Time hires Dick Armey as new blogger.
By on Jun 4th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
Time hires Dick Armey as new blogger.
Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-TX) will be a new contributor to Time magazine’s blog Swampland (to balance its cadre of liberals like Joe Klein and Jay Carney). In 2005, Armey participated on a panel listing the “Ten Most Harmful Government Programs.” Among the 10 were Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the Endangered Species Act, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
UPDATE: In 1995, Armey referred to openly gay Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) as “Barney Fag.” “Armey maintains it was a slip of the tongue.” (HT: TP commenter OB)
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I thought Halliburton was Dick’s army…..
June 4th, 2007 at 2:13 pmThe same immoral politician who once called Barney Frank “Barney Fag,” then claimed it was a “slip of the tongue”? I’ll be watching for Dickwad Armey’s posts on Swampland. Ooops… did I say “DICKWAD ARMEY”? My fingers must’ve slipped.
June 4th, 2007 at 2:14 pm“Ten Most Harmful Government Programs”
June 4th, 2007 at 2:14 pmHarmful to who? These programs were designed to fit a specific need, to help people who can’t help themselves because of bad luck or poor choices, or for the welfare of the environment (i don’t like poo in my rivers!) These programs are damaging to GOP because they work so well, and people want more.
uuuUUUUMMmmmm………..
Who gives a shit!!?!!!?!!!!?
June 4th, 2007 at 2:14 pmWhat whine goes with Red Herring?
Apparently a “progressive” one, and in significant quantities.
June 4th, 2007 at 2:17 pmGeorge W. Bush
For sticking to his guns (literally and figuratively), for reshaping the rules of politics to fit his ten-gallon-hat leadership style and for persuading a majority of voters that he deserved to be in the White House for another four years,George W. Bush is TIME’s 2004 Person of the Year
Where’s a current copy of time ? . . . I need to wipe my ass .
June 4th, 2007 at 2:19 pmuuuUUUUMMmmmm………..
Who gives a shit!!?!!!?!!!!?
Comment by Mr. President — June 4, 2007 @ 2:14 pm
We do and that is all that matters. Because the news and blogs on this site are not written for you. They are written for us di*khead. We don’t care about how you feel or your point of view. You are a traitor to this country.
June 4th, 2007 at 2:19 pmwtf is happening with the, OUR, press???
i guess the corporate owners are in a last ditch,
desperate attempt to control that message…
you know, the one that’s been so benefitting of
the common good and system of constitutional justice…
hopefully, it IS a last ditch effort… this BS has gotta stop…
June 4th, 2007 at 2:23 pm…
I’m ashamed to say DICK Armey is from my home state. In fact, during the past several years, Texas has spit out a slew of corrupt, asshole, repug politicians! Let’s see: Dubya, Turd Blossom, DICK Armey, Cheerleader Kay, John Cornyn, Tom Delay (what a doozie!), Henry Bonilla, Harriet Myers, Gonzo, and of course, our recently re-elected by-a-minority asshat, sorry excuse of a so-called governor: (p)Rick Perry. Also, let’s not forget his butt-kissing LT, David- do-nohting -Dewhurst.
June 4th, 2007 at 2:23 pmSo you all think that only progressives should blog? So much for the Bill of Rights.
June 4th, 2007 at 2:28 pmMSM is just that.
Omitting real news stories, keeping the ADHD American public full of Lohan & Hilton, making shit up, teasing you for 4 minutes on a ‘headline’ story while giving it 15 seconds of ‘real’ coverage.
Who needs Time?
They voted me Person of the Year, & I don’t even read the rag!
June 4th, 2007 at 2:28 pmAs if Temporal magazine wasn’t far enough to the right as it is.
June 4th, 2007 at 2:31 pmI don’t even read it when it’s the only magazine in the doctor’s waiting room.
(to balance its cadre of liberals like Joe Klein and Jay Carney).
LOL! Good one!
June 4th, 2007 at 2:32 pmI think Time magazine has slipped a few notches in the recent years, but this is going to push them down even further.
June 4th, 2007 at 2:35 pmThey have no balance to their columnists, and Dick Armey will only make them more off balance.
They are fast becoming not the news magazine of their past, but another propagandist outlet for the repugs…….they have such a shortage. (snark)
When is this going to stop? When will there be fair and balanced coverage in the news media again? Is it lost forever?
(to balance its cadre of liberals like Joe Klein and Jay Carney).
LOL! Good one!
Comment by joe
I Know!
TP has a sense of humor! Who’d have thought it!
;)
June 4th, 2007 at 2:36 pmWhen every Republican politician finds new employment, does TP have to launch a smear campaign? Is it fair to attempt to cost somebody a job just because of a disparaging statement made 12 years ago?
June 4th, 2007 at 2:37 pmSo you all think that only progressives should blog? So much for the Bill of Rights.
Comment by Kevin — June 4, 2007 @ 2:28 pm
Yeah, that’s what we are saying, dee dee dee.
Are you really that fu*king stupid? Wait, don’t bother answering that.
June 4th, 2007 at 2:38 pmYou should see the comments on his article. Tthe bloggers are bashing him over the head.
June 4th, 2007 at 2:41 pmA DUDE NAMED DICK SHOULD BE MORE CAREFUL HOW HE SLURS OTHERS NAMES.
June 4th, 2007 at 2:42 pmSo you all think that only progressives should blog? So much for the Bill of Rights.
Comment by Kevin — June 4, 2007 @ 2:28 pm
Nice try, Kevin, but no one said “only liberals should blog”.
Let me see if I can explain it to you so you’ll understand: he issue is that a mainstream news organization sees fit to hire as a blogger someone who has shown the poor judgment and juvenile argumentation that Dick Armey has shown over his career.
If you mean to extend that outcry to the equivalent of “only liberals should blog”, then you’re tacitly admitting that ALL conservatives are as flawed in their judgment and juvenile in their tactics as Dick Armey. If that were the case, then you’d have a point.
June 4th, 2007 at 2:44 pmIs this where I sign up for the Dick Army?
June 4th, 2007 at 2:44 pmDICK Armey is a disgrace to my home state of Texas! In fact, so is Dubya, Turd Blossom, Gonzo, Cheerleader Kay, Rick the Pr*ck Perry, and his a**hat LT, David “do-nothing” Dewhurst!
June 4th, 2007 at 2:46 pmSo you all think that only progressives should blog? So much for the Bill of Rights.
Comment by Kevin — June 4, 2007 @ 2:28 pm
WTF are you rambling about? Scroll up to your post. Read it. Realize that no one deleted your post or banned you from posting in the future. Try posting a similar message at a conservative and/or right wing and/or republican and/or what-the-F-ever they call themselves on the non-progressive (regressive?) side these days, and see if your right to “free” speech is honored.
And, while you’re here, straighten up and try not to be such a git.
June 4th, 2007 at 2:51 pmJust wait until Rupert Murdoch own the Wall Street Journal. He’ll do to financial news what he’s done to world news.
June 4th, 2007 at 2:52 pmyea… time magazine found armey on the street with a tin cup…
June 4th, 2007 at 2:53 pmthought they ought to take him in, under their wing…
take care of the poor guy… he needed a job, man…
“cost somebody a job”??? … jeesh…
#20. Now that’s funny!
June 4th, 2007 at 2:54 pmWhen every Republican politician finds new employment, does TP have to launch a smear campaign? Is it fair to attempt to cost somebody a job just because of a disparaging statement made 12 years ago?
Comment by CompTROLLER V-1 — June 4, 2007 @ 2:37 pm
Yes. They have nothing better / productive / PROGRESSIVE to do. They should change their name to ThinkRegress
June 4th, 2007 at 2:55 pmyea… time magazine found armey on the street with a tin cup…
thought they ought to take him in, under their wing…
take care of the poor guy… he needed a job, man…
“cost somebody a job�?? … jeesh…
Comment by katy — June 4, 2007 @ 2:53 pm
Nicely put, Katy. Regressives sure have a hard time with “entitlements” until it’s a fellow Regressive whose entitlement (in this case “a job”) is threatened.
June 4th, 2007 at 2:57 pmThey have nothing better / productive / PROGRESSIVE to do. They should change their name to ThinkRegress
Comment by Mr. President — June 4, 2007 @ 2:55 pm
Sorry to interrupt your Regressive circle-jerk there, Mr. P, but the consultants reviewed your name-change suggestion and wanted me to tell you that it was so hilariously stupid that they probably won’t be able to get any more work done the rest of the day. They thank you.
June 4th, 2007 at 2:59 pm…I guess Time has never paid attention to Dick Armey…
…likke good ‘ol boy (and his buddy) Tom “mentally” Delay(ed)…
…he ALWAYS sounds like he’s recovering from binging…
…and makes about as much sense…
…that’s one blog I won’t be frequenting…
June 4th, 2007 at 3:02 pmMr. President,
ThinkREGRESSION.org
Now that’s good! Good one Mr. P!
June 4th, 2007 at 3:05 pmOh, and Mizz Prezident. When you want to talk “regressive” values, maybe you shouldn’t be spouting the same Dark Ages Bullsh*t that Osama and the rest of your FELLOW religious wingnuts are spouting. It kinda makes you look like a st*pid little ignorant waco sl*t…
June 4th, 2007 at 3:06 pmKRank needs to get his A** demoted to NoRank.
June 4th, 2007 at 3:06 pmMr P could have his own blog, thinkCrossDress
June 4th, 2007 at 3:07 pmi remember when Army made the comment. it was funny then – its hilarious now.
June 4th, 2007 at 3:10 pmwell, i, myself, think it’s just wonderfull
that “mr.p” has chosen TP to announce
his “coming out of the closet”…
how apropos! …
but, really, now that you have, i’m guessing that
EVERYone agrees that sexual preferences and
assorted techniques are private and personal and
best left out of the postings on political blogs…
…please…
June 4th, 2007 at 3:16 pmThis is hilarious:
In 1995, Armey referred to openly gay Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) as “Barney Fag.†“Armey maintains it was a slip of the tongue.â€
June 4th, 2007 at 3:18 pmAnother Texas Republican Fascist, we’ve got a bunch of em.
June 4th, 2007 at 3:19 pm“Armey maintains it was a slip of the tongue.â€
Yes, it is somewhat hilarious if one pauses to consider why his tongue may have been slippery….
June 4th, 2007 at 3:25 pmYeah, Mr. President, that is funny…to a 5th grader.
June 4th, 2007 at 3:29 pmI know Austin is great, and there are lots of nice people somewhere down there, but what the hell is the matter with Texas? Why does it breed these yahoos? Could we put a fence around it?
June 4th, 2007 at 3:33 pmAlso, Time lost its wits years ago, and they’re now in the company of such august thinkers as the Wall Street Journal’s editorialists. Which is to say: deadenders, fascists, and people pathologically incapable of responding to reason or acknowledging reality. Regressives.
This is hilarious:
In 1995, Armey referred to openly gay Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) as “Barney Fag.†“Armey maintains it was a slip of the tongue.â€
Comment by Mr. President — June 4, 2007 @ 3:18 pm
Yeah, hilarious. If you are a bigoted, racist republican a$$hole.
June 4th, 2007 at 3:43 pmThis is hilarious:
In 1995, Armey referred to openly gay Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) as “Barney Fag.†“Armey maintains it was a slip of the tongue.â€
Comment by Mr. President
Oh damn, you got there first. I thought that was a riot!
June 4th, 2007 at 3:43 pmYeah, hilarious. If you are a bigoted, racist republican a$$hole.
Comment by Spudge_Boy
Well, I don’t know about Mr P, but I’m laughing at the part about it being a “slip of the tongue.”
June 4th, 2007 at 3:44 pmYeah, Mr. President, that is funny…to a 5th grader.
Comment by JPark — June 4, 2007 @ 3:29 pm
i’m pretty sure, now, that that is exactly what we are
dealing with… “school’s out for summer” for “mr.p”…
someone who hasn’t heard that quote, AND has never
June 4th, 2007 at 3:59 pmheard the term “anti-choice”, has been out of the public
debate for a very long time – or was never in it…
childhood, ya know…
.
This is hilarious:
In 1995, Armey referred to openly gay Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) as “Barney Fag.†“Armey maintains it was a slip of the tongue.â€
Comment by Mr. President — June 4, 2007 @ 3:18 pm
Poor little closeted, self loathing President f*g. I hate to inform you of this. While there’s no “disease” in being gay, nor a “treatment” for it – there is a treatment for “homophobia”, which is in fact a mental illness – and can be treated.
It’s also typically related to a self-loathing associated with repressed sexuality, and most commonly found in Pedophiles, and closeted gay people. Please, get treatment – because in the closet, you’re just an annoying and whiny little b!tch…
June 4th, 2007 at 4:00 pmComment by katy — June 4, 2007 @ 3:59 pm
I’m too cool fa school, baby.
June 4th, 2007 at 4:38 pmMr. Impediment, sir?
June 4th, 2007 at 4:48 pmYour tutor is here, sir.
Sir?
What does TIME appointing Dick Arrmey & Home Land Security have in common – FEAR. As Sen Clinton is schedule to have a debate in NH, Home Land Security tells us that JFK Airport is going to blown up with jet fuel which doesn’t burn. This is time just before the the Democratic Debate. De Ja Vu? Just as Dr Kevorkian is released from prison, the same Dick Armey at the House Comm hearings told in the future Sen Clinton 1993 that he was going to be her Dr Kevorkian on her health plan. Hilary Clinton called him on that at the committee hearings and all his peers on the committee from both side of the aisle broke out in laughter. Dick Armey turned beet red which both he & TIME should do with this weak explanation of his new job. Is his wife getting a job with TIME like she did in government when he was a Congressman?
June 4th, 2007 at 9:26 pmRGM