Chris Matthews wrote:Can you smell the English leather on this guy, the Aqua Velva, the sort of mature man's shaving cream, or whatever, you know, after he shaved? Do you smell that sort of -- a little bit of cigar smoke? You know, whatever.
Columnist Roger Simon wrote:Romney has chiseled-out-of-granite features, a full, dark head of hair going a distinguished gray at the temples, and a barrel chest. On the morning that he announced for president, I bumped into him in the lounge of the Marriott and up close he is almost overpowering. He radiates vigor.
As an aside, it almost sounds as if these two "paragons" of the Fifth Estate want to be fixed up on dates with these candidates.
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Keevan_Colton wrote:Close Flagg, but not all. Don't forget that a FOX affiliate won a case on the legal basis that it is their first amendment right to lie in the news. I recommend the film "Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism", it features some illuminating insights into the nature of corporate interference with journalism.
There also a section in the film "The Corporation" which looks at the impact of corporate ownership on the news. Again, FOX is at the center, but it is a fine example of the problems inherent in concentrated corporate ownership.
I've not asserted that this is a new thing, but corporate concentration does make the problem more pronounced.
The fact is that investigative journalism and hard hitting reports are not profitable, and that is mostly the fault of the public. The reason I keep bringing up public service mandates is that they legally require journalistic content that informs the citizenry rather than leaving it to the owners to decide what to cover.
I honestly don't even consider Fox or any of their affiliates to be news outlets. That's why I didn't include their bullshit.
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Patrick Degan wrote:As an aside, it almost sounds as if these two "paragons" of the Fifth Estate want to be fixed up on dates with these candidates.
This shit goes on and on. The GOP may hate queers getting married, but that doesn't stop the continuous parade of man-crushes on their candidates. Apparently, Romney has shoulders you can 'Land a 747 on', and so on.
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Out Of Context theatre: Ron Paul has repeatedly said he's not a racist. - Destructinator XIII on why Ron Paul isn't racist.
Patrick Degan wrote:As an aside, it almost sounds as if these two "paragons" of the Fifth Estate want to be fixed up on dates with these candidates.
This shit goes on and on. The GOP may hate queers getting married, but that doesn't stop the continuous parade of man-crushes on their candidates. Apparently, Romney has shoulders you can 'Land a 747 on', and so on.
Since when is Chris Matthews a "paragon of the fifth estate"?
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Patrick Degan wrote:As an aside, it almost sounds as if these two "paragons" of the Fifth Estate want to be fixed up on dates with these candidates.
This shit goes on and on. The GOP may hate queers getting married, but that doesn't stop the continuous parade of man-crushes on their candidates. Apparently, Romney has shoulders you can 'Land a 747 on', and so on.
Since when is Chris Matthews a "paragon of the fifth estate"?
Sometime, we shall have to introduce you to that subtle concept known as "sarcasm".
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People pray so that God won't crush them like bugs.
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—The Doctor "Terror Of The Zygons" (1975)
Chris Matthews is actually a pretty nice guy. I've spoken to him a couple of times. A lot of what you see on TV is actually more an act than anything else.
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As an aside, it almost sounds as if these two "paragons" of the Fifth Estate want to be fixed up on dates with these candidates.
It's a pity Bill Maher's Real Time isn't on right now. He already has a grand old time calling the GOP as a bunch of closet homosexuals and has gross contempt for the political process in America (see his most recent New Rules of sometime in May where he slammed the American electoral/political process by comparison to France) - him commenting on this disturbing man-crush trend would be gold.
Patrick Degan wrote:Sometime, we shall have to introduce you to that subtle concept known as "sarcasm".
I was thinking maybe someone had actually held him up as that, and that's what the sarcasm was directed at.
Dalton wrote:Chris Matthews is actually a pretty nice guy. I've spoken to him a couple of times. A lot of what you see on TV is actually more an act than anything else.
I would hope it's mostly an act. I can't imagine NBC would actually want to have a blond haired retard running the halls, a load of shit in his pants, mumbling about W's flightsuit covered bulge, and rubbing Rudy'd head for luck.
BTW, is Olbermann as big of a prick in person as I fear he is?
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Flagg wrote:I would hope it's mostly an act. I can't imagine NBC would actually want to have a blond haired retard running the halls, a load of shit in his pants, mumbling about W's flightsuit covered bulge, and rubbing Rudy'd head for luck.
He's actually more centrist than you give him credit for. He was Carter's speechwriter and has worked under four Democratic politicians.
Flagg wrote:BTW, is Olbermann as big of a prick in person as I fear he is?
From what I hear, he can be. I know people who get along with him, but he rubs others the wrong way. Just rumors, mind you.
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Flagg wrote:BTW, is Olbermann as big of a prick in person as I fear he is?
From what I hear, he can be. I know people who get along with him, but he rubs others the wrong way. Just rumors, mind you.
He just kind of strikes me that way a bit. It's nothing real specific but every now and then he'll have some mannerism or turn of phrase that makes me think he can be a real prick. I think it's also because in my experience, most of the peopel I've known who were super into baseball tended to be like that.
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Flagg wrote:I would hope it's mostly an act. I can't imagine NBC would actually want to have a blond haired retard running the halls, a load of shit in his pants, mumbling about W's flightsuit covered bulge, and rubbing Rudy'd head for luck.
He's actually more centrist than you give him credit for. He was Carter's speechwriter and has worked under four Democratic politicians.
I admittedly have not closely followed his career or regularly watched his show, except for the last 2 minutes my DVR catches before Countdown. I just remember him gushing over Bush's desecration of the USS Abraham Lincoln, that Fred Thompson shit, and talking up Guiliani. Hardball also seems to be another one of the "host just sets the agenda while 2 guys scream at eachother" type shows.
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Flagg wrote:I admittedly have not closely followed his career or regularly watched his show, except for the last 2 minutes my DVR catches before Countdown. I just remember him gushing over Bush's desecration of the USS Abraham Lincoln, that Fred Thompson shit, and talking up Guiliani. Hardball also seems to be another one of the "host just sets the agenda while 2 guys scream at eachother" type shows.
Hardball is more about Chris Matthews interrupting his guests to ask them probing questions...usually.
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Flagg wrote:I admittedly have not closely followed his career or regularly watched his show, except for the last 2 minutes my DVR catches before Countdown. I just remember him gushing over Bush's desecration of the USS Abraham Lincoln, that Fred Thompson shit, and talking up Guiliani. Hardball also seems to be another one of the "host just sets the agenda while 2 guys scream at eachother" type shows.
Hardball is more about Chris Matthews interrupting his guests to ask them probing questions...usually.
I'll take your word for it. What I usually see is 2 guys screaming with Matthews sitting in the middle giggling like a girl on her first date and then telling them their time is up. Tonights show (Chris wasn't hosting, that other guy was) was particularly aggrivating since they had some Republitard douchebag on who intentionally called Obama "Osama", and then mumbled "I mean Obama" with a shit eating grin on his face.
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Flagg wrote:I'll take your word for it. What I usually see is 2 guys screaming with Matthews sitting in the middle giggling like a girl on her first date and then telling them their time is up. Tonights show (Chris wasn't hosting, that other guy was) was particularly aggrivating since they had some Republitard douchebag on who intentionally called Obama "Osama", and then mumbled "I mean Obama" with a shit eating grin on his face.
Yeah, we tend to invite a lot of Republican douchebags. I don't know why.
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Flagg wrote:I'll take your word for it. What I usually see is 2 guys screaming with Matthews sitting in the middle giggling like a girl on her first date and then telling them their time is up. Tonights show (Chris wasn't hosting, that other guy was) was particularly aggrivating since they had some Republitard douchebag on who intentionally called Obama "Osama", and then mumbled "I mean Obama" with a shit eating grin on his face.
Yeah, we tend to invite a lot of Republican douchebags. I don't know why.
Because if you don't have a 2 to 1 Republican/ Democrat ratio, then you're liberally biased.
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