Discussion: Kilmeade Quips: Dems Using House Space As 'John Dean's Makeup Room'

This is getting to them…probably because this is a start of what is to come…which is much more than “John Dean”

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As a longtime TPM reader, I have to say that it distresses me to see TPM run with this kind of ‘story’. “Republican on Fox says something sarcastic about Democrats” is not a story. It’s TPM becoming an echo chamber of right wing propaganda and memes. Those of us who are subscribers, I suspect, would prefer to see our money supporting content that doesn’t amplify GOP attempts to hide important choices behind a wall of muck. What’s the next story in this series? “Trump uses nickname XX to mock opponent?” “Hannity calls Dems Y”? Haven’t we all heard it before? Don’t we all know what the game is?

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Conway was complaining that Democrats keep shunting her out of rooms in which she was supposed to brief senators on the opioid crisis.
As an expert or speaking from personal experience as a participant.
You don’t get that worn appearance from running marathons

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“ Democratic control over House meeting spaces on Monday”
Of course. They’re in majority.

“Conway was complaining that Democrats keep shunting her out of rooms in which she was supposed to brief senators on the opioid crisis.”
Ask Turtle for a room.

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This what passes a wit for their audience of dim and half wits.

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“A place to brief senators on the opioid crisis” means a place to shoot up.

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We have. Which is why you have to ask yourself whether it’s really plausible that anyone who knows what this site is all about is going to be swayed by anything Kilmeade or the rest of the propagandists say. It’s the news equivalent of hate-watching, a thing you can sharpen your snarking claws on. Never once in all these years have a I read someone saying, Gee, Brian Kilmeade has a point there, they are using the House as John Dean’s dressing room.

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And in the Gingrich-induced-FOX-“news”-fueled-hyper-partisan era we are unfortunate enough to be living in.

Speaking frankly, my son tunes this stuff out. I, myself, look at it only as something telling me about the other side and how they feel.

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“A fool always finds some greater fool to admire him.” – Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

Makeup or no makeup, what is the Dems prime objective in having Dean testify and is there a decent chance Dean’s testimony will have the desired effect?

The Dems’ ongoing internal disagreement about how to proceed with its multiple investigations into Trump misdeeds is sapping people’s faith in them and, what, listening to Dean ramble on about the Watergate cover-up is supposed to better elucidate a way forward with the current criminal-in-chief?

Well, reading this stuff and snarking is a form of entertainment. Maybe it relieves tension, and maybe it’s a bad habit, or both. Passes the time at any rate. If you’re a student of communication their propaganda techniques can be interesting to think about.

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Many people who will vote next year may be benefited by what Dean has to say. He is a man from another era, to be sure…but perspective can never hurt, especially for the young who may never have seen or heard John Dean.

He certainly has an opportunity to show the contrast between the corrupt GOP of today and the Republicans of the early 1970s.

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Years before I ever posted on this site, I used to sit and howl with laughter at the creativity of the wisecracks. My wife, in the other room, had to close the door many a time…

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Dammit, I’m a little slow this morning and read the headline as “Kilmeade Quits”.

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I like this description very much. And not merely because it personifies these dolts as inanimate posts that cats can scratch at or rub their rumps against.

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Conway was complaining that Democrats keep shunting her out of rooms in which she was supposed to brief senators on the opioid crisis.

Conway on Capitol Hill briefing Senators?? Who the fuck is she kidding? As a political strategist and WH communications person, she was trying to get a heads up that early in the morning while roaming the halls of the House of Representatives. That’s not where Senators have their offices. So, right away, that sure seems suspicious to me. Why not send the head of Department of HHS to address the opioid crisis? How did she become an expert on this stuff anyway? She does know Dean will appear in front of a House committee, not the Senate, doesn’t she? Oh hell, Faux viewers won’t know the difference.

So many questions. So few answers.

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Please, TPM. No more “Kilmeade quips.” We all know he’s an incurable liar and monumental dumbass, so don’t waste any more time expanding on this turd.

Especially if they’re featuring the Crypt Keeper.

Didn’t read the article. I just cam to the comments to plead with TPM to stop featuring these bozos.

How fucking juvenile ! So, while we’re at it, “Hey, Brian, the entire congress could use your forehead as a parking lot.”

This is interesting because the Fox studio set they are sitting in is a room where they make things up, so it all fits.

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