ABC News: Andrew Breitbart is Not an ABC News Analyst

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Andrew Morse, Executive Producer of ABC News Digital, has released the following statement about Andrew Breitbart’s participation in their election night coverage.

Since conservative commentator Andrew Breitbart announced on his website that he was going to be a participant in ABC’s Town Hall meeting at Arizona State University, there has been considerable consternation and misinformation regarding my decision to ask him to participate in an election night Town Hall event for ABC News Digital. I want to explain what Mr. Breitbart’s role has always been as one of our guests at our digital town hall event:

Mr. Breitbart is not an ABC News analyst.

He is not an ABC News consultant.

He is not, in any way, affiliated with ABC News.

He is not being paid by ABC News.

He has not been asked to analyze the results of the election for ABC News.

Mr. Breitbart will not be a part of the ABC News broadcast coverage, anchored by Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos. For the broadcast coverage, David Muir and Facebook’s Randi Zuckerberg will contribute reaction and response gathered from the students and faculty of Arizona State University at an ABC News/Facebook town hall.

(Hat tip: Killgore Trout.)

UPDATE at 10/30/10 12:18:21 pm:

Note that the announcement on Breitbart’s site considerably overstates his participation: ABC Election Night Coverage to Feature Loesch, Breitbart - Big Journalism.

ABC announced their election night coverage early on and Big Journalism Editor Dana Loesch will join the network in studio for 6 p.m. – 2 a.m. election night; Bigs founder and head of the Breitbart empire Andrew Breitbart will be bringing analysis live from Arizona.

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216 comments
1 Obdicut  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 12:10:03pm

Must have been the email I wrote them.

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2 jaunte  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 12:10:57pm

How to Become a Seat Filler in Hollywood

3 Aceofwhat?  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 12:12:52pm

re: #1 Obdicut

Must have been the email I wrote them.

//

a few months in NY, and the execs are already doing your bidding…not bad…not bad…

4 Killgore Trout  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 12:15:14pm

Here’s s the way it was announced on Big Journalism:

ABC Election Night Coverage to Feature Loesch, Breitbart

ABC announced their election night coverage early on and Big Journalism Editor Dana Loesch will join the network in studio for 6 p.m. – 2 a.m. election night; Bigs founder and head of the Breitbart empire Andrew Breitbart will be bringing analysis live from Arizona.


Lol

5 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 12:20:03pm

Here’s a great quote from Malkin’s comments
’

This is my thought on the Jon (don’t want anyone to know I’m a Jew so my middle name is now my last) Stewart and Steven (I’m riding on the coat tails of the non-Jew) Colbert….

Well done, creepy Malkin Commenter!

6 Killgore Trout  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 12:20:05pm
He has not been asked to analyze the results of the election for ABC News.
7 Kronocide  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 12:21:01pm

Breitbart is not a news analyst for anybody at all.

8 wrenchwench  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 12:21:03pm

re: #4 Killgore Trout

Here’s s the way it was announced on Big Journalism:

ABC Election Night Coverage to Feature Loesch, Breitbart


Lol

That page of his links to the ABC article, which neglects to mention his name, except in a sidebar that has this:

RECENT POSTS

* Breitbart’s Participation in ABC News Digital Town Hall Event Draws Fire

Was he named there before? Or did they link to an article that fails to back up their story?

9 jaunte  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 12:22:06pm
Bigs founder and head of the Breitbart empire Andrew Breitbart will be bringing analysis live from Arizona.


ABC declines empire building attempt.

10 Killgore Trout  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 12:24:09pm

re: #8 wrenchwench

That page of his links to the ABC article, which neglects to mention his name, except in a sidebar that has this:

Was he named there before? Or did they link to an article that fails to back up their story?

Good catch. They link to this: ABC NEWS ELECTION NIGHT COVERAGE AVAILABLE TO CONSUMERS EVERYWHERE
…which doesn’t mention him at all.

11 Killgore Trout  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 12:25:50pm

re: #10 Killgore Trout

That’s why wingnut sites are impossible to read these days. The articles they link to often don’t say what they claim. It’s become common practice.

12 Killgore Trout  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 12:27:04pm

Breitbart was tweeting up a storm earlier. He’s gone silent.

13 Kronocide  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 12:27:23pm

All those TeaBaggers have a Koch addiction.

14 Kronocide  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 12:28:21pm

re: #12 Killgore Trout

Breitbart was tweeting up a storm earlier. He’s gone silent.

He’s analyzing furiously.

15 Aceofwhat?  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 12:30:20pm

re: #12 Killgore Trout

Breitbart was tweeting up a storm earlier. He’s gone silent.

i can smell the fumes from the gears overheating between his ears, and I’m all the way down here in Jacksonville…

16 Claire  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 12:30:57pm
He has been invited as one of several guests, from a variety of different political persuasions, to engage with a live, studio audience that will be closely following the election results and participating in an online-only discussion and debate

He’s not in the audience per se.

17 Kronocide  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 12:32:26pm

The Koch Challenge

College student challenges Koch to a debate about his support for CA Prop 23.

18 Sol Berdinowitz  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 12:33:55pm

In 1985 they made a Hollywood film, “American Anthem” in Flagstaff, Arizona.

They called up a friend of mine who ran a recording studio there to provide a reel-to-reel tape recorder to be used as a prop in the filming, in a scene in which the protagnist was recording himself.

They dubbed other music over it, but the music that was causing the needles to bounce on the film was actually music that my buddy and I had recorded at his studio.

So I have been on the soundtrack of a Hollywood film just like Andrew Breitbart is an ABC news analyst.

19 [deleted]  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 12:38:32pm
20 Lidane  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 12:52:23pm

re: #5 WindUpBird

How the hell does Jon Stewart not want anyone to know he’s a Jew? The guy talks about it openly on the show, for crying out loud. It’s not like he’s ashamed of it or anything.

Then again, I’m trying to apply logic to one of Malkin’s readers. My bad.

21 Lidane  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 12:59:50pm

Speaking of faulty logic, check the most recent Tweet someone sent to Rachel Maddow:

People believe this stuff. RT @jazzlaro WHY DON’T YOU INTERVIEW OBAMA AND ASK WHY MUSLIMS ARE EXEMPT FROM THE HEALTH CARE BILL?

Seriously. That idiocy is still making the rounds on the wingnut-o-sphere.

22 Killgore Trout  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 1:07:56pm

re: #21 Lidane

Speaking of faulty logic, check the most recent Tweet someone sent to Rachel Maddow:

Seriously. That idiocy is still making the rounds on the wingnut-o-sphere.

Check out who he’s following on Twitter. He’s getting his information from Beck, PJM, Hannity, etc.

23 Sol Berdinowitz  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 1:09:13pm

They are exempt from any Death Panels which include Jewish doctors

/

24 Aceofwhat?  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 1:14:41pm

re: #21 Lidane

Speaking of faulty logic, check the most recent Tweet someone sent to Rachel Maddow:

Seriously. That idiocy is still making the rounds on the wingnut-o-sphere.

did you see 30 rock the other week, where Jack was ‘Reaganing’ and mentioned that his to-do list included stopping by MSNBC to tell Maddow that only one of them could have that haircut? i nearly choked to death…

25 JeffFX  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 1:17:10pm

re: #22 Killgore Trout

The nice thing about Twitter is that we can track the malevolent memes that cause people to become political extremists. We can see the lies going in that cause these folks to hold positions that just don’t make any sense.

I think we’re going to learn a lot about how easily people uncritically follow those who would mislead them.

26 Walter L. Newton  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 1:18:49pm

re: #25 JeffFX

The nice thing about Twitter is that we can track the malevolent memes that cause people to become political extremists. We can see the lies going in that cause these folks to hold positions that just don’t make any sense.

I think we’re going to learn a lot about how easily people uncritically follow those who would mislead them.

Like God?

27 SanFranciscoZionist  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 1:20:02pm

re: #5 WindUpBird

Here’s a great quote from Malkin’s comments
‘

Well done, creepy Malkin Commenter!

Right. Stewart doesn’t want anyone to know he’s a Jew, so he, you know, says he’s a Jew all the time, and sings about Hanukkah on Colbert’s Christmas Special.

28 engineer cat  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 1:24:15pm

so, which segment of american voters will breitbart be representing - liars or morons?

no, wait, i know…

29 Aceofwhat?  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 1:25:27pm

re: #28 engineer dog

so, which segment of american voters will breitbart be representing - liars or morons?

no, wait, i know…

felchards.

30 Kronocide  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 1:26:21pm

re: #27 SanFranciscoZionist

Right. Stewart doesn’t want anyone to know he’s a Jew…

JOHN STEWART IS A JEW? OH NOES!!!!

Adam Sandler needs to do a remix!

31 Sol Berdinowitz  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 1:30:42pm

Maybe Bob Dylan could write a song about it, too…

32 HoosierHoops  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 1:33:37pm

Good afternoon Lizards! Big day in Norman today..90,000 plus fan descending on our small college town..The streets are almost impassable.. I can hear OU’s band playing from here..Winston is barking at people walking by to the stadium and bars…Very cool here on Saturdays…
Now my bitch..There is a very big prop on the ballot for Oklahoma about school funding.. On TV each side is using school kids to pitch their side..
I hate that..Use grownups to make your point on TV… Voting is not an episode of are you smarter than a 5th grader.. This is the smarmy part of politics I hate on both sides..

33 engineer cat  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 1:39:48pm
This is my thought on the Jon (don’t want anyone to know I’m a Jew so my middle name is now my last) Stewart and Steven (I’m riding on the coat tails of the non-Jew) Colbert…

picture from a tea party express rally in central ohio just today:

Speak For Yourself, Obama! We Are A Christian Nation!

34 Sol Berdinowitz  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 1:40:39pm

Let us pray for the continued separation of church and state…

35 Gus  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 1:40:47pm

Ha! Breitbart/wingnut fail number 1,345,311.

36 Aceofwhat?  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 1:41:12pm

re: #32 HoosierHoops

Hoops -my dude! Hope you’ve been well. I’m having a blast trying to watch Fla/Ga, Neb/Mizzou and Iowa/MSU all at the same time. Taking the kids to the zoo spooktacular tonight. Not a bad Saturday…

37 Aceofwhat?  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 1:41:38pm

re: #34 ralphieboy

Let us pray for the continued separation of church and state…

This Christian says amen, baby…

38 FreedomMoon  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 1:43:41pm

After seeing several, several Breitbart clips where he is either acting aggressively and foolishly to attack someone or defensively (in the same spirit, to attack and lash back) every time I see his name now or look at him I get this extremely negative and vindictive vibe that is all too irksome. It’s strange how the psyche is conditioned to be turned off to such irrational and mean-spirited people just by seeing the person or reading or hearing the name.

39 HoosierHoops  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 1:44:43pm

re: #36 Aceofwhat?

Hoops -my dude! Hope you’ve been well. I’m having a blast trying to watch Fla/Ga, Neb/Mizzou and Iowa/MSU all at the same time. Taking the kids to the zoo spooktacular tonight. Not a bad Saturday…

Good to see you here again…It’s going to be crazy here today.. Living in a college town rocks..Hope today finds you well

40 Sol Berdinowitz  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 1:48:09pm

re: #37 Aceofwhat?

Really, if you hate religion and want to kill faith, the first step is to make the church into a state institution.

41 Gus  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 1:48:52pm

OT but ooooooh! Can’t wait — Angle: ‘Shock and awe’ coming to Washington.

Remember folks! We all get a new car within a months! Quasimodo and company will be taking over DC on Tuesday.

//

42 Killgore Trout  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 1:49:05pm

Eliza Doolittle - “Fuck You” (Cee-Lo Cover)

Youtube Video
43 Gus  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 1:49:30pm

re: #41 Gus 802

OT but oooh! Can’t wait — Angle: ‘Shock and awe’ coming to Washington.

Remember folks! We all get a new car within a few months! Quasimodo and company will be taking over DC on Tuesday.

//

PIMF - or something.

44 Aceofwhat?  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 1:53:04pm

re: #39 HoosierHoops

Good to see you here again…It’s going to be crazy here today.. Living in a college town rocks..Hope today finds you well

The fam and I are as well as one could ever hope to be…thanks-

45 Aceofwhat?  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 1:54:23pm

re: #40 ralphieboy

Really, if you hate religion and want to kill faith, the first step is to make the church into a state institution.

Bingo. And the ‘we want a christian nation’ folks never seem to understand that if you put the religion in the state, you get the state in your religion. For a group of people who want the state out of everything else, it’s a bit of a dissonant note…to put it lightly!

46 engineer cat  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 1:54:23pm

Breitbart Predicts Republican Congress Business Bonanza For Professional Liars Community

challenges presented by needing to cover up actual actions by republican congresspeople will help america continue to innovate in important 21st century technologies of misrepresentation, misinformation, and misdirection

47 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 1:58:03pm

re: #42 Killgore Trout

Oh. She can swear at me any time she likes.
/”I’ll be in my bunk.”

48 jamesfirecat  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:02:44pm

Hey everybody I’m back from the rally to restore sanity.

I have a headache and I needed binoculars to see the jumbo tron, and got maybe one word in every three that got said over the loud speakers.

It was great!

49 Gus  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:06:40pm

Crowd photo.

Image: 999x.jpg

50 Aceofwhat?  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:07:43pm

Clinton Asked Democrat to Quit Florida Senate Race

Huh. I mean, it’d be the smart play if the goal is to keep Rubio out of DC, but this is the first i realized that Clinton really did ask Meeks to drop out. Interesting.

51 Aceofwhat?  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:08:21pm

re: #48 jamesfirecat

Hey everybody I’m back from the rally to restore sanity.

I have a headache and I needed binoculars to see the jumbo tron, and got maybe one word in every three that got said over the loud speakers.

It was great!

nice! will you have pics to share?

52 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:08:23pm

re: #49 Gus 802

You can clearly see there’s only a couple thousand people there. EBIC LIBRUL FAIL!
/

53 Gus  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:08:55pm

re: #52 Slumbering Behemoth

You can clearly see there’s only a couple thousand people there. EBIC LIBRUL FAIL!
/

Yeah. I’m counting about 4 people.

//

54 jamesfirecat  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:09:47pm

re: #51 Aceofwhat?

nice! will you have pics to share?

Eventually though they’re probably going to end up being my dad/mom’s pics. I was too busy carrying a sign to take photos…

55 Aceofwhat?  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:11:00pm

re: #54 jamesfirecat

Eventually though they’re probably going to end up being my dad/mom’s pics. I was too busy carrying a sign to take photos…

did you get any love for the LGF sign?

57 jamesfirecat  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:12:22pm

re: #55 Aceofwhat?

did you get any love for the LGF sign?

A little by which I mean some people looked it over.

Nobody said anything cool like “Hey a fellow lizard!”

Sadly.

58 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:13:34pm

re: #53 Gus 802

I can tell you’re blatantly overestimating because of your librul bias. Commie.

59 Gus  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:14:11pm

re: #58 Slumbering Behemoth

I can tell you’re blatantly overestimating because of your librul bias. Commie.

You lie!

/

60 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:14:38pm

re: #57 jamesfirecat

But you had fun, right? That’s what counts.

61 Charles Johnson  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:15:20pm

re: #49 Gus 802

Crowd photo.

Image: 999x.jpg

Does look like a couple hundred thousand there.

62 Gus  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:16:23pm

re: #61 Charles

Does look like a couple hundred thousand there.

Yeah, they must have filled up the pond too. It was rather apparent when the two Mythbuster guys were on stage and they did the wave.

63 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:16:44pm

re: #61 Charles

Anyone got a pic of the 9/12 rally or similar so we could do a side-by-side comparison?

64 Gus  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:19:28pm

@dcfireems
Update - National Mall - Rally dispersing - heavy ped trafic in al directions - 7th St towards Chinatown “sea of people”

65 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:20:06pm

Jamesfirecat, did you get any pictures of the “protest” signs?

66 jamesfirecat  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:20:40pm

re: #65 Slumbering Behemoth

Jamesfirecat, did you get any pictures of the “protest” signs?

If you mean general random signs, then yes, were them some special “protest” signs that you wanted to see in particular?

67 Charles Johnson  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:21:24pm

There’s supposed to be a semi-official crowd estimate from CBS at 6 pm, by the same firm that analyzed the Beck rally with aerial photographs.

68 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:22:07pm

re: #66 jamesfirecat

Funny ones, of course. Would you be so kind as to make a Page with a photo essay in it?

69 jamesfirecat  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:22:38pm

re: #68 Slumbering Behemoth

Funny ones, of course. Would you be so kind as to make a Page with a photo essay in it?

Sure I can totally do that once my dad is done downloading the images, that will give me time to take a breath and hopefully let this headache die down…

70 HoosierHoops  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:23:26pm

re: #61 Charles

Does look like a couple hundred thousand there.

having been to many sporting events I would have to agree

71 Sol Berdinowitz  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:23:58pm

re: #67 Charles

There’s supposed to be a semi-official crowd estimate from CBS at 6 pm, by the same firm that analyzed the Beck rally with aerial photographs.

Isn’t this sort of like comparing dicks or FB friends lists?

72 wrenchwench  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:24:12pm
Youtube Video

Hat tip: Dangerous Minds

I’m only half way through. “Oh, no. They have gotten to you with their so called facts.”

73 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:24:15pm

re: #69 jamesfirecat

Take all the time you need, bro. It’s not like I’m paying you for it.

74 Aceofwhat?  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:24:57pm

re: #69 jamesfirecat

Sure I can totally do that once my dad is done downloading the images, that will give me time to take a breath and hopefully let this headache die down…

if you don’t have any Excedrin Migrane laying around, you can simulate it by dropping some regular aspirin, some acetaminophen, and some caffeine all at the same time. it’s a pretty good antiheadache cocktail.

75 Aceofwhat?  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:26:29pm

re: #71 ralphieboy

Isn’t this sort of like comparing dicks or FB friends lists?

it seems a little different than public penis display, but maybe that’s just me/

76 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:26:50pm

re: #71 ralphieboy

I’d say it’d be more like “which event drew more interest” comparison.

77 prairiefire  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:29:58pm

re: #69 jamesfirecat

Sure I can totally do that once my dad is done downloading the images, that will give me time to take a breath and hopefully let this headache die down…

Drink some water.

78 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:30:47pm

re: #75 Aceofwhat?

it seems a little different than public penis display, but maybe that’s just me/

That’s only ‘cuz I wasn’t there.
///

79 JeffFX  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:32:45pm

re: #26 Walter L. Newton

Do you mean that we can observe like god, or god doesn’t make any sense? If the latter, I don’t believe in the supernatural at all (I do like the TV show), but am not sure why you’d bring up the concept in relation to my post.

Many of my friends and family members are religious. Some close family members are even creationists, but despite that mistaken belief are really great people, so I’m not really into the angry atheist thing these days.

80 nines09  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:39:49pm

Not So Breitbart misrepresented something? Couldn’t see that coming. No.

81 jamesfirecat  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:39:59pm

re: #73 Slumbering Behemoth

Take all the time you need, bro. It’s not like I’m paying you for it.

By the way, how do I add pictures from my computer (but not the web) to a LGF page?

82 HoosierHoops  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:40:17pm

re: #79 JeffFX

Do you mean that we can observe like god, or god doesn’t make any sense? If the latter, I don’t believe in the supernatural at all (I do like the TV show), but am not sure why you’d bring up the concept in relation to my post.

Many of my friends and family members are religious. Some close family members are even creationists, but despite that mistaken belief are really great people, so I’m not really into the angry atheist thing these days.

Don’t let anything Walter say about God upset you. don’t take it personal

83 Aceofwhat?  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:42:13pm

re: #82 HoosierHoops

Don’t let anything Walter say about God upset you. don’t take it personal

*chortle*

84 wrenchwench  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:45:41pm

re: #81 jamesfirecat

By the way, how do I add pictures from my computer (but not the web) to a LGF page?

In the page making window, there’s a button that says “upload image” in the lower left corner. Click on it and do what it says, and nobody will get hurt.

85 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:50:20pm

re: #81 jamesfirecat

By the way, how do I add pictures from my computer (but not the web) to a LGF page?

Sorry, I wasn’t ignoring your question. My internet connection has been sketchy for the last couple of days. Looks like Wrenchwench covered it, though.

86 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:51:22pm

re: #27 SanFranciscoZionist

Right. Stewart doesn’t want anyone to know he’s a Jew, so he, you know, says he’s a Jew all the time, and sings about Hanukkah on Colbert’s Christmas Special.

OOOH! I thought he said he was a SHOE!


That makes a lot more sense!

87 Gus  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:53:02pm

Jim Hoft is already having an aneurysm over the crowd numbers. The other wingnuts are calling it “the insane rally”. Pity them.

88 Jadespring  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:53:19pm

Hi all.

Back in the real world now. Just spent every spare moment in the past 5 days in geek heaven playing Assassins Creed 1 and 2. I finished them both.

Really enjoyed them, obviously.

89 jamesfirecat  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:53:22pm

re: #86 WindUpBird

OOOH! I thought he said he was a SHOE!

That makes a lot more sense!

///You mean he’s Jewish? Well that explains the Doctor Begalman sketch a bit more…..

90 jamesfirecat  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:53:45pm

re: #87 Gus 802

Jim Hoft is already having an aneurysm over the crowd numbers. The other wingnuts are calling it “the insane rally”. Pity them.

What are they upset that our rally got at least 3 times as many people as theirs?

91 Aceofwhat?  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:54:44pm

re: #88 Jadespring

Hi all.

Back in the real world now. Just spent every spare moment in the past 5 days in geek heaven playing Assassins Creed 1 and 2. I finished them both.

Really enjoyed them, obviously.

yeah. those are two of my all-time favorite games. the visual detail + the excellent gameplay + the interesting story = captivation. absolutely can’t wait for the new one.

92 Gus  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:55:22pm

re: #90 jamesfirecat

What are they upset that our rally got at least 3 times as many people as theirs?

Let’s see. The “Dumbest Man on the Internet” sez:

On of the announcers today at the Restoring Sanity Rally in Washington DC said 150,000 people had turned out.
That might have been a stretch.

Here’s a photo comparison of the rallies.
Via KeyPro:

At least 500,000 showed up at Glenn Beck’s Restoring Honor Rally.

93 Jadespring  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:56:28pm

re: #91 Aceofwhat?

yeah. those are two of my all-time favorite games. the visual detail + the excellent gameplay + the interesting story = captivation. absolutely can’t wait for the new one.

I know. I can’t believe I missed them until now. It was so great that I even enjoyed just walking through the cities doing nothing. It was amazing. I’m glad there is a new one coming out soon.

94 Killgore Trout  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:56:51pm

Infiltrator!

95 jamesfirecat  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:56:57pm

re: #92 Gus 802

Let’s see. The “Dumbest Man on the Internet” sez:

Can I see the actual picture comparison?

96 Gus  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:57:29pm

re: #95 jamesfirecat

Can I see the actual picture comparison?

First link here.

97 Sol Berdinowitz  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:57:42pm

re: #86 WindUpBird

OOOH! I thought he said he was a SHOE!


That makes a lot more sense!

Funny, he doesn’t look shoe-ish…

98 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:58:15pm
“At least 500,000 showed up at Glenn Beck’s Restoring Honor Rally.”

500,000? Is he using “New Math” or “Wingnut” math?

99 jaunte  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:58:44pm

Keeping the fear in force: [Link: www.flickr.com…]

100 Gus  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 2:59:08pm

re: #98 Slumbering Behemoth

500,000? Is he using “New Math” or “Wingnut” math?

Yep. He’s still pissed off that AirPhotosLive downgraded that to 87,000.

101 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:00:35pm

re: #93 Jadespring

I’ve only played the first one. My favorite part was being out-numbered in sword fights.

102 jaunte  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:00:40pm

Hawaiian!

103 watching you tiny alien kittens are  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:01:19pm

re: #49 Gus 802

Crowd photo.

Image: 999x.jpg

Obviously much smaller than the Glenn Beck rally, heck, just last night I heard on T.V. (so it must be true!) that there were over 1.5 million attendees at his rally. I just don’t understand why everyone has been lying to me and saying he only had 80,000-100,000 there that day. Just more eval Liebural propaganda I guess…

///Shame on you sinning liars!…Hmmph! ;)

104 jamesfirecat  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:01:54pm

re: #96 Gus 802

First link here.

Well at least some of the commenters aretrying to speak out for sanity….

105 Sol Berdinowitz  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:04:21pm

re: #103 ausador

Obviously much smaller than the Glenn Beck rally, heck, just last night I heard on T.V. (so it must be true!) that there were over 1.5 million attendees at his rally. I just don’t understand why everyone has been lying to me and saying he only had 80,000-100,000 there that day. Just more eval Liebural propaganda I guess…

///Shame on you sinning liars!…Hmmph! ;)

As I was saying earlier about comparing dicks…

106 Killgore Trout  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:04:24pm

Some crowd pics from Flikr
[Link: www.flickr.com…]

[Link: www.flickr.com…]


Not sure how authentic these are or where they came from

107 Jadespring  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:05:00pm

re: #101 Slumbering Behemoth

I’ve only played the first one. My favorite part was being out-numbered in sword fights.

The second one is way, way better. I enjoyed the first one a lot but the second one left it in the dust.

108 Aceofwhat?  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:05:16pm

re: #93 Jadespring

I know. I can’t believe I missed them until now. It was so great that I even enjoyed just walking through the cities doing nothing. It was amazing. I’m glad there is a new one coming out soon.

I’m in the middle of Fallout New Vegas. It’s exactly the same as Fallout 3, but with a different story. The story is interesting, though, and there are more significant choices facing me at the end, so it’s still a blast.

109 Feline Fearless Leader  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:05:21pm

re: #103 ausador

Obviously much smaller than the Glenn Beck rally, heck, just last night I heard on T.V. (so it must be true!) that there were over 1.5 million attendees at his rally. I just don’t understand why everyone has been lying to me and saying he only had 80,000-100,000 there that day. Just more eval Liebural propaganda I guess…

///Shame on you sinning liars!…Hmmph! ;)

Of course the quibbling and hair-spliting has to be concentrated on the numbers attending. Otherwise they might have to pay attention to the very short lead-time for the rally, or (heaven forbid) the content!

110 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:05:43pm

re: #105 ralphieboy

I guess size only matters when yours is bigger.

111 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:07:07pm

re: #107 Jadespring

I, of course, am waiting for a price drop. I’m cheap like that.

112 Sol Berdinowitz  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:07:18pm

re: #110 Slumbering Behemoth


Two gentlemen peeing off a bridge.

First gentleman “Boy, this water sure is cold!”
Second gentleman: “And, deep, too!”

113 Gus  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:07:33pm

re: #109 oaktree

Of course the quibbling and hair-spliting has to be concentrated on the numbers attending. Otherwise they might have to pay attention to the very short lead-time for the rally, or (heaven forbid) the content!

I think the lead time is important too. Considering it was put together at the last minute.

114 Aceofwhat?  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:08:05pm

re: #111 Slumbering Behemoth

I, of course, am waiting for a price drop. I’m cheap like that.

gamefly, baby. new games abound.

115 Jadespring  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:08:32pm

re: #108 Aceofwhat?

I’m in the middle of Fallout New Vegas. It’s exactly the same as Fallout 3, but with a different story. The story is interesting, though, and there are more significant choices facing me at the end, so it’s still a blast.

I haven’t played any of the Fallouts. I almost got New Vegas because I’ve heard such great things about it but I think I may get the other ones first. Then by the time I’m ready for the newest one maybe it will be a lower price. I got AC 1 for 6 bucks and 2 for 30.

116 jamesfirecat  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:08:33pm

re: #113 Gus 802

I think the lead time is important too. Considering it was put together at the last minute.

Do you mean the Daily Show’s Rlaly or Glenn Beck’s?

117 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:09:36pm

re: #114 Aceofwhat?

Sure, rub it in. Just ‘cuz I have access to the internet doesn’t mean I have a credit card.

118 Jadespring  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:10:19pm

re: #111 Slumbering Behemoth

I, of course, am waiting for a price drop. I’m cheap like that.

I usually wait too. Though if I had paid fifty bucks for it I would have felt it was well worth the money.

119 Jeff In Ohio  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:11:31pm

re: #71 ralphieboy

Isn’t this sort of like comparing dicks or FB friends lists?

Yeah, when yours is the small one.

120 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:12:22pm

re: #115 Jadespring

I got AC 1 for 6 bucks and 2 for 30.

What’s that in real money, er, I mean USD?
/

121 JamesWI  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:13:35pm

re: #96 Gus 802

First link here.

It’s like he’s comparing the length of the two crowds, ignoring the fact that there is, you know, a giant reflecting pool in the middle of one of those photos.

122 jaunte  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:13:48pm

God hates figs

123 Killgore Trout  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:14:18pm

Kentucky Stomper Charged With Fourth-Degree Assault


Timothy Mark Profitt, 53, is charged with misdemeanor fourth-degree assault after he stomped on Lauren Valle’s head and neck. Profitt “intentionally placed his foot on the shoulder/head region on the victim,” a criminal summons says. The newspaper reported that court records say Profitt will be arraigned Nov. 18. Such a charge carries a maximum penalty of 12 months in jail, a $500 fine, or a combination of both, the newspaper reported.
124 Killgore Trout  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:14:45pm

re: #122 jaunte

God hates figs

lol

125 jaunte  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:15:14pm

re: #124 Killgore Trout

I had to look it up:
[Link: www.biblegateway.com…]

126 Gus  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:15:53pm

re: #116 jamesfirecat

Do you mean the Daily Show’s Rlaly or Glenn Beck’s?

Daily Show.

127 Jadespring  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:17:33pm

re: #120 Slumbering Behemoth

What’s that in real money, er, I mean USD?
/

Hee. :) Well right now it’s pretty much the same. It’s only a couple of pennies difference so, 5.94 USD and 29.60 USD. (If I did my math right)

128 Gus  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:19:38pm

I think it’s hilarious that the kooks are saying that people went to today’s rally because they were following a “TV show” or the celebrity of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. As if Glenn Beck doesn’t have a TV show and celebrity.

129 Jadespring  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:20:14pm

Regarding the crowd size argument….

Quantity does not necessarily denote quality.

I’ll take quality over quantity any day.


;)

130 jaunte  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:21:26pm

re: #128 Gus 802

Tyranny

131 jaunte  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:23:00pm

Here’s one for reine.de.tout:
[Link: www.flickr.com…]

132 jamesfirecat  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:23:18pm

re: #121 JamesWI

It’s like he’s comparing the length of the two crowds, ignoring the fact that there is, you know, a giant reflecting pool in the middle of one of those photos.

If they were truly devout Christians they’d be able to attend Glen Beck’s rallly while standing in/on the pool…

133 Lidane  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:23:23pm

re: #128 Gus 802

I think it’s hilarious that the kooks are saying that people went to today’s rally because they were following a “TV show” or the celebrity of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. As if Glenn Beck doesn’t have a TV show and celebrity.

It’s basic Fox News logic. TV shows and celebrity are only negatives if the hosts are liberals.

Remember— for wingnuts, the people who went to the Beck rally are patriots and Real Americans. The ones who went today are pathetic sheep following a comedian, and nothing more.

134 JeffFX  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:24:25pm

re: #82 HoosierHoops

Don’t let anything Walter say about God upset you. don’t take it personal

A sickly, emaciated, but very sweet homeless cat moved in with me via an open window Thursday night. After some antibiotics for an infection, and about 30 meals over as many hours, he’s doing great.

I’ve even found someone to adopt him if my intensive search for his people fails. Things being what they are, not much could upset me, certainly not some guy on the Internet. I was just trying to dig into what he was getting at, though I’ve been here long enough to know better.

It’s not a total loss since all communication failing, it still counts toward my 50 posts so I can vote on blog entries. I’ve been a member for a while, but don’t post all that much because someone else usually expresses my position on a topic better than I could have myself.

BTW, LGF made me sane. If I’d been allowed to post when I first found this site, I would have lashed out at Conservatives due to years of experience with the theocratic variety and exposure to hate-filled freaks at F.R., and Charles would have been right to ban me. Instead I was left to learn from all of the good people here until I hit a sign-up window, and it made me a better informed, more moderate person who’s capable of discussion with a diverse community.

135 JamesWI  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:25:50pm

re: #121 JamesWI

It’s like he’s comparing the length of the two crowds, ignoring the fact that there is, you know, a giant reflecting pool in the middle of one of those photos.

And the misleading “map” he has at the bottom of his comparison pic, to throw off your perception of how big the crowds are.

It looks like both pictures are taken from the top of the Washington monument. The difference is, the distance from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial is a good deal shorter than from the Monument to where the stage was at this rally.

136 Gus  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:25:53pm

re: #133 Lidane

It’s basic Fox News logic. TV shows and celebrity are only negatives if the hosts are liberals.

Remember— for wingnuts, the people who went to the Beck rally are patriots and Real Americans. The ones who went today are pathetic sheep following a comedian, and nothing more.

Along the lines of people that think Fox News and News Corporation are not part of the MSM. Just think. This was done in large part through little old Comedy Central. Little when compared with the monster that is News Corp.

137 Usually refered to as anyways  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:27:03pm

re: #134 JeffFX

A sickly, emaciated, but very sweet homeless cat moved in with me via an open window Thursday night. After some antibiotics for an infection, and about 30 meals over as many hours, he’s doing great.

I’ve even found someone to adopt him if my intensive search for his people fails. Things being what they are, not much could upset me, certainly not some guy on the Internet. I was just trying to dig into what he was getting at, though I’ve been here long enough to know better.

It’s not a total loss since all communication failing, it still counts toward my 50 posts so I can vote on blog entries. I’ve been a member for a while, but don’t post all that much because someone else usually expresses my position on a topic better than I could have myself.

BTW, LGF made me sane. If I’d been allowed to post when I first found this site, I would have lashed out at Conservatives due to years of experience with the theocratic variety and exposure to hate-filled freaks at F.R., and Charles would have been right to ban me. Instead I was left to learn from all of the good people here until I hit a sign-up window, and it made me a better informed, more moderate person who’s capable of discussion with a diverse community.

Vote on me, give it a go ;)

138 Aceofwhat?  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:27:31pm

laters, all

139 JeffFX  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:28:10pm

re: #137 ozbloke

Vote on me, give it a go ;)

I can already up-ding comments, so there you go. Have a good night!

140 Sol Berdinowitz  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:28:22pm

gnite as well, after midnite here in Germany, they change the clocks tonite as well.

141 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:28:42pm

re: #128 Gus 802

There is a difference, Gus. Beck is all super cereal and political and stuff. And he’s asking all the questions that no one else has the courage to ask.

Stewart and Colbert are just librul shills. They don’t ask any questions or stuff, they just tell their zombies what to think.

See, totally different.
///

142 Usually refered to as anyways  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:29:16pm

re: #139 JeffFX

I can already up-ding comments, so there you go. Have a good night!

I paid Charles to let you, never forget that, you pay for the next round.

143 JeffFX  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:30:04pm

re: #142 ozbloke

I paid Charles to let you, never forget that, you pay for the next round.

LOL

144 wrenchwench  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:31:10pm

re: #143 JeffFX

LOL

There ya go, more comments like that and you’ll hit 50 in no time.

145 Gus  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:32:25pm

re: #141 Slumbering Behemoth

There is a difference, Gus. Beck is all super cereal and political and stuff. And he’s asking all the questions that no one else has the courage to ask.

Stewart and Colbert are just librul shills. They don’t ask any questions or stuff, they just tell their zombies what to think.

See, totally different.
///

Yep. Glenn Beck is the high thinking political and intellectual. A policy wonk. The thinker’s thinker. A regular old Einstein and prophet of our time.

//

146 Gus  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:32:53pm

re: #145 Gus 802

Yep. Glenn Beck is the high thinking political and intellectual. A policy wonk. The thinker’s thinker. A regular old Einstein and prophet of our time.

//

Oops.

Paging Dr. Beck!

/

147 reine.de.tout  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:33:26pm

re: #131 jaunte

Here’s one for reine.de.tout:
[Link: www.flickr.com…]

hah!
Merci!
Gubmint bureaucrats do indeed try to give good service, in spite of what people think.

148 Usually refered to as anyways  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:33:38pm

I thought Jon’s speech today was great.
My favorite line from today’s rally:

Its hard times, not the end times.

Anyone else?

149 jaunte  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:33:50pm

Pup rally:
[Link: www.flickr.com…]

150 Gus  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:33:54pm

Woof and meow!

[Link: www.flickr.com…]

151 reine.de.tout  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:35:33pm

re: #132 jamesfirecat

If they were truly devout Christians they’d be able to attend Glen Beck’s rallly while standing in/on the pool…

The pool last week looked as if it had no water in it, just goose shit.
Have they cleaned it? It was the ONLY disappointing thing I saw.

153 Killgore Trout  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:39:48pm

re: #151 reine.de.tout

The pool last week looked as if it had no water in it, just goose shit.
Have they cleaned it? It was the ONLY disappointing thing I saw.

It’s always like that. Same with the reflecting pool at the Taj Mahal.

154 Gus  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:40:13pm

Rally crowd being sprayed with chemicals.

[Link: www.flickr.com…]

//

155 albusteve  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:40:49pm

my rally is bigger than your rally, therefore…

156 jaunte  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:41:07pm

Radical diagram

157 Gus  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:44:01pm

Make beer not war!

[Link: www.flickr.com…]

158 reine.de.tout  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:44:05pm

re: #153 Killgore Trout

It’s always like that. Same with the reflecting pool at the Taj Mahal.

Ah. Well.
I’m just glad that when those geese took off flying and it sounded like we were in a rainstorm, I didn’t get hit. Thank goodness for small favors …

159 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:45:00pm

re: #148 ozbloke

Its hard times, not the end times.

Excellent! Wish I could’ve been there.

160 jaunte  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:45:55pm

Zombie elitist

161 jamesfirecat  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:46:19pm

re: #152 Killgore Trout

Just How Big Was The Stewart-Colbert Rally?

350,000, holy crap nearly seven times as many as Glenn Beck’s rally!

162 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:50:35pm

re: #152 Killgore Trout

Honestly, I really wouldn’t give a crap about the size of the Sanity/Fear rally if it weren’t for Beck, Hannity, all of FNC and all the wingnut pundit blogs crying like babies (and sometimes lying about) crowd estimate numbers for the various Tbagger rallies.

That dark side of me is going to enjoy the Fox/Tbag crowd trying to spin this in the next few days. They are only gonna wind up giving even more comedy ammo to folks like Stewart and Colbert.

163 JamesWI  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:52:12pm

re: #161 jamesfirecat

350,000, holy crap nearly seven times as many as Glenn Beck’s rally!

Liberal crowd counting bias.

In reality, that means the liberals only got 50,000, in comparison to Glenn Becks eleventy trillion.

164 Killgore Trout  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:52:56pm

Cat in Mac Donald’s paper bag

Liveleak Video

I think that’s the always mesmerizing Maru.
165 daveyja  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:52:58pm

re: #134 JeffFX


BTW, LGF made me sane. If I’d been allowed to post when I first found this site, I would have lashed out at Conservatives due to years of experience with the theocratic variety and exposure to hate-filled freaks at F.R., and Charles would have been right to ban me. Instead I was left to learn from all of the good people here until I hit a sign-up window, and it made me a better informed, more moderate person who’s capable of discussion with a diverse community.

I feel much the same way. I have learned a lot from the good lizards here (and laughed out loud a lot). I have friends to my left and right (politically) who I can not invite to the same dinner. I feel it’s a privilege to sit at this “table” even if I’m only listening in.

166 Summer Seale  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:54:20pm

re: #18 ralphieboy

In 1985 they made a Hollywood film, “American Anthem” in Flagstaff, Arizona.

They called up a friend of mine who ran a recording studio there to provide a reel-to-reel tape recorder to be used as a prop in the filming, in a scene in which the protagnist was recording himself.

They dubbed other music over it, but the music that was causing the needles to bounce on the film was actually music that my buddy and I had recorded at his studio.

So I have been on the soundtrack of a Hollywood film just like Andrew Breitbart is an ABC news analyst.

You should get 100 updings for that. Literally. =)

167 reine.de.tout  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:54:41pm

Prairiefire, are you here?

Here’s the photo from the rally that I really like.

168 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:54:47pm

re: #160 jaunte

That’s why I call the Teahadis “zombie proof”.

169 Gus  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:55:02pm

re: #164 Killgore Trout

Cat in Mac Donald’s paper bag

[Video]
I think that’s the always mesmerizing Maru.

Maru is gray, black and white.

170 jamesfirecat  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:55:21pm

re: #162 Slumbering Behemoth

Honestly, I really wouldn’t give a crap about the size of the Sanity/Fear rally if it weren’t for Beck, Hannity, all of FNC and all the wingnut pundit blogs crying like babies (and sometimes lying about) crowd estimate numbers for the various Tbagger rallies.

That dark side of me is going to enjoy the Fox/Tbag crowd trying to spin this in the next few days. They are only gonna wind up giving even more comedy ammo to folks like Stewart and Colbert.

They’ll probably argue that since DC is surrounded by Maryland a well known Liberal state, it was easier for Liberals to get to the rally than for conservatives to get to Glenn Beck.

Never mind the fact that we saw car ownership plates for Ohio, Indiana, Virginia, Massachusetts, and even one from Arizona!

171 Gus  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:55:34pm

re: #169 Gus 802

Maru is gray, black and white.

[Link: www.youtube.com…]

172 researchok  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:56:24pm

All those people at the rally are sure indicators of how the election will turn out on Tuesday.

Stewart/Colbert hoped people would be talking about something other than the number count.

Idiots.
/

173 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:56:31pm

re: #162 Slumbering Behemoth

Honestly, I really wouldn’t give a crap about the size of the Sanity/Fear rally if it weren’t for Beck, Hannity, all of FNC and all the wingnut pundit blogs crying like babies (and sometimes lying about) crowd estimate numbers for the various Tbagger rallies.

That dark side of me is going to enjoy the Fox/Tbag crowd trying to spin this in the next few days. They are only gonna wind up giving even more comedy ammo to folks like Stewart and Colbert.

Don’t worry about crowd sizes. We’re only going to hear about Cat Stevens.

174 reine.de.tout  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:57:18pm

re: #170 jamesfirecat

They’ll probably argue that since DC is surrounded by Maryland a well known Liberal state, it was easier for Liberals to get to the rally than for conservatives to get to Glenn Beck.

Never mind the fact that we saw car ownership plates for Ohio, Indiana, Virginia, Massachusetts, and even one from Arizona!

Are you going to put your photos in a page? Here I am, sitting, waiting for your page.

175 albusteve  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:57:58pm

re: #172 researchok

All those people at the rally are sure indicators of how the election will turn out on Tuesday.

Stewart/Colbert hoped people would be talking about something other than the number count.

Idiots.
/

agreed…the presumption seems to be, the larger the numbers, the greater the truth…truly we have entered the politainment stage of affairs…bwahahaha!

176 jamesfirecat  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:58:40pm

re: #174 reine.de.tout

Are you going to put your photos in a page? Here I am, sitting, waiting for your page.

I’m sory I will, the problem is that they need to get uplaoded to my dad’s machine first since they’re from his computer.

He has a mac and I have an IMB so yeah, transition is going to take its own sweet time.

That and Mythbusters are on…

Expect them to be up in the next half an hour or so…

177 researchok  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:58:49pm

re: #175 albusteve

agreed…the presumption seems to be, the larger the numbers, the greater the truth…truly we have entered the politainment stage of affairs…bwahahaha!

Three pointer, nothing but net.

178 reine.de.tout  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:59:21pm

re: #176 jamesfirecat

I’m sory I will, the problem is that they need to get uplaoded to my dad’s machine first since they’re from his computer.

He has a mac and I have an IMB so yeah, transition is going to take its own sweet time.

That and Mythbusters are on…

Expect them to be up in the next half an hour or so…

okey-dokey, I’ll be on the lookout.

179 Killgore Trout  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 3:59:52pm

re: #169 Gus 802

Maru is gray, black and white.

Ah, my mistake.

180 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 4:00:39pm

re: #167 reine.de.tout

Love it. My closest friend is on the other end of the political spectrum from me. We disagree on stuff all the time without really arguing about it. Probably why we’ve been such good friends for so many years, we don’t act like little partisan bitches.

181 Gus  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 4:00:47pm

re: #179 Killgore Trout

Ah, my mistake.

Yeah, I spent one night watching Maru videos. ;)

182 wrenchwench  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 4:00:59pm

re: #169 Gus 802

Maru is gray, black and white.

My favorite Maru:

Youtube Video
183 reine.de.tout  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 4:02:20pm

re: #180 Slumbering Behemoth

Love it. My closest friend is on the other end of the political spectrum from me. We disagree on stuff all the time without really arguing about it. Probably why we’ve been such good friends for so many years, we don’t act like little partisan bitches.

That, plus I’m sure you’re both sane and reasonable.

184 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 4:03:49pm

re: #170 jamesfirecat

I’m sure there will be plenty of “Conservatives have jobs, you know” quotes.

185 reine.de.tout  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 4:04:24pm

re: #184 Slumbering Behemoth

I’m sure there will be plenty of “Conservatives have jobs, you know” quotes.

some of us are retired.

186 Gus  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 4:04:43pm

re: #182 wrenchwench

My favorite Maru:

[Video]

Cute. He’s so spontaneous yet methodical.

187 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 4:06:29pm

re: #183 reine.de.tout

Reasonable, maybe. Sane might be pushing it, though.

188 researchok  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 4:06:52pm

This may be nothing but backward thinking, but it seems to me attendance at the polls is probably more significant than attendance at any rally.

It appears that some might be stunned by that idea.

189 jamesfirecat  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 4:07:08pm

re: #184 Slumbering Behemoth

I’m sure there will be plenty of “Conservatives have jobs, you know” quotes.

//Conservatives refuse to take union hand outs by not working on Saturday!

190 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 4:07:29pm

re: #185 reine.de.tout

Some of us are just gainfully unemployed.
/

191 reine.de.tout  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 4:07:58pm

re: #187 Slumbering Behemoth

Reasonable, maybe. Sane might be pushing it, though.

Whatchootalkin’bout?
Some of us are sane.

192 jamesfirecat  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 4:07:59pm

re: #188 researchok

This may be nothing but backward thinking, but it seems to me attendance at the polls is probably more significant than attendance at any rally.

It appears that some might be stunned by that idea.

Hey it can be “reasonablish” to think that how many show up a rally may be a premeasure of how of how many will show up at the poll…

So since we’ve got now ideas what those numbers will be we can only play around with the numbers we do have….

193 researchok  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 4:08:11pm

re: #190 Slumbering Behemoth

Some of us are just gainfully unemployed.
/

How very bourgeois.

194 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 4:08:50pm

re: #188 researchok

This may be nothing but backward thinking, but it seems to me attendance at the polls is probably more significant than attendance at any rally.

It appears that some might be stunned by that idea.

Please see my #162 comment.

195 researchok  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 4:10:09pm

re: #192 jamesfirecat

Hey it can be “reasonablish” to think that how many show up a rally may be a premeasure of how of how many will show up at the poll…

So since we’ve got now ideas what those numbers will be we can only play around with the numbers we do have…

I get your point.

That said, I was far more impressed by what was said at the rally as opposed to how many people attended.

The same applies to other rallies.

196 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 4:10:23pm

re: #191 reine.de.tout

Whatchootalkin’bout?
Some of us are sane.

Just talkin’ ‘bout me and my close friend, darlin’, not anyone else.
{Reine}

197 Gus  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 4:11:57pm

Meanwhile on the other side of the pond. Extremist freaks rally in support of Geert Wilders.

[Link: www.daylife.com…]

Notice the weirdo with his face covered under a hood with sewn in goggles.

198 Gus  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 4:13:34pm

re: #197 Gus 802

Meanwhile on the other side of the pond. Extremist freaks rally in support of Geert Wilders.

[Link: www.daylife.com…]

Notice the weirdo with his face covered under a hood with sewn in goggles.

Oh yeah. The freak is Tommy Robinson.

[Link: www.daylife.com…]

199 jamesfirecat  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 4:13:36pm

re: #197 Gus 802

Meanwhile on the other side of the pond. Extremist freaks rally in support of Geert Wilders.

[Link: www.daylife.com…]

Notice the weirdo with his face covered under a hood with sewn in goggles.

I saw somebody in a gas mask at the Rally to Restore Sanity and or fear as well…. but it was much more like one of those WW1 gas masks rather than looking like modern day NBC gear….

What a difference context makes….

200 researchok  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 4:13:37pm

re: #194 Slumbering Behemoth

Please see my #162 comment.

I saw that.

The fact is, the number of the Beck rally attendees was a non issue for me. The content was contaminated- and that was enough for me.

Ever since the Park Police went PC and stopped issuing estimates, I could care less what anyone has to say about the numbers.

201 jamesfirecat  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 4:15:25pm

re: #200 researchok

I saw that.

The fact is, the number of the Beck rally attendees was a non issue for me. The content was contaminated- and that was enough for me.

Ever since the Park Police went PC and stopped issuing estimates, I could care less what anyone has to say about the numbers.

From what I heard not issuing estimates wasn’t so much going PC. It was more like “This isn’t part of our job, we don’t get paid when we do it, and whenever we do it people don’t use our numbers but instead s*** all over us for daring to tell them how many people there were. Why the f*** should we stress ourselves out when we get yelled at for it?”

202 albusteve  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 4:16:25pm

re: #201 jamesfirecat

From what I heard not issuing estimates wasn’t so much going PC. It was more like “This isn’t part of our job, we don’t get paid when we do it, and whenever we do it people don’t use our numbers but instead s*** all over us for daring to tell them how many people there were. Why the f*** should we stress ourselves out when we get yelled at for it?”

more whiny assed fed employees

203 researchok  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 4:17:45pm

re: #201 jamesfirecat

From what I heard not issuing estimates wasn’t so much going PC. It was more like “This isn’t part of our job, we don’t get paid when we do it, and whenever we do it people don’t use our numbers but instead s*** all over us for daring to tell them how many people there were. Why the f*** should we stress ourselves out when we get yelled at for it?”

If I recall correctly, the PP stopped because organizations were challenging and threatening to sue, charging them as ‘partisan’ and deliberately inflating/deflating numbers.

Each organization/agenda had to outdo the other.

204 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 4:17:57pm

re: #173 negativ

Fuck Cat Stevens. There, I said it.

205 jamesfirecat  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 4:18:42pm

I am now offically working on my page to restore sanity…

206 Gus  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 4:18:55pm

re: #200 researchok

I saw that.

The fact is, the number of the Beck rally attendees was a non issue for me. The content was contaminated- and that was enough for me.

Ever since the Park Police went PC and stopped issuing estimates, I could care less what anyone has to say about the numbers.

It’s not a matter of being PC. It’s a matter of not having to deal with the bullshit. Anytime you start putting out crowd estimates for these things it causes an uproar from either side. One side or another is either complaining that the figures were too high or too low. This is nothing new and frankly I don’t blame them from shying away from this. They have other work to do.

207 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 4:19:51pm

re: #200 researchok

Content was contaminated? How so? I missed the whole thing altogether, so I don’t really know anything about the content.

208 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 4:24:18pm

re: #206 Gus 802

I think it would be funny if Stewart commented “Crowd estimates? We don’t really know how many people were there, because we just don’t care”, and Colbert pulling out all the well worn wingnut talking points on crowd estimates to insist that there were “Way more patriots at the Fear rally then there were at the Sanity rally”.

209 researchok  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 4:25:14pm

re: #207 Slumbering Behemoth

Content was contaminated? How so? I missed the whole thing altogether, so I don’t really know anything about the content.

Contaminated as in ‘Beckian’ tortured logic.

Look, I believe Beck often has good things to9 say- in fact, there are times I might even be sympathetic to his ideas. I suspect I’m not alone in that- I’d bet people who are on the other side of the politcal aisle would agree.

That said, Beck also has no trouble embracing racists (can you say say John Birch Society) and political rabble rouser’s who are as equally as repugnant as the ones he excoriates.

He is intellectuality dishonest0 and that is my beef with him.

210 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 4:28:31pm

re: #209 researchok

Contaminated as in ‘Beckian’ tortured logic.

Sorry, I’m still confused. What content there would you call “‘Beckian’ tortured logic.”

Please keep in mind, I missed the Sanity/Fear rally altogether, so I don’t know anything about the kind of content there.

Also, I’m just asking questions.
/

211 researchok  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 4:29:44pm

re: #210 Slumbering Behemoth

Sorry, I’m still confused. What content there would you call “‘Beckian’ tortured logic.”

Please keep in mind, I missed the Sanity/Fear rally altogether, so I don’t know anything about the kind of content there.

Also, I’m just asking questions.
/

You can’t embrace the John Birch Society and claim their ideology as based on American values.

212 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 4:33:08pm

re: #211 researchok

You can’t embrace the John Birch Society and claim their ideology as based on American values.

I’m sorry, I thought you were talking about Stewart and Colbert’s Sanity/Fear rally this whole time. My bad.

No wonder I was confused.

213 researchok  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 4:36:46pm

re: #212 Slumbering Behemoth

I’m sorry, I thought you were talking about Stewart and Colbert’s Sanity/Fear rally this whole time. My bad.

No wonder I was confused.

No worries- I spend most of my time in a foggy haze.
/

214 JeffFX  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 5:05:18pm

re: #206 Gus 802

It’s not a matter of being PC. It’s a matter of not having to deal with the bullshit. Anytime you start putting out crowd estimates for these things it causes an uproar from either side. One side or another is either complaining that the figures were too high or too low.

It’s sad that going out, having fun, and not being extreme is a side in some political battle.

215 Amory Blaine  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 5:15:27pm

ABC is dipping it’s toes in the ring with Breitbart. If ABC news departments are complaining about it, this may be an appointment from the top. Does ABC have executives that feel comfortable with his brand of “journalism”?

216 Amory Blaine  Sat, Oct 30, 2010 5:26:33pm

Well I guess this answers my question. Yes they are comfortable.


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