tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post279285552244043382..comments2023-12-20T04:18:41.617-06:00Comments on The Hunting of the Snark: Can A Conservative Be Both A Stiff And A Dork?Susan of Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-83697740683128954802012-05-09T23:24:37.676-05:002012-05-09T23:24:37.676-05:00MORGAN: Could you be a stiff and a dork?
GOLDBER...<i>MORGAN: Could you be a stiff and a dork? <br /><br />GOLDBERG: Oh, absolutely. Yes.<br /><br />MORGAN: Jonah, it's been a pleasure. </i><br /><br />I hope you catch the subtext there. Morgan's an arsehole, but that was a nice signoff. Pretty easy when you have somebody who is not very bright, not very good at interviews, and overestimates his capabilities on account of being part of the wingnut welfare sandpit.pseudonymous in ncnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-26313880605414011772012-05-05T11:34:36.401-05:002012-05-05T11:34:36.401-05:00Wow that was gorey. Can't watch the baby seal...Wow that was gorey. Can't watch the baby seal clubbing again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-84462308512943628202012-05-03T12:57:12.752-05:002012-05-03T12:57:12.752-05:00Surely a celebrity talk show host can't outthi...Surely a celebrity talk show host can't outthink one of the right's leading intellectuals??<br /><br />Goldberg flopped terribly, as he always does when the host is not a right-winger. He was fine on Glenn Beck's show because everyone agreed with him, setting up and knocking down strawmen. <br /><br />Take the spending issue--he'll say Obama spent more even though the facts say otherwise, then say that liberals don't use facts, they use ideology. How can you argue with someone who simply insists his enenmies are doing everything that he is doing? He is utterly oblivious and stubbornly stupid.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-52528072486196549072012-05-03T12:28:25.085-05:002012-05-03T12:28:25.085-05:00I believe the accusation that an opponent is tryin...I believe the accusation that an opponent is trying to "Box him in" is one of Jonah's favorites. He thinks it sounds clever, or educated, in some way. Oddly enough, it doesn't. <br /><br />aimaiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-89719515833795062762012-05-03T08:43:46.277-05:002012-05-03T08:43:46.277-05:00My favorite comments on Goldberg's posts about...My favorite comments on Goldberg's posts about the interview congratulate him for winning the argument. The amount of self-delusion is impressive.<br /><br />There is no way liberals will ever be able to convince tribalists to change their minds. We will have to force their leaders to control their followers.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-40753216486114718902012-05-02T17:32:34.488-05:002012-05-02T17:32:34.488-05:00I wonder if there's a stated policy at NR on J...I wonder if there's a stated policy at NR on Jonah doing media appearances. If it's unstated, it's probably just "Aw, fuck."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-50965223394198451752012-05-02T12:39:25.270-05:002012-05-02T12:39:25.270-05:00What a pathetic face-mullet pudding-bag Jonah is. ...What a pathetic face-mullet pudding-bag Jonah is. <br /><br />Calls it an "unfair interview" because Morgan didn't simply agree with everything he, Jonah, said and confronted him with hard questions and inconvenient facts. Proving once again that wingnuts love dishing it, but when it comes to taking it, it's time to call the waaaahmbulance....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-49270127634811607772012-05-02T12:27:16.542-05:002012-05-02T12:27:16.542-05:00The turkey was on NPR this morning, and I missed h...The turkey was on NPR this morning, and I missed half his clichés because I was laughing too hard at the other half. In a discussion about …Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03830774223073462725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-47859914461764085122012-05-02T10:14:19.734-05:002012-05-02T10:14:19.734-05:00It's very amusing to see Goldberg ignore facts...It's very amusing to see Goldberg ignore facts that might help his case in favor of lazy cliches.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-18486764715631331282012-05-02T07:20:31.333-05:002012-05-02T07:20:31.333-05:00I may not like Piers Morgan because of his associa...I may not like Piers Morgan because of his association with British Cell Phone hacking, but he's never been a pushover.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-85632365306649126502012-05-02T00:54:36.836-05:002012-05-02T00:54:36.836-05:00(Either you agree with Republicans or you are the ...<i>(Either you agree with Republicans or you are the enemy.)</i><br /><br />You have to admit it gives Jonah a larger pool of Crazy Liberal anecdotes to draw from.Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-54100881504171346862012-05-01T20:39:37.710-05:002012-05-01T20:39:37.710-05:00Well, you're cross-examining me. You're no...<i>Well, you're cross-examining me. You're not interviewing.</i><br /><br />Remember Colbert at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Dinner? The bit when he explained what the job of a journalist is? Maybe Jonah, um, didn't get the joke.Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03830774223073462725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-17615703385666681852012-05-01T18:29:22.563-05:002012-05-01T18:29:22.563-05:00I'd have summed this entire episode up with &q...I'd have summed this entire episode up with "FAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRTTTTTTTTT".<br /><br />But then, I'd have to get Roy Edroso's permission.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-87336105550822749982012-05-01T17:33:04.309-05:002012-05-01T17:33:04.309-05:00Jonah is not without wit, but he's so fundamen...Jonah is not without wit, but he's so fundamentally dishonest, so tendentious and so much the unwavering propagandist, that it's all for naught. Morgan, meanwhile, displayed the kind of tenacity I saw in a minor BBC interview show one night, when an anchor refused to let a mid-level spokesperson for the Gov't. evade and misdirect. The interviewer asked and re-asked and insisted on a substantive answer, and I thought: If this sort of thing ever happened on American tv the world would stop on its axis.Mr.Wonderfulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-81600174918063915582012-05-01T16:58:42.951-05:002012-05-01T16:58:42.951-05:00What's interesting is that in these exchanges ...What's interesting is that in these exchanges so much of his response to questioning is attempts to socially shame Morgan, to make him feel as though he doesn't know how to behave. It's all the intellectual currency he has, and he thinks it's the true coin of the realm.Kiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652157502257079776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-7844949382505923972012-05-01T16:36:51.577-05:002012-05-01T16:36:51.577-05:00Every other "statement" out of Doughy...Every other "statement" out of Doughy's mouth is a tired, threadbare cliche. Also Know As: Right Wing Talking Points.<br /><br />Ironic thing is we Libs do occasionally indulge in a bit of clicheing; you know <i>"Make Love Not War"</i> and <i>"Nucular [nuclear] Power Plants are a LOT more radioactive than Jane Fonda!"</i><br /><br />Now and then.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176801494652946278noreply@blogger.com