CNN "Journalist" Caught Red-Handed Doing Media Favors for Hillary; Politico's Mike Allen Caught Red-Handed Promising Hillary's People a "No Surprises" Interview of Chelsea, in Which Questions Would Be Worked Out Beforehand

Hillary wanted some self-serving quotes publicized, and CNN's "journalist" -- the same one who just got suspended for her liberal angst about concerns about Syrian refugees -- duly complied.

She also hit Rand Paul for not attending all the hearings -- just as she was seemingly asked.

Here's that journalist reporting back to Team Hillary about the anti-Rand-Paul tweet she'd tweeted out at their apparent behest:

This one appears to also have been on-request. https://t.co/ETlmcHhH6S pic.twitter.com/o3GrXmVxIJ
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) November 25, 2015

She also pumped out this quote that Hillary's people wanted out there:

the on-request tweet --> https://t.co/4BHUAjNm1U
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) November 25, 2015

Meanwhile, Gawker catches Politico's Mike Allen promising the Hillary staff (Phil Reines, I think) a "no surprises" interview of Chelsea. I won't link them, but instead will link the Washington Post's alleged journalistic column "The Fix," which, when presented with evidence that a liberal colleague in the media is promising against-the-rules favors to a liberal politician, affixes blame squarely where it belongs: on conservative critics of the media who allege that liberal reporters do favors for liberal politicians.

Here's Mike Allen's email promising a very cozy, reputation-boosting interview for the black hole of negative charisma Chelsea:

We're hosting a Politico New Leaders Brunch on Sunday, Jan. 20, with a brief on-stage interview with moi. We would love to honor Chelsea Clinton, and it sounds like she has some issues, marriage and others, that she enjoys talking about these days. This would be a way to send a message during inaugural week: No one besides me would ask her a question, and you and I would agree on them precisely in advance.
This would be a relaxed conversation, and our innovative format (like a speedy Playbook Breakfast) always gets heavy social-media pickup. The interview would be "no surprises:" I would work with you on topics, and would start with anything she wants to cover or make news on. Quicker than a network hit, and reaching an audience you care about with no risk.

The Washington Post's The Fix column immediately spins for their pal, and lets you know who the real villains are here.

A bit of context might be helpful here, since we’re talking about events that happened almost three years ago: President Obama had just been reelected, and Allen was requesting an interview with Chelsea Clinton on inauguration weekend, which is basically one big party in DC. The news of the moment in Clinton world was that Hillary was just a couple weeks away from stepping down as secretary of state, having previously said she would not serve in Obama’s second term.
One interpretation of Allen’s e-mail to Philippe Reines, the Clinton aide, goes something like this: Hey, I’m looking for just a few minutes with Chelsea during an important time for her mom. This isn’t a probing,"“60 Minutes"-style sit-down, so don't worry about fielding anything out of left field.
Not so bad, right?
But the Republican translation will likely go more like this: What can I do to make Chelsea look good because, as we all know, I and my Web site (and most of the media) live to serve the royal family of the Democratic Party.
The GOP field has already put the media on blast this campaign season. There was that memorable rant by Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas during the third primary debate....

He then goes on to note, disapprovingly, the criticisms lodged about the media by Republican candidates.

Elsewhere in the article, he casts Republican criticisms of the media as phantasmal -- though allowing that this incident looks like it could be evidence of that paranoid fear.

And you can bet the Republican presidential candidates -- who often accuse the media of pro-Clinton bias-- will pounce on this as confirmation of that belief. It's a ready-made "liberal media" conspiracy theory...
Republican White House hopefuls sometimes go looking for bias where it's not obvious, or nonexistent. But, in this case, they won't have to look very hard. This time, Politico made their job easy.

Pro-tip for The Fix: A conspiracy requires more than one person. Mike Allen's wrongdoing was just his wrongdoing.

It's your rushing to his defense, and attacking his critics, all over an incident you concede looks very bad, that makes it a liberal conspiracy.

You're all in this together, and you make it more obvious every single day.

Glenn Thrush: We Do This All The Time. It's No Big Deal.

People hate media and will assume the worst. Most of this stuff is just everyday tradecraft -- same BS as any job https://t.co/5KITk0c7zt
— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) November 25, 2015

Interesting approach for @GlennThrush to take, confirming every conservative's worst fears about media corruption https://t.co/YWpYQ8r5DU
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) November 25, 2015

@justkarl @GlennThrush precisely no one assumes this applies to GOP, for obv reasons. Which is what makes Thrush's admission so interesting.
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) November 25, 2015

Correction: Chris Cilizza is the main voice of The Fix, but he's not the only voice -- and he did not write this particular column. I have omitted his name from the post.

Posted by: Ace at 01:50 PM

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1 A "no surprise" interview of Chelsea would require no words having more than three syllables.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 25, 2015 01:52 PM (8ZskC)

2 First

Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at November 25, 2015 01:52 PM (zfyjz)

3 Damn

Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at November 25, 2015 01:53 PM (zfyjz)

4 This is no surprise.

Posted by: Quafah Haldurgon at November 25, 2015 01:53 PM (dbRIS)

5 The hell you say!!! Got my shocked face right---- uh. Wait. Where'd it go?

Posted by: chiefjaybob at November 25, 2015 01:53 PM (cgH9o)

6 CNN gets points for consistency.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 25, 2015 01:54 PM (8ZskC)

7 Pravda was more independent than these bootlickers.

Posted by: USA at November 25, 2015 01:55 PM (tfM+W)

8 Stuff like this really diminishes my faith in an impartial media in this country.

Posted by: Dan Rather at November 25, 2015 01:55 PM (DLu2s)

9 America's most trusted name in news.

Posted by: CNN at November 25, 2015 01:56 PM (8ZskC)

10 Why do liberals even bother denying there is bias in the media? Absolutely nobody believes it.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 25, 2015 01:56 PM (/tuJf)

11 If we question the MFM, then the terrorists will have won....Cause rethuglickans are terrorists.

Are you mouth breathing idiots understanding this yet?

Posted by: the goat at November 25, 2015 01:56 PM (326rv)

12 "So Chelsea, what is it about you that makes you so darn lovable?"

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at November 25, 2015 01:56 PM (AC0lD)

13 "Chelsea Clinton, and it sounds like she has some issues"

Indeed.

Posted by: m at November 25, 2015 01:57 PM (tElZn)

14 This is going to be a long and dull week end until everyone gets back to the office Monday.

Of course, with all the very important people out of the office until Monday, this would be the perfect time to pull off a major attack.

But then, the professionals who think about such things would know, and would be prepared, like Obama said, working very hard to keep us safe. And if there is anything we need to know, we would be told what we need to know.

So I am confident it will be a dull and boring weekend.

Posted by: Quafah Haldurgon at November 25, 2015 01:57 PM (dbRIS)

15 CNN's rather busy right now trying to gin up some riots in Chicago over a year-old police shooting; I'm sure they'll address this as soon as possible!

Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at November 25, 2015 01:57 PM (DLu2s)

16 IF any were independent, they would be firing these reporters and their competitors would be using these stories to market themselves to their viewers to gain market share. Neither will happen because they are all so very corrupt and conflicted. Truly pathetic.

Posted by: USA at November 25, 2015 01:57 PM (tfM+W)

17 And this is surprising?

Posted by: Soona at November 25, 2015 01:57 PM (Fmupd)

18 The MSM and Washington Democrat insiders have an incestuous relationship... literally in many cases...

Yet it not only is not disclosed, but grows ever tighter...

And the GOPe plays right along...

Posted by: BB Wolf at November 25, 2015 01:58 PM (qh617)

19 . . . With no risk! (unless it is uncovered years later during the Presidential campaign.)

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at November 25, 2015 01:58 PM (NjiZL)

20 I'm sure Clinton agreed to the interview of Chelsea for a donation of 250,000. They've run out of Boys Club they could scam.

Posted by: Max Rockatansky at November 25, 2015 01:58 PM (/8r1I)

21 Media prostitutes. No kinder word for them.

Posted by: USA at November 25, 2015 01:58 PM (tfM+W)

22 A nobody with a famous name and connections is a "New Leader".

Fuck that garbage. I'm tired of these losers and their elitism. I hope they burn in hell.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 25, 2015 01:58 PM (4ErVI)

23 And what is this obsession with Chelsea Clinton? She has accomplished nothing, she is dull and has zero presence during interviews .. why does anyone give a shit about anything she has to say?

Posted by: JackStraw at November 25, 2015 01:59 PM (/tuJf)

24
"So Chelsea, what is it about you that makes you so darn lovable?"

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at November 25, 2015 01:56 PM (AC0lD)

Must be the cooch. It can't be Webb Hubbell's face.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 25, 2015 01:59 PM (7MWCL)

25 How many people do they think would watch that show?

Posted by: m at November 25, 2015 01:59 PM (tElZn)

26 7 Pravda was more independent than these bootlickers.
Posted by: USA at November 25, 2015 01:55 PM (tfM+W)

Like I keep saying: At Pravda, they told lies and spread propaganda for fear of being arrested and sent to the gulag. Here they do it willingly.

Posted by: rickl at November 25, 2015 02:00 PM (zoehZ)

27 And what is this obsession with Chelsea Clinton? She has accomplished nothing, she is dull and has zero presence during interviews .. why does anyone give a shit about anything she has to say?
Posted by: JackStraw

Unlike her mother, she shows signs of life.

Unlike her father, she doesn't attack the interns.

Posted by: MFM at November 25, 2015 02:00 PM (326rv)

28 We promise to refer to Chelsea only as "Your Highness" or "Heir Apparent to the Oval Office"

Posted by: Mike Allen at November 25, 2015 02:01 PM (8ZskC)

29 I'll just take out the part where you confuse George Santayana with Carlos Santana; could happen to anyone!

PS: Still keeping me in mind for some of that sweet, sweet Clinton Global Initiative money? Great!

Posted by: Mike Allen at November 25, 2015 02:01 PM (DLu2s)

30 Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, indeed.

Posted by: Garrett at November 25, 2015 02:01 PM (4pbIL)

31 Cute story and all, but whatcha actually gonna do about it?

Big fat nothing? Thought so.

Posted by: Elise Labott & Mike Allen at November 25, 2015 02:01 PM (Cx8hP)

32 "How many people do they think would watch that show?"

The question to ask is, 'Would Hillary be grateful for the positive press her Daughter gets from the media, and would Hillary then grant some exclusive access to the media talent who presented Chelsa in a positive light.'

Posted by: Quafah Haldurgon at November 25, 2015 02:01 PM (dbRIS)

33 We promise to refer to Chelsea only as "Your Highness" or "Heir Apparent to the Oval Office"
Posted by: Mike Allen

Henceforth, you will use the term, 'dauphina'.

Posted by: Empress Mommom at November 25, 2015 02:02 PM (326rv)

34 The MFM has always been in the back pocket of the Clintons and most of all the other Democrats. If we had an honest FEC they would be telling the media that they either had to quit or start giving equal time to Republicans. But we have never had an honest FEC and they should be abolished as the charade they are.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at November 25, 2015 02:02 PM (t2KH5)

35 OT I know but I had an interaction yesterday that I think is very telling what with all the Islamic "migration" and blowings up going on around the world.

Got in a cab and struck up a conversation with the driver, a Muslim from Mauritania. Yes I am a lawyer. So: "I want to sue somebody" because apparently someone is looking into and thereby delaying his sending $ back "home" to his family. Feels he's being discriminated against because a Muslim. I mention that although I'm sure its not large amounts, there may well be good reason doncha think why the government may want to use some extra scrutiny in $ transfers to Islamic countries because they don't know you, and there seems to be a bit of an issue of terrorism from the ME.
So he then agrees that yes that may make sense, and genuinely seems not to have thought about it that way before. And yes they didn't actually take the money from him.

Moves on to discussion of religeon. Bottom line is the respect he has for Christianity and Judaism becasue they also include "some of the prophets" that are "revealed in Islam." The premise is that Islam is of course completely correct, and goodie for you that you get partial credit.

And then he goes on about all the philosophy in Islam (he was apparently an educated guy) and how great it was that Spinoza was a Jew (although he became secular by contemporary Islam he would be treated simply as "a Jew" and beheaded).

I've seen this before. A kind of unquestioning fervor in the truth of Islam, and at the same time seeming to think that it is some kind of tolerant, humanistic movement, without any sense that he's ever tried to resolve the enormous conflcit between those two world views.

But by all means let's have a million more. Every year.

Posted by: Sock in Mufti at November 25, 2015 02:02 PM (k8tEg)

36 Can CGI be used to give a walking corpse charisma? Just asking.

Posted by: Mike Allen at November 25, 2015 02:02 PM (8ZskC)

37 Remember Stephanopoulos' daily phone briefings with Rahm? Or his undisclosed campaign donations?

Posted by: USA at November 25, 2015 02:03 PM (tfM+W)

38 Someone should tell Rush he's looking for the Big Lebowski Soundtrack.

Posted by: Garrett at November 25, 2015 02:03 PM (4pbIL)

39 I can just here Chelsea's response: "Like, okay. Whatever".

Posted by: Soona at November 25, 2015 02:03 PM (Fmupd)

40 @21: "Media prostitutes. No kinder word for them."

Presstitutes.

Posted by: Vocabularybuilder McWordsmith at November 25, 2015 02:03 PM (Cx8hP)

41 So Chelsea won't be able to settle the ongoing debate of whether Bill or Hillary has the larger penis?

Posted by: Landofskybluewater at November 25, 2015 02:04 PM (wUFzV)

42 So a question for The Hillabeast.

What are you going to celebrate this December? Hanuka or Christmas.

Now that Chelsea is married to a Jewish guy?

Who do you plan to piss off, both?

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 25, 2015 02:04 PM (jJRIy)

43
"Chelsea was jogging near the World Trade Center during the attack!"

-Sir Rodham Rodham

Posted by: Doctor Fish at November 25, 2015 02:04 PM (OiFtZ)

44 Here=hear. *gah*

Posted by: Soona at November 25, 2015 02:05 PM (Fmupd)

45 @23: "And what is this obsession with Chelsea Clinton? She has accomplished
nothing, she is dull and has zero presence during interviews .. why does
anyone give a shit about anything she has to say?"

Because she is royalty, a Philosopher-Queen-In-Waiting, if you will, and will one day rule this land.

Posted by: Your Betters at November 25, 2015 02:05 PM (Cx8hP)

46 I've seen this before. A kind of unquestioning
fervor in the truth of Islam, and at the same time seeming to think that
it is some kind of tolerant, humanistic movement, without any sense
that he's ever tried to resolve the enormous conflcit between those two
world views.

But by all means let's have a million more. Every year.

Posted by: Sock in Mufti at November 25, 2015 02:02 PM (k8tEg)

Kind of explains why Progressives lurve them some islam. Both creeds make a virtue of holding mutually contradictory beliefs.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 25, 2015 02:06 PM (7MWCL)

47 It's simple Cilizza, when do you do this for Republicans?

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 25, 2015 02:07 PM (OWndX)

48 Chelsea Clinton is the Miley Cyrus of political pop queens.

Posted by: Fritz at November 25, 2015 02:07 PM (UzPAd)

49
The story about Chelsea drunk in a cab in London was planted by conservative media.

-Sir Edmund the Fabricator

Posted by: Doctor Fish at November 25, 2015 02:07 PM (OiFtZ)

50 So Politico can't dig deep and find some no-show gig for Chelsea that pays at least $500k a year? This is dissing America's Royal Family, straight up.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 25, 2015 02:07 PM (8ZskC)

51
33 We promise to refer to Chelsea only as "Your Highness" or "Heir Apparent to the Oval Office"
Posted by: Mike Allen

Henceforth, you will use the term, 'dauphina'.
Posted by: Empress Mommom at November 25, 2015 02:02 PM

-------------

Or "Dominas".

Posted by: Soona at November 25, 2015 02:08 PM (Fmupd)

52 @34: "If we had an honest FEC they would be telling the media that they either had to quit or start giving equal time to Republicans."

What are you talking about? The media absolutely gives equal time to the Republicans. For every blowjob story on the Dems, there is a corresponding GOP hit piece. Totally fair.

Posted by: The FEC at November 25, 2015 02:08 PM (Cx8hP)

53
Chelsea could do wonders for humanity by traveling to Israel and replicating the actions of Rachel Corrie to prove her cred with the liberal media.

Posted by: Doctor Fish at November 25, 2015 02:09 PM (OiFtZ)

54 >>Chelsea Clinton is the Miley Cyrus of political pop queens

More like the Lena Dunham.

Posted by: Garrett at November 25, 2015 02:09 PM (4pbIL)

55 And what is this obsession with Chelsea Clinton? She has accomplished nothing, she is dull and has zero presence during interviews .. why does anyone give a shit about anything she has to say?

Posted by: JackStraw at November 25, 2015 01:59 PM (/tuJf)

Just like her mother.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 25, 2015 02:09 PM (zc3Db)

56 Chelsea Clinton is the Miley Cyrus of political pop queens.

Posted by: Fritz at November 25, 2015 02:07 PM (UzPAd)

Well, Miley is at least sort of cute, and very skanky. Chelsea is nowhere near skanky enough to compensate for the cuteness deficit.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 25, 2015 02:09 PM (7MWCL)

57 The only thing I am shocked about so far is that they haven't tried to get Chelsea a senate seat yet. Maybe that was the plan for after Hillary got the presidency.

Posted by: Buzzion at November 25, 2015 02:10 PM (z/Ubi)

58 How do you become an ugly woman?

Let you father be a democrat president of the US. I give you these...

http://tinyurl.com/ojec4pn

http://tinyurl.com/nrvxxx8

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 25, 2015 02:10 PM (jJRIy)

59 God, how the Left loves them some personality cults.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 25, 2015 02:10 PM (8ZskC)

60
Has Chelsea begun to grow cankles or will she escape that Clinton family trait?

Posted by: Doctor Fish at November 25, 2015 02:10 PM (OiFtZ)

61 Chelsea? I'd hit dat... wit my machete

Posted by: ISIS Guy w/ Machete at November 25, 2015 02:11 PM (l0lja)

62 The Press Being in the Pocket of Leftist Politicians is a Good Thing, and Here's Why

Posted by: VOX at November 25, 2015 02:12 PM (oVJmc)

63 And Hugh Hewitt used to routinely have Mike Allen on and present Allen as a non-partisan, straight-shooting respectable journalist.

I wonder if he still does.

Posted by: A Dog at November 25, 2015 02:12 PM (7Kbxu)

64 >>>Chelsea is nowhere near skanky enough to compensate for the cuteness deficit.<<<

Thankfully, Chelsea won't be flashing her vagoo to prove she's an all growed-up adult, with adult thoughts and shit.

Posted by: Fritz at November 25, 2015 02:12 PM (UzPAd)

65 Posted by: Fritz at November 25, 2015 02:07 PM (UzPAd)

Miley may be a skank but she can sing and has had a number of hits. Chelsea has less accomplishments than her mother which seems impossible since her mother has zero.

Posted by: Max Rockatansky at November 25, 2015 02:13 PM (/8r1I)

66 Well, duh. There are 2 kinds of people in America. We, the honest law-abiding taxpaying patriotic America respecting and above all GOD-fearing. and, , the others, the evil GOD-hating, lawbreaking, freeloading America hating. Only 2 kinds. Just the 2. Absolutely nothing in the middle. No third choice. That's the way is. Learn it, live it. Or be in the group that dies. No, wait, we're all in that group. You know what I mean.

Posted by: Eromero at November 25, 2015 02:13 PM (b+df9)

67 The purpose of actual credential holding university trained journalists is to form a protective layer of thoughtful people between decision makers, the public, and Reich-wing shill smearmongers who live only to whore for clicks while wearing Star Wars footie pajamas.

Serious thought requires serious people, not RethugliKKKan basement dwellers from a Jesusland trailer park.

Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, VT at November 25, 2015 02:14 PM (9acFt)

68
Any suggestion that liberal politicians have conspired with the media to direct lines of favorable questioning is false and misleading conjecture suggested by conservative haters.

Posted by: Ben Rhodes at November 25, 2015 02:14 PM (OiFtZ)

69 I'm just a garden variety moron. But why in the hell don't GOP candiates - for anything, when approached by anyone from CNN say, to their faces, "fuck you, I don't talk to propagandists!"?

What would they do, write even more biased stories?
What a bunch of spineless clowns the GOP are.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 25, 2015 02:14 PM (X6fMO)

70 59- You have to be over 30 to be in the Senate. She just got there. Which Democrat is going to give up their seat for her?

Posted by: Fox2! at November 25, 2015 02:15 PM (mntuw)

71 This is just proof of what we've always known and could blatantly see being done. I mean, it really, really takes a sycophantic eye to not see this as deeply problematic for journalism. And yeah: leaping to his defense and protecting him is the conspiracy, and a really obvious one.

My favorite tidbit is this one:

http://tinyurl.com/qb22fej

"even though that's not entirely true"

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 25, 2015 02:15 PM (39g3+)

72 Chelsea? Never heard of her. Check with with the Douchebags. Two doors down... on the left.

Posted by: Skanks Everywhere at November 25, 2015 02:15 PM (l0lja)

73 I can't think of another instance in history when a free press voluntarily ceded their freedom.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at November 25, 2015 02:15 PM (HMt16)

74 How long did we have to hear about effing John-John, fer cryin' out loud?

Posted by: VOX at November 25, 2015 02:15 PM (oVJmc)

75 Jouronlick

Seems to fit.

Posted by: USA at November 25, 2015 02:15 PM (tfM+W)

76 Jesusland Trailer Park now features cable TV.

Posted by: Jesusland Trailer Park at November 25, 2015 02:16 PM (8ZskC)

77 Which Democrat is going to give up their seat for her?

Any of them, if they know what's good for them

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at November 25, 2015 02:16 PM (39g3+)

78 Interviewer: "Chelsea, what's your favorite color?"

Chelsea: "Ooh, ooh, ooh, I know this one. Um, oh crap I forgot."

Chelsea's earbud life coach: "Breathe, in, out, in, out, continue. Now go with something simple, just say 'well Mike, since my baby's eyes are blue, blue is my favorite color."

Chelsea: "Well, Mitch, since my baby's eyes are, ummm, oh crap, I forgot. Umm chocolate chip?"

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at November 25, 2015 02:16 PM (NeFrd)

79 70 59- You have to be over 30 to be in the Senate. She just got there. Which Democrat is going to give up their seat for her?

They'll find another retiring Senator, get Chelsea a no-show address in whatever state it happens to be, and VOILA! Instant Senator.

It worked with Moynihan and Meemaw Clinton.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at November 25, 2015 02:17 PM (HMt16)

80 Chelsea? She's our DouchBag-ette of the month.

Posted by: Douchebags at November 25, 2015 02:17 PM (l0lja)

81 It used to be a revolving door between white house and newsroom. Now its a bathhouse with no door.

Posted by: USA at November 25, 2015 02:17 PM (tfM+W)

82 JournOdicks

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 25, 2015 02:17 PM (FsuaD)

83 I can't think of another instance in history when a free press voluntarily ceded their freedom.

The only other time I can think of was in WW2 when they withheld information and refused to cover stuff for national security and morale.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 25, 2015 02:17 PM (39g3+)

84 "And what is this obsession with Chelsea Clinton? She has accomplished
nothing, she is dull and has zero presence during interviews .. why does
anyone give a shit about anything she has to say?"
==========

In that regard she's no more less accomplished than her hideous mother at this point in her life.

It's a long con, and the purpose is to condition people to eventually view her as a credible future President.

Posted by: Kensington at November 25, 2015 02:17 PM (7Kbxu)

85 They'll find another retiring Senator, get Chelsea a no-show address in whatever state it happens to be, and VOILA! Instant Senator.

Clinton Foundation is probably buying property in her name in all 50 states even as we speak. See, she's had a house there since 2015!

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 25, 2015 02:18 PM (39g3+)

86 Just because I am a giver. Amy's wedding photo.....

http://tinyurl.com/pn7d4op

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 25, 2015 02:18 PM (jJRIy)

87 When, God please forbid, there is a smoking crater in the middle of an American city, the headlines will be "Republicans aim harsh criticism at Obama White House".

Posted by: alexthechick - love and despair bitches at November 25, 2015 02:18 PM (mf5HN)

88 73
I can't think of another instance in history when a free press voluntarily ceded their freedom.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at November 25, 2015 02:15 PM (HMt16)

The US press gave themselves to the Democrats during the FDR reign of terror in the 30s.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at November 25, 2015 02:18 PM (t2KH5)

89 "Media prostitutes. No kinder word for them."

Media Charlie Sheen's...?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 25, 2015 02:18 PM (LA7Cm)

90 There are but a handful of legitimate journalists in news today.

The Sheryl Atkinsons of the world are rare.

The incestuousness between news organizations and the Democrat party run wide and deep.

They are all, literally, Democrat operatives with by lines.

Posted by: Kreplach at November 25, 2015 02:18 PM (WVvzl)

91 How long did we have to hear about effing John-John, fer cryin' out loud?

Posted by: VOX

****

Til the bubbles stopped rising from the ocean floor?

Whut, too soon?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at November 25, 2015 02:18 PM (NeFrd)

92 >>You have to be over 30 to be in the Senate. She just got there. Which Democrat is going to give up their seat for her?

I think she's mid-30s but I don't see the Senate happening. Chuck Schumer would probably do anything shy of murder to keep his seat and the new bimbo who is doing the rape culture fraud is the other Senator from NY and she isn't going anywhere either.

Nope, Chelsea is going to have to make do living off the graft she and the rest of her grifter family get from their fake charity.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 25, 2015 02:19 PM (/tuJf)

93 I was named after a Joni Ernst song. Er, I mean a Mitch Mitchell song. Joan Baez? Neil Anka?

I'll get back to you on that one.

Posted by: Chelsea! at November 25, 2015 02:19 PM (HMt16)

94 Isn't Cilizza the brain-trust that was lamenting the very CONCEPT that people don't trust the media?

And yet here he is, sucking harder than a trollop behind on her rent.

Yeah, Chris, NO IDEA why people don't trust low-rent, classless lying harlots like you, hmm?

Posted by: acethepug at November 25, 2015 02:19 PM (RHPFv)

95 The point of Cilizza column isn't to convince Ace, or his readers. It is to provide talking points to those grown children, who would otherwise be left with their mouthshangingopen and drool escaping at the Thanksgiving table when these facts are brought up by Uncle Grandpa.

Posted by: simplemind at November 25, 2015 02:19 PM (JTwsP)

96 86
Just because I am a giver. Amy's wedding photo.....

http://tinyurl.com/pn7d4op

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 25, 2015 02:18 PM (jJRIy)

Yikes!

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 25, 2015 02:20 PM (FsuaD)

97 >>>Navajo Indian And Democratic Senator Leaves To Join GOP

Warren?

Posted by: Bruce Boehner at November 25, 2015 02:20 PM (E5UB0)

98 The only other time I can think of was in WW2 when they withheld information and refused to cover stuff for national security and morale.

That's disgusting and outrageous. I'm a reporter first!

Posted by: Mike Wallace at November 25, 2015 02:20 PM (BrQrN)

99 Just because I am a giver. Amy's wedding photo.....

http://tinyurl.com/pn7d4op

Heh. Looks like she found her a Modern Man.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 25, 2015 02:21 PM (8ZskC)

100
"Why do liberals even bother denying there is bias in the media? Absolutely nobody believes it."
Because, to the very last Caitlyn, they are all last word freaks.

Posted by: simplemind at November 25, 2015 02:21 PM (JTwsP)

101 http://tinyurl.com/pn7d4op

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 25, 2015 02:18 PM (jJRIy)

It's The Children of the Corn! Run!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 25, 2015 02:21 PM (7MWCL)

102 "Chelsea has less accomplishments than her mother which seems impossible since her mother has zero."

Hillary did get that 40+ year old rapist of a not yet teenaged girl acquitted, when it looked like the guy was going up the river, by successfully slut-shaming the victim in court. I'd say that was an accomplishment.

Oh, it destroyed the girl's life? Well, excuuuuse me. Omelettes, eggs.

Posted by: torquewrench at November 25, 2015 02:21 PM (noWW6)

103 "http://tinyurl.com/pn7d4op"

Arf.......arf, arf!

Posted by: Spot at November 25, 2015 02:22 PM (LA7Cm)

104 Can CGI be used to give a walking corpse charisma? Just asking.Posted by: Mike Allen at November 25, 2015 02:02 PM (8ZskC)

Chelsea Clinton is a real-life example of the uncanny valley effect.

Posted by: troyriser at November 25, 2015 02:22 PM (cCEFD)

105 Republican politicians do seem to have hotter daughters, for some reason. Maybe its because they stayed away from Webb Hubble.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 25, 2015 02:22 PM (39g3+)

106 I believe Amy is on her second marriage. Several years ago she was working in a book store in Atlanta. I can just see her with that unpleasant, scolding face she inherited from her mother.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 25, 2015 02:22 PM (FsuaD)

107 That poor chicken.

Posted by: eman at November 25, 2015 02:23 PM (mR7Es)

108 "Warren? "

How....

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 25, 2015 02:23 PM (LA7Cm)

109 Chelsea 's husband must be a beta sadomasochist.

Posted by: Max Rockatansky at November 25, 2015 02:24 PM (/8r1I)

110 Republican politicians do seem to have hotter daughters, for some reason. Maybe its because they stayed away from Webb Hubble.

Heh. The ladies like to call it "the Hubble Telescope" for a reason.

Posted by: Webb Hubble at November 25, 2015 02:24 PM (8ZskC)

111
Serious thought requires serious people, not RethugliKKKan basement dwellers from a Jesusland trailer park.

Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, VT at November 25, 2015 02:14 PM (9acFt)
Trailers ain't got basements, Cloggenstein.

Posted by: VOX at November 25, 2015 02:24 PM (oVJmc)

112 Chelsea should be on her knees every day, thanking God for plastic surgery.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 25, 2015 02:24 PM (FsuaD)

113 105 Republican politicians do seem to have hotter daughters, for some reason. Maybe its because they stayed away from Webb Hubble

Don't know if you can call Trump a Republican politicians but his daughters are very beautiful. But he did marry gorgeous looking women...

Posted by: IC at November 25, 2015 02:24 PM (a0IVu)

114 Chelsea should be on her knees every day, thanking God for plastic surgery.

She should get her money back.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 25, 2015 02:24 PM (39g3+)

115 Boycott MSM sponsors? How to pushback? Sucker-punch reporters in the street? NEW Knockdown game! It don't exist anyway, amirite?

Posted by: OK, Thanks, bye at November 25, 2015 02:25 PM (ucB75)

116 Amy's husband a "computer consultant" never went to college and in her wedding vows she promised to "Not belong to anyone"

Yep. It's in the photo I posted.

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 25, 2015 02:25 PM (jJRIy)

117 Remember, when your left wing relatives bring up talking points tomorrow based on what they read in the media, point out how revoltingly fake they all are.

Posted by: Bruce Boehner at November 25, 2015 02:25 PM (E5UB0)

118 Chelsea's hot!

Posted by: CuckJEB! at November 25, 2015 02:26 PM (Hh2mM)

119
Mike Allen is the chief White House correspondent for Politico. He comes to us from Time magazine where he was their White House correspondent. Prior to that, Allen spent six years at The Washington Post

Allen grew up in Orange County, Calif., and has a B.A. from Washington and Lee University, where he majored in politics and journalism.

Mike will also blow you for pocket change.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 25, 2015 02:26 PM (kdS6q)

120 Chelsea's hot!

Posted by: CuckJEB! at November 25, 2015 02:26 PM (Hh2mM)

Hottie Doody.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at November 25, 2015 02:27 PM (oVJmc)

121 Mike will also blow you for pocket change.

Wow you wouldn't think that would be in his bio

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 25, 2015 02:27 PM (39g3+)

122 "You have to be over 30 to be in the Senate. She just got there. Which Democrat is going to give up their seat for her?"

And there is no way in hell that the Crown Princess is going to give up the glossy socialite high life in her Manhattan penthouse and move back to Little Rock, Arkansas in order to have a shot at it.

It would have to be Schumer's seat, or Gillibrand's.

Posted by: torquewrench at November 25, 2015 02:27 PM (noWW6)

123
Glenn Thrush: We Do This All The Time. It's No Big Deal.

Yes, but what does Glenn's magic "newsman hat" have to say about it?

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 25, 2015 02:28 PM (kdS6q)

124 Chelsea's before and after plastic surgery pics:

http://tinyurl.com/o85t6tk

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 25, 2015 02:28 PM (FsuaD)

125 Wow. I didn't think this day could get any better but I just got an email offering me the opportunity to enlarge my penis for only 49.99!

At that price I may get 2!

Posted by: JackStraw at November 25, 2015 02:29 PM (/tuJf)

126 Allen grew up in Orange County, Calif., and has a
B.A. from Washington and Lee University, where he majored in politics
and journalism.

Mike will also blow you for pocket change.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 25, 2015 02:26 PM (kdS6q)

Not many fags go to W and L. Lots of rapey rapist!

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 25, 2015 02:29 PM (jJRIy)

127
Mike will also blow you for pocket change.

Wow you wouldn't think that would be in his bio
Posted by: Christopher Taylor

Surprised me too, but guess he just wanted to make sure the offer was out there.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 25, 2015 02:29 PM (kdS6q)

128 Mike will also blow you for pocket change.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 25, 2015 02:26 PM (kdS6q)

Well, hello there.

Posted by: Charlie Sheen, Fairly Bubbling Over With Tiger's Blood at November 25, 2015 02:29 PM (cCEFD)

129 #111- stop mansplaining to me, you misogynistic troll.

Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, VT at November 25, 2015 02:30 PM (9acFt)

130 I'd let Chelsea sleep on the left side of the bed!

Posted by: Modern Man at November 25, 2015 02:30 PM (Hh2mM)

131 This... is CNN.

Posted by: OregonMuse at November 25, 2015 02:30 PM (SYNdO)

132 Wow. I didn't think this day could get any better but I just got an email offering me the opportunity to enlarge my penis for only 49.99!

I'll do it for free.

Posted by: AoSHQ Football Thread at November 25, 2015 02:31 PM (BrQrN)

133 Interviewer: "Mrs. Clinton, your daughter is every bit as lovely as you."

Hillary: "Thank you."

Interviewer: "That wasn't a compliment. But never mind that for now. We were wondering if your husband Bill was present in the room when Chelsea was delivered?"

Hillary: "Hell, I'm not even sure he was in the room when she was conceived." **hic**

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at November 25, 2015 02:31 PM (NeFrd)

134 I'd suck Hilary's cankles for an interview.

Posted by: Glenn Thrush at November 25, 2015 02:31 PM (LYCUN)

135 Yeah she looks less like Howdy Doody but still not real attractive.

I'd give her a pass on the looks if she wasn't a spoiled, elitist, corrupt, leftwing radical twit, but as is...

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 25, 2015 02:31 PM (39g3+)

136 "Mike Allen is the chief White House correspondent for Politico. He comes
to us from Time magazine where he was their White House correspondent."

Let us recall a former occupant of the job of White House correspondent for _Time_, Nina Burleigh, who was there during the late 1990s.

Burleigh is the individual who, when later on discussing the Lewinsky scandal and the President having perjured himself under oath in front of a federal grand jury, said that she personally would have been delighted to get right down on her own knees and orally service Presnet Billy Jeff, to reward him for keeping abortion legal.

Gatekeepers of the national discourse.

Posted by: torquewrench at November 25, 2015 02:31 PM (noWW6)

137
That is absolutely not true. I will not blow you for pocket change. However, for good seats to the correspondents dinner, and an invite to the Whitehouse Christmas party, I will say whatever you want in print.

Posted by: Mike Allen, Politi ho at November 25, 2015 02:31 PM (JTwsP)

138 As someone who works in media, I will tell you that it does, of course, go on all the time. The reason it works is this:

The media already tells the progressive side of the story, so to get progressives on, they have to play nice: what's in it for the politician. Everyone's competing for the Chelseas and Hillarys and if you say one bad word, then you get the Soup Nazi treatment.

Compare that to the conservatives. The media is distorting their side of the story, so the conservatives *have* to go on the media to try to rebut. And no one wants to give the conservatives airtime except in those damage-control situations where the story is already hot. But naturally under those circumstances, the media can play hardball.

Moreover, when a conservative won't agree to play ball, the media skewers them.

There are exceptions, but that's how it plays out more often than not. So it's not surprising that the progressive reporters are all, "What's the big deal? This is how it works."

Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at November 25, 2015 02:31 PM (Ri2FP)

139 @115: "How to pushback?"

Death is the solution to all problems. No man - no problem.

Besides, since all of the journos worship me anyway, and because they love sophisticated humor, they should appreciate the irony of it as they become part of a statistic.

Posted by: Uncle Joe Stalin at November 25, 2015 02:33 PM (Cx8hP)

140 I like that young Clinton girl. She's got that special Karazma that really charms me, but her mother still won't let me put my hands up Chelsea's sweater.

C'mon Hil. She's legal, she's legal!

Posted by: Uncle Joe's Bitchin' Trans Ams at November 25, 2015 02:33 PM (Jdgwe)

141 Wow. I didn't think this day could get any better but I just got an
email offering me the opportunity to enlarge my penis for only 49.99!

I'll do it for free.

Me too!

Posted by: Charlie Peen at November 25, 2015 02:33 PM (oVJmc)

142
In an e-mail to The [Post]. Allen said this: "We didnt do this interview and never provide questions in advance. Never have; never would. I dont remember this e-mail. But all our events are spontaneous and news-driven, as you can tell by watching the videos of them, all of which are posted on our site."

Guilty. Next case.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 25, 2015 02:33 PM (kdS6q)

143 131
This... is CNN.

Posted by: OregonMuse at November 25, 2015 02:30 PM (SYNdO)

I took the CNN tour in ATL with a bunch of Scout executives during the National meeting. Woman tour guide asked if anyone knew what CNN stood for.

I piped up Clinton News Network, EVERYONE but her laughed.

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 25, 2015 02:34 PM (jJRIy)

144 "but I just got an email offering me the opportunity to enlarge my penis for only 49.99!"

It's a trap. Just a magnifying glass, a piece of string, and some toothpicks.

Posted by: Modern Man at November 25, 2015 02:34 PM (Hh2mM)

145 I don't know what I like about my Twitter avatar better, my snazzy hat or my dumbfounded expression.

Posted by: Glenn Thrush at November 25, 2015 02:34 PM (LYCUN)

146
See 138, Like he said this is how it works, now where are my tickets?

Posted by: Mike Allen, Politi ho at November 25, 2015 02:35 PM (JTwsP)

147 "Chelsea's before and after plastic surgery pics"

Oh no. No no no no no no. Noooooooooooooo.

The last time I clicked on a photo link which one of the Horde had posted of the Crown Princess, it was of her, heavily pregnant, having somehow squeezed herself into a pair of skintight black leather pants. It looked like a cantaloupe teetering atop two overgrilled bratwurst.

My eyes! The goggles do nothing!!!

Posted by: torquewrench at November 25, 2015 02:36 PM (noWW6)

148 >>>and will one day rule this land.
Posted by: Your Betters at November 25, 2015 02:05 PM (Cx8hP)

Ha!

Posted by: m at November 25, 2015 02:36 PM (tElZn)

149 Is it considered a personal attack based on looks if I point out that Chelsea looks exactly like a know-nothing, unsuccessful, trust-funder, elitist, unprincipled, leftist, virtual princess with a publicly-evident IQ in the range of the number of states in the Union (max 57)?

'Cause I wouldn't want to attack her solely on the basis of her looks.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at November 25, 2015 02:36 PM (NeFrd)

150 Miley may be a skank but she can sing

I always thought her singing was pretty mediocre, if not bad...

I got nothing on the media and Clinton's. It's same ole same ole...

Posted by: Lea at November 25, 2015 02:36 PM (lIU4e)

151 Remember, when your left wing relatives bring up talking points tomorrow based on what they read in the media, point out how revoltingly fake they all are.Posted by: Bruce Boehner at November 25, 2015 02:25 PM (E5UB0)

My now-adult daughter is an uber-liberal and we've had no trouble since the Terrible Awful Hard Times ended, a period roughly comprising her ages from 14-22.Her husband, my son-in-law, is also an uber-liberal, but evidently of the laid-back, mellow, it's all cool variety and isn't the type to pick a fight.

Posted by: troyriser at November 25, 2015 02:37 PM (cCEFD)

152 This just in: http://tinyurl.com/nunggxd

Unbelievable. No word on whether it comes with a dildo and reciprocating drive.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 25, 2015 02:38 PM (oKE6c)

153 The media already tells the progressive side of the story, so to get progressives on, they have to play nice: what's in it for the politician. Everyone's competing for the Chelseas and Hillarys and if you say one bad word, then you get the Soup Nazi treatment.

See, the thing is, they could treat the left just like they treat conservatives: print what they want, attack, etc. but they don't want to. They want to hobnob with Clintons and Obamas, they want to work with them and play nice.

See, I don't care if the press is mean to Ted Cruz or President Bush the younger. I care that they aren't mean to Democrats. Their job is to be antagonists, to question, to squeeze, to doubt, to find dirt. But they only seem to want to do it to one side. And that's the problem.

The politicians need the press a damn sight more than the other way around. Even if they are totally ignored by every politician, the press still has stuff to report. But without that mouthpiece, politicians are screwed.

Its way past high time the press figured that out for both parties.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 25, 2015 02:38 PM (39g3+)

154 Fuckstick taking shots at repubs while pardoning the turkey

Posted by: BunkerinTheBurbs at November 25, 2015 02:39 PM (bA+CL)

155 Unbelievable. No word on whether it comes with a dildo and reciprocating drive.

Below that I have 'you may also like' a three-pack of titanium balls.

Just a co-incidence, I'm sure.

Posted by: Charlie Peen at November 25, 2015 02:39 PM (oVJmc)

156 Obama's daughters can't stand still for even 5 minutes.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 25, 2015 02:41 PM (/tuJf)

157 move back to Little Rock, Arkansas in order to have a shot at it.

LOL at you people that think Hillary or Chelsea had a chance in Arkansas.

Posted by: Lea at November 25, 2015 02:41 PM (lIU4e)

158
I don't remember this email says Mike Allen Politi ho.
So is he claiming he sent it in a drunken fugue?
I believe I shall make this email into a Christmas card and send it to every grown child politico reading relative I know.

Posted by: simplemind at November 25, 2015 02:43 PM (JTwsP)

159 138: "Moreover, when a conservative won't agree to play ball, the media skewers them."

It's this sort of thing that makes me wonder why Team Stupid ever goes on the MSM. Other than their being Team Stupid (QED).

Has no one ever given this even a cursory cost versus benefit assessment?

No one who watches the MSM will believe or be swayed by a Republican statement or rebuttal. So why bother? I believe this is the very definition as well as intent behind the phrase "Casting pearls before swine".

If you want to go chasing after those mythical "independents", then buy air time for an infomercial during whatever show is popular.

But why for Pete's sake would you give CNN, CBS, NBC (and its affiliates), or ABC one second of time or a single utterance?

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at November 25, 2015 02:44 PM (UPYPp)

160 But why for Pete's sake would you give CNN, CBS, NBC (and its affiliates), or ABC one second of time or a single utterance?
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at November 25, 2015 02:44 PM (UPYPp)

Because the GOPe is in on it, too.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at November 25, 2015 02:46 PM (AkOaV)

161 I looked at the before and after pics. Was there a difference I missed somewhere.

If I were to comment on the looks of a Woman other than my Wife the only thing that would come to mind after viewing the Clinton pic is,

woof.

I tellz itz like it iz.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and Unimproved. at November 25, 2015 02:46 PM (WVsWD)

162 why for Pete's sake would you give CNN, CBS, NBC (and its affiliates), or ABC one second of time or a single utterance?

Well, mostly because the GOP is stuck 20 years ago when you had to go through the media to reach people. And there's still something to that, the press is your megaphone. But its a lot less true these days.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 25, 2015 02:47 PM (39g3+)

163 "Fuckstick taking shots at repubs while pardoning the turkey"

Meanwhile, the OTHER turkey, the one who just became the Speaker of the House, blathers on pointlessly about how he "wants to find ways to work productively together" with King Putt.

Posted by: torquewrench at November 25, 2015 02:47 PM (noWW6)

164 >>>Miley may be a skank but she can sing and has had a number of hits.

She's gone gay. She's dating a Victoria's Secret model. Not even Hillary could get pussy that good.

Posted by: Bruce Boehner at November 25, 2015 02:48 PM (E5UB0)

165 @152

"Made of Vinyl and ABS plastic." "Ready-For-Action Figure"

WOW... just add vodka and it's so lifelike...

Posted by: Hillbillyking at November 25, 2015 02:48 PM (2HwOq)

166 Did the Obama princesses have on their usual bored, sullen faces?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 25, 2015 02:48 PM (FsuaD)

167 >>Unbelievable. No word on whether it comes with a dildo and reciprocating drive.
Posted by: Jay Guevara

>>HILLARY CLINTON
ACTION FIGURE
Made of Vinyl and ABS plastic.

Made of the same materials as the full size one.

Posted by: Aviator at November 25, 2015 02:48 PM (c7vUv)

168 okay, this is why I was looking forward to recipe day. Now after reading this serious politics stuff I'm going to be all ticked off before thanksgiving, which is exactly what Isis, I mean president Obama wants.

Posted by: simplemind at November 25, 2015 02:49 PM (JTwsP)

169 >>>Fuckstick taking shots at repubs while pardoning the turkey

But not ISIS, I reckon.

Posted by: Bruce Boehner at November 25, 2015 02:49 PM (E5UB0)

170 Well, mostly because the GOP is stuck 20 years ago when you had to go through the media to reach people. And there's still something to that, the press is your megaphone. But its a lot less true these days.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 25, 2015 02:47 PM (39g3+)

Maybe.

But I think it's more that the GOPe and the Dem party are one and the same, and the media uses the GOPe as their designated bad guy and everyone in DC is okay with it.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at November 25, 2015 02:50 PM (AkOaV)

171 Is anyone besides me sick and tired of all the in-show ads on Rush and Levin? Books and blinds etc etc without end. I would be embarrassed to be diluting my brand to such an extent.

Posted by: william at November 25, 2015 02:50 PM (cwAFZ)

172 Posted by: william at November 25, 2015 02:50 PM (cwAFZ)

That's how they pay their bills.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at November 25, 2015 02:51 PM (AkOaV)

173 >>okay, this is why I was looking forward to recipe day.

I can give you the washpo recipe for vegan snowballs that I make with real butter, because veganism is stupid...

Posted by: Lea at November 25, 2015 02:51 PM (lIU4e)

174 Anyone doubt that the MSM is just a public relations firm for the donks?

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at November 25, 2015 02:52 PM (iQIUe)

175 >>HILLARY CLINTON ACTION FIGURE "Made of Vinyl and ABS plastic." "Ready-For-Action Figure"

I wouldn't fuck that one either.

Posted by: Bill Clinton at November 25, 2015 02:52 PM (c7vUv)

176
Duck Confit Sandwich with blue cheese -- doesnt that sound delicious?

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at November 25, 2015 02:52 PM (iQIUe)

177 164:" Not even Hillary could get pussy that good."

All it takes is money. Which is why I get confused at seeing some wealthy folks with plain or even downright ugly wives, girlfriends, hubbies, or boyfriends.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at November 25, 2015 02:52 PM (UPYPp)

178 "Measures 6 tall. Comes presented in a collectors package with
window display. Based on original artwork by Mike Leavitt. Made of Vinyl
and ABS plastic."

Of course it was campaign approved.....Now where's my fuckin drink?

Posted by: Hillbillyking at November 25, 2015 02:52 PM (2HwOq)

179 Today, November 25, 2015

I pardon you, turkey. This year at least you won't be a fat dinner item on the table of Republicans who celebrate a holiday in which racist white Europeans became refugees on the shores of America, and them preceded down the years to treat the Native Americans with brutality and contempt driving them away from their historic homelands. This Thanksgiving holiday shows many Americans at their worst-indulging in conspicuous overconsumption and sloth while poor, suffering Syrians who only want to be part of the fabric of America life are denied entry by racist and elitist Republicans. Michelle and the girls plan to spend the hours of 11-4 volunteering at the local soup kitchen and then return home to a modest dinner of vegetarian and organic foods, I believe I will be still be in France saving the world from global warming and evil Republicans

Posted by: Branco Bama at November 25, 2015 02:53 PM (No/ki)

180 Limbaugh's ads have always sucked: dumb products, lots of herbal supplements, etc. I got sick of them decades ago. Based on conservative talk radio, you'd think we all buy

Gold
Herbal Supplements
Other quack medical products
"cloud" backup services

And nothing else.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 25, 2015 02:53 PM (39g3+)

181 I don't get what the big deal is.

The GOPe grovels, too. They want to get invited to the same parties. They're just too obtuse to realize they are there as the entertainment.

Posted by: Golfman - Xenophobe Extrodinaire at November 25, 2015 02:53 PM (48QDY)

182 If this is done all the time then Allen should release the emails he has sent to the Bushes and Romneys with the same language and be done with it. The fact that he won't tells any thinking person what is going on.

Posted by: East Bay Jay at November 25, 2015 02:53 PM (PvCxa)

183 Did you mention GOLD!?

Posted by: Golfman - Xenophobe Extrodinaire at November 25, 2015 02:54 PM (48QDY)

184 Gee honey, do you really think my dick being stuck in this woman makes me a cheater? I guess it could look that way from a certain delusional perspective, but I assure you this is just what we always do, my friends and I.

Posted by: Thatch at November 25, 2015 02:54 PM (pBZp4)

185 vegan snowballs, sounds vaguely like something Charlie Sheen has tried. Of course, he has, apparently, tried everything.

Posted by: simplemind at November 25, 2015 02:54 PM (JTwsP)

186 Not surprising as there are a vast majority of people who still think Cronkite was the most 'trusted man in America' and deserved every award he received.

He was as dishonest as the day was long and paved the way for a whole line of progressives posing as journalists.

Posted by: Cheri at November 25, 2015 02:54 PM (oiNtH)

187 "HILLARY CLINTON
ACTION FIGURE"

With dual action Kung-Fu Grip(tm)!

Yes, you can pose Hillary in exciting scenarios in your very own home! One hand applies her powerful Kung-Fu Grip(tm) to the gonads of corporate donors and squeezes until they give millions to her foundation! The other hand locks down tight with Kung-Fu Grip(tm) on the neck of the scale model vodka bottle! (accessories and vibrator batteries sold separately)

Posted by: torquewrench at November 25, 2015 02:54 PM (noWW6)

188 Which is why I get confused at seeing some wealthy folks with plain or even downright ugly wives, girlfriends, hubbies, or boyfriends.

Pretty, Sane, Smart: pick two

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 25, 2015 02:54 PM (39g3+)

189 @175...

Although that one keep's her mouth shut.....

Posted by: Vince No Talkin Foster... at November 25, 2015 02:54 PM (2HwOq)

190 171: "I would be embarrassed to be diluting my brand to such an extent."

Which would relegate them to pay services like Sirius or membership based websites. (Which coincidentally is what I wish Beck would have stuck to so we could free up his radio time for someone better.)

Because the bills have to be paid somehow.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at November 25, 2015 02:55 PM (UPYPp)

191 Somehow complaining about the media just serves the medias interest. "See, we're getting attacked. That must mean we're doing our job!" Conservatives should just take it for granted that the media is Pravda and treat them as such. "Hey, don't worry about it. I know how it is. It's the same BS as in any other business. It's understandable. Fox News does the same thing. It's no big deal." Objecting just feeds into the idea that the media is operating in good faith and will change their behavior if it's exposed. They won't.

Posted by: bjk at November 25, 2015 02:55 PM (x2rNW)

192 Media yucking it up over Holly Holm asked J Z who his wife was.

Isn't that ignorant-of-retarded-pop-culture shaming?

Posted by: Bruce Boehner at November 25, 2015 02:56 PM (E5UB0)

193 152
This just in: http://tinyurl.com/nunggxd

Unbelievable. No word on whether it comes with a dildo and reciprocating drive.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 25, 2015 02:38 PM (oKE6c)

Hip flask sold separately

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 25, 2015 02:56 PM (jJRIy)

194 "Hey, don't worry about it. I know how it is. It's the same BS as in any other business. It's understandable. Fox News does the same thing. It's no big deal."

Correct. That's exactly how to deal with it. Dismiss them as being typically worthless and that's just part of the job. Don't act like its an unexpected outrage. Act like they're trash and you never expected any better. Reagan was the king of that. "Well, that's just how they are..."

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 25, 2015 02:56 PM (39g3+)

195
And this is why I make sure I contribute nothing to the financial well being of the MSM. I dont buy newspapers. I dont own a television. I am careful about my website clicking.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at November 25, 2015 02:57 PM (iQIUe)

196 Posted by: bjk at November 25, 2015 02:55 PM (x2rNW)

Well, a lot of us have been saying for years that the GOP should just ignore the media as a propaganda arm of the DNC.

The fact that they don't is very telling.

The fact that after 2012, there is one single MSM person up on those debate stages "moderating" debates for GOP primaries tells me all I need to know about the GOP.

Unless you think every single person in the GOP is stupid and blind to what is going on around them. Which I don't.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at November 25, 2015 02:57 PM (AkOaV)

197 "Limbaugh's ads have always sucked: dumb products, lots of herbal supplements, etc. I got sick of them decades ago."

Hannity's radio audience, at least around here, are by appearances all badly behind on their income taxes.

Hi, I'm Morris Grabbit of the firm of Grabbit and Runne, and I promise I can get a pennies on the dollar IRS settlement offer for _you_. Call today!

Posted by: torquewrench at November 25, 2015 02:57 PM (noWW6)

198 188: "Pretty, Sane, Smart: pick two"

Corollary: All women are crazy. So you might as well go for the hottest ones.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at November 25, 2015 02:57 PM (UPYPp)

199 Pretty, Sane, Smart: pick two
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*nods*

Posted by: BunkerinTheBurbs at November 25, 2015 02:58 PM (bA+CL)

200 Hey, I'm looking for just a few minutes with Chelsea during an important time for her mom. This isn't a probing,"60 Minutes"-style sit-down, so don't worry about fielding anything out of left field.

Then what's the point of the meeting?

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at November 25, 2015 02:58 PM (PEgKF)

201 Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 25, 2015 02:56 PM (39g3+)

Don't let them in to any R events, don't invite them to the debates, and don't take questions from them.

Easy.

And yet... thats not what the GOP does. At all.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at November 25, 2015 02:58 PM (AkOaV)

202 >>Which would relegate them to pay services like Sirius or membership based websites. (Which coincidentally is what I wish Beck would have stuck to so we could free up his radio time for someone better.)

C'mon, Limbaugh makes what, $20 million per year? He could get buy with a shitload less ads, he likes money.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 25, 2015 02:58 PM (/tuJf)

203 So, Princess needs protection. LOL

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at November 25, 2015 02:58 PM (iQIUe)

204 Posted by: Nip Sip at November 25, 2015 02:56 PM (jJRIy)

I like the ad below for "Titanium Balls". Someone is a genius.

Posted by: Golfman - Xenophobe Extrodinaire at November 25, 2015 02:59 PM (48QDY)

205 >>Yes, you can pose Hillary in exciting scenarios in your very own home! One hand applies her powerful Kung-Fu Grip(tm) to the gonads of corporate donors and squeezes until they give millions to her foundation! The other hand locks down tight with Kung-Fu Grip(tm) on the neck of the scale model vodka bottle! (accessories and vibrator batteries sold separately)

Vodka must be purchased in case lots.

Posted by: Aviator at November 25, 2015 02:59 PM (c7vUv)

206 154 Fuckstick taking shots at repubs while pardoning the turkey
Posted by: BunkerinTheBurbs at November 25, 2015 02:39 PM (bA+CL)

Hyperpartisan douchebags gotta hyperpartisan douchebag.

Posted by: joncelli at November 25, 2015 02:59 PM (1FhAQ)

207 Then we'll have a month of Manheim Steamroller ya know? What Rush thinks of as the cutting edge I suppose. Love the guy but wow.

Posted by: william at November 25, 2015 02:59 PM (cwAFZ)

208 Posted by: torquewrench at November 25, 2015 02:57 PM (noWW6)

Sorry Torque.

Targets of Lois Lerner.

Posted by: Golfman - Xenophobe Extrodinaire at November 25, 2015 02:59 PM (48QDY)

209 Same with Fox news in the daytime. I recently wondered if I could get a reverse mortgage and use the cash to buy silver before the mesothelioma gets me?

Posted by: BunkerinTheBurbs at November 25, 2015 03:00 PM (bA+CL)

210 "the Fix" - yes. I think that means what they did not mean it to mean.

Posted by: simplemind at November 25, 2015 03:00 PM (JTwsP)

211 Pretty, Sane, Smart: pick two

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*nods*

Or get all three and enjoy the ride!

Posted by: Vince No Talkin Foster... at November 25, 2015 03:00 PM (2HwOq)

212 I just got invited to a 'friendsgiving' Friday.

I reject that term utterly. And am already busy.

Posted by: Lea at November 25, 2015 03:01 PM (lIU4e)

213 But not ISIS, I reckon.
Posted by: Bruce Boehner

Well, he did say he was going to stand with muslims...

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 25, 2015 03:01 PM (9YDUz)

214 Nip - check the end of the last thread (Sig P239)

Posted by: Weasel at November 25, 2015 03:02 PM (e3bId)

215
188: "Pretty, Sane, Smart: pick two"

*loads wolf-hunting rifle*

Posted by: Sarah Palin at November 25, 2015 03:02 PM (oVJmc)

216 Tell me if you have heard this one before....not an exact quote but expecting Black Friday sales to be down not because shitty economy...because people just dont feel the need to have everything anymore.

Posted by: Doom Rider at November 25, 2015 03:02 PM (ck8TA)

217 Posted by: william at November 25, 2015 02:59 PM (cwAFZ)

Send him a email explaining your "concern". I am sure he will get right it and fix everything to your desire.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and Unimproved. at November 25, 2015 03:02 PM (WVsWD)

218 209 Same with Fox news in the daytime. I recently wondered if I could get a reverse mortgage and use the cash to buy silver before the mesothelioma gets me?
Posted by: BunkerinTheBurbs at November 25, 2015 03:00 PM (bA+CL)

Translation:

Their savings are shit. Their neighborhood is going to hell. Get it while you can.

The dollar sux. Precious metals FTW.

Mesothelioma. They had a job in a past life.

Posted by: Golfman - Xenophobe Extrodinaire at November 25, 2015 03:03 PM (48QDY)

219 The Media must be putting Chelsea questions on cue cards, cuz it's awfully hard to be understood with Hillary's dick in their mouths.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 25, 2015 03:03 PM (3llmC)

220 Yay me!! Work officially closed at 2:00 central!

Posted by: rickb223 at November 25, 2015 03:05 PM (hQt/L)

221 You ask: "What's more disgusting that seeing Charlie Sheen blow another guy for coke?"

Why, the answer is: "Watching the American press line up on their knees to gargle Hillary Clinton's hairy balls."

Posted by: Sharkman at November 25, 2015 03:06 PM (F7nSF)

222 >>>CNN "Journalist" Caught Red-Handed

Native American handed.

Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at November 25, 2015 03:06 PM (E5UB0)

223 221: ""Watching the American press line up on their knees to gargle Hillary Clinton's hairy balls."

Dude! I'm trying to keep my lunch down here!

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at November 25, 2015 03:07 PM (UPYPp)

224 >cuz it's awfully hard to be understood with Hillary's dick in their mouths.

>Watching the American press line up on their knees to gargle Hillary Clinton's hairy balls

Seeing a trend developing.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 25, 2015 03:09 PM (/tuJf)

225 HILLARY CLINTON ACTION FIGURE "Made of Vinyl and ABS plastic." "Ready-For-Action Figure"

***Walker and Scooby Van sold separately.

Posted by: Hasbro at November 25, 2015 03:09 PM (Hh2mM)

226 If ace goes Ewok otherkin, would there be enough hair follicles to transplant all over his face?

Posted by: Bruce Boehner at November 25, 2015 03:10 PM (E5UB0)

227
I always wondered about Hillary's equipment, but found it very satisfying on the few occasions when we bumped junk.

Posted by: Webb Hubbell at November 25, 2015 03:11 PM (OiFtZ)

228 I just tried to convince my uncle from NY to vote for DJT: "See, Bush is Koch. And Obama is Dinkins. And DJT is Guiliani. And then - here's the best part - after Rudy you get Bloomberg, which is what you always wanted." Some dreams do come true. When you're Mike Allen, they come true every day.

Posted by: bjk at November 25, 2015 03:11 PM (x2rNW)

229 CNN "Journalist" Caught Red-Handed

Native American handed.

Chicom handed.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 25, 2015 03:11 PM (hQt/L)

230 Seeing a trend developing.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 25, 2015 03:09 PM (/tuJf)

*****

It is about a 9 on the Addadycktome scale

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 25, 2015 03:11 PM (3llmC)

231 226: "If ace goes Ewok otherkin, would there be enough hair follicles to transplant all over his face?"

What? You didn't think those hobo hunting trips were just for fun did you?

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at November 25, 2015 03:11 PM (UPYPp)

232 The North Korean media is more objective

Posted by: TheQuietMan at November 25, 2015 03:12 PM (493sH)

233 If shillary is chelsea's dad, whos the mother?

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and Unimproved. at November 25, 2015 03:12 PM (WVsWD)

234 Glenn Thrush: We Do This All The Time. It's No Big Deal.

There needs to be a Man From UNCLE sequel to deal with Thrush

Posted by: TheQuietMan at November 25, 2015 03:12 PM (493sH)

235 test

Posted by: rd at November 25, 2015 03:12 PM (vpAta)

236
I used to drive a van and recite liberal talking points on Fox News, but I've now been relegated to cleaning Hillary's sybian. All this for calling Brett Baier a dude.

Posted by: Tommy "The Dude" Vietor at November 25, 2015 03:14 PM (OiFtZ)

237 Tim....good thinkin'. I'll shoot an email tight away!
Thanks for the laugh and have a Happy to one and all!

Posted by: william at November 25, 2015 03:14 PM (cwAFZ)

238 5x5 rd.

Posted by: Golfman - Xenophobe Extrodinaire at November 25, 2015 03:14 PM (48QDY)

239 235 test
Posted by: rd at November 25, 2015 03:12 PM (vpAta)

Nope, nothing.

Posted by: BunkerinTheBurbs at November 25, 2015 03:14 PM (bA+CL)

240 >>If shillary is chelsea's dad, whos the mother?
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and Unimproved

A pod.

Posted by: Aviator at November 25, 2015 03:15 PM (c7vUv)

241 Seeing a trend developing.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Liberal women want Hillary. Modern Men want to be Hillary.

Posted by: Bruce Boehner at November 25, 2015 03:15 PM (E5UB0)

242 241:"Liberal women... Modern Men..."

Aren't these two terms synonymous?

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at November 25, 2015 03:16 PM (UPYPp)

243
You would think I could at least have a happy ending after spending so much time defending liberal positions, but no, I never have the opportunity and sometimes resent working with a bunch of liberal dweebs.

Posted by: S E Cupp at November 25, 2015 03:17 PM (OiFtZ)

244 CNN's rather busy right now trying to gin up some riots in Chicago over a year-old police shooting; I'm sure they'll address this as soon as possible!
Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at November 25, 2015 01:57 PM (DLu2s)

Incitement to riot is only old if you've heard it before.

Posted by: jwpaine, otherized for your protection at November 25, 2015 03:17 PM (wKcQA)

245 Nudge nudge wink wink
Say no more , Say no more
Nudge as good a wink to blind man
Know what I mean? Know what I mean?

What do you mean insinuating something?

Posted by: Media flying circus monkey at November 25, 2015 03:17 PM (k8tEg)

246 nard

Posted by: Bruce Boehner at November 25, 2015 03:18 PM (E5UB0)

247 It's cute that they still think they have the power to pretend what we all know has existed for years. We saw Journolist, Rush does his regular media mash-up clips of many talking heads all using the exact same phrasing to describe a story, and the way people dance between jobs w/the media and various politicians/the WH. And then there's all the incestuous relationships between Dems and media, such as the Rhodes brothers and Chuck Todd's wife being a Dem PR consultant, etc.

Say, wasn't Glenn Thrush the one who called Hillary's email server "badass"? Yeah, I TOTALLY trust that guy's unbiased, professional opinion on all things Hillary.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 25, 2015 03:18 PM (NOIQH)

248 WHO WAS THE CLINTON'S MEDIA FLUFFER?

Posted by: PHONE at November 25, 2015 03:19 PM (NOIQH)

249 Chelsea Clinton is the Miley Cyrus of political pop queens.

Posted by: Fritz at November 25, 2015 02:07 PM (UzPAd)

Wow, that's one thing I didn't know about Chelsea: That she can tongue her own asshole, just like Miley Cyrus can!

Posted by: Sharkman at November 25, 2015 03:22 PM (F7nSF)

250
WHO WAS THE CLINTON'S MEDIA FLUFFER?

Dee Dee Myers was in charge of bimbo eruptions, errant penis wanderings, and charges leveled at Bill that were demonstrably true but required massaging, lying, obfuscating, and smothering.

Posted by: Doctor Fish at November 25, 2015 03:22 PM (OiFtZ)

251 CNN "Journalist" Caught Red-Handed

Native American handed.

Chicom handed.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 25, 2015 03:11 PM (hQt/L)

"Moron Fap-Handed"

Posted by: Sharkman at November 25, 2015 03:24 PM (F7nSF)

252 The scariest four words heard on FOXNews?

"Hi, I'm William Devane....."

Posted by: JoeF. at November 25, 2015 03:26 PM (y9Ia9)

253 I think that despite CNN's best efforts, there won't be riots in Chicago this Holiday Season. Obozo may want them to happen, but I got to believe that Rahm is going to pull out all the stops (i.e. pay off the right ministers/community organizers) to ensure they don't....

Posted by: JoeF. at November 25, 2015 03:29 PM (y9Ia9)

254 Hey, as long as they're doing breakfasts to honor girls who are our future leaders, how about my "son" Ronan?

Posted by: Mia Farrow at November 25, 2015 03:42 PM (kGrwF)

255 So what's the over/under on Chelsea getting a chin implant to make her more electable?

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 25, 2015 03:45 PM (kGrwF)

256 Don't be upset when we kill you. Most of this stuff is just everyday tradecraft -- same BS as any job

Posted by: ISIS at November 25, 2015 04:13 PM (j1Wvr)

257 People hate Scorpions and will assume the worst. Most of the stinging stuff is just everyday tradecraft -- same BS as any job.

Posted by: Scorpion at November 25, 2015 04:16 PM (j1Wvr)

258 207 Can't wait for Rush headbanging to Hawkwind's "Angels of Death"

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at November 25, 2015 04:19 PM (Kucy5)

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