For the Media, Democrat Scandals Can Never Be Reported Straight, But Must Always Be Controversialized/Partisanized By Noting that the GOP is "Seizing" on Reports of Scandal

Some time ago, Sharyl Attkinson introduced a new concept to me: that when she wrote about Republican malfeasance, her media employers were perfectly willing to run her stories straight, but when she reported on Democrat malfeasance, the left immediately began to "controversialize" her reportage, and her employers often gave in to their narrative.

She didn't say what "controversialize" meant, and I was left to guess.

But I think I know.

Let's look at the VA Scandal. The scandal involves dishonesty, forgery, fraudulence, improper taking of bonuses (as those bonuses are granted based on performance, the record of which has been forged), and, by the way, a lot of dead veterans, many of whom died while on the secret wait lists.

The scandal is itself controversial -- but surely the reporting on it should not be. There is no one who would admit to being pro-dishonesty, pro-forgery, pro-fraudulence, and pro-improper taking of bonuses.

Opposition to these practices should, in theory, be noncontroversial.

But extreme partisans make everything a partisan issue. And the VA scandal isn't just about the VA, of course-- it's also about Barack Obama's administration, and his personal vow to fix the VA.

Thus, it becomes useful to hardcore partisans including those in the press to "controversialize" what should be a noncontroversial, nonpartisan issue. No one should be arguing that the VA Scandal is not a scandal.

But Obama needs it to not be a scandal -- and thus, his administration pumped out a report claiming that they couldn't tell who actually died on the waiting list, so that conservatives claiming that people who died were liars.

The media ate this report up, of course, and ignored later proof that the report had been ordered to be written that way by Obama flacks.

This then is what I think Sharyl Attkisson meant by "controversializing" an issue. Partisanizing it, making it seem as if there is a Progressive Side and a Conservative Side and the Conservatives are of course liars and even if they're not, it's all just a big silly political food-fight anyway, and only an extreme partisan would take sides in a big silly political food-fight.

Therefore, anyone reporting on the VA scandal must himself be an extreme partisan. After all, if it's just a big political food-fight, who else but partisans would weight in?

Thus does the media turn all stories about Democrat malfeasance into mere political name-calling squabbles.

But stories about Republican malfeasance are not presented as political squabbles-- these, of course, are presented as Serious Matters of National Interest Which Should Concern Us All.

The latest example of this was discovered and documented by the Free Beacon.

You might imagine that a story about the Clinton Foundation taking millions in donations from individuals with an agenda, and then changing government policy based on that well-heeled donor's agenda, would be a Serious Matter of National Interest Which Should Concern Us All.

But Nope. It's a story about Democrat malfeasance, and thus must be transformed instantly from a story that should bother any patriotic citizen concerned with his country into a mere political squabble.

Not a squabble between Hillary and "investigators," mind you, and Hillary and "experts."

Those terms sound official and neutral. Those terms make it sound like something serious is alleged here.

No, the squabble must be between Hillary and "GOP critics" who "seize" upon reports of malfeasance, as if the GOP alone stands against the bribery of high political officials.

Thus is a serious story reduced in seriousness to yet another talking-heads shouting match -- something that readers who do not consider themselves above hardcore partisanship (which even -- or especially -- the hardcord partisans do consider themselves above) should completely ignore.

"Controversialize" is just a method of trivializing a story.

The Gosnell case, which involved the murder of seven babies (they were liveborn, and thus even extreme abortion advocates are forced to pretend they think these were murders) was similarly transformed from an important story into one that was merely about a shifty doctor and his "political critics," such as "abortion rights opponents" and even "Republicans."

Of course, this is just another example of a hardcore partisan media -- and not merely an ideologically biased media, but a partisan one, which will support the Democrats even when the Republicans agree with the media on ideology-- constantly "claiming the center," and claiming to represent non-political interests, a non-political POV, when in fact it is an institution more corrupted by cheap partisan advantage than the actual political parties themselves.

Posted by: Ace at 05:17 PM

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1 Obligatory first.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at April 20, 2015 05:19 PM (0NdlF)

2 The State Media needs to burn. Period.

Posted by: toby928(C) at April 20, 2015 05:19 PM (evdj2)

3 Speaking of Gosnell, NARAL Colorado has come out against the "harsh punishments" in the bill being considered in Colorado that would prosecute people who murder unborn children against their mother's wishes.

Why? Because they have their very own Gosnell named William Hern who, while he has never killed any women, does perform abortions up til the due date.

Can't have that come to light, now can we?

Posted by: Lauren at April 20, 2015 05:20 PM (MYCIw)

4 so what are you gonna do about it?

Posted by: Harry Reid at April 20, 2015 05:20 PM (yIBga)

5 So true.

Kinda like how in abortion stories they used to always say "the procedure critics call partial-birth abortion" - never did find out what proponents call it.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 20, 2015 05:21 PM (2TN4k)

6 so what are you gonna do about it?

Indeed, indeed.

Posted by: toby928(C) at April 20, 2015 05:21 PM (evdj2)

7 There is no one who would admit to being pro-dishonesty, pro-forgery, pro-fraudulence, and pro-improper taking of bonuses.

Hi there!

Posted by: Jonathan Gruber at April 20, 2015 05:21 PM (P55y/)

8 tell Ailes to revise house style and turn the tables

Posted by: Feh at April 20, 2015 05:22 PM (yIBga)

9 Partisan hacks have a double standard?

Whodathunk it?

Posted by: The Thunkin' Hat at April 20, 2015 05:22 PM (0Ew3K)

10 It's the Communist way, Ace.

Posted by: steveegg at April 20, 2015 05:22 PM (cL79m)

11 Fire.Stones. Salt. I can't remember the rest....

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 20, 2015 05:23 PM (JWzxO)

12 Well, of course you would believe this.....

Posted by: Rosie O'Donnel's Perfectly Pierced Clitoris at April 20, 2015 05:23 PM (XlHZs)

13 burn with what

salt from where

Posted by: Feh at April 20, 2015 05:23 PM (yIBga)

14 >>
so what are you gonna do about it?

Posted by: Harry Reid

That's a good looking eye you got there. Be a shame if anything happened to it.

Posted by: Larry Reid at April 20, 2015 05:24 PM (sQzB6)

15 11 Fire.Stones. Salt. I can't remember the rest....
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 20, 2015 05:23 PM (JWzxO)

Let the motherf*cker burn. Burn, motherf*cker, burn.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 20, 2015 05:24 PM (2Ojst)

16
The media did an excellent job of this when holder was held in contempt of Congress -- a very serious charge.

The media reported it and recorded it in history thusly: Republican-led House Charges eric holder With Contempt

Posted by: Soothsayer, Inc. -- The King Unwilling at April 20, 2015 05:24 PM (fCXCT)

17 What 'reports of scandal'? It's a miracle any democrat scandals are ever brought to light. That's because they own the media. FOX, too. It's the kabuki news channel.

Posted by: Eromero at April 20, 2015 05:24 PM (go5uR)

18 It's like Hillary Clinton and selling influence at her JOB at State....

I took some politico nut behind the woodshed...

http://tinyurl.com/k3lgg4u

Tweet line to Ken Vogel...

the ONLY true scandal is the GOP being SO angry at Hillary...

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at April 20, 2015 05:24 PM (/4AZU)

19 Fire.Stones. Salt. I can't remember the rest....

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 20, 2015 05:23 PM (JWzxO)

Allow me to quote AllenG:

Burn it down
Scatter the stones
Salt the earth where it stood.

Posted by: steveegg at April 20, 2015 05:24 PM (cL79m)

20 "the procedure critics call partial-birth abortion"

They're doing that now with Dismemberment Abortions. You know, where the baby is torn apart limb by limb inside the
womb...

The pro-abortion lobby much prefers "Dilation and Extraction" abortion. Sounds so much more..civilized.

Posted by: Lauren at April 20, 2015 05:25 PM (MYCIw)

21 Posted by: Feh at April 20, 2015 05:22 PM (yIBga)

Ain't happening.

Posted by: Rupert Murdoch going for the uninformed self described conservatives at April 20, 2015 05:25 PM (48QDY)

22 And of course we see what's happening now in Wisconsin...

Posted by: Lauren at April 20, 2015 05:25 PM (MYCIw)

23 Kinda like how in abortion stories they used to always say "the
procedure critics call partial-birth abortion" - never did find out what
proponents call it.

Slate was railing against the term "dismemberment abortion" last week, but...it is.

Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at April 20, 2015 05:26 PM (ZKzrr)

24 They did the same thing with the IRS targeting Conservatives...

They made it about the Repubs in Congress... not about the victims, or violations of law...

WHICH ARE STILL GOING ON!

Posted by: BB WOLF at April 20, 2015 05:26 PM (qh617)

25 The Clinton are nothing but hillbilly mobsters.

Remember Marc Rich, the largest IRS debtor? Wife gave a million to Clinton Library, and he got a pardon.

Remember Rick Hendrick of NASCAR fame, and car dealership fame? He got convicted for a felony fraud. Bank of America, his largest lender, made a $500K donation to Clinton Library.

He got a pardon.

These people are CROOKS.

Posted by: Nip Sip at April 20, 2015 05:26 PM (0FSuD)

26 Why, Acey-poo, it's like you EXPECT us to be "fair" or something........LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

Silly lad.

Posted by: MSM at April 20, 2015 05:26 PM (sCHw2)

27 Let the motherfucker burn. Burn, motherfucker, burn.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 20, 2015 05:24 PM (2Ojst)

Roofs, fire, water; application of the former but not the latter required.

Oh, and we don't bother with the beeps.

Posted by: Rock Master Scott and the Dynamic Three at April 20, 2015 05:26 PM (cL79m)

28
Like I said: The media is a powerful propaganda racket.

We ought to be in it.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Inc. -- The King Unwilling at April 20, 2015 05:27 PM (fCXCT)

29 Edith Efron wrote a book about this in 1969 ( about media coverage of the 1968 election. Google it

also, Edward j. Epstein's "News From Nowhere"

same as it ever was.....

Posted by: too loose, luh trek at April 20, 2015 05:27 PM (8CdUx)

30 FOX, too. It's the kabuki news channel.
Posted by: Eromero at April 20, 2015 05:24 PM (go5uR)

Derp! Let'S maKe AvoCAdo toAsT!!!! LoloLOLolLololOl!!!!! *fart*

Posted by: Doocy and Kilmeade Inc., Rocket Surgeons at April 20, 2015 05:28 PM (vgIRn)

31 What difference, at this point, does it make????

Posted by: dead veterans at April 20, 2015 05:28 PM (xWW96)

32 burn with what
salt from where

Fire.
Morton's.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 20, 2015 05:28 PM (MtdoN)

33 I kill 7 pound babies. Because the media doesn't mind.

Posted by: DWS at April 20, 2015 05:29 PM (WCnJW)

34 Like when the Democrats run especially nasty and negative campaigns and the media almost reports on it from the angle of admiration like "wow, isn't that an awesome bare knuckle attack!" compared to when a Republican does ,'s" this is WAY out of bounds" or "voters are sick of these LIES!"

Posted by: McAdams at April 20, 2015 05:29 PM (p8wXQ)

35 I kill 7 pound babies. Because the media doesn't mind.
Posted by: DWS

They're more tender if you put them in the oven while still alive.

Posted by: Hillary Rodham-Rodham at April 20, 2015 05:30 PM (GuwT9)

36 I remember during much of the Lewinsky scandal, a lot of the media coverage was admiration about what a skilled liar Clinton was and how he had totally outmanuevered Republicans.

Posted by: McAdams at April 20, 2015 05:30 PM (p8wXQ)

37 Like I said: The media is a powerful propaganda racket.

Yep. We can either run it, destroy it, or be destroyed by it. The Democratic Party is just the political action arm of the Media Corps and their parent companies.

Posted by: toby928(C) at April 20, 2015 05:30 PM (evdj2)

38 Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at April 20, 2015 05:24 PM (/4AZU)

But. But. She quit the Clinton Foundation. It's on the Googles.

You should ask him which Clinton dick he's sucked the most.

Posted by: Golfman at April 20, 2015 05:31 PM (/GwLN)

39 salt them down, set them on fire. make a headstone.

Posted by: X at April 20, 2015 05:31 PM (n5fTN)

40 Great to be going out of office. Now it doesn't matter that I'm a vile, nasty, lying son of a bitch. And my asshole Brother throws a mean eyeball launching hook BTW.

Posted by: One-eyed Hairy Reed at April 20, 2015 05:31 PM (xWW96)

41 If the balloon goes up, if the polity goes all pear shaped, should the crossbows let fly against the recurves.

Then let the MSN get an elevated "above the crowd" view of the festivities.

Average street light is about thirty ft. high, so given a ten foot rope, they'd be about twenty feet higher up than the mob whut hung 'em.

Lather, rinse & repeat, until any and all who remain with the ambition to "report", learn to do just that, and leave their editorial opinion on the cutting room floor, or the digital waste file of deleted words and pictures.

"Who", "What", "When", and "Where". The old standard include the potential for the occasional "Why", but given the damage wrought by those bastards, I think the first time that one of them tries to explain the "Why" of a story, should be the time that they get an up close and personal view of said street light pole.

Neutralize the media. LITERALLY.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at April 20, 2015 05:31 PM (RzZOc)

42 "22
And of course we see what's happening now in Wisconsin...

Posted by: Lauren at April 20, 2015 05:25 PM (MYCIw)"
And it's gonna keep happening, until either one of them goes too far and actually kills someone (if it hasn't happened already) or one of us starts fighting back. And I don't mean with counter-lawsuits or going on Fox News or bitching on a Conservative blog.
See Preston Brooks/Charles Sumner as another example of this. There was only 4 years between this event and the start of American Civil War, v. 1.0.

Posted by: Mickey Shwarma at April 20, 2015 05:32 PM (sCHw2)

43 The Swietzer (sp?) reporter who just released the book detailing all the instances of big money to the Clinton foundation followed by Hillary led state department decisions benefitting the bribe sources is "a conservative writer" -- I have no idea if he was conservative before attacking the media's sacred crone.

Posted by: PaleRider at April 20, 2015 05:32 PM (dkExz)

44 Posted by: Nip Sip at April 20, 2015 05:26 PM (0FSuD)

But Rick was sick and dying at the time.

Posted by: Golfman at April 20, 2015 05:33 PM (/GwLN)

45 Veterans,Fast and Furious,Solyndra, ,IRS,Behghazi.... etc.,etc,etc.....

All non-scandals according to the MSM...

Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at April 20, 2015 05:34 PM (Bn6aD)

46 38 Posted by: Golfman at April 20, 2015 05:31 PM (/GwLN)

If there was nothing unethical about her actions why is she quitting now and not when she was SecState?

Anyway he is one of the few newsies who actually was bothered to be bothered to alibi...there may be hope for him but I doubt it he's at politico.

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at April 20, 2015 05:34 PM (/4AZU)

47 I want to see a reporter convicted of straight reporting on Democrats.

Posted by: Toni Morrison at April 20, 2015 05:34 PM (J0IP0)

48 Like I said: The media is a powerful propaganda racket.
We ought to be in it.

Or, as I've said on numerous occasions, completely out of it. With much noise in the process. Got cable tv? Cut the cord. Point the finger at MSNBC as some 'retention specialist' offers you deal after deal.

Don't let even one of your after-tax dollars go to those scum-sucking sons-of-bitches. Poverty has a way of sharpening minds. The media in this country is in dire need of having its mind sharpened.

Do your part.

Posted by: SE Pa Moron at April 20, 2015 05:34 PM (xQX/f)

49 10 feet is about 40 feet (plus the amount required for the noose) too short.

Posted by: Math scold at April 20, 2015 05:35 PM (cL79m)

50 I find all this talk of "straight reporting" to be triggering.

Posted by: Special Snowflakes at April 20, 2015 05:35 PM (GuwT9)

51 >>The pro-abortion lobby much prefers "Dilation and Extraction" abortion. Sounds so much more..civilized.

Ugh, so that's what they call it.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 20, 2015 05:36 PM (2TN4k)

52 This story triggers me to such an extent that I need a very safe place.

I need to crawl up and hide between Kate Upton's thighs, in order to feel the safety I so desperately need.

But, the female form also causes me to be triggered.

Oh, what must I do!?!! [faints]

Posted by: Sharkman at April 20, 2015 05:36 PM (72D6h)

53 Yep. We can either run it, destroy it, or be destroyed by it. The Democratic Party is just the political action arm of the Media Corps and their parent companies.

Posted by: toby928(C) at April 20, 2015 05:30 PM (evdj2)

You have it reversed - the Presstitute Organs are merely the PR arm of the DemocRAT Party.

Posted by: steveegg at April 20, 2015 05:36 PM (cL79m)

54 51 >>The pro-abortion lobby much prefers "Dilation and Extraction" abortion. Sounds so much more..civilized.

Big deal, it's just a clump of cells....

Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at April 20, 2015 05:36 PM (Bn6aD)

55 The MSM is fully invested in the democratic party, the liberal agenda, and can't allow the truth to get in the way.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 20, 2015 05:36 PM (rDqRv)

56 Posted by: SE Pa Moron at April 20, 2015 05:34 PM (xQX/f)

Local paper was sorta ala carte. They got cut several years ago.

Posted by: Golfman at April 20, 2015 05:36 PM (/GwLN)

57 yeah, I commented about the real possibility of a civil war a year or so ago, and one of the resident jock-sniffers here gave me sh*t

What's likely coming will be like the English Civil War, not the American version, with class and religious and regional aspects. In that one, the head of state got his head chopped off.

Cromwell uber alles, bitches

Posted by: too loose, luh trek at April 20, 2015 05:37 PM (8CdUx)

58 The most important part of any story is whether the Republicans will overreach.

Posted by: Andrea Mitchell at April 20, 2015 05:37 PM (OD2ni)

59 Punching up indeed.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 20, 2015 05:37 PM (W5DcG)

60 I find all this talk of "straight reporting" to be triggering.

Posted by: Special Snowflakes at April 20, 2015 05:35 PM (GuwT9)

PULL!

Posted by: steveegg at April 20, 2015 05:37 PM (cL79m)

61 The parties are the same, right?

Posted by: Mister Magic at April 20, 2015 05:37 PM (nbgPm)

62 Jeb 2016!

Posted by: nevertheless at April 20, 2015 05:38 PM (N5T9y)

63 The parties are the same, right?

Not when it comes to reporting on them....

Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at April 20, 2015 05:38 PM (Bn6aD)

64 @62 - No need for that sort of profanity.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 20, 2015 05:38 PM (UVfht)

65 The parties are the same, right?

Posted by: Mister Magic at April 20, 2015 05:37 PM (nbgPm)

It's not for a lack of trying on our part.

Posted by: El PRL at April 20, 2015 05:39 PM (cL79m)

66 Huntsman 2016?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 20, 2015 05:39 PM (J0IP0)

67 The only reason this shit is allowed to occur is because there are still those of us that want to believe in a free society and tolerate it. The lying liars abandoned that notion and are thus free to manipulate us knowing that is our position.

At some point daddy is gonna pull his belt off.

Posted by: dogfish at April 20, 2015 05:40 PM (1vYi0)

68 Still waiting for Senator Burr's Foreign Policy aide to call. My question was over the head of the first level.

Nip. Tell Thom to hire some of Kay Hagan's old help. First level there was pitiful.

Posted by: Golfman at April 20, 2015 05:40 PM (/GwLN)

69 Third time's a charm, right?

Posted by: Romney 2016 at April 20, 2015 05:40 PM (GuwT9)

70
Local crime story, nothing to see here. *waves hand* Move along. MOVE ALONG!

Also, the next time Bernie Sanders (Commie-VT) goes on about single payer, please ask him about the socialized medicine as practiced at the VA and if he sees that as the model for the rest of the country?

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at April 20, 2015 05:40 PM (VvOZ5)

71 At some point daddy is gonna pull his belt off.

Republicans support incest!

Posted by: Media Take at April 20, 2015 05:40 PM (J0IP0)

72 Huntsman 2016?

There have been a sudden deluge of advertisements around here about the Huntsman Cancer Center and all the good it does. I thinks it's battle space prep. The the name out there with good feelings attached.

Posted by: toby928(C) at April 20, 2015 05:41 PM (evdj2)

73 get the name

Posted by: toby928(C) at April 20, 2015 05:41 PM (evdj2)

74 Posted by: Media Take at April 20, 2015 05:40 PM (J0IP0)

Shut it down. It's OVAH!

Posted by: Golfman at April 20, 2015 05:42 PM (/GwLN)

75 Howie Carr, Boston radio host, said Aisles would put Brian Williams back on air ASAP.

Posted by: Carol at April 20, 2015 05:42 PM (sj3Ax)

76 Is this step three or four in the Alinski manual? What we need is conservative, counter-Alinski manual. Not everyone has the brass balls of the NRA or the faith of the pro-life crowd to endure the media and stand on principles.

Posted by: Jean at April 20, 2015 05:43 PM (ztOda)

77 "Ugh, so that's what they call it."

Yep. And partial birth abortions were called "Intact Dilation and Extraction" abortions.

Dilation and Extraction is often used to clear the uterus after fetal demise is the second trimester to spare the mother from the agony of childbirth, but it is a horrible procedure that is unimaginable on a live child. Abortion proponents decided to go to it after too many children were being born alive after saline abortions.

But *we're* the extreme ones.

Posted by: Lauren at April 20, 2015 05:43 PM (MYCIw)

78 Shut it down. It's OVAH!
Posted by: Golfman

IT'S NOT OVER! NOTHING'S OVER!
YOU CAN'T JUST SHUT IT OFF!

Posted by: John Rambo at April 20, 2015 05:43 PM (GuwT9)

79 And of course, commenting on the bias of the media is even further evidence of bias on your part, because the media is not biased and you're just a h8er.

I think it's gotten to the point where Barack Obama could lynch a white man, pin a sign that says, "Kill whitey!" on him, and anyone who dared to mention it would be labeled a racist. Obama could be standing there personally tying the rope around his Secret Service Suburban and his media flacks would deny it and call it some ginned up right wing conspiracy.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 20, 2015 05:44 PM (WUYpW)

80 Peter Sweizer has written several books on political corruption, so I guess that makes him conservative? (/sarc)

Nah, it's just that's he's hitting Dem sacred cows; pointing out Republican malfeasance gets you awards.

http://www.amazon.com/Peter-Schweizer/e/B001IGT4ES/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1

Posted by: Lizzy at April 20, 2015 05:45 PM (2TN4k)

81
Those Hunstman cancer tv ads make me sick. What a self-serving piece of shit.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Inc. -- The King Unwilling at April 20, 2015 05:45 PM (fCXCT)

82 Just like Rush was responsible for the Oklahoma bombing, and Sarah Palin was responsible for the Arizona shootings...

Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at April 20, 2015 05:46 PM (Bn6aD)

83 Obama could be standing there personally tying the rope around his Secret Service Suburban and his media flacks would deny it and call it some ginned up right wing conspiracy.

Not true. Some would blame the Suburban marketing campaign. Suburbans are tools of evil racists.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 20, 2015 05:46 PM (J0IP0)

84 Ace,
Have you read NRO article from week before about Scooter Libby farce?

Posted by: Carol at April 20, 2015 05:46 PM (sj3Ax)

85 Those no-knock John Doe raids in Wisconsin - good police work.

Posted by: MSM at April 20, 2015 05:46 PM (fWLrt)

86 82 Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at April 20, 2015 05:46 PM (Bn6aD)

*snicker* and Al Gore for the oil rig worker shooting and Al Sharpton for the Ferguson police shootings and...

heh suckers...

//Joe Newsie

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at April 20, 2015 05:47 PM (/4AZU)

87 85 Those no-knock John Doe raids in Wisconsin - good police work.

Seriously those were frightening... Shades of the KGB...

Posted by: hello, it's Me Donna ....again at April 20, 2015 05:47 PM (Bn6aD)

88 As long as the media focuses on the more important stories. Like will I be able to get into Whataburger after my transition?

Posted by: Bruce Jenner at April 20, 2015 05:48 PM (xkSSa)

89 I pointed out to a lib friend that Hillary's done out in the open for all to see what he insists Cheney did - though my friend had to employ subterfuge and six levels of conspiracy theorizing.

Me: SecState. Hillary. Took. Money. For. Policy. Recommendations.

Him: Yeah, Dick Cheney. Halliburton. QED

Me: QEWtF

_-

Posted by: BumperStickerist at April 20, 2015 05:48 PM (0MJOU)

90 Speaking of the Wisconsin raids, there is a fine example of leftard rule. KGB methods are their methods.

Posted by: maddogg at April 20, 2015 05:49 PM (xWW96)

91
Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 20, 2015 05:44 PM (WUYpW)

******************************

Yes. It does feel as if they are at the stage where they would be able to rationalize anything, no matter how vile. Scary feeling.

Posted by: Bruce Jenner at April 20, 2015 05:50 PM (xkSSa)

92 The raids in Wisconsin scare me like nothing else I've heard in the Age of Obama.

"Don't talk to a lawyer. Don't tell your neighbors. Don't talk to your family."

Where the hell are we?

Posted by: Lauren at April 20, 2015 05:51 PM (MYCIw)

93 89 I pointed out to a lib friend that Hillary's done out in the open for all to see what he insists Cheney did - though my friend had to employ subterfuge and six levels of conspiracy theorizing. Me: SecState. Hillary. Took. Money. For. Policy. Recommendations. Him: Yeah, Dick Cheney. Halliburton. QED Me: QEWtF _-
Posted by: BumperStickerist at April 20, 2015 05:48 PM (0MJOU)

Don't forget that the Clintons have actually done what Nixon was accused of merely conspiring to do in the second count of his impeachment--obtaining IRS records and using that information to punish his enemies--and at a ratio that tilted about 400:1 on the Clinton side of the ledger, iirc.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 20, 2015 05:51 PM (WUYpW)

94 I blame Bush.

No, really.

You see, since Lee Atwater's passing, the GOP (and the entire "right" side of the aisle) has been dominated by the "seniority driven" side of the party (thanks, Karl Rove) - both nationally and in some states (such as here in Virginia).
This idiocy has left the right side of the aisle punchless, and frankly, many there like it that way - no conflict, occasionally win, easy effort.
Two decades of this weak approach has left this side of the aisle completely unable to react, much less be proactive, in dealing with the other side.
It's embarrassing, really. And sad.

Posted by: anon a mouse at April 20, 2015 05:51 PM (KnbYp)

95
Remember back in the summer of 2012 we all promised that if obama got another 4 years we'd all grow Spock beards and go evil?

We shoulda done that.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Inc. -- The King Unwilling at April 20, 2015 05:52 PM (fCXCT)

96 92 Posted by: Lauren at April 20, 2015 05:51 PM (MYCIw)

St Petersburg 1917...

"then this is not a legal raid and I suggest you never set foot in my house again motherfucker"

is the better answer

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at April 20, 2015 05:52 PM (/4AZU)

97 92 The raids in Wisconsin scare me like nothing else I've heard in the Age of Obama. "Don't talk to a lawyer. Don't tell your neighbors. Don't talk to your family." Where the hell are we?
Posted by: Lauren at April 20, 2015 05:51 PM (MYCIw)

I think my first call would be to the state police/FBI/DoJ to report a violation of my civil rights.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 20, 2015 05:52 PM (WUYpW)

98 Two decades of this weak approach has left this side of the aisle completely unable to react, much less be proactive, in dealing with the other side.
It's embarrassing, really. And sad.
Posted by: anon a mouse at April 20, 2015 05:51 PM (KnbYp)

See 2012.

Posted by: Golfman at April 20, 2015 05:53 PM (48QDY)

99 Where the hell are we?
-------------

That joke in Stripes about Wisconsin being just like Soviet Czechoslovakia wasn't far from the truth.

Posted by: Roy at April 20, 2015 05:53 PM (fWLrt)

100 95 Remember back in the summer of 2012 we all promised that if obama got another 4 years we'd all grow Spock beards and go evil? We shoulda done that.
Posted by: Soothsayer, Inc. -- The King Unwilling at April 20, 2015 05:52 PM (fCXCT)

I don't remember saying this, but we should have. Of course, I've had my goatee since long before 2012, or even 2008...

Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 20, 2015 05:53 PM (WUYpW)

101

What happens when the court jesters stage a coup d'etat?

Posted by: Beorn at April 20, 2015 05:53 PM (dGF4J)

102
Many of the girls here were on board with the Spock beard thing, too.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Inc. -- The King Unwilling at April 20, 2015 05:54 PM (fCXCT)

103 What happens when the court jesters stage a coup d'etat?
Posted by: Beorn at April 20, 2015 05:53 PM

They already did.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 20, 2015 05:54 PM (h4vJk)

104 Since the MSM is so fair, it sure is a great idea to let them moderate a Presidential Debate. I mean what could possibly go wrong?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 20, 2015 05:55 PM (rDqRv)

105 Said it before, say it again; all the talk about how to win the race or who's best is all for naught unless somehow the power of the liberal press is either taken away or balanced out by a polar opposite force.

Even then it will still be an imbalanced situation because of all the liberals in Academe and local schools and Government but at least sense could be talked about and sane proposals presented without being vilified and derided before they even are spoken about.

Let alone the fact that no proposal by conservatives is discussed fairly or is discussed by a balanced group.

Until that disparity is countered somehow, it's all happenstance as to what happens and who gets the nomination (although the likelihood seems to be the more liberal candidate wins the nomination and then loses the election.)

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 20, 2015 05:55 PM (zRby/)

106
No, the squabble must be between Hillary and "GOP critics" who "seize" upon reports of malfeasance, as if the GOP alone stands against the bribery of high political officials.

You know who's the expert at that?

Ron Fournier.

Jus sayin.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 20, 2015 05:55 PM (V+kmg)

107 Since the MSM is so fair, it sure is a great idea to let them moderate a Presidential Debate. I mean what could possibly go wrong?
Posted by: Nevergiveup

I can't think of anything.

Posted by: George Stephopotmus at April 20, 2015 05:55 PM (GuwT9)

108
I've had my goatee since long before 2012, or even 2008...

Then you'd have to get rid of yours, I guess, to be truly Alternate You.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Inc. -- The King Unwilling at April 20, 2015 05:55 PM (fCXCT)

109 Where the hell are we?

Posted by: Lauren at April 20, 2015 05:51 PM (MYCIw)

8th ring, or Soviet ObamiNation.

Posted by: steveegg at April 20, 2015 05:56 PM (cL79m)

110 10 feet is about 40 feet (plus the amount required for the noose) too short.

I'll say it again: 60 ft drop, 50 ft piano wire.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 20, 2015 05:57 PM (MtdoN)

111 Every day the aggravation gets worse.

Posted by: steevy at April 20, 2015 05:58 PM (mGBKM)

112 I think my first call would be to the state police/FBI/DoJ to report a violation of my civil rights.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 20, 2015 05:52 PM (WUYpW)

Thanks for reporting yourself. We'll be sending over a team shortly to deal with you.

Posted by: Eric Holder's DOJ at April 20, 2015 05:58 PM (cL79m)

113
Girls with mustaches are hideous. But girls with little fu-manchus is kinda cute. Think about it.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Inc. -- The King Unwilling at April 20, 2015 05:58 PM (fCXCT)

114 113 Girls with mustaches are hideous. But girls with little fu-manchus is kinda cute. Think about it.
Posted by: Soothsayer, Inc. -- The King Unwilling at April 20, 2015 05:58 PM (fCXCT)

I was told there'd be no thinking on this blog!

Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 20, 2015 05:59 PM (WUYpW)

115 I'm beginning to wonder whether we can trust the media in this country anymore.

Posted by: Captain Obvious at April 20, 2015 05:59 PM (8ZskC)

116 Noting that hey maybe the Secretary of State shouldn't accept bribes is now a controversial position.

I would say God help us all but we do not deserve such mercy.

Posted by: alexthechick - Come to us SMOD at April 20, 2015 06:00 PM (IrByp)

117 I'm beginning to wonder whether we can trust the media in this country anymore.

Posted by: Captain Obvious at April 20, 2015 05:59 PM (8ZskC)

You must have just fallen off the turnip truck.

Posted by: steveegg at April 20, 2015 06:00 PM (cL79m)

118 You can lead the Hoarde to culture but you can't make it think.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at April 20, 2015 06:01 PM (wrS2o)

119 Noting that hey maybe the Secretary of State shouldn't accept bribes is now a controversial position.

Just be sure you don't ever start wondering whether a rape victim really got raped.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 20, 2015 06:02 PM (8ZskC)

120 Some parents were furious about some of the sexually explicit comments from paid speakers – including a comedian who told the high school students how 'pleasurable it is for gay couples to eat each other's behinds and how to use different flavors of (oils) to make it taste better.'

This is what you've allowed society to become by passive whining. If you're not part of the solution *you're* the problem.

Cut n paste into search engine to find link -- it actually gets worse.

Posted by: SE Pa Moron at April 20, 2015 06:02 PM (xQX/f)

121
"Girls with mustaches are hideous. But girls with little fu-manchus is kinda cute. Think about it."

Also, a belly on a woman is sexy.

Posted by: Bruce Willis's girfriend from Pulp Fiction at April 20, 2015 06:02 PM (OD2ni)

122 This is what you've allowed society to become by passive whining. If you're not part of the solution *you're* the problem.

Cut n paste into search engine to find link -- it actually gets worse.
Posted by: SE Pa Moron

Sending your kid to public school=child abuse. Full Stop.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Indestructible at April 20, 2015 06:03 PM (GuwT9)

123 I think my first call would be to the state police/FBI/DoJ to report a violation of my civil rights.

Posted by: Conservative Crank

I would be out in front of the police station with a lawyer holding a press conference and fucking dare them to stop it.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 20, 2015 06:04 PM (P55y/)

124

The raids in Wisconsin ...

Suddenly, there's something to be said for getting a multi-camera home surveillance system with good audio, with battery power and remote backup.

Make certain that the first things you say, behind your CLOSED DOOR, in a clear and loud voice, are:
"Show me your warrant."
"Hold it up, steady, and open it so I can read it."
"Who applied for this warrant? Speak the name loud and clear."
"Who signed it? Speak the name loud and clear."

Say and do these things while you dial the police, and your S.O. dials your lawyer.

The resulting video should be quite interesting. Post it on YouTube, and get as many people to download it as possible.

I wonder if a "Download Action Alert" is available here, with less than the Platinum membership

Note: I have the feeling that if the Wisconsin victims had NOT opened their doors, the police might have done nothing, and eventually gone away.

From the way the reports read, it looks like there was a heavy reliance on getting the victims to open their doors and let the police in. I think the police knew they could not legally force the doors.

Posted by: Arbalest at April 20, 2015 06:06 PM (FlRtG)

125 Just wait until hurricanes strike the east coast as Republicans remain obstinate to resolving climate change

Posted by: Journalist susses Witch from which at April 20, 2015 06:08 PM (jT+gh)

126 Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 20, 2015 06:04 PM (P55y/)

Seriously.

This is what I don't get. Hire an activist lawyer and make a big scene.

What are they really going to do?

Even if they arrest you, you'll be given bail. And the PR for the case would have shut this whole thing down years ago.

Posted by: mynewhandle at April 20, 2015 06:08 PM (AkOaV)

127 From the way the reports read, it looks like there was a heavy reliance on getting the victims to open their doors and let the police in. I think the police knew they could not legally force the doors.
Posted by: Arbalest at April 20, 2015 06:06 PM (FlRtG)

Works for us.

Posted by: Militarized Thug Vampires at April 20, 2015 06:08 PM (vgIRn)

128 Posted by: Arbalest at April 20, 2015 06:06 PM (FlRtG)

If the police had warrants (which they did, signed and sealed) they could have kicked in the door.

That's the option you have when cops demand to be let in and they have a warrant: open the door, or pay to replace your door after they break it in.

One of the people in the story said the cops had some type of ramming device. They were prepared to break the doors down if they needed to.

Posted by: mynewhandle at April 20, 2015 06:10 PM (AkOaV)

129 Also,the video would do you know good,under the John Doe warrant you are sworn to secrecy.

Posted by: steevy at April 20, 2015 06:11 PM (mGBKM)

130 128 Posted by: mynewhandle at April 20, 2015 06:10 PM (AkOaV)

The cops would have bought the door when you fought it...

fuck I give up we are now literally to the point of star chambers and lack of security of political papers...

you know the whole fucking point of the 1st, 4th, and arguably 5th amendment...?

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at April 20, 2015 06:13 PM (/4AZU)

131 Yeah, if the cops had actual warrants they can do anything they want.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 20, 2015 06:14 PM (P55y/)

132 129 Posted by: steevy at April 20, 2015 06:11 PM (mGBKM)

Fuck 'em have it out...

this is illegal as sweet fuck-all or a breaking point....

it is literally the ultimate fishing expedition.

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at April 20, 2015 06:14 PM (/4AZU)

133 The John Doe law is just one of many reasons that campaign finance reform laws are unconstitutional garbage.

Posted by: Lauren at April 20, 2015 06:14 PM (MYCIw)

134 Of course, they've been doing this since Reagan, getting incrementally more aggressively partisan every year until now it is almost in the open.

Which is why the GOP should be happy to see the defection of you Whiners, Complainers, Boehner-haters, Nancy-boys, and other malcontents. Getting rid of those distractions will help us stay united.

Of course, we thought you'd already left, yet still you whine about our leadership. Shouldn't you be busy building your shiny new Pure Party? Remember, it takes a bit to qualify for many of these state ballots. Not much time for your usual back-biting and simpering if you are serious.

Posted by: Adjoran at April 20, 2015 06:14 PM (QIQ6j)

135 I would say God help us all but we do not deserve such mercy.

In our defense, none of us have ever deserved His mercy. It is still good to ask.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 20, 2015 06:15 PM (J0IP0)

136 "you know the whole fucking point of the 1st, 4th, and arguably 5th amendment...?"

Abortion on demand til crowning.

Posted by: Lauren at April 20, 2015 06:15 PM (MYCIw)

137
Getting rid of those distractions will help us stay united.

United to do what, dunce??

Posted by: Soothsayer, Inc. -- The King Unwilling at April 20, 2015 06:17 PM (fCXCT)

138
What does your Republican party stand for, these days??

Posted by: Soothsayer, Inc. -- The King Unwilling at April 20, 2015 06:17 PM (fCXCT)

139 134 Posted by: Adjoran at April 20, 2015 06:14 PM (QIQ6j)

Bwahaha awesome post dude...

You're like Mirror Universe Mary Cloggenstein....

you keep selling more blind faith in John Boehner fixes this, I'll start looking for exits or rally points.

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at April 20, 2015 06:17 PM (/4AZU)

140 Note: I have the feeling that if the Wisconsin victims had NOT opened their doors, the police might have done nothing, and eventually gone away.

From the way the reports read, it looks like there was a heavy reliance on getting the victims to open their doors and let the police in. I think the police knew they could not legally force the doors.

Posted by: Arbalest at April 20, 2015 06:06 PM (FlRtG)

They would have bashed the doors down. At the time, those were *valid* search orders. It was only months later that the judge who replaced the original judge overseeing the John Doe II ~~investigation~~ persecution quashed a significant (and still an indeterminant percentage) of the gatherings from said searches.

Posted by: steveegg at April 20, 2015 06:18 PM (cL79m)

141 Also,the video would do you know good,under the John Doe warrant you are sworn to secrecy.

They can suck my dick. AND deal with my lawyer. When some cops are ""embarassed", they KNOW they are wrong.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 20, 2015 06:18 PM (MtdoN)

142 Skimmed the post. Skipped the comments.

Folks ... do y'all have it yet ? The ENTIRE FUCKING SYSTEM is broken.

This Free Media shit ... ain't. It's voluntary State Media - carried out by and large without coercion. These Doctors and Scientists that you trust to do their jobs ... stop. They're using their Credentials to advance their Politics. This Republican Party you vote for ... just getting paid. Not rocking the boat.

That behavior applies to ALL your former Favorite American Institutions. It includes the Police. It includes the Military. It includes the Boy Scouts. It includes EVERYBODY.

It includes most of your neighbors - and some of your family. It includes more of those that attend your church than you'd care to admit. It includes most of the guys in your Golf League - although that last isn't much of a surprise. You never trusted those fucks anyway.

Short Story Long ... stop assuming that people won't cross a few sacred lines - won't step on a few third rails. Stop thinking that we all agree on a few Bedrock Principles.

That shit is all gone. Everyone's on their own now - all trying to get what's theirs. And it's not about money ... we might be able to compromise over that. No kids ... this is a fight over power - specifically, who has power over whom.

Posted by: ScoggDog at April 20, 2015 06:18 PM (oKFzc)

143
Posted by: mynewhandle at April 20, 2015 06:10 PM (AkOaV)

If the police had warrants (which they did, signed and sealed) they could have kicked in the door.

DID they have warrants ... right then and there? The IMPLICATION is "yes", but that's not the same as showing the warrants. Showing the victims a warrant is never mentioned ... why?

That's the option you have when cops demand to be let in and they have a warrant: open the door, or pay to replace your door after they break it in.

Quite true. Again, DID they have a warrant? Enquiring Minds ...

One of the people in the story said the cops had some type of ramming device.

True.

They were prepared to break the doors down if they needed to.

They were certainly prepared ... DID they have a warrant?

In any event, the victims should have dialed their lawyer before opening the door.

Posted by: Arbalest at April 20, 2015 06:19 PM (FlRtG)

144 United to do what, dunce??
Posted by: Soothsayer, Inc. -- The King Unwilling at April 20, 2015 06:17 PM (fCXCT)

My guess is the analingus on Pharoah Obama and other betters of the GOPe is more tolerable if they organize totake turns.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 20, 2015 06:19 PM (WUYpW)

145 Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at April 20, 2015 06:13 PM (/4AZU)

Yeah right! It's damned near impossible to get them to pay to fix the door when they raid the wrong house.

If they had the right house, right person (as per the warrant) they're not liable to pay for anything. And good luck suing the prosecutor of judge who signed the warrant. They're immune.

Posted by: mynewhandle at April 20, 2015 06:19 PM (AkOaV)

146 nood, the Wisconsin raid thing...

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 20, 2015 06:20 PM (P55y/)

147 If the police are at my door with a warrant and aren't giving me every detail then they are welcome to kick my door in. I'll fix it myself. That's how I rock.

see also; spitting on ones hands

Posted by: SE Pa Moron at April 20, 2015 06:20 PM (xQX/f)

148
I think my first call would be to the state police/FBI/DoJ to report a violation of my civil rights.

The assumption in reporting government corruption/civil rights violation is that it is low level operatives who are corrupting/violating the system. When the corruption is flowing from the top there is no way to report it or, short of armed insurrection, to do anything about it.

Posted by: An Observation at April 20, 2015 06:20 PM (nm9kI)

149 Posted by: Adjoran at April 20, 2015 06:14 PM (QIQ6j)

Troll. And a cowardly little pissant at that. Leaves his comment and runs away. Look out Adjoran! Ted Cruz is under your bed and he's. Going to get you! Little bitch.

Posted by: Buzzion at April 20, 2015 06:21 PM (z/Ubi)

150 Shouldn't be a union organizer in a Republican county that doesn't get no-knock raided twice month. Probably get a bunch of convictions and mob informants.

Posted by: Jean at April 20, 2015 06:21 PM (ztOda)

151 Posted by: Arbalest at April 20, 2015 06:19 PM (FlRtG)

Yes they had a warrant, and yes my first call would be to my lawyer

Posted by: mynewhandle at April 20, 2015 06:21 PM (AkOaV)

152 My guess is the analingus on Pharoah Obama and other betters of the GOPe is more tolerable if they organize totake turns.
Posted by: Conservative Crank

Good thing we're teaching you kids how to pick the right flavor oil that best compliment chocolate starfish.

Posted by: Kevin Jennings, "Safe" Schools Czar at April 20, 2015 06:21 PM (GuwT9)

153 145 Posted by: mynewhandle at April 20, 2015 06:19 PM (AkOaV)

Then Sons of Liberty should probably invest in stop sticks and treat the fucking gestapo as they are asking to be treated in a non-violent way.

They can put on the jackboots and tough young men should fuck up their gear.

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at April 20, 2015 06:21 PM (/4AZU)

154 Wisconsin post up

Posted by: Lauren at April 20, 2015 06:21 PM (MYCIw)

155 Yeah,some of the cops were "embarrassed" but they carried out their orders like good little Nazi's.Remember a lot of the Parks Rangers and such enforcing Obam's "shutdown" chrade were also "embarrassed".

Posted by: steevy at April 20, 2015 06:21 PM (mGBKM)

156
Posted by: steveegg

It was only months later that the judge who replaced the original judge overseeing the John Doe II ~~investigation~~ persecution quashed a significant (and still an indeterminant percentage) of the gatherings from said searches.

Sounds like the police had considerable doubt. Had the victims not opened their doors, I suspect the police might have waited ... delayed ... giving the victims time to call their lawyers.

Posted by: Arbalest at April 20, 2015 06:22 PM (FlRtG)

157 I've got things to do.
I may be back later.

Posted by: Carol at April 20, 2015 06:23 PM (sj3Ax)

158 Yep, the media are always at the ready with a handjob for Barack, or just about any Democrap.

Now convince droopy lipped Howard Kurtz.

Posted by: Sphynx at April 20, 2015 06:25 PM (OZmbA)

159 10,000 protestors should be peacefully surrounding the office of the prosecutor who signed off on this BS and stay there until he resigns. Same thing with the judge.
It needs to stopped now. If not its only a matter of time before someone gets hurt.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 20, 2015 06:27 PM (c0Pwt)

160 Is this step three or four in the Alinski manual? What we need is conservative, counter-Alinski manual. Not everyone has the brass balls of the NRA or the faith of the pro-life crowd to endure the media and stand on principles.
Posted by: Jean at April 20, 2015 05:43 PM (ztOda)

Read the book, 'The Ugly American', by Eugene Burdick and William Lederer. In it, forward-thinking, can-do Americans use Mao's Little Red Book as a counterinsurgency primer and kick some serious communist asses. The long and short of it is to learn from the enemy and use his more successful techniques against him.

So yeah, read Alinsky. I've read 'Reville For Radicals', myself. There's some valuable stuff in there.

Posted by: troyriser at April 20, 2015 06:27 PM (xGxjq)

161 ...but by all means, everyone needs to watch sports on television!!

Posted by: Null at April 20, 2015 06:32 PM (xjpRj)

162 Sounds like the police had considerable doubt. Had the victims not opened their doors, I suspect the police might have waited ... delayed ... giving the victims time to call their lawyers.

Posted by: Arbalest at April 20, 2015 06:22 PM (FlRtG)

If they had doubt, they wouldn't have armed, armored, and rammed up at the crack of dawn.

Posted by: steveegg at April 20, 2015 06:55 PM (cL79m)

163 The Gosnell case, which involved the murder of seven babies

Quibble: the trial involved the murders of seven babies, but the case itself involved the murders of (the grand jury estimated) somewhere in the low thousands. This is not counting abortions that were too late to be legal. This is over a thousand deliberate murders of murders of newborns, born alive, for financial gain.

Kermit Gosnell is the most prolific serial killer in American history. This should not be forgotten. The magnitude of what he did - over his murder career of many years - shouldn't be reduced to a few cases, even in passing; otherwise it will be forgotten completely and the "let's hush this up, or at least minimize it" attitude of the press will win a victory.

Posted by: jaed at April 20, 2015 07:25 PM (HYan3)

164 I would say God help us all but we do not deserve such mercy.

Posted by: alexthechick - Come to us SMOD at April 20, 2015 06:00 PM (IrByp)

A friend said to me the other day, "Man, I wish the Lord would hurry up and come back." I responded that apparently he's teaching us a lesson and we've been too stupid to learn it to date, which means he's had to up the ante.

Posted by: Physics Geek at April 20, 2015 07:30 PM (llWHs)

165 Goddammit Ace, it's Attkisson, not Attkinson. You've been misspelling it for 2 years.

Posted by: Velociman at April 20, 2015 07:41 PM (ckZep)

166 In the end whores will be whores, and since most of those who call themselves "journalists" act like whores, well...

Posted by: emdfl at April 20, 2015 07:55 PM (dRtm6)

167 Standard "fog of war" tactics. often employed whenever public perception is important

Posted by: A.G. at April 20, 2015 08:25 PM (3CzNG)

168 The press hasn't actively sought out the malfeasance of Democrats since they released the Pentagon Papers in '71.

Posted by: Hank at April 20, 2015 08:56 PM (K+1ie)

169 Saying some issue is "controversial," of that "conservatives are seizing on it" is all language used to subtlety qualifying anything that conservatives have to say on the issue. HUffpo does this ALL the time. Their reporting in general is so blatantly biased and designed to smear Republicans and conservatives in general. I always like to read the comments and see all the bizarre, twisted logic that the readers use to reason their way through the shadows on PLato's cave wall.

Posted by: Mistress O at April 20, 2015 10:34 PM (2/oBD)

170 Please forgive my typos...I don't have my glasses on. I am so ashamed. So ashamed.

Posted by: Mistress O at April 20, 2015 10:40 PM (2/oBD)

171 These are tactic's that were the same as the NKVD during the "Great terror" or the as yet to be created civilian national police force which deserves as much funding as our military. America's version of the NKVD.

Posted by: deepred at April 21, 2015 08:16 AM (xv5cf)

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