why should the guy care how the CNN reporter goes about her job. she sought him out, asked a question, he was less than 10 seconds into his answer and she started to debate him, she didn't ask him to speed it up for time. perhap he would have had time to get his answer out if she wasn't so antagonistic. perhaps if CNN was really interested in covering the story and understanding why people were there they would have spent more than a couple minutes interviewing two people from the crowd.

here's another idea if they wanted sound-bite style quotes, how about interviewing some of the speakers/organizers?

in my view, you can sum up the general theme of these rallies as people concerned that government is out of control, spending too much, acting in many cases outside of constitutional authority, that we won't be able to pay off these debts so in the future we will see a lower standard of living and higher taxes on everyone. i don't get why this concern is viewed as idiotic.

It would be hypocritical to call them any more idiotic than other "demonstrators"...whether I agree with them or no...There is a lot I don't like about this country, but the ability to demonstrate without fear of reprisal ( other than on a message board) is not one of them.

But if that facist sound bite Spencer replayed was true, yeah..that was kind of idiotic, IMO I guess

The only complaint I really had with the CNN reporter was that she ended her report with some woe-is-me bit about how she didn't feel safe there because these events were being promoted by the right-wing Fox network. Really? Melodramatic much? Oh, and the fact that her rebuttal to her interviewee was that "the land of Lincoln was getting XXXX in stimulus dollars" - um, lady, isn't the point of these tea parties that the government is spending too much in the first place?

Which goes straight to my point about how he obviously doesn't understand how a TV interview works. 10 seconds into an answer, you should already be into your point, onto something captivating...outside of having said "Lincoln" and "Liberty" six times apiece. Based on TV interviews, she gave him MORE than enough time to "get his answer out." Sorry to break it to you, Jim, that his Lincoln and Liberty answer was a meandering dead-end from the start. It doesn't take a partisan to see that. He had nothing at all to say that was remotely relevant....confrontational reporter or not. So you can blame the reporter for cutting him off, or you can blame him for being an idiot with nothing to say that could be summed up within five minutes....I'll take her side. You can be upset that she cut him off, but she has a job to do, and that's to get answers....which he was obviously not interested in giving unless she had a good seven minutes to spend with him. Blame him for not having a single answer that was remotely important....not her.


Yep. It wasn't a soundbite. It was a whole interview...and I transcribed it while listening to it. And I, as much as you, love that even idiots can protest without fear of reprisal. I just think some protesters are less with-it than others. At least Anti-war protesters know what they're against...WAR. These folks seem to be a sick melange of anti-tax, anti-gay, anti-black protestors that have no idea how to do much of anything but point you to michellemalkin.com and say the word fascist while hoping you won't know any better than to take their word for it.

Democratic WIN. Sorry teabaggers.

:tro::tro::tro:

you should have seen the chick i just teabagged:zz:

Brian this meandering response is beneath you. i know you know better.
that "interview" was a travesty. kinda judgemental of you to claim his reasoning for being there was "unimportant" and not "relevant".

i have read some **** before, but that takes the cake. it says a lot about you and nothing about the folks i saw and witnessed with my own eyes, or about me.

Interesting that we should respect the rights of gays, blacks, hispanics, anti war, anti trade, anti etc protesters but anti tax protesters are "radicals".

The CNN reporter should be fired for that 'performance'. In theory she is supposed to be a professional, yet people want to focus on the guys answer. If the guy had challenged her maybe a retort would be appropriate. But she simply wanted to editorialize instead of report. This is the crux of the problem with most of the mainstream media, the interjection of their own political view into "reporting". That woman was looking for a chance to voice her displeasure with the proceedings. She is a not only a biased shill, she is very bad at her job.

As for the protesters yesterday versus the traditional anti american (oops) war or anti something else left wing protesters is that most of the people yesterday were regular people with real jobs as opposed to the usual professional protesters or 'artistic' people who are so intellectually superior that they prefer socialism.

I'm not sure why Brian believed that that was a win for democrats but your boys ratings are falling every day. Guess that makes me anti-black?

as opposed to the fox anchor's that relentlessly flogged the events? or those regular fox personalities that actually appeared to address crowds from a speaker's platform?

i guess we need to avoid the biased mainstream media to get the straight story from these icon's of journalistic integrity.

i'm going to honor the memory of ed murrow by throwing up on his grave. he can't so i will.

the hypocrisy of suggesting someone else has a smudge of dirt on their shirt while you're wallowing in pigshit is astounding.

btw: didn't mean to single you out. the same shout out goes to the arljim and everyone else leading with their chins on the subject.

Typical liberal response. Not addressing the issue at hand (the CNN reporter) but pointing fingers elsewhere.

I will give you guys credit, you are consistent. When you attempt to cast doubt on the fact that the mainstream media is biased in a thread where disgracefully biased behavior is exhibited by the supposed mainstream media you look mentally challenged.

What are you getting nervous that the "grassroots" stuff is now going to be used against your side?

Yeah real laughable, people who are against the growing role of the govt in their lives. If this was footage from China, the lefties would be applauding and cheering them on. Instead they use their supposed intellectual superiority to knock them as crazy. Socialism is a sickness not a cure.

you bet some reporter arguing with a ****** and i raised neal cavuto and glenn beck addressing crowds from a speakers platform.

i'm all in on the biased network table.

do you really want to call?

Liberalism is a sickness. It may not be your fault that you are infected. Hits you early when you are young and dumb. Starts to wear off as you realize the world is not flat and kumbaya is not the national anthem. Remember Nancy Pelosi is your leader. Jim Jones was cut from the same cloth. Smooth Operator is on your side. The good Reverends Al and Jesse and Louis and Wright are your spiritual guides. Blago is a Dem. Ted Kennedy. Al Gore. Tipper. These are your people. And yeah we know all about Bush and Rush....

sorry. thought we might have been having a conversation. my bad.

i dont think that they are reporters any more than Olberman or that maddow woman are.

Fox is what they are. They dont try to portray themselves as something they are not. Unlike the left leaning media which trys so hard to deny what they are.

And you know what the funny thing is? The right wing media outlets are gaining strength and are in good shape financially while the left leaning media is struggling. Wonder why? Soon you will see another network slide right to try to take advantage of this phenomenon.

fair and balanced.

Again, typical.

Catchy phrase. You remember it. Thats the point...

Damn I missed that other symptom, denial. You got it bad.

i'm just trying to get the conversation away from angry fits. they're fairly useless as persuasive tools. should i have responded by calling you a douche?

douche.

You know, I used to think that maybe I made too many generalizations and grouped people together too often.

Then I met Chuck.

"If you don't like war, you're anti-American! If you're smart, you're a fag! If you're artistic, you're even gayer!"

Benjamin Moore himself couldn't fathom a brush this broad.

are you angry because I associated you with your liberal brothers and sisters? Are you embarrassed by them? Why the anger God?

(sigh)

Ah namecalling, very liberal of you.

and very unaware of context for you.

Another liberal who seems to not actually like being called a liberal. Funny how BWS makes the generalizations about conservative=anti-black or anti-gay yet the ridiculousness is directed at me. Oh you idealistic intellectual you! Since journalism is seemingly dead you are already sharpening your skills to take over for Olberman when he gets canned! I knew you were sharp despite your implied left leanings.

the counter argument:

Liberalism is a sickness. It may not be your fault that you are infected. Hits you early when you are young and dumb. Starts to wear off as you realize the world is not flat and kumbaya is not the national anthem. Remember Nancy Pelosi is your leader. Jim Jones was cut from the same cloth. Smooth Operator is on your side. The good Reverends Al and Jesse and Louis and Wright are your spiritual guides. Blago is a Dem. Ted Kennedy. Al Gore. Tipper. These are your people. And yeah we know all about Bush and Rush....

Hey at least you guys are seemingly all Bushed out!

except for Smooth operator and he is a USC man so we will forgive him...

at the very least i hope steve is making bank off off this clarence darrow vs. william jennings bryant debate.

it should be carved in marble.

Call me a liberal all day, I don't give a sh it. What I don't like is this ridiculous anti-intellectualism and hypocrisy perpetuated by people like you. You blame us for changing the subject, but how did we get here in the first place (talking about the CNN reporter)? By Jim changing the subject from how god damn stupid this whole 'protest' was.

See what I did there? I called it stupid. Not 'anti-american'. Just because I disagree with someone, I'm not gonna be a complete dipshit and call them treasonous or some other nonsense for exercising basic American rights.

So you admit you are aiming for Olberman?

Hypocrisy is our sides gig, man. Your side loved the Cindy Sheehan show and all the other professionaly protested antiwar and anti bush productions. Now when people are protesting taxes (which is far more traditional in this country than any of these other protests) it is somehow stupid? That would be hypocrisy.

Yeah a guy from NY and liberals, there ya go!

The whole dad gummed board
operates by this method,
not just liberals.

And an Ab/Ex uno disce omnes
back atcha.

The Fair Tax seems like a good plan.

Jim -- love hanging out with you at the Park, and love that we can never touch this **** when we're there... -- but also, come on, I'm loving that you have no idea how a TV interview works. If you're not into your point within 10 seconds, you're just wasting time. Everyone of every political stripe knows that. Teabaggers apparently do not.

I'll expect that you'll look into it a bit more (a simple Google search should provide more than enough evidence that this "tea party" got hijacked by racist and homophobic groups too...and sadly, without disowning them, you're stuck with them. Pretend it's not true all you want. You either own them or you don't.....). I have much more respect for those protesting govt. spending and tax rates that are lower than Reagan's (!!!!!), as foolish as it may be, than I do for those who jumped on the bandwagon. You may wish to turn a blind eye from them and pretend this was just an anti-tax protest....but you're sorely mistaken if you don't think lots of haters jumped on board. So you may have "read some ****," but I'm not the one in control of your out of control, hate-on-everyone-different-than-you tea parties dude, that's your ****, not mine.


Wouldn't be effing hilarious if it didn't keep getting backed up every day. Maybe instead of an "Obama sucks" thread, we're long overdue for a thread full of nothing but examples of Repubs being shameless gay haters and racists.

I'm so full of examples, you could pay me $8/hr to post it and I'd be rich if I didn't need to sleep.

I'm so tired.

These people are exhausting. Normally Chuck and Jim are tolerable...at least reasonable. Throw in a bit of teabagging and they all lose their minds....

Can't say I blame them, I've been known to lose my mind in the face of solid, public teabagging every now and then.

Since I need sleep, I'll resign myself to trophies for J :tro: :tro: :tro: :tro:

I heart Brian and I hope it makes the conservatives mad uncomfortable.

:D

Hate to burst your bubble dude, but a little gay political love affair is totally not even noteworthy when there is teabagging to be done....

Really, by their rule of thumb, you gotta put all your nuts in the right basket.

Not so sure I can help. But if I can, let me know, I'm willing to try.