KathyinCT's Comments (1172)

“Same results -- hilarious commentary that made the othet networks with their insipid "happy talk" hosts look pathetic.

Griffin and Cooper are the perfect duo -- she does the bad girl thing, he giggles and pretends to be appalled.

We loved it!”

“Right -- but Stein says that it was clear that CNN AGREED to such a focus, and CNN later said they had not agreed.

An interviewee can ask, demand or say "I"ll only discuss x and y," but rarely do real news organizations agree to those stipulations. When I read Stein's comment I thought it sounded unlikely; CNN has denied it and no one from Ensign's camp has come forward to say oh yes, there was an agreement.,

So I still think Stein's comment as written is false, unfair to CNN and should be retracted because it is not true.

At least that's how real reporters and media outlets handle errors.

Otherwise, HP is no different than Fox News.”

“Posted a note on this yesterday -- that Stein accuses CNN of giving Ensign a promise that they wouldn't discuss the affair -- but Stein gives no source for that claim.

And Sanchez says on the air categorically that NO such promise was ever made.

SO -- is Stein making this up, or just saying things he imagines, as if they are fact.

A real journalist a real news outlet would post a retraction.

But Stein hasn't and the story STILL contains his comment which has now been proven false.

Of course somehow my much more detailed post has vanished -- a criticism of HP "moderated" out of existence.

SO let's see if this one gets posted.

Funny how HP and it's "reporters" can dish out the criticism of other media, but apparently don't think they have to a) stick to the facts, b) retract or correct stories that are inaccurate, or c) publish complaints from readers about same.

WILL THIS GET POSTED HP CENSORS??? (and what happened to my other comment?)”

“So how PATHETIC is Newsweek?

ONE "anonymous" source says the president received a ROUTINE briefing with ZERO information about this individual or the plan/plot . . . . . . and let's all run screaming into the streets.

HEY -- I'll bet someone told the president it was going to be cold in the Midwest in January, and I'm sittin' here today in Ohio freezing and he has done NOTHING about it.

The guy is clearly a total goof off and let's impeach him.

No wonder Newsweek is down to about 15 pages of content and 4 pages of ads.”

“OMG, you actually BELIEVE DeMint's insane logic?

You don't even know what the nominee believes because there hasn't been a hearing.

And SO WHAT if he is OK with unions??

Does that mean TSA workers will instantly vote to unionize and then go on strike the next day?

But while you're on this wacko train of thought, then I guess you want all police and firefighters to immediately disband their unions because clearly they are all out on strike and "we have no protection."

And of course we all know how great the FAA is after Reagan destroyed the controllers' union, right?

Bottom line -- one senator should not be able to attempt to cripple a critically important government function because he personally has issues with the nominee.”

“Huh?

What on earth are you talking about?

Do you think we don't need someone heading up TSA???????”

“Peter King confuses emotion with intellect.

Which is why you see him on TV, ranting, raving, almost in hysterics.

He thinks it makes him "look" smart.

Wrong again.”

“He sat reading MY LITTLE PONY while the twin towers collapsed.

That's ACTING like a commander in chief??

And then got on planes and flew all over, while Cheney ran the country.

That's not EVEN acting like a commander in chief, it's acting like a scared kid.

Oh -- I know what you mean -- when he came to the site and hollered around on a bull horn.

Yup, that was a pretty good ACT.

Just like when he put on a flight suit -- like he'd ever been a military man -- and landed on an aircraft carrier and said we WON this war, yee haa!

I'm sure the troops still in Iran, and the families who died there after Bush ACTED like a commander in chief and said WE WON, WE WON, are ready to give him a Golden Globe or an OScar.

You may think Obama looks like a deer -- many of us think he looks and sounds like a president who gets the facts first, who thinks clearly, who seeks counsel, and then speaks when he has something sensible and sane to say.

But then he isn't ACTING like a commander in chief, he is BEING one.

We know it's confusing to many -- it's been so long since there's been a true leader in the White House that there's a whole generation who don't understand what they are seeing, but we'll all get used to it.”

“OK it's the end of a long hard day, so I WILL go there.


Can any of us imagine, really think about it in details, having sex with HIM?

Or worse, HER?

OMG, it just turns the tummy.

YUK.”

“Bush was handed a report in AUGUST of 2001 that had details on an attack that was being predicted.

He IGNORED it.

The economy crashed in September of 2008. Before Obama was even ELECTED.

Most Americans realize both of these things.”

“My seven-year-old stepniece nailed it two years ago.

Everyone just flies NAKED.

No more problems.”

“Assume that the first thing he'll do is refuse his own TAXPAYER paid coverage, yes?”

“Why didn't you answer Karen's question?

What facts -- not your stupid personal opinion, but facts -- do you have that support the contention that people who will be covered by health insurance under the new bill are "non-productive?

You are aware that 70% of them are WORKING Americans? So do you have a standard for what is "productive" work versus "non-productive?"

Please share your facts with us and quit evading by changing the subject.”

“I was alive back then and somehow I don't think you can QUITE compare the state of the economy at the end of Carter's term and Bush's.

I mean every economist on the planet says this is the worst recession since the Great Depression -- and it was said long before Obama was even elected, by politicians, by Bush's own treasury secretary and Cabinet, by economists.

The economy TANKED on Bush's watch, so please don't try to compare Bush to Carter, or the "fixing" that Obama has to do with what Reagan did.

Especially given that most economists say Reagan's "fixes" were the first steps toward the meltdown of 2008.

But then you people never can accept any responsibility or accountability for this mess -- it's all about blame Obama. Wonder what youo'd do had McCain "the economy is still sound" been elected??”

“Well, Franken sure as hell came across as being far more intelligent and thoughtful than old Joe or old John, so if it was a "gambit," they were the losers.”

“NOT ANYMORE.

We who used to think she was "different" now see right through her.

She's not different -- she just looks different b/c she wears skirts.

But she's just another GOP hypocrite, like her buddy Susan Collins.

I LOVE the "well yes but back then when we voted millions down the drain, everyone was happy so no one criticized us -- now people are UNHAPPY and might say bad things about us and NOT VOTE FOR US, so we have to act differently.

How stupid do they think we all are?

You either do the right thing at all times, or you don't.

Situational decision-making has led this country into some real disasters, and Snowe, Hatch, et al, are at the heart of it.”

“Dogs do NOT like going on airplanes. The altitude changes are hard on their ears.

The Obamas are being responsible dog owners by not dragging him on a plane for hours.

But then, you'd have to find some OTHER reason to attack the president, wouldn't you?”

“So we could have another war, another economic meltdown, and another Katrina?

Ever talked to someone about your penchant for pain?”

“She's out on Twitter asking people to tell her what's in the bill???

She wants to run for president of the United States of America and she needs Tweeters to interpret a bill to her?

Groovy.”

“I'm just a plain old Midwestern born and raised gal, who can only deal in reality.

Not what if's, or if only's, or coulda, shoulda, Prada.

So IF the reality is:

1) Obama with all his flaws

2) A Republican of the type currently out there

or

3) A Democrat who cannot win, and therefore, I am really choosing the Republican . . . . .


Then hell yes, I choose Obama.

As for your comment about "extortion" -- no idea what you mean.

Obama promised he would do hist best. He promised what he would try for.
He told us what he believed.

Then he encountered the Party of No, who made it clear they don't give a damn about the health bill or Americans' health, they just want to take him down.

THEN he encountered the stupid, greedy and/or evil ones in his OWN party (which only has 58 seats in the Senate, BTW -- Lieberman is NOT a Dem) -- which I don't think even someone as brilliant as you (or I) could ever have imagined.

And did the best he could with what he had.

You only get to play the cards you are dealt.”

“All of you whiners make me want to shriek.

HE PROMISED.

Yes, he told us what he wanted and what he wanted to DO.

BUT guess what -- Congress just didn't quite cooperate, did they?

Who could have anticipated that the GOP would oppose EVERYTING?

WHO could have anticipated that Lieberman would be a traitor?

WHO could have imagined that Landrieu, Nelson and others would oppose what Obama said he would do?

HOW can you hold him personally and solely responsible for the behaviors of a pathologically crazy guy like Lieberman, owned by the insurance company.

ARE YOU GOING TO BLAME OBAMA FOR THE SNOW THAT FELL LAST WEEK?????

ARE YOU GOING TO BLAME OBAMA IF IT RAINS TOMORROW??

Conversely, will you give him credit for ANYTHING?”

“They are united in doing NOTHING to help middle class, blue collar and working Americans.

So is THAT what YOU want?”

“Great thinking.

We don't like everything you are doing, so let's dump Obama and vote for a REPUBLICAN.

OR nominate a Democrat who CAN"T WIN, so we end up with a Republican anyway.

Tell me, sir or madam,how does that HELP???”

“IF I WANTED NON-STOP OBAMA BASHING . . . . . .

I'd be watching Faux Noise.

HP -- what is UP?

We know drama sells, we know you need to SELL b/c HP is a profit making company (ooops, profits, that nasty word).

But could ya kinda sort try for some balance.

Suddenly it's Obama is all bad, all the time.

Glass half empty, half full. . . . . . . . at least try for a positive Obama story maybe once a week.

OR create a climate where we get the modern day equivalent of McGovern, Mondale, Dukakis and the other wonderful liberal leftys who took the Dem party down to glorious defeat.”

“Oh get off it.

We all voted for Utopia and The Emerald City and heaven.

But this is reality, the world on the Planet Earth in the country called US of A.

There is no Utopia.

Obama is doing the best he can do -- I mean, if you expect him to a) walk on water, b) turn loaves to fishes or c) magically make the GOP and the teabaggers and the birthers change into cooperative, supportive people . . . . . . . . honey, you gotta big letdown coming.

So what IF he had ranted, raved, pounded fist, screamed, demanded public option or ELSE . . . . . .

We would have no bill.

We would have status quo as it's been for 50 years.

You whine "I voted for CHANGE" -- and you got it.

You just don't like the change because it's not precisely what YOU wanted.

Well I wanted a pony for my birthday when I was 6. Didn't get one. Got over it.

This bill is historic and there's gottta be a pony in there somewhere, because the GOP are so hysterical over it it can't be all bad.”