It's utterly predictable that the aging-hippie magazine Rolling Stone would publish an article titled "Mad Dog Palin" with a cartoon of Alaska's governor as a female bulldog with spiky teeth. It's predictable their staff attack dog Matt Taibbi would find her "symphony of sneering remarks at the convention was like watching Gidget address the Reichstag." What may not be predictable in this Year of Obama is their arrogant Bill Maher-esque lack of faith in the idiotic American people. This is their version of Palin and her populace:
She’s a puffed-up dimwit with primitive religious beliefs who had to be educated as to the fact that the Constitution did not exactly envision government executives firing librarians. Judging from the importance progressive critics seem to attack to these revelations, you’d think these were actually negatives in modern American politics. But Americans like politicians who hate books and see the face of Jesus in every tree stump. They like them stupid and mean and ignorant of the rules. Which is why Palin has only seemed to grow in popularity as more and more of these revelations have come out.
Since the Sixties rag is utterly in the tank for Obama, readers also find this comparison:
So sure, Barack Obama might be every bit as much a slick piece of imagineering as Sarah Palin. The difference is in what the image represents. The Obama image represents tolerance, intelligence, education, patience with the notion of compromise and negotiation, and a willingness to stare ugly facts right in the face, all qualities we’re actually going to need in government if we’re going to get out of this huge mess we’re in.
Here’s what Sarah Palin represents: being a fat f—ing pig who pins "Country First" buttons on his man titties and chants "U-S-A! U-S-A!" at the top of his lungs while his kids live off credit cards and Saudis buy up all the mortages in Kansas.
Taibbi greeted enthusiasm for Palin at the convention in St. Paul as the unveiling of deep cynicism:
Here’s the thing about Americans. You can send their kids off by the thousands to get their balls blown off in foreign lands for no reason at all, saddle them with billions in debt year after congressional year while they spend their winters cheerfully watching game shows and football, pull the rug out from under their mortgages, and leave them living off their credit cards and their Wal-Mart salaries while you move their jobs to China and Bangalore.
And none of it matters, so long as you remember a few months before Election Day to offer them a two-bit caricature culled from some cutting-room-floor episode of Roseanne as part of your presidential ticket. And if she’s a good enough likeness of a loudmouthed Middle American archetype, as Sarah Palin is, John Q. Public will drop his giant sized bag of Doritos in gratitude, wipe the sizzlin’ picante dust from his lips and rush to the booth to vote for her. Not because it makes sense, or because it has a chance of improving his life or anyone else’s, but simply because it appeals to the low-humming narcissism that substitutes for his personality, because that image on TV reminds him of the mean brainless slob he sees in the mirror every morning.
Sarah Palin is a symbol of everything that is wrong with the modern United States. As a representative of our political system, she’s a new low in reptilian villainy, the ultimate cynical masterwork of puppeteers like Karl Rove. But more than that, she is a horrifying symbol of how little we ask for in return for the total surrender of our political power. Not only is Sarah Palin a fraud, she’s the tawdriest, most half-assed fraud imaginable, 20 floors below the lowest common denominator, a character too dumb even for daytime TV – and this country is going to eat her up, cheering every step of the way. All because most Americans no longer have the energy to do anything but lie back and allow ourselves to be jacked off by the calculating thieves who run this grasping consumer paradise we call a nation.
So much for the hippies mouthing "all you need is love / love is all you need." Would anyone gleefully walk into a ballot box and vote for a candidate who sprayed this kind of hate at them from the podium of a public speech? How exactly does Jann Wenner or the Obama enthusiasts at Rolling Stone think this will help Obama get elected? They must assume none of their opponents have enough literacy to read their rock and roll ravings.
—Tim Graham is Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center.




















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I thought nothing would top
September 23, 2008 - 13:29 ET by greenfairieI thought nothing would top Sandra Bernhard, but this is utterly disgusting and appalling not only in the way it attacks Palin but it attacks well, the rest of us.
F you, Taibbi and Jann Werner. May your rag go down in flames and soon. Time to boycott some advertisers.
I agree!!! Here is a list
September 23, 2008 - 13:48 ET by kgI agree!!!
Here is a list from their site.
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set of industries. Current/past Rollingstone.com clients include:
Twentieth Century Fox
ABC Television
Absolut
Acura
Alltell
American Express
AOL
Atari
AT&T
AT&T Wireless
Axe
Best Buy
BMG Music
BMW
Brown-Forman
Calvin Klein
Cassava
Cheer
Cingular Wireless
Circuit City
Ciroc Vodka
Citi Cards
Clairol
Classmates
Clearasil
Coca-Cola
Comcast
Comedy Central
Cover Girl
Dell
Disney
Doritos
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Electronic Arts
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Ford
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Frito-Lay
General Motors
Gillette
Google
Heineken
Hewlett Packard
HBO Studios
Honda
Hyundai
ING Direct
iTunes
Jim Beam
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Intel
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Lavalife
Levis
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Los Angeles Times
LVCVA
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Microsoft
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MSN
MusicMatch
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NetFlix
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Nintendo
Nokia
Novartis
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Pepsi
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Trio
Twix
Unilever
Universal Music Group
Universal Pictures
Universal Theme Parks
U.S. Army
U.S. Navy
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Verizon Super Pages
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Volkswagon
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Warner Brothers
XM Satellite Radio
"Forget change, I want improvement!"
Rolling Stone
September 23, 2008 - 14:11 ET by MrShyI might have banner-advertised on RS myself a little while back, once or twice, but unbeknownst to me....
Will I burn in hell? I repent, I repent! :p
Btw, I knew Jann Wenner's daughter a while back. Cute and nice girl, and I vaguely knew who her father was at the time... I'm sure she's drunk on the PDS and BDS juice these days, too.
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I sure as hell aint buying
September 23, 2008 - 20:55 ET by general companyI sure as hell aint buying that 760 BMW
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
Focus!
September 23, 2008 - 14:10 ET by okiehawk44This is a daunting list and the way you approach a meaningful boycot is to focus on just one of the herd and when the effectiveness has been achieved, move to the next and the next.
Which one do we want to go after first?
Please not
September 23, 2008 - 14:51 ET by Hero SquadPlease not Twix.
*****
"People only insist that a debate stop when they are afraid of what might be learned if it continues." - George Will
i seem to be missing
September 23, 2008 - 15:28 ET by patmac49i seem to be missing something...this is their opinion of her..obviously,not shared by everyone...so don t by rolling stone..they have every right to have an opinion different that ours..why is everyone so sensative about sarah palin...politicians have been lambasted since i can remember..now all of a sudden,she comes along and its hands off..i liked the pick in the beginning but now its wearing a bit thin and i am not so sure mc cain did not screw up
patmac 49
September 23, 2008 - 15:41 ET by Mica the MagnificentAn opinion should be based on facts.
This Rolling Stone 'opinion' is not based on anything but hate.
It's not that we're sensitive here, it's just that we're fighting back.We post our informed opinion here, try to handle it.
I remember hearing Abe Lincoln, Honest Abe as we used to call him, speaking in Illinois where he gave his Gettysburg Address. - - Joe Biden
what i posted was my opinion
September 23, 2008 - 15:48 ET by patmac49what i posted was my opinion which i thought i was entitled to...in the political process,every thing now seems to be based on hate..this was not the case when i was growing up...candidates had respect for each other barry goldwater wanted to debate kennedy but had great admiration for jfk..he was a true conservative..not what we get today...and they just did not parrot party lines or were they afraid to take on their own party..goldwater called nixon the most dishonest person he ever met in his life and he was not to far off
patmac
September 23, 2008 - 15:52 ET by NorthCoaster"There you go again"
exactly,where is it that i
September 23, 2008 - 15:55 ET by patmac49exactly,where is it that i went
Let me share something with you.
September 23, 2008 - 16:08 ET by Mike BrattonIf an opinion isn't based in fact, no one's automatically "entitled" to it.
Not even Rolling Stone. Not even you.
Taibbi's article is a prime example of the danger in insisting that rights can be divested from responsibilities. At best, the result is immature compost like in the above-referenced article; at worst, the result is hate-laden attack speech.
Like in the above-referenced article.
--Mike
www.thebrattonreport...
sorry...must have missed
September 23, 2008 - 16:21 ET by patmac49sorry...must have missed that law when it was passed...i enjoy this site and am relatively new at this but i assumed that this was a place for a free exchange of ideas,a cherished right that this fabulous nation gives it citizens,one my father fought in ww2 to defend but i can see there is only one side of an issue that is welcome here...i will gracefully bow out and share that free exchange elsewhwere...
PM49
September 23, 2008 - 16:33 ET by MrShyNo need to take your ball and go home. Mike is simply giving HIS opinion of what he sees as a fact. He's certainly not being rude or disrespectful toward you, is he?
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i respect his opinion..but
September 23, 2008 - 16:40 ET by patmac49i respect his opinion..but not him respecting not my opinion which he certainly entitled to do,but he does not respect my right to one,which all of us have...if we all thought the same,life would be pretty boring..and in all my comments,i have never denied anyone a right to an opinion....and i never will i guess i should not engage with that kind of reply..you are correctamundo..why walk away when all i did was express and opinion he just did not like..thanks!!
Don't just bring an appetite
September 23, 2008 - 19:01 ET by Mike BrattonWhen you come to this potluck dinner, you can't show up empty-handed. Bring not just an opinion, but one with substance behind it. One of the biggest problems with liberalism is on display every day: It's a movement (with a home in the Democrat Party) where facts and substance are also-rans to emotion.
Did you see a lot of facts in that Rolling Stone article? No, but you did see a lot of expletives and a lot of things most people wouldn't say--out loud--in polite company.
Sen. McCain made the best available pick in Gov. Palin. In response, we are getting a rare glimpse into the hatred, bigoty, envy and jealousy that fuel modern liberalism and, by extension, the Democrat Party.
To correct you, no one has suggested that Gov. Palin be treated with kid gloves. All we expect is that both McCain and Palin be met in the arena of ideas, instead of being mugged in a parking lot. From Obama, to Biden, all the way down to biased writers like Taibbi, Gov. Palin has received even more vitriolic treatment than Sen. McCain. The original article is just the latest example of such treatment.
--Mike
www.thebrattonreport...
first of all ,i am not a
September 24, 2008 - 08:04 ET by patmac49first of all ,i am not a liberal...i am actually a barry goldwater conservative which obviously you are not..besides,i explain to no one why i have certain beliefs...i love my country ..it has given me a chance to be very sucessful in my buisness,enough to retire in 3 months..i am faithful and married to the same woman for 33 years and she has given me two wonderful sons..and i did it my way and it has always worked for me..i like a good honest american debate but no one thinks for me...
Ah, a Goldwater conservative?
September 24, 2008 - 21:07 ET by Mike BrattonI don't recall suggesting that you, in particular, were a liberal, though you do share their debate methodology.
And I'm very pleased to hear how well things are going for you, but the point still remains. If you cannot articulate why you believe what you believe, your belief is most likely built on a shaky foundation. "Just because" or "None of your beeswax" doesn't make the grade.
--Mike
www.thebrattonreport...
i an not sure i understand
September 25, 2008 - 14:44 ET by patmac49i an not sure i understand what you mean by sharing their debate methodology..you seem to be confident that you view is based on solid ground,so perhaps you can share that solid ground with me.i still feel stongly that the free speech clause was there to protect speech that was unpopular because obviously,the popular view needs no protection...i do not agree with sarah palin on a lot of things but as any human being and citizen of the country she deserve respect and should be treated as such...i do not like the article,i just defended their right to print it .you seem to be a solid american and i am sure you believe in the constitution and it amendments
Then let me expound on my previous remarks, by all means.
September 25, 2008 - 22:27 ET by Mike BrattonOne of the planks of the liberal platform is the specious notion that opinions are as valuable as facts, a corollary to the whole "It's the seriousness of the charge" business.
And unpopular speech isn't always protected; I'm guessing people who shout "Fire!" in crowded theaters (or "Theater!" in crowded firehouses, for that matter) don't tend to wow people over. Neither are remarks found to be libelous or slanderous. At the end of the day, you just can't say what you want and be perceived as a responsible, credible individual.
--Mike
www.thebrattonreport.com
this article is NOT the same
September 26, 2008 - 11:38 ET by patmac49this article is NOT the same as yelling fire in a crowded theatre..that old chestnut is always tossed out..in roxbury nj,some jerks called something patriot something is passing out fliers or actually dropping fliers in driveways because as usual,bigots are usually afraid of the light asking if americans want a black man as president with some vile photos on it..disgusting ,but protected ..and if it is not protected,where is your disgust for that ..or is that ok
patmac49:
September 23, 2008 - 17:07 ET by j. frank wilsonYou make an excellent point. I was just watching the first debate between Sen. Kennedy and Vice President Nixon. They did not agree but they respected each other. Mr. Nixon said they agreed on their goals for America - they disagreed on how to get there.
The political world was changed by Newt Gingrich and GOPAC. They introduced the idea that to disagree with was un-American. This was not a change for the better. Then came the election of Mr. Clinton - and conservatives called for his impeachment before he was inaugurated.
We need to unite as a nation behind the winner of this year's election. We have major problems to address - and we need to address them together.
yes...yes...that is what i
September 23, 2008 - 17:35 ET by patmac49yes...yes...that is what i am talking about...that was my first foray into big time politics and i guess i was spoiled..now we have such ugliness on both sides..maybe none of these four candidates have anything to stand on so it is their strategy just to make the other look bad...how does america possibly win that kind of battle..we all lose
yes...yes...that is what i
September 23, 2008 - 17:42 ET by patmac49yes...yes...that is what i am talking about...that was my first foray into big time politics and i guess i was spoiled..now we have such ugliness on both sides..maybe none of these four candidates have anything to stand on so it is their strategy just to make the other look bad...how does america possibly win that kind of battle..we all lose
patmac49:
September 23, 2008 - 22:43 ET by j. frank wilsonTake a look at this tape:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25887219/#26794718
Now, both Sen. Kennedy and Mr. Nixon were bare-knuckled politicians. But see how they treat each other with civility - particularly Sen. Kennedy. It was a very different time, indeed...
yes,because they saw the
September 24, 2008 - 08:54 ET by patmac49yes,because they saw the importance of serving their country in the highest office with respect and dignity..as as good a hardball player nixon was,i saw a man that truly understood what it was all about..he might have lost his way later on,but he would not be the first or last..these 4 people seem to view it as a way to serve themselves and their own ambition and they seem to have lost their way already..and they have not even reached the white house.i have better behaved kindergarten classes
Frank Wilson
September 23, 2008 - 20:26 ET by mwfsu84The idea that Republicans call those who disagree with them 'Un-American' is for the most part a Left Wing myth. It's part of their victim mentality.
In fact, Democrats do exactly what they accuse Republicans of, and far more often. Just last week Joe Biden said it was 'patriotic' to pay more taxes. So what does that make those of us who disagree?
mwfsu84:
September 23, 2008 - 22:41 ET by j. frank wilsonAre you serious? Do you ever listen to Sheer Insannity? That's his stock in trade? Mark Levin? Ann Falter? Any of 'em - Michelle Malkin, on and on and on. Ole BlunderRush is the past master.
It's not a victim mentality. You confuse me with the supporters of Gov. Palin who don't understand a presidential election isn't beanbag.
Heck - read the comments here on NB. Anybody who doesn't toe the conservative line is an anti-American, Socialist, Communist, on and on and on and on...
Could you paint my house when you're done?
September 24, 2008 - 07:04 ET by Mike BrattonWith using that broad brush around here, I mean?
Calling people schoolyard names on a website, as you do, is no substitute for actual discussion or debate. People who support McCain/Palin, as a rule, understand the seriousness of this election--which is precisely why we don't want Barack and Joe anywhere near the White House.
Except on a guided tour.
--Mike
www.thebrattonreport...
Mike Bratton: Schoolyard names?
September 24, 2008 - 10:40 ET by j. frank wilsonDo you read this website? How many stupid nicknames are here for Sen. Obama? Do you object to those comments? Of course not.
Show me one of my comments where I've used a nickname for President Bush, Sen. McCain, Gov. Palin or any other elected official. They hold public office and deserve respect for that alone - just as Sen. Obama does, although most of the time he certainly doesn't get it here.
Gee, no, I never read this website.
September 24, 2008 - 21:15 ET by Mike BrattonIn fact, I'm not even here right now--I'm using mental telepathy to make this post...
We're not talking about everyone else's problems with focusing on the issues, we're talking about yours. And if the best you have is the children's tactic of mangling names, you have not so much to offer of substance.
Since 2006... Trying to get NB comment-makers to focus on the issues, one snark-maker at a time...
--Mike
www.thebrattonreport...
you are so right...and as
September 24, 2008 - 08:46 ET by patmac49you are so right...and as previously stated,i am a goldwater consevative but make no mistake..the neo cons have hijaked a great movement and yes,i have been called an un american..but guess what ..WHO CARES...never worry what other people think..if it were up to them,they would have a dictatorship with no right to vote..but it is not up to them...everyone has one vote..and the cannot do a darn thing about how you feel
We need to unite as a
September 23, 2008 - 20:42 ET by general companyWe need to unite as a nation behind the winner of this year's
election. We have major problems to address - and we need to
address them together.
A lot of folks have been trying to do just that, the Dems dont want any part of it. They just want to point fingers.
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
i watched the debate
September 25, 2008 - 16:26 ET by patmac49i watched the debate between kennedy and nixon again..kind of wish politics were like that now...no one insulting if if you had a different political view...no one attacking wives sons or daughters...no one insulting you on you phisical traits,although i still think nixon was hurt in those debates because he looked all sweaty and kennedy looked tan and healthy.., even goldwater and reagan always took the high road and did all with class and dignity..but alas those days are gone never to return...good luck
You just know we picked a winner.
September 23, 2008 - 16:36 ET by superconI love the way that Sarah Palin drives these lefties to the brink of mouth foaming insanity.I am looking forward to at least four more years of it. Nothing drives down the polll numbers of the left and their candidates more than when they stop lying and tell their true feelings.They are filled with hatred and bitterness.
They have no respect for the common man or the military and are filled with contempt for anyone who believes in God or has a value system. Mr. Tibbi is obviously certain that he is much smarter than millions of people who do not think like he does and despises them.
I have met a lot of people just like him.He thinks that just because he slipped a busboy a ten spot at Christmas that he did his part to help the poor and no doubt change the man's life for the better.He is the sort of person who is almost always certain that he is the smartest person in the room everywhere he goes.
The guy is an ass.I can imagine him keying a car in the parking lot because it had a McCain/Palin sticker and bragging about it or stiffing the Domino's pizza guy because he was two minutes late.
Victory in Iraq.
Liberals suck.
McCain for Preznint.
Rolling Stones
September 23, 2008 - 13:41 ET by sjohnflAs Michael Steele so eloquently stated about Sarah Palin: "She shoots moose. Imagine what she'll do to a donkey." Or in this case, a jacka$$ (Matt Taibbi).
Good grief, this much
September 23, 2008 - 13:43 ET by Chris NormanGood grief, this much venomous hysterical hate hasn't been spewed in one place since a speech at the, well, 1936 Reichstag. Once the venom starts flowing from these leftists, it just grows into a tidal wave of hate.
McNotObama '08
Chris Norman:
September 24, 2008 - 10:37 ET by j. frank wilsonWhy can't the "leftists" be more like Sheer Insannity, Ann Falter, Mark Levin and The Silly Savage? I mean, do you ever hear them spewing venom like a snake with its head cut off? Do they say mean, nasty things? Of course not...
No surprise here
September 23, 2008 - 13:43 ET by Tom in NCRolling Stone magazine is just another liberal rag that has no redeeming qualities, anti-American, anti-Military, anti-Christian. I can think of only one real use for it, lining bird cages or cat boxes.
As far as Sarah Palin is concerned, I hope they keep up the attacks on her because the American people are watching and listening and come Nov 4th, it will be a painful day for the democrats
When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber. Sir Winston Churchill
British politician (1874 - 1965)
If men are from mars, women are from venus ...
September 23, 2008 - 13:49 ET by Crash... leftists must think from their anus.
"Women have served all these centuries as looking-glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size."
-- Virginia Woolf
no
September 23, 2008 - 14:06 ET by mbuelI know some dumb "anus" people. They aren't that stupid.
They still possess an ability to tell what is real and what is not.
Palin has accomplished great things, while Obama has continued to make empty promises that the world owes you a living.
Poor children.
September 23, 2008 - 14:01 ET by Mike BrattonYou know, after reading that bit of cotton candy from Matt Taibbi and Rolling Stone I actually had a laugh--at the myopia of his referring to any other human or group of humans as "stupid and mean and ignorant".
His screed is amateurish, inartful and hate-saturated, which isn't surprising given the publisher. However, what is surprising is just how hypocritical these emotionally-driven liberals actually are. Taibbi, Wenner, and Rolling Stone as a whole are home to a critical mass of filth and bigotry, revealed in shallow, quivering commentaries such as the one served up here at NB--and if similar sentiments and language were aimed at Obama and/or Biden and/or Democrats, we would've first seen from them the flash, then heard the noise.
--Mike
www.thebrattonreport...
complete hypocrisy
September 24, 2008 - 14:12 ET by mbuelGuess Jann wouldn't mind if we don't buy his steaming pile of anti-americanism.
Anyone else seriously sick of these hypocrites speaking against capitalism and yet expect us to BUY their message off the news stands? MORONS.
Chalk another article up to
September 23, 2008 - 14:02 ET by HockeyKidChalk another article up to Taibbi's habit of producing work "written in the waning hours of a Vicodin haze," as he so eloquently described his previous screed against the new pope.
The flat out hatred shown
September 23, 2008 - 14:07 ET by Clear thinkerThe flat out hatred shown towards Gov. Palin by the left, and the media that supports them, is nothing short of mind-boggling. So many think she's just a dumb chick, so why is it they are so afraid of her? Surely they could outwit and destroy such a dumb chick with ease, so it begs the question... What the hell are they so scared of? Could it be that we are finally seeing the real source of the thinking that women are second class citizens?
Keep it up liberals, all you are doing is pissing off real women!
A Feminist Cat Fight Over Sarah Palin
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It has been about the most
September 23, 2008 - 20:49 ET by general companyIt has been about the most disgusting thing I have ever witness. These people have no shame what so ever, and how they justify it is even worst. Do they really want to live in a world that hates so much?
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
Just jaw-dropping
September 23, 2008 - 14:11 ET by JoeBobJust jaw-dropping hateful. How did Tiabbi not blow a blood vessel writing this? I did reading it.
Without recognizing the ordinances of Heaven, it is impossible to be a superior man. - Confucious
Democrats don't like democracy
September 23, 2008 - 14:27 ET by Iowa BoyThat's the only conclusion I can draw whenever I read how liberal Democrats bemoan how dumb the American public is when it elects Republicans .
"Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain." Official Motto of the State of Iowa
She’s a puffed-up dimwit
September 23, 2008 - 14:29 ET by motherbeltShe’s a puffed-up dimwit with primitive religious beliefs who had to be
educated as to the fact that the Constitution did not exactly envision
government executives firing librarians.
Well Obama is a puffed-up dimwit who needs to be educated to the fact that the Constitution did not exactly envision doctors puncturing babies' skulls and suctioning out their brains!!!
Excuse me, but I'll take my chances with someone firing librarians.
I just googled....
September 23, 2008 - 14:38 ET by TexndocI just googled this writer and saw him interviewed on Morning Joe prior to the VP pick on either side, in fact prior to either McCain or Obama having locked their postions up. He seemed quite pleased the "Religious Right" had no candidate to back "and wouldn't be an issue this election". My, my, somebody came along to change that, no? Surprised his panties are in a wad and he's crying real tears? Not me.
Rolling Stone, non-relevance for 50 years!
September 23, 2008 - 14:42 ET by jefflebowskiPalin sure has the commies in a twit. Maybe she should cry like Hitlery? Think that would win them over? lolol
The author states, "being a fat f—ing pig who pins "Country First" buttons on his man
titties and chants "U-S-A! U-S-A!" at the top of his lungs while his
kids live off credit cards and Saudis buy up all the mortages in
Kansas."
Maybe we wouldn't have to live off of credit cards if we weren't socked with outrageous taxes from liberal congress scum. Maybe the Saudi's wouldn't buy up Kansas if the libs would allow us to drill our own oil.
The problems with the unwashed left, it runs on emotion and not thought. They believe in theory while conservatives believe in truth.
Jeff Lebowski
www.angrywhitedude.c...
Substitute Barak
September 23, 2008 - 14:46 ET by NorthCoasterSubstitute Barak for Sarah in this diatribe and read it. hat a hoot! I fits pretty well when turned back.
William Ayers, Bernadine Dorhn, Saul Alinsky style radicals. Silencing Stanley Kurtz on the radio. Tony Rezko, Franklin Raines, Chicago style finances. OBAMA style politics, thuggery and finances.
Bye Bye!
"They like them stupid
September 23, 2008 - 14:49 ET by Hero SquadI dunno, that sounds more like Rolling Stone's editorial philosophy to me.
*****
"People only insist that a debate stop when they are afraid of what might be learned if it continues." - George Will
Isn't it about time for another R.S. Messiah cover?
September 23, 2008 - 14:49 ET by SickofLibsWow. Somebody get the bleach and the mop.
However bad you may think things are, imagine waking up in the morning and going thru the day with this JO's take on life.
Keep 'em coming, Wenner, and please, continue boring holes in the sinking ship, you worms!
When I was living during
September 23, 2008 - 15:11 ET by bigtimerWhen I was living during the flower power age as a young gal...this rag had no interest to me then, still doesn't.
Glad I had good judgement then..not one penny was ever spent for this rag...glad of it.
...these people are desperate enemies within, they work with the Devil as far as I am concerned...and we shall defeat them...stomp their butts so bad they won't be able to sit on the toilet seat...let alone find their arseholes to even wipe them.
...that's my rant...it is past despicable what the use for the freedom of the press...just despicable.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
What Drugs were they on
September 23, 2008 - 15:11 ET by KTWhat drugs were the Rolling Stone writers and cartoonists on when they came up with that hot mess of an article
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.- George Santayana
According to that same article
September 23, 2008 - 15:12 ET by j. frank wilsonMayor Palin "broke ground" on the $15,000,000 Wasilla hockey rink without first having the city buy the site. Wasilla ended up acquiring the property via eminent domain (Kelo, anyone?) and paying six times the value it had prior to making it public that this was the desired location.
There have been various population figures for Wasilla published. This works out to at least $20,000 per person in bonded debt (over 6 years' payments from the PFD and the RRF) - when Mayor Palin took office that figure was $0.
Can you say
September 23, 2008 - 15:34 ET by NorthCoasterCan you say "Public Use"? Kelo was to benefit the developers who wanted to convert an historic district into fancy condos etc.
NorthCoaster:
September 23, 2008 - 17:10 ET by j. frank wilsonKelo was a "State's Rights" decision that I agree with. Each state is in a much better position to decide the appropriate use of eminent domain than is the Federal government.
Sure... everyone knows
September 23, 2008 - 17:18 ET by Clear thinkerSure... everyone knows condos and cute boutique stores are more important than a persons home. Wilson, are you a jerk on purpose?
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Clear thinker:
September 23, 2008 - 17:28 ET by j. frank wilsonIf the good citizens of the state of Connecticut don't think that's the appropriate use of eminent domain, why don't they change the law?
Or do you prefer the Federal government to make those decisions for all of us?
Personally, I think it is a very poor idea to seize private property for private development. But I don't think it should be the US government that decides that.
Wilson... So you are
September 23, 2008 - 17:36 ET by Clear thinkerWilson...
So you are being a jerk on purpose. You said "Personally, I think it is a very poor idea to seize private property for private development. But I don't think it should be the US government that decides that."
So it's a bad idea if the Feds do it, but a good idea if the State does it. Your logic is amazing. If it's a bad idea, it's a bad idea!But I don't think it should be the US government that decides that.
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One Issue of RS
September 23, 2008 - 15:36 ET by GottafangOne issue of RS = Two months of parakeet cage liner.
I had subscribed to RS off and on for about 15 years. Guess I grew up (somewhat). I liked reading P.J. O'Rourke's commentaries in it.
Man, back in the day I loved reading Rolling Stone...
September 23, 2008 - 15:52 ET by connman.....I'm just wondering how many Decades its been since it's had any relevance?
No way! No how! Nobama! Keep the change! ...Sen. Clinton
To answer your question...
September 23, 2008 - 16:10 ET by Mike BrattonThree.
--Mike
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This is your brain...
September 23, 2008 - 16:12 ET by Hoosier Daddyand this is your brain on drugs!
Love it, Love it
September 23, 2008 - 16:25 ET by misterbee241Liberal tolerance - doncha just love it? And they call us mean and bigotted.
More from Matt Taibbi...
September 23, 2008 - 18:29 ET by HillbillyKinghere's his blog;
http://www.smirkingc...
Sign up and let him know how you really feel! :-}
Also, can someone find a link to the entire piece Mr. Graham wrote about? I'm still lookin, but if someone has it, I sure would appreciate it if you'd post it.
If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you.
Don Marquis 1878-1937
What's interesting about
September 23, 2008 - 20:10 ET by Kenny BunkportWhat's interesting about the Rolling Stone is that it's somewhat of a paradox. It's too hip and corrupted by filthy greed to be the mouthpiece for the counter-culture as it claims to be. But it's far too radical to be taken seriously as anything but a leftist rag. I think this is what the younger generation refers to as being a "poser".
For the last three decades it has been nothing but an bloated college newspaper. Thinking it has something to say to the world but with all the intellectual authority of a 19-year-old.
A gun in your hand beats a cop on the phone.
I actually like the Rolling
September 23, 2008 - 20:54 ET by Trix RabbitI actually like the Rolling Stone. It's the perfect fit for the bottom of my cats' litter box. Other than that, it has no use whatsoever.
Liberal: a power worshipper without power. George Orwell
On tolerance, intelligence, education, patience" etc.
September 23, 2008 - 22:52 ET by Alfred J. LemireFirst, the facts, all quotes from the writing of one Matt Taibbi for Rolling Stone:
1. a puffed-up dimwit with primitive religious beliefs.
2. politicians who hate books.
3.see the face of Jesus in every tree stump.
4. stupid and mean and ignorant of the rules.
5. a good enough likeness of a loudmouthed Middle American archetype, as Sarah Palin is.
6. a new low in reptilian villainy.
7. the tawdriest, most half-assed fraud imaginable.
8. 20 floors below the lowest common denominator.
9. a character too dumb even for daytime TV.
And now Taibbi on "the Obama image," and also a direct quote:
1. tolerance.
2. intelligence.
3. education.
4. patience with the notion of compromise and negotiation.
5. a willingness to stare ugly facts right in the face.
From my 1975 Random House College Dictionary (I haven't bought a newer edition because editors' permissiveness in language means that one cannot trust dictionary spellings or definitions anymore):
7th meaning: free from prejudice or bigotry; tolerant.
And the 8th meaning: open-minded or tolerant, especially free of or not bound by traditional or conventional ideas, values, etc.
I dispute those meanings, except the second part of meaning 8. Liberals tend--exceptions always exist--to be free of conventional ideas on honesty, truth, decency, fairness, etc. etc. I am reluctant to hurt insults at Taibbi, but it did not occur to him that his rant contradicts the Obama image: it one decidedly intolerant, unintelligent, ignorant, impatient with the notion of compromise with his Other, and, quite likely, an inability to so much as look at an ugly fact for as long as a millisecond. One that is current: the mortgage mess is the result of a good intention on the part of Democrats and perhaps some Republicans that mutated into excessive risk with a Congressional mandate.
Excessive power risks excessive misuse of that power, and that happened with mortgages. Politicians with good hearts (I'm being charitable) but unsound minds wanted to make home ownership available to many shut out because they had neither the income nor the resources through savings and investments to afford down payments or continuing payments if interests rats rose or some unfortunate development shrank family income.
In the 1986 World Series, Bill Buckner of the Red Sox let a ground ball trickle through his legs, a development that cost the Sox the series. Many blamed Buckner. I blamed his manager, John McNamara, who had a better defensive first baseman on hand, Dave Stapleton, but did not put him in the field. Then I blamed the general manager, Lou Gorman, for hiring McNamara. More recently, I realized that whoever hired Gorman was to blame. But I don't recall who did that. Most people don't know who started the mortgage mess, but it's wrong to blame Wall Street or the head of the SEC, as Senator Bad has done. (His opponent is Senator Much Worse.)
I'm piggy-backing a brief explanation of what's gone on into an attempt to demonstrate just how wildly wrong the dictionary makers are on the characteristics of liberals, a meaning that was false in 1975 and much more false now.
Taibbi and his Rolling Stone bosses represent the worst in America and stand with the worst haters in modern history. Unfortunately, the chances are excellent that their guys, Obama and Biden, will win in November, helped by a blindly partisan and thus grossly incompetent and extremely corrupt mass news media. Unlike Alec Baldwin and other lefties, I can't threaten to move out of this country if Obama and Biden win. (Biden is so smart, he knows that FDR got on TV in 1929 to calm people when the Stock Market crashed. Hey, he's had 36 years of getting to know foreign policy in Congress!)
Will the press look into the bigotry and hatred directed at Sarah Palin from such as Taibbi? Will the press question the phony AP poll on how racial attitudes will affect the election? Will the report trace the mortgage mess to folks like Sen. Chris Dodd and Rep. Barney Frank? It should. It won't.
6.
Another oops error
September 23, 2008 - 23:20 ET by Alfred J. LemireHitting a return key flew me out of my post & I got back to a version that did not include an edit (maybe more) that I had made. In the graf starting: I dispute x x x
The sentence starting: It one decidedly x x x shud be: It is decidedly x x x.
Forty things on, and this newspaper reporter still fusses over errors. And 40 years after going on to other work, I feel about modern journalism the way I felt about the disclosures of priestly sexual crimes and the failures to punish transgressions and stop them. The press of today is like that, but much worse. No one in the Church could defend what happened. Everyone knew that moral and civil rules had been badly broken.
Most journalists remain in denial that what they are doing is wrong and they eagerly defend their errors. So people like Bill Keller of the Bad Times of Midtown Manhattan deny they violae the ethics of journalism with each daily compendium of all the propaganda that's unfit to print. (Taibbi is no journalist. He's a hack writer in the hire of a lousy entertainment magazine.)
"Barack Obama...a
September 24, 2008 - 01:17 ET by tomnkiki"Barack Obama...a willingness to stare ugly facts right in the face..."
Yes, B.O. married Michelle, so he does have to look her in the face everyday.
there is an awful lot to
September 25, 2008 - 15:14 ET by patmac49there is an awful lot to disagree with barak obama with on policy so it just does not seem right to insult his wife and the mother of his children..is that not what is distastefull about the treatment of sarah palin is all about
Awe come on pat...have a
September 25, 2008 - 15:30 ET by bigtimerAwe come on pat...have a sense of humor once in awhile here..after-all we are talking about the difference between Aunt Ester and Snow White here....
Uh-Oh I had better change that to Cinderella so I don't get accused of being a racist here.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
i have a great sense of
September 25, 2008 - 16:14 ET by patmac49i have a great sense of humor...but unless you are there when a person is making a statement,you cannot tell if it is a joke or just a mean spirited statement..there have been things said about the candidates that have been both,but the difference is they are running for office and it comes with the territory..the wives are not running and pretty much have to go along for the ride..this is just part of my goldwater conservative views..besides,if i ever run i would not like my wife insulted even though she is beautiful..and i am not saying this just cause she might see this later...