Politics and Religion

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mattradd 40 Reviews 1048 reads
posted
1 / 24

Whenever I see the far right and the far left bashing someone, I take notice, because I can imagine that that person is getting something right! But, the cable news media, no matter if it's Trump, Cruz, Bernie or Hillary try their best to define each candidate, or promotes opposing candidate definitions of a candidate. Saves them from having to do in-depth reporting.

JackDunphy 96 reads
posted
2 / 24

And the rest of us are all wrong?  

And she didn't lie about Benghazi?  

And she didn't lie about being under a hail of bullets?  

And she didn't lie and throw mud over all of Bill's accusers?  

And she didn't steal the china and silver wear from the WH?  

And she claimed she was "broke" after leaving the WH?

And she couldn't answer a simple question with a yes or no posed by CBS news when she was asked if she ever lied to the American public?

Thank you for busting the "myth", Matt, if only in your mind. LOL

FatVern 96 reads
posted
3 / 24

With out sounding too sexist... I think many will agree that men are, in general more honest than women.

 
Just saw H's pandering to women ad about equal pay in the work place...

Like that's a "REAL" political issue.

mattradd 40 Reviews 109 reads
posted
4 / 24

should be defining a presidential candidate, or carrying water for one candidate, who is trying to do so against another candidate! ;)

P.S. Notice I included some of the other candidates, in that criticism, not just Hillary!

JackDunphy 95 reads
posted
5 / 24

Newspapers have editorial boards and endorse candidates all the time going back hundred years and more.

Aren't they defining a candidate and carrying water for another?

Your link was about Hills so that is why I addressed her.

marikod 1 Reviews 136 reads
posted
6 / 24

Which would not stop Fox from defining everything Hillary and the president do as bad but would at least require some air time for the opposing view

JackDunphy 126 reads
posted
7 / 24

And if you would stop touching yourself every time Megyn Kelly is on air, you might actually hear all the pro-Hillary voices that are on Fox...every...single...day...on ...virtually...every ...single ...show.

Now, this path may allow you to venture down a road to find the "facts" but my guess is you will still take the detour. LO

DoctorGonzo 106 Reviews 111 reads
posted
8 / 24

... was lobbied heavily by the likes of Clear Channel Radio and Rupert Murdoch, and led directly to the rise of Conservative Right wing talk radio spearheaded by the odious and malevolent Rush Limbaugh.

I've had this argument with others on this board in the past, notably ed2000.

And if that is what Matt is saying, i'm in agreement with him

marikod 1 Reviews 113 reads
posted
9 / 24

Fox News Contributor who had defended Hillary in the email scandal. The best I’ve heard is Britt Hume who said it was 50/50 whether she would be indicted. Judge Nap is on almost every day saying how much trouble she is in. Fox even had a former atty general who wrongly claimed she could not be president if convicted.
When President Obama defended her on Fox, the Fox follow up was to say he should not comment on that, even though Fox had asked him LOL.

      But just give us one Fox News Contributor who says she is innocent. Given all the “pro Hillary voices on Fox every single day on every single show,” this shouldn’t take you long. I do plead guilty to not watching Fox very often.

     Nonetheless I don't recommend that anyone stand behind Jack's truck when he puts it in gear.
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DoctorGonzo 106 Reviews 115 reads
posted
10 / 24

Posted By: Laffy
I mentioned before how Adelson bought the local Vegas paper.  
   
 For years and years and years, the paper said ZERO public money should go to public stadiums.  Of course, now that he bought it, the paper magically thinks it's the best idea in the world since Sheldon wants to bilk the public about a billion dollars for his stadium.  
   
 And now, Adelson has banned their top writer from writing any stories about him or Wynn.  
   
 Complete joke.  
   
 Several reporters have quit and they're expecting more will after this decree.....especially when Aldelson promised he wouldn't meddle when he bought it.

JackDunphy 94 reads
posted
12 / 24

Do you really need me to remind you of what you said earlier in this thread? I guess so:

"Which would not stop Fox from defining everything Hillary and the president do as bad but would at least require some air time for the opposing view."

Fox OBVIOUSLY gives tons of air time for opposing views, as witnessed by Debbie Wasserman Schulz being a regular guest on Megyn Kelly's show among many, many others every night on OReilly, Hannity, etc.

So when you realized you lost THAT argument, of course, you had to switch it to "Fox News Contributors."

Oh, ok. Lol.

You didn't just back the truck up, you left it sideways in a ditch! Lo

JackDunphy 103 reads
posted
13 / 24

Did you have a problem for decades when they didn't?

Really Doc, have you lost your mind? You really think we need an "Unfairness Doctrine" in this day and age of TV, radio, newspapers, magazines, Twitter feeds, Pinterest, Instagram, web sites, mailers, etc etc etc  

You think big, massive, federalized, corrupt, Washington DC should place restrictions on freedom? How has that worked out with the patriot act, Obama spying on Fox, the associated press, etc?

Good grief...guess what? The peeps get it and you, Mari, Laffy and a few others don't.

There is virtually NO interest in congress, on either side, nor is there with the folks to have the Feds determine what is "fair" or not.  

The answer to speech you don't like, like Limbaugh's, isn't to stifle speech, it's to create more speech!

Do I really need to tell you all this

marikod 1 Reviews 133 reads
posted
14 / 24

who has defended Hillary on the emails scandal. Okay, that‘s a start. But I still want to  

“hear all the pro-Hillary voices that are on Fox...every...single...day...on ...virtually...every ...single ...show.”  
 
       You can only think of poor Debbie Wasserman Schultz defending Hillary on emails?
Well, okay, so “all the pro Hillary voices every single day on every single show” are really just one. It would be different under the Fairness Doctrine, wouldn't it?

 
       Am I right, or am I right

JackDunphy 143 reads
posted
15 / 24

Because I stand behind everything I said in this thread.

I grow bored with your goal post moving and your dishonesty tonite.

You are normally above that nonsense, even when we disagree.

willywonka4u 22 Reviews 110 reads
posted
16 / 24

I think it has more to do with allowing for those to express an opposing view. Cable news has become so horrible that you have one paid hack from the Republican party screaming at another paid hack from the Democratic party, and we call it "news". No room for truth or objectivity or facts. Things are so bad now that in order to watch in-depth news reporting on TV, Americans now have to watch the BBC or Al Jazeera or something like that. Walter Cronkite must be spinning in his grave.

pot/kettle 96 reads
posted
17 / 24

You constantly preach one side and dismiss the other without even giving it any consideration or discussion, which completely defeats the purpose of a discussion board

followme 130 reads
posted
18 / 24

That sure would be be hell of a mess, him out there in a million pieces, but a lot of fun to read.

DoctorGonzo 106 Reviews 142 reads
posted
19 / 24

Posted By: followme
That sure would be be hell of a mess, him out there in a million pieces, but a lot of fun to read.
To his credit, unlike Planet Stupid, Laffy is not a simple minded tool. His is a complex algorithm of wayward neurons and totally distorted reality pathways... much like an Escher landscape... except without the benefits of heuristics and order amongst the chaotic tendrils of his fabricated flummoxity.

(How's THAT for word salad!!!)

mattradd 40 Reviews 81 reads
posted
20 / 24

At least in the written press, I can find in-depth articles about issues and candidates, and there's no interrupting and talking over the person communicating their point. I read the WSJ, NYT's and the Washington Post, along with Huffington Post, Politico, and Real Politic, daily. I've seldom watched cable news unless in was in a doctor's waiting room, or hole in the wall cafe. I find it a total waste of time. I did this once. Turned off the sound on my TV while watching a football game. I definitely did not feel the same level of interest and energy than when I had the sound on, and could hear the announcers. I tried the same experiment with a cable news program. I turned the sound off, and just read the captions. Same thing. Not the same level of interest and energy, plus reading the captions drove home the point of what little content there was being discussed.

I use to watch the Sunday morning news magazines, but got tired of getting little chance to hear the people speak uninterrupted. The worst for talking over the others, and trying to monopolized the discussion were the neo-cons and those on the far right, like Liz Cheney, Anne Coulter and Marlee Matlin, and Katrina vanden Heuvel and James Carville on the far left.

followme 97 reads
posted
21 / 24

Lying arrogant fraudulent fapping yammerer

pot/kettle 79 reads
posted
22 / 24

I was referring to your continued pattern of preaching ONE issue and doggedly refusing to even consider or -- heaven forbid -- discuss an opposing point of view.

This is a discussion board, not a rant board.  At least, it is supposed to be.  It's not a place to rip and destroy others -- which you pride yourself on doing all the time.  Anyone can do that.  And it's boring as hell to read

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