tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post2532919831139124108..comments2024-03-28T19:41:49.974-04:00Comments on the daily howler: Script never sleeps, Susan Rice division!<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-39712138173991212552014-01-19T23:11:46.924-05:002014-01-19T23:11:46.924-05:00So now it's Maddow's fault the NYT's u...So now it's Maddow's fault the NYT's used the word "infamous"? What more proof do we need that Bob has gone nuts? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-29207063449526120322014-01-19T01:46:09.502-05:002014-01-19T01:46:09.502-05:00The widespread breakdown in our intellectual cultu...The widespread breakdown in our intellectual culture becomes more visible when you shine the Queeg lights on it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-34598719629957734002014-01-19T01:42:24.018-05:002014-01-19T01:42:24.018-05:00Obama called his own grandmother a racist.
Obama&...<strong>Obama called his own grandmother a racist.</strong><br /><br />Obama's grandmother's fears might have gone away if the children at the One True Channel had informed her of the progress made when you look at disaggregated NAEP scores.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-85139117555318566672014-01-18T17:13:48.047-05:002014-01-18T17:13:48.047-05:00Well I don't expect Maddow to contradict him a...Well I don't expect Maddow to contradict him about his own grandmother...or Susan Rice...when Obama is in a much better position to know. Trollmesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-85428886627124713432014-01-18T13:18:57.048-05:002014-01-18T13:18:57.048-05:00Excuse me Maddow does not need this constant criti...Excuse me Maddow does not need this constant criticism. She has stated her intentions: to be funny like Jon Stewart. If you don't like the presentation fine don't watch it. Focus on more important matters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-16123317944069603802014-01-18T11:49:14.536-05:002014-01-18T11:49:14.536-05:00Ahh, but the strawberries that's... that's...Ahh, but the strawberries that's... that's where I had them. They laughed at me and made jokes but I proved beyond the shadow of a doubt and with... geometric logic... that a duplicate key to the wardroom icebox DID exist, and I'd have produced that key if they hadn't of pulled the Caine out of action. I, I, I know now they were only trying to protect some fellow officers...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-36880179271351016302014-01-17T21:19:31.535-05:002014-01-17T21:19:31.535-05:00So Maddow should have defended Rice's statemen...So Maddow should have defended Rice's statements when Obama, who was in a better position to know their accuracy, would not? Even when the election was safely behind him, Obama only praised Rice generally and called criticism of her "outrageous." In no way did Obama, then or now, say that Rice had been completely honest in her TV appearances. So why would Maddow make that kind of assertion?<br /><br />Obama spent the months after the Benghazi attack claiming that he called it an "act of terror" and/or "act of terrorism" the very day after the attack. This was a key point in a debate with Romney. Obama's claim to have had a nearly immediate view of the Benghazi attacks was hard to reconcile with Rice's qualified statements days later. <br /><br />Is it fair, reasonable or sane to say Maddow ran off and hid when the leaders of the Democratic Party had every opportunity to back up Susan Rice, but decided to , err, go in a different direction?<br />Trollmesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-54208722409716152422014-01-17T19:24:09.216-05:002014-01-17T19:24:09.216-05:00It was because of the supposed "unrestrained ...It was because of the supposed "unrestrained character attacks" that "the culprits and their support groups" ignored Somerby's analysis?<br /><br />Nonsense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-15111598796874213952014-01-17T16:25:58.607-05:002014-01-17T16:25:58.607-05:00Our intellectual culture is broken. Our rotted-out...Our intellectual culture is broken. Our rotted-out values leave us just this side of insane.<br /><br />This breakdown is so widespread it can’t be seen by many observers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-64366861122769393502014-01-17T15:05:21.161-05:002014-01-17T15:05:21.161-05:00This is a totally justified criticism of Maddow. S...This is a totally justified criticism of Maddow. She and others on that channel chickened-out completely in defending Susan Rice. But we're always going to have people with high salaries, and those high salaries are going to compromise them. The challenge is to force them to change. Showing their failures (and identifying the reasons for them, including the high salaries, insider status and bosses' directives) has a chance of generating change. Calling them "worthless" and other unrestrained character attacks only makes the writer look unhinged, thereby making it easier for the culprits and their support groups to ignore the legitimate attacks and dismiss them as the work of a looney.urban legendnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-59521384636889413682014-01-17T14:23:12.744-05:002014-01-17T14:23:12.744-05:00Excellent analysis of the NYTimes report.
LTRExcellent analysis of the NYTimes report.<br /><br />LTRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com