connorin's Comments (70)

“Oh really? Did Beck ever back up his claim that Van Jones was a convicted felon? (crickets chirping). Nope, I didn't think so. That's a claim that we liberals call a "lie."”

“Van Jones said he believed in the conspiracy once but no longer believes in it. Are you saying that you don't accept that fact? To say that Van Jones in 2009 espouses something that he has renounced IS a smear. That's what a smear is!

No, a good third of the left do not believe in the Truther Movement. That is simply something you made up. If you want to sit at the adult table, you have got to stop making stuff up to make your statements sound better. Or provide proof....”

“Beckanoia LIES and DISTORTS every time he opens his mouth.

Yesterday, when making fun of Pelosi's admonishment regarding violence in the late 70s, Beckanoia used the Jim Jones Guyana Massacre (Jones was from SF) rather than mention the GAY Harvey Milk and SF Mayor Massacre.

BTW, for all you fools who use the kool-aid references: it DISRESPECTS the innocents MURDERED by Jim Jones, so STOP IT.”

“Facts that are twisted or taken out of context are no longer facts. Facts that initially had no sinister meaning, that are deliberately "interpreted" to be sinister and frightening are no longer facts.”

“"Dems call anything associated with the previous administration Nazi and fascist and its OK."

The comparison didn't spring from thin air. You're disregarding out the FACT of Bush's systematic torturing of prisoners, his wholesale domestic spying and stripping American of civil liberties, his contempt for the constitution, the million innocent dead in Iraq, imprisonment without charge or access to councel, his jingoistic hyper-nationalism. Any REASONABLE person whould associate such policies wish fascism. Why don't you?”

“yep. and you lost in 2008. big time. elections have consequences. the republicans are so busy trying to keep the former administration out of prison that they dont get anything done. that and the fact that they are racists does not do much for their chances in 2010.

best of luck in the deep south. stay there.”

“It's called reality. They were Fascists, Obama is not.
Simple as that.”

“How do you know he didnt write whats on the teleprompter? No matter what you say you know as well as I that Pres Obama is an educated, well spoken man.”

“A teleprompter does not equate to ghostwriter, dumbo. I'm pretty sure the editor of Harvard Law Review and professor of Constitutional Law can write his own speeches, and may need a teleprompter unless he committed the whole thing to memory. Unlike Palin, who rambles on for 15 minutes without using a single period, because she has no idea what constitutes a sentence!”

“You mean the ones who were hired by Cheney as part of the assassination ring?”

“And just what guy are you talking about? It sure isn't Obama. Check your facts and check your brain.”

“Or for a guy who says tornados and Tsunamis are the result of Billy Bob driving his SUV to the local Texas BBQ burger joint.”

“Please re-check your 'facts...”

“"Did she ask for a sexual reference to be made about anyone in her family much less the 14 yr old that was in attendance at the specified game?"

Three-part answer: 1) By parading the pregnant teen daughter in front of the nation at the convention, then allowing the same teen post-delivery daughter to interview with Greta V-S saying abstinence doesn't work, then angling for a Candies abstinence-only promotion tour for the same daughter now a teen mother...I'd say Yes.

2) Unfortunately for Sarah Palin, there is no visual evidence that Willow Palin was in the photo ops before the Yankee game on Sunday June 7th (VERY unusual for Sarah Palin to hide her offspring from cameras), or visual evidence that she was with her parents and the Giulianis during the game (hard to believe that Sarah Palin would allow the 14 year old to sit elsewhere or to roam freely throughout the ballpark -- especially considering the milieu of David Letterman's joke).

3) There were absolutely NO Palins in the ballpark during the time frame of David Letterman's joke -- the 7th inning stretch. They (whether it was only 2 Palins, or 3) left the ballpark during the 6th inning.

I think Sarah Palin lied about Willow Palin even being at the ballgame, as she lies about so many other things.”

“"Did she ask for Dave to refer to her as 'slutty'? "

At the Autism Walk speech she wore cork-soled 3" high heeled open toe sandals and red polish with little stars painted on her toenails....and a miniskirt and sweatshirt jacket....and hair extensions.

Maybe.....”

“DID ANY OF US ASK HER TO RUN AND MAKE THE COMMENTS SHE MADE. DID ANYONE ASK HER TO CLAIM OBAMA WAS A TERRORIST. DID I ASK HER TO SAY I WAS NOT A REAL AMERICAN? IF YOU CAN CRITICIZE LETTERMAN WHY CANT WE ALL CRITICIZE HER.”

“Of course she didn't ask for it; that would be unseemly, even for a media hog like her. But she sure did flog that horse., when the getting got good. I'm sure she'll pepper her statements with references to Letterman, much like gop like to pepper in 9-11. Now if only she can kill two birds with one stone and combine the two....hmmm”

“Yes, to all of the above. Palin continually puts herself in the spotlight and she keeps her family in the spotlight. She apparently craves publicity like I crave chocolate. When you are in the public eye that much and when you do the things that Palin does for publicity, you then become the target of comedians. That's just the way it is. Ask anyone who's ever been lampooned by a comedian.”

“You cannot seriously expect reasonable answers to your reasonable questions... not on this site.”

“The answer to your questions is a resounding "yes" because she chose to be a public figure and paraded her family over and over, thus making them part of the campaign and her story.
I saw the Letterman show and it was obvious what the joke was about. Palin is using her family once again to stay in the spotlight for purely political purposes. She has no respect for her family, as her actions have shown. She is still under the McCain campaign delusion that she matters.
She is the only mother that I know of who would knowingly put her family second to her political obsession.”

“Dear Connorin, I beg to differ. Many of us on the 'left' as you say, are not pleased with Mr. Letterman's joke albeit that it was intended to be directed about Bristol, who is not a minor, and who obviously is not a virgin. Sarah Palin is causing the uproar here and purposely twisting around a bad joke delivered by a late-night comedian to her gain. The real uproar, should have been over Sarah's insistence upon promoting violence during her campaign rallies in the fall, and her references to our President as a terrorist. That behavior is much more shameful and dangerous than the poor remark of a late-night comedian. Think about that. Where was YOUR outrage then? And please, oh, please convince Sarah to go away.”

“1. Was it the "green earthers" fault that companies replaced one kind of light bulb with another?
2. Do Republicans care about the environment?

The answer to the first is obviously no. But companies often deceive the public to sell a product.

The answer to the second is obviously maybe. But emotion seems to trump reason with Republicans these days. You would think that the lessons learned with cost savings regarding recycling in business would open them up to the massive amount of profit that greening can mean to America.

Although Poe is right to make fun of the ludicrous dangers of CFLs, he seems oblivious to the result of 300 million people doing whatever they want. If there was no energy problems, fine. But you can bet that people will complain bitterly if we go back to the brown outs of just a few years ago.

That's the cycle of regulation in America:

1. The government asks people to voluntarily conserve energy.
2. Americans won't do it.
3. Brownouts, fuel shortages, etc.
4. Americans complain because of energy shortages.
4. The government forces Americans to conserve energy by passing laws.
5. Americans complain because their choices are limited.

Americans do have a choice regardless of Mr. Poe says. They just refuse to make the right ones.”

“Doesn't O'Reilly ever give you the night off?”

“If O'Reilly loses a major advertiser each times he stalks someone, I think Jesse Waters will soon have to find a real job!”

“That settles that. Ford endorses Orally's embuses.”

“You poor little person.

How much hate you emit, and how obvious it is that you're deflecting your own self hatred issues.”

“No need. Your lies have already been disproven. Just repeating a lie will never make it fact, something American conservatives in their innate dishonesty never learn.”

“It is you who is walking on thin air here!

Bush PACKED the lower courts with idealogue judges. He appointed SCORES of judges that were approved.

The democrats blocked A HANDFUL of appointees to circuit benches.

A HANDFUL.

The republican congress during Clinton's presidency left HUGE SWATHS of the federal judiciary unfilled. They rejected many many qualified names, but, oh, god forbid that any LITMUS TEST should be applied!

you have selctive, situational memory.

lexicon”

“Selective memory - the right wing theme.”

“Come on . . . the man just gave an intelligent and scholarly essay on his beliefs and all you can come away with is that he conducted some schoolyard type name calling?”

“It's not name calling if it's born out by the facts. Rep. Frank goes to great lengths to demonstrate exactly why he called Justice Scalia a homophobe. I can think of few things more dignified than for standing up for the minority knowing that he will face criticism from dolts (see, name calling - I don't actually know you) like you.”

“ho·mo·pho·bia
Pronunciation:
ˌhō-mə-ˈfō-bē-ə
Function:
noun
Date:
1969
: irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals

How is that "name calling"?”