Comments on: Cheney: Senate Committee Is ‘Stalinist’ For Blocking Swift Boat Funder’s Appointment http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:24:38 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Beonda Pale http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/comment-page-7/#comment-3590362 Beonda Pale Mon, 09 Apr 2007 21:06:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/#comment-3590362 This is not the 1st interview Limbaugh has done, the president himself has also been interviewed by Limbaugh on at least one other occasion. But the lending of someone of Rush Limbaugh's credentials as being a interviewer is new as a political phenomenon. It used to be that talk show hosts that offer opinion over fact weren't offered the same kind of legitimacy and credibility that well heeled journalists had earned over time. This is one of the things this administration has changed in the way the nation's highest office speaks to the public. Now, instead of questions of substance that probe issues, we are handed pure talking point garbage and cheap political one-upsmanship. And that this is done in the supremely ironic cause of moving AWAY from bias in the media makes it all the more disgusting. This is not the 1st interview Limbaugh has done, the president himself has also been interviewed by Limbaugh on at least one other occasion. But the lending of someone of Rush Limbaugh’s credentials as being a interviewer is new as a political phenomenon.

It used to be that talk show hosts that offer opinion over fact weren’t offered the same kind of legitimacy and credibility that well heeled journalists had earned over time. This is one of the things this administration has changed in the way the nation’s highest office speaks to the public.

Now, instead of questions of substance that probe issues, we are handed pure talking point garbage and cheap political one-upsmanship. And that this is done in the supremely ironic cause of moving AWAY from bias in the media makes it all the more disgusting.

]]> By: underdog http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/comment-page-7/#comment-3527428 underdog Sat, 07 Apr 2007 22:34:54 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/#comment-3527428 This attack on Kerry was a horrible thing. I try and laugh off Bushy and his propoganda machine most of the time, but this one gets me all a flutter. Guts: According to Bush and his Evil Empire, no veteran should ever be decorated who did not get wounded by an enemy bullet. Bombs, chemicals, sharp objects or flying debris don't count. ONLY BULLETS. Which would save a lot on purple hearts and ceremonies, but I'm really not thinking we should take ANYTHING away from the men and women who watched that hell and lived it and did so with courage and ... blah. This seriously pisses me off. This attack on Kerry was a horrible thing. I try and laugh off Bushy and his propoganda machine most of the time, but this one gets me all a flutter. Guts: According to Bush and his Evil Empire, no veteran should ever be decorated who did not get wounded by an enemy bullet. Bombs, chemicals, sharp objects or flying debris don’t count. ONLY BULLETS. Which would save a lot on purple hearts and ceremonies, but I’m really not thinking we should take ANYTHING away from the men and women who watched that hell and lived it and did so with courage and … blah. This seriously pisses me off.

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]]> By: roooth http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/comment-page-7/#comment-3478888 roooth Fri, 06 Apr 2007 17:39:54 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/#comment-3478888 Ringo, Why do armchair warriors like you always have such lame excuses for not serving? You didn't serve when you could because you were a liberal then? And now that you can't serve, now that you're safe from having to pick up a weapon and defend your country, you've taken on the right to advocate war and death? What an ass you are. If you had had the courage to serve, you would have met people like me, who were liberals before during and after our service to our country. And thank God for liberals in the military, we are sometimes the only thing that stands between honorable duty and atrocities. Like it or not, we are sometimes the only conscience on the front lines. It is the conservatives - again - who have turned our military into the mess it is today, from Abu Grahib to Walter Reed. And it will be liberals, dragging the mouthbreathers like you behind them, kicking and screaming all the way, who will restore dignity and honor to our military. If it were up to me, you would be extraordinarily rendited to a secret prison camp in a foreign country, denied all the rights that I served to defend and you have given up so easily, and tortured until you had some recognition of the horrors your support for these monsters has unleashed. Now, get off the computer and go upstairs. Your mom needs help taking out the garbage. Ringo,

Why do armchair warriors like you always have such lame excuses for not serving?

You didn’t serve when you could because you were a liberal then? And now that you can’t serve, now that you’re safe from having to pick up a weapon and defend your country, you’ve taken on the right to advocate war and death?

What an ass you are.

If you had had the courage to serve, you would have met people like me, who were liberals before during and after our service to our country.

And thank God for liberals in the military, we are sometimes the only thing that stands between honorable duty and atrocities. Like it or not, we are sometimes the only conscience on the front lines.

It is the conservatives – again – who have turned our military into the mess it is today, from Abu Grahib to Walter Reed. And it will be liberals, dragging the mouthbreathers like you behind them, kicking and screaming all the way, who will restore dignity and honor to our military.

If it were up to me, you would be extraordinarily rendited to a secret prison camp in a foreign country, denied all the rights that I served to defend and you have given up so easily, and tortured until you had some recognition of the horrors your support for these monsters has unleashed.

Now, get off the computer and go upstairs. Your mom needs help taking out the garbage.

]]> By: kelso http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/comment-page-7/#comment-3477171 kelso Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:13:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/#comment-3477171 So the Pres appoints Fox to a recess appointment. Fine, it's within his power to do so. It's also within the power of Congress to withhold every penny from the the U.S. Belgian embassy until Bush explains his reasoning for appointing Fox in such an underhanded fashion. So, what unique talents or expertise does Fox have? The talent of making financial contributions to political parties? Well, I'm sure the amature diplomat will make a good puppet spokesperson, just like all the other hacks that W appoints. So the Pres appoints Fox to a recess appointment. Fine, it’s within his power to do so. It’s also within the power of Congress to withhold every penny from the the U.S. Belgian embassy until Bush explains his reasoning for appointing Fox in such an underhanded fashion.

So, what unique talents or expertise does Fox have? The talent of making financial contributions to political parties? Well, I’m sure the amature diplomat will make a good puppet spokesperson, just like all the other hacks that W appoints.

]]> By: Raven http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/comment-page-7/#comment-3476974 Raven Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:00:56 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/#comment-3476974 Are those natural smiles? Only their pharmacist knows for sure..... Are those natural smiles?
Only their pharmacist knows for sure…..

]]> By: I WORFEUS http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/comment-page-7/#comment-3472019 I WORFEUS Fri, 06 Apr 2007 14:09:42 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/#comment-3472019 <em>it delights me that Dick Cheney irritates you libs…….hehehe</em> Comment by jawbone of an ass — April 6, 2007 @ 2:02 am Lets see genius. Cheney enjoys an approval rating in the LOW TEENS. That means he "irratates" more than EIGHTY PERCENT of the United States of America.... hehehe it delights me that Dick Cheney irritates you libs…….hehehe

Comment by jawbone of an ass — April 6, 2007 @ 2:02 am

Lets see genius.

Cheney enjoys an approval rating in the LOW TEENS.

That means he “irratates” more than EIGHTY PERCENT of the United States of America…. hehehe

]]> By: Valiant Penus http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/comment-page-6/#comment-3460621 Valiant Penus Fri, 06 Apr 2007 08:52:33 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/#comment-3460621 <em>Hey! Cheney is smiling in that picture. I thought Lefty blogs only posted pictures of Dick scowling, what’s up? Comment by Ringo</em> you can't see where Rush's hands are, can ya? Normally Rush likes underage vietnamese girls, but when he gets so pilled out... Hey! Cheney is smiling in that picture.

I thought Lefty blogs only posted pictures of Dick scowling, what’s up?

Comment by Ringo

you can’t see where Rush’s hands are, can ya? Normally Rush likes underage vietnamese girls, but when he gets so pilled out…

]]> By: UCSBClassics53 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/comment-page-6/#comment-3457557 UCSBClassics53 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 07:37:40 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/#comment-3457557 Gingrich went to <a href="http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/04/05/gingrich_china/index.html" rel="nofollow">China</a>, remember? One is to be praised, one is to be condemned...go figure... Praised:Condemned :: Republican:Democrat Gingrich went to China, remember?

One is to be praised, one is to be condemned…go figure…

Praised:Condemned :: Republican:Democrat

]]> By: JPark http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/comment-page-6/#comment-3456951 JPark Fri, 06 Apr 2007 07:10:42 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/#comment-3456951 #290 That is not surprising except that freeperland is less popular these days. #290 That is not surprising except that freeperland is less popular these days.

]]> By: UCSBClassics53 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/comment-page-6/#comment-3456845 UCSBClassics53 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 07:06:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/#comment-3456845 Just for fun, I would like to ask our colleagues on the other side who claim that Democrats are undermining our country to comment on this <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/16/terror/main2488520.shtml" rel="nofollow">tidbit</a> from a few months back... Just for fun, I would like to ask our colleagues on the other side who claim that Democrats are undermining our country to comment on this tidbit from a few months back…

]]> By: UCSBClassics53 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/comment-page-6/#comment-3456694 UCSBClassics53 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 06:57:22 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/#comment-3456694 #289, it's clear where he got his Logan Act talking point...Free Republic of all places... <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1811312/posts" rel="nofollow">Link</a> #289, it’s clear where he got his Logan Act talking point…Free Republic of all places…

Link

]]> By: JPark http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/comment-page-6/#comment-3456661 JPark Fri, 06 Apr 2007 06:53:49 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/#comment-3456661 What's wrong whose? Is Red State down? What’s wrong whose? Is Red State down?

]]> By: big papa http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/comment-page-6/#comment-3456581 big papa Fri, 06 Apr 2007 06:49:40 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/#comment-3456581 Comment by whosebone #282 <strong>...for the same reason YOU conned'self-serving Bushite TRAITORS... ...refuse to help us save America by prosecuting Bushiva and L'il Dick... ...on any number of "high crimes and misdemeanors"... ...I'm sure you won't have to google the list...</strong> Comment by whosebone #282

…for the same reason YOU conned’self-serving Bushite TRAITORS…

…refuse to help us save America by prosecuting Bushiva and L’il Dick…

…on any number of “high crimes and misdemeanors”…

…I’m sure you won’t have to google the list…

]]> By: UCSBClassics53 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/comment-page-6/#comment-3456494 UCSBClassics53 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 06:46:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/#comment-3456494 so yeah, be fair...Republicans went to Syria too, but they are sacrosanct, aren't they? I thought we didn't talk to Syria...Gingrich did the same thing under the Clinton Administration, yet you fail to point that out...Shouldn't that be criteria to get him under the Logan Act? so yeah, be fair…Republicans went to Syria too, but they are sacrosanct, aren’t they? I thought we didn’t talk to Syria…Gingrich did the same thing under the Clinton Administration, yet you fail to point that out…Shouldn’t that be criteria to get him under the Logan Act?

]]> By: UCSBClassics53 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/comment-page-6/#comment-3456412 UCSBClassics53 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 06:42:12 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/#comment-3456412 Was she negotiating with Assad? Don't flatter yourself... <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=2995828&page=1" rel="nofollow">Pelosi</a> will be traveling to Syria has part of a congressional delegation with five other members of the House of Representatives, including one Republican. To be fair, let's prosecute the Republican too under the Logan Act... Way to spin all this as an OMG Pelosi is negotiating with "terrorists" outcry... Was she negotiating with Assad? Don’t flatter yourself…

Pelosi will be traveling to Syria has part of a congressional delegation with five other members of the House of Representatives, including one Republican.

To be fair, let’s prosecute the Republican too under the Logan Act…

Way to spin all this as an OMG Pelosi is negotiating with “terrorists” outcry…

]]> By: whosebone http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/comment-page-6/#comment-3456390 whosebone Fri, 06 Apr 2007 06:41:12 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/#comment-3456390 whats wrong jpark, cant get google to load?..........lol whats wrong jpark, cant get google to load?……….lol

]]> By: JPark http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/comment-page-6/#comment-3456323 JPark Fri, 06 Apr 2007 06:38:29 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/#comment-3456323 #282 Why would we need to do that? That is just stupid. #282 Why would we need to do that? That is just stupid.

]]> By: UCSBClassics53 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/comment-page-6/#comment-3456203 UCSBClassics53 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 06:33:44 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/#comment-3456203 I guess you forgot that I was talking about Deutsch here...and the sheep comment was directed at him... I guess you forgot that I was talking about Deutsch here…and the sheep comment was directed at him…

]]> By: whosebone http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/comment-page-6/#comment-3456199 whosebone Fri, 06 Apr 2007 06:33:35 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/cheney-limbaugh-stalinist/#comment-3456199 just for fun id love to hear you liberals comment on why nancy pelosi should not be arrested and tried under the provisions of the logan act. (watching as all you libs frantically google logan act.......hehehe) just for fun id love to hear you liberals comment on why nancy pelosi should not be arrested and tried under the provisions of the logan act. (watching as all you libs frantically google logan act…….hehehe)

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