tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post5521450353910683606..comments2024-03-19T05:19:34.105-04:00Comments on the daily howler: WHO IS RACHEL MADDOW: A sudden change!<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger139125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-591991087674315932014-02-26T11:40:23.211-05:002014-02-26T11:40:23.211-05:00If Darlin' Rachel weren't doing such bad w...If Darlin' Rachel weren't doing such bad work, then the tales of her life wouldn't matter. Actually, no matter what kind of work Darlin' Rachel does, these tales wouldn't matter unless she was actually a participant in the stories she reports.<br /><br />Commenters have pointed this out, but we still have the clueless like Ignoramus @8:48A:<br />Bob isn't sharp!<br />Bob is the joke!<br />Bob's writing reveals things about him!<br />Bob lacks intelligence!<br />Bob is lazy!deadratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-6405726919906526292014-02-26T09:28:59.393-05:002014-02-26T09:28:59.393-05:00"The guy on the street" doesn't have..."The guy on the street" doesn't have profiles written about him in the popular media that Somerby can comb for inconsistencies, then call him a liar.<br /><br />And really. Who is Bob convincing with his new series other than the already convinced?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-25651328812191072662014-02-26T09:25:23.706-05:002014-02-26T09:25:23.706-05:00No, go re-read the book. He is saying that there i...No, go re-read the book. He is saying that there is danger thinking we can solve this problem without weening ourselves off fossil fuels completely and fast, and launching reforestation programs globally.<br /><br />He doesn't have a problem with steps taken so far, such as more energy-efficient buildings and the switch away from incandescent light bulbs. But he does cite the danger in thinking that these are solutions rather tiny babysteps toward the solution.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-84052174879128629362014-02-26T09:16:13.213-05:002014-02-26T09:16:13.213-05:00Really? You think they would not have met on Inaug...Really? You think they would not have met on Inauguration Day and decided that not a single proposal of hers would ever get a Republican vote?<br /><br />To me, the prefix "bi" is very important to the word "bipartisanship." <br /><br />Let me put it this way, no matter how much one side reaches out, it's all for naught if the other side won't even talk.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-29199622141382104532014-02-26T09:07:10.282-05:002014-02-26T09:07:10.282-05:00It seems likely Clinton would have had a better re...It seems likely Clinton would have had a better relationship with Congress than Obama.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-90749801963304879602014-02-26T08:48:08.666-05:002014-02-26T08:48:08.666-05:00Stories about famous people are as old as the huma...Stories about famous people are as old as the human race. The Bible is full of them, and even Shakespeare wrote a few.<br /><br />Again, for those who haven't tumbled onto the game Somerby is playing with them, try this.<br /><br />Pick any name of any famous person. Google the profiles written about them in the popular media. Use the same fine tooth comb Somerby uses to find any tiny detail, no matter how trivial, that doesn't perfectly match up in every one of these profiles.<br /><br />When, not if, you find those inconsistencies among the many profiles, you are then free to launch into a multi-day rant calling the celebrity a liar.<br /><br />Unfortunately, Somerby isn't quite sharp enough to realize that his own joke is on him. His obsession with Maddow has now reached the point where it reveals far more about him than about her.<br /><br />To wit: He lacks the intelligence to discern between the trivial and the important. Not only that, he's so damned lazy he thinks googling up and combing through profiles of Maddow, he's actually doing important work.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-81542953417757880292014-02-26T08:10:11.691-05:002014-02-26T08:10:11.691-05:00We can only wonder then about Somerby's reacti...We can only wonder then about Somerby's reaction had one of the "War on Gore" perps called Al out on "73 cents on the dollar" the way Bob calls out Maddow on "77 cents on the dollar."<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-11201518160627900772014-02-26T00:29:32.485-05:002014-02-26T00:29:32.485-05:00She [HRC] made stronger promises about ... closing...<i>She [HRC] made stronger promises about ... closing Guantanamo. I believe it would be closed now if she had been elected.</i><br /><br />Assuming the same Congress, you are mistaken in that belief. Once Congress barred funding to close Gitmo, the President's hands are tied. Any President's.<br />deadratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-59065139496319368282014-02-26T00:24:21.533-05:002014-02-26T00:24:21.533-05:00Anonymous @6:59,
Obama didn't vote against th...Anonymous @6:59,<br /><br />Obama didn't vote against the debt ceiling because it authorized funds for the war. The debt ceiling doesn't authorize funds; it authorizes paying debts incurred. Obama objected to the WPE keeping the cost of the war off the books, thereby concealing how much we were spending. And he claimed this tactic would force disclosure.deadratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-4672182369482593322014-02-25T23:19:37.740-05:002014-02-25T23:19:37.740-05:00Looks like Cecelia could find only one taker to bi...Looks like Cecelia could find only one taker to bite on her dick joke.<br /><br />Doesn't she know Bob frowns on that sort of thing?<br />At least when Maddow aims them at Teabaggers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-45237730181291169352014-02-25T23:08:32.786-05:002014-02-25T23:08:32.786-05:00All these descriptions don't make her any larg...All these descriptions don't make her any larger than you or I and reflect the need for journalists who write puff pieces to revisit nonsense written by others in their line of work as research.<br /><br />There is, in Somerby's work, no evidence that Maddow has embellished anything about herself<br />and nothing I find in any of the stories that is remotely remarkable other than the quote from her mother about her reading newspapers at the age of four. If you have a problem with that, go after her mama.<br /><br />Somerby has repeatedly endeavored to attack the content of her broadcasts. In some cases he is right. In others he is as guilty of embellishment as he accuses her to be. In others, like the only one cited in his two part series so far, the wage gap issue, she embellished nothing and it is Somerby who is factually in error and without journalistic standards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-42563012281681998192014-02-25T21:32:28.579-05:002014-02-25T21:32:28.579-05:00All these descriptions of her add up to someone ev...All these descriptions of her add up to someone ever so special and larger than life. A person like this in everyday life would be considered histrionic. Flamboyantly embellishing the mundane facts of one's life is not endearing in someone who is also embellishing stories on air that should be told accurately. Her behavior would be harmless if it didn't carry over to her reporting. But it does, as documented here repeatedly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-35091596514785701222014-02-25T21:12:14.129-05:002014-02-25T21:12:14.129-05:00No I cannot. I can tell you Pyongyang was only inv...No I cannot. I can tell you Pyongyang was only invoked once prior to yesterday at a metaphor rather than an actual place. Pyongyand has been mentioned less than Zarkon, although when invoking that name it was not a reference to yours truly.<br /><br />KZ Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-5094723922653478332014-02-25T21:06:13.943-05:002014-02-25T21:06:13.943-05:00He says it is too late for that to do any good, es...He says it is too late for that to do any good, especially if it is just the US doing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-12542273952247317202014-02-25T21:03:07.218-05:002014-02-25T21:03:07.218-05:00I once had a dream about infrastructure and woke u...I once had a dream about infrastructure and woke up with an erection.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-85468649188048241392014-02-25T21:02:12.228-05:002014-02-25T21:02:12.228-05:00Her profession demands accuracy. She is held to a ...Her profession demands accuracy. She is held to a different standard than the guy on the street.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-41433941035670002942014-02-25T20:35:54.460-05:002014-02-25T20:35:54.460-05:00My apologies 4:47/6:26 I'll time things bette...My apologies 4:47/6:26 I'll time things better next time. Got to go now. Blinding sunset and a chance for a love struck pratfall or a shoot out with the neighborhood ghost.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-86605939107742994612014-02-25T20:25:37.484-05:002014-02-25T20:25:37.484-05:00"... that whole "legacy" thing goin..."... that whole "legacy" thing going -- Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton..."<br /><br />Bush-Clinton-Bush-Rodham.<br /><br />There, fixed it for you,mmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-87013191647615427882014-02-25T19:41:18.640-05:002014-02-25T19:41:18.640-05:00You would have to ask Julia/Jessica Baird that que...You would have to ask Julia/Jessica Baird that question. She authored that line. Apparently, it reveals to Bob some sinister and deep truth about Maddow's character.<br /><br />By the way, note how she doesn't put it in direct quotes?<br /><br />A couple of years ago, Bob went on for days how the entire story about Romney's high school bullying wasn't to be believed because no one was directly quoted saying the victim was gay.<br /><br />Interesting how the only standard of evidence against Romney was direct quotes, yet Bob is free to put quote marks around Baird's rather throwaway sentence and put the words in Maddow's mouth.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-43263890240400464472014-02-25T19:35:00.943-05:002014-02-25T19:35:00.943-05:00Again, talking to a person who thinks Maddow lies ...Again, talking to a person who thinks Maddow lies all the time is like talking to a guy convinced the world is flat.<br /><br />Bob's already made up your mind for you, so I won't trouble your little mind with thoughts to the contrary that might give you a headache.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-90089402068698455172014-02-25T19:32:21.866-05:002014-02-25T19:32:21.866-05:00"He doesn't think the restriction of CO2 ..."He doesn't think the restriction of CO2 is going to do much at all and he is far from a denialist."<br /><br />Not true at all. Not even close. Hansen cites the need for DRASTIC reductions in CO2 emissions.<br /><br />You better to read his book again. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-57375300250953569232014-02-25T19:23:58.722-05:002014-02-25T19:23:58.722-05:00"If she occasionally lies but other times tel..."If she occasionally lies but other times tells the truth, the difficulty is that we may not know which is which."<br /><br />Welcome to the human race, and allow me to introduce you to your fellow human beings. Be careful though. They may not tell you the 100 percent truth all the time, so you might have to use your experience and your brains to figure it out.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-13052798580259598442014-02-25T19:20:11.976-05:002014-02-25T19:20:11.976-05:00" . . . you would understand the point where ..." . . . you would understand the point where appropriate coverage crossed over into hyping trivialities in order to keep the focus on the scandal . . ."<br /><br />Oh, quite the ironic statement to make in DEFENSE of Somerby, as he down to hyping trivialities as his pursuit of Maddow enters its seventh year.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-86038682807807043252014-02-25T19:11:03.343-05:002014-02-25T19:11:03.343-05:00We don't believe she literally does this, but ...We don't believe she literally does this, but what kind of joke would that be? It comes across as self-aggrandizing to claim that she worries about infrastructure a lot more than the average pundit. Do we believe she does? I don't. I think she gets drunk and buys stuff on Amazon in her spare time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-88602943034778896942014-02-25T19:10:43.898-05:002014-02-25T19:10:43.898-05:00Try to wrap your brain around this: Sen. Clinton&#...Try to wrap your brain around this: Sen. Clinton's vote on the war resolution was far more consequential to the outcome of the 2008 Democratic nomination process than anything anyone on MSNBC said about her.<br /><br />Or has Bob completely brainwashed you into thinking Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews chose our president for us?<br /><br />If so, then you are beyond hope. Follow your guru to the airport and sell all the flowers you can.<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com