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by OMG » 03-26-2010 04:18 AM
RH, I am not going to get into the GOP/Tea party connection as we went around in circles already with this, but this weekend they seemed very interacted. But onto your comment about how previous Prez was treated more unfair than this Prez. I hear that at times and first I think you have to look at the time line. We are comparing a Prez that had a couple of full terms vs. a Prez that been in office over a year. I know you agreed with the decision of Gw vs Gore and you showed the cred that you came to that agreement not just because "your guy" won (and grew respect for you big time) but I think you will admit that there is at least some merit to the Gore side even if you disagree. David Boies certainly isn't a joke and even though he lost I think most will say there was at least an genuine arguement there. We compare that with what this Prez protesters are about and that's stuff like the Birthers, I doubt somebody like Ted Olson is going to spend more than a minute on this before saying looks like an urban legend more than anything else and not give it a time of day. Which brings it back to the meaning of the article of how an oddly high number rigth/Repub side nowadays seem to buy into the absurd and willing to protest against something that's fiction
You mentioned the war, yes people protested against that. But again agree or disagree there is at least something to protest. There was a war going on, people lives were affected by it directly. Again the protests against this prez has been against him from hearsay and rumors spreads. Protests against taking away right to arms (that doesn't seem to be on the agenda at all of this Prez, but the right-wing talkers rallied everybody up saying it will) or protesting in his very first month in office because of stuff like money to banks which was signed by the previous Prez GW but the Conserv protesters put all the blame on this prez. Or protesting against the census like this is a new idea that's ever been done. Both had protests but seems like this Prez is getting protested againt stuff he didn't even do or just following normal process. BTW Race, I agree that some of the Libs sites have similar language as the Conserv sites, and my first reply I did say the blogs is where you will read the stuff you mentioned that you think was over-the-top towards GW, but again I didn't see it translate to mainstream as much as Conserv stuff does.
Live, great reply even with partial process lol. Rosie is actually a really good example and an example I think I said in the past about the only Lib that went as over-the-top as Conservs do, but again where's Rosie now, how long did Rosie last after that. Moore was a good response as well, but again I put him in a slightly different category because he was promoting a movie, which you have to go to the theater and watch. He didn't really have access to people on a large scale on a daily bases (unless you buy the DVD and play it on loop... which would the be same process as right wing live radio lol) but again good example you gave. As for Jones, well Jones is Jones lol. Jones is going to freak out on everything and anybody no matter what party. What RH tries to put Glenn down as (over-the-top independant) is actually what describes Jones who will yell and many times be outragous on both sides. So willing to give Jones a pass on that much more than Glenn. But onto Jones, what I did notice is the stuff he said about GW, you heard it nowhere eles in the mainstream except C2C. But the stuff he saying now about this Prez on C2C is stuff that I hear all the time in "regular radio" (ie census freak out)
Again I think both sides have fringes. But I do think the general Conserv and Lib are different in way of thinking and processing the crazier stuff from their "respected" fringe. I just look at the popularity of Conserv radio, compared to the mild response to liberal radio. Conservs/Repub supporters seem to want to listen to the outlandish, single-sided stuff. While Libs, who always enjoy a good GW joke or even an intense rant about what Repub are doing in power. But doesn't seem to need or desire that constant beating over the head like Conservs do, which I think causes more and more Conservs buying into the absurd. There was an interesting thread put up that talked about viewing habits and as Conservs will watch Faux and only Faux and notthing else and think they are gospal. Libs seem to watch more variety and most of the times take their info from a more central CNN than they do MSNBC. The lack of independant thinking that goes on with the Conserv media talkers (radio and TV) seems to have now taken over the general Repub. BTW I enjoyed everybody reply here, really like the back and forth debate and respectful sharing of opinions on this thread. Much respect to you all.