Am I the only one who thinks Roger Sterling was holding that sign in the sixth picture? Where was John Slattery this weekend?

“Thanks largely to the Tea Party phenomenon, protest signs are now fodder for news stories, ” –Tommy–

Actually, it’s thanks to the way our corrupt media decided to cover the tea-party phenomenon. You know, by highlighting 3 offensive signs out of tens of thousands of people & by leading every story with “the predominantly white crowd…”. Basically, two things that our corrupt media chooses not to do when it’s a lefty gathering like Stewart’s, or the 8,497 anti-war protests before Obama was the president leading the country into war.

The comparison in coverage between Beck’s non-political rally & Stewart’s political rally that was endorsed by Obama is example # 4,679,978,322 of the corruption in the left-wing media.

lonestar77 said:

The comparison in coverage between Beck’s non-political rally & Stewart’s political rally that was endorsed by Obama is example # 4,679,978,322 of the corruption in the left-wing media.

You are correct. The media highlighted the most offensive signs for sensationalism which unfairly labeled the Tea Party, but it also helped the Tea Party see the need to get rid of a very real racial fringe that had attached itself to them.
I think it’s inaccurate to call Glenn Beck’s rally non political. Although the content during official rally time may have been non political, the organizing and the politically speeches immediately afterward demonstrate clear political influence.
BTW; it’s not just the left wing media comparing the two rallies is it?

Love these.

You left out the Hitler signs. No surprise.

notsofast said:
You left out the Hitler signs. No surprise.

There was a Hitler sign in there, did you even look at the pictures?

notsofast said:
You left out the Hitler signs. No surprise.

They decided to be better than that.

notsofast said:
You left out the Hitler signs. No surprise.

I doubt Jon Stewart fans brought Hitler signs to a rally.

CosmosDan said:
You are correct. The media highlighted the most offensive signs for sensationalism which unfairly labeled the Tea Party, but it also helped the Tea Party see the need to get rid of a very real racial fringe that had attached itself to them.

My question about the Tea Party is did they make an effort to take shots at the republican party as much as they did the democratic party?

The Hitler signs were some of the funniest. “Hitler is Hitler.” “We may disagree but I’m sure you’re not Hitler.” The kittens with Hitler mustaches. Sir Dr. Stephen Colbert as Hitler. The smiley faces with Hitler mustaches. Even the ones with all the conservatives as Hitler were hilarious. Why? Because they are not Hitler. I actually wish someone brought a picture of Heston or a character from Spartacus with a mustache and saying, “I’m Hitler.” ” No, I’m Hitler!”

lonestar77 said:
“Thanks largely to the Tea Party phenomenon, protest signs are now fodder for news stories, ” –Tommy– Actually, it’s thanks to the way our corrupt media decided to cover the tea-party phenomenon. You know, by highlighting 3 offensive signs out of tens of thousands of people & by leading every story with “the predominantly white crowd…”. Basically, two things that our corrupt media chooses not to do when it’s a lefty gathering like Stewart’s, or the 8,497 anti-war protests before Obama was the president leading the country into war. The comparison in coverage between Beck’s non-political rally & Stewart’s political rally that was endorsed by Obama is example # 4,679,978,322 of the corruption in the left-wing media.

Umm, where did Obama endorse it? By being on his show? If you watched that episode, Obama didn’t really ever endorse it. They barely even talked about it.

Sure, Obama talked about it at a rally, but it’s not like he told Democrats to support Stewart and Colbert.

BTW: John Oliver as #4 TV Pundit?!? Really? Mediaite is really pulling those rankings out of their Death Star.

ProgLib said:
There was a Hitler sign in there, did you even look at the pictures?

fallenchicken said:
I doubt Jon Stewart fans brought Hitler signs to a rally.

Prog, you trog! That’s not the Hitler sign I was referring to.

I referring to this one:

“There were also a few anti-Republican signs as well, including at least one of Republican politicians Sarah Palin, John Boehner, and Eric Cantor with Adolph Hitler mustaches alongside conservative talk show hosts Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh. ”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2617924/posts

You lose, fallenchicken.

bealzebubba said:
They decided to be better than that.

They weren’t:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2617924/posts

notsofast said:
They weren’t:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2617924/posts

well then, I stand corrected.

Then again, It’s kind of silly to think that there’s not going to be some sort of signage like that at a rally.

Which has me wondering if that’s any worse than the clown posters of Obama or the hitler/nazi signs at the Tea Party Rallies? Personally, I think it’s wrong either way.

notsofast said:
Prog, you trog! That’s not the Hitler sign I was referring to.

I referring to this one:

“There were also a few anti-Republican signs as well, including at least one of Republican politicians Sarah Palin, John Boehner, and Eric Cantor with Adolph Hitler mustaches alongside conservative talk show hosts Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh. ”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2617924/posts

You lose, fallenchicken.

Sorry, how exactly should I have known which Hitler sign you referred to??? You said, they left out the Hitler signs. I saw a Hitler sign. Maybe the sign you referred to wasn’t among the 20 funniest?

notsofast said:
They weren’t:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2617924/posts

I take that sign as being sarcastic, whereas the tea partiers’ usually display a more direct form of communication. It’s like comparing Fawtly Towers to WWE, both are entertainment but there’s a difference.

notsofast said:
They weren’t:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2617924/posts

Curious, did any of those picture takers try speaking to those people with the supposed “bad” signs? That sign I can see being a satire attack as much as I can see it being just a flat out attack.

“Oh look, I used a magic marker on these people’s pictures, are you scared of them?”

ProgLib said:
I take that sign as being sarcastic, whereas the tea partiers’ usually display a more direct form of communication.

Typical lib excuse.

1. It was a joke.
2. “Bitch” means good
3. It was taken out of context

Try again!

Orion Antares said:
That sign I can see being a satire attack

Typical lib excuse.

1. It was a joke.
2. “Bitch” means good
3. It was taken out of context

Try again!

bealzebubba said:
My question about the Tea Party is did they make an effort to take shots at the republican party as much as they did the democratic party?

I can say not as much, although I only went to 2 events. There were bashes at Republicans. Maybe it’s due to the fact barry’s spending makes Bush look like a piker. Why do you ask?

notsofast says:
“There were also a few anti-Republican signs as well, including at least one of Republican politicians Sarah Palin, John Boehner, and Eric Cantor with Adolph Hitler mustaches alongside conservative talk show hosts Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh. ”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2617924/posts”

Posted by “rather biased” and there were no pics, no proof. It could have happened though. Reasonable people can mock unreasonable people by satirizing their signs. A mustache on Palin.

Not so fast, proving, once again, that he’s not so smart either.

notsofast said:
Typical lib excuse.

1. It was a joke.
2. “Bitch” means good
3. It was taken out of context

Try again!

I choose number 1, because it was all a joke, even the freaking NAMBLA signs. The point of these signs were to be funny using inside jokes from Comedy Central and pop culture. Moar signs from the evil librul Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=rally+for+sanity&s=int

Take this sign, for example: http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveparrish/5130097545/ I doubt you believe this woman thinks Gay Marriage will extinguish the sun. Nevertheless, she’s holding a sign saying just that. If you think she does believe what her sign says, then there is nothing I can do to help you from living in a state of constant umbrage.

notsofast said:
Typical lib excuse.

1. It was a joke.
2. “Bitch” means good
3. It was taken out of context

Try again!

Typical Hyper-Con blinders?

“If I don’t like it, it’s automatically evil/wrong/erred but if I like it it’s good/correct/faultless. Nothing is open to any interpretation except my own interpretation.”

Sorry buddy but you’re as wrong as the the Lefties that say the same thing viewed from the other end of the spectrum.

ProgLib said:
I take that sign as being sarcastic, whereas the tea partiers’ usually display a more direct form of communication. It’s like comparing Fawtly Towers to WWE, both are entertainment but there’s a difference.

How dare you demean the quality of pratfalls that Cleese engaged in during his tenure as Basil Fawlty.. oh wait, that might have been a critique of the falls on WWE. Nevermind.

** COPIED FROM A COMMENT BY FELIXW **

Nineteen Lessons the Democrats Need to Learn from the Election Defeat of 2010

1. Don’t pass bills without reading them.

2. When a political party takes its cues from Comedy Central, it is unlikely to win the next election.

3. You don’t create prosperity by spending money you don’t have. That’s how you create poverty.

4. Don’t hold a town hall meeting if you don’t want to hear what voters have to say.

5. Businesses, not government, are the source of productive jobs.

6. You don’t fix industries by giving them 3,000 pages of new regulations.

7. You can’t create jobs while punishing the people who do the hiring.

8. Borrowing another $100 billion every month from the Chinese is not a solution to any problem.

9. Elections are won by attention to the issues, not by character attacks, smears and jokes.

10. Don’t promise the voters transparency if you plan to govern via backroom deals.

11. People won’t hire and expand their businesses if they don’t know what their tax rates will be next year.

12. When you constantly accuse people who disagree with you of racism, you destroy your own credibility, not theirs.

13. Don’t brag about how many jobs you’ve created when everyone can see that the unemployment rate is rising.

14. When voters ask for government accountability and fiscal responsibility, politicians should not respond with ridicule—unless they want to be thrown out of office in the next election.

15. If you turn the home mortgage into a welfare entitlement, don’t be surprised when the loans aren’t repaid.

16. When you spend your energy trying to silence your political opponents, it’s a sign that you’ve already lost the argument.

17. Don’t tell us “we have to pass the healthcare bill to find out what’s in it.”

18. People figured out long ago that free stuff from the government isn’t really free. Don’t insult their intelligence.

19. It’s the economy, stupid.

Tommy I have to hand it to you, you certainly are a gifted opinion piece writer. Who wants to be an impartial, unbiased journalist anyway? That’s for suckers. Good for you, buddy.

lonestar77 said:
“Thanks largely to the Tea Party phenomenon, protest signs are now fodder for news stories, ” –Tommy– Actually, it’s thanks to the way our corrupt media decided to cover the tea-party phenomenon. You know, by highlighting 3 offensive signs out of tens of thousands of people & by leading every story with “the predominantly white crowd…”. Basically, two things that our corrupt media chooses not to do when it’s a lefty gathering like Stewart’s, or the 8,497 anti-war protests before Obama was the president leading the country into war. The comparison in coverage between Beck’s non-political rally & Stewart’s political rally that was endorsed by Obama is example # 4,679,978,322 of the corruption in the left-wing media.

Funny I look at these photos and I see a “predominantly white crowd” yet have not seen that reported anywhere. Weird.

bealzebubba said:
Personally, I think it’s wrong either way.

I agree wholeheartedly.

Arkansas Steve says:
“19. It’s the economy, stupid.”

You mean the economy that the President’s Party turned around in a few months? Watch how much gridlock helps. Nothing will get down. The right wants to bankrupt us with Bush tax cuts, and the far right tea party wants to bankrupt us with Hoover tax cuts.

The only way to restore sanity in Washington this week is to keep the right out of power. For details, see:
http://www.sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/2010/10/becks-fake-populism-exposed-he-sides.html
and…
http://www.sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/2010/10/vote-you-cast-may-bite-you-in-ass.html

lonestar77 said:
“Thanks largely to the Tea Party phenomenon, protest signs are now fodder for news stories, ” –Tommy– Actually, it’s thanks to the way our corrupt media decided to cover the tea-party phenomenon. You know, by highlighting 3 offensive signs out of tens of thousands of people & by leading every story with “the predominantly white crowd…”. Basically, two things that our corrupt media chooses not to do when it’s a lefty gathering like Stewart’s, or the 8,497 anti-war protests before Obama was the president leading the country into war. The comparison in coverage between Beck’s non-political rally & Stewart’s political rally that was endorsed by Obama is example # 4,679,978,322 of the corruption in the left-wing media.

Yeah, I guess Tommy decided never to mention the “Bush=Hitler” signs or the “Bush is the disease death is the cure” signs, etc.. during Bush’s terms in office. Funny how he never thought any of them were “especially vile”. Of course, being the opinion piece writer that he is he’s not held to the standards of a real journalist.

GlennBeckReview said:
Arkansas Steve says:“19. It’s the economy, stupid.” You mean the economy that the President’s Party turned around in a few months?P>

Turned around to where? 360 degrees maybe? I’m sorry but too many people out there are hurting for your statement to be credible. Not yet at least. If we saw actual improvement from his policies, I’d be the first one to thank him. The fact is Obama and the Dems spent an entire year focused on healthcare while more and more people lost their jobs and homes. I understand that they felt as though they had to with the supermajority and everything. But I voted for real change and it never came.

Powerslave said:
Tommy I have to hand it to you, you certainly are a gifted opinion piece writer. Who wants to be an impartial, unbiased journalist anyway? That’s for suckers. Good for you, buddy.

You have to give Tommy this one…. he’s honest about where he comes from. He’s not trying to pull the wool over anyone’s eye’s. No “Dan Rather” is Tommy.

Powerslave said:
I’m sorry but too many people out there are hurting for your statement to be credible.

glennbeckgivesmeachubby lost credibility a long time ago. Quite amusing to see the same drivel day in and day out though.

Penguin60 said:
Why do you ask?

Well, I ask because I’m trying to determine if the lack of Tea Party fury I’ve seen against the GOP is because of media bias.

oh and, BTW to get back the “Hitler” images…I did see one. It showed a picture of Obama next to it it said “Not Hitler”…then a picture of Beck and next to it it said “Not Hitler” and then finally a picture of Hitler and next that was the words “Hitler” with a green check.

So, make that two hitler references…albeit, the second one was more cleaver.

GlennBeckReview said:
Posted by “rather biased” and there were no pics, no proof.

LOL

You idiot, they show the pic.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2617924/posts”

Damn, as Tuesday gets closer, you get dumber!

Orion Antares said:
Sorry buddy but you’re as wrong as the the Lefties that say the same thing viewed from the other end of the spectrum.

Nope! You and the other libs proved it!

Cry, baby, cry!

Here is some more from you libs:

http://www.ringospictures.com/index.php?page=20090816

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/03/025964.php

Ouch!

So, notsofast…would you agree that the comparing of any of the presidents to hitler is wrong?

ProgLib said:
I take that sign as being sarcastic

Orion Antares said:
That sign I can see being a satire attack

Exactly what was intended…some folks have trouble with nuance.

Yargburger said:
I choose number 1, because it was all a joke, even the freaking NAMBLA signs. The point of these signs were to be funny using inside jokes from Comedy Central and pop culture. Moar signs from the evil librul Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=rally+for+sanity&s=int

I know, right?

ProgLib said:
I take that sign as being sarcastic, whereas the tea partiers’ usually display a more direct form of communication. It’s like comparing Fawtly Towers to WWE, both are entertainment but there’s a difference.

I see it as more of a social commentary. “EVERYBODY’S Hitler! Hitler’s EVERYWHERE! Aren’t you afraid enough to vote against your own best interests yet?”

Powerslave says:
November 1, 2010 at 4:12 pm (Quote)
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GlennBeckReview said:
“You mean the economy that the President’s Party turned around in a few months?”

Powerslave says:
“Turned around to where? 360 degrees maybe? I’m sorry but too many people out there are hurting for your statement to be credible.”

Turned around as in we’re not longer in a downward spiral. I know they don’t tell you this on Fox, but the economy is growing. Fast enough? Of course not.

Birdbrain Penguin69 says:
“glennbeckgivesmeachubby lost credibility a long time ago.”

Get the facts on where we are. You won’t hear them from FoxPAC Republican Propaganda, THE channel with NO credibility whatsoever:
http://www.sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/2010/10/vote-you-cast-may-bite-you-in-ass.html

bealzebubba said:
So, notsofast…would you agree that the comparing of any of the presidents to hitler is wrong?

No response?

GOD HATES FIGS wins!