Media Matters: Fox News’ attacks on the Obama White House ‘have been occurring since January 20.’
By on Oct 22nd, 2009 at 9:00 pm
Media Matters: Fox News’ attacks on the Obama White House ‘have been occurring since January 20.’
Soon after White House communications director Anita Dunn called out Fox News for being the “communications arm of the Republican Party,” Fox News senior vice president Michael Clemente said that “[i]t’s astounding the White House cannot distinguish between news and opinion programming.” But a subsequent Media Matters item demonstrated just how much Fox’s “news” mirrors its right-wing opinion. Now, a new Media Matters video documents the fact that Fox News “declared ‘war’ on the White House long before Dunn’s comments.” Watch it:
Update A top Fox News official offers this nonsensical defense of the network:
Michael Clemente, senior vice president for news and editorial programming at Fox, said the White House was conflating the network’s commentary with its news coverage. That, Mr. Clemente said, “would be like Fox News blaming the White House senior staff for the Washington Redskins’ losing record.” “I think we’re doing the job we’re supposed to be doing,” he said, “and we do it as well as anyone.”
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October 22nd, 2009 at 9:09 pmThis is not going to win any viewers except for the viewers Faux News already has. All day MSM has been telling me and millions of others that the White House has been attacking Faux News. Really? All day Faux has been going on and on about how MSNBC is attacking them. Hmmm… It sounds like Faux is scared, doesn’t it? Young people watch MSNBC and Colbert and Stewart. Old folks and the paranoid watch Faux.
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:09 pmP.D.,
Don’t forget the Christianista, foxsuckers that watch ClusterFox too.
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:13 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
I remember it during the campaign. I remember it during the campaign for dems in 06.
This is not open for discussion. Anyone who denies faux bias is not willing to have an honest discussion.
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:18 pmSpeak English or Die Tryin says
Don’t run away unless you’re just plain yellow. Explain yourself.
When has the right been right about anything. Be specific please.
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:19 pmrachel just did another fantastic job of laying out the facts,
showing all the proof, of this latest hypocrisy…
i remember when TP covered those ‘conservative’ talkers meetings
at the white house… and the fake and paid for journalists…
thing is, fox viewers don’t know any of it, and won’t learn…
don’t want to.
that would mean admitting they were duped.
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:20 pmThe wingnuts are still angry that we the majority of Americans voted the incompetent wingnuts out of office and elected a black man to be their leader for the next eight years. They know that we the majority are going to fix everything they screwed up and it will defeat their party for the next generation. Whine FAUXtoids you miserable losers.
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:20 pmThey report real success. Somthing that your party is totally unfamiliar with.
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:22 pmGOPig terrorist hicks cannot stand facts and reality, a sure sign that they are wrong about everything.
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:23 pmWell, lets face it. The Wingers ARE a fringe group. My daughter is only 22. She has had some medical problems and like many other young people she works full time but gets no benefits. When she hears plans like ‘Public Option’ she is interested. The GOP is the Party of no. The GOP is going to lose a generation of young people. Bet on it.
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:31 pmlibs cannot stand criticism, a sure sign that they are wrong about everything.
… and the lefty lapdog loons on MSNBC have been praising Obama since Jan. 20.
They virtually finished each other’s sentences … (vapors). As The World Turns.
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:39 pmFox has put on track shoes and is trying to lie faster than folk can air clips of them lying. Its a strange race.
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:40 pmTo be fair, the Foxbots started blaming Obama for the Bush financial collapse before the electoral votes were tallied. Up until late October it was all Bill Clinton’s fault.
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:42 pmIt matters not one bit how many times you prove Faux is the home of charlatans, hypocrites and enemies of America, because none of the Foxsuckers ever watch anything else so they will never know there are actual facts out there to be examined.
Sure, they might read Drudge or Red State or engage in circle jerks with their Freeper buddies, but again, these “sources” aren’t factual either and would never go so far as to call into question any of the fabulous successes the Republicans have claimed since they started dismantling the Constitution.
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:43 pm@15, DON’T YOU DARE SPEAK AGAINST MY DAUGHTER YOU PIG! I WILL NEVER RESPOND TO YOU AGAIN. GET LOST!
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:45 pmThen we have the weasel (apologies to real weasels) in chief Murdoch claiming that his propaganda operation has resulted in an increasing audience.
Only morons like the Fox Republican Propaganda Network’s viewers would believe the tripe that they are actually news.
The country is not turning any more gNOpig in the short span of TWO WEEKS, not even 1 month.
The sht flinging Baboon’s farce of 9/12 was a failure, amplified by the outright LIE published with a newspaper advertisement. The supposed “attacks” on the Fox Republican Propaganda Network were discussed openly only two weeks ago, with the Propaganda Network starting to play victim.
The despicable gNOpigs and Fox Propaganda were cheering when the USA lost the bid for the Olympic games and bit chin when President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace prize.
Get a life, SORE LOSERS!
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:46 pmFox has been attacking him longer than that…..all during the campaign Fox was trying to do everything it could to discredit and demean both President Obama and Mrs. Obama. How could anyone forget his pastor, Bill Ayers, his birth certificate…..has Hannity ever said one positive or kind word about either of them?…..exactly, nah gonna happen. When you are a moron like Hannity and his pal Dick Morris….and you have nothing going for you, you go after people who are achievers….the Clinton’s and the Obamas and the Gores.
O’Reilly is no bargain either…..he repeats smears and is smug and sanctimonius until he goes on Letterman and gets his ass kicked everytime he is on. Sean doesn’t have the guts to go on Letterman because he would sit there like a drooling idiot which he clearly is…..granted, a very well paid one.
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:46 pmTremendously empathetic there SPoDT. My youngest is in the same boat. Well was, she just got a union job, starts next week. Oh but unions are also a “strain on society”.
I think I might want to pursue this AFTER I get my vacation (thanks unions).
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:47 pmThe Republicon Party is swirling around the toilet clinging to a shit log commonly known as the Right Wing media. They truly think that they are still in charge, being held afloat by the repulsive turds Hannity, Beck, Limbaugh, O’Reilly, FAUX Friends, Savage and the rest of the screeching traitors to America. They truly believe that they and they alone are the Patriots, the “true” Americans while they eagerly allow themselves to be led by corporate interests and propogandists whose loyalty is to a political party and the continued bleeding of the taxpayers money to further their allready obscene wealth and NOT to our Nation. These shit-clingers are oblivious to the inevitable final flush that they are bringing upon themselves and their Party by believing these liars and actually doing there bidding like good scared little lemmings.
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:48 pmbrain soap
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:51 pmSpeak English or Die Tryin says @ 15
You need your a$$ kicked badly!
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:51 pmSpeak English or Die Tryin says:
P.D. your daughter is a strain on society
His daughter is paying for Chuckie’s and Maverick’s Medicare and Social Security. Who’s the “strain” now?
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:51 pmThose who forcefully suppose themselves to be the tabulator of societies’ weaklings are, in effect, the real strain on society.
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:53 pmSpeak English or Die Tryin
I know a geek hacker who could find out exactly where you live…I think I’ll give him a call.
Word to the wise a$$hat…watch yer back.
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:55 pmRepublicans and Fox were blaming Obama for stuff even before he was sworn in. After the market melt down, they said Obama’s election was the reason why the economy was in trouble. He wasn’t even President yet.
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:56 pm“[i]t’s astounding the White House cannot distinguish between news and opinion programming.”
GMAFB!
Where’s the news? Teabaggers, Lobbyist, chimpy, squawking heads is news?
They lie and will continue to lie. I hate em.
On my am radio dial at one end is faux’s squawking heads and at the other end is faux sports. What’s next with these clowns, politicized sports?
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:56 pm27 Mycelium
Even if you could, it is not cool.
Don’t let the trolls get to you.
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:58 pmI can’t believe how Repugs are so cold. A troll literally said my daughter is a drain on society. MANY young people don’t have Insurance because Big Business won’t offer it. There is no job security, no pensions, no future for our young! College is too expensive, manufacturing is nonexistant, and that SOB tells me my daughter is a drain? Fu*k Him!
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:58 pmSpeak English or Die Tryin says:
libs cannot stand criticism, a sure sign that they are wrong about everything.
Conservatives can’t handle the “facts”, so they project… Like you patsy. ZZzzz…
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:58 pm“What’s next with these clowns, politicized sports?”
I don’t know. Maybe Rushbo or one of his Rushbots has an opinion.
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:58 pmMy party doesn’t really care about shifting the electoral process back in their favor.
We just want to finish everything off and start new with intelligunt dezign, leading to a permanent republican majority 6,000 years later.
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:59 pmP.D. says:
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:58 pm
Don’t let ‘em see you blink, PD. ((hugs))
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:00 pmDo you have children, Speak English?
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:01 pmWhat the GOP REALLY means … says:
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Do you have children, Speak English?
Does his blow up doll count?
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:03 pmI don’t watch Fox News but this was interesting. Now I remember of 8 years Bush and Cheney called Fox News their station and every Fox News fake Journalist called themselves an insider to the Bush Administration. Fox News was first to report that Bush had won in 2000 Election before the votes were in because they had inside informtion. After 8 years of corruption and lies it’s a surprise to me that anyone watches Fox News. As for Beck he’s off the rehab of alcohol and drugs and it’s interesting to see Blacks call Obama racist and smile as those put the African American down. Does Fox News even know we have soldiers of all races dying for the United States of America? Just to think my daughter and son put their lives on the line to protect these idiots makes me sick. Rush’s orders have been followed and Fox News is doing it’s part to bring down the USA and the President.
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:03 pmNeh, trolls aint worth a quart of rancid bear grease.
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:04 pmZooey@35, I know. Thanks for the hugs. But the Repugs are making a terrible mistake. We have seen old folks screaming at younger people. Jesus! They heckled a women in a wheelchair for Gods sake! Now they are bringing family members into their arguments? Did you see ‘HardBall’ tonight? Frank Gaffney had the BALLS to tell Ron Reagan Jr. his father would be ashamed of him! This has got to end! I’ll tell you what. The Gipper would be ashamed of what the Repug Party has become.
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:05 pmjohnny dol1ar says:
Thanks johnny – I’ve been dealing with trolls on this board for many years now. (Since before Ryan Neat used to spank Mighty Aphrodite all over these boards if anyone else has been around that long)
I gave up being a pacifist and any attempts at coolness
A little fear goes a long way sometimes
That comment was unforgivable!
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:07 pmI cant believe Gaffney sockpuppeted Reagan Sr. Thats really pretty lame.
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:07 pmMr.Duke shrieks:
the lefty lapdog loons on MSNBC
That’s a pretty strange nickname for Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough and Nixon adviser Pat Buchanan.
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:08 pm“The Gipper would be ashamed of what the Repug Party has become.”
He probably would, but he still would take no steps to stop it. Remember the, what was it the, 11th commandment?
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:09 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Of course. Bullies only have a problem when the other guys swings back.
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:10 pmI didn’t think it would hurt to ask if it had children, but I suspect Speaky visited ChildrenforGold.com and never looked back.
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:11 pmraygun isn’t any prize either. He is a racist who started the whole shebang.
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:11 pmP.D. says:
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:05 pm
We live in truly interesting times, and that ain’t necessarily a good thing.
Nothing these morons do can surprise me anymore. I think. They have decided to embrace the ugliness, even to their own detriment. I say f uck ‘em, and move on. We’ll get things straightened out for them, and they don’t even have to say thank you.
I didn’t see Hardball, but I’ll find it online. I like Ron Reagan, and I doubt he has many illusions about what his dad was about. Frank Gaffney wishes he were dirt that’s been fcuked by a hobo, then he might be interesting.
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:13 pmWhatever Faux is doing, it’s working – for progressives.
The latest Washington Post/ABC News poll shows strong public support for the public option. But as KO pointed out last night, the neoCons are cutting off their moderates to spite their faces:
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:13 pm
Does anyone suppose that Jake Tapper has yet figured out how Fox News is different from ABC News?
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:14 pmP.D., point out that your daughter likes to help others and Speaky would double-down on the insults, probably exceeding 1000 posts.
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:15 pmSpeak Enlgish I’m a Conservative Racist thinks that the police and firemen who went into the World Trade Towers to try and save lives and wound up dying themselves were lazy jerks. ignore this ass.
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:16 pmhttp://thinkprogress.org/2009/10/18/kristol-union-nfl/
post 128
I was trying to find one quote related to, I guess it was Bush the elder, something about “our friends at Fox”
Any clues? Anyone remember that instance?
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:18 pmGaffney couldn’t even get confirmed to a post in the Reagan administration. His nomination was scuttled for undersecretary of defense. Sucks to be him.
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:20 pmSpeckys words are about as true as Madoffs
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:23 pmFox just lies and smears. The White House has not declared a war on Fox – they just stated the obvious truth – Fox is not a legitimate news network. Fox is nothing more than a tabloid rag.
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:25 pmThe Republicans have spent 30 years building the present party machine, and it’s mindless and heartless. It has no soul. The culture that surrounds this party has no morals, has no conscience; it represents the absolute worst of this country.
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:29 pmI am not surprised the Party faithful are having difficulties with loyalty. I feel sorry for the good Republicans who have lost their party and political identity. It’s bad enough being a progressive in this climate but forced to take ownership of the present Republican culture must be sickening.
Heart breaking *dabs eye*, really, just awful.
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:30 pmI think people get confused cause all of them flashy signs that say “News”
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:33 pm“The White House has not declared a war on Fox ”
Of course they haven’t. Had they….
Amanda’s stalker would be behind bars and babble O’reilly would be under investigation.
There would currently be an IRS investigation into Hannity’s “charity)
Rushbo would be under investigation for child porn and drug abuse.
The WH merely pointed out that Fox is not now, nor has ever been a news channel
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:34 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Any clues? Anyone remember that instance?
I recall Arbusto Sr telling Limbaugh he was ‘their guy’ once, otherwise, sorry.
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:36 pmXisithrus says:
Heart breaking *dabs eye*, really, just awful.
Now is the perfect time to mend our broken hearts and become one.
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:37 pmCroxNews was blaming Obama well before Obama was even sworn in as President.
Of course, CroxNews expressed nothing but sympathy for that stupid drunk who formerly occupied the White House.
Where were all the “financially responsible” minds at CroxNews during the run-up to the Iraq mess?
CroxNews has had absolutely no problem with the many trillions spent on the Iraq stupidity, engineered by its repiggie toadies.
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:39 pmP.D. @ 31,
The “Speak English or Die Tryin” comment. Aside from the obvious reaction, I can’t determine what would motivate this kind of reaction. Make no mistake, you should gain some smug satisfaction knowing this guy is an utterly misberable excuse for a human being, and he has to live with that everyday, and he ain’t dead yet.
best wishes, flight
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:41 pmWell put flight @58.
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:42 pmI had like this Karl Rove head floating around my imagination when reading that..ack ptooey ack
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:43 pmbaker56 says:
Who is ever going to look at spam from optoons.com and believe it is not bogus? If you have something on the President, it would be from a reliable source. Now go away little troll.
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:44 pm63. Xisithrus
Yes. That one is also true.
But I was trying to make the connection that the Bush crime family and Rupert go waaaaay back.
I’ll just drop the issue of this particular quote, since it is not really news or a surprise to anyone.
Thanks.
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:48 pmXisithrus says:
I had like this Karl Rove head floating around my imagination when reading that..ack ptooey ack
Oh yeah?
I wanna know what love isssssss
I want you to shoow meeeeeeeee
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:50 pmJust Hormiga says:
Fox just lies and smears. The White House has not declared a war on Fox – they just stated the obvious truth – Fox is not a legitimate news network. Fox is nothing more than a tabloid rag.
They aren’t even like the tabloid Star, they are more like Weekly World News. They run with headlines such as a woman fell into a pond and had frog babies.
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:50 pmI know that Ailes, who started fox news, goes a way back to the Reagan/Bush era
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:50 pmbaker56, at least he doesn’t have to hide because he’s a failure like the gop.
You’re just pissy cause no one is dancing to your stupid tune anymore. Sucks to be you.
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:50 pmOkay,ok, Ill write a check to the GOP just make it stop for the love of all that is and that will ever be!
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:55 pmActually, Fox news is a terrorist network, plain and simple. Fox news needs to be completely banned from the airwaves. We don’t allow Al Qaeda to broadcast on American airwaves, why should we allow Fox news to do the same?
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:57 pmflight@66, I am not usually so thin skinned. But our young people are suffering. No security, not enough money for college, no manufacturing. The security our parents had, has vanished. And MSM doesn’t talk about it. But I SEE it. My husband and I are taking about leaving. You know Canada, Europe. Somewhere where they invest in their young people. Lord knows, they aint getting it here.
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:57 pmWell, to be fair, our red suited tin cup monkey is turning the organ handle backwards
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:57 pmHmmm … how big a check, Xith?
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:04 pmBigger than Bobby Jindals.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:06 pmBlue morning, blue day, wont you see things my way
Blue morning, cant you see, what your love has done to me
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:06 pmThat’s chump change. Try again.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:07 pmwise latino says @ 76
Terrorist is a bit of an overstatement but your point is well taken.
They should at least be forced to air a disclaimer before every broadcast
Fox news, as we all know, is not news but infotainment…the Jane Akra case proved it.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:07 pmXisithrus: I couldn’t find any comment from Bush,
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:08 pmbut did find a quote from Cheney on a Dem Underground blog on his preference of Fox, made on 4/29/04. The WaPo link is now unavailable.
Whaddya mean Jindals check was like really really big
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:08 pm(Sorry…that’s Jane Akre not Akra)
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:10 pmHere’s a hint: Pizza! Pizza!
Give me what I want. I can bust out the love lyrics all night.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:11 pmI’ll even pay for your plane ticket if thats what I have to do to get leftists out of my country.
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You are intentionally ridiculous?
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:13 pmThanx, but I think it was Stormy looking for a Fox/Bush link
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:13 pmP.D.@77
You don’t need to explain because I know exactly where you are coming from. Who would have guessed our great country would end up on this road. I think there were worse times in the country and America pulled through. Why yould this time be any different.
Tell yourself “Brave New World”.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:14 pmFine. Don’t give in to my demands.
You are the love of my life, Xith.
Did you read me?
You are the love of my life.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:14 pmHannity should take his fat butt over to a recruiting station and enlist to fight in Iraq or in Afghanistan.
The porky blabbermouth seems to get sexually aroused by the whole idea of battle, even though he himself has not, nor ever will, serve in the military in a war.
CroxNews is just that – a total crock, full of white-wing, under-educated blowhards, meatheads who never graduated from an accredited university.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:15 pmYour country is over the ocean blue and bows to royalty neo tories
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:16 pmI’ll even pay for your plane ticket if thats what I have to do to get leftists out of my country
And what country would that be xenophobe. In my country, the country I served for 22 years, compassion and helping others is our creedo. Tolerance is also a must.
SO what country are you speaking about. PRK, PRC, what?
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:17 pmI am a Phoenix!
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:17 pmKeep posting Speak English or Die Tryin
The more you post…the easier you are to trace
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:18 pmI lied. I dont have any money, just checks. Now you will hate me forevere, kick me out of the country club, I know your kind, you would have cheated on me anyway what with all the airports and gopers out there.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:20 pmThe troll needs to wipe his chin, and scrub the dry snot from under his nose.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:21 pmThis country was founded on conservativism. Yes, MY COUNTRY. You leftists need to go back to the socialist liberal hell hole european countries that you came from.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 11:21 pmpretender bum me out. so do attention seekers. weak pretenders and attention seekers are the worst….
90 Xisithrus
Not “Stormy”
It was me.
But as I said, it is not really surprising to anyone the Fox Republican Propaganda Network and the gNOpigs go back for years.
Thank you guys.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:22 pmOk I get it now…You’re a comedian!
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:23 pm“You leftists need to go back to the socialist liberal hell hole european countries that you came from”
Again what country are you defending? Obviously if “your” country is now being run by european socialists, you must be 100% Native American.
If you are claiming to be from the U.S. you might really try reading a real history book. No CLassic comics isn’t the ticket. Wait maybe looking at the pictures is your limit.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:24 pmThis country was founded on conservativism
Conservatism, in the truer sense of the word means Kings, Clergy and the powerless masses. You know, those Kings and Lords and Monarchs and their clergy we strived to get away from.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:24 pmSpeak English or Die Tryin says:
This comment has been voted down. Click to read.
P.D. your daughter is a strain on society.
Your existance is a strain on America. Leave it.
Oh…. FLAGGED!
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:25 pmJeebus, these TorieTrolls even have alternate history memories. We were prolly seen as socialists to the British empire, those damn colonialists keeping and not giving us their wealth, how dare these people deny the exceptional empire entitled to their resources of land and labor. And the Torie Trolls sided with the British and had scones and tea.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:29 pmSee, I knew it wasnt me =)
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:30 pmWow, you must have really hated Dubya Bush, if non-English speakers really bother you that much.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:34 pmSpeak English or Die Tryin says:
This country was founded on conservativism.
LOL! Delusion much? This country was founded on “liberalism” from the “enlightenment” that railed against “conservatism”, “crown” and “pope”!
Speak English or Die Tryin says:
Yes, MY COUNTRY.
England? LOL! This country was founded on Liberalism, don’t you wish your ancestors hadn’t come to the land of “Liberals” little fascist idiot? LOL!
Speak English or Die Tryin says:
You leftists need to go back to the socialist liberal hell hole european countries that you came from.
Hell hole? You haven’t been to europe have you? LOL! Maybe you need to go to a fascist conservative hell hole like somalia or afghanistan and see what your texas taliban is dreaming of? LOL!
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:34 pmXisithrus says:
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“90 Xisithrus
Not “Stormy”
It was me.
See, I knew it wasnt me =”
Definitely no me, Stormy. I sipping on a nice scotch and laughing at the pathetic troll. Far less educational than your quest, but hey I’m on vacation.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:35 pmSpeak English or Die Tryin says:
I think moving to cuba would be a great idea for you P.D., I hear EVERYONE is treated equal there.
I think moving to somalia would be a great idea for you and your fellow teabaggers! It’s a “conservative” paradise!
Speak English or Die Tryin says:
I’ll even pay for your plane ticket if thats what I have to do to get leftists out of my country.
I’m sure we can start a fund to move you all to somalia and leave this “liberal” Democracy to those that represent its values and history? Ok d***chebag?
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:36 pmno=not
Maybe another sip will cure the mis-spellings.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:36 pmXisithrus says:
This country was founded on conservativism
Conservatism, in the truer sense of the word means Kings, Clergy and the powerless masses. You know, those Kings and Lords and Monarchs and their clergy we strived to get away from.
Exactly. The things our forefathers warned against… Our forefathers warned against “tories” like Speak English or Die.
Even his name is a death threat to foreigners.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:37 pmitz oka, mi tiping suks, butt i spel grate!
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:37 pmbaker56 says:
Dear Leader is just afraid of people with facts, and when the Drones can’t debate the facts, they demonize. That’s why Dear Leader is only seen on interviews like this: http://optoons.blogspot.com/2009/10/seeking-to-avoid-tough-questions-obama.html
Bush and the fascists aren’t the “dear leaders” anymore, and their hatred of “media” isn’t what runs the whitehouse, my “dear d**chebag”… LOL!
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:37 pmSpeak English or Die Tryin,
English is not the native language of this country.
Nor was it founded on “conservatism”.
But then these are the kinds the kind of delusions we can expect when professional mental manipulaters have control of a news network
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:38 pmand Rupert Murdoch is publishing bibles.
If “conservatism” and “Republican” is what America really wants–how come Obama is President? With Limbaugh, Hannity, and Beck leading the GOP charge, the question becomes, “Just exactly how small and incestuous do you want to become?”
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:41 pmI guess the troll must be scrubbing that dried snot…
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:41 pmP.D. says:
flight@66, I am not usually so thin skinned. But our young people are suffering. No security, not enough money for college, no manufacturing. The security our parents had, has vanished.
This is the truest thing written here today. Sho’nuff, few of us in our 50’s and 60’s have pensions, or that rare beast, retiree medical benefits, but our children will have none of these and no memory of a time when a lifetime of hard work could buy security for yourself and your family. I can’t buy in to the right wing crap that we are mortgaging our children’s future to pay for health reform, as best I can tell you greedy folk sold my children’s future years ago. Now you’re just busy trying to convince them that work will make them free.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:41 pmRantin Tom
Thanks for the support. Also, love your music.
Now to see if speaking nonsense is still around.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:43 pmZooey says:
I guess the troll must be scrubbing that dried snot…
It all depends what hole the troll is scrubbing the dried snot from. Probably from his sphincter. The stupid flows out of him like a river there.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:43 pmstormy says:
Rantin Tom
Thanks for the support. Also, love your music.
Now to see if speaking nonsense is still around.
I love his music too. I own one of his CDs. Unfortunately for you his music (mostly politically driven) speaks not too kindly about your kind and of your ilk little troll.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:46 pm120.
Great comment. Both my daughters are in their 30s and I worry for them. My two grand kids (both 10)……..just thinking of what’s ahead of the scares the daylights out of me.
Since we’ve become a “service” economy pay has dropped, benefits evaporated and job security is gone.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:47 pmIntrepid, I think you got stormy mixed up with storm
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:48 pmDid I hurt the little trolls feelings to the point that the little troll has to vote down posts?
Awwwwww…. Poor widdle stormy…. looking for pity…. Pity the troll won’t find here or anywhere where intelligent people congregate…. Sucks to be Stormy.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:50 pmSpeak English or Die Tryin @ 87 & 98,
It is obvious you are a very miserable s.o.b. I have found this can usually be traced to an ongoing physical ailment. I have read your comments, and I think you are suffering from a poor diet. Think, do you have constipation, hemorrhoids and big pimples covering your butt checks. I suggest you switch to a diet high in fiber, plenty of “nuts”, fruits and vegetables.
I believe all this rambling of yours will subside, and you can become a member of the human race again.
No need to thank me, you should recover quickly, flight
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:50 pmanyways, gotta get up in 5 hours, gnite
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:51 pm123.
I’m Stormy, not storm. Easy confusion. I selected the name when TP first went to registration. It’s an old nickname my fighter jocks gave me (Retired AF forecaster). My musical tastes start and end with Blues. Well I do like Zepplin, Floyd and any combo of C,S,N and Y.
Every time I see his nick, I cringe.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:51 pmMaybe another sip will cure the mis-spellings.
Works for me, when they get all blurry like who cares how its spelled. Besides the trolls are exceptional at reedin werds dat iz spelt wrung cuz eet bees how dey wuz taut two soond owt werds.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:52 pmIntrepid. I figured it was an honest and quite understandable mistake on your part. I did not vote you down
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:54 pmRantingTommy says:
Intrepid, I think you got stormy mixed up with storm
You’re right. I did. My bad. Sorry Stormy. I DID get you mixed up with the the troll named STORM…
Thanks RT. I stand corrected.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:54 pmSpeak english and Baker56—Members of the American Taliban who worship their leaders( Rush,Glenn Peckerhead et. al).Believe what they believe or else.When they are smacked a little, they whine and cry.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:54 pmGN RT
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:55 pmThanks stormy. I fear for my children as well. My 27 year old son is an excellent and honest mechanic, he has never had health benefits, I doubt he knows anyone his age who has hope of a pension if they remain with the same company 30 years. A man and woman can work hard, 40 hours a week, and scarcely pay the daycare, rent, and food. It’s not abortion, gay marriage, and all the diversions the right serve up to energize their base that are destroying the family, it’s the need for both parents to run themselves ragged to supply basic necessities. We’re about one step from the slums of Manchester during the early 1800’s.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:57 pmstormy says:
Intrepid. I figured it was an honest and quite understandable mistake on your part. I did not vote you down
It was an honest mistake in my part. My bad… RT corrected me and I figured out who voted me down. It was the other STORM (my reference to “troll” in my post on 126.
Does that mean I have to take a time out, stand in a corner, write “I will not confuse stormy and storm again” 100 times on a chalkboard?
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:57 pmIntrepid
I enjoyed you troll bashing for a long time. Just glad it’s cleared up.
Thank Ranting Xix….I’m not even going to try and spell it at this point.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:58 pmThat troll idiot lurking is voting all comments down just for nothing.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:58 pmRantingTommy says:
anyways, gotta get up in 5 hours, gnite
Take care…. Night RT…. Sleep well buddy.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:58 pmJohnny dol1ar says:
That troll idiot lurking is voting all comments down just for nothing.
It’s just STORM being a coward… That’s all…
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:59 pmIntrepid,
No harm, no foul. Better safe than sorry. The will come up in the morning.
Damn kids, gave me a cliche book for my birthday. Sorry.
Keep kicking a . .
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:00 amstormy says:
Intrepid
I enjoyed you troll bashing for a long time. Just glad it’s cleared up.
Thank you. I’m glad it’s cleared up too. And again, thanks to RT for correcting me.
Troll bashing?? I live for it!! LOL.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:04 am135. Maybe 1/2 a step. My youngest is 30. Bartends and makes decent money but they work her 14+ hours a day and no benefits. Luckily for our family my wife and I work regular hours and can do 90% of the child care for my grand kids.
My oldest gave Thom Hartmann’s book “screwed” great read.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:04 amThe troll claims that this nation was founded on the principles of “conservatism.”
That is directly from the evangelical repiggie playbook, the tome of choice for the dominionist evangelical freaks who are busting a nut to have a holy roller theocracy in this nation.
A theocracy is theo-crazy.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:05 amstormy says:
Intrepid,
No harm, no foul. Better safe than sorry. The will come up in the morning.
Damn kids, gave me a cliche book for my birthday. Sorry.
Keep kicking a . .
I should have been more careful reading the usernames so I don’t get them mixed up…
And I intend to kick troll a..
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:08 amsays:
This comment has been voted down. Click to read.
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This country was founded on conservativism. Yes, MY COUNTRY. You leftists need to go back to the socialist liberal hell hole european countries that you came from
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Speak English or Die Tryin,
I believe you fell asleep during history class. The conservatives during the revolutionary time wanted to stay British. The radicals wanted change and formed a very progressive government in 1776.
I believe would have been quite comfortable with King George. Jefferson, Washington or Madison would have thrown you out on your a$$.
Forgive me, but you are really uninformed, go read a history book.
Politely, flight
Note:
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:08 amI would like to correct. The correct presentation when referring to the United States is “our country”, not my country!!!!
You see, you can’t refer to the singular is this instance, our forefathers insisted on this point.
Interepid
I don’t get to post here often. I work some rather bizarre hours so the threads are usually dead by the time I get online.
I look forward to our meeting again.
It’s been a long day and as bourgeois as it seems, I have an early tee time. I’ve got to take some money away from the GOP golf buddy of mine (Eisenhower rep–hates the GOP today)
Have a terrific evening.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:16 amSome use just an X
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:17 amI know that letter is on this keyboard somewhere…..X cool I found it. Thanks again for having my 6
Have a great evening.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:20 amstormy says:
Interepid
I don’t get to post here often. I work some rather bizarre hours so the threads are usually dead by the time I get online.
Same here. I work the second shift at my workplace. I have come here in the mornings once in a while though, that is IF I get up early enough. I normally sleep till noon during the most part.
I look forward to our meeting again.
As do I.
It’s been a long day and as bourgeois as it seems, I have an early tee time. I’ve got to take some money away from the GOP golf buddy of mine (Eisenhower rep–hates the GOP today)
Gonna buy the rounds afterward?
Have a terrific evening.
Night.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:24 amMemories… at least MA could put together a sentence, even if every day we had to suffer her annoying “toodles”…
Now back OT – Didn’t Fox News go to, and win , a court case to give them the right to lie because they are an entertainment entity, not actually news? And now they’re complaining about being called opinion? More like propaganda.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:25 amThanks. You as well. GN Stormy
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:26 amSKdeA says: @ 151
Yea those were the days. Quality trolls if there is such a thing.
They sure did win such a case…mentioned it in an earlir post. (Jane Akre)
They really should have to post a disclaimer before every broadcast.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:34 amI see our troll STORM is in hiding voting down everyone. That’s ok… I just counter-voted his trollish down votes.
Sucks to be STORM.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:35 amThere is no doubt Fox News is not news, it’s Fox Views.
The question is: How many Americans consider evidence, then decide. Most of us never watch Fox News and seldom watch MSNBC and wish CNN would live up to their name.
It’s the BBC and PBS for me.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:38 amMighty Aphrodite — now there was a troll with staying power. Never thought I’d miss that insufferable b!tch. :D
Goodnight, all.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:43 amGoodnight Zooey
God did I hate her (MA) but she was entertaining.
Gotta hit the hay myself
R.I.P. Soupy Sales
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:47 amThere have been over 296 indigenous spoken languages
found in America, north of Mexico.
As you probably know, many tribes were forced to speak only English
in church run missions and schools, and prohibited from practicing any rituals or ceremonies of their own people. Children in some areas were separated from their families for this “assimilation”.
They were forced to worship jesus, and to speak English, or die.
Though many survived as individuals, it was death for their culture,
and many languages were lost.
I don’t believe that this legacy of forced cultural conformity
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:51 amis one that we should want to perpetuate.
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Dear Mr Duke #5,
Of course it’s NOT praising a sitting president when FOXPRAVDA did it with Bush, NO?
In fact, FOXPRAVDA WAS THE POLITICAL MEDIA-MOUTH OF THE WHITE HOUSE…
… THEY NEVER RIPPED INTO BUSH AND CALLED HIM A (R)ACIST, DID THEY?
… THEY NEVER QUESTIONED THE BUSH TORTURE POLICY OR ILLEGAL DETAINMENT AND REFUSAL OF DUE RIGHTS, DID THEY?
… THEY NEVER QUESTIONED WMD’s, IMMINENT THREATS AND TIES TO AL-CIA-DUH, DID THEY?
… THEY NEVER CALLED BUSH A LIAR, DID THEY?
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October 23rd, 2009 at 12:52 amThey are talking about slicing wrists FFS What lunarmodule would want to go there?
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:55 amYes, R.I.P., Soupy Sales.
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:00 amAnd thanks for having lunch with me.
X, #160,
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:05 amBachmenn will!
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p.s.
Mr. Duke,
TONY SNOW!
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October 23rd, 2009 at 1:06 amThe trolls seem to be getting dumber every day. I take it as a sign the Republican party is dying by attrition. When Speak English said “my country” I assume he meant the patch of hilltop his trailer sits on. Stupid inbred sh#tkicker.
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:30 amShayne,
The G(no)P is fractured…
… The Grand Opportunist Plutocracy
… The (R)eligious (R)ight
… The Neo-CONservatives
… The Old White Man’s club
… The Great Obstructionst Party
Damn, they keep growing that umbrella yet seem to keep shrinking Party favorbility…
… NOW THAT’S something to be ’sham-wow’d about!
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October 23rd, 2009 at 1:46 amThis video is nearly perfect, but it is missing something. At the end it should list all of the companies that are currently advertising on Fox. I think it would be prudent for all of America to see who is sponsoring their messages of hate. Fox will only change if it affects their bottom line.
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:49 amI almost asked English who was the king of HIS country…
… And just where HIS country exists, too!
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October 23rd, 2009 at 1:53 amThe whole FOX operation is an ugly monster. how does it feel FOX people? how does it feel to be on the dark side?
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:57 am.
I HOPE FOX FAILS!
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October 23rd, 2009 at 2:00 am.
Q U E S T I O N:
When FOXPRAVDA says Obama IS Ayers or Wright…
… Are they saying BUSH IS Lynde England?
When FOXPRAVDA says Obama IS ACORN…
… Are they saying CHENEY IS Blackwater?
When FOXPRAVDA says Obama IS a FAILURE…
… Are they saying BUSH IS ‘MISSION ACCOMPLISHED‘?
When FOXPRAVDA says Obama IS a Racist…
… Are they saying “White Culture” IS G(no)P?
When FOXPRAVDA says Obama IS Trashing the Constitution…
… Are they saying WARRANTLESS WIRETAPPING IS Constitutional?
When FOXPRAVDA says Obama IS ‘Killin Grandma…
… Are they saying BUSH IS Saving the Troops?
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October 23rd, 2009 at 2:24 amOT
repugs don’t have a problem with giving money away if their chimp-in-charge is doing the splurging.
But they complain about helping the sick and needy.
October 23rd, 2009 at 3:44 amFox’s behavior toward the POTUS and his Cabinet is reprehensible, appalling and unprecedented. Never before in American history has a major media outlet with such an expansive platform been turned into a propaganda machine for a political party. Fox is not news because the line between its commentary and news is severely blurred.
Personally, I am deeply saddened for Mr. Obama and his family. He inherited the worst economic condition since the Great Depression along with 2 wars and a deeply divided country. And Fox and the GOP has done nothing but assassinate his character and that of his cabinet members while dividing the country even more.
October 23rd, 2009 at 4:39 amThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Didn’t you already say this?
October 23rd, 2009 at 5:28 amBakerrepug: Get off the LSD, you’re on a bad trip
October 23rd, 2009 at 5:40 am173 carnival baker56
is one of those wingnut idiots with a lame free blog spamming TP and trying to drive traffic to his crap hole.
Flagged.
October 23rd, 2009 at 6:54 amSpeak English or Die Trying has no clue about the terms “conservatism” or “liberalism.” Conservatives like to keep things the way they are, like the teabaggers. Therefore, the American Revolutionaries, who were trying to CHANGE things and make a country of their own with no king, were NOT conservatives. The people who are attempting to provide healthcare coverage to ALL Americans are liberals, or progressives. They are trying to make things better for PEOPLE not for corporate America. The teabaggers are being brainwashed and manipulated against their own self-interest by the millions of dollars these corporations are pouring into this public relations effort. But with a majority of Americans favoring a public option so they don’t have to lose their homes in the event of a health crisis, this option may yet pass.
October 23rd, 2009 at 7:18 amI applaud Pres. Obama for speaking out about the theft and greed of and by Wall Street, something Pres. Bush and the GOP have yet to do!
Regarding V.P. Cheney and Fox, The President has a right and a Duty to address misconceptions about his administration. To not do so, would be foolish and oh, so not smart. The Party of No and Deception, have been bashing President Obama for months — he is not born in the U.S., he is a socialist — they can say whatever they want but when someone speaks back, not fight back in a nasty way, they call Foul! How disingenuous. We want a President who can set the record straight — and point out the clear, cold facts. We need this now in this era of so much misconception and deception. That is part of the Change.
October 23rd, 2009 at 7:57 amAnyone who has tried to watch straight-up Fox news programming in the morning and afternoon knows how bogus that statement is. The entire network is biased.
http://sunstateactivist.org/ssablog/
October 23rd, 2009 at 8:28 amSpeak English speaks crap. What the hell is he complaining about. Go Back to Europe, if you don’t like America,jerk!
October 23rd, 2009 at 8:33 amflight says:
Note:
I would like to correct. The correct presentation when referring to the United States is “our country”, not my country!!!!
You see, you can’t refer to the singular is this instance, our forefathers insisted on this point.
So what you’re saying is that we really should have been taught to sing:
Our country ’tis of thee
October 23rd, 2009 at 9:10 amSweet of liberty
Of thee we sing
Land where our fathers died
Land of our Pilgrims’ pride
From every mountainside
Screw Hannity?
“Michael Clemente, senior vice president for news and editorial programming at Fox”.
When trying to claim a distinction between news and editorilizing, maybe it’s best for the one guy who is in charge of BOTH not to be out front on it.
October 23rd, 2009 at 9:12 amThis from the NYT today made me want to barf:
Jake Tapper has seized the opportunity to put his nose in Rupert Murdoch’s fanny.
October 23rd, 2009 at 9:27 amMr Duke is a liar and a fool while SpeakEnglish is a racist piece of garbage. The world is passing them by and they are too stupid to even wave good bye
October 23rd, 2009 at 10:00 amRab says:
“Bakerrepug: Get off the LSD, you’re on a bad trip”
LSD is much too mind expanding for baked56. his drug of choice is airplane glue.
October 23rd, 2009 at 10:02 amBaker
HA you are so funny. FACTS? From FOX? WOW, you are a natural comedian. I never met a con with an actual sense of humor before. Morons like you hate facts and reality more than vampires hate sunlight. You do lie to yourselves quite often however. Anyway good job on the jokes.
October 23rd, 2009 at 10:02 amSpeak English. We already KNOW how astonishingly stupid you are. You dont have to try so hard by posting such utter ignorance as saying this country was founded on conservatism. My GOD you are stupid. This country was founded on Enlightenment principles. RADICALLY Liberal for its time. Democratic values. Seperation of Church and State these concepts were more radically left for its day than anything you will see from lefties allowed anywhere NEAR the media. You do realize you are a very stupid person dont you?
October 23rd, 2009 at 10:06 amSpeak English or Die Tryin is a coward, not to mention an inbred cretin. A menace to the gene pool.
October 23rd, 2009 at 10:08 amSome say, FAUX is Fake.
October 23rd, 2009 at 11:05 amWhat’s funny about this whole thing is that the White House has just said what everyone knows to be the case. It’s like this big elephant in the room. One of the cable news networks is not a “news” network at all, but simply a propaganda outlet which broadcasts enough news to cover their butts. It’s not like the people watching Fox News don’t know this. But, it suits Fox News to play the victim. So be it.
October 23rd, 2009 at 11:51 amI got about half way and shut it down. If any sane person can make it all the way through they are a better person than me!
October 23rd, 2009 at 2:00 pm@18. P.D., I am so sorry that Speak English (because he can’t write it very well) is a dolt. Talk about an ad hominem attack! Your daughter seems to be trying her best to keep her head above water. She is working and NOT a drain (he used strain, which is not the correct word) on society, because she is supporting herself. That’s more than I can say for some neocons who rely on daddy’s trust fund or (hypocrtical and secretive) welfare payments, a la Joe the Plumber and Craig T. Nelson, who are OK with receiving handouts, but not with helping anyone else. Speak English probably doesn’t have any grown children to worry about in this awful jobs market, which is the worst it’s been in years, so he is as sensitive as a brick wall. I wish your daughter the best, and I hope the public option can be passed soon so your and her fears can be alleviated.
October 23rd, 2009 at 2:11 pmThe issue is not that FOX News is critical of the Democratic party and everything Obama. The issue is that they are critical simply to be critical. Their boss (Ailes) has publicly acknowledged that their main mission shall be to criticize Obama’s policies, no matter what they are, and hence they have lost all objectivity.
FOX News network is no longer merely reporting the news. They are creating the news by promoting controversial events before they have taken place (e.g., tea-bagging, 9/12 rallies),  promoting fear and hatred against a subset of the population (e.g., portraying all illegal aliens as violent vermin, demonizing abortion clinic physicians) and proselytizing a specific agenda with the stated goal of assisting the GOP in its desire to play the role of obstructionist in Congress. In addition, they will filter out any story that they perceive will cast a positive light on Obama’s administration.
They have reduced themselves to be a propaganda tool for the conservative base. That is certainly their right, but they lose the right to claim “fair and balanced” and to behave self-righteous and indignant when called out on it.
October 23rd, 2009 at 9:50 pm