Tag: ‘Both sides do it’
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The Corruption In Our Midst
New Jersey Democratic Senator Bob Menendez epitomizes the difference between Republicans and Democrats. Senator Menendez’s corruption – and this ain’t his first time at that rodeo – gave the news media all the proof it needed that, yes-indeedy, “both sides do it”. But aside from the corrupt act itself, there’s nothing else here that “both…
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Our News Media Is A False Equivalence Factory
America’s news media is lost. Last night epitomized that fact. Joe Biden delivered a remarkable State Of The Union Address including the part where he swatted down repeated Republican heckling. Fact: both sides don’t do that – heckle a POTUS while they’re delivering the SOTU. Both sides don’t shout out “You lie!” during it. But,…
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Kevin McCarthy: Speaker Of The House & Treason’s Poster Boy
Wanna talk Rogue’s Gallery? Let’s talk Republican Speakers of The House. From Newt Gingrich (he the GOP’s culture war against the rest of us) to Denny Hastert (convicted pederast) to Paul Ryan (record breaking ineptitude), Republican Speakers have been disastrous for America. Kevin McCarthy kicks that up a whole bunch of notches. As far as…
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Everyone Has Their Point Of View But Not Every Point Of View “Has A Point”
Does a raging, racist a-hole have a point? We know they have a point of view; they’re happy as hell braying it. But do these guys have a point to make? Do they? Is their racist, ignorant point really one we should take seriously? Consider the professional criminal. He knows what he’s doing is completely…
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Dear American News Media: Why Do You Always Mark Republicans On A Curve?
Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign took a hit when she was cornered into showing receipts for how she would pay for getting every American health CARE. The grinding irony — this is never a question Republican candidates ever have to grapple with. How we’re gonna pay for the next Republican tax cut is always obvious —…
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Dear American News Media: Here’s How You Can Tell It AIN’T About “Politics”…
Let’s cut to the END of the chase, shall we? Both sides DO NOT “do it”. Both sides DO NOT commit TREASON in order to hold onto power and impose a permanent state of minority rule. Both sides don’t do it because one side doesn’t HAVE to. They can sell their ideas to America. That…
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Not Only Don’t Both Sides “Do It”, Both Sides Don’t Even APPROVE Of “It”
Maybe our news media’s problem is one of projection. They can’t walk & chew gum at the same time so they assume Democrats can’t and citizens can’t. But, thing is, anyone who isn’t a journalist CAN do two things at once. Some of us can even hold two conflicting thoughts in our heads without our…
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Dear MSM — No, It ISN’T About POLITICS
The most insidious form of “Both Sides Do It” journalism is its insistence that, no matter what, it’s always about politics. Democrats objecting to Republicans suppressing Democratic votes (they never do seem to suppress votes evenly between Republican voters and Democratic voters) is — in this view — political rather than legal. Those stolen votes…
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How Many Republicans Does It Take To Screw In A Lightbulb? Zero — There’s No More House – They Burned It Down
I’m not the first person to compare Donald Trump to an arsonist who sets fires then calls the Fire Department — then does everything he can to get in the Fire Department’s way when they show up to put out the flames. Incompetence is bad. Malicious incompetence is worse. Republicans going back to Lee Atwater…