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Here we have a prime illustration of how the media gladly carries water for the Republicans, day in and day out, and how easily they are manipulated – and gladly manipulated.
Here is an absolute nothing of a story, a lie, a smear by a known GOP operative with literally no credibility, and this story not only makes all the cable shows but the New York Times, made into a two-day news cycle. And its based on nothing at all.
This is why reporters in the beltway earn the utter contempt of their audience. Sheer stupidity. Just utterly worthless people. They should all be fired and be asking for handouts on skid row.
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What we have here are “reporters” chasing a former and embarrassed political operative trying to hustle up new business, thinking he still has the glory days’ connections and the magic of the Bush reelection. That’s the story and it isn’t at all exciting. Or credible.
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Well, it’s made two cycles on the cables, national news both in print and on teevee, serious questions have been asked, a bunch of stories written, it’s been the talk of the town and the talk of the nation. Jackie Calmes wrote a big piece for the New York Times. You can’t get much more prominent and respectable that that. So I’d say that Rove has been very successful at what he has tried to do.
You notice, don’t you, that literally none of the stories call into question his credibility, do they, @Darcy? Not a single story notes Rove’s credibility, despite the emphasis put on that as the White House response.
“Serious questions have been asked…”
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! By who?
…by the very serious people, of course.
That’s not what I meant @SmokintheGOTP. I really phrased it badly. What I meant to say is that these goofball reporters are asking these mindless, asinine questions with their Serious Face, as if the allegation has some kind of merit, which it does not. Instead of treating Rove like the ratfucking asshole that he is and his smear as that of a discredited hasbeen out of Fox “News” agitprop. Sorry I didn’t make that clear.
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Maybe I should have added to my post with a bit more emphasis but I was trying to say what the story was really about, not what it was made into. I’m in complete agreement with you.
@Darcy
Oh yeah, I got that. Understood. I’ve been pissed off and incoherently so about this news atrocity all day – it’s just depressing. It’s depressing how obviously and willingly manipulated is the political press, and it’s depressing how the Dems just have never learned to stay on offense and always seem to allow themselves be cornered by the ratfucking bastards like Rove, excuse my English.
… And I’m not even that much of a Hillarybot.
If Hillary gets elected, she can reset relations with Russia again. Except, this time, make sure you get the translation right.
Live Long And Prosper!
That’s our boy, you named and shamed him! Literally zero. Disinformation is his profession.
I know the incident you are talking about. And keep in mind, she had literally hundreds of native-Russian speaking employees working under her, from Vladivostok to Kiev. It creeped me out an I sure hope she’s learned something.
I can’t say that I take Rove seriously enough to even waste the energy to form an opinion of him. But some day this kind of behavior will surely visit unpleasant repercussions on him. He will say the wrong thing at the wrong time to the wrong people — and someone will send him home on the damp side of a bandaid.
Let’s put him in the same context as Climate Change. He’s accelerating a catastrophic future for himself. But it’s not too late for him to slow down and change course.
The positive thing about the GOP presidential candidates is you don’t have to wonder whether they suffer from brain damage.