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Former Bush, McCain adviser McKinnon "very disappointed" by Mark Levin's "jaw-dropping hate language about the president"

October 05, 2009 10:24 am ET

From the October 5 edition of MSNBC's Morning Meeting:

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    • Author by The_Cat (October 05, 2009 10:40 am ET)
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      Just as an aside, I did not know that Mark Levin was a twelve year old girl.

      I can only guess, of course, but I think that Mr. McKinnon may have been referring to this particular clip. I don't find this particular piece of invective that much more heinous than anything out of Glenn Beck's or Rush Limbaugh's or Sean Hannity's mouth. My suspicion is that Mr. McKinnon chose Mr. Levin to single out in this way, not because he was the most egregious violator of good taste, but rather because he is a fairly safe target. Smaller audience, less likely to lash out in return, than kind of thing.

      Mr. Levin takes a shot at the group who went to Copenhagen, and how many jets it took, and how much carbon dioxide they produced in transit. So, I guess that whatever else his beliefs, he is on board with reducing emissions!
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      • Author by blk-in-alabam (October 05, 2009 11:24 am ET)
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        Mark Levin writes a lot of the garbage on conservative(republican)media.He writes just about everything hannity says.Levin has his hand deep in the conservative(republican)mess.Sometimes to get rid of weeds you have to get at the roots.Especially twisted vines with potato like roots growing in an underground bunker.
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    • Author by zardoz237630 (October 05, 2009 11:07 am ET)
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      I heard Levin tell the grieving father of a fallen soldier that Liberals want more deaths in Iraq because it made Bush look bad. I made a list of his sponsors & informed them what they were paying for. Some responded that they would look into it. Some wrote that they need to reach as large an audience as possible regardless of the content.... Kind of funny listening to this hysterical pig get himself worked up about a figment of his own imagination.
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    • Author by SMTDL (October 05, 2009 11:30 am ET)
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      A fair comment for the most part but really there is no equivalency from the left for what is being said about the current President.The controversially elected Bush was mostly criticized for the bad decision on Iraq and refusal to acknowlege the administration's spin( or lies) on the intelligence ..They denied a lot ,never apologized for anything and blamed the intelligence agencies.WE had spent a lot of money and lost thousands of lives when the harsher criticisms of Bush(and Cheney)came out. The dumb "mission accomplished stunt" and the"can't think of anything I'd do differently" response enraged some people who knew better.Still nothing said was even close to the vile stuff being said about Obama.Yes it is jaw -dropping and has been going on really since the campaign and finally a few republicans/conservatives make statements that put the harsh rhetoric in a "from both sides" perspective which is at least somewhat self serving and disingenuous.The hate speech and suggestions of violence are coming totally from the RIGHT and eveyone knows that!!!The media continues to be complicit because they are also afraid to call it what it is.See how everyone jumped on Jimmy Carter and bought in to the Right's distortion of what he said.The same for Acorn..eveyone covering it now ..while nothing on investigating Black Water,No bid government contracts,Halliburton,Cheney/Bush torture issues,Wasteful war spending,misuse of funds given to Pakistan/Afghan governments!!!
      The Usual Hypocrisy!!!
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      • Author by srichardson (October 05, 2009 11:51 am ET)
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        And the right call the media biased toward the left. I think America is so sick of the wars of terror that anything related to it is just going to drive rating down. If any news station talks about the torture issues the right calls them the liberal media. It's all about rating and unfortunately, the hate speech FROM THE RIGHT gets viewers, whether its the liberals who are infuriated or the right who are in total agreement. It's all about the money, folks, not the truth.
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    • Author by apostleis (October 05, 2009 12:20 pm ET)
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      Both the left and right? Give me a break. More false equivalencies.
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      • Author by slowtyper (October 05, 2009 1:04 pm ET)
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        i am so tired of this "both sides" bs..it's a feeble attempt at justification of the horrendous disrespect..hate filled vitriol the wrong wing nut jobs have been spewing ad nauseum....
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    • Author by alienofwar (October 05, 2009 12:42 pm ET)
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      Mark Levin's show mainly consists of anger and loud emotional outcries. I think he's trying to compete with Michael Savage for the same audience, but trying to convert them into Republicans instead. At least Savage has more independent opinion, still a crazy loon, but at least he's not a tool of the Republican party like these stooges; Hannity, Levin, Limbaugh, and Wilkow, et al.

      If you listen to these guys, they will still criticize the Republican party, but at the same time defend them so that people will vote for them again. They truly don't want their audience voting for any third parties, they truly are Republicans first, and Conservative second.
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