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

A popular claim but it’s still wrong
“The Department of Health and Human Services is providing $160 million to the state of Pennsylvania to set up a new high-risk insurance pool program that would cover any abortion legal in the state.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

There’s no “fee” required by the bill
Senate health care legislation will “levy a new ‘abortion premium’ fee on Americans in the government-run plan.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

No “forcing” involved
“Forcing Americans off of their current health coverage and onto a government-run plan isn’t the answer, but that’s exactly what the Democrats’ plan would do.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

Research yes, mandates no
The health bill’s plan for comparative effectiveness research “would be used by the government to ration care.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

Amendment would prohibit use of federal funds for abortions
The Democrat-backed health care reform plan “will require (Americans) to subsidize abortion with their hard-earned tax dollars.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

Little Washington, welcome to big Washington
“In North Carolina, they used stimulus money to hire one new state worker. His job, apply for more stimulus funds from the taxpayers by the way of the federal government.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

Misquoting Obama’s remarks
Says Obama called Israel “a constant sore” that infects U.S. foreign policy.
Page 1 of 1

OxyCon said:
Rachel Maddow is intellectual dishonest.
She’s supposedly smart enough to be able to discern what the truth is, but she conveniently rarely presents the truth to her audience. She’s too busy making false statements or omitting the inconvenient facts which will disprove her biased and slanted presentation of current news topics.

Bohner’s Lies per your new found source Politifact:
“The American people spoke pretty loudly. They said stop all the looming tax hikes….”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

Two sets of stats say he’s wrong twice
“It’s gotten to a point where the average federal worker makes twice as much as the average private sector worker.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

Most of “unspent” money is already obligated
“There’s still about $400 billion or $500 billion of the stimulus plan that has not been spent. Why don’t we stop it.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

In July ’08, unemployment was 5.8 percent (remember that?)
“This is the first time since the Depression that unemployment has stayed above 9 percent for two consecutive years.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

A popular claim but it’s still wrong
“The Department of Health and Human Services is providing $160 million to the state of Pennsylvania to set up a new high-risk insurance pool program that would cover any abortion legal in the state.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

There’s no “fee” required by the bill
Senate health care legislation will “levy a new ‘abortion premium’ fee on Americans in the government-run plan.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

No “forcing” involved
“Forcing Americans off of their current health coverage and onto a government-run plan isn’t the answer, but that’s exactly what the Democrats’ plan would do.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

Research yes, mandates no
The health bill’s plan for comparative effectiveness research “would be used by the government to ration care.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

Amendment would prohibit use of federal funds for abortions
The Democrat-backed health care reform plan “will require (Americans) to subsidize abortion with their hard-earned tax dollars.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

Little Washington, welcome to big Washington
“In North Carolina, they used stimulus money to hire one new state worker. His job, apply for more stimulus funds from the taxpayers by the way of the federal government.”
John Boehner

John Boehner
False

Misquoting Obama’s remarks
Says Obama called Israel “a constant sore” that infects U.S. foreign policy.
Page 1 of 1

JazzyJim said:
What moronic tripe. Reagan raised Taxes 11 Times and tripled the Deficit. Bush brought the country to it’s knees spending and borrowing – WHO DO YOU THINK HAS TO PAY FOR YOUR MISTAKES? Dumbarses.

Reagan about doubled REVENUE; Congress over spent. The deficit was dropping as Reagan left office.

Regardless, if you are so concerned about the deficit and spending, you must be going berserk with hatred over Obama and the Democrats and they terrible leadership.

Jazzy Jim, it was reported for weeks a couple months ago that for every $60K a private sector worker makes, a public sector worker makes 120K. That’s what Boehner was referencing and it’s sad you weren’t knowledgeable of it as well.

Well, whoever reported that is wrong, wrong, wrong. Boehner evidently misread the stats through his constant stream of tears.

Well facts and the truth don’t matter to Randy Madcow as long as she/he can present it in the most sarcastic way possible. Good grief, where does MSNBC find their talking idiots?

Alz said:
The deficit was dropping as Reagan left office.

Reagan more than tripled the national DEBT from less than $1 trillion to $3 trillion during his time in office and spent more $$$ than all of his predecessors combined.

Scrapette Jones said:
it was reported for weeks a couple months ago that for every $60K a private sector worker makes, a public sector worker makes 120K.

Your statistics – such as they are – mislead. Radio host Thom Hartmann notes that while lower-level public sector employees (janitors, etc.) make more than their private sector counterparts, mid- and upper- level professionals (administrators, advanced-degree professionals) earn LESS than their private sector counterparts.

Judge John Roll, a victim of the Tuscon shootings, was such a person. He surely could have made more money as a private lawyer but chose to serve. We would be a lesser country if such people chose self-interest over public service.

Stephen Hemsley, the CEO of UnitedHealthCare, earns almost $100 million per year. The bureaucrats who run Medicare, Medicaid, the Social Security Administration and other government programs earn a tiny fraction of that amount.

“Well facts and the truth don’t matter to Randy Madcow as long as she/he can present it in the most sarcastic way possible.”

You have no rational argument so you resort to irrational cheap shots.

Homophobia isn’t recognized as a mental illness – but you make a strong case for it.

“Good grief, where does MSNBC find their talking idiots?”

Apply. You’re a cinch.

OMG, who knew that Rachel Madcow is another MSLSD talking head who doesn’t let facts get in the way of making a liberal point? OMG, O-M-G!

Gotta love these conservatives and their dedication to defending each other, no matter the veracity of the claims. Their constant assertion that the media present news that is liberally biased ignores the way the media never mentions the massive amount of data collected by scientists over the years since WW2 that shows how strongly conservatism and authoritarian attitudes will be found in the same person (r = .76….so high that most psychologists no longer distinguish between the two).
They never explain how conservatism is associated with increased levels of fear, aggression, superstitious or magical thinking, low cognitive complexity, poor integration of new info/ideas (hence their ability to argue conflicting points of view without ever realising it). They are more likely to hold simplistic, stereotypical views of others leading to more racist, bigotted, sexist, homophobic statements and beliefs than any other group of people. They have such poor self-concept however that most truly believe they are more righteous, just and fair-minded than others, frequently projecting their faults onto others …usually those who dare to point these facts out to them.
They are more dogmatic and rigid in their beliefs, will seldom change a POV unless an authority of theirs tells them to, then they seem compelled to believe it, even when it is against everything they used to think. The “birthers” are all conservatives with high authoritarian folower traits (RWA). When their leadership among the GOP began looking to increase their black constituency, they did so by telling the media they werent racist and that racism is no longer acceptable among patriot Americans..clearly a conflict of needs for lifelong racists. So the mind defended itself by finding another reason to reject Obama as POTUS, a title that clearly implies he is their own superior as well. Hence “birtherism”.

“Conservatism is not the doctrine of the intellectual elite or of the more intelligent segments of the population, but the reverse. By every measure available to us, conservative beliefs are found most frequently among the uniformed, the poorly educated, and the less intelligent” (p. 38). McClosky, H. Conservatism and personality. American Political Science Review, 52, 27-45.

Wow, you and your source just described the left.

This headline says it all:

“Rachel Maddow’s Facts About Fox News On Letterman Might Not Be So Factual After All.”

Sorry, but “Rachel Maddow” and “facts” are never in the same universe, much less the same room.

Even Politifact, that left-wing outfit that mocks Republicans, had enough of her lying through her fake teeth when it called her out for saying that Wisconsin did not have a budget deficit, when everyone sans Maddow (and other nitwits, for instance, in the labor movement) know that the state is drowning in red ink, thanks to the former Governor of that state (read: Democrat) and the unions, which have sucked the lifeblood out of this entire country.

“Reagan more than tripled the national DEBT from less than $1 trillion to $3 trillion during his time in office.”

Over EIGHT YEARS.

Zerobama has added THREE TRILLION to the deficit in two plus years, and will add five trillion in his one (and hopefully only) term.

I, for one, pray that the GOP filibusters the debt ceiling rise, so that the entire stinking junta led by King Louis XVI, er, Barry Soetero, collapses. It’s gonna collapse soon anyway, so it might as well happen on Zerobama’s watch.