Mary Mapes is in gloat over-drive. Dan Rather's erstwhile producer, the woman behind Memogate, is beside herself with joy at what she sees as the impending death of the conservative blogosphere.
It's her expectation that Barack Obama will win the presidency that has Mapes so hopeful. Annotated excerpts from her HuffPo column, The Monster is Dying [emphasis added]:
- This whole thing is starting to feel a lot like the climactic death scene at the end of a 1950s monster movie.
- Palin actually resembles that old monster movie staple -- the beautiful-but-bookish brunette working as a lab assistant for the older scientist whose irresponsible experiments lead to tragedy.
Gee, with one or two emendations, couldn't that be a description of . . . Mapes herself?
- Americans aren't responding to the old plays -- the fake fears, the faux outrage, the conservatives who yell "Communist" at the news cameras, the pompous right-wing bloggers who once held such sway. I know all too well how scary and effective these old tactics were in 2004. Today, they are toothless. Ha, ha. Nothing makes me happier than seeing once swaggering players like Powerline, Free Republic and Little Green Footballs forced onto the sidelines, left to limply watch this campaign pass by like a parade in which they play no meaningful part. They just don't matter anymore.
Not that any more proof was needed, but this latest hyper-partisan rant leaves no doubt as to Mapes's motives in Memogate.
In any case, what does it say about someone that "nothing" makes her happier than witnessing the supposed destruction of others? Moreover, I simply don't see the logic behind Mapes's merriment. Did the election of George Bush in 2000 and 2004 doom the left-wing blogosphere and its MSM affiliates like Olbermann? Of course not. A hated Republican in the White House was the best thing ever to happen to the Kos-'n-Olby crowd. It could be a lot less fun for them if-and-when their guys wield all the levers of power.
In contrast, no right-thinking right-winger welcomes the prospect of a President Obama. But for the conservative blogosphere and opinion-makers like Rush, an Obama presidency would surely be manna from heaven: a guaranteed, sure-fire, endless supply of grist for our mills. As we begin the task of pushing that pendulum, we'll be more relevant than ever . Mary might beware premature schadenfreude.
Note: Ed Driscoll astutely observes that Mapes pays an unintentional compliment to the conservative blogosphere in calling it a "monster." When Memogate broke, she claimed never to have heard of the sites that were on her case. Now, they're monsters: albeit ones with a short shelf-life, in Mary's mistaken view.
—Mark Finkelstein is a NewsBusters contributing editor and host of Right Angle. Contact him at mark@gunhill.net.
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Great Leona Helmsley pic,
October 24, 2008 - 12:08 ET by Roger the ShrubberGreat Leona Helmsley pic, Mark!
mapes
October 24, 2008 - 12:13 ET by tejanodiabloi would have thought she was drinking her future away in some dark, smoke filled bronxville bar ..
never look a gift skunk in the tail ..
The Poofington Host
October 24, 2008 - 12:17 ET by Paul AtreidesShe rants for Arianna Huffington and thinks that gives her some right to feel superior.
Arianna Huffington!
Another
October 24, 2008 - 12:13 ET by play21cwAnother elitist..
As Archie would say, "You, are a meathead"
another
October 24, 2008 - 12:15 ET by tejanodiabloanother one of a million monkeys with a typewriter .. that uses microsoft word >>>
never look a gift skunk in the tail ..
Oh Mary,
October 24, 2008 - 12:14 ET by IamTinmanOh Mary, I'm so sorry. I guess the meds and the therapy didn't work after all.
Once you and Danny got outed your commentary became useless since you can only speak to your miniscule choir. Everyone else believes that you were fired for lying.
Its payback time in America
October 24, 2008 - 12:19 ET by smoto66Ive said it before we should return the last 8 yrs of attacks on barrack 10 fold. its patrotic to disent isnt that what they said for the last 8yrs?
But surely an Obama
October 24, 2008 - 12:18 ET by R D HelmBut surely an Obama presidency will be manna from heaven for the
conservative blogosphere...
Assuming, of course, that we all don't have the Obamagestapo kicking in our doors in the middle of the night and carting us all off to be "re-educated."
-And I am only half kidding here.
Obama scares the _____ out of me.
-Dave
In order for wealth to be spread, it first must be seized.
Obama scares the _____ out
October 24, 2008 - 15:29 ET by Dan The Man 2Obama scares the _____ out of me - Lets hope he scares the HELL out of many people andthey turn to Christ. Let us pray he is not the anti-Christ, but he is darned close with his silver tongue and seemingly telflon facade.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
Really? Wow. I don't
October 24, 2008 - 15:56 ET by arkansaszippersReally? Wow.
I don't know; I'm speechless.
Kinda figured you would be,
October 24, 2008 - 16:14 ET by Dan The Man 2Kinda figured you would be, but you can start with this prayer. Our Father who art in Heaven .... the rest is in the Bible. Perhaps you should look for it, I would say it is a perfect prayer.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
I don't know; I'm
October 24, 2008 - 19:56 ET by R D HelmI don't know; I'm speechless.
And with any luck, you will remain that way for the balance of your tenure here at NB.
However short that may be. :-)
-Dave
In order for wealth to be spread, it first must be seized.
Wasn't this person supposed
October 24, 2008 - 12:20 ET by mattmWasn't this person supposed to be an objective journalist?
BTW - In 1992 BJC won the election, within two years the GOP had won control of Congress for the first time in 30+ years.
THe only way the conservative media will die is if it is banned by the Demnazis.
Dear Mary... WANNA
October 24, 2008 - 12:23 ET by Clear thinkerDear Mary... WANNA BET? NYC Company Trashes Sarah With Subway Ads
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The Bitter Bunch
October 24, 2008 - 12:25 ET by GothampcWhy doesn't someone create a talk show starring Mary Mapes, Joy Behar, Kathleen Parker and Geraldine Ferraro. They could all sit around and gripe about the various times they couldn't control the world.
Gotham...I can answer
October 24, 2008 - 12:32 ET by Clear thinkerGotham...
I can answer that. With a show like that, there would be mass depression and suicides blamed on these women and the show would close up within 6 months!
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Maybe Mapes thinks Obama
October 24, 2008 - 12:30 ET by bigtimerMaybe Mapes thinks Obama and crew will shut down all free speech, including the right wing bloggers she so hates... which by the way I don't think is off the table with this man and his wife.
...Either that....of she has lost what she had left of her ever-lovin' mind...
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Now that sure does explode
October 24, 2008 - 12:41 ET by dscottNow that sure does explode the myth that liberals are for free speech when in fact they are rooting for the opposite to happen. You can't be for something then be against it? Oh, never mind John Kerry...
Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, starving the poor one gallon of ethanol at a time. Fill your tank with E85 and cull a village.
Hmmm
October 24, 2008 - 12:33 ET by TheCynicMaybe she thinks Obama is actually going to impose a ban on conservative blogs. Hmmm...
Good luck with that! We
October 24, 2008 - 12:40 ET by Clear thinkerGood luck with that!
We Will Not Go Quietly Into The Night, We Will Be Armed!
Why Obama Scares The Crap Out Of Me
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Mary Mapes is so terribly lost, she may...
October 24, 2008 - 12:38 ET by ThalpyMary Mapes is so terribly lost, she may never find her way. Her seething hatred blocks her reason.
Mapes
October 24, 2008 - 12:47 ET by semolina_filcherMary Mapes, the symbol of what's wrong with leftist women: bitter, pompous, elitist...hag-ly! Compare with Jeri Thompson, Cindy McCain, Megyn Kelly, Sarah Palin..
Don't forget Ann Coulter -
October 24, 2008 - 15:24 ET by arkansaszippersDon't forget Ann Coulter - what a babe!
I remember after the 2002
October 24, 2008 - 12:51 ET by Chris NormanI remember after the 2002 elections the GOP was riding high, the Democrats were crushed, and some talking heads were speaking of a "permanent conservative majority". A few years later it started going to mud. Be careful of how you crow Ms. Mapes...
McNotObama '08
Is Mary dressed for global warming too?
October 24, 2008 - 12:50 ET by CrashMapes has forgotten plenty. One, we conservatives aren't so committed to McCain that we would need to be institutionalized over him losing the election. In the event that Obama loses, the asylums will be over crowded by the liberal fringe ... kind of like the prison system.
Second, unless Obama has a smack down trounce on election day, the MSM will crumble even more as the blogisphere fills the void of reporting news, instead of retorting views.
Liberals
October 24, 2008 - 12:54 ET by Gothampc"In the event that Obama loses, the asylums will be over crowded by the liberal fringe"
Unfortunately we're not that lucky. Nor are we lucky enough to have them all move to Europe. No, they'll just redouble their hate and spend the next four years spewing their nastiness.
What can I say? I'm forever
October 24, 2008 - 12:59 ET by CrashWhat can I say? I'm forever the optimist.
Hey Mary, Tomorrow the
October 24, 2008 - 12:53 ET by sanergononlibHey Mary, Tomorrow the relevance of the right wing blogs will be undiminished but you'll STILL be ugly!
Saner: I believe you owe
October 24, 2008 - 13:01 ET by Mark FinkelsteinSaner: I believe you owe royalties to the estate of Winston Churchill for use of that line ;-)
And W.C. Fields *Tomorrow
October 24, 2008 - 13:35 ET by sanergononlibAnd W.C. Fields
*Tomorrow I'll be sober but you'll still be crazy*
Well, Mapes is dumb as a bag
October 24, 2008 - 12:55 ET by marpelWell, Mapes is dumb as a bag of hammers, isn't she? Aye, yay....
I agree with smoto66
October 24, 2008 - 13:19 ET by katiejane"I've said it before we should return the last 8 yrs of attacks on barrack 10 fold. its patrotic to disent isnt that what they said for the last 8yrs?"
I have no intention of taking any high road. If Obama wins I fully intend to support each and every effort (short of racial) made to disparage, mock and demean his administration. If the Titanic is going to sink at least I will be singing with musicians.
katiejane... You can
October 24, 2008 - 13:33 ET by Clear thinkerkatiejane...
You can start pushing back now if you are up to it... NYC Company Trashes Sarah With Subway Ads
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If you can't beat em', join
October 24, 2008 - 15:27 ET by arkansaszippersIf you can't beat em', join em'?
Hmmm
October 24, 2008 - 13:30 ET by bschoomSend that bitter ol' woman this way.
No longer hiding her distaste for a political party she'd do anything to see defeated.
Strange right wing bloggers
October 24, 2008 - 13:36 ET by Lame CherryIt is odd that double MM thinks the right wing bloggers have no clout when CBS trotted out two body language hacks to attack Sarah Palin after I exposed the body language of the liberals at Denver showing them to be liars.
I see FOX is bringing out a new series on the very subject to replace liberal 24.
As liberals seem very interested in my blog in it being a driving force driving liberals nuts to react to all the exclusives published there, I guess my little wilderness of enigma is not right wing.
I guess double M missed NoQuarterUSA and AmericanThinker blogs as they have been doing wonderful work. Just because FOX is suppressing news along with other "right wing outlets" and pundits, doesn't mean the stories are not still there along with numbers of people reading them.
The information is getting out and it is effective for grudge holder Mary Mapes.
Babe if you don't like the sentence don't be producing forgeries ruining Dan Rather.
*HIC IACET ARTORIVS REX QVONDAM REXQVE FVTVRVS
what planet is she on?
October 24, 2008 - 13:36 ET by lotrRegardless of whether or not BHO is elected, if she thinks for one moment that the freedoms of thought and expression are now dead, she is sorely mistaken.
And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all. -- Edgar Allan Poe
I wonder how much the DNC
October 24, 2008 - 13:37 ET by JPR1ponied up for that outfit. Saks? Gucci? Dress Barn?
Apparently spared no expense on her hair stylist either.
Mary Mapes is right
October 24, 2008 - 13:50 ET by pearlThe MSM is simply ignoring anyone from the right this year.
REALITY
October 24, 2008 - 14:56 ET by ZmeademanFOX news is the rightwing news station ????????????????? How with old frauds like this given airtime,and colmes, beckel,jerry rivers, and on .Sometimes I wish I could wake up as a leftest for one day with no shame or selfrespect .
My my, how Mary Mapes has
October 24, 2008 - 15:18 ET by winston smithMy my, how Mary Mapes has aged in the last 4 years! It's tough being nationally smoked out as a treasonous liar, huh Mary? Deal with it Mary! The Right-Wing blogosphere fried your fish you partisan lackey and you'll never get over it! What's John Kerry Heinz up to these days, Mary? Same old botoxed buffoon he was 4 years ago. I hope he was worth losing a career over, you fool. Maybe Senator Heinz can slip you some cash to get by now and then --- if Theresa will allow it of course. After all, it's her money. Or maybe the shifty, adulterous Senator Haircut can give up one of his $400 coiffures some week and send you a money gram with his love. In any case, have fun being a goat for the rest of your career Mary. (with sincere apologies to goats)
Ok, first of all, she's
October 24, 2008 - 15:17 ET by AuH20girlOk, first of all, she's wrong. I don't know if she's noticed but the information you get one day on the righty blogs ends up on FOX and talk radio a couple of days later, and then grudgingly on the MSM (if they can't ignore it anymore). The blogosphere are the ones investigating. Believe me, news organizations are paying attention to bloggers.
Secondly...bitter much, Mary? Good grief. Of course she'll dance with glee because a blog brought the world crashing down around her. She tried to scam the public and got caught by the great unwashed. The time for MSM controlling public opinion is over.
I guess she hasn't noticed the dismal ratings and tanking subscription rates of the MSM.
http://goldwatergirl...
Ms Mapes, please keep
October 24, 2008 - 16:35 ET by d4manMs Mapes, please keep thinking that way, I beg you.
It's ironic Mapes would
October 24, 2008 - 17:26 ET by Blazerbeautiful-but-bookish brunette working as a lab assistant for the older
scientist whose irresponsible experiments lead to tragedy.
It's ironic Mapes would use analogies concerning 50's monster movies, especially when it looks like her hair-do and wardrobe were inspired by an Ed Wood movie.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
what she says is so unimportant, and yet she's still with us....
October 24, 2008 - 17:43 ET by kmcWhen the Bush "Memo" documents brought down Dan Rather, who could have imagined how many other liberal voices were taken down with him. Mapes and her cohorts at CBS discovered what it was like to, as Dan Rather might of said, "Step in a fireant bed with no shoes on".
The blogosphere will be fine and dandy with or without anything you might say or think Mary. Because of your outward bias toward conservatives, last thing I would do if I were you is to stir them up. I really enjoyed the last four years without you. You must really feel stupid among your colleagues. I guess you must be going thru the phase. That explains the arctic outfit on the light stage. I hate to repeat things already said here, but, You're still ugly.
Oh yeah, I have some notes, J. Edger Hoover's personal file on the Bush family and particlar George W. Pretty interesting stuff. I'll have my secretary, Lucy, send you over some copies!
I just have one question to ask this old hag...
October 24, 2008 - 19:15 ET by BobAnthonyWHY DO YOU HATE AMERICA?!?!?
Chuck Baldwin--the candidate under the corporate fascist media's
radar--BUT SHOULDN'T BE! This election should be a REFERENDUM ON THE
MEDIA FOR NOT HIRING PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN HONESTY LIKE MYSELF!
what horror movies was she
October 24, 2008 - 20:41 ET by Radar_Onewhat horror movies was she watching...
Barack Obama= Half Honkey...ALL Donkey
So lets follow her logic
October 24, 2008 - 21:07 ET by GregESo lets follow her logic that right-wing bloggers don't matter anymore. I guess by that, she also feels that in the early 2000s, left wing bloggers didn't matter, right? Yea, hardly. Number one, she doesn't believe it, and number two, she'd be a moron to believe it, same as she is right now. Left or Right bloggers always matter regardless of what political party is in power.
As a conservative, I have no problem with that. I understand freedom in America. But seemingly Mapes, as a liberal, would prefer that conservative speech be stifled.
This sad little rant from
October 25, 2008 - 10:32 ET by fitzfongThis sad little rant from the pathetic piece of human debris known as Mary Mapes is very revealing. In cheering what she believes is the demise in electoral influence of LGF, HotAir, Powerline and NewsBusters, she is tacitly admitting that she, as a news producer, attempted to influence the outcome of elections...as a matter of course. This is exactly why she was sacked in disgrace. To think she and Rather actually had nerve to sue for wrongful termination!
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Angry and bitter liberal
April 16, 2009 - 08:57 ET by Blogger Guy00001What? Another angry and bitter liberal?