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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    10/31/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Biden was the most inscrutable choice, ever, for VP. Instead of "change" Obama brought out an old hack, who had trouble with both truth telling, even during the campaign, and with inserting his foot into his mouth. Oh, to know what kind of negotiation that was, to get him on the ticket---except, perhaps to allay terrified old white guys who feared a woman and a (half)black man on the ticket would bring on the apocalypse. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    apparently I am in the minority, but I love Joe Biden! I think he's like the lovable Steve Urkel of the White House. He comes in, says stupid stuff, knocks shit over, and is like "Did I do that?" Oh Joe. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Joe Biden is everything thats wrong and fucked up with congress. This dope won his seat in the Senate when he was 29 and has never had another job until being VP. He has learned about as much about how the country works from his perch in DC as Palin learned about Russia from staring at it. He is walking proof we need term limits.

    And he doesn't drink. I don't trust people who don't drink, unless they've already been alcoholics. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Why is it that I feel compelled to defend Gawker's subject matter against the editors/writers at least once a day lately?

    Either this new crop of staff writers is utterly fucked, or the editorial direction has taken a nosedive, or both.

    Is there some negative correlation between the quality of stories and the quality of AJAX/CSS? #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    @Motoko Kusanagi: From where I'm standing, it would appear to be a positive correlation. It's a good day when I get tripped up by fewer than five unresponsive scripts, infinite waits for comments to load or what have you. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    @romulus: The site gets prettier, and the content gets lamer. Just callin it as I see it. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    @Motoko Kusanagi: Oh yeah, I didn't mean to quibble. I agree that the site gets fancier all the time, but features seem to break often. I should have added before that it could well be my OS and browser causing headaches most readers don't experience. And in all fairness, I haven't been reading long enough to judge contemporary content against the past. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Not sure what point you're trying to make, Amrita... that you think Cheney's worldview makes some sense? That Cheney was initially popular, before everything he did brought his popularity rating to a low of 28%? I love it that Biden is willing to call a moron a moron. This is a ridiculous post. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Oh, and if you're trying to poke fun at Vice Prez Biden for weeping during the debate when he spoke about his first wife and baby daughter who died, well then, that's just messed up. #joebiden
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    10/31/09

    @Conchie Birdie: One might argue that it was the worst kind of political hackdom for him to bring them up expressly to show his "empathy" side and try to squeeze a tear out of his plastic-surgeryized eye slots. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    I'm absolutely NOT a supporter of ANYTHING Dick says... but, Good Lawwd, Biden, Bin Laden will always BE a part of the issue. I'm sorry, I guess if you had the prez saying this I could understand... but, uh, Joe? Nope.

    That being said, why are we posting crap from Fox News anyway - I thought we weren't supposed to take this stuff seriously?
    #joebiden
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    09/19/09

    In reply to Jenna Bush Reports for Reporting Duty, but Keeps Day Job
    OMG. I resisted watching this because I thought it would be awful, but it's worse than awful. She can barely pronounce words "An Nay." She comes across as totally phony, a little creepy, and her voice and delivery are that of a boozy, smoked out 50 year old.
    Wonder who put this little gig together?
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    09/19/09

    @Novaload: you try conversating with your twin sister over bar din for a decade... Rough on the 'cords....
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    12/03/09

    @Novaload: This was long ago, but I have never agreed with something more than I agree with this.
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    12/03/09

    @Iamdoingit: Thanks. She's STILL doing this job, believe it or not!
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    12/03/09

    @Novaload: I saw one where she was interviewing kids who fix cars as part of an after school program. It went something like this...

    "I am so proud of your efforts, right Matt?" It made no sense and was very slow and awkward, like she was trying to lie to a cop about expired car insurance.
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    12/03/09

    @Iamdoingit: Ha! I'm going to have to force myself to start watching again!
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    Image of MadamButterfloozy MadamButterfloozy
    09/18/09

    In reply to Jenna Bush Reports for Reporting Duty, but Keeps Day Job
    I've noticed an increasing number of positive Bush stories planted the press recently that are desiged to soften Bush's public image. This Jenna debut obviously forms part of that strategy. Don't be fooled people, just because Bush was not an evil genius, just an evil fuckwit, does not make him any less guilty of overseeing the decline of civilization as we know it!
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    PaisleyPajamas promoted this comment Edited by MadamButterfloozy at 09/18/09 10:50 PM MadamButterfloozy was starred MadamButterfloozy was unstarred
    Image of Rhymenocerous Rhymenocerous
    09/18/09

    In reply to Jenna Bush Reports for Reporting Duty, but Keeps Day Job
    I find this Dalton kid much more annoying than Jenna.
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    09/18/09

    In reply to Jenna Bush Reports for Reporting Duty, but Keeps Day Job
    A few years ago my favorite geighs and I were doing Sunday brunch to watch the political pundit shows when we caught a local news cast before George Stephanopolous. It was obviously a training situation for the anchor, who apparently had pissed off the entire crew in the studio. They were leaving her hanging in front of the camera, would cut to her waving her arms wildly (explaining why her voice sounded strangely strained) on the video packages and apparently fucked with the prompter so she had to read her blue sheets, which proved to be difficult--the actual reading, that is (mispronounced words, etc.). She, like Jenna, possessed that "I-drink-the- bong-water-voice," and we decided her daddy must own the station or her career was OVER. I have never been more remorseful for not having the DVR set to record. We nicknamed her "The Chubby Chearleader," (she was thin AND blonde) in honor of that girl whose daddy always buys her way in and often shared with each other what on-air shenaningans we had witnessed starring TCC.

    Some time later, our jaws dropped as we watched the news coverage of the San Angelo, Texas, polygamy ranch raid in which the same effing reporter was doing live stand-ups for the evening national fucking news AND the cable networks. Yeah, she was more polished, poised and prepared BECAUSE SHE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY that others work their entire lives for and no matter how educated, talented and hard working, will never have.

    Don't think this is the way it has been for a long time? Think about what a long list of "journalists" come from families of wealth and status in this day and age and think again.

    Again, MSM journalism no longer aiming the gun at their foot, but have put the barrel in their mouths.
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    09/18/09

    @PaisleyPajamas: I mostly come into contact with very young anchors, so I can't say anything about any of them who are over 35 years old. That said, I have yet to meet an anchor who actually knows anything about anything. The empty space in their heads where knowledge should be is breathtaking. One anchor in particular, for Pete's sake, sometimes when they are making snotty remarks to people such as "how do you even know that, you had to look it up DIDN'T you!" I want scream and hit them in the face repeatedly while they're on air. They literally, ever single time, when someone makes a comment about something they've never heard of (which is usually something that EVERYONE WITH A PULSE KNOWS) they accuse them of either being a fraud or being weird for knowing it. They even did this to the Managing Editor once, who just walked away.

    They're underwear models wearing clothes that make them look more intelligent than they are.
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    09/18/09

    @LutherHonduras: I had similar experiences as an intern at a multi-multi-news Emmy award winning station that completely turned me off to the idea of being a news producer. Who wants to work themselves to death trying to make narcissistic morons--who place "Do Not Disturb" signs on the women's bathroom door while they trowel on their make-up--look well informed?
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    09/18/09

    In reply to Jenna Bush Reports for Reporting Duty, but Keeps Day Job
    This is NBC right? Someone roll Dalton's dad off the couch and send him to America's Biggest Loser. ™
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    09/18/09

    In reply to Jenna Bush Reports for Reporting Duty, but Keeps Day Job
    You guys sure you want to use something like "Reports for Reporting" in your headline? I'm not usually picky but that headline is hurting my feelings with how bad that is. It's like that hacky reporter stereotype from Hot Fuzz wrote it!

    I don't care about Jenna Bush having a fluff job on the Today Show because she is just interviewing people for happy bunny rabbit stories, unlike other political daughters of no intellectual capacity I could name who are actually trying to influence opinions and policy with their "journalism" so good on Jenna.
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    09/18/09

    @allyzay: I won't stand by idly and let you impugn the reputation of Margarat Truman!
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    09/18/09

    @allyzay: Jenna is about as qualified to do this job with her Party Certificate from UT, as I am to be a brain surgeon with my journalism degree. It's been a long, luxurious road for her to never have to worry about the competition and she still sucked rocks in this package.

    Fun fact: Jenna won a debate competition during her years at Austin H.S. that was so obviously fixed that people still snicker about it. I'd venture to guess hearing her fumble her way through questions on The Today Show is going to bring back a lot of memories for some.
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    Image of Rhymenocerous Rhymenocerous
    09/18/09

    @allyzay: I'm with you. This does not bother me. She's cute enough and not trying to shove conservative dogma down my throat. Maybe it's just that Meghan McCain has set the bar so low that everyone else looks harmless in comparison.
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    09/18/09

    @allyzay: Would you be bothered when this seemingly innocuous entrance onto the public stage leads to another Bush running for the Presidency?. If Dubya managed to get himself elected President and Palin chosen as McCain's running mate, anything is possible. There's nothing the ruling elite like more than a malleable puppet in high office.
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    09/18/09

    In reply to Jenna Bush Reports for Reporting Duty, but Keeps Day Job
    Helping kids learn to read is producing something of value. Just because her father is a jackass doesn't make her one by extension.
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    09/18/09

    In reply to Jenna Bush Reports for Reporting Duty, but Keeps Day Job
    This is painful to watch.
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