tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post3749734294799233383..comments2024-03-29T06:44:19.414-04:00Comments on the daily howler: Willie attempts to tackle turnout!<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-81328916364818867212017-12-13T15:03:42.367-05:002017-12-13T15:03:42.367-05:00"Somerby is attempting to mock the man by usi..."Somerby is attempting to mock the man by using some ancient pop culture reference...I think. "<br /><br />Not that ancient. Unless, you're pretty parochial and uneducated.<br /><br />You probably don't get the Pecksniff stuff, either.<br /><br />I'm glad Bob writes as he does. I'm a left-winger, but I agree that this MSNBC crowd is just atrocious.<br /><br />Good piece of his today-- he's nailed it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-43462316388831012032017-12-13T14:40:33.788-05:002017-12-13T14:40:33.788-05:00Don't expect Bob to report the news you want t...Don't expect Bob to report the news you want to see. That is not his job. Don't expect Bob to present you with the facts. That is not his job either. Don't expect Bob to treat his betters with the respect they (you?) think they deserve. Not his job. You can expect that whenever someone to the "left" side of the mass media gets the facts wrong, misstates the truth or disappears the information we (you?) need to know, he just might make a big deal about it. That actually *is* his (self-appointed) job, whether he is right or wrong. If you don't like that, maybe you are reading the wrong blog. Dave the Guitar Playernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-33661026518740272692017-12-13T14:14:52.551-05:002017-12-13T14:14:52.551-05:00This post is almost willful gobbledygook. Somerby ...This post is almost willful gobbledygook. Somerby ignores some very unusual, one might say, historic aspects of last night's election to carp about some cable TV presenter's weak presentation. (Or maybe it wasn't weak...it *seemed* weak, and some of those graphics *seemed* to say something...)<br />The fact is that the turnout last night far exceeded the projections given by the Alabama Secretary of State prior to the election. By contrast, only 18 percent of Alabama's voters turned out for the Aug. 15 Republican and Democratic primaries in the special Senate election. For the Sept. 26 GOP runoff between Moore and Sen. Luther Strange, turnout was 15 percent.<br />To the extent that Geist was trying to express his astonishment at the results (and yes they were astonishing), he was correct. Or one could always examine more substantive analysis of the election....or not. <br /><br />Somerby ought to provide links to back up some of his (apparent) factual assertions. But then, it's rich that someone who mistakes "median" for "average" would chide someone for misunderstanding statistics. <br /><br />By the way, for readers who may be confused: There is no one named "Willie Haskell-Geist" on Morning Joe. Somerby is attempting to mock the man by using some ancient pop culture reference...I think. At any rate:<br />Somerby: keeping Willie "Haskell-"Geist honest since 2007. We do Very Important Work here at the Howler. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-87581041509547256762017-12-13T13:49:24.576-05:002017-12-13T13:49:24.576-05:00Check your Dragonspeak AGAIN, comrade.Check your Dragonspeak AGAIN, comrade.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-2078244449797118622017-12-13T12:37:49.918-05:002017-12-13T12:37:49.918-05:00Let me add something:
"They do understand th...Let me add something:<br /><br />"They do understand their prevailing scripts. They exist for one purpose only:<br /><br />To peddle prevailing corporate narratives, thus treating their viewers like marks."<br /><br />I'll go even farther. The women are all hired for their looks as the No.1 consideration, just like FOX News.<br /><br />They of course would go nuts at such an observation.<br /><br />But the proof for this claim is easy. How come none of the women on MSNBC are ever what Grandma used to call "plain"? And if looks are a key hiring ingredient there, do brains always follow?<br /><br />Are these the best and brightest?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-48807063762200364052017-12-13T12:32:07.425-05:002017-12-13T12:32:07.425-05:00But, they're all really good at identifying &q...But, they're all really good at identifying "child molesters." And "sexual predators."<br /><br />They seem to revel in it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com