Who lives in the Cone of Silence? Obama and Biden
posted at 9:50 am on October 20, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
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It’s become common wisdom that Sarah Palin doesn’t make herself available to the national news media, while Barack Obama and Joe Biden have confidence in their experience and gravitas. Unfortunately for those who buy into that meme, CBS News has discovered the opposite. Palin now meets with the press on a regular basis, while Obama continues to snub the press and Biden has fully retreated into his own Cone of Silence:
It was less than two weeks ago when Sarah Palin astonished her traveling press corps by lifting the curtain (literally) and journeying to the back of her campaign plane to answer reporters’ questions for the first time after 40 days on the campaign trail. But the candidate who has been criticized for having a bunker mentality when it came to the national media can now lay legitimate claim to being more accessible than either Joe Biden or Barack Obama.
In the past two days alone, Palin has answered questions from her national press corps on three separate occasions. On Saturday, she held another plane availability, and on Sunday, she offered an impromptu press conference on the tarmac upon landing in Colorado Springs. A few minutes later, she answered even more questions from reporters during an off-the-record stop at a local ice cream shop.
By contrast, Biden hasn’t held a press conference in more than a month, and Obama hasn’t taken questions from his full traveling press corps since the end of September.
Remember when press availability meant the measure of a candidate? That would have been in September, when Democrats jeered at Palin for living in a bubble. She can’t handle the press, they said — how can she handle the job of a VP, or President, if necessary?
That smirking was entirely hypocritical at the time, and is even more so now. Obama has been famously resistant to media scrutiny. In one Texas appearance, he proclaimed frustration over having to answer more than eight questions. Biden, meanwhile, has disappeared after a series of gaffes that make Dan Quayle look like William F. Buckley. Do you suppose he’s afraid to answer questions on math?
Palin, meanwhile, has begun to charm the media. Scott Conroy reports that Palin has improved substantially over her poor performance in the Katie Couric interview on his network, both in poise and detail. Palin has no hesitation in answering nuanced questions on policy, especially on economics. She’s enjoying it so much that Palin’s press secretary now has to intervene to pull the candidate away from the press, rather than the other way around.
So which ticket can handle media scrutiny — and which ticket runs from it? Conroy has the answer, but apparently the Tanning Bed Media doesn’t want to report it … now.
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Hypocrisy, hypocrisy, hypocrisy. The mainstream media and the left are full of it.
Troy Rasmussen on October 20, 2008 at 9:54 AM
I was just talking to my wife last night about how I haven’t heard anything out of Biden in a while. I wasn’t sure if he had clamped down on his gaffe factor or if he just wasn’t talking to the press.
Obama and Biden are just trying to run out the clock.
BadgerHawk on October 20, 2008 at 9:54 AM
prevent Defense
jp on October 20, 2008 at 9:54 AM
Yet another in a long line of great deceits by the left. America’s electing a socialist and they will deserve the elader they get. Unfortunately, the rest of us burn along with them.
Grafted on October 20, 2008 at 9:56 AM
Doesn’t matter. McCain’s botching of her roll-out back in August and their overhandling of her has ruined her reputation irreparably. In fact, DailyKos ran a story a few days ago where they looked at all the major newspapers’ endorsements of Obama. Each and every one factored in on the Palin pick as key evidence that McCain is unfit to be President. What was scary was that even some generally GOP-leaning papers (Chicago Tribune, Salt Lake Tribune, Houston Chronicle) endorsed Obama this year. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/17/conservative-talk-radio-h_n_135684.html
The whole thing is just disgusting. I’m just sick over this election. I just can’t freaking believe our party nominated the worst possible candidate it could have nominated this year. I blame Huckabee, who had no chance of winning but served to “spoil” Romney’s chances. Romney would have been much better organized and more disciplined than McCain and probably would be neck & neck with Obama right now. [And I say this being someone who supported Rudy over Romney].
But rather than acknowledge that fact, instead, Palin — arguably a major future leader of our party — gets thrown under the bus.
Sorry. Just felt like ranting this morning.
Outlander on October 20, 2008 at 9:57 AM
I think Team Obama has hog tied and gagged Biden, not wanting anything to screw up the assession of The One.
Mr. Joe on October 20, 2008 at 10:00 AM
Obama? Gravitas?
Ummmmm, no.
trubble on October 20, 2008 at 10:00 AM
Just some friendly advice. Save your ammo for the rabid dog and forget the yapper that nips at your heels.
Limerick on October 20, 2008 at 10:00 AM
McCain hasn’t done one either so stop being dishonest.
tomas on October 20, 2008 at 10:00 AM
The only reason she’s making herself available to the press now is to keep her attacks in the news. If she didn’t, she’d be all but ignored at this point.
The only way Palin can alter the perception that she’s unqualified would be for Russia to invade Alaska, only to be defeated and expelled by the Governor herself at riflepoint.
sanguine4 on October 20, 2008 at 10:03 AM
After what the Joe the Plumber question elicited from “Senator Goberment” look for “The One”, “0B0mber” to refuse any questions at all and as for Biden he is a washed up old lush who probably has not even a vague idea where he is at from one minute to the next, except that he visited a Home Depot in Scranton PA once. Both certainly lie articulately enough to fool part of the populace though.
Bidens kind of like a weekend at Bernies’ type deal. Roll him out there and hope he doesn’t insult a major constiuency a la Murtha.
These clowns must be rejected. Out with the good old boys and in with the Sarahs’ and Joe the Plumbers! SARAH/JOE 08
dhunter on October 20, 2008 at 10:03 AM
I think Gov. Palin has sort of said “screw you” to all the handlers and is just doing her own thing now. If they win it will probably be because of her taking on this ownership of the campaign. If they lose it will be by a narrow margin and that narrow margin will likely be because of Palin. It would be a wide margin without her. And if they lose, Palin has a hungry base just waiting to nominate her in four years.
t.ferg on October 20, 2008 at 10:06 AM
If there is a prize for disingenuousness, I think this has got to be the odds-on favorite for this election season:
That was Howard Kurtz – apparently driven by the need to hide the utter worthlessness of his “profession”, while at the same time illustrating it perfectly. I think I need an airsickness bag.
drunyan8315 on October 20, 2008 at 10:06 AM
I was a Rudy girl, and I hate Huck too, BUT there were too many candidates, and McCain really does have broader appeal than Romney. What cured my MDS was a good, hard look at the trifecta on the horizon: Pelosi, Reid, Obama.
McCain/Palin 08 or else
Laura in Maryland on October 20, 2008 at 10:07 AM
Oh, you mean these?
–Biden: “…a three letter word: J-O-B-S!”
–Biden told Jon Stewart, “John McCain is a personal friend, a great friend, and I would be honored to run with or against John McCain, because I think the country would be better off — be well off no matter who …,” where Stewart cut him off.
–Biden repeatedly insisted that Hillary Clinton would’ve probably been a better choice for Obama.
–Biden publicly opposed the AIG bailout, not realizing his running mate was for it
–Biden called Palin Alaska’s “Lieutenant Governor”.
–Biden accidentaly introduced his running mate as “Barack America”.
–Biden, while trying to win votes in hotly contested Ohio, taunted Ohioans by announcing that Delaware’s team could “kick” the Ohio State football team’s, uh, posterior.
–Biden publicly promised to ban “clean” coal after his running mate promised to invest heavily in it.
–Biden told an endearing three-sentence summary supposedly about his own life, but it was taken nearly word-for-word from British politician Neil Kinnock.
–Biden claimed his helicopter was “forced down” in enemy territory, but it was later learned that the flight was only postponed because of weather.
–Biden looked at Missouri state senator Chuck Graham–seated in front of him–and demanded that he “Stand up!” without noticing that he was in a wheelchair.
–Biden called Obama “the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean…to run for President,” insulting Shirley Chisholm, Jesse Jackson, Carol Braun, and Al Sharpton.
–Biden insulted certain immigrants in Delaware by claiming, “You cannot go to a 7/11 or a Dunkin’ Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I’m not joking.”
–Biden angrily challenged a sincere questioner by insisting, “My IQ higher than yours!”
–Biden on poor D.C. school performance compared to Iowa: “There’s less than 1 percent of the population of Iowa that is African American. There is probably less than 4 or 5 percent that is, are minorities. What is it in Washington? So look, it goes back to what you start off with, what you’re dealing with.”
–Biden, unaware that Hoover was President in 1929, many years before TV was invented: “When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn’t just talk about the princes of greed. He said, ‘look, here’s what happened.”‘
–Biden slammed an Obama ad that mocked McCain for being “computer illiterate” without mentioning that it is McCain’s war injuries that inhibit him from using a keyboard. “I thought that (the ad) was terrible, by the way,” Biden said. Asked why it was done, he said: “I didn’t know we did it, and if I had anything to do with it, we’d have never done it.”
jgapinoy on October 20, 2008 at 10:07 AM
Why is it always a ‘cone’ of silence and not a cylinder?
whitetop on October 20, 2008 at 10:09 AM
The MSM and the Dems know that they have to destroy her now. If McCain were to be elected and she was afforded the time as VP to devote her attention to things national and international she would be virtually unstoppable as a presidential candidate.
Worse still in their eyes would be her influence on young women as a role model. It is not a stretch to say that their world would be turned upside down in more ways then even Reagan and Thatcher achieved.
patrick neid on October 20, 2008 at 10:11 AM
“Can’t I just finish my waffle?”
CP on October 20, 2008 at 10:11 AM
Yet another sure sign of the coming McCain victory on November 4.
“Bunker mentality” sums it up perfectly, Ed. Obama’s internal data tell him he’s sinking fast and the last thing he needs is a major gaffe to hasten the destruction of his campaign.
McCain and Palin, on the other hand, know what is happening on the battlefield. The advantage is theirs and they are attacking.
Obama will lose. Game over on November 4.
ManlyRash on October 20, 2008 at 10:12 AM
in 2012, it may be interesting to watch Huckabee if he gets some money behind him. remarkable what he did with little funds.
jp on October 20, 2008 at 10:13 AM
hopefully we’ll find out Obama is just one big flirt for the american public and closing weeks they flock to McCain
jp on October 20, 2008 at 10:14 AM
Obama can’t even walk down a street and talk to a plumber without sticking his foot into his mouth. When is he going to throw himself under the bus?
Oldnuke on October 20, 2008 at 10:16 AM
The Drive-Bys tried desperately to destroy her since she was introduced on Aug 29. They have only succeeded in making her more powerful. There is nothing they do at this point and they know it.
They will keep trying, of course, but at this point everything they do only bounces back to injure them and their candidate.
Sarah Palin is the political love child of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher – and she cannot be stopped.
In 2012 she will be elected President of the United States.
ManlyRash on October 20, 2008 at 10:17 AM
This is all on Steve Schmidt. hejibe. is a guy who believes in strict limits on candidates’ availability to the press. It worked wonders with McCain, because he is already a known quantity to the press. Generally, any well-known candidate can get away with not talking to the press.
Schmidt just didn’t see the problem this would become with Sarah Palin, who was not known at all. Using 20/20 hindsight here is easy. And Schmidt still might have gotten away with it if the Gibson and Couric interviews had not been so disastrous. But they were, and the damage was irreversible. Palin has turned into a brilliant campaigner, but too many independents have already made up their minds that she is stupid and unqualified.
rockmom on October 20, 2008 at 10:17 AM
You gotta kick this story to Drudge. The ONLY prayer any of this has is when Drudge makes it an issue that the MSM weasels have a hard time hiding.
Sugar Land on October 20, 2008 at 10:18 AM
sanguine4 on October 20, 2008
Ah, I wondered where the trolls were this morning.
SKYFOX on October 20, 2008 at 10:18 AM
A couple people mentioned Huckabee here so I’m not going completely off topic….
I did not like Mike Huckabee the presidential candidate. I do like Mike Huckabee the tv talk show host. I think he’s found a good role and ought to stick with that rather than run for president again.
t.ferg on October 20, 2008 at 10:18 AM
Does anyone have video of this?
jgapinoy on October 20, 2008 at 10:19 AM
Keep dreaming. And on November 4 start drinking – heavily – because Obama is going down.
ManlyRash on October 20, 2008 at 10:19 AM
If they don’t say anything, they can’t make a mistake.
Look what happened with a simple question from a plumber…exposure of a weak candidate. Just think what would happen if the press was really unleashed on Obama, and they took it seriously.
right2bright on October 20, 2008 at 10:24 AM
What gets me is that I don’t think the MSM even realizes how biased they are. Along these lines, I don’t think the Powell endorsement of Obama will sway many voters, but the MSM will keep airing parts of the endorsement as an unpaid Obama commercial for the next week.
The very fact that McCain/Palin are still in the race is amazing.
huckleberryfriend on October 20, 2008 at 10:26 AM
*Sarah Palin gave SNL their biggest night in 14 years!
*The VP debate was the most watched in history.
*Palin drawing 20-40,000 record crowds wherever she goes!
*Palin gave Couric her biggest ratings evah.
I don’t believe that indies have made up their minds yet at all. They keep tuning in and tuning in to everything she does. They want more. Sarah keeps giving it to them. She might just drag Mac across the finish line yet!
ManlyRash, you are infecting me!
JAM on October 20, 2008 at 10:26 AM
We have no free press.
What we have is a press working free for the benefit of the corrupt, incompetent and unqualified Democrat Party.
NoDonkey on October 20, 2008 at 10:26 AM
Trouble is that Sanguine4 is a DBT (Drive-By Troll) whereas someone like DaveRywall is a (SAFT) Stay And Fight Troll. I much prefer the latter, because one at least has an opportunity to savor the smackdown when it comes.
ManlyRash on October 20, 2008 at 10:28 AM
Obama is going down… and the media is using the only strategy they can think of, whipping up a huge helping of fake “inevitability” and hope the Republicans stay home, and if that doesn’t work, use it as “proof” of racism and fraud.
We have to start acting and speaking positively, or we are helping them at their dirty-work.
drunyan8315 on October 20, 2008 at 10:29 AM
Impossible. I’m wearing a condom.
ManlyRash on October 20, 2008 at 10:29 AM
I don’t know what a “meme” is… all I know is Palin has no executive experience whatsoever, and that’s why I’m voting for Obama!
saint kansas on October 20, 2008 at 10:29 AM
I just found this…
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/10/biden-to-suppor.html
reshas1 on October 20, 2008 at 10:30 AM
This crybabying over access to the candidates is really kind of lame.
No doubt some geek will make a chart showing exactly how many times each candidate took questions or had press conferences or took part in online chats at Teenworld.com and then you’re going to find that it doesn’t really matter.
Dave Rywall on October 20, 2008 at 10:31 AM
Oh, they know. Believe me, they know. But they are desperate insofar as they are dying in the marketplace at the hands of the alternative media and they see Obama as their last, best hope of abolishing the competition.
A lot of them will be drinking heavily on November 5.
ManlyRash on October 20, 2008 at 10:32 AM
Thanks Ed. We would wait till hell freezes over before Allah would post this.
Fuquay Steve on October 20, 2008 at 10:32 AM
This my weapon,
This is my gun,
Palin knows how to use one,
Obama would turn and run.
fogw on October 20, 2008 at 10:33 AM
ManlyRash on October 20, 2008
Are you sure you want to prescribe alcohol for disturbed persons? I suggest keeping him away from high-power rifles and clock towers.
SKYFOX on October 20, 2008 at 10:33 AM
Because Obama has plenty of executive experience, right?
ManlyRash on October 20, 2008 at 10:33 AM
Nah.
I think deciding to do a talk show was a decision not to run again.
Doing a talk show successfully requires expounding on unpopular positions at great length, and colorfully. Those are the kinds of clips that make great campaign ads AGAINST a candidate.
But, don’t get me wrong — conservatives with good communication skills doing entertaining political television: GOLDEN. This is something we as a party desperately need, and I’m glad Huck is doing it.
ClintACK on October 20, 2008 at 10:34 AM
The average Obama supporter usually doesn’t own a high-power rifle.
ManlyRash on October 20, 2008 at 10:34 AM
Biden, Obama and Michelle have gone into hiding from any “tough” questions. (Not that the media ever asked them any in the first place.)
They do not want to be caught saying something truthful (like the incident with Obama and Joe the Plumber), so everything is now totally scripted and sanitized.
Michelle is locked in her hotel room with lobster lunches and Biden and Obama are stump “repeat the same old nothingness” speeches only.
Will the press call them on it? No, they are part of the plan.
albill on October 20, 2008 at 10:34 AM
reshas1 on October 20, 2008 at 10:30 AM
Gee, didn’t see that coming if Barack X is installed. (sarc) In some respects, I hope if it happens, I hope he handles it terribly. I’m talking “Carter-like helicopter rescue mission in Iran” bad.
PimFortuynsGhost on October 20, 2008 at 10:37 AM
She should go on Leno or something. We need to use her charm and star power more!
lodge on October 20, 2008 at 10:37 AM
Yeah, but Obama’s already proven himself as able to answer questions. Except when the questioner elicits a problematic and inconvenient truth of a statement. Then the answer to the question must be suppressed in Orwellian fashion by focusing on the private life of that questioner.
Why would Barry risk talking to the press on the home stretch? He’s got everything to lose.
Seixon on October 20, 2008 at 10:40 AM
Obama is under direct orders from Axelrod not to speak extemporaneously on any subject until November 5. For crying out loud, the guy’s campaign may have been derailed by a plumber in Toledo, Ohio.
Our media sucks.
BuckeyeSam on October 20, 2008 at 10:41 AM
More Ed Morrissey, less AllahPundit thank you
Calm Before the Storm on October 20, 2008 at 10:42 AM
Will the press call them on it? No, they are part of the plan.
albill on October 20, 2008
We all know this, albill. The question is what, if anything, will we do about it? Can we do anything about it other than turn to alternate media? Even in the face of declining readership, viewers, etc. they continue their assault on common sense. And really, how many of us will note their list of advertisers and contact them? Most conservatives have jobs and little time for activism.
SKYFOX on October 20, 2008 at 10:42 AM
Your complete and total ignorance about Palin’s experience has transferred to your voting behavior . . . and that’s why you’re voting for Obama. You need to go peddle that brainless tripe at KOS where you’ll be met with sympathetic understanding
rplat on October 20, 2008 at 10:43 AM
Funny how this silence began about the time that a) the economic issues became prominent and b) the Ayers story was finally becoming more widely known
lilliew on October 20, 2008 at 10:43 AM
Oh, another thing. Have Obama or Biden appeared on SNL? No? Why not?
Seixon on October 20, 2008 at 10:43 AM
Apparently you missed the “Get Smart” series…back when comedy series on TV were actually funny.
In “Get Smart,” the “Cone of Silence” was a recurring gag. Whenever the good guys wanted to discuss something without being overheard by KAOS agents, someone (usually Maxwell Smart) would suggest using the “Cone of Silence.” Unfortunately, the “Cone of Silence” prevented everyone from hearing the speaker, including the other meeting participants…so, after much shouting and flailing around, the “Cone of Silence” would always be abandoned.
Despite the fact that everyone knew exactly what was going to happen, the “Cone of Silence” bit was funny every time.
landlines on October 20, 2008 at 10:43 AM
ManlyRash, you are infecting me! – JAM on October 20, 2008 at 10:26 AM
Impossible. I’m wearing a condom.
ManlyRash on October 20, 2008 at 10:29 AM
Ahhh, but condoms are only 98% effective at preventing pregnancy or STDs! And I cannot maintain abstinence from HotAir. So, your optimism has infected and impregnated my outlook!
JAM on October 20, 2008 at 10:44 AM
I’m sure saint kansas was joking, rplat. No rational human being would utter such obvious stupidity. We probably just missed the sarc tag.
SKYFOX on October 20, 2008 at 10:45 AM
Obama has been on SNL.
Try getting out of your basement once in a while.
Dave Rywall on October 20, 2008 at 10:45 AM
Very clever! You pass the ManlyRash test for tolerance to obnoxiousness. That you were such a good sport in the face of so obnoxious a reply means that you are an okay Joe or Josephine.
Both are plumbers – but only Joe is in real life.
ManlyRash on October 20, 2008 at 10:47 AM
So is Greasy Joe saying that if we don’t elect Dear Leader, that we won’t be hit????
Can we add clairvoyant to the many hats of Greasy Joe?
bloggless on October 20, 2008 at 10:47 AM
Obama has been on SNL.
Try getting out of your basement once in a while.
Dave Rywall on October 20, 2008 at 10:45 AM
WHen? Last Spring? BFD. Why isn’t he on there now? Oh yeah, just like those townhalls, he can’t schedule it in…
JAM on October 20, 2008 at 10:48 AM
The more libs learn the truth about Governor Palin, the more they cannot deny that she is the real deal.
bloggless on October 20, 2008 at 10:48 AM
He’s already lost, and only now is beginning to realize it.
ManlyRash on October 20, 2008 at 10:48 AM
Sarc!
…although I did overhear essentially the same thing at Starbucks: “Oh, Palin scares me, she has no experience, and McCain’s got one foot in the grave already…” In other words, I’ll make conversation by repeating what I heard on CNN an hour ago. That’ll make me sound smart!
But that’s been this whole election season, essentially. The media does their thing, and Newt’s out there in the desert shouting, “Name one thing Obama’s done!” URGENT MEMO TO NEWS STAFF: Do NOT talk to Newt.
saint kansas on October 20, 2008 at 10:50 AM
WHen? Last Spring? BFD. Why isn’t he on there now? Oh yeah, just like those townhalls, he can’t schedule it in…
JAM on October 20, 2008 at 10:48 AM
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Sorry he’s so busy trying to win an election he doesn’t have time to dress up like a clown for you on SNL. Keep you Outrage Express rolling. Beep beep.
Dave Rywall on October 20, 2008 at 10:53 AM
If BO elected, someone should tell Biden to sleep with one eye open. He’ll have surved his purpose. When the BO’s “Night of the long knives” comes, he’ll be one of the first visited.
With Biden out of the picture, BO will be able to select the VP that he REALLY wants – with congressional approval. An you know who will be dominating over there.
kurtzz3 on October 20, 2008 at 10:58 AM
Too bad he’s gonna lose, huh Dave?
ManlyRash on October 20, 2008 at 11:01 AM
But… my TV’s in the basement!
How’s that exhaustive Rush is Racist list coming?
saint kansas on October 20, 2008 at 11:01 AM
Who is this “Biden” I hear people talking about?
And by people I mean nobody.
twoarmman on October 20, 2008 at 11:08 AM
Interesting that the man who ACTUALLY WON IOWA had ‘no chance of winning’. I seriously don’t understand peoples’ HATRED of Huckabee. I could understand disagreeing with positions, but people here just HATE Huckabee. Romney ’spoiled’ Huckabee’s chances. Huckabee wouldn’t lose NC or VA (wouldn’t be close). Rudy and Romney both would have lost several Southern states because of their liberal Yankee elitist attitudes.
The only reason Romney was in was because of his massive personal wealth that allowed him to buy support. And the only reason Rudy was in was because he was in New York where all the News media is. Huckabee was the best candidate for the GOP of the three. . . yet you all blame Huckabee for the failure of the other two fatally flawed candidates.
I might have voted for Huckabee. I wouldn’t have voted for Rudy, Romney, and it isn’t likely that I’ll vote for McCain. But I would vote for Palin for President in a minute.
ThackerAgency on October 20, 2008 at 11:10 AM
No “dressing up” is necessary. He’s a clown w/out the costume!
I’m not outraged or surprised he hasn’t been on SNL. It definitely follows his “Cone of Silence” protocol.
He hasn’t had a press availability since Sept.? Why? Every candid moment is a chance to say something that reveals his vulnerabilities/Socialism…and his inability to keep changing answers about Ayers…and preconditions and foreign policy…and penalizing success…and his disdain for all us bitter gun clingers… and his hatred for America… and his Marxist background and education…and his ties to the corrupt Chicago politcal machine and…and…and…Jeez the list goes on and on…No wonder he doesn’t want to talk off the cuff!
JAM on October 20, 2008 at 11:10 AM
How’s that exhaustive Rush is Racist list coming?
saint kansas on October 20, 2008 at 11:01 AM
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Awww, you still have a man crush on me. That’s so cute.
Take that bone out of your nose and call me back. Oh wait – Rush already said that on the air to someone.
Dave Rywall on October 20, 2008 at 11:10 AM
I’d suggest using the /sarc tag next time…or you’re going to get some really interesting responses from those that have difficulty reading it into posts. They lack the verbal nuance of speaking.
darury on October 20, 2008 at 11:15 AM
You’ll have your chance in 2012.
ManlyRash on October 20, 2008 at 11:16 AM
Furnish a documentative link, please.
ManlyRash on October 20, 2008 at 11:17 AM
Furnish a documentative link, please.
ManlyRash on October 20, 2008 at 11:17 AM
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OH NO YOU WANT PROOF OH NO OH NO!
Colford, Paul D. The Rush Limbaugh Story., New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1993. ISBN 0-312-09906-1 (pp. 19-28).
Deggans, Eric. “ESPN Drops the Ball with Limbaugh.”, St. Petersburg Times. 2 October 2003 (p. B2).
Demasio, Nunyo. “Back in the Game — Westphal Returns to NBA After 2-Plus Years Out of Action.”
The Seattle Times. 18 June 1998 (p. C1)., Jackson, Derrick Z. “Limbaugh Brings Baggage with His ESPN Blabber.”
The Boston Globe. 16 July 2003 (p. A19).,
Jackson, Sally. “Rabid Rush Right on the Money.”, The Australian. 2 August 2001 (p. M13)
Lind, Michael. Up from Conservatism: Why the Right Is Wrong for America., New York: Free Press, 1997. ISBN 0-684-82761-1 (p. 201).
Rendall, Steven. The Way Things Aren’t: Rush Limbaugh’s Reign of Error., New York: The New Press, 1995. ISBN 1-56584-260-X (p. 49).
Shapiro, Leonard. “Limbaugh Quits TV Job Under Fire.”, The Washington Post. 2 October 2003 (p. A1).
Dave Rywall on October 20, 2008 at 11:23 AM
1. I don’t have a basement.
2. If I had a basement, might that not be where I would sit watching SNL reruns?
3. You’re right. Obama was on SNL for exactly one minute back in November 2007. How ever did I miss that.
Seixon on October 20, 2008 at 11:25 AM
1. I don’t have a basement.
2. If I had a basement, might that not be where I would sit watching SNL reruns?
3. You’re right. Obama was on SNL for exactly one minute back in November 2007. How ever did I miss that.
Seixon on October 20, 2008 at 11:25 AM
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If you’re going to nitpick, then Palin was on SNL for about 3 minutes. That’s why it’s called a cameo. And now you learned a new word. I’m happy for you.
Dave Rywall on October 20, 2008 at 11:29 AM
Ha ha. Still ROFLMAO!
JonPrichard on October 20, 2008 at 11:34 AM
If by 3 you mean 6 then you are totally correct sir.
In other words… you fail.
twoarmman on October 20, 2008 at 11:35 AM
LINK, please.
ManlyRash on October 20, 2008 at 11:38 AM
Dave Rywall on October 20, 2008 at 11:23 AM
LINK, please.
ManlyRash on October 20, 2008 at 11:38
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Go to the library, Captain Genius.
Dave Rywall on October 20, 2008 at 11:40 AM
They can’t help but love Gov Palin,..and they hate it. Where as obama has a creepy style about him,..and his plane stinks!
Maybe the press might want to check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xBlTdsnOh8
christene on October 20, 2008 at 11:51 AM
Standard protocol in blog commentary is to furnish an internet link. But that’s okay. I already researched it. The source is an October 8, 1990 article in Newsday that references his brief stint as an insult-DJ (ie, “shock jock”) very early in his broadcast career – long before he made his bones as a conservative commentator. Here is the relevant passage from the article:
For all his bravado, however, Limbaugh is immensely sensitive to charges of insensitivity. When asked about the racist they-all-look-alike connotation of a statement like “Have you ever noticed how all newspaper composite pictures of wanted criminals resemble Jesse Jackson?” this professional talker from a family of lawyers pleads total innocence.
“You may interpret it as that, but I, no, honest-to-God, that’s not how I intended it at all. Gee, don’t get me in this one. I am the least racist host you’ll ever find.” Recalling a stint as an “insult-radio” DJ in Pittsburgh, he admits feeling guilty about, for example, telling a black listener he could not understand to “take that bone out of your nose and call me back.”
Comparing himself to a comedian who frequently breaks into serious political commentary, Rush Limbaugh, in character and out, is a far cry from Andrew Dice Clay, for example. So far, criticisms from the left have probably enhanced his profile more than damaged it. In fact, it’s the far right that concerns Rush Limbaugh, entertainer, the most, because “they can harm the show. I don’t want to have to be tied to them. They frighten me, too.”
ManlyRash on October 20, 2008 at 12:02 PM
ManlyRash on October 20, 2008 at 12:02 PM
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CONGRATULATIONS I KNEW YOU COULD DO IT
Dave Rywall on October 20, 2008 at 12:05 PM
Wow Rash. You answered back with actual facts refuting drywall. And you supported it with a sourced quote. Now that’s just being mean.
Rash for the win.
twoarmman on October 20, 2008 at 12:06 PM
Man are you messed up. You are doing EXACTLY what KOS wants you to do:
1) Give up.
2) Fight amongst yourselves and point fingers.
Get a hold of yourself and focus and fight the real enemy: Obamasiah. In the middle of a brawl, you DON’T question. You whack your opponent to death and then move to the next one and take him out.
We can be Monday morning political analysts AFTER the election. FOCUS with grace.
Sapwolf on October 20, 2008 at 12:16 PM
Wow Rash. You answered back with actual facts refuting drywall. And you supported it with a sourced quote. Now that’s just being mean.
Rash for the win.
twoarmman on October 20, 2008 at 12:06 PM
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Uh, Rush DID spew the racist bit about the bone in the nose.
YES, DEFINITELY RASH FOR THE WIN!
Dave Rywall on October 20, 2008 at 12:16 PM
Does this mean Limbaugh is a racist? Does his expression of regret count for anything or for nothing? Does it negate anything or everything he has been saying over the 30-odd years since he first uttered the comment as a young shock-jock named Jeff Christie?
ManlyRash on October 20, 2008 at 12:17 PM
it’s called context. It’s why you didn’t bring the facts in the 1st place.
twoarmman on October 20, 2008 at 12:23 PM
The reason why Huckabee is not liked by some conservatives is that as a governor, he was not all that conservative, but really, what hurt his reputation more than anything in the primary was when he played the “religion card” on Romney. I’m Catholic. But, you NEVER play the religion card on another Republican, you just DON’T do that. It is so wrong. It is as bad as playing the race card.
When Huck did that, I dropped all good will for him for the rest of the primary. He is articulate, but that mistake he made will cost him.
If Sarah is in the primary as a Republican in 2012, Huckabee better not be screwing with her chances and splitting the social conservative vote. He will never be POTUS because he lacks any weight in other policy/philosophical areas (i.e. – energy independence)to appeal enough to all Republicans. Sarah, at least now, appeals to all except the very small number of eastern elitists who are neglibible as a voting block. Besides, she’ll win them back anyway as she gets more national experience.
Sapwolf on October 20, 2008 at 12:32 PM
Dave? You there, Dave?
ManlyRash on October 20, 2008 at 12:45 PM
The whole thing is just disgusting. I’m just sick over this election. I just can’t freaking believe our party nominated the worst possible candidate it could have nominated this year. I blame Huckabee, who had no chance of winning but served to “spoil” Romney’s chances. Romney would have been much better organized and more disciplined than McCain and probably would be neck & neck with Obama right now. [And I say this being someone who supported Rudy over Romney].
But rather than acknowledge that fact, instead, Palin — arguably a major future leader of our party — gets thrown under the bus.
Sorry. Just felt like ranting this morning.
Outlander on October 20, 2008 at 9:57 AM
Never apologize for a great post. McCain was running a superb campaign until he selected Palin, however he’s done nothing since but leave the heavy lifting to her.
If he knows the role of the Democrats and Fannie Mae in the financial collapse, he’s not able to articulate it.
From 2004 through 2006 Joe Biden appeared on the Sunday morning talk shows and repeated, almost mantra like, “Iraq is too important. We’ve got to get this right”.
When America does get it right with the Surge, Biden does an about face and becomes the running mate of the fool who thinks Iraq can be conceded to Al Qaeda and Iran without disastrous consequences.
It is beyond belief that tne McCain campaign is not using Biden’s own words to discredit him.
Basilsbest on October 20, 2008 at 12:49 PM
What would Putin charge to help us stage this show?
platypus on October 20, 2008 at 12:54 PM
…”Palin has improved substantially over her poor performance in the Katie Couric interview”…Katie was the poor performer.
Geez…should she have dignified that condescending question with anything other than what she said?
In any case, she explained it and as a true conservative, SHE’S the one who she has pledged to change, not the media.
Go Sarah!
Christine on October 20, 2008 at 1:21 PM
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