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uncivilly obedient
07/13/09

In reply to Glenn Beck Questions the Lack Of Questions at Question-Free Hearing
Franken didn't say anything funny, but he still made me laugh while watching that short clip of him.
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VoxPopuli
07/14/09

@uncivily obedient: Sonia, you're good enough, you're smart enough, and doggone it - people like you!
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Iwillnotauditionforastar
07/13/09

In reply to Glenn Beck Questions the Lack Of Questions at Question-Free Hearing
I don't even speak Bolivian, how will I know what she is saying???
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MissNormaDesmond
07/13/09

@Iwillnotauditionforastar: Hopefully there will be an interpreter for REAL AMERICANS.
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fileunder
07/13/09

In reply to Glenn Beck Questions the Lack Of Questions at Question-Free Hearing
Nice that Glenn Beck did whatever he had to to get a McCarthy on the show tonight.
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Mediahohoho
07/13/09

In reply to Glenn Beck Questions the Lack Of Questions at Question-Free Hearing
I would never have guessed that the "Obama won" tantrum was going to be this prolonged. Or this embarrassing.
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MissNormaDesmond
07/13/09

@Mediahohoho: This is not meant to be snarky, in case it sounds that way somehow, but you're from New York, right? Or you've lived there for a long time? Because I'm from a Red State, one that Obama didn't take (although I was thrilled to see that he almost did) and I'm not at all surprised. I expect this to stop on the day his successor takes office, and maybe not even then. After all, do you not remember how long Whitewater dragged on before they finally found something to actually impeach Clinton with? And he wasn't even a Negro. Republicans are the sorest losers in the world.
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Mediahohoho
07/14/09

@MissNormaDesmond: I'm sure I'll hear a bit of it when I spend a couple of weeks in the bluegrass state visiting my wife's family in August. But you're right, I'm otherwise insulated (except for the Gawker/Fox News worm hole).
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toshiro_mifune
07/13/09

In reply to Glenn Beck Questions the Lack Of Questions at Question-Free Hearing
Am I the only one who thinks Beck is a deeply closeted, and self loathing, gay man?

I mean, it seems obvious...
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htotheomo
07/13/09

@toshiro_mifune: I have actually thought this for a while, and I am not one to label that easily.
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Cheap Shot
07/14/09

@toshiro_mifune: If you look closely at his logo, the lines eminating outward illustrate the gaydar sonar waves.
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Pope John Peeps II
07/14/09

@toshiro_mifune: I think he's just an insane egotist coupled to an absolute lack of character. He's exactly the same as Bill O'Reilly - both are basically con men with the ability to convince themselves of their own pitch. They aren't genuinely serious, and don't really believe in anything. They are in fact the worst of all possible people - hollow people. I don't think either one is gay, they're just trash.
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Steverino Begins
07/14/09

@toshiro_mifune: I'd say he likes a strategically placed forefinger now and then. But the only man he's capable of loving is himself.
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Xylo
07/13/09

In reply to Glenn Beck Questions the Lack Of Questions at Question-Free Hearing
I'm guessing it's the first SCOTUS confirmation to which Beck has ever paid attention.
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mattchew03
07/13/09

In reply to Glenn Beck Questions the Lack Of Questions at Question-Free Hearing
I was surprised that Glenn had gone the whole segment without making a sexist joke until he squeezed one out right at the end. That's the Glenn I know!
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belltolls
07/13/09

In reply to Glenn Beck Questions the Lack Of Questions at Question-Free Hearing
P.T. Barnum would have loved Glenn Beck (and might have put him in a show!) but our multi-millionaire jackass is wrong about one thing: the country is not burning to the ground; it's just kinda slowly oozing into the swamp.
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onebadclam
07/13/09

@belltolls: I agree with your analogy, but that doesn't play into Beck's Second American Revolution plans. The July 4 tea parties just kind of fizzled. Beck needs the hyperbole to regain his lost momentum.
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Cicada
07/14/09

@onebadclam: Wait, there were July 4th tea parties?
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ChillbearLatrigue
07/13/09

In reply to Glenn Beck Questions the Lack Of Questions at Question-Free Hearing
Is there any reason that they have to have the opening ceremony of the Olympics on the first day?

I particularly enjoyed the frank and open debate about the Roberts nomination that occurred around 1130 AM today.
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Moff
07/13/09

In reply to Glenn Beck Questions the Lack Of Questions at Question-Free Hearing
Hey, Mister Glenn Beck! If you don't start doing your research soon, no one's going to take you or your Fox News network seriously as reliable journalists!
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gawkimo
06/27/09

In reply to 'Bruno' Strips For Conan
There's something cheap about picking easy targets. How hard is it to make rednecks at cage matches look stupid? I'll go see Bruno (as will Cajun Boy), because I find Cohen funny enough -- but I bet you Cohen would never do a overwhelming caricature of an orthodox Jew even if it were part of the "noble" cause of exposing anti-semitism. He likes to cross lines, but he won't cross that one.
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TheMac
06/27/09

@gawkimo: But Borat was used (in part) to expose anti-semitism, no? And while rednecks talkin' shit about Jews while speaking to a Jewish comedian who's talking to them in Hebrew is hilarious, I don't really find the idea of rednecks actually chasing down an orthodox Jew all that amusing. Though I get your point- he's not completely objective- I don't see why we should expect him to be. He's an entertainer, not an activist.

I wouldn't call myself a Cohen fan in the least, but I think the characters are chosen solely because the illicit strong reactions from stupid people. I can't legitimately muster up too much sympathy for someone who's itching to spew vile about minorities, so I have no problem with the 'targets'. If you ant to stop being a mock-able stereotype, stop being a mock-able stereotype.
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gawkimo
06/27/09

@✪TheMac: That's a good point. But he used stereotypes of Muslim culture to expose anti-semitism. He didn't go through the South as a Jew caricature to make anti-Semites feel uncomfortable, because, as you said, that wouldn't be a funny image (it's OK for gays, tho', because they're so funny, quirky, over-sexed and fab-u-lus!). You're right to say he doesn't have to be objective. I don't expect him to and I kinda like watching easy targets get smooshed, too.
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lobstr
06/26/09

In reply to 'Bruno' Strips For Conan
I just watched the whole thing, and it made me start to wonder how these celeb interviewers (Today show, et al) feel about having to talk to someone in character... I mean, they're forced to pretend to be talking to another adult as if they are someone else, when everyone knows the person is in character. As much as I loved Borat the movie (and the character) I think I would have gotten less douchechills watching Meredith Viera talk to SBC himself than Borat in character..

If I may invoke a Howard Stern relevancy, he had once mentioned the worst guest he's ever had out of thousands was Weird Al because he was in character the whole interview and it was just obnoxious and unfunny. I can see why that would be annoying to try to conduct an interview.
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Niko Bellic
06/26/09

In reply to 'Bruno' Strips For Conan
It's not that being Bruno is supposed to be funny, it's that people's honest homophobic reactions to Bruno that are supposed to be funny. At least that's what I think the movie is supposed to be about.
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GayGayerson
06/26/09

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This (and he) stopped being funny weeks ago. No desire to see the movie anymore.
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TheMac
06/27/09

@GayGayerson: So...is it the character of Bruno that is just less amusing than Ali G or Borat, do you have a problem with the marketing of Bruno specifically, or were you never fan?

I'm seriously asking, because my immediate suspicion is that this is only about the Gay (in these Important. Political. Times), and we all might need to re-examine how dismissive we were to the Kazakhstanis.
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Wrapitup
06/26/09

In reply to 'Bruno' Strips For Conan
Notice how the loudest un-ironic shrieks of arousal come from the women in the audience. If the San Fernando pron producers were less thick-headed, they'd explore a whole new market with a whole new kind of pron. The demand is there.
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