Pundits you love/hate

[EricMM 0]

I cannot stand ANY of the Con bombthrowers, from Hannity to Malkin to Coulter to the random ass scrub from a thinktank.

 

OMG Libs are sissies is a disqualifying comment regardless.

[Gary Floyd 0]

Jon Stewart-Love the guy. I kind of feel bad for him because much of his audience is now made up of the same Che Guevera t-shirt wearing college douchebags that love Michael Moore, when he's better than Moore ever was.

 

Sean Hannity-Spineless Republican ass kisser. His constant bullying of left leaning celebs wouldn't get on my nerves (I also get annoyed by left leaning celebs) if he wan't so smary and arrogant all the time. Also, it wouldn't kill you to disagree with Bush on at least one thing.

 

Janeane Garofalo-Remember when she was sort of funny? Now she's pretty much annoying. Also, get over Lorne Michaels and your time on SNL bitch.

 

Bill O'Reilly-Huge asshole, and a boil in the ass of the world. His telling a man who lost his loved one's on 9/11 to shut up was disgusting, and i don't care how politically biased the other guy was. At least he's more tolerable than Hannity, but that's not saying much.

 

Glenn Beck-Tries way too hard to be funny. Other than that, he doesn't annoy me as much as most Right Wing Pundits, and he's sometimes amusing.

 

bigolsmitty-Alright guy, but needs to get over his "all Republicans are evil" phase.

 

Michael Moore-I hate this man. For his exploitation of others to make his points. For the fact that he pretty much ruined political satire and documentaries. For the fact that he pesters people. Fuck him.

 

Keith Olberman-Love the guy. His over relience of Simpsons quotes does get a little annoying, but other than that, I think he's great. Also, I love that he regularly puts O'Reilly in his place.

 

Ann Coulter-I hate this bitch. This screaming harpy is proof to me that there is a hell, and the bile that spews from her mouth and her books makes me angrier than a hippy after the 2004 election.

 

Dennis Miller-Christ, what happened? This guy used to be one of my favorite comics. Now he's a lap dog for Bush.

 

Rolling Stone-Give it up guys. When an article about the Michael Jackson trial ends up becoming a rant about why you hate bush, and an interview with Larry "why won't he just die already" The Cable Guy becomes a rant about why you hate the red states, it' time to just shut up. see also: any political blog

[Big Ol' Smitty 0]

bigolsmitty-Alright guy, but needs to get over his "all Republicans are evil" phase.

 

This guy is underrated.

 

(My best friend is a Republican.)

[Slayer 0]

(My best friend is a Republican.)

*followed by virulently anti-Republican sentiment*

[Dr. Zaius 0]

Emmett Tyrrell is trying to resurrect the Swift Boat controversy.

Does Mr. Tyrrell believe there is some sort of sleaze deficit in politics that he needs to drag this up again? And, 2 years later, don't we already have enough reasons to oppose Kerry's candidacy?

[SuperJerk 0]

Using right-wing logic, you could argue that Glenn Beck hates America.

[MarvinisaLunatic 0]

Using right-wing logic, you could argue that Glenn Beck hates America.

You all are desperate aren't you? Digging up a 2 year old thread to post that which has only about a 25% relevance to the thread its in..seriously.

 

 

[NoCalMike 0]

Thom Hartman - This is the definition of an "issues" radio talk show. He is all issues, all the time and invites on guests that disagree with him and they politely debate the issues. It is a pretty refreshing show whether you agree with him or not. It is kind of a shame that he is part of Air America now because that label is going to get him stereotyped. I have a feeling he won't last too long there because he is not really in lock step with the democratic party establishment.

 

Dennis Miller - Ya know, when the guy got mad because someone called Bush, "Hitler" I could kind of understand where he was coming from, but the rest of his schtick just feels like a total, complete 100% act. It is like just because he disagrees about one issue, he has to now pretend he is Mr. Conservative on every issue down the line because if he doesn't conform, he won't be accepted. Another one who jumped on the conservative bandwagon when it became hip to do so.

 

I didn't even look at the date of this thread and thought it was new, so a bunch of other people I was going to list have already been thouroughly covered.

[SuperJerk 0]

Using right-wing logic, you could argue that Glenn Beck hates America.

You all are desperate aren't you? Digging up a 2 year old thread to post that which has only about a 25% relevance to the thread its in..seriously.

Or...doing a search and finding the right thread with 100% relevance to the topic instead of starting a new one.

[SuperJerk 0]

Rachael Ray ad pulled as pundit sees terror link

Malkin claimed scarf similar to those worn by murderous Islamic extremists

MSNBC

updated 6:14 p.m. CT, Wed., May. 28, 2008

Dunkin' Donuts pulled a television spot featuring talk show host and Food Network personality Rachael Ray this weekend after a Fox news commentator associated it with terrorists.

 

In the ad, Ray is wearing a scarf that Michelle Malkin said in her nationally syndicated column resembled a kiffiyeh, Middle Eastern garb that is "popularized by Yasser Arafat and a regular adornment of Muslim terrorists appearing in beheading and hostage-taking videos."

 

Dunkin's Senior Vice President for Communications Margie Myers issued a statement saying the scarf "was selected by a stylist for the advertising shoot. Absolutely no symbolism was intended.

 

"However, as of this past weekend, we are no longer using the online ad because the possibility of misperception detracted from its original intention to promote our iced coffee."

 

In her column, Malkin also noted that it could appear at times that actor Colin Farrell, rapper Kanye West and Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean have been photographed in similar scarves that were "distinctive hate couture."

URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24860437/

 

God damn, do I hate Michelle Malkin.

[SamoaRowe 0]

That is retarded on so many levels. First, having seen the ad, the scarf doesn't look like anything a terrorist would wear whatsoever. Secondly, even if it did, so fucking what. This is pure xenophobia towards Muslims and I'm pissed that Dunkin Donuts caved in like that.

[Jingus 0]

This isn't making a mountain out of a molehill. It's making a mountain out of the Grand Canyon. IT'S JUST A GODDAMNED SCARF. Now nobody's allowed to wear any scarves for any reason ever? This has got to be the dumbest something-outta-nothing controversy I've seen in recent memory.

[BUTT 0]

This isn't making a mountain out of a molehill. It's making a mountain out of the Grand Canyon.

Oh Jingus

[Timmy8271 0]

So with Malkin's logic, What about this woman?

 

 

John McCain's daughter, Meghan. She has the "terrorist scarf" too.

[Firestarter 0]

God damn, do I hate Michelle Malkin.

But she's right.

[NoCalMike 0]

God damn, do I hate Michelle Malkin.

But she's right-wing.

 

Edited for Accuracy.

[CheesalaIsGood 0]

God damn, do I hate Michelle Malkin.

But she's right.

About what, exactly? That it kinda sorta LOOKS like Muslim garb?

 

So no, she is not RIGHT about anything. She is just doing what she always does and stir up shit.

 

Weak.

[Firestarter 0]

That it kinda sorta LOOKS like Muslim garb?

Close enough.

[Firestarter 0]

Ann Coulter is a goddess.

 

But now Hillary has won the popular vote in a Democratic primary, while Obambi has won under the rules. In a spectacular turnabout, media commentators are heaping sarcasm on our plucky Hillary for imagining the "popular vote" has any relevance whatsoever.

 

It's the exact same situation as in 2000, with Hillary in the position of Gore and Obama in the position of Bush. The only difference is: Hillary has a much stronger argument than Gore ever did (and Hillary's more of a man than Gore ever was).

 

Unbeknownst to liberals, who seem to imagine the Constitution is a treatise on gay marriage, our Constitution sets forth rules for the election of a president. Under the Constitution that has led to the greatest individual liberty, prosperity and security ever known to mankind, Americans have no constitutional right to vote for president, at all. (Don't fret Democrats: According to five liberals on the Supreme Court, you do have a right to sodomy and abortion!)

 

Americans certainly have no right to demand that their vote prevail over the electors' vote.

 

The Constitution states that electors from each state are to choose the president, and it is up to state legislatures to determine how those electors are selected. It is only by happenstance that most states use a popular vote to choose their electors.

 

When you vote for president this fall, you will not be voting for Barack Obama or John McCain; you will be voting for an elector who pledges to cast his vote for Obama or McCain. (For those new Obama voters who may be reading, it's like voting for Paula, Randy or Simon to represent you, instead of texting your vote directly.)

 

...

 

After nearly eight years of having to listen to liberals crow that Bush was "selected, not elected," this is a shocking about-face. Apparently unaware of the new party line that the popular vote amounts to nothing more than warm spit, just last week HBO ran its movie "Recount," about the 2000 Florida election, the premise of which is that sneaky Republicans stole the presidency from popular vote champion Al Gore. (Despite massive publicity, the movie bombed, with only about 1 million viewers, so now HBO is demanding a "recount.")

 

So where is Kevin Spacey from HBO's "Recount," to defend Hillary, shouting: "WHO WON THIS PRIMARY?"

 

In the Democrats' "1984" world, the popular vote is an unconcept, doubleplusungood verging on crimethink. We have always been at war with Eastasia.

[Guest Epic Narcissism]

But now Hillary has won the popular vote in a Democratic primary, while Obambi has won under the rules. In a spectacular turnabout, media commentators are heaping sarcasm on our plucky Hillary for imagining the "popular vote" has any relevance whatsoever.

Hate Ann Coulter if you please, but that's a knockout punch.

[CheesalaIsGood 0]

That it kinda sorta LOOKS like Muslim garb?

Close enough.

Yeah, to being fucking retarded. Well I guess under this logic the Muslims get to be mad about a cartoon then.

[snuffbox 0]

I don't like the idea of some Americans being so frail as to be afraid of a FUCKING SCARF.

[BUTT 0]

Not when the scarf is for hatin' Jews!

[Firestarter 0]

Not when the scarf is for hatin' Jews!

Not just "hatin'" but also for murdering them by convincing pregnant 14 year-old girls to commit suicide by blowing themselves up in pizza parlors.

 

Kind of puts a different color on the kaffiyeh.

[Jingus 0]

Kind of puts a different color on the kaffiyeh.

But since Rachel Ray is obviously not a muslim, and her scarf was not a kaffiyeh but was instead probably some frightfully expensive thing custom-made by a fashion designer and then wrapped around Ray by her wardrobe specialist, I fail to see what the relevance is. There's no connection. It's just a scarf, which is a very common piece of clothing in cold-weather climates all around the world. It's like complaining that a nun's habit looks too much like a burkha.

[Firestarter 0]

The checkered pattern contradicts you, old friend.

[PUT THAT DICK IN MY MOUTH! 0]

Not when the scarf is for hatin' Jews!

Not just "hatin'" but also for murdering them by convincing pregnant 14 year-old girls to commit suicide by blowing themselves up in pizza parlors.

 

Actually keffiyehs are for protecting the wearer's head from bright sunlight and also for keeping sand out of his/her mouth/eyes. A little known fact is that they are sometimes ever worn by American soldiers stationed in Middle Eastern countries!

[Firestarter 0]

And the color of the kaffiyeh is red... reddened with a million Israeli women and children and EMTs who knowingly go to their deaths to try to save survivors even when they KNOW that they body of the homicide bomber is probably trapped with five or more time-delayed nail-shredded bombs specifically intended to murder first responders. I have NO respect for anyone who gives even the slightest respect to these animals.

 

And actually calling them "animals" is a stretch. They're inhuman. Israelis try to save everyone, even "Palestinian" bastards who might still be firing at them. Even animals don't try to kill people who are trying to save them. Even the proverbial dog in a trap can be made to understand that he shouldn't bite you.

[Firestarter 0]

A little known fact is that they are sometimes ever worn by American soldiers stationed in Middle Eastern countries!

This is actually true.

 

Actually keffiyehs are for protecting the wearer's head from bright sunlight and also for keeping sand out of his/her mouth/eyes.

We have better equipment for that nowadays, but you're still right: they are still used by American soldiers.

 

 

 

However, on the public perception point: it IS as political a statement as a Che Guevara shirt. And it means about as much. She may know jack shit, but she did it, and she can be criticized for it fairly.

[SuperJerk 0]

But now Hillary has won the popular vote in a Democratic primary, while Obambi has won under the rules. In a spectacular turnabout, media commentators are heaping sarcasm on our plucky Hillary for imagining the "popular vote" has any relevance whatsoever.

Hate Ann Coulter if you please, but that's a knockout punch.

 

Hillary didn't really win the popular vote, because Michigan's votes don't count.

 

Also, the comparison between the Democratic nomination system and the electoral college is not an accurate comparison either, because one is based on proportional representation and one is winner-take-all.