I was watching Morning Joe (Brewed by Starbucks) yet again this morning - don't ask why - and they had many from their usual cast of absolutely foolish characters appear on the show. There was of course Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Mike Barnicle, and then two others on the show who make regular appearances, Savannah Guthrie and Andrea Mitchell. (I don't mean to ignore other people who regularly appear on the show like Eugene Robinson and Dylan Ratigan. I just leave these particular individuals out because I don't remember them being present - on set or via video - when the particular subject that I'm about to discuss was discussed. I also don't lump them in with the foolish characters above.)
At some point during the discussion (and I'm sure they discussed this subject at times other than when I was watching), the cast brought up this ridiculous "issue" about how in his recent media blitz, President Obama failed to make an appearance on Fox News Sunday, while even going so far as to appear on Univision and the Late Show with David Letterman.
Leaving aside my personal feelings about what should have been done for the moment, I'll tell you what the clowns on Morning Joe (Brewed by Starbucks) were saying. First, I'll have to provide just a bit of background. Within the last few days, a video has surfaced from this heavily Fox News Channel promoted 9-12 Health Care Reform Protest (or whatever its official name was) where an assistant producer in the employ of Fox News is taped cueing the crowd to cheer at particular points while the network is broadcasting. This is an obvious hint that Fox was not simply covering the news. If the crowd's reaction had been spontaneous, that would have been one thing, but since Fox News personnel were actually encouraging a certain behavior out of people, it renders their coverage a complete farce.
Now, the Morning Joe (Brewed by Starbucks) joker posse was well aware of the existence of this Fox 9-12 Promotional Video, and they may have even mentioned as much in this very segment. However, despite these facts, many of the idiots at this rodeo clown table still suggested that it was a bad idea for President Obama to skip appearing on Fox News Sunday. And as you might expect, their reasons were quite asinine.
They stated the whole he's everyone's president, he should go and appear before the entire American audience, and maybe something about facing tough questions (I'm a little bit fuzzy about this last one, but I think that this sentiment was expressed) nonsense. This reasoning, if you can call it that, is absolutely absurd. Sure, though it is true that Barack Obama is everyone's president, though some of the right wingers want to deny this is the case, why in blazes should he appear on a network that seems to have a vested interest in seeing him fail just so he "can appear to the entire American audience"? This line of thinking is absolute rubbish.
So in order to appear before the entire American audience, President Obama has to go on all of these programs? You people do realize that he is the President of the United States and he does have a few things that are more important to do than worry that if he doesn't go on Fox News Sunday, he might have to bust the budget in having to send boxes of tissues to the people at Fox News Sunday and to the court jesters at Morning Joe (Brewed by Starbucks) so that they can dry their whiny little eyes don't you? No?
The reasoning of these idiots is completely insane because if the Fox News Channel/Fox News Sunday watching audience really was that interested in watching the president, well here's an idea for them: try changing the stupid channel to another network. It wouldn't take that long, certainly not as much time as it would take the president to sit for a sixth or seventh interview. You could either (1) change the channel by pressing a few buttons on your remote control or, dare I say it, (2) get up and walk over to your television and change the channel that way. This absurd notion that the president has to appear on a network that seems hell-bent upon submarining his agenda just so all Americas can see him without drifting out of their propagandistic comfort zone is quite laughable. (I mean goodness, I watch Fox News Sunday fairly regularly even though I think that it is easily the least reputable of the Sunday news shows and it a propaganda arm of the right wing/Republican Party.) Unless, of course, these morons really believe that Fox would ask some tough/important questions that just weren't asked in five or six other interviews. In that case, I suggest they tell David Gregory (their colleague who conducted the interview for NBC's Meet the Press) that he had better to a better job next time.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
The Case for Kay Bailey Hutchison
Normally I don't like to delve into Republican politics because I'm convinced that the vast majority of Republican elected officials are either lunatics or at the very least, pander to constituents who are lunatics, but I'm afraid I cannot stay out of this one.
And which "one" am I talking about? I'm speaking of course about this year's Texas gubernatorial race. Now I have never been one to advocate the changing of party affiliation just to vote for the particular candidate of the opposing party whom you would rather your candidate run against (as many Republicans reportedly did in 2008 in order to aid Hillary Clinton and prevent Barack Obama from winning the primary), and in reality, this is not what I'm advocating here. What I am advocating is having people switch affiliations so that they can ensure that the Republican Party nominates a candidate who is actually sane.
Admittedly, I know little about Debra Medina, and so I'll leave her out of the discussion. But of the other three announced Republican candidates, there is one who I am pretty sure is sane (Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison), there is one who might be insane, but who also might be acting insane because he believes that there is a sizeable part of his base who is insane (Governor Rick Perry), and then there is one who is without a doubt batshit crazy (Larry Kilgore). Obviously there would be virtually no chance at all that I would vote for a Republican in the general election (I am still waiting for the second coming of Earl Warren to entice me to vote for a Republican in a general election), but since trends indicate that a Republican will almost assuredly win this race for the governor, we cannot take the chance of having a crazy person voted into office.
Now Rick Perry started all of the crazy talk a few months back with all of his Teabagging Party talk of secession this, secession that. Now, back then it seemed to me like Perry likely didn't really believe in secession, or at least would not actually try it. I thought that he was more acting upon the realization that many of his constituents were foolish enough to believe that secession somehow could a good idea. I didn't think that Perry was that stupid or that insane; I just believed that he believed that many of his constituents were that stupid and that insane. Now, don't take this to mean that I don't believe that Perry is fool, because I certainly do. But I don't think he is that much of a fool.
On the other hand, you have Larry Kilgore. He is a fool and is batshit crazy. There is absolutely no help for him. I could try to explain, but I'll allow this video to speak for itself. Just absolutely stunning.
And so there it is. I am sorely tempted to vote in the Republican primary to do my part to prevent either the potential lunatic Rick Perry or the certain lunatic Larry Kilgore from winning this primary. But it will certainly be a tough decision as I am extremely hesitant to ruin my spotless record of not voting for this party of insanity.
And which "one" am I talking about? I'm speaking of course about this year's Texas gubernatorial race. Now I have never been one to advocate the changing of party affiliation just to vote for the particular candidate of the opposing party whom you would rather your candidate run against (as many Republicans reportedly did in 2008 in order to aid Hillary Clinton and prevent Barack Obama from winning the primary), and in reality, this is not what I'm advocating here. What I am advocating is having people switch affiliations so that they can ensure that the Republican Party nominates a candidate who is actually sane.
Admittedly, I know little about Debra Medina, and so I'll leave her out of the discussion. But of the other three announced Republican candidates, there is one who I am pretty sure is sane (Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison), there is one who might be insane, but who also might be acting insane because he believes that there is a sizeable part of his base who is insane (Governor Rick Perry), and then there is one who is without a doubt batshit crazy (Larry Kilgore). Obviously there would be virtually no chance at all that I would vote for a Republican in the general election (I am still waiting for the second coming of Earl Warren to entice me to vote for a Republican in a general election), but since trends indicate that a Republican will almost assuredly win this race for the governor, we cannot take the chance of having a crazy person voted into office.
Now Rick Perry started all of the crazy talk a few months back with all of his Teabagging Party talk of secession this, secession that. Now, back then it seemed to me like Perry likely didn't really believe in secession, or at least would not actually try it. I thought that he was more acting upon the realization that many of his constituents were foolish enough to believe that secession somehow could a good idea. I didn't think that Perry was that stupid or that insane; I just believed that he believed that many of his constituents were that stupid and that insane. Now, don't take this to mean that I don't believe that Perry is fool, because I certainly do. But I don't think he is that much of a fool.
On the other hand, you have Larry Kilgore. He is a fool and is batshit crazy. There is absolutely no help for him. I could try to explain, but I'll allow this video to speak for itself. Just absolutely stunning.
And so there it is. I am sorely tempted to vote in the Republican primary to do my part to prevent either the potential lunatic Rick Perry or the certain lunatic Larry Kilgore from winning this primary. But it will certainly be a tough decision as I am extremely hesitant to ruin my spotless record of not voting for this party of insanity.
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