SEAN HANNITY: The author New York Times best seller, "Fleeced," starring Dick Morris. Why do I know this is probably going to be the debate we agree on here? What did you think?
DICK MORRIS: Well, last time we disagreed. I said Obama won and you said he lost and the polls agreed with me. This time we both agree but we disagree with Colmes probably. This was an unbelievable win for Sarah Palin. In fact I think that it unveils a level of skill in communication that I really have not seen since Ronald Reagan. She is a superstar. Her ability to bypass the conventional wisdom of Washington. Her ability to speak in a tone, and a genre, a style that was so authentic and so outside of the mainstream. It was just unbelievable and Biden looked like he was on downers. I mean every time he was talking I was wishing that I could hear Palin instead.
HANNITY: But I gotta tell you. On every issue. On Iran. On Iraq. On energy. On the economy. On tax cuts. What I thought she did very effectively that maybe Senator McCain didn't do in the last debate, she was reminding America about the record and the statements of Senator Obama. Did you think that was effective, Dick?
MORRIS: I thought it was but I thought more effective was that she did a much better job than John McCain ever has in explaining McCain's positions. When she talked about the "all of the above" option on energy. I never heard McCain explain it that articulately. It was well down. When I heard her speak about the anti greed on Wall Street and that stuff and how it infects Washington. I thought it was just terrific. And when she said at one point in that debate, "I just don't understand how Washington works. How can you guys claiming to vote against something when in fact you are voting for it?" Over the Iraq War resolution. It was just brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. The loser in tonight's debate was Hillary Clinton because there is a new woman out there who's going to be number one in this country.
Ladies and gentlement! Please fasten your seatbelts to prepare for the fireworks explosions about to happen when Alan Colmes cuts in:
COLMES: Well as I said, she has to get elected first but anyway, Dick, some of the things she said about McCain were just not true.
MORRIS: She already has been with no assistance from her husband.
COLMES: Some of the things she said were just were not true. You never miss a chance to take a slap at the Clintons. They're not in this race. She talked about the middle class. John McCain repeatedly 19 times voted not to raise the minimum wage. John McCain repeatedly voted not to have renewable energy.
MORRIS: Alan, why do you insist on using sentiments with me to get reading practice on your talking points? Save that for Republicans who you talk to. Why don't you talk to me about it because I said...
(Crosstalk)
MORRIS: Hey Alan! You going to have me talk or have another guest on? If you're going to have me on you're going to listen to what I have to say. As far as I'm concerned in the last debate I said that I thought Obama won and this debate I think that she won. And I don't think that objectivity and fairness deserves your just spewing the talking points that you've been handed.
COLMES: I'm not spewing the talking points. I'm saying the truth about what the actual McCain record is that you're in denial about.
MORRIS: You're incredible, Alan. You're absolutely incredible. Is it that you can't think or that you only know how to read those talking points? Unbelievable performance, Mr. Colmes. Unbelievable.
HANNITY: By the way, Dick Morris, I tell you.. I've been around and watched a lot of presidential debates. A friend of mine wrote a note and I said at the beginning to our audience. This is the debate equivalent of sort of Sarah Palin's shock and awe.
MORRIS: This was unbelievable and anybody with a brain looking at it would conclude that which does not include your co-host I might add.
(Laughter)
HANNITY: All right, Dick Morris, the author of the New York Times best seller...
COLMES (interrupting): Hope the anger management works out for you, Dick.
Wow! I guess Alan Colmes felt a bit singed by the fireworks explosion he inadvertently set off by attempting to read DNC talking points without even addressing the issue of Palin's debate performance.
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Thank you thank you thank
October 3, 2008 - 08:32 ET by motherbeltThank you thank you thank you!!1
I read about this in an earlier thread and I was waiting for the video!
Take No Prisoners!
October 3, 2008 - 08:36 ET by CrashGot to hand it to Dick, he's one hell of an operative. No wonder Clinton became president.
As for Colmes, with friends like Colmes who needs enemas. In other words, Alan has his head up his arse.
»→ Colmes, Oh man!
October 3, 2008 - 08:33 ET by Cool ArrowNow that was excellent theatre if ever I've seen it.
Morris slapped Colmes crosseyed.
Poor Colmes, he thinks he's more important than the guests he has on the show.
Kill Bill II - Stop the bailout
The Mess That is Alan Colmes
October 3, 2008 - 08:43 ET by GothampcI sometimes almost feel sorry for Alan Colmes, but then I don't because he gets so nasty. I love when Ann Coulter is on the program because she can really get him riled up.
When I watch the show, I realize how dumb he is. Just look at the content of the show. Sean does one-on-one interviews with Sarah Palin, Condi Rice, President Bush, etc. Alan rarely interviews anyone. Has he interviewed Obama yet?
Alan must not pay for researchers because there are many, many times where he is spouting something that is obviously factually incorrect or has been proven incorrect by airtime of his show.
Alan has a bad habit of asking a question, then trying to set a trap for that person. The other night he was talking with Karl Rove about taxes and Rove said "I don't believe the middle class should pay as much taxes as they do." Alan snidely said "So you don't believe in paying taxes." At that moment he needed a good hit upside the head because that was not what Rove said.
GMTA
October 3, 2008 - 08:48 ET by MazziLOL we crossed in timing. I agree completely with the second part - I also stop feeling sorry for him when he gets nasty.
"I've now been in 57 states -- I think one left to go." ~ Barrack Hussein Obama ~
"You cannot go to a 7-11 or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent.... I'm not joking." ~ Sen. Joe Biden
tee hee hee
October 3, 2008 - 08:46 ET by MazziMy husband and I were watching that, and we had to rewind it and replay it like 5 times. It was awesome! Incidentally, you can't hear it in the clip, but after about the 2nd thing Morris said, Colmes tried an "excuse me", and then, kept trying to break in.
I think that Morris was very irritated that Colmes was throwing off his train of thought with all his attempts of interruption, and that when he found out it was for "the list", he lost it. Colmes tried his talking points with Fred Thompson too, who also blew him off.
Sometimes I almost feel sorry for Colmes, he is proof that libs are way out of their league when they around people who don't peddle twisted logic for a living.
"I've now been in 57 states -- I think one left to go." ~ Barrack Hussein Obama ~
"You cannot go to a 7-11 or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent.... I'm not joking." ~ Sen. Joe Biden
Some of the things she said
October 3, 2008 - 09:53 ET by motherbeltSome of the things she said were just were not true.- Alan Colmes
Hey Alan...I guess you missed at least 14 lies that Biden told (h/t Ace of Spades HQ)
Ace also has video of Peggy Noonan's Two-Word Money Quote of the Day:
SHE KILLED!
Sorry, I can't make the link work.
Thanks
October 3, 2008 - 10:18 ET by Gat New YorkI sat there and caught Biden in about four lies and my wife said that it may be a matter of opinion. I said: "no they are outright lies."
I bet that no one in MSM would call Biden on those lies and I have been right.
However, I am afraid that the unprecendented campaign of a dem candidate completely supported by a MSM propaganda machine is too overwhelming for the man at the top of the ticket and his campaign strategists.
This campaign needed a much tougher campaign person like Mitt Romney who would not shy from confrontation including the media.
McCain is just an old senator who is wedded to the civil tenor of debate in the Senate which will not get him elected.
Depressing.
You are right
October 3, 2008 - 12:03 ET by connorinActually, all the lib talking heads say he won because he had such a command of the facts...unfortunately, it turns out most of his facts were wrong...but like you said...they'll never tell
Morris is SO much better when he's not working for the Clintons
October 3, 2008 - 08:56 ET by c5thenWow!!
He never would have said anything like that if Hillary was a candidate.
Disagreement and lying
October 3, 2008 - 08:58 ET by KC MulvilleIf you say something that contradicts what I say, does that mean that you're lying? Or I'm lying?
The Obama campaign has perpetuated the spin that disagreement with them means that you're lying. Every McCain ad has some perspective on Obama that they don't like. And so, lacking a maturity, the Obama camp whines that they're lying! The media obediently follows in step, where anchor-idiots smugly nod to each other that McCain is lying and nasty and Obama is just "hitting back, unlike Kerry." All they're doing is confirming that they can't tell the difference between honest disagreement and lying -- to them, opposition is always a lie.
In philosophy, claiming that something is a fact is meaningless. "Fact" only means that you insist on believing it. It means that you can't imagine how anyone can dispute your belief. Now, it may be that you have solid evidence and cause for your belief, and you may be correct. But it might mean that you're just blind to alternatives. Your inability to imagine how others could disagree might simply prove that you don't have enough imagination!
Every time the Obama camp (or their liberal media allies) claims "facts," they inevitably confuse disagreement with lying.
KC, you know that's a
October 3, 2008 - 09:01 ET by motherbeltKC, you know that's a liberal tactic: they give their opinion and end with "That's a fact."
That makes it so!
Or they start their opinion with "The truth is..." or "The fact of the matter is that..."
And I especially love Andrea Mitchell's favorite..."Clearly...."
gm BT..
October 3, 2008 - 09:29 ET by Paul GOr my favorite "Some people say.......
Facts
October 3, 2008 - 09:31 ET by KC MulvilleI call your attention to Willard Van Orman Quine, because he was likely the best philosopher America ever produced. He died on Christmas Day 2000. He literally wrote the book on logic, since it's the book that most colleges still use to teach logic. He was an absolutely brilliant guy, and when he wasn't engaged in technical debates with fellow philosophers, he was actually fun to read.
He made a nice living off that discussion about facts. Don't get me wrong, he wrote about many things. But if all he ever wrote was his discussion on truth and facts, he'd still have been the top guy.
If you say that (1) "snow is white," what do you add to the assertion when you say (2) "It's a fact that snow is white"? Quine's answer: nothing. If you believed the first, you believed the second. Those flourishes are merely rhetorical decoration. They mean nothing.
But, judging from the fact(LOL!) that liberals rail against McCain's accusations and send out Fact Squads to hunt down anti-Obamaism, I'd argue that liberals haven't been keeping up with their philosophy. (That'll piss them off, don't you think?)
KC,
October 3, 2008 - 09:29 ET by Indiana JoeLook at the history of "spin," which I labelled "lying" pretty soon after the word gained prominence. In fact, watch the "Father of Spin" nail Colmes' hide to the wall right here, LOL.
Sure, as Clinton's go-to political guy, Morris knows all about spin. It was a Clinton hallmark, and you know Morris at least midwifed the birth, if he didn't actually carry the baby. It's a tactic, and an effective one. But walking the line between "spin" and outright lies is a tricky prospect.
While the left has embraced "spin" as the be-all, end-all of politics, they really don't have the originality or initiative to advance beyond it. Just like their myopic ideas about problem-solving (if money hasn't worked, we need more money, if controls haven't worked, we need more controls), if the spin isn't working, just use more spin. True spin is soft, vague, defensible. When you trie to turn your own spin into "facts" by force, you've crossed into lying, and there's no denying it. "Never believe your own press releases" used to be a saying in politics. There was a reason for that, but the left has lost that lesson.
The only way to hide the lying is to hope no one finds out. Claim you're "the most trusted name in news," or point out that the other side has "lied" about something that they never said, or that isn't a lie. Misdirect, obscure, deflect. Do everything you can to keep the truth as shadowy and "relative" as you can.
Sound familiar?
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - H. Poincaré
Morris
October 3, 2008 - 09:33 ET by KC MulvilleGood Lord, I hadn't thought about that. When Dick Morris calls you on spinning ...
LOL! Good catch!
That is so true; I had
October 3, 2008 - 10:12 ET by motherbeltThat is so true; I had forgotten about that!
I believe it was because of Dick Morris and his crew that the term "spin doctors" came into being!
and the media were so enthralled with it, that sometimes the spin was the news!
I appreciate that you reported on it
October 3, 2008 - 09:09 ET by Calypso Jonesbut it was better watching it as it happened. He nailed allan with the truth of the matter....but allan won't see it.
It's a beautiful thing <sniff>,
October 3, 2008 - 09:13 ET by Indiana JoeAnd high time too. Colmes is the main reason I stopped watching. He rarely has anything to contribute. He's only there as a "left" balance to Hannity's "right." And he's a poor one, at that. Many's the time I would think, "Hell, I could dispute what this fool is saying!" For the record, I think Hannity gets a little overly partisan, too, but at least he usually makes sense.
Besides, it's an opinion show, and Fox deserves kudos for at least really representing both sides. The problem is, Colmes represents the modern leftist way of political "thinking" too precisely, idiot talking points, interruptions, rudeness, blather, unearned condescencion and all. It's a revealing look at the liberal mind-set, but it's boring, predictable and tedious.
To paraphrase from NB posters, they need a better class of troll over at Fox. It was a pleasure to see Morris put him in his place.
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - H. Poincaré
Thanks for the transcript.
October 3, 2008 - 09:17 ET by Hero SquadThanks for the transcript. I was checking the Cubs-Dodgers game when this exchange took place and came back when Morris was in full vein-popping apoplexy. I didn't know the full context of the exchange, but it was clear what had happened.
Alan looked even more foolish when he was reading Lieberman quotes to Lieberman holding a thick pad of paper. It looked like he had no idea what point he was even trying to make. And saying "I voted for you! What happened?" twice during their brief exchange looked even more silly.
*****
"People only insist that a debate stop when they are afraid of what might be learned if it continues." - George Will
I saw this exchange...the
October 3, 2008 - 09:18 ET by marpelI saw this exchange...the arguement didn't last long enough for me...LOL
I still recall, one of the funniest things I've heard is when Don Imus called Alan Combes a "Ferret in a tied"...LOL
A ferret in a tied what?
October 3, 2008 - 09:27 ET by motherbeltA ferret in a tied what?
Edit: Shoot, I guess you meant in a TIE! LOL
Nevermind. Need more coffee.
Tied noose, maybe?
October 3, 2008 - 09:36 ET by Indiana JoeHey, I can say "noose," can't I? I mean, we don't come much whitebread-er than Colmes (full-disclosure: I'm white, so back off, trolls!).
But I agree, "ferret in a tie" is the perfect descriptor I was looking for. ;^D
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - H. Poincaré
Minimum Middle Class
October 3, 2008 - 09:19 ET by CobraMan"She talked about the middle class. John McCain repeatedly 19 times voted not to raise the minimum wage."
What does minimum wage have to do with the Middle Class? Minimum wages are for those working at poverty level, which is definitely not the Middle Class. Colmes, your ignorance is showing, again. It’s no wonder that Morris called you brainless, it's an apt description.
Obama: My job is above my pay grade
Watch the rhetoric
October 3, 2008 - 09:44 ET by KC MulvilleNot only that, but see how he sneaked in the assumption that raising the minmum wage was, of course, the true test of caring about the middle class (or about anyone, for that matter).
The liberals are full of these shibboleths. If you don't want to give money to teacher unions, you must be against education. If you're not willing to support embryonic stem cell research, you must be against science (even if you support non-embryonic stem cell research).
If you oppose their methods, they assume you oppose their goal.
Bingo, KC!
October 3, 2008 - 09:53 ET by Indiana Joe"If you oppose their methods, they assume you oppose their goal."
Succint, but apt.
Bravo.
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - H. Poincaré
I couldn't help but wonder,
October 3, 2008 - 09:57 ET by danboI couldn't help but wonder, how many in the middle class were working for minimum wages.
I guess the rest of us aren't middle class. We're the stinking rich.
Limited Disclosure: I used to belong to the Sierra Club untill they went crazier. Worse of all, I was bribed by Exxon with free New Orleans Saints glasses with fill ups in the 70's.
danbo,
October 3, 2008 - 10:25 ET by Indiana Joe"We're the stinking rich."
Or the "helpless" poor. They've moved "rich" down as low as $75K/year under some Clinton proposal, IIRC.
Move "poor" up to $74K and voila! No more pesky "middle class."
I think that's always been a thorn in their sides. The "middle class" doesn't need their "help," and can't afford to "pay their fair share" for it. So, it's useless to those charged with "saving" us from ourselves.
Best that it just leaves quietly.
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - H. Poincaré
If they raise the minimum
October 3, 2008 - 11:05 ET by Hero SquadIf they raise the minimum wage, more people will be earning minimum wage.
*****
"People only insist that a debate stop when they are afraid of what might be learned if it continues." - George Will
Absolutely, KC, that's how
October 3, 2008 - 10:22 ET by motherbeltAbsolutely, KC, that's how they portray it: You don't want to raise the minimum wage, you are "against the middle class." I have news for Alan: the middle class is not living on minimum wage.
I know this wasn't Colmes it was Biden, but my head nearly exploded when he said McCain voted against funding the troops I forget how many times...without any context of what the bill had in it or how the money was targeted. As if he said Money for the troops? Uh-nuh. No way!
and that he voted against "renewable energy" 20 (?) times (again, without context) as if he said Nope, no renewable energy! Just drill, drill, drill!
We can anticipate what's coming
October 3, 2008 - 10:50 ET by KC MulvilleHere's the conflict. To sweeten the pot, the House leadership is stuffing the bailout bill with pork.
How long will it be before we hear the shrieks from Obama and Biden that McCain loves to talk about cutting waste, but he voted "again and again" for bill loaded with pork!!! They'll bury the details under a general statistic: "McCain has voted xx times for bills with pork."
You, me, and the American people know that's misleading rhetoric. But the media will report it that way.
Voting "against" funding the troops
October 3, 2008 - 11:32 ET by BlondeThey do this for a reason....what was the name of Monday's porker that got voted down?
So technically, everyone who voted no voted against the troops. This is why they just let it slide amongst themselves, they know these bills have misleading names so they can vote for, or against without consequences.
Maddening, huh?
David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive
Cobraman you hit the nail on the head
October 3, 2008 - 09:58 ET by GatorgradYep since when is minimum wage middle class. And by the way.... raising the minimum wage hurts small business owners and factories that have union wages based on minimum wage multipliers.
As a small business owner myself I had to let two people go last month due to increased payroll expenses. A high school kid stocking shelves is not middle class.
Alan is a rube and a one dimensional talking points regurgitator.
Minimum wage increases
October 3, 2008 - 11:58 ET by azholmesI had a theory about Minimum Wage Increases and unemployment rates, so I looked at the data and pu it into a spreadsheet.
Since 1946, there have been 10 minimum wage increases. Since 1948 (extent of my unemplyment data) there have been 10 spikes in unemployment. In 2 of the ten they both happen in the same year (1991, 1975), twice the spike happens 1 year after the increase(1958, 2008), twice they happen two years later (1970, 1980). 3 years later (1949), 4 years later (1954, 2001). And the oddball, 1 year prior (1961), though it stopped a 17% decrease in it's tracks in 1962. All parenthetic dates are of the unemployment spike.
So, for 6 of ten the spike occurs within 2 years of the increase. All ten occur within 1 year ahead and 4 years after. Surely, it's just a coincidence.
McNotObama2008.com
This is why I can't watch the MSM.
October 3, 2008 - 09:20 ET by Joe C.Colmes hasn't verbalized an independent thought nor shown the capacity to - ever! He is not unique, however. The Dems and Media share the same game plan in lockstep, which is why I don't understand why these talking head shows even have leftist guests. Why don't they just save the time and money and have the coffee girl read the daily talking points while wearing a sign saying Colmes, Frank, Reid, Pelosi or whomever.
It is so bad that we sentient beings can predict what the leftists are going to say so the coffee girl may not even be needed either. Maybe just pause for a few seconds and run a chiron saying - "Pretend Harry Reid is spewing predictable talking points. We'll return to actual independent thought and relevant analysis in 5...4...3..."
I agree. That's why I
October 3, 2008 - 09:28 ET by SmartypantsI agree. That's why I loved when Palin finally called Biden on his anti-Bush tirade last night. The Obama/Biden ticket, and Democrats in general, have been spewing the anti-Bush talking points for a long time. They need to be brought back to reality and realize that Bush did not create every mess that ever existed on the planet, not by a long shot in fact.
Unbelievably, they're still
October 3, 2008 - 09:51 ET by Indiana JoeUnbelievably, they're still running against Bush. It must really chap their hides that America chose "Chimpy McHitler" twice over them. It's driven them completely over the edge!
But, really, they got nothin' else!
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - H. Poincaré
There was a time I liked
October 3, 2008 - 09:24 ET by SmartypantsThere was a time I liked Alan Colmes, because he was basically harmless and tried to be cordial to people. He's still basically harmless, primarily because he is completely ineffective as an analyst or pundit, but he is far more irritating than ever. All he ever spouts are unfounded talking points. He appears to be incapable of critical thinking on any level--then again, he is a liberal.
Sp,
October 3, 2008 - 09:45 ET by Indiana JoeI agree, he's much worse than he was when I first watched H&C. I'd never heard of either of them at the time, and thought it was a great format. Bring the slant out in the open, claim it, and let both sides defend their POV. It should be emulated by any outlet that claims to be "unbiased." After all, why not?
It may be telling that I don't hear much about what Colmes does other than that show. But Hannity gets a lot of exposure, and a lot of venom on the left side. He must be doing something right. Colmes seems mostly irrelevant outside the show.
Maybe Colmes is a really good indicator of the "mainstream left." I mean, look at his tactics and style. Hard to deny he's pretty typical, based on what we see, here and elsewhere.
"He appears to be incapable of critical thinking on any level." That's on the nose, and brings to mind a lot of leftists nowadays.
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - H. Poincaré
I agree that he's still
October 3, 2008 - 10:27 ET by motherbeltI agree that he's still basically harmless, but he is far from polite. He badgers people with the same question over and over before they even have a chance to answer...I've heard him say for instance (Paraphrasing) Can you prove that? Where's your proof? What proof do you have? while the other person is trying to get a word in edgewise!
and he has the nasty habit of slipping in one last jab just as they go to the break, getting it in when the guest has no chance to respond.
I have to believe Colmes is faking it.
October 3, 2008 - 09:31 ET by R D HelmI mean, nobody can be that mind-numbingly stupid, can they?
-Dave
Fear makes people do weird things....it makes their brains stop working. - Dave Ramsey
My troll fuse length today: 0.5cm
In Mexico they have...
October 3, 2008 - 09:41 ET by jawebster1pinatas, in America we have Alan Colmes. Even the left won't claim the guy. Jim Webster
After Palin, this was my
October 3, 2008 - 09:43 ET by danboAfter Palin, this was my favorite part of the evening. And Leiberman looking at him like a clown after was gravy.
Now the Dims are in save a$$, 24/7 spin.
Limited Disclosure: I used to belong to the Sierra Club untill they went crazier. Worse of all, I was bribed by Exxon with free New Orleans Saints glasses with fill ups in the 70's.
Just Golden...
October 3, 2008 - 09:48 ET by GordyI've never seen Colmes shut up like that. Just golden.
-gordy.
Solid
October 3, 2008 - 10:16 ET by Indiana JoeHe was reduced to some babble about "anger management" at the end.
The last refuge of the totally SHACKED.
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - H. Poincaré
Colmes In Denial
October 3, 2008 - 10:20 ET by flyingmonkeyAlan Colmes has been in denial for a long time now. Aside from his position as Sean Hannity's punching bag, he would brag about the longevity of his liberal radio show on Fox Radio without acknowledging that most of his listeners were conservative and over 90% of his callers disagreed with his positions.
I can't imagine Alan Colmes being successful at anything other than being the token lib. in the Fox line-up.
Great job Dick Morris. Next time just hit him across the nose with a rolled up newspaper.
stacked deck
October 3, 2008 - 10:20 ET by MazziAfter years of not watching any news shows, I have become very fond of H&C. It shows clearly that a single lib against a single conservative looks like a fool.
That's what started this media slant I think. They had to start loading the talk shows with 4 or 5 liberals to keep the balance with a single non-liberal.
Look at the View (not that I ever do - I only see clips)... what is it? 5 pit-vipers against one? And the lone one still makes the most sense.
"I've now been in 57 states -- I think one left to go." ~ Barrack Hussein Obama ~
"You cannot go to a 7-11 or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent.... I'm not joking." ~ Sen. Joe Biden
Colmes Foams
October 3, 2008 - 10:21 ET by BondPlainBondAlan Colmes (aka The Crypt Keeper), to me, is a turn-the-channel-now!!!!! personality. I have noticed more and more conservative guests on Hannity & Colmes are not letting Colmes get away with his liberal schtick, blind hatred, inability to understand reason or facts, and spewing his ever-present talking points. Many simply shake their heads and laugh at him in the most condescending way possible. Some patronize the delusional talking points (MoveOn-supplied?) to which Colmes so tightly clings. More and more conservative guests are, justifiably, ripping Colmes a new one. Finally!
Since Obama is basically the same kind of individual (his platform is comprised MoveOn talking points), I hope McCain will get a fire in his belly and "Dick Morris" Obama in the remaining debates.
Obama's putting out "civility" ads prior to the next debate is hilarious, attempting to set a tone which he has every intention of ignoring. McCain needs to do some serious "ripping" and not allow Obama to continue to get away with his multitude of lies and obfuscations. McCain needs to make the clear and decisive distinctions between his platform and that of MoveOn, er, uh, Obama.
Colmes = Liberal Wuss
October 3, 2008 - 10:36 ET by WonkaVisionThis was so awesome. I yell at Ms. Colmes every night, great to see a guest completely tear into him! He is such a weakling against Morris, Coulter, Rove, Giuliani....he has his talking points and then....nothing, except talking over his guest, trying to get some inane counter argument at the end and quickly moving to the next question.
The 30 second jump button on my remote is great for two things:
1. Going from one snap to the next in football
2. Skipping over Colmes long winded liberal psycho babble
Colmes
October 3, 2008 - 11:17 ET by Gat New YorkI use the "mute" button when he starts to babble.
He always has that contented look of ignorance face when he is trying to act tough. Doesn't work. He is better on radio.
In terms of use of the word "wuss" I was wondering in your proper description of Colmes is it "wuss" or "woose?"
Poor Alan
October 3, 2008 - 11:34 ET by talkradio55He, just like the rest of the drive-by media, is upset that Palin trashed Biden in this debate. She talked over him directly to the American people, she was confident and smiling the entire time. Biden, on the other hand, looked pissed off. She won this hands down, period.
In fact I think that it
October 3, 2008 - 11:43 ET by balboaIn fact I think that it unveils a level of skill in communication that I really have not seen since Ronald Reagan.
That's what I like about Dick Morris: so understated.
She did a good job. She is not anywhere near the level of Reagan.
Totally agree
October 3, 2008 - 14:32 ET by WonkaVisionTotally agree
Somewhere in the cosmos there must be a reason for Alan...
October 3, 2008 - 14:33 ET by ThalpySomewhere in the cosmos there must be a reason for Alan Clomes. Where is it and what is it?
Email Sean Hannity - Let's Replace Alan Colmes
October 3, 2008 - 15:23 ET by Rush FanAlan Colmes is such a dull and mediocre individual that I rarely watch Hannity and Colmes anymore. I can handle someone from the left pointing forth rebuttals, but Colmes does it in such a bland, robotic and irritating way that it turns me off.
Because I am a FoxNews junky and because Hannity does have interesting guests, I have sent multiple emails to Sean Hannity asking him to replace Alan Colmes. I have suggested that an excellent replacement for Colmes would be Kirsten Powers, a "New York Post" columnist and "FOX News" analyst. Kirsten is bright and puts forth ideas rather than rote talking points.
Perhaps if enough viewers would send Hannity emails asking for a replacement to idiotic Colmes it might have an impact.
You can use this contact form at Hannity.com, and also email Sean Hannity at hannity@foxnews.com
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I caught Colmes on his radio
October 3, 2008 - 15:23 ET by celatorI caught Colmes on his radio show a couple nights ago and listened for a little while. I hadn't heard his radio show before. This guy is, without doubt, the dumbest, rudest creep on radio. He doesn't even try to connect with his callers. It's hello, goodbye, hello, goodbye. Doesn't develop issues, doesn't engage his listeners. It's as though he is talking only to himself. Nothing happening, whatsoever.
The major media report only half the news. Why are they surprised they have only half the potential audience?
Yes
October 3, 2008 - 18:00 ET by jaywlPowers for a guy that increasingly mouths the party line, says some of the most dumbass things and, is UGLY. Oh, yes!
Colmes is harmless
October 3, 2008 - 15:22 ET by NeoConfirmedHis talking point didn't
October 3, 2008 - 16:17 ET by ckc1227His talking point didn't even make sense. He was trying to make a McCain vote against minimum wage as being against the middle class. Since when does the middle class make minimum wage?
Obama's Economic plan: more taxes, more spending, more regulation. Prosperity here we come.
colmes & min wage
October 3, 2008 - 17:56 ET by porpoiseboyhannity probably only pays colmes min wage...that's why it's such a sore point for him. i agree to a point that morris did sort of "pop". but you have to remember that he has to put up with colmes idiocy all the time as a regular. i kind of get the idea that colmes job on the show is to disagree with the hannity viewpoint no matter what the issue, and that MAY make him seem more stupid than he really is ( just trying to be nice ). i have seen him argue the most idiotic talking points. (kind of like if hannity says "grass is green" then it is holmes job to say "well, can you at least admit that those who say grass is purple are entitled to their point of view and should not be belittled for it?" ) i think his job is to make hannity look smart...sean is likable, but sometimes all he does is work the same points over and over also...even if his do make sense i get really bored. i usually would watch beck over them.
Ecclesiastes 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.
THIS was the LINE
October 3, 2008 - 15:52 ET by JoelCTNever mind that other stuff! For the first time ever, when I heard Dick Morris say this, I said to myself, Dick Morris is speaking for all of us!
Morris: "I mean every time he was talking I was wishing that I could hear Palin instead."
Hey this was just priceless
October 3, 2008 - 18:15 ET by bigtimerHey this was just priceless from Dickie...can't believe it...
thanks, I decided not to watch the talking heads afterwards, I was so happy with the debate, didn't want to wreck it...
Let's see, I wake up early and I'm hearing how mean she was, how she needs to get that hair out of her eyes, how that winking is embarrassing...blah blah blah...and that the polls say she lost...
ARE these people nuts that try to make us believe that...give me a f'n break...over 70 million people most likely watched this debate if you include others sharing same television screen where-ever they were...you had better believe that their minds aren't going to be changed by a bunch of socialist/commies in the msm and their same talking points.
They can take their agenda and stick it...and they had better be very afraid of her in 2012....very afraid.
I know they already are...heheheee...
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
bt... And you just know
October 3, 2008 - 18:18 ET by Clear thinkerbt...
And you just know that Hillary is pissed!
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Ct... You bet she
October 3, 2008 - 18:27 ET by bigtimerCt...
You bet she is...along with quaking in her boots...
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
NB, Shameless Dick Morris promoters-
October 3, 2008 - 18:37 ET byIt's a pretty safe bet that Brent Bozell, NB's fearless leader and promoter of all things Puritanical, would spit on Dick Morris if he had the opportunity, was less classy, and if Morris wasn't an idiot for the right.
Gosh Abe...did you not
October 3, 2008 - 18:45 ET by bigtimerGosh Abe...did you not understand all the blog post...
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Well that seems fair. I
October 3, 2008 - 18:45 ET by Clear thinkerWell that seems fair. I mean you seem to be the idiot for the left!
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Abe_Jefferson, Shameless Manure Dropper
October 3, 2008 - 18:45 ET by R D HelmYou know, Abe, assuming you aren't banned here in the interim, I just might actually live long enough to see you post something in here that indicates your education actually went beyond the fifth grade.
You'll excuse me if I don't hold my breath waiting.
-Dave
Palin/Anybody other than McPork in '08
Dave- Ya got me, I can't get my "shameless manure" past you.
October 3, 2008 - 19:34 ET byYou're absolutely right about Bozell & Morris. Bozell has said countless times that "Dick Morris and his wife should be very happy and extremely proud of Dick's experiences w/ hookers. Dick was absolutely right in turning on the Clintons like a rabid dog because it WAS totally their fault he got caught." In fact Bozell has received multiple references from Morris for hookers, especially the bondage maidens who love getting their toes sucked. Bozell has stated: "Dick & I share a passion illicit & illegal perverted sex."
There, is that the truth you wanted told?
Funny how Morris's failings didn't....
October 3, 2008 - 19:40 ET by BEGRUNTbother you lefties when he was in the Clinton camp.....hypocrite!!
"If a man does his best, what else is there"?
General George S. Patton Jr.
Actually, I'm more of a Moderatie.
October 3, 2008 - 20:08 ET byI'm conservative on many issues, liberal on some others, Libertarian on others. But I'm definitely not a hypocrite. A sleazebag is a sleazebag, whether it's Dick Morris or Bill Clinton.
You, BEGRUNT, are just plain Wrong.
Hmmm, I've owned a lot of
October 3, 2008 - 20:12 ET by Clear thinkerHmmm, I've owned a lot of ties in my times, but I have never heard of a Moderatie!?
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Gee, Abe, and I didn't even know you were Italian.
October 3, 2008 - 20:27 ET by R D HelmModeratie, ehh? Damn, aren't those supposed to be fast? I mean, when they actually run and all. :-)
-Dave
Palin/Anybody other than McPork in '08
OK....your forgiven.....as long as you......
October 4, 2008 - 00:13 ET by BEGRUNTcall them both scumbags....I'll give you that. Hypocrite accusation, withdrawn.
"If a man does his best, what else is there"?
General George S. Patton Jr.
Most times I get the
October 3, 2008 - 18:48 ET by Jack BauerMost times I get the impression that even Alan Colmes doesn't believe the craptrap Alan Colmes says.
And are Colmes teeth getting weirder or what. Maybe it's just his cracked face grimace he gives that's reminiscent of a lockjaw/tetanus induced rictus.
Jack,
October 3, 2008 - 18:56 ET by R D HelmI agree.
I think Alan Colmes is to Shawn Hannity what the Washington Generals are to the Harlem Globetrotters.
A well-paid foil.
-Dave
Palin/Anybody other than McPork in '08
Jack, that is exactly how I
October 3, 2008 - 19:02 ET by bigtimerJack, that is exactly how I take Colmes too...have for years now..
He's just doing what he gets paid for, I have seen too many times over the years where he ends up grinning when he shouldn't be when someone says something back to him like little toe-sucking Dickie did...
Don't get me wrong, he makes anyone very angry at times, but I just take it all with a grain of salt and wished he would just quit getting his talking points out over the voices of others when he asks a question...
I don't think the talking heads know how much we despise the constant interruptions with their own voices after they ask someone a question, never letting them complete the answer, on the right side of the aisle too..I understand about the time constraints and all, but jeez, then don't ask the question..
they all think they are more important than they really are in the long run...well, almost all of them.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
bt - if you are a fan of the
October 3, 2008 - 19:08 ET by Jack Bauerbt - if you are a fan of the old Brit Hammer Horror Films, starring Peter Cushing (Star Wars as well), Colmes toofy crack face grin is just like a manic Cushing in later years.
really Jack, sorry you have missed his very own radio show...
October 3, 2008 - 19:19 ET by upcountrywaterAlan, has a radio show that airs (farts) here in Hawaii, on an alleged Filipino station..
So nice of the station handelers to air bigoted hateful comments by alan to SHOCK the mostly Filipino Christian listeners, classy.
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Alan Colmes
October 4, 2008 - 12:01 ET by VinncyGAlan Colmes offers nothing to the opposition side of the show as it is intended. He clearly is not objective and doesn't display the ability of expressing a compliment to a job well done without injecting DMC talking points. With that said why do they need him at all if he can't demonstrate the ability to be objective. I'm sure there is a late night time slot on MSNBC that has little to no viewers he can fill.
A little off topic, what kind of media blow out would they have including the DNC if Shawn or Mark Levin were moderators at one of these debates? That would be great to see. The bumbling of the left would be seen for what they truly are empty suits.