One day, one of those Muslim extremists is going to come across the southern border, and actually succeed in blowing something up. I am calling this right now.
Ah, I don’t know that Colbert is actually a puppet of the DNC. More like modern political satirist. He doesn’t seem to mind lampooning either party. Think Twain or Swift of contemporary media, minus the notoriety and prerequisite ability to read.
Depending on how you interpret it, he could very well have been sticking it to dems by showing how ineffective they have been at using the opportunity that they have had for some time now to actually do something that people are concerned with. Having him up there acting like a dick is like icing on the cake.
I like it. Like a big nose thumbing fuck you to a bunch of people who have wasted WAY more money than the cost of the time alloted for him to speak. Bickering about the govt. wasting 40k. makes about as much sense as arguing about the shade of blue that the sky is after it has already been agreed to that the sky is in fact blue.
Even Stewart hasn’t been exactly kind to dems lately. The few times I’ve watched, he has been (not scorchingly) critical of them as being as ineffective and self serving as any elected official could possibly be. It would be nice to see him just go completely apeshit, but he still seems to have a shred of hope that they might actually do something decent at some point.
[quote]Rockscar wrote:
It was a mockery, and shameful. Should never have happened. Invited to speak by the dirtbag dem chair. What genius really thought this was a good idea?
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Then doesn’t it seem entirely fitting that he would make what ever clueless idiot that invited him to do this look exactly like a clueless idiot?
It was a stupid idea, brought to us on national television by a party that have been lost up their own asses for a long fucking time.
That is the beauty of it.
[quote]Rockscar wrote:
[quote]stokedporcupine8 wrote:
[quote]John S. wrote:
A rough estimate is this cost taxpayers $125,000[/quote]
Where does this number come from? Considering that the government payed for none of this travel expenses, the only “cost” is in time. Since congressmen are not payed hourly, I have a hard time thinking that payroll to the secretaries that coordinated this and utility bills for five minutes added up to over a hundred grand. But maybe I’m missing something.
In the end, although this isn’t a big deal it’s easily made to fit into the nice narrative most of you seem to have, hence the wailing and gnashing of teeth over mythical amounts this supposedly cost the almighty taxpayer.
You know, there’s a nice rally going on next month for those people who just can’t get enough of these sorts of stories. [/quote]
The 125k is the average cost per hearing ON TAXPAYERS and not mythical at all.
Divide colberts time by the total time and you have like 40k maybe. It was a mockery, and shameful. Should never have happened. Invited to speak by the dirtbag dem chair. What genius really thought this was a good idea?
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Your whole pemise is wrong.
Want those fucktards to look into baseball again?
I say, have him there all year.
His total time was FIVE MINUTES.
But anyway, so the narrative goes on.
As I said, there’s a rally in few weeks for those who can’t get enough ``stories’’ like this one.
[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
Ah, I don’t know that Colbert is actually a puppet of the DNC. More like modern political satirist. He doesn’t seem to mind lampooning either party.[/quote]
He doesn’t mind, yet 90+ percent of his stuff is against republicans. Funny how that works.
[quote]Even Stewart hasn’t been exactly kind to dems lately. The few times I’ve watched, he has been (not scorchingly) critical of them as being as ineffective and self serving as any elected official could possibly be. It would be nice to see him just go completely apeshit, but he still seems to have a shred of hope that they might actually do something decent at some point.
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Once again, Stewart has only been giving it to the dems as of late after seeing the poll numbers. You have to remember that these guys are first and foremost out for a buck. But over all it is the republicans that take it on the chin from both of these clowns.
Can anyone name a comedian who picks on the dems almost exclusively? I’m asking because I’d like to watch. I don’t think there is one.
[quote]ZEB wrote:
Can anyone name a comedian who picks on the dems almost exclusively? I’m asking because I’d like to watch. I don’t think there is one.[/quote]
Dennis Miller picks on Dems alot, but not exclusively.
[quote]MaximusB wrote:
[quote]ZEB wrote:
Can anyone name a comedian who picks on the dems almost exclusively? I’m asking because I’d like to watch. I don’t think there is one.[/quote]
Dennis Miller picks on Dems alot, but not exclusively. [/quote]
Absolutely, forgot about him. I actually remember Miller when he was a died in the wool lefty. He used to torment Bush (the elder) back in 90 and 91. Then he had an epiphany.
[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
Ah, I don’t know that Colbert is actually a puppet of the DNC. More like modern political satirist. He doesn’t seem to mind lampooning either party. Think Twain or Swift of contemporary media, minus the notoriety and prerequisite ability to read.
Depending on how you interpret it, he could very well have been sticking it to dems by showing how ineffective they have been at using the opportunity that they have had for some time now to actually do something that people are concerned with. Having him up there acting like a dick is like icing on the cake.
I like it. Like a big nose thumbing fuck you to a bunch of people who have wasted WAY more money than the cost of the time alloted for him to speak. Bickering about the govt. wasting 40k. makes about as much sense as arguing about the shade of blue that the sky is after it has already been agreed to that the sky is in fact blue.
Even Stewart hasn’t been exactly kind to dems lately. The few times I’ve watched, he has been (not scorchingly) critical of them as being as ineffective and self serving as any elected official could possibly be. It would be nice to see him just go completely apeshit, but he still seems to have a shred of hope that they might actually do something decent at some point.
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Bill Maher talked about some of this last night, he literally called Dems “pussies” for not getting shit done when they own Congress and the Presidency.
How funny that Dems are reluctant to bring up passing Health Care Reform while seeking reelection. Also, there is alot more respect for the Tea Party than before. Harry Reid is fighting for his worthless life to a Tea Party Candidate. How sweet would it be for him to be unseated by someone from the Tea Party?
[quote]ZEB wrote:
[quote]MaximusB wrote:
[quote]ZEB wrote:
Can anyone name a comedian who picks on the dems almost exclusively? I’m asking because I’d like to watch. I don’t think there is one.[/quote]
Dennis Miller picks on Dems alot, but not exclusively. [/quote]
Absolutely, forgot about him. I actually remember Miller when he was a died in the wool lefty. He used to torment Bush (the elder) back in 90 and 91. Then he had an epiphany.
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Miller does talk radio here in Los Angeles in the mornings, and he has some of the highest ratings.
Do you know how hard it would be to put a humorous spin on the left? Damn near impossible.
They aren’t funny. They’re creepy and invasive.
I haven’t seen or heard much from Dennis Miller lately, but if he can get a good laugh at the expense of the libs, he is definitely better than most. If I remember correctly, his humor is very complex, cutting, sarcastic, and about 3 feet over the head of more than a few people, and stratospherically above most.
Thats why he didn’t do very well as a color commentary for the NFL.
I think this sums it up fairly well:
[i]On Wednesday, upon hearing news that TV stunt comedian Stephen Colbert was to testify before a House panel on immigration, I wrote a blog post called â??Scenes from a Political Meltdownâ?? in which I predicted it would not happen, because someone would intervene to prevent the Democratic majority in Congress from making a suicidal error in turning over discussion of an important issue to a master mocker.
Well, I was wrong. It happened this morning. Colbert, playing his blowhard-conservative-pseudo-Oâ??Reilly character, was screamingly funny (you can watch him here). Among other things, he attempted to introduce the results of his colonoscopy into the Congressional Record. The members of Congress were screamingly funny too, only unintentionally. There were expressions of surprise, motions to get Colbert off the stage, pained stabs at making jokes alongside a professional, and so on.
At least when Sasha Baron Cohenâ??s Borat and Bruno took politicians by surprise, the politicians had no idea who Baron Cohen was. Everybody in that room, including Committee chair Zoe Lofgren, knew exactly who Colbert was.
This may have been the single biggest pointless blunder in American political history, and I am not kidding. With an election only five weeks from now in which Democrats are poised for major losses, this morningâ??s depiction of Congress as ludicrous dupes of a TV personality â?? which will be replayed for weeks â?? will make the analogistic point that the majority is unfit to be running things. How exactly will they argue otherwise?
Did Colbert himself understand the damage he was going to do to the political and ideological forces he clearly supports by mocking the political process they control in this way? Is he, secretly, more Oâ??Reilly than Oâ??Reilly? Whatever is the case, the disaster was predictable and could have been avoided. I know, because I predicted it. What I didnâ??t predict is that the House leadership and the Democratic leadership generally are in such a state of degeneration that they didnâ??t know, or didnâ??t try, to intervene before this political Jonestown.
UPDATE: Oh my Lord. Speaker of the House Margaret Dumont Nancy Pelosi has defended Colbertâ??s appearance: â??Heâ??s an American. He has a point of view.â??[/i]
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/jpodhoretz/362976
In a desperate election when Democrats won’t even identify their party affiliation in their campaign ads, they elect to put a comedian up to talk about…basically nothing…and give the opposition soundbyte after soundbyte.
In my years of following politics, I have never seen the breadth and depth of unforced errors made by this administration and this Congress. It’s been truly surprising.
Pelosi backs up Colbert’s comments? Man, today must be my birthday or something. I am shocked that Libs haven’t blame Republicans for Colbert’s comments.
[quote]MaximusB wrote:
Pelosi backs up Colbert’s comments? Man, today must be my birthday or something. I am shocked that Libs haven’t blame Republicans for Colbert’s comments.
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Its all W’s Fault!
[quote]ZEB wrote:
Can anyone name a comedian who picks on the dems almost exclusively? I’m asking because I’d like to watch. I don’t think there is one.[/quote]
Glenn Beck?
Fox news?
That’s a funny troupe!
[quote]Schwarzfahrer wrote:
Fox news?
That’s a funny troupe![/quote]
They lean as far right as CBS, NBC, CNN, ABC the New York Times and a host of other mainstream media has leaned left.
It really pisses off liberals that we have at least a little balance now ha ha.
[quote]Otep wrote:
[quote]ZEB wrote:
Can anyone name a comedian who picks on the dems almost exclusively? I’m asking because I’d like to watch. I don’t think there is one.[/quote]
Glenn Beck?[/quote]
A good observational comedian will take a real situation and exaggerate it, essentially lying to make people laugh. Tell me, what has Glenn Beck said that isn’t true? He’s told the truth about the questionable cast of characters that surround Obama, so that can’t be it. But please tell me if you know of something.
Obama’s cabinet is changing people faster than most football huddles.