Fox worships the ‘Kristol Ball.’
By on Apr 8th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
Fox worships the ‘Kristol Ball.’
This afternoon, Fox News’ Shepard Smith paid tribute to Fox News contributor and New York Times columnist Bill Kristol. Smith claims Kristol has a “Kristol Ball” for predicting that former Massachusetts governor would drop out at the Conservative Political Action Conference and that Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) would win the Ohio and Texas primaries. Smith even gave Kristol his very own Fox News caricature:
Of course, left unmentioned is that the “Kristol Ball” is hazier when it comes to Iraq:
– “We’re not in a civil war. This is just not true.” [7/15/07]
– The U.S. can afford to “stretch our Army and Marines” for “another year or so” in Iraq. [8/24/07]
– Vouched for a “a ticket of Fred Thompson and David Petraeus” in 2008. [9/13/07]
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Oh Shep, you clever wordsmith. E.B. White, you ain’t.
April 8th, 2008 at 5:36 pmEven a broken clock is right twice a day.
April 8th, 2008 at 5:38 pmsomeone must be hitting the Kristol Meth.. got Haggard anyone?
April 8th, 2008 at 5:39 pmHe still sucked in City Slickers 2.
April 8th, 2008 at 5:39 pmISN’T THAT SOMETHING BORNE OF THE OCCULT?
EVANGELICALS ARE GOING TO LOAD THEIR DIAPERS
April 8th, 2008 at 5:39 pmNext, watch as he whips out his Ouija board and conjures up Ronnie Raygun’s brain dead brain!
April 8th, 2008 at 5:40 pmPerhaps Kristol should cut off his head and put it inside the Kristol Ball. It would work much better that way.
April 8th, 2008 at 5:41 pmThe only crystal ball Mr. Kristol might have is either his left one or his right one.
April 8th, 2008 at 5:42 pmGood grief.
Evidently, nothing embarrasses them.
I, on the other hand, being of sound mind and all, am completely embarrassed for them.
April 8th, 2008 at 5:43 pm“Kristol Ball” - a spherical object made of some unknown crystallized substance. Dark, dense yellowish in color, giving off a hideous odor, it is well known for getting it wrong 90% of the time.
April 8th, 2008 at 5:44 pmSmith claims Kristol has a “Kristol Ball” for predicting that former Massachusetts governor would drop out at the Conservative Political Action Conference and that Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) would win the Ohio and Texas primaries.
Umm…. leaving out all of the half-decade-plus of boneheaded Iraq predictions, didn’t Obama actually emerge from Texas with more delegates than Hillary?
Isn’t Wm the Bloody being lauded as a seer for the political equivalent of picking New England to win the AFC title?
April 8th, 2008 at 5:44 pm‘Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) would win the Ohio and Texas primaries’
OMG, I flipped a coin twice and guessed correctly. I must be psychic.
This just in, Bill Kristol is officially right .000001% of the time.
April 8th, 2008 at 5:45 pmIsn’t it sadly amusing how Faux Noise always “cherry picks” it’s anecdotes to prove how great they are? Yet anytime they are called on it and proven that they are using the exception that proves the rule, so to speak, they get all, “indignant”?
April 8th, 2008 at 5:46 pmKRISTOL: Wait, I’m getting another vision… Osama bin Laden is in…the basement…of…the Alamo…
April 8th, 2008 at 5:50 pmSo the patently obvious escapes ol’ Shep pretty regularly I take it.
April 8th, 2008 at 5:52 pmUmmmm, er, Shepard, aren’t there some lost LOVE LORN sheep wandering around that you should be out rounding up>? Baaaa!
April 8th, 2008 at 5:53 pm>ISN’T THAT SOMETHING BORNE OF THE OCCULT?
only if it involves someone who isnt a republican,
April 8th, 2008 at 5:55 pmIts hard to even look at Shlep Smith, let alone listen to him.
April 8th, 2008 at 5:57 pmLocal Company to Leave Berkeley Due to Protests
http://www.dailycal.org/ article/ 101127/ local_company_to_leave_berkeley_due_to_protests
Progress is good????
April 8th, 2008 at 5:58 pmIt’s Magic! and for his next act, he’s gonna make a gerbil disappear! ;)
April 8th, 2008 at 5:58 pmTheRadicalRightisRadicallyWrong Says:
April 8th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
It’s Magic! and for his next act, he’s gonna make a gerbil disappear! ;)
LMAO
April 8th, 2008 at 6:00 pmMy flagging clicker is getting tired today.
April 8th, 2008 at 6:02 pmKrystol using a crystal ball…Dang that explains everything!!!! He’s an irrational occultist.
By the way didn’t Hitler use the occult as a “guiding light”????
April 8th, 2008 at 6:05 pmThat’s what he’s counting on, Wayne.
April 8th, 2008 at 6:05 pmFunny. When TP, or Media Matters, repeats what Bloody Bill says they get proclaimed “dangerous”. But Faux Noise? They claim he’s some kind of hero and give him a platform for his lies.
April 8th, 2008 at 6:13 pmpete Says:
April 8th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Funny. When TP, or Media Matters, repeats what Bloody Bill says they get proclaimed “dangerous”. But Faux Noise? They claim he’s some kind of hero and give him a platform for his lies.
That’s kinda what I was trying to say in #13. You’re absolutely correct!
April 8th, 2008 at 6:20 pmIt’s trollswhocan’tevenspelltheirnamecorrectly day at TP.
April 8th, 2008 at 6:21 pm*Flagged for linking to a pornographic website*
April 8th, 2008 at 6:22 pmWhy would anyone listen to Faux? This is a company that won their right to lie to viewers.
April 8th, 2008 at 6:42 pmDr. Hussein Matt Says:
April 8th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
radicalambadextrious Says:
April 8th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
*Flagged for linking to a pornographic website*
I’ve sent at least three emails just today to TP including information on this troll and each time I tell them they need to block the IP address. That’s clearly not something they’re capable of doing.
April 8th, 2008 at 6:42 pmIt is getting out of control. Earlier it was threatening US troops and liberals with death threats, now it is linking to porn sites. Reich-wingers are clearly sick, demented “people”.
April 8th, 2008 at 6:53 pmDr. Hussein Matt Says:
April 8th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
gummitch Says:
April 8th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
It is getting out of control. Earlier it was threatening US troops and liberals with death threats, now it is linking to porn sites. Reich-wingers are clearly sick, demented “people”.
This particular troll isn’t particularly ideological, it’s just flat insane and desperate for attention. It shows up here because the security is so slack.
April 8th, 2008 at 6:56 pmAfter the Democratic party regains the White House in 2009, it’ll be “Kristol’s Bawl”.
April 8th, 2008 at 6:58 pmI predict from the Biloxi Crystal ball that Vampire Kristol will make another error in column in the NYT. That is predictable as breathing.
April 8th, 2008 at 6:59 pmHillary didn’t win Texas.
April 8th, 2008 at 7:05 pmMaybe that is accuracy by Fox standards. Even a broken clock is correct twice a day. It’s just that it’s wrong the other 1438 times.
April 8th, 2008 at 7:15 pmAh, but can he predict the end of the War on Christmas?
April 8th, 2008 at 7:16 pmMan, that is some shi-itty graphics Foxxx.
Looks like a mattress outlet add from Mobile or your typical infomercial!
April 8th, 2008 at 7:24 pm>This is a company that won their right to lie to viewers.
Right.. truly amazing… personally, I think if any organization advertises itself as a news organization, any falsehoods they knowingly propogate should be considered a deceptive trade practice..
April 8th, 2008 at 7:25 pma news organization : Fox :: Nobel Laureate : DieNowForPeace
April 8th, 2008 at 7:27 pmWow, Fox “News” has crossed the line into crazytown territory.
April 8th, 2008 at 8:28 pmThey used to just be a propaganda mill.
Well, at least Bill can say he has a ball.
It doesn’t work but, hey, you can’t have it all…
April 8th, 2008 at 8:29 pmI’ve noticed the skirts keep getting shorter and the necklines lower on the Fox news bimbos.
April 8th, 2008 at 8:37 pmHow long before one of them (Fox & Friends?) “accidently” gives their male viewers a Britney Spears peak to try to retain their disappearing audience.
It will probably happen in the near future.
That’s my prediction.
I’d say the only Kristol Balls in this instance are shriveled & impotent.
April 8th, 2008 at 8:37 pmFox has had Karl Rove and Newt Gringrich doing commentary tonight.
April 8th, 2008 at 9:10 pmRove fled the white House one step ahead of the subpoenas and Gingrich resigned from Congress because of ethics violations.
NEWS YOU CAN TRUST!
flavorino Says:
April 8th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Fox has had Karl Rove and Newt Gringrich doing commentary tonight.
Rove fled the white House one step ahead of the subpoenas and Gingrich resigned from Congress because of ethics violations.
NEWS YOU CAN TRUST!
I think you meant, LIES YOU CAN BANK ON! IF YOU’RE A NEOCON!
April 8th, 2008 at 9:25 pmI finnaly figured out what Bloody Bill looks like. The “Jackovasaurus” from South Park!
http://thinkprogress.org/wonkroom/tag/kristol/
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://myspace-148.vo.llnwd.net/01852/84/12/1852652148_thumb1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://video.aol.com/ video-detail/ jakovasaurs/ 3501650155&h=90&w=120&sz=4&hl=en&start=9&um=1&tbnid=UW_xiFVKX2WryM:&tbnh=66&tbnw=88&prev=/ images%3Fq%3Djackovasaurus%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN
April 8th, 2008 at 9:37 pmKristol has no balls, he’s a eunuch.
You know, a “castrado”
He had em’ clipped when they offered him the soprano solo in the neocon choir.
April 8th, 2008 at 9:52 pmClinton LOST Texas.
Romney didn’t drop out… he SUSPENDED his campaign.
William the Bloody is never correct.
Shepard Smith lies like a used-car salesman.
April 8th, 2008 at 10:26 pmOT
For those who missed todays trollfest, it seems that the stakes are going up. Multiple threats of violence, porn links and plenty of other despicable shenanigans. I strongly urge you all to be VERY selective about links from “non-regulars”. There’s no telling what kind of infections the punks might try to unleash.
G’night good people.
April 8th, 2008 at 11:42 pmYou too trolls.
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FOXPRAVDA smokes Kristol and sux Balls?
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April 9th, 2008 at 1:39 am