They NEED each other in order to have a villain, grow a following, build their ratings, and command high salaries. Don't believe the hype. #keitholbermann
It's called Invidiocy, and it works. Sometimes. However, when Henry Kissinger had his 700-page alibi coming out at the same time as Eddie Fisher's autobiog, he sought to dismiss as a lightweight the former husband of Liz Taylor, and it didn't catch. Nobody read Henry's masterwork. Boo-hoo. #keitholbermann
Here's what I got from this clip-instead of being stupid and lying about big things, like death panels and fascism, be smart and lie about little things, like that Republicans are really concerned about Medicare or that taxes are going up.
@Unsolicited Advice: I am pretty sure I fall into the "ordinary American" category in the link below.
If it's all a gigantic lie, like his secret birth certificate, or his secret love of -isms, like communism/fascism/socialism, then I will retract when it all comes down. Or up, as the case may be.
Well, it's just that historically tax increases track increases in sovereign debt. While possible that the so-called "ordinary American" won't be taxed, I'm a skeptic in that area. Not trying to be all "SECRET NAZI TRICKS!" about it, but my thought was that we collectively understood that health care and the like were going to result in tax increases.
I used to bitch about "dishonesty" from the Obama administration about who would pay for the public option, for example, but I eventually agreed with supporters that most people had an understanding that there would be cost-to-you implications. It's a transaction, not a gift. If you're expecting a gift I'd recalibrate those expectations. #joescarborough
@Unsolicited Advice: I imagine that the 5% that owns all the wealth in the country, the ones that are not in the "ordinary American tax break" category have a lot to do with all this. There is no secret that that category will be taxed.
Which is the very reason why Republicans are frantically using so many of those big stupid lies AND little smart lies. #joescarborough
@Kobayashi Maru: There are always going to be people on the other side of the aisle with whom we disagree. At least Scarborough is a rationale human being and not one of the tea-party nut jobs that is rapidly taking over the Republican party. #joescarborough
@Fuzzy Dunlop: He's still flat out lying, is my point.
Like Medicare? Unless it helps them scare the shit out of the olds, Republicans don't give a rat's ass about Medicare, and haven't since it started. #joescarborough
This is sort of like when a girl who desperately wants to impress a group of guys goes off on a tirade about how she just hates women OMG they're sooooo annoying! (be my boyfriend!) #joescarborough
@morninggloria: "I just like, don't relate to girls at all. I only want to hang around with dudes, because girls are such shallow bitches. Not like me. I am deep. Also, I like sports. And belching." #joescarborough
@Notes from the underwhelmed: "And sex. Like, most chicks don't even watch porn, but I love porn, and sex. Like a guy. Except I want to have sex with guys. Unless making out with chicks turns you on.
@Notes from the underwhelmed: "And I hate drama. I can't stand all that girl-drama. Girls can be so dramatic."
This is what kills me (even as a woman, myself) because they're the ones who usually turn out to be the nuclear winters of drama. Always tell your guy friends to stay away from the girl who makes it a point to point out that she hates all the dramz. #joescarborough
And? You say that as if Fox News doesn't have a history of being openly (and cheerfully!) racist, such that it would be understandable to suspect the slip of being part of a pattern, rather than an isolated incident. #msnbc
@Benny: your point! miss Norma Desmond was just "sayin." How come everytime some one points out racism someone has to come a long with a "chill out." I really don't like the context of this post, "They All Look A Like." I understand you're (john@gawker.com) being fiticious and everything, but I hear hidden racist undertones in your text. "If Fox News did this, there would be sit in's," I feel that quote trivializes the civil rights movement, during which many great indiviuals lost their lives in the fight for equality and social justice. Is it now standard pratice to cheapen the lives of black people, to forsake their struggles for lame attempts at topical humor. So I will "chill" the moment this shit is deemed once and for all intolerable! #msnbc
Not sure why he didn't just respond in kind, and thank Campbell Brown for the intro... adding that it was very white of her to be so kind as to give him this opportunity to comment. #msnbc
@CODiva: This actually happened. Write this down. When Bobby Darrin first met Sandra Dee, he opened with "I've seen all your movies, Ms Weld." and she replied, "And I buy all your records, Fabian!"
And I'll bet nobody knows who any of these people were. #msnbc
Clearly she read the teleprompter wrong. It is not the same as seeing a person and mistaking him for someone else. Besides, Rev. Al Sharpton possesses one of the greatest coifs of the 20th Century. There should be trichology chairs endowed in his name all over this great land. There are few people-alive-who can match that follicle greatness. #msnbc
@momof3wildkids: I am so glad someone sees the real injustice. It is not confusing two black people, it is denying Rev. Sharpton's follicular greatness. He is the envy of all follicly challenged mortals #msnbc
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Scarborough is douche-lite. #joescarborough
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You don't think taxes are going to increase?
Interesting. #joescarborough
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If it's all a gigantic lie, like his secret birth certificate, or his secret love of -isms, like communism/fascism/socialism, then I will retract when it all comes down. Or up, as the case may be.
[www.barackobama.com] #joescarborough
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Well, it's just that historically tax increases track increases in sovereign debt. While possible that the so-called "ordinary American" won't be taxed, I'm a skeptic in that area. Not trying to be all "SECRET NAZI TRICKS!" about it, but my thought was that we collectively understood that health care and the like were going to result in tax increases.
I used to bitch about "dishonesty" from the Obama administration about who would pay for the public option, for example, but I eventually agreed with supporters that most people had an understanding that there would be cost-to-you implications. It's a transaction, not a gift. If you're expecting a gift I'd recalibrate those expectations. #joescarborough
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Which is the very reason why Republicans are frantically using so many of those big stupid lies AND little smart lies. #joescarborough
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Like Medicare? Unless it helps them scare the shit out of the olds, Republicans don't give a rat's ass about Medicare, and haven't since it started. #joescarborough
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"... please love me?" #joescarborough
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This is what kills me (even as a woman, myself) because they're the ones who usually turn out to be the nuclear winters of drama. Always tell your guy friends to stay away from the girl who makes it a point to point out that she hates all the dramz.
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And? You say that as if Fox News doesn't have a history of being openly (and cheerfully!) racist, such that it would be understandable to suspect the slip of being part of a pattern, rather than an isolated incident. #msnbc
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Yeah, cos that's what I did.
I was referring to the Fox/MSNBC distinction. Not the racism.
"So I will "chill" the moment this shit is deemed once and for all intolerable!"
For your sake I hope that's soon. #msnbc
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And I'll bet nobody knows who any of these people were. #msnbc
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@pureblarney: Oh, click the pic to see the animation...
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