Video: Fox-bashing WH mouthpiece names Chairman Mao as her favorite philosopher
posted at 6:42 pm on October 15, 2009 by Allahpundit
Via Ace, a fun fact about Anita Dunn that oddly doesn’t appear in WaPo’s three-page profile of her today. Don’t bother pounding the table about firing her, though: She’s already on her way out, which is precisely why the White House’s gutless brain trust tasked her with being the attack dog against Fox.
Long a shunner of the spotlight, Dunn, who declined to comment for this article, would only sign on in April as an “interim” chief, with an end-of-the-year expiration date on her current tenure. But giving up nominal power in the White House allows Dunn to do the dirty work that ultimately assures her staying power inside the administration.
A source inside the White House, who was not authorized to speak about strategy meetings, said Dunn went out front against Fox first and foremost because it was her job, but also because it potentially gave the administration the opportunity to distance itself from the flap with the Roger Ailes-led news channel once she leaves the communications job.
Her response to the clip? She was joking, of course, playing off some old Lee Atwater bit. The audience laughs at the juxtaposition of Mao and Mother Teresa, but the point she draws from the chairman sure does seem serious. Anyone feeling like giving her the benefit of the doubt? Me neither.
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two. thousand. employees.
two. thousand.
Damn, Texas. :)
Axe on May 18, 2013 at 10:53 PM
Yep – couldn’t have said it better myself.
gophergirl on May 18, 2013 at 10:53 PM
Ηυγσ
Hugs spelled straight up with Greek letters.
CW on May 18, 2013 at 10:54 PM
This is a great essay:
World War I as Fulfillment: Power and the Intellectuals
Axe, you will especially find it interesting. It goes into the whole Pietism foundation that was the basis of Progressivism and touches on the Hegelian concept of ‘creating a Heaven on Earth through the use of Big Government’ that we were discussing a few days ago.
Resist We Much on May 18, 2013 at 10:55 PM
The taking of the medical records was illegal, pure and simple. Yet there is minimal reporting. In my facility, the financial people cannot access the medical records. If they do we have to report it to the government and to the affected individuals. There would be hell to pay.
clnurnberg on May 18, 2013 at 10:55 PM
What the φυξκ?
CW on May 18, 2013 at 10:55 PM
No kidding.
My employer has around 10 (of which I am basically the second most junior).
Count to 10 on May 18, 2013 at 10:56 PM
CW on May 18, 2013 at 10:54 PM
lol on both counts!!!
Scrumpy on May 18, 2013 at 10:56 PM
Now I’m highly motivated to go finish what I started.
Damn. Smell that? Success. The whole room smells like victory.
I love winners. I love winning.
Axe on May 18, 2013 at 10:58 PM
*lame-ass salute that only a completely confident man would even try*
Axe on May 18, 2013 at 10:59 PM
That was a funny diatribe. What job have you ever created? As much as you may want to believe this, sitting at home and watching Fox News all day or crying all day on HA isn’t job creation.
Once again, real business owners do not start companies to create jobs. They do so to make money for themselves and shareholders. You would know that if you were a real “job creator”
HotAirLib on May 18, 2013 at 10:59 PM
:-)
KCB on May 18, 2013 at 10:59 PM
As my Grandma used to say “katy bar the door”
Here we go.
gophergirl on May 18, 2013 at 11:01 PM
gophergirl on May 18, 2013 at 11:01 PM
Ignore the daft beggar
Scrumpy on May 18, 2013 at 11:02 PM
Yeah, this could get…interesting.
Count to 10 on May 18, 2013 at 11:03 PM
I’m just waiting for Bishop to chew him up and spit him out.
gophergirl on May 18, 2013 at 11:03 PM
HAL did you spit or swallow?
CW on May 18, 2013 at 11:03 PM
*O! Also nougat. :)
– Will be over here a bit . . .
Axe on May 18, 2013 at 11:04 PM
HAL’s a leech without a clue.
CW on May 18, 2013 at 11:04 PM
Wow, 2,000 employees, I have…uh…quite a bit fewer than that, then again I’m niche and my perfect workers are difficult to find.
But there are at least 2 people I haven’t hired in the last 4 years precisely because the leftist jackals can’t seem to keep their grubby, turd-stained claws out of my wallet.
Bishop on May 18, 2013 at 11:04 PM
?
Resist We Much on May 18, 2013 at 11:04 PM
gophergirl on May 18, 2013 at 11:03 PM
Secretly me too!! ;)
Scrumpy on May 18, 2013 at 11:04 PM
Reading comprehension not one of your strong suits, huh?
Barred on May 18, 2013 at 11:05 PM
We all know HAL’s never created a business or a job. The guy is a mooch and a liar. He provides simple talking points backed up by just more of his tired rhetoric. Really lame.
CW on May 18, 2013 at 11:05 PM
Why?
He is only using information that was provided to him to further his sexual gratification.
The trolls here get far more leeway than even Bishop.
AP is getting strokes whenever a troll finds a chink in the armor to exploit.
cozmo on May 18, 2013 at 11:06 PM
HAL’s doing the 28 hour a week thing at the 8 bucks an hour. Knows he has to toe the line or else.
CW on May 18, 2013 at 11:07 PM
Why do you lose all virtue when you create jobs, but make money while doing so?
KCB on May 18, 2013 at 11:08 PM
Imagine building businesses, working day and night , everyday , trying to keep the businesses in the black so that employees are paid, safe and their and their families’ health taken care of to the best possible extent and then stupid parasites who breed more like them just for food-stamps voting in every election to raise taxes on people like us, just so their mealtickets can get fatter on free food and video games !! In 2012, when we were looking at what was being planned in the name of Obamacare and taxes, we discovered the extent to which IRS will end up controlling our healthcare for employees and no employee wanted to pay more. In fact , a few became confrontational because according to them, we are greedy foreigners who became rich by sucking the money off poor people.
So I decided to take my money out as much as I can. Now those who bought me out because they thought that CA will be a beautiful experience once taxes go up and Obamcare kicks in, are reralizing how wise I was. They have been firing employees left and right . I’m luvin it :D
burrata on May 18, 2013 at 11:08 PM
Sadly, for you, those businesses are about the ONLY places that REAL jobs are created at – not the fake, wasteful, makework government jobs for slobs like you.
You don’t create jobs. The government doesn’t create jobs. You and the government CONSUME jobs created by others – those people you hate so much.
Our society doesn’t deserve to be burdened with useless waste such as you and Barky. Why don’t you take your Indonesian back to Jakarta where he can live out the rest of his Sukarno fantasy and you can lick his boots to your soulless existence’s desire. You don’t belong in a civilized society with decent people. You belong in the third world with your third world, dumbsh!t Sukarno copy.
ThePrimordialOrderedPair on May 18, 2013 at 11:09 PM
I’m no Economics Major, but what kind of economic model would we have if all our business owning job creators lost money? At least they would have virtue…
KCB on May 18, 2013 at 11:10 PM
A peek at America’s future???
The Truth At Last! Peter Mandelson Admits Labour ‘Sent Out Search Parties’ To Bring Migrants Here After Losing The Votes Of The Working Class
Resist We Much on May 18, 2013 at 11:10 PM
He usually gets it up his nose.
ThePrimordialOrderedPair on May 18, 2013 at 11:10 PM
OT – (if that’s necessary) Watched Hating Breitbart today. Gosh (using Paul Ryan’s cuss words) I miss him. Woke up this morning to a bunch of emails from friends. Hubby and I are in the movie. Brief “cameo”. Damn, he would have enjoyed this.
For those who are interested. We are getting close to page 52 at the Gulch.
Jake Bugg, Lightning Bolt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY0oPg1h8fQ
‘Night all.
Fallon on May 18, 2013 at 11:11 PM
HAL is 40+ percent > 30?
Yes or No?
CW on May 18, 2013 at 11:11 PM
What are you, 12, because I have kids younger than that who don’t spew as much juvenile vomit as you. Seriously, “sitting around watching FOX News” is the best you have? How embarrassing for you.
I created my own job, that’s one right there and exactly one more than you will ever create which makes me the winner and you the loser. No need to get mad about it, we both know it’s true.
Bishop on May 18, 2013 at 11:13 PM
Jay Carney? Anyone?
This idiot HAS to be part of the cover-up, pardon me, the Administration that knows nothing…about anything…happening in the United States of America (not sure they could actually point it out on a map),gov’t they actually are in charge of running.
ccrosby on May 18, 2013 at 11:13 PM
Good night Fallon.
KCB on May 18, 2013 at 11:14 PM
Brayam’d be proud.
CW on May 18, 2013 at 11:15 PM
Well I’ve had my fill of liberal crap so I’m calling it a night.
Sweet dreams all.
gophergirl on May 18, 2013 at 11:15 PM
Guess what, Sparky, you’re right. But without the desire or ability (despite government obstruction) to make that awful, hideous, greedy, sticky money, no jobs are ever created except in the public sector, your personal hummer closet. And, guess what, without that awful, hideous, greedy, sticky money, your closet would be, sadly, as empty as you.
TXUS on May 18, 2013 at 11:16 PM
Good night GG!
KCB on May 18, 2013 at 11:16 PM
Hate to burst your bubble HAL…
I have a business..
One man..One woman business (wife)..
We supply high tech automation and other stuff for the semiconductor equipment manufacturers..
These manufacturers hire even more people..
You know..
To fill their fat pockets..
It’s business 101..
Electrongod on May 18, 2013 at 11:16 PM
One of my favorite Tom Petty tunes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNxfPAF1frM
CW on May 18, 2013 at 11:19 PM
The latest media meme “Obama the poor scandal puppy, is not yet sunk all the way into caca…look, he’s marching on…the absent/inept CEO of the land…look, he can still walk and smoke, all at the same time”.
Leftists:
1. You s/b ashamed of all the charlatanry. You should stand for liberty and progress, for all, you erudite enlightened ones.
2. Is he the smahtest president ever, the dumbest evahh, or the Three Monkeys of Oblivion, or a charlatanic thug? You can’t have it four ways.
3. Are you not embarrassed to ask this little of the first half black president? YOU are the ultimate racists in the land. Standards under Obama have sunk so low that the land laughs its collective azz off at the USA.
But, deflect fools, deflect. Mediocrity and misery all around, and lots of thuggery. YOU are like the UN, potentates who stand for nothing which is good, nothing, except your own power and caviar life-styles, the kind you love to berate. You are the ultimate hypocrites the Earth has ever known.
Schadenfreude on May 18, 2013 at 11:21 PM
This is mine.“Couldn’t have been that easy to forget about me!”
KCB on May 18, 2013 at 11:21 PM
It’s excellent. I have to bookmark it, though, and do it again tomorrow. I’m having to keep one eye on the thread, and this isn’t a one-eyed read. I don’t want to miss you, and . . . well, also stuff is happening (and some of us only have two eyes).
Too.
I wonder if that admission will help stick the right perspective on Ted Kennedy’s immigration reforms . . .
. . . almost have to skip this to get to other things. Lot of skipping tonight.
Axe on May 18, 2013 at 11:21 PM
For people like us ” LOSS” is a 4 letter word.
For marxist parasites, ” PROFIT” is a 4 letter word.
burrata on May 18, 2013 at 11:22 PM
I’m guessing HAL’s grasp of the basics is a little thin, as in the ignorance that comes along with that naive liberal favorite, “I hope gasoline goes to $15 a gallon because I ride the bus or my bike!”
Bishop on May 18, 2013 at 11:22 PM
G’night G-girl, sleep tight, but never stop thinking about
TXUS on May 18, 2013 at 11:25 PM
What Obama does to the USA.
Schadenfreude on May 18, 2013 at 11:26 PM
Ah, Moore and Maher, the braintrust of the left.
LOL
Midas on May 18, 2013 at 11:27 PM
Because of ‘New Labour’s’ immigration ‘reforms,’ beginning next year, up to 23 million Eastern Europeans – primarily from the very poor Bulgaria and Romania – will be ‘entitled’ to immigrate to the UK and get benefits.
The population of the UK is 61 million.
Just as Muffin is doing with his base over SSM, the EU & immigration, Labour lost its natural base of blue-collar workers over immigration, cheap labour, corporate cronyism, and pandering to a new coalition. Is it any wonder that Ukip is doing as well it is? Both main parties (Cleggie and the LibDems were a one-hit wonder) have spurned their bases in search of the ‘holy grail of multikulti.’ The Conservative Party is finished if it doesn’t dump Muffin and Labour has lost the plot, especially with Red Ed.
Resist We Much on May 18, 2013 at 11:28 PM
Also seems to be under the impression an employer really doesn’t give a spank about people working for him/her. Seems to have the idea that employers see employees as slave-labor or something. It isn’t that cold blooded. Maybe it is for some people, but I haven’t met or worked with them.
Axe on May 18, 2013 at 11:28 PM
La Obama Nostra Crime Syndicate. Al Capone could only dream.
VorDaj on May 18, 2013 at 11:29 PM
Yeah, let’s just agree up front that Obama is the all being, master of time, space and dimension!
KCB on May 18, 2013 at 11:29 PM
Your president thinks this is a three words sting, no kidding. Too bad Ed got rid of Obamateurisms. This is a Harvard grad, recall.
It’s. The. Law. #ObamaCareInThreeWords, twitter.com/whitehouse/sta…
— The White House (@whitehouse) May 16, 2013
The stupid media
Schadenfreude on May 18, 2013 at 11:29 PM
string = string
Schadenfreude on May 18, 2013 at 11:30 PM
To get an idea of how much Labour refuses to let go of a welfare state that the majority of Brits oppose, it opposes means-testing for fuel and travel allowances for even the wealthy. For if it were to support any change in benefits, it is afraid that it would be a crack that would swell into a massive breach in the ‘safety net’ dike.
Resist We Much on May 18, 2013 at 11:30 PM
So. Was. Slavery.
Resist We Much on May 18, 2013 at 11:31 PM
HAL has no concept of Supply and Demand.
In his world, Government supplies and he demands..
and that Government must take from the free market to fulfill his demanding right.
And if the free market keeps just a little too much for themselves..
FAIR SHARE crap is spewed from his mouth..
Electrongod on May 18, 2013 at 11:31 PM
Good stuff.
CW on May 18, 2013 at 11:32 PM
A welfare queens agitator from inner city Chicago who is not qualified for a dog catcher job in the smallest town in America… By far the most incompetent, laziest, and dumbest President we ever have… An insult to our Republic… A fool whose whole Presidency is about reading empty rhetoric speeches from a teleprompter and taking one photo op after another…
In a way we may be at the end very fortunate that such a man with such dangerous and corrupt left wing socialist ideology is also very incompetent, very lazy, and very stupid or else he would have done as much damage or more than FDR or LBJ who unfortunately for the nation were not lazy and were not stupid…
mnjg on May 18, 2013 at 11:32 PM
That brain never sleeps. Like a shark.
KCB on May 18, 2013 at 11:32 PM
That’s just HAL projecting his own perspective on the value of employees. God help anyone ever unfortunate enough to work for that POS – then again, he’s too stupid to likely wind up in a position that would have any direct reports, so…
Midas on May 18, 2013 at 11:35 PM
G’night all
OldWeaselKeeper on May 18, 2013 at 11:35 PM
That’s insane. :)
1. Cleggie?
2. . . . also Liberal democrat’s quote . . . um . . . about the looney base? something about . . . wild eyes or something . . .
Axe on May 18, 2013 at 11:35 PM
This would also qualify for the 3-words competition. He is nothing if not a fool. I don’t care if his secretary typed it. They are all one cabal of mediocrity.
Schadenfreude on May 18, 2013 at 11:36 PM
you may ask yourself,,,,where do complete
fools like HAL,,, who hate America come from??..
walter e williams knows…
http://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2013/05/15/hating-america-n1593700
going2mars on May 18, 2013 at 11:36 PM
Page 4 and you pantywaists haven’t got rid of HAL? What the? Too bad his mom didn’t take it on the chin. Another night, the right fellow and we might have had HotAirCon.
arnold ziffel on May 18, 2013 at 11:37 PM
So if Obama calls himself lazy is he racist?
CW on May 18, 2013 at 11:37 PM
Probably because HAL is feeling under-appreciated at his own job not because he’s always late, taking sick leave, or whining about everything, but because his boss is an unfeeling ogre.
The real magic of liberalism is that nothing is ever your fault, never ever ever never ever.
Bishop on May 18, 2013 at 11:37 PM
BTW, just to make sure we put the lie to your statement about you paying a 30% effective tax rate: Even at the worst end of the tax tables, a person earning $99K with only a standard deduction and no other deductions (i.e, makes $102,850, take $3850 standard deduction, nothing more) filing single would owe $21,174 in federal income tax. That is an effective rate of about 21%. That is worst case, unrealistic (because someone making that much will have some deductions)
To say HAL is an idiot is to denigrate idiots.
AZfederalist on May 18, 2013 at 11:38 PM
Schadenfreude on May 18, 2013 at 11:39 PM
People like HAL with such twisted and contorted knowledge about the real world are exactly the kind ,who ,people like me never ever hire , not even as a valet or dish washer .
burrata on May 18, 2013 at 11:40 PM
It depends which half of him he calls lazy.
Schadenfreude on May 18, 2013 at 11:41 PM
Nor have I or anyone I know in business. First, you care about the people working for you because, well, you’re on the same team and you’re human. Second, if you don’t care about them, they will not care about your business and, if they don’t, your business is in deep shit.
This is Business 101 in the current age, where most of us live, while people like HAL and the other trolls live, still, in the distant past or perhaps in the present China, where slave and child labor is cool, and workers have the rights of roaches.
TXUS on May 18, 2013 at 11:41 PM
Y’all do realize that HAL slinked in, took a dump and is now masturbating to y’alls replies. Right?
cozmo on May 18, 2013 at 11:41 PM
I love me some Walter Williams.
KCB on May 18, 2013 at 11:43 PM
How do you expose a left wing lunatic in one question?
Ask him/her what is the greatest country in the world… His/her answer will not be The United States of America…
mnjg on May 18, 2013 at 11:44 PM
Dude, I thought if you had a bo-bo lasting for more than three hours you’re supposed to get medical attention.
arnold ziffel on May 18, 2013 at 11:44 PM
The company I work with has gone to great lengths to limit job cuts as they understand the impact. I am tired of the HAL like talking points about how businesses only started or exist for profits.
CW on May 18, 2013 at 11:44 PM
burrata on May 18, 2013 at 11:40 PM
why would anyone hire him….he believes you
owe him something even befor he comes in for the interview…
going2mars on May 18, 2013 at 11:45 PM
High Enough?
KCB on May 18, 2013 at 11:47 PM
Yes, it is insane.
1. Nick Clegg.
2. Worse. It was said by one of Muffin’s advisers. And, he wonders why his base has left and joined UKIP???
Not much…much to the chagrin of my body on many occasions. :-)
Schad, yep.
Resist We Much on May 18, 2013 at 11:47 PM
He’s wankin’ a flaccid noodle.
But this is as close to any quality gratification this loser will ever get.
cozmo on May 18, 2013 at 11:47 PM
Anyone here watch Dollhouse by Joss Whedon?
tom daschle concerned on May 18, 2013 at 11:47 PM
I’m trying to get current in the public affairs of two nations, only one of which speaks English properly, hang out with a girl, study the origins of Progressivism, learn a bit about business from people that know more than I do about business, and a few more real-world things besides, and doing all of that late on a Saturday night with at least one guy walking around with a single malt scotch, neat, and no pants.
You could at least . . . you know . . . say it prettier. Or something.
Axe on May 18, 2013 at 11:48 PM
HAL is like most left wing lunatics does not pay any income tax because they are parasites living on the producers expense… So all the tax statistics do not matter for him…
mnjg on May 18, 2013 at 11:48 PM
Did you go tweet “So. Was. Slavery.” ???
Axe on May 18, 2013 at 11:49 PM
I don’t know of the existence of this thing of which you speak.
Axe on May 18, 2013 at 11:50 PM
How is BoJo received by the party faithful?
Punchenko on May 18, 2013 at 11:51 PM
Too tired, and too much bourbon to be pretty.
It was a long, but good day. Time to go spend some quality time with Mrs. cozmo.
cozmo on May 18, 2013 at 11:52 PM
:) *hat-tip*
Axe on May 18, 2013 at 11:54 PM
Night Cozmo!
KCB on May 18, 2013 at 11:55 PM
You can still rock in America!
KCB on May 18, 2013 at 11:56 PM
If by party ‘faithful,’ you mean the base that has split to UKIP, Boris is received much better than Cameron. He is still a bit of a loose cannon.
No party is going to receive tremendous support from any natives until they put up an in-or-out referendum on the EU and implement immigration controls. There has been too much damage to British society because of both. Too many laws and regs are imposed by apparatchiks in Brussels and too much immigration without integration had strained societal relationships along with placing a tremendous burden on social programmes.
Resist We Much on May 18, 2013 at 11:59 PM
*closes tabs*
*rubs temples*
Axe on May 18, 2013 at 11:59 PM
No
Resist We Much on May 19, 2013 at 12:02 AM
Hope to God she did. Because that is just brilliant.
Difficultas_Est_Imperium on May 19, 2013 at 12:02 AM
Why would they continue to work?
Schadenfreude on May 19, 2013 at 12:03 AM
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