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January 18, 2012 at 9:52 am
Carryover from yesterday’s discussion:
joe’s right, the left NEVER makes false accusations of racism. They’re always very careful before making such an incendiary charge.
Matthews: Gingrich is racist for repeating Juan Williams’s name.
January 18, 2012 at 10:01 am
Kiss off, Farris. I didn’t say that. You have a habit of making up quotes for me.
January 18, 2012 at 10:07 am
Alex Weprin
Unreal, wow RT @cschweitz: Today in YES REALLY: “Costa Concordia captain claims he tripped and fell into a lifeboat”
Reminds me of the time I tripped and fell into a Pizza Hut.
January 18, 2012 at 10:20 am
Ed Henry
NY Post’s classic front page on Italian cruise captain: Chicken of the Sea .. @newyorkpost CAPTAIN’S NOT COURAGEOUS,
January 18, 2012 at 10:40 am
Here’s a hint if the pack of righties around here would like to see my comment count drop off: Don’t start the day by baiting me with BS.
January 18, 2012 at 11:19 am
I don’t think we want your comment level down.
Just your common sense level up.
January 18, 2012 at 11:52 am
MSNBC’s been going after Willard Romney all week. All I can say is, it’s about time. For the longest time, Andrea Mitchell seemed to be in the tank for Willard.
January 18, 2012 at 11:54 am
^ Again, Andy? Why “Willard?”
What is the purpose?
January 18, 2012 at 11:58 am
Willard is an euphemism for “not who he says he is”. Common sense would tell you that.
January 18, 2012 at 12:02 pm
^ So using Hussein, or Soetoro, would be equally appropriate?
January 18, 2012 at 12:03 pm
Sure, then you can sound just as silly as we do saying ‘Willard’. It’s a harmless jab, don’t have a fit.
January 18, 2012 at 12:04 pm
– Hussein –
Nah, that was racist..
January 18, 2012 at 12:06 pm
Wth is a Soetoro?
January 18, 2012 at 12:07 pm
^ As a matter of fact, that WAS a “racist dog whistle” as I recall.
Funny how things change.
January 18, 2012 at 12:10 pm
Using derogatory references against Obama is a CHANGE?
January 18, 2012 at 12:40 pm
I really wish MSNBC would expand NewsNation to two hours.
@imnotblue Willard is Willard Romney’s real name.
January 18, 2012 at 12:53 pm
Put Andrea on at 12, and Tamron up against Megyn from 1-3.
January 18, 2012 at 1:07 pm
Mitt is Romney’s real name, too, and there’s nothing derogatory about calling him by his first name. It’s a bit juvenile, maybe, but that’s ok.
January 18, 2012 at 1:08 pm
@ Joe
@ Andy
Oh, I know “Willard” is his birth name, just as “Barack Hussein Soetoro” is Pres. Obama’s birth name.
But I also remember how the left screamed “Racism!” when anyone on the right used it.
That’s what funny in how things change. One day it’s wrong, immoral, and possible racist to refer to a Presidential candidate by their birth name. And the next, it’s perfectly acceptable.
Some might call that hypocrisy, or lacking in ethics. And they’d be right.
January 18, 2012 at 1:08 pm
@ Al
Totally agree. “Willard” is an uncommon name, but then again, so is “Barack.”
So really, who cares?
January 18, 2012 at 1:22 pm
So really, who cares?
As far as I can tell, you’re the only one.
Btw, I don’t remember anyone of note saying “Hussein” was racist. As I ecall, it was considered a silly attempt to make the President sound like a Muslim terrorist. Which was funny, because Saddam wasn’t a Muslim.
January 18, 2012 at 1:25 pm
No one actually cares. It’s childish, and indicates the intellect of the user.
– “I don’t remember” –
What else is new.
January 18, 2012 at 1:36 pm
@ Joe
Well no, I don’t care… because I don’t think it’s offensive. I was just curious about why the left has apparently changed their mind on such things.
As for “not remembering?” Really? Are you serious? Shall I pull up page after page from Media Matters? Remind you that McCain was forced to apologize for SOMEONE ELSE using “Hussein?” Bring up article after article, or YouTube clips of people saying it was “offensive” to use his middle name?
Seriously? Either you’ve got some pretty serious memory issues, or your more dishonest than I previously thought.
January 18, 2012 at 1:55 pm
You’ll have to delineate between “offensive” and “racist”. “Hussein” was an attempt to make Obama seem threatening, as if he was Muslim and/or a terrorist. Mostly it was just hysterically juvenile.
January 18, 2012 at 1:58 pm
Btw, there’s a collection of Tea Party birther nimrods who still use his middle name to much amusement among their collective of basement bloggers waiting for mommy to call them for dinner.
January 18, 2012 at 2:00 pm
– you’ll have to delineate between –
Tell it to the Left. They seem to have trouble with that one. We tend to respond in-kind, in a vain attempt at making a point, which of course is always missed, oddly enough.
January 18, 2012 at 2:02 pm
“We don’t have much of a connection with the Occupiers..” so sayeth Nancy Pelosi. Amazing what a little smoke bomb at the White House will do. On top of all their other ‘non-violent’ activities.
January 18, 2012 at 2:30 pm
Remember when Joe was such a defender of the Occupiers? Could have told you so Joe. Come to think of it, I did.
Andy, next use of “Willard” and you will have to write “Barry Obama” 100 times.
January 18, 2012 at 2:56 pm
Guess after the rapes,assaults,drug overdoses and child endangerment Princess Botox Pelosi is getting a little gunshy trying ti embrace the OWS movement…but I bet she’ll still say the Tea Party members are the real dangerous ones.
January 18, 2012 at 3:20 pm
Chris Matthews talking about Willard Romney’s tax return now, thinks it’s damaging. I agree. When conservatives rally around a flat tax that would eliminate the tax burden for the rich and put it all on the poor, it’s tough for them to now say the rich are overtaxed when Willard pays less in taxes than I do.
Righties called Obama an elitist and still do, but they expect me to support Willard M. Romney? HAH!
January 18, 2012 at 3:25 pm
Yes, we know that your vote was up for grabs until that bit of info came out. Just like Matthews. Whatever.
January 18, 2012 at 3:30 pm
This campaign is gonna be BORING.
January 18, 2012 at 3:31 pm
Andy… you may be confused, so let me help.
“Elitist” does not mean “wealthy.” It means someone who sees himself (or herself) as vastly superior, and more enlightened than everyone else, as a result of what they have. Someone who looks down their nose at people who aren’t like them, who may disagree with them, or who come from a different background as them.
You can be wealthy, and not be elitist.
It is synonymous with arrogant, condescending, and egotistical.
So Romeny’s wealth speaks nothing to him being an “elitist.”
January 18, 2012 at 3:36 pm
Romney’s too busy being clueless to be elitist. The Occupy movement established a narrative which Mitt is drowning in every time he opens his mouth. No wonder he avoided interviews for six months…
January 18, 2012 at 3:39 pm
Which part of that narrative throws smoke bombs at the White House?
It’s cute that you’re clinging onto the nobility of the Occupy movement, but that time is over. When even NanNan is trying to distance herself, it’s time to walk away, and “fail to remember” that you ever supported them.
January 18, 2012 at 3:46 pm
I support the cause. Don’t mean shyte to me if some crackheads agree with me. Or maybe I should criticize your support of conservative causes because some idiots do, too. Your ability to categorize large groups of people as This Thought and That Thought is growing tedious.
January 18, 2012 at 3:51 pm
-“Willard” is an uncommon name-
I’d say “Mitt” is less common than “Willard”. The only other “Mitt” I’ve ever heard of is that Chicago Bear quarterback cousin he was named after, and for that guy “Mitt” really was a nickname.
January 18, 2012 at 3:57 pm
Barry Obama
don’t let the kids know my real name
Barry Obama
January 18, 2012 at 3:57 pm
The only ‘Willard’ I know is a rat, though not personally. If y’all want to imitate Ann Coulter with her ‘Barack Hussein Obama’, have at it.
January 18, 2012 at 4:07 pm
I know a lot of “Hussein”s of various spellings personally. Maybe not as common as “Robert” but certainly in the running.
January 18, 2012 at 4:10 pm
My middle name is Remi, which was technically my real name as a kid because my French-Canadian dad was too stupid to know what a PITA it would be. You can call me Remi now if you please, but it’s Frenchist.
January 18, 2012 at 4:24 pm
Ah, Willard wasn’t the rat. My bad. Never actually saw the movie, fortunately.
January 18, 2012 at 4:27 pm
Willard, boy. Ben, rat.
January 18, 2012 at 4:30 pm
I know Ben from the song, which is actually somewhat less weird when you know it’s about a rat..
January 18, 2012 at 4:40 pm
Willard’s old enough to have caught hell for his name because of those flicks. Betcha $10,000…
January 18, 2012 at 4:52 pm
Yes, you and others on the left should START doing that. Right. Ha!
The short term memory strikes again.
January 18, 2012 at 5:09 pm
I’ve never claimed your support of conservative thought was a problem because of someone else’s agreement with it. You don’t know what you’re talking about. Now run along and wash up before show time. American Idol starts at 8…you wouldn’t wanna miss Steven..
January 18, 2012 at 5:14 pm
“Remi” has a nice ring to it.
“Larry” sounds like a stooge.
January 18, 2012 at 5:18 pm
Check Drudge. Now.
January 18, 2012 at 5:23 pm
Bye bye, Newtie.
January 18, 2012 at 5:35 pm
ABC News struggling about what do do / when with Newt ex wife interview. I suspect anything helping Romney is distasteful to them.
January 18, 2012 at 5:36 pm
Isn’t DRUDGE just the best?!
January 18, 2012 at 5:37 pm
Willard has to be laughing his ass off. I know I am.
January 18, 2012 at 5:39 pm
Has Olbermann returned from Grinchville? Might check tonight to see if he has paid the electric bill.
January 18, 2012 at 5:49 pm
Ben the two of us need look no more
ABC found what we were looking for
Newt’s ex has thrown us a juicy bone
We and Paul will soon be along.
A better friend you will never see,
than pissed-off wife at ABC.
January 18, 2012 at 6:22 pm
@ Joe
Two points:
Many on the left have beat the racist drum for years now, exposing every knucklehead they can, and attaching them to a right-of-center group (like the Tea Party). If you don’t “remember” that, it’s not my problem. It just means you should probably seek out a medical professional.
Secondly, I can’t sit through American Idol, and have never watched Steven on that show. I don’t begrudge him for doing it, but those competitions just aren’t my thing. Especially in the early stages… just seems mean to me.
January 18, 2012 at 6:39 pm
I can’t find where but this isn’t much new as Marianne Gingrich unloaded on her ex before. Nasty, bitter woman… and I really do like her.
January 18, 2012 at 6:43 pm
– nasty, bitter woman –
Like that should be a bad thing?
January 18, 2012 at 6:49 pm
Still pitch black behind that nasty man.
Countdown:
SOUTH CAROLINA
LIVE PRIMARY COVERAGE
6:30 PM ET | 3:30 PM PT
This Saturday
with K.O., David S.
& somebody Henderson
Young Turks need not apply
January 18, 2012 at 6:58 pm
So Blue, what you’re saying is that people who don’t remember things the way you do need “medical professional help”? That’s quite a caseload..
January 18, 2012 at 7:16 pm
Willard Mitt Romney is in good company:
British PM Arthur N. Chamberlain
US Pres. Stephan G. Cleveland
NASCAR driver Ralph D. Earnhardt
FLOTUS Ann E. Roosevelt….
January 18, 2012 at 7:22 pm
Ann? No wonder.
January 18, 2012 at 7:25 pm
Ralph was Dale’s dad.
January 18, 2012 at 7:28 pm
^ Fine, Ralph D. Earnhardt Jr.
And, since this is a cable news blog… Robert T. Turner
January 18, 2012 at 7:35 pm
I suppose that really depends, Joe. If I remember things that happened, and the other person routinely “forgets” things that happen when they’re bad for his political party (or catch him, or the party, in some blatant hypocrisy)… then yes, perhaps they should seek help.
Either that, or try a little honesty. You know, whichever is easier.
January 18, 2012 at 8:25 pm
I would try a little less morphing one particular moderate lefty into a generic Progressive Left, and a LOT less mail order medical diagnosis, Sparky. We have actual for real doctors and EMTs here.
January 18, 2012 at 8:49 pm
Lawrence O’Donnell (speaking about Modern Family): If I said the F word right now, MSNBC would have to suspend me for the rest of my life.
LOD, You do work for “The Place For Suspensions”.
January 18, 2012 at 9:02 pm
Michael_Haz
Somewhere in a large house in Bel-Air, Gloria Allred is screaming at her secretary “Peggy!! Get me Marianne Gingrich’s telephone number!”
January 18, 2012 at 9:11 pm
Here’s what’s weird about being Newt Gingrich. The assumption is that everything we know is already so loathsome that the next steps down are unthinkable..and he may win SC. I say he shot a man in Reno..
January 18, 2012 at 9:57 pm
Silly me – forgot all about Keith R. Murdoch.
January 18, 2012 at 11:00 pm
Rick Santorum: “I don’t have to be the smartest person in the room, and come up with a harebrained idea every 20 minutes.” He’s looking better and better.
January 18, 2012 at 11:01 pm
Memo to groups looking to make fun of a Rachel Maddow commercial: She will put on a stupid wig and have an excellent time with it.
January 18, 2012 at 11:10 pm
The funny thing is..she didn’t really fight it. She established the disclaimer that Obama wants the permit process completed, then ran the ad in full; put on a wig; laughed; and said, “Thanks for knowing who I am.” It’s a web ad. How much you wanna bet the only TV show that played it was Rachel’s?
January 18, 2012 at 11:35 pm
Sounds like it’ll just be stuff that she’s said before, but wrapped up nice and tidy like a turd with a bow on it. Might stem his momentum for Saturday, though.
http://hotair.com/archives/2012/01/18/drudge-gingrichs-ex-wife-is-ready-to-dish/
January 19, 2012 at 3:40 am
must have cut a little too close to the Maddow bone
January 19, 2012 at 3:42 am
I think ABC News should interview Obam’s uncle, then his aunt… two days before the general.