The Politics of Spite

[JohnnyD]

FB, I don't typically read many Opinion pieces. I can form my own opinion. I was looking for a news article and that was on the sidebar. Rush, Beck, Olbermann and Maher (does anyone even watch his show) are a bunch of clowns and it's difficult to believe anyone still takes them seriously. **Edit** Add Ann Coulter to this list, since her banner ad was at the top of the page after I posted this **

As I mentioned in my original post, the article is someone what I've been discussing for a couple weeks now regarding the GOP approach to health care. While you criticize the quotes I put in, the actions aren't isolated to just those groups. Just look at these forums and the abundance of "Obama is only petitioning for the Olympics because his friends will benefit" - as opposed to the influx of jobs, tourism, foreign money coming here, etc.

I do find it amusing that you try to state that anyone has more nastiness in their rants than Limbaugh.

Feel free to continue with your hit and run posts in your attempt merely to criticize me regardless of the topic, as opposed to contribute to the discussion.

[scottw]

Originally Posted by JohnnyD

Feel free to continue with your hit and run posts in your attempt merely to criticize me regardless of the topic, as opposed to contribute to the discussion.

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[fishbones]

Originally Posted by JohnnyD

I do find it amusing that you try to state that anyone has more nastiness in their rants than Limbaugh.

Feel free to continue with your hit and run posts in your attempt merely to criticize me regardless of the topic, as opposed to contribute to the discussion.

You must not listen to Olbermann if you think Limbaugh is nastier than him. Olberman is as bad if not worse than Coulter.

And it's not a "hit and run" post. I was just calling you out for disparaging Republicans based on a couple of nitwit comments. While I may lean more to the right than you politically, I certainly don't criticize you "regardless of the topic". It's just spirited discussion as far as I'm concerned. You probably see things from both sides more than a lot of us in here. I'm much more likely to criticize Spence regardless of the topic because it's just fun to pick on him.

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by fishbones

You must not listen to Olbermann if you think Limbaugh is nastier than him. Olberman is as bad if not worse than Coulter.

And it's not a "hit and run" post. I was just calling you out for disparaging Republicans based on a couple of nitwit comments. While I may lean more to the right than you politically, I certainly don't criticize you "regardless of the topic". It's just spirited discussion as far as I'm concerned. You probably see things from both sides more than a lot of us in here. I'm much more likely to criticize Spence regardless of the topic because it's just fun to pick on him.

The most I've listened to Olberman is while flipping channels, him being on and continuing to flip.

Touche on your last sentence.

[spence]

Originally Posted by fishbones

You must not listen to Olbermann if you think Limbaugh is nastier than him. Olberman is as bad if not worse than Coulter.

I completely disagree. While Olberman's rants can be acerbic and pompus, they are usually very well researched and thought out.

Coulter is instead nearly always focused on saying anything to get a rise out of people and beating the "liberals have a mental disorder" horse she's been milking for a decade.

-spence

[fishbones]

Originally Posted by spence

I completely disagree. While Olberman's rants can be acerbic and pompus, they are usually very well researched and thought out.

Coulter is instead nearly always focused on saying anything to get a rise out of people and beating the "liberals have a mental disorder" horse she's been milking for a decade.

-spence

Yeah, Olbermann's acerbic and pompous. And he definitely is smart. Probably almost 60% as smart as he thinks he is. As for researched and thought out, I'm not so sure. I doubt his racial slur during MNF wasn't part of his script. And making the guacamole comment about a Mexican American governor may have been funny to racists, but I don't think he meant to say it on the air. Now I'm pretty sure his Nazi salute while he holds up the Bill O'Reilly mask is intended. I'd put that in the same category as Coulters idiotic comments and schtick.