After previously highlighting comments on progressive blogs, will media cover hateful comments on Free Republic about NH hostage situation?
Media Matters for America has previously documented several media figures who have highlighted controversial comments on progressive websites. Media Matters asks: Will the media report that while discussing breaking news of hostages being taken at Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (D-NY) presidential campaign office in Rochester, New Hampshire, numerous commenters on the right-wing website Free Republic posted hateful comments about the situation?
Examples of Free Republic comments on the situation include:
- Poster
"Snoopers-868th" wrote at 10:36:23 a.m. PT: "Just another diversion or to seek
attention and sympathy."
- Poster
"Thompson/Hunter 2008!" wrote: "Probably a man masquerading as a pissed off
Republican. Upon further investigation, it will be found out the person is
really a Hillary plant, trying to make Republicans look
bad."
- Poster "azhenfud"
wrote: "Obviously the bomb is an implant to distract attention now focused on
the Kerr Kunundrum," presumably a reference to retired Brig. Gen. Keith
Kerr.
- Poster "NautiNurse"
wrote, "Attention seeking on an otherwise slow news
day."
- "Retired Chemist"
wrote: "Probably works for the
Clinton
campaign."
- Poster
"swain_forkbeard" wrote: "My first thoughts: it's staged, designed to draw
attention in N.H. Maybe Hillary even has to rush there dramatically and resolve
the situation. I doubt it's true, but there is her
record."
- Poster "xzins" stated:
"I would never want anyone injured, and unfortunately, given the candidate, I
would never discount the idea of a staged crisis."
- Poster "billhilly"
wrote: "Staged by the Clinton Campaign to grab
headlines?"
- "RoseofTexas" wrote:
"Staged? Hmmmm the timing is suspicious!"
- Poster "Labyrinthos"
quoted a previous post stating "I wonder what nutjob they paid to pull this
stunt.... like all the people who they get to hang nooses to make people think
conservatives are radical haters" and wrote: "Given the Obama surge of late, the
Clintoons probably hired an African American guy named Barbarack
Obaman."
- Poster "Leisler"
wrote: "Anyone know where [former Vice President] Al Gore is? Is the guy wearing
a hubcap size gold medal with the words 'Nobel Prize' on
it?"
- Poster "jveritas"
wrote: "Someone in Hillary Clinton campaign spread the lie that this happened in
her campaign office thinking that this will generate sympathy to the most
unlikeable and meanest Presidential candidate in modern
time."
- Poster "rvoitier"
wrote: "It's setup to get the sympathy vote. Ticks don't fart unless it's
choreographed by clinton first."
- "theDentist"
wrote:
Aide: "Senator, someone is holding hostages at your headquarters in Rochester, NH"
Hillary: "Where?"
Aide: "Rochester"
Hillary: "And I should give a sh** because...?"
(a couple seconds pas [sic])
Aide: "It may help soften your image for voters."
Hillary (annoyed): "Well then issue a statement, but stop wasting my time."
- Poster "Got a right to Life?..Huh?"
wrote: "Now that is a creative use of campaign funds. I wonder if they paid a
homeless man to pose as a wacko conservative. It would have cost them a pint of
courage and a roll of duct tape. They need to keep close tabs on this witness,
least she slip away without a trace. Hillary canceled her comments
today."
- "CaliGangsta" wrote:
"Hope everything is
alright. Hope this isn't a ploy
by Hillary to get voter sympathy. She planted questioners at the debate, I
wouldn't put it past her to plant a 'terrorist'."
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Poster "Beatthedrum" wrote: "You can bet your bottom dollar the MSM wants this guy to blow his brains out, as long as he doesn't hurt anyone else. Great dramatic ending, that would give the story more legs.. Also if there's anyway this guy can be tied to a Clinton campaign worker (maybe urging him on for the publicity), it will shut him up if he's dead. Probably when the dust settles, dead or alive, this will be some nutcase who saw this as his chance at fame."
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Poster "sulu" replied to a comment he quoted as "I wouldn't be surprised if some rabid Clinton supporter pushed some whack job to do this" by writing: "I think you're right. My friends and are at work are saying that if it's a plant, they most likely threatened him to release photos or some such, and promised him he'd be okay. In real life, I think this guy will have to end up having his brains blown out. You watch. He won't be allowed to live. Mark my words. They couldn't leave him alive to talk. He will be dead soon."
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Poster "chemicalman" wrote: "I may be a little late at saying this, but don't want to look through 1500 posts to see if it's there. First the Hillary campaign plants questions...now they're planting bombs."
Media Matters has previously documented media figures highlighting controversial comments on progressive blogs. For instance:
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Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz's March 1 column highlighted offensive comments posted on the Huffington Post blog "after a suicide bomber blew himself up at Afghanistan's Bagram Air Force Base, while [Vice President Dick] Cheney was there." Right-wing pundit Michelle Malkin had posted the comments on her website, and Kurtz reprinted a sample of the remarks in his column. Kurtz wrote: "I would agree that it's absurd to view these assassination fantasies as anything other than the rantings of the fringe, and that they shouldn't be used to tar an entire ideology. All I'm saying is that it's really sad that some loons feel this way, and that the Internet culture, however briefly, gives them a megaphone."
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On the June 29, 2006, edition of Fox News' Big Story, host John Gibson discussed a Supreme Court decision issued that morning that prohibited the use of military commissions for the trial of detainees at Guantánamo Bay, and cited reader comments posted to the Daily Kos blog which discussed the decision. Gibson stated: "One of the comments on the far-left Daily Kos, which is a blog, in which writers purported to analyze the Supreme Court decision -- fair and balanced, of course -- one writer actually said, per today's decision, the administration appears to have been engaged in war crimes which are subject to the death penalty. Wow! They're excited over there on the far left."
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In an August 21 column, Washington Times columnist Nat Hentoff cited an August 8 Wall Street Journal op-ed by Lanny J. Davis, former special counsel to President Clinton, that quoted from comments by blog readers that Davis characterized as "extremis[t], bigot[ed] and intoleran[t]." Hentoff wrote: "Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman -- now an insistently independent Democrat -- was pilloried during his losing primary contest with Ned Lamont, not only for his stand on the Iraq war but also because he is a Jew. Being one myself for many years, I was not surprised by the centuries-old persistence of this hatred among several of the fiercely anti-Bush bloggers during the campaign."
Hateful may be a stretch for most of the posts cited. Clearly idiotic (but what would one expect from the "Freepers"?
Don't forget the strong circumstantial evidence that Chad Castagana was a Freeper as well and a fake anthrax sending terrorist.
Some classy folks over there for sure.
Malkin's site had multiple "this is a hoax, I don't put anything past the Clinton's" posts which she deleted. I guess she doesn't want people culling random comments on her blog and using them against her, like she does ALL THE TIME to other sites.
The media's coverage of Clinton actually encourages this kind of mindlessness about her. That's what makes these people come to these ridiculous conclusions so quickly. It's part of the script about her, so of course they're not going to remedy the problem.
I agree with your sentiments, hateful is a bit of a stretch and idiotic/paranoid speculation is a better descriptor in this particular instance. I'm quite positive, however, that one wouldn't have to dig very deep at all to find a plethora of vitriolic posts regarding Hillary and/or Bill Clinton on a number of reich-wing blogsites.
The one failing that is actually found in abundance on both left and right is the old "suspicious timing" canard. The timing is always suspicious, each and every day of each and every year.
no one has to try "to make republicans look bad", they do a spectacular job of it all by themselves. one would think they were bred to it, given their usual extraordinary high level of success.
suspicious timing? suspicious timing for what? is the election next week, and no one said anything about it?
It's suspicious timing, because some knuckledraggers are accusing CNN of allowing someone connected to the Clinton campaign ask a question during the republican debate. Clearly, the way to deal with that is hiring some lunatic to make a bomb threat to some Clinton campaign headquarter. Geez, you can't see the CONNECTION here?
I see no difference between this hate and the hate on the Daily Kos. Hate is hate and does not see a difference in political affiliation.
But only Daily Kos "hate" makes news in that darn liberal media.
Sue, we get it. You hate hate. You hate left hate, you hate right hate, you even hate centrist hate. You are very open-minded in your extreme hate of hate and haters.
Love, Jimmy Craghorn
Every time I read one of Sueeld's posts, I try to picture what this person looks like, and the only image I can come up with is a person on their knees, hands folded in prayer, looking up at the sky and crying "won't somebody PLEASE think of the CHILDREN!?"
I still hold on to the faint thread of hope that someday, somewhere, Sueeld will actually contribute to the discussion without including the patented "I hate hate" claptrap.
I picture her as a female Rodney King exclaiming "Can't we just all get along?"
I'll bet she's an absolute know down, drag out, gorgeous brunette, with a body that won't quit.
But, I hate that she hates hate. And I hate that you hate that she hates hate. And...
"I see no difference between this hate and the hate on the Daily Kos."
Sorry, bro'. There's a HUGE difference. If it's hate you want, DUnderground and DKos take the cake.
After about 5 seconds on Google:
DU, 8/31/07, on Tony Snow's cancer: "Sorry, but f*%^ him!"
DKos, 3/27/07, on Tony Snow's cancer: "What if this is a pure fake?" Another poster responds: "I continue to be disappointed at the mean-spiritedness around here."
The media also ignored Randi Rhodes' Katrina remarks cited by the ADL; Olbermann's salutes cited by the ADL; Wolf Blitzer's "They are so black" comment during Katrina; and this doozy from Air America's Sam Seder a few years back. Seder, introducing an audio clip:
Just awful. And the media reported these when? Yet they have gone bonkers over things said by O'Reilly and Limbaugh.
The double standard and liberal bias are crystal clear.
Also from your Kos link:
"I think I speak for all of us when I say that our prayers go out to Snow and his family during this difficult time in their lives.""I seriously don't think he'd fake this""I would not wish terminal cancer upon him.""No one deserves cancer""Thoughts and sympathies are with Snow and his family""I've been through this with a family member and would not wish the pain and suffering on ANYONE""Best Wishes Tony""No more Tony Snow jokes on Daily Kos.""We must show our essential decency.""We should pray for Tony Snow and Elizabeth Edwards and all who have cancer. ""And I am very sorry for him and his family""Prayers and best wishes to TOny Snow.""Sending good energy and prayers to Tony Snow and his family""Prayers to Mr. Snow and to all who have suffered from this horrible disease.""This is beyond politics""I wish him well""That's bad news""Sorry to hear it.""I wish him the best.""I wouldn't wish cancer on anyone.""If you can't feel sympathy for tony...can you find room for sympathy or his family. He has three children.""He's not my favorite guy, but that's some seriously bad news.""Disagreements over policy and spin have no place in discussions of a human being's mortality.""Best wishes for recovery Mr. Snow"
This is ridiculous. First of all, there are 925 comments on the dKos diary (which is titled "Our Prayers Go Out to Tony Snow and Family"), but you can only list one example. I didn't read all of them, but the first 50 or so are either condolences or questions about what exactly he has (but that's probably just because they want to know when to schedule the party when he dies). Obviously, a google search would not directly lead you to that single comment, and you obviously knew of its presence beforehand. By saying it took you five seconds to find you are clearly implying that these are prominent examples, which is simply not the case.
The big difference is that the right wing sites are nothing BUT hate.
'Wolf Blitzer's "They are so black" comment during Katrina'
Yeah, Blitzer should have his left-wing blog taken down.
Baloney that is pure drivel. I go to DU all the time and see very few hateful posts especially for the size it is. As for comparing it to the Free republicansewer they are not in the same universe. Freepercentral OWNS hate. It is the social lubricant there.As usual you are full of it
You've got to be kidding! Just the fact that liberals tend to be more open-minded and inclusive necessitates 'less hate' from that side of the isle. Where do the racists, misogynists, and homophobes reside? Overwhelmingly on the right, of course! Not just with the bloggers either. Have you ever heard some of the hateful comments/rants by the likes of Limbaugh, Coulter, and Hannity? Just to name a few. You mention Rhodes and Seder specifically as engaging in hate-speech. What do you say about Limbaugh reveling in the death of Jerry Garcia while at the same time making himself deaf with the Hillbilly-Heroin? Or, any number of talk show hosts accusing the Clintons of 'murdering' Vince Foster?
I think you're missing the point. MMFA doesn't really feel the mainstream media should report every mindless post by every anonymous blogger/poster. They are simply questioning why the mainstream media only reports left-wing posts when right-wingers make hateful posts all the time.
MMFA's point is that neither should be reported. We don't know if any of the left or right posters are even real left and right wingers, or people just trying to make the opposition look foolish. MMFA is criticizing the mainstream media from focussing on these posts at all.
SUELD,
You mention hate on this site is equivelant to that found at Freepers and other right-wing sites.......
First, I doubt very much that this is in anyway true...... Is there hate to be found on this site, sure, but I'd be willing to bet that most of it was written by those pretending to be progressives or liberal and are in fact either out-right-wing haters & immature children in adult bodies!
There is 10 times the hate on Freepers or RedState or Sean Hannity's little site and 99.9% of it can very likely be attributed to real right-wing children than from undercover progressives.....
I did not say hate on this site, i said hate on the Daily Kos is similar to the right wing hate sites.
Gosh, I see nothing but love coming from the right. Consider these little valentines from Savage:
"I'm not gonna put my wife in a hijab. And I'm not gonna put my daughter in a burqa. And I'm not getting' on my all-fours and braying to Mecca. And you could drop dead if you don't like it. You can shove it up your pipe. I don't wanna hear any more about Islam. I don't wanna hear one more word about Islam. Take your religion and shove it up your behind. I'm sick of you."
"What sane nation that worships the U.S. Constitution, which is the greatest document of freedom ever written, would bring in people who worship a book that tells them the exact opposite. Make no mistake about it, the Quran is not a document of freedom. The Quran is a document of slavery and chattel. It teaches you that you are a slave."
And then there are those knee slappers about "nappy headed hos" coming from the soon to be revived Imus. I guess someone got their hands on some Haitian Zombie Powder. Boy I can hardly wait. The satirical genius of the right used to be beyond me but then I heard a few riotous sidesplitters from Limbaugh:
"Take that bone out of your nose and call me back."
"Have you ever noticed how all composite pictures of wanted criminals resemble Jesse Jackson?"
"The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies."
If only those haters at Daily Kos would learn the art of satire.
We all know the answer to MMFA's question above. Of course the media won't cover hate filled posts from right wing bloggers. Their side owns the media. But, they'll sh*t on the left all day long. And while I agree that hate is hate, I also understand that bias is bias. I miss the days when we had reporters who exposed wrongdoing regardless of who did it.
As for the crime itself, there's a lot of nuts listening to Rush and Hannity 6 hours a day. Their thirst for thirst is never quenched. The way Limbaugh beats on Hillary, it's not one bit surprising that yet another nutcase has committed yet another crime against what they percieve as being a threat to the U.S. Right wingers can add this to their growing list of crimes these hatetalkers have incited--OK city bombing for one.
STOP THE MADNESS--BRING BACK THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE!!!
should read: Their thirst for hate is never quenched
[sorry]
Given the suds-swilling propensities of many of the "red-necks" of my personal experience, "thirst for thirst" may not be so wrong.
So, the conclusion of the story - Rush and Hannity are at fault - and the cure is the Fairness Doctrine!
Isn't there some little phrase in the constitution somewhere about freedom of speech?
Those who call for a return to the Fairness Doctrine are plainly afraid of free speech.
You obviousely have no real knowledge of what the Fairness Doctrine is/does. It would be more accurate to say that YOU are against free speech since you oppose the FD. Google it, and learn something factual, instead of following a lying, drug addict.
You dont know what you are talking about. As far as I can tell you never do. I have several times linked to the Supreme Court case Red Lion which said DIRECTLY that there is NO FREE SPEECH ISSUE in what is basically the fairness doctrine. In any case its just dumb. Suggesting that someones free speech rights are being abrogated because they are balanced by someone else using THEIR free speech rights is mindnumbingly stupid. Then again you dont really THINK about what you spew on this site or even what you believe. You just believe what you are TOLD to believe and dutifully regurgitate it. THINKING doesnt even come into it.
Solon, I don't think most of them are in fact dumb. People here let them off the hook. It's far worse to knowingly try to put others astray. You're just too nice.
The fairness doctrine was vital when info was transmitted mainly via airwaves, which were owned by the people and limited in bandwidth. It's to Reagan's discredit that he tossed it on the garbage heap.
The importance of the doctrine is now waning in these days of cable, satellite, and broadband. Far more insidious today is the consolidation of media ownership, and unfortunately this problem can be laid at the feet of Bill Clinton.
So true! The Fairness Doctrine had value in that it required the airwaves be used for the public good. News had to be news and a certain amount of content had to serve the local community in which the radio/television station resided. The bigger problem is indeed the consolidation of the media that occurred after the Telecommunication Act was passed. When corporate America 'owns' the airwaves, there is little doubt that impartial reporting and investigating will suffer. If the news department is part of the 'entertainment department' and needs to show a profit, all we are going to see is more stories on Brittany Spears, Lindsey Lohan, and OJ Simpson. A perfect example is the 60 Minutes investigative report about the forged Niger Uranium documents that was slated to air just prior to the '04 selection. It was canned by 60 Minutes because they didn't want to unduly influence the election. Viacom, which owns CBS, had an executive (CEO?) that came right out and said that a republican victory was preferable for the company. I think that exposing lies that directly contributed to the march to an illegal war should rightfully influence an election! Murrow must be rolling over in his grave...
Frankly I dont care one way or another about the Fairness doctrine. I have several times SHOWN these wingnuts that there is no first amendment issue with it. It is NOT censorship. I am not advocating it, I dont care, I just want them to STOP LYING ABOUT IT.
Republicans stop lying? Why don't you just suggest that Guliani stop mentioning 9/11, McCain stop speaking for 'the troops', or Romney stop flip-flopping! Tis' just not possible...
Therick, interesting as to how OK bombing relates to the development of hate radio. It seems like it was a pivot point. I had the impression a lot of the energy that was going into the survivalist movement got transferred to right wing hate radio---from a separatist ethos to domination via intimidation
McVeigh and Nichols in fact were reported to be antigovernment, and antiliberal 2nd amendment worshipers, who listened to Limbaugh and G. Gordon Libby daily.
Anyone who can't see that connection chooses to be blind.
CONTINUE FREE SPEECH: BRING BACK THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE
[I do that just to drive the wingers crazy, since it flies in the face of Limbaugh's teachings] :-)
When first heard it was hillary I thought oh God one of the Rushbots have finally snap. Are we missing any of our trolls? I know it is bad to think that, but they are crazy enough and right-wing radio doesn't help in it. I wouldn't put it past a freeper to do something like this for real if Hillary wins. It scary how crazy and extreme the freepers are. I'm scared to think what they will do if a Dem wins the White House and they lose everything this time around.
That's my fear for Obama. (God forbid)
I see justicetruthus8276 still making not truthful comments. I guess we aren't less one troll in that department. When they said mentally understable he or she was my prime suspect.
He made bail.
He is still not making sense on anything you would have thought he would have learned street smarts doing that little bit of time. Oh Well even Tom Delay hasn't learned that much.
They shared the same cell.
I dont even want to SPECULATE what the less stable Freeper might do but I have confidence OUR trolls are a better class of delusional
Well, most of them......
Justice and Truth(tm) in the USA - Fact Check:
From this topic it is clear that there is a hate-deficit on the right. I mean, when the left fantasizes about murdering Cheney and torturing Bush and applauding the death of anyone on the right, conservatives post such mild conspiracy fantasies - it's almost embarrassing.
I want to thank MMFA for highlighting the need for conservatives to get much more hateful so that we can compete with the left.
Good job MMFA!
I would like to see your links to what you are referring to. If you are referring to the same lame examples you guys usually do, then I'd bet you are greatly exaggerating and distorting these supposed incidents.
Actually,
Nevermind, I see you are writing about the comments at the end of the article. I thought you were referring to something else. My bad.
I agree with you that this is not a compelling comparison by MMFA. This is pretty tame stuff compared to what I have seen from Freepers in the past. I would visit there more often, but I need to take a shower every time I do. Unfortunately, we are in a drought here, so water is just too precious.
I have to admit that I fantasize about Bush and Cheney being impeached and put in prison. I even have a name for this fantasy. I call it "Justice".
Oh, I forgot. Only you know what "justice and truth" are.
JT,
"From this topic it is clear that there is a hate-deficit on the right."
Your correct on that one..... why?.... because MMFA has class and likely didn't want to recopy the more insideous or disgusting ones
"I mean, when the left fantasizes about murdering Cheney and torturing Bush and applauding the death of anyone on the right,"
I don't recall ever seeing a liberal/lefty ever dreaming up fantasies about killing Cheney or torturing Bush? Though the world would have been a better place had they never been born, we don't wish them dead, just in prison!
"conservatives post such mild conspiracy fantasies - it's almost embarrassing."
Yeah...... if you really believe this one, I have the deed of ownership for the moon I'd like to sell ya!
"I want to thank MMFA for highlighting the need for conservatives to get much more hateful"
Like MMFA could prod you people on the right to be any more hateful and pychophantic
"so that we can compete with the left."
Unless you mean to compete with us on speaking only the truth with facts
"Good job MMFA!"
I couldn't have said it better myself!
Spend a few minutes at Democrat Underground or KOS - or simply listen to Randi Rhodes joking about killing Bush -
Honestly, the hatred on the left is totally out of control like nothing I have ever seen before.
I post at kos. If you want more hateful stuff at the freeper site and redstate I can find them without any trouble. I suggest you becareful because if you encourage me to find you links to show how horrible the Freepers or redstate is then you aren't going to like it. Even Bill O'Rielly called Freepers a Hateful place and you worship him.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1874938/posts
Actually, I don't really care that much for BO - he's kind of a blowhard - and is NOT a conservative on a lot of issues.
Yeah, he's a registered independent. lol
then try not to post lies in a bill o'rielly thread each time it comes up on media matters. It might save you some embressment.
"[BO's] kind of a blowhard"--JustUs
I suppose in the same way that the Sun is kind of hot or that George W. Bush is kind of a bad president.
Hey this is starting to sound like the repulsivlican debates...I'm tougher on terror than you....no, I am tougher, yeah, well I am tougher on illegal immigration than you...no. you're not, you hired them to work at your house -I'm tougher...etc.etc.etc gag.
While we bicker at each other, Bush and co laugh all the way to the bank and get away with murder, mayhem and madness.
What would truly scare the politicians straight, is if we D's and R's recognize that we want a better America and start working together. Is there a lot of hate? Yes and I believe it started with the right and the Newt in "94.
Is there hate on the left, yes and I know at least personally it stems from constantly being attacked and degraded by the right. Has any of this gotten us anyfrigginwhere? No
We need to unite and conquer and stop being conquered because we are divided.
Randi Rhodes NEVER joked about killing Bush you friggin moron. Her producer played a spoof tape that had the sound of a gunshot in it. She apologized RIGHT AFTER it was played, and promised to never play it again because it was in poor taste. I know this, because I was listening to that show.
I heard her apology as I was reaching for the phone to try to let her know that it was in poor taste. You see, that's what responsible Liberals do. We complain to those on the airwaves who cross the line. I don't know what responsible conservative do when Rush pulls his daily horshit. If I ever meet a responsible conservative, I'll let you know.
Is this the apology where she was falling down drunk-stupid and claiming that she was "attacked" on the streets of NY?
You chaneged your screen name. Have you also moved to a new area recently? I hope you remembered to register about your sexual preditor problem.
Yes I made that up--to make a point.
Oddly, I rarely listen to RR, but you're a liar when it concerns her. Two RR posts, 2 lies. It escapes me why you idiots do that sort of thing. I guess it's because you can't reasonably debate the issues.
I'm not a big RR fan, (I like listening to Thom Hartman) but I'd listen to her over a drug adicted, 3 times divorced, draft dodging, college dropout, bigoted pedophile. But, I suppose your side couldn't do any better.
why do you have to be so hateful? Next you will try to say something rude about Rosie. What I do not get is when Republicans won the white house and congress they were hateful. You never saw them happy about anything. They were also angry as well. I will be glad to have a dem back just to see smiling faces again that I can trust not to lie to me in every single breath.
Oh another thing you right-wingers were so worried about Clinton and big brother LOOK AT WHAT BUSH DID. With that I rest my case. You allowed Bush to take away everything.
She never made any such claim, it was her producer and was later retracted. It was the right who said she was probably drunk with no evidence to support that smear.
You really should keep your Copious screen name oh devils advocate.
She never made any such claim,
Ummm...so when she sent the email to her boss sayig she was mugged...that's not "making any such claim"?
Idiot.
Stranger...get your facts straight you twit. Here is the link[link to www.nydailynews.com] with the story.
Tell me where it says she emailed her boss to say she was mugged? Yeah...you're the idiot and you're a d#$k
Facts are the hobgoblins of minds unwilling to confront the Truth.
Facts illuminate the truth from delusional, wishful thinking and ignorance.
I do believe you two both owe me an apology.
Ahem...I bring you Randi in her own words talking about the email she sent to her bos saying she was mugged:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=VGdR3iEGSMQ
I'll allow each of you to have one of my toned and firm buttocks on which to plant a kiss.
Tomorrow again is Sunday. Let's start a pool on what time in the afternoon Randi will pass out drunk in some back alley again.
Stranger, it appears you are obsessed with Randi, and this kind of crazy love will never work.
Counselling should help, as well as some effort to follow advice from the guy who said, "do not bear false witness."
I can't help it. I just have a thing for stupid, dishonest, graceless, classless, unfunny, morally bankrupt, venal, clueless, drunken, extremely unattractive (both inside and out).
What can I say?
You can say you are sorry you are so stupid, moronic and worthless and promise to go back to your bridge. This thread is not about Rhodes it is about the media picking out hateful posts on leftwing sites and ignoring such hate on rightwing sites.
I can't help it. I just have a thing for stupid, dishonest, graceless, classless, unfunny, morally bankrupt, venal, clueless, drunken, extremely unattractive (both inside and out). What can I say?
So that's why you have the hots for skinny Annie and collagen lips Melanie Morgan and screeching Michelle Malkin! Got it!
"I can't help it. I just have a thing for stupid, dishonest, graceless, classless, unfunny, morally bankrupt, venal, clueless, drunken, extremely unattractive (both inside and out).
What can I say?"--The Stranger
What can you say? You're a conservative!
Like Conservatives don't joke about killing Liberals?
"We need somebody to put rat poisoning in Justice Steven's creme brulee."
By the way, that wasn't from a quote on a post. That was from a leading speaker, that millions of Americans pay actual money to go and hear.
You are a liar a fool and a troll. You have no interest in discussion. You only try to annoy us without realizing how pathetic you are. Your stupidity is sad and you embarass yourself with regularity. Your ignorance is a stench in the nostrils of this site. You are a troll
Now that is the lame stuff I expected you were talking about before. Randi Rhodes never joked about killing Bush. Democrat[sic] Underground and DailyKos are not even comparable to the hate in Freeperville. You are delusional.
The Randi Rhodes bit was poorly executed and distasteful, but it stretches belief to compare her with the likes of conservatives Ann Coulter, Michael Savage, Rush Limbaugh &al.
Rhodes even apologized (ever hear of a conservative doing that?) and explained what happened sufficiently enough that no decent person could believe that Rhodes endorsed the idea that the president should be shot.
I will have to give you Freepers credit. They could only spare a thimbleful of hate for Hillary at the time. They considered it a distraction from the hate they were hepaing on to immigrants and gays.
Wow. I knew you were too stupid to know the name of the largest political party in the US now I see you are so INCREDIBLY stupid you cant even come up with the proper name of a website you are LYING about. I go to DemocratIC Underground quite a bit and see very little hate and not even close to the bile spewed at Freepersewer. You are a liar and a fool. Since you are far to stupid to even know the NAMES of what you criticise no one can possibly take you seriously. Run along now I think the shortbus is honking for you.
"the left fantasizes about murdering Cheney and torturing Bush and applauding the death of anyone on the right"
This must be that "differing opinion" that Sue told us about.
I love the(tm) after Justice and Truth. I didn't know that you had Tradmarked the term Justice and Truth. Be assured that I'll respect your trademark, and in my search for Justice and Truth I will never, ever again use the phrase Justice and Truth.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to use the bathroom, Hannitized for my protection (TM), and then write some tests for school, assisted by Talent on Loan from God (TM).
Hey, I'm just sayin' what everyone's thinkin (TM.)
Justice and Truth(tm) in the USA - Fact Check:
jjamele2880
Thanks for respecting the (tm) - People are certainly free to use the term 'justice' or 'truth' or even 'justice and truth' - However, when a person uses 'Justice and Truth' with the first letters capped then they are infringing.
(C) 2007 - Justice and Truth(tm)
Thanks for keeping an eye on your version of truth and justice, truthyjusty.Just remember, if you're ever ready to ditch the Depends® and step up to some Reality and Accountability©, HBL is Looking Out for You®. The Spin Stops Here©!
HBL:
A quick search reveals that lefties already own:
Soft on Crime(tm)
Welfare Cheats(tm)
Liberalism(tm)
Gulag(tm)
Stalinist(tm)
Clintonian(tm)
(etc.etc.etc.)
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Honestly, I'd never infringe on your sides trade terms.
And that's Justice and Truth(tm)!
You toe tappers are just jealous because we have all of the hot women and you guys only have...well...you guys.
I mean look how all of the TV whores were drooling about Mitt's chin and George's brush clearing & package.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
I see you own
Stupider than macaroons
More ignorant than a hegehog
Dumber than the average goldfish
Too STOOPID to breathe
And Trollsisme
Justice and Truth.
Justice and Truth.
Justice and Truth.
Justice and Truth.
There you go, four counts of Copyright Infringement for you. I expect to be hearing from you lawyer very soon. My guess is that his name is Charlie McCarthy and he enjoys dressing to the nines and wearing a monocle.
I'm pretty sure Charlie's fees are a little too steep for our pal JuTru.
He has Charlie's cousin Mortimer on retainer though.
Reproduce it all you want, "Justice and Truth" is not a registered trademark.
Of course I know that, that's why I am tweaking InjusticeAndLies.
Ann Coulter called for the bombing of the NYT building and "turning middle east into a parking lot." Oh yeah, and invading the Middle East, killing their leaders, and converting their people to Christianity."
Hitting a new low of stupendous delusion. The RIGHT OWNS hate. The left isnt even in the same Galaxy of hate as the rightwing. Your claims make it apparant not only how BIASED you are but how totally and completely divorced from Reality
I like reading your posts. That's the best laugh I had in days. Thanks so much.
I am pretty sure the divide will stay wide. Because my first thought was one of the many droolers that sit and stare at their radio, listening to Fats Limbaugh or Herr Beck the fascist decided to become a hero of his ilk.
Freeperland is a pretty interesting place. Sometimes I wonder about the thinking of the fanatic rightys that occasionally post here, how they ever got to the place where they expect their conspiracy hallucinations to be treated as perfectly reasonable theories.
Then I look at the Freepers, where the posts above form a thread that probably seems like a rational discussion to them.
Yeah, there are some posters on lefty sites mentioning some pretty nasty things, but I don't see the same detachment from reality as at the wingnut sites.
Not to mention they have no sense of humor.
You forgot that is just all Republicans. To a Republican the only thing funny they can say is Clinton. Everything else fails when it comes to their understanding of logic or reason. That is why justicetruthus8276 has to lie isntead of teling the truth.
I was banned from the Free Republic, because they were talking about a bill that would have ended discrimination based on Sexual Orientation (with an exemption from religious places of worship). Somebody on their posted "I would have to put up with this at work, doesn't it infringe on MY civil liberties." And I told the person, "No. It would give them equal rights. Giving someone else equal rights does not infringe on your civil rights." And I got banned. Well, banned from posting that is.
Of course you got banned for that. Why wouldn't you? My God you've got a lot of nerve!
I had no idea that political affiliation (not necessarily Democrat or Republican but liberal or conservative) would get you banned from that site.
Sorry, I was just joshing you above. I should have mentioned I was employing sarcasm. I've been bumped from RW sites too, they can't stand disagreement.
Banned!
They won't even accept me after I register. I've done it with several different identities from several different states and they never email me a password.
Is there something else you have to do?
Do I have to go into a men's room and tap my toe to the guy in the next stall or what?
Right-wing bigots always talk as if there is a limited amount of something called "Rights," and if you allow one group to have some, it deprives another group of their share. I've lost count of how many clueless dicks I've heard on the radio saying things like "gay people want the right to get married, but that would infringe on MY rights..." to do what? Implied is that the caller has the "right" not to be exposed to the idea of gay marriage. Also implied is that if gay people get the right to marry, heterosexual marriages will be diminished....whatever, man.
The bottom line for these bigots is that they LIKE have rights exclusive to their group, and they don't want to share. It's just that simple.
"Freeperland is a pretty interesting place."
It sho nuff is. I used to enjoy posting there. I've been banned at least twice. I consider that something of a badge of honor.
Anybody who has ever been to FreeRepublic knows what deranged terrorists they are. DUDE -- here's the freakin' URL:
http://www.freerepublic.com
It ain't a secret. These freaks are the most UnAmericam dirtbags in the universe. And they're right-wingers. 'Nuff said.
The URL works, even if the link doesn't.
Pay special attention to how Fred Phelps they get about their gay fellow citizens. Holds true for the rest of their fellow citizens. These freaks really hate America & Americans.
We don't know the real reason why this man targeted Clinton's campaign headquarters, but I wouldn't be surprised if he was a viewer and listener to Fox News or Silly Sean's little radio and television shows.
I wonder what the Freepers would say if this man said he stormed Clinton's office because of Silly Sean's "Stop Hillary Express" and Fox News, constant negative stories about Clinton. There are unstable people out there, and it doesn't take much to drive them over the edge.
But we really don't have the motive, yet. Authorities are questioning the man as we speak. But if I were Bossmen Murdoch and Ailes, I would pray that this scenario is not true, otherwise it would be a public relations nightmare for Fox News and News Corporation.
"Anyone know where Al Gore is? Is the guy wearing a hubcap size gold medal with the words 'Nobel Prize' on it?"
Now that's funny!
Compared to "Better luck next time!" when a suicide bomber didn't kill Cheney.
Are you MM idiots comparing these to each other?
GlutusMaximus, No, you are an idiot who wears combat boots. You need any more hate, I can dish it out. I'm going over the Freepland...need some tips on REAL IDIOT HATE. Glutus, see you over there.
I'm back...Had to leave...as soon as the WebSite appeared on screen, my life flashed in front of me and I felt my limited brains being sucked out of my nose. SCARY PLACE
Actually I think you’re the idiot comparing those two particular items to one another. Why don't you read the item again, but this time go extra slow. It's about the media highlighting distasteful comments from one side and not the other. It's really silly that the media is even reporting on this in the first place.
That was directed at brutusmaximus btw
MHK, Knew that...or are you afraid of XOF NEWS visiting you. We have XOF Security and know where you write.
OMG someone is knocking on my door right now! X of New Security or a Jehovah Witnesses try to peddle the Watchtower? It is 8:00 am ish on a Saturday so it could be either...
Is it funny like medal of freedom for breaking the law? or funny like being a deserter and becoming president? Just curious.
Brutallyignorant. Your stupidity is an embarassment to the whole species. You dont have a shred of decency much LESS a single funtioning braincell. Silverfish regularly outthink you and the NEXT cogent point you make will be your first. The other trolls are calling you they need a fourth for bridge
XOF NEWS REPORTS: OPEN MIND has stated that TruthyAndLies is delusional. We here at XOF NEWS have stated previously that if TRUTHY stuck around, he would be cured by MMFA. And DELUSIONAL is much better than the TRUTHY used to be. More progressive treatment may improve his/her personality to just plain a plain NUT who adds yeast to each of the posts.
XOF NEWS is grateful for all posters involved in the Rehabilitation of the TRUTH.
I think by focusing on which "side" writes more hateful posts, people are missing the point. This isn't about who writes more hateful posts, it's about individuals in the MSM highlighting hateful posts from liberals and ignoring similar posts from conservatives. Reporting on either is irrelevant IMO as there are brainless human beings that post absurd items on both sides.
I really don’t understand why people are participating in a pissing contest about which side is worse. Seems kind of pointless......
Sounds like a pointless pissing contest.
I prefer purposeful pissing contests.
One poster quoted above indicated that this might be a plot to make Retuglicans look bad! How can they possibly look any worse than they already do for having blindly supported the chimp and his immoral actions. Give me a break!
I listened to Hannity while this was goingt on. He repeated that this was no time to "politicize" this situation, although "others would". He's such a saint! I must admit that I hoped somewhere along the line the guy would say that he was acting on behalf of Hanitty's "Stop Hillary" campaign. Levin also stirs the hate Hillary pot with his hate filled radio show.
Why do we pay so much attention to the nighttime nut brigade? I think it's time to leave the pajama people to their own devices, and ignore them.
Conservatives sure come up with lame conspiracy theories go this whole Clinton intimidation one is not only tired and flimsy, but also self defeating to their own message. I remember my Republican neighbor telling me how much he respects Cheney for his cold blooded calculation on September 11th when he reportedly made the decision to shoot down a plane that had not yet landed as quickly as a batter decides to swing at a pitch. These are the same people who think that Democrats are too wishy-washy and panty wasted to make difficult decisions. Then they hand on to this theory that Clinton is this cold blooded mob tied killer at the same time. They act like she would be some kind of facist dictator. Then accuse her of hating the military. I am no historian of facism, but I think the reason that scholars pay so little attention to the anti-military fascist uprisings is that no matter how many times it has been attempted no one has ever noticed. Please Freepers try to have some consistency in your theories.
Acid Test: You have just been told that you can not leave the building or home yuou are in. You are a hostage! You are being held at gun point, knife point or with the threat of being blown up. You are a hostage! Who gives a political damn who is "behind" this? Being a hostage under any circumstance is terrifying. So maybe we need to drop the insensitive political stuff and focus on being the liberal and socially conscience people we claim to be. Reject the political hierarchy if we want our world to return to compassion.
HOW SAD THAT THE RIGHT WINGERS ARE SO FOCUSED ON WHAT HAPPENS ON THE OPPOSING SIDE OF THEIR PARANOID THINKING,QUESTIONING ANYTHING THAT DEMOCRATS DO OR SAY,LIKE PLANTING A QUESTION FOR SENATOR CLINTON WHILE GIVING A FREE PASS TO THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION BY NOT ASKING WHY DID THE WHITE HOUSE GIVE A PRESS PASS TO JEFF GANNON WHO WAS JUST A TOOL FOR THE BUSH REGIME?NOT ONLY NOT A LEGITIMATE JOURNALIST BUT RAN A GAY MALE SCORT SERVICE.
To fairly compare left and right websites as to the level of hate, you'd have to add in the racialist web sites. (which the media is shy of doing for whatever reasons)
Yeah! Hey! Where the hell's O'Reilly on this? Didn't he vow to go after websites that posted this vile stuff no matter who they went after? Somebody oughta remind the guy what he vowed to do just a few weeks ago. Oh well, nobody really believed him anyway he's such a liar.
You have got to be kidding. Are you suggesting that blog comments need to be cleared by MM ahead in the interest of "fairness." Get with it !