tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553149188531956419.post1445861376004195632..comments2023-11-23T10:28:38.008-05:00Comments on ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©: Why does the Washington Post hate America - data collectionifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©http://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553149188531956419.post-82435113977657239912009-10-08T13:16:38.550-04:002009-10-08T13:16:38.550-04:00I'm sure that's true, ZRM.
But he benefit...I'm sure that's true, ZRM.<br /><br />But he benefits from the accusation, just as the right-wing nutjobs benefit from the spin that Woodward is a liberal.<br /><br />Instead of loony tune right-wingers versus money-hungry access whore, it's conservative versus liberal.<br /><br />And those sane people to the left of Bob Woodward, the ones who have been right (as in correct) about everything these past decades? <br /><br />They're not serious. They're DFHs. Serious people either ignore or laugh at them. (And serious people keep getting paid by there corporate masters...no matter how wrong those serious people continue to be.)<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553149188531956419.post-90829911115439108152009-10-08T10:01:07.128-04:002009-10-08T10:01:07.128-04:00However, I can't believe that Woodward thinks...However, I can't believe that Woodward thinks of himself as a liberal.zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553149188531956419.post-58361002061827357182009-10-08T10:00:02.145-04:002009-10-08T10:00:02.145-04:00I agree with Snag. Woodward is a cobag. You get ...I agree with Snag. Woodward is a cobag. You get inside his brain like a hungry zombie. <br /><br />Snoothie Bootchies all around!!zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553149188531956419.post-5043563121635128462009-10-07T22:14:07.793-04:002009-10-07T22:14:07.793-04:00I hadn't had any bourbon which is probably why...I hadn't had any bourbon which is probably why I wasn't clear. Let me try again with a snootful.<br /><br />At the time of Watergate, Woodward was moderately liberal and the Republican party was conservative.<br /><br />Now, Woodward is conservative (whether because of age, class, money, or some other reason) and the Republican party is batshit crazy.<br /><br />So, Woodward thinks, "Wow, I'm more liberal than the Republican party." True. He then takes the unwarranted next step: "Wow, that means I'm a liberal." (He's not, he's just not as batshit crazy as the Republican party.)<br /><br />Then, even worse, comes the next step, which is to say, "Well, I'm writing for the Post and I'm a liberal and so we need a conservative viewpoint (read batshit crazy) to balance me." This notion, of course, is repeatedly hammered home by any number of batshit crazy people.<br /><br />In other words, it's not a liberal versus conservative balance (e.g. the Times' Krugman/Brooks), it's a conservative versus batshit crazy balance (e.g. the Post's Cohen/Krauthammer).Snaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11029751181796561620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553149188531956419.post-25462553869256862182009-10-07T19:28:21.352-04:002009-10-07T19:28:21.352-04:00I think Snag has had some bourbon and is feeling m...I think Snag has had some bourbon and is feeling more mellow and forgiving than may be warranted.<br /><br />I'm a liberal, and I haven't seen any of them in newspapers since The Milwaukee Urinal canned Joel McNally.<br /><br />Do we expect any of them to follow the secret gun show videos with anything like the barking frenzy they devoted to the fake stupid pimp Acorn videos?zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553149188531956419.post-49828443398925135822009-10-07T15:56:02.773-04:002009-10-07T15:56:02.773-04:00I think we all realize that if WoodStein were youn...I think we all realize that if WoodStein were young & hungry today, they would be doing secret hidden camera investigations of ACORN. <br /><br />The fact that Dustin Hoffman went on to play "Tootsie" is absolute proof that Bernstein would be the one in drag as the "ho."M. Bouffanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04519088858760760560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553149188531956419.post-7360323373474968872009-10-07T00:42:09.741-04:002009-10-07T00:42:09.741-04:00I'd grant them some of that, Snag.
But I thin...I'd grant them some of that, Snag.<br /><br />But I think it's still more charity than they deserve.<br /><br />Take Bob Woodward (plz!). Do you think he would still write about Watergate for the WaPo? <br /><br />Or would he have burned Deep Throat for an exclusive tell-all with A.G. John N. Mitchell?<br /><br />Follow the money!<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553149188531956419.post-17475336522151417002009-10-06T22:46:07.434-04:002009-10-06T22:46:07.434-04:00I think there is another issue at work besides. Th...I think there is another issue at work besides. The institutional history of these places, and the personal history of many of the senior people at them, was forged during the Vietnam/Watergate era, a time when many of them were relatively liberal. <br /><br />Since then, the Republican party has steered far more dramatically toward the right. As a result, the lesser rightward drift of the newspeople leaves them still more "liberal" than the current conservative movement, although much less liberal than such a term would have suggested during their formative years.Snaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11029751181796561620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553149188531956419.post-53237926266502320452009-10-06T09:16:51.624-04:002009-10-06T09:16:51.624-04:00I should note that the corporatists did not buy ei...I should note that the corporatists did not buy either the Post or the NY Times...they inherited those papers.<br /><br />And I wonder if corporatist is the right label?<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.com