Inquiring Minds Want To Know:– When does MSNBC start billing the ubiquitous Patrick “J is for Jingoist!” Buchanan as a ‘Republican operative’ instead of a ‘news analyst’? Since the former Nixon speechwriter, Christopublican gasbag, and soft-shoe bigot regularly babbles at length on all of the cable channel’s talk shows except Keith Olbermann’s Countdown, and Pat persists in using his position to cheer on the GOP while damning the Dems, maybe it’s time for a little truth in labeling.– Speaking of Olbermann, my heart went out to him on Jan. 8th, paired with ‘Nuts in a Can’ Chris Matthews for the New Hampshire vote rundown. It must have been hard keeping a straight face while Tweety Bird — trying to appear intellectual, I guess — bobbled his way through some weird analogy to “Lawrence of Arabia” and Obama winning the Iowa vote, comparing Barack to the Arab Bedouin tribes amassed by T.E. Lawrence coming out of the Nefud Desert to surprise the Turks at Aqaba during World War One, the Turkish army representing Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Let’s just say that the Seven Pillars of Wisdom it wasn’t. Considering the ditzy and long-winded obscurity of the comment, and the wincing match-up of Obama to marauding Arabs, are we witnessing the final mental crack-up of Bush’s 2003 ‘Mission Accomplished’ Cod-Piece Lover? (Perhaps the strain of the rumored loss of his MSNBC “Hardball” show has unhinged him, not that he wasn’t off the freaking rails before.)What’s next for Clown Car — more metaphors conjured up from other old films?Matthews: “See, New Hampshire was like Rhett Butler in that classic Academy Award winner ‘Gone with the Wind,’ who said, ‘Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn’ to Obama’s Scarlett O’Hara and his wave of popularity coming out of Iowa, I mean, if he were a white woman who owned slaves from the south and Clark Gable was the Granite State. And Ashley Wilkes is like Hillary Clinton, if she were a male Confederate officer, who was the one Scarlett really loved, in this case Scarlett being the New Hampshire voters. Only here Obama, back to being Scarlett, and going on to other primaries, is the one who says, ‘Tomorrow is another day’ because, you know, it is as his campaign heads down to take South Carolina like one of those famous Union generals like Sherman or one of those big tough guys during the Civil War, you know, manly guys with boots and saddles and swords who smelled like English Leather and cigars all the time.”Olbermann: “Uh, thanks, Chris, for that analysis. Now let’s check in with Pat Buchanan at MSNBC election central. Pat, have you seen any old movies lately?”Buchanan: “Actually, the Obama campaign reminds me of ‘The Big Sleep’ with Obama as Sam Spade trying to bed the beautiful white woman –”Olbermann: “Uh, oh — I think we’ll cut for a commercial right here, Pat.”– Speaking of Republican operatives, The Tattler is mighty weary of the endless parade of GOP and Dem ‘strategists’ hauled out before the cameras on the cable news channels, especially during elections. Their commentary is entirely predictable and generally based on the party’s sifted-through-silk Talking Points rendering nothing but more dull chatter and dumb hot air to the process. I know they have to fill a lot of airtime, but how about some people who won’t put a bag on their head for a political party? Janeane Garofalo, P.J. O’Rourke, Tony Hendra, Naomi Klein, Richard Belzer, Henry Rollins, Randi Rhodes, Glenn Greenwald, Kinky Friedman, Thom Hartmann, Paul Craig Roberts, and many others are politically savvy and would be more entertaining than the tired march of empty suits offered up as party strategists. Moreover, I think they’d be glad to come on and pierce the stuffed-shirt Styrofoam of cable TV political dialogue and its attenuated, archaic mentality.Quote of the Week:
“I literally had James Madison in my mouth!”– Jon Stewart on The Daily Show, Jan. 8, 2008.
Laughable Times Two: Frum’s book “Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again,” in which the ex-Bush White House aide and staunch defender suddenly realizes what the polls have been saying for generations: Americans are deeply concerned about things that affect their personal lives like health care, housing, jobs and the quality of life — the stuff Frum’s old boss has made worse during his tenure as our First Appointed President. While it’s nice of Dave to tacitly acknowledge the monumental failures of Bush and the Republican Party in the title of his book, Frum is still full of a type of Super BS it’s not even possible to create on this planet – it’s some kind of Martian strain, imported via a flying rock or neocon UFO. Big Media take note: Jon Stewart has shown the way to conduct an interview with a dedicated scat shoveler like Junior’s man Frum – laugh in his face publicly, instead of chuckling to your colleagues later.
“My brain’s not on strike, brother.”– Jon Stewart on The Daily Show, Jan. 8, 2008, in an apt response to David Frum’s rancid pile of neocon horse pucky.
– Finally, Bush is “absolutely optimistic” about the economy? Drop everything, sell your stocks, and buy gold NOW! The end is nigh!
The Tattlesnake – Post-Election Front Effrontery and David Frum: Martian Prostitute Edition
Inquiring Minds Want To Know:– When does MSNBC start billing the ubiquitous Patrick “J is for Jingoist!” Buchanan as a ‘Republican operative’ instead of a ‘news analyst’? Since the former Nixon speechwriter, Christopublican gasbag, and soft-shoe bigot regularly babbles at length on all of the cable channel’s talk shows except Keith Olbermann’s Countdown, and Pat persists in using his position to cheer on the GOP while damning the Dems, maybe it’s time for a little truth in labeling.– Speaking of Olbermann, my heart went out to him on Jan. 8th, paired with ‘Nuts in a Can’ Chris Matthews for the New Hampshire vote rundown. It must have been hard keeping a straight face while Tweety Bird — trying to appear intellectual, I guess — bobbled his way through some weird analogy to “Lawrence of Arabia” and Obama winning the Iowa vote, comparing Barack to the Arab Bedouin tribes amassed by T.E. Lawrence coming out of the Nefud Desert to surprise the Turks at Aqaba during World War One, the Turkish army representing Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Let’s just say that the Seven Pillars of Wisdom it wasn’t. Considering the ditzy and long-winded obscurity of the comment, and the wincing match-up of Obama to marauding Arabs, are we witnessing the final mental crack-up of Bush’s 2003 ‘Mission Accomplished’ Cod-Piece Lover? (Perhaps the strain of the rumored loss of his MSNBC “Hardball” show has unhinged him, not that he wasn’t off the freaking rails before.)What’s next for Clown Car — more metaphors conjured up from other old films?Matthews: “See, New Hampshire was like Rhett Butler in that classic Academy Award winner ‘Gone with the Wind,’ who said, ‘Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn’ to Obama’s Scarlett O’Hara and his wave of popularity coming out of Iowa, I mean, if he were a white woman who owned slaves from the south and Clark Gable was the Granite State. And Ashley Wilkes is like Hillary Clinton, if she were a male Confederate officer, who was the one Scarlett really loved, in this case Scarlett being the New Hampshire voters. Only here Obama, back to being Scarlett, and going on to other primaries, is the one who says, ‘Tomorrow is another day’ because, you know, it is as his campaign heads down to take South Carolina like one of those famous Union generals like Sherman or one of those big tough guys during the Civil War, you know, manly guys with boots and saddles and swords who smelled like English Leather and cigars all the time.”Olbermann: “Uh, thanks, Chris, for that analysis. Now let’s check in with Pat Buchanan at MSNBC election central. Pat, have you seen any old movies lately?”Buchanan: “Actually, the Obama campaign reminds me of ‘The Big Sleep’ with Obama as Sam Spade trying to bed the beautiful white woman –”Olbermann: “Uh, oh — I think we’ll cut for a commercial right here, Pat.”– Speaking of Republican operatives, The Tattler is mighty weary of the endless parade of GOP and Dem ‘strategists’ hauled out before the cameras on the cable news channels, especially during elections. Their commentary is entirely predictable and generally based on the party’s sifted-through-silk Talking Points rendering nothing but more dull chatter and dumb hot air to the process. I know they have to fill a lot of airtime, but how about some people who won’t put a bag on their head for a political party? Janeane Garofalo, P.J. O’Rourke, Tony Hendra, Naomi Klein, Richard Belzer, Henry Rollins, Randi Rhodes, Glenn Greenwald, Kinky Friedman, Thom Hartmann, Paul Craig Roberts, and many others are politically savvy and would be more entertaining than the tired march of empty suits offered up as party strategists. Moreover, I think they’d be glad to come on and pierce the stuffed-shirt Styrofoam of cable TV political dialogue and its attenuated, archaic mentality.Quote of the Week:
Laughable Times Two: Frum’s book “Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again,” in which the ex-Bush White House aide and staunch defender suddenly realizes what the polls have been saying for generations: Americans are deeply concerned about things that affect their personal lives like health care, housing, jobs and the quality of life — the stuff Frum’s old boss has made worse during his tenure as our First Appointed President. While it’s nice of Dave to tacitly acknowledge the monumental failures of Bush and the Republican Party in the title of his book, Frum is still full of a type of Super BS it’s not even possible to create on this planet – it’s some kind of Martian strain, imported via a flying rock or neocon UFO. Big Media take note: Jon Stewart has shown the way to conduct an interview with a dedicated scat shoveler like Junior’s man Frum – laugh in his face publicly, instead of chuckling to your colleagues later.
– Finally, Bush is “absolutely optimistic” about the economy? Drop everything, sell your stocks, and buy gold NOW! The end is nigh!