Comments on: News from the front

News from the front

donfactor — Sat, 21 Jun 2003 04:08:41 -0800

The war of the succession has really begun. Check out the best or right wing conspiratorial humor - if that isn't an oxymoron.

By: Slithy_Tove

Slithy_Tove — Sat, 21 Jun 2003 06:43:52 -0800

From the site: Sick of the media's puffery of Hillary Clinton and her new book in an obvious effort to help her presidential chances? I'm a righty, and it's obvious to me that most US mass media have a mild liberal bias, but the above accusation is simply not true. Virtually all media, liberal and conservative, have bashed the book as insincere, superficial garbage, written only to advance Hillary's political ambitions. I haven't noticed any puffery.

By: Postroad

Postroad — Sat, 21 Jun 2003 07:06:11 -0800

Newsmax is about as low as media can get, no matter which side of the middle you sit in...the deck (could make one for Coulter) is a cheap shot and hardly at this point imaginative. Just plain trash.

By: four panels

four panels — Sat, 21 Jun 2003 07:25:16 -0800

Whether it be the negroes or assertive women, the Republicans are always there for with a good laugh. Because is you're not sweeping the porch for the man, you're stupid hahaha.

By: squirrel

squirrel — Sat, 21 Jun 2003 08:31:20 -0800

Slithy, the liberal media bias is a myth. Perhaps it was true in the 1970s, but only neocon repetition of the myth keeps it alive. I'm a lefty, and I see media dominators like Clear Channel, MSNBC, FOX and CNN taking an unabashedly neocon view. And it should follow logically from the media consolidations of the last 10 years, don't you suppose?

By: Ignatius J. Reilly

Ignatius J. Reilly — Sat, 21 Jun 2003 08:55:11 -0800

How come people can still talk about the liberal media, but when I mention my love affair with bigfoot, everyone gets all incredulous.

By: RylandDotNet

RylandDotNet — Sat, 21 Jun 2003 09:27:09 -0800

It's obvious that there's a liberal media bias... sheesh, during the whole runup to Iraq, I couldn't turn on a news broadcast without seeing those damned war protestors. And now this Bigfoot thing, I swear, will it ever stop? They've taken over, and it's time for Real Americans to FIGHT BACK! The conservative voices in this country will no longer be marginalized!

By: Mayor Curley

Mayor Curley — Sat, 21 Jun 2003 09:46:57 -0800

Four panels' link is amazing! Bush and his speechwriters can't get enough of those Southern Regionalisms. We get it George! You were born in New England, educated in New England and your family has called New England home for nearly 400 years, but you're a Texan! No one can accuse you of being some northeastern elitist because you're sometimes photographed in tacky cowboy hats and say "Crawford" more often than most people say "hello."

By: homunculus

homunculus — Sat, 21 Jun 2003 10:03:23 -0800

You can always count on the uncompromising liberal media!

By: skallas

skallas — Sat, 21 Jun 2003 11:38:05 -0800

Newsmax. 'nuff said.

By: herc

herc — Sat, 21 Jun 2003 12:15:46 -0800

This link makes me wonder... has the spoofed Iraqi deck of cards replaced the MasterCard "..priceless" tag as the punchline of choice for hack joke writers everywhere?

By: uosuaq

uosuaq — Sat, 21 Jun 2003 12:30:41 -0800

Could someone explain why so many conservatives hate Hillary Clinton's guts? It seems like she's even more reviled than Bill. (I'd prefer an explanation from someone who does hate her to speculation from the left.)

By: konolia

konolia — Sat, 21 Jun 2003 12:41:30 -0800

I can speak for myself (I don't hate her personally but politically is another story.) One thing that ticked me off right off the bat was the way she seemed to try to truly make it a co-presidency with her husband. I don't think she needed to hide in the kitchen making cookies, but I do think that Bill was the one elected and not her. If he was a CEO in a Fortune 500 company, she sure as heck wouldn't have been muscling in. I guess the rest as far as I am concerned is that I truly disagree with her liberal viewpoints-as I would imagine she would disagree with my conservative ones. And I hate how she handles her husband's personal peccadillos-but it must be conceded that is her business even if I personally think she should have kicked him out on his butt years ago.

By: donfactor

donfactor — Sat, 21 Jun 2003 13:34:46 -0800

uosuaq, I have wondered much the same thing. Although, I am probably not the one to suggest a reason for the excessive hatred, actually, of both the Clintons, because I do like her, but I have been reading Sidney Blumenthal's obviously partisan book, the Clinton Wars, and have found that he treats the question in a historical context that goes way beyond the old right/left analysis, and also way beyond just the Clintons. His analysis calls attenton to an alternative culture - alternative to the one that I take for granted - where a particular set of values, significances and ethics are taken to be the absolute way things are and ought to be. Of course, one can say, the we all are parts of such cultures and our critique of the other guys is at least as flawed. But the book - so far - has given me some new insights into the whole Clinton saga if only because it sets in a larger context.

By: y2karl

y2karl — Sun, 22 Jun 2003 08:26:04 -0800

Axis of Weasels

By: anewc2

anewc2 — Sun, 22 Jun 2003 10:51:33 -0800

that is her business even if I personally think she should have kicked him out on his butt years ago Remember, Bill 'n' Hill are not the only ones involved in that marriage. Here is a woman who kept her family together through betrayal from within and incredible visibility and hostility from without. And the response to her from the family-values crowd? Vitrioloc hatred. (Not talking about you, konolia.) They talk the talk, she walks the walk. Disclaimer -- I voted for her once, but lately she's gotten too Republican for me.

By: ZupanGOD

ZupanGOD — Sun, 22 Jun 2003 15:11:55 -0800

Who cares about that dishonest woman? If she is the figure the Democrats want to portray as a party leader we are doomed.

By: owillis

owillis — Sun, 22 Jun 2003 15:20:04 -0800

Could someone explain why so many conservatives hate Hillary Clinton's guts? Smart women drive knuckledraggers insane. Laura Bush could easily run intellectual circles around her hubby, but the party of Lott would never allow the apple cart to be upset that way.

By: Hieronymous Coward

Hieronymous Coward — Mon, 23 Jun 2003 00:13:06 -0800

Owillis: Could someone explain why so many conservatives hate Hillary Clinton's guts? Smart women drive knuckledraggers insane. It's true: Margaret Thatcher, Jeanne Kirkpatrick, Sandra O'Connor, Condi Rice -- they drive me wiiild, baby! [Aside: C'mon, OW, my friend, you can do better than that.]

By: thanotopsis

thanotopsis — Mon, 23 Jun 2003 06:03:25 -0800

Aside: C'mon, OW, my friend, you can do better than that. Why try to do better than the truth? The "Good Ole Party" is nothing more than "Good Ole Boys".