Media Conspiracy To Black Out Bachmann And Tea Partiers Continues
I just got through watching Nancy Pelosi’s weekly press conference in the Capitol, and get this: Reporters didn’t ask a single question about the massive Michele Bachmann/Tea Party rally massing outside the building today. Not one!
Reporters asked a dozen questions, and for some reason, they only were interested in talking about the first major health care reform bill in legislative history to get within striking distance of law.
This outrageous media conspiracy to black out legitimate dissent on behalf of The One just shows you how corrupt and out of touch these elites really are. They’re in for a shock this afternoon, though. By my rough, eyeballed count, the Tea Partiers have massed at least 1,000 people on the west side of the Capitol.
More of this soon, but for now, a quick taste. Most prominent and visible sign in the crowd: “Get the red out of the White House.”
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Snark, snark.
Waddya mean, only 1000 people? The woman who stole the batshit from Carlesbad Caverns has promised that there would be tens of thousands.
Great satire, Greg!
Tell me, has Grandpa Cornpants shown up yet with his “You librul commie socialist fascist Kenyan mooslums keep yer goddam hands off’n my Medicare and VA benefits”?
Within striking distance of becoming law? Get back to us when this thing has even a prayer of passing in the Senate.
To paraphrase George Costanza:
Bob65 is gettin’ upset!
Atta boy, Greg. This is the Greg I like.
“Reporters asked a dozen questions, and for some reason, they only were interested in talking about the first major health care reform bill in legislative history to get within striking distance of law.”
Great snark.
TPM is reporting that the crowd has now swelled to between two and three thousand. Massive success.
Bachmann Turnout Overdrive!
Liam – LOL!!! Stop you’re killing me.
So is Greg – “This outrageous media conspiracy to black out legitimate dissent on behalf of The One just shows you how corrupt and out of touch these elites really are”
LOL
OT – shrub frigging home-land security appointee (but didn’t make the cut thankfully) bernard kerik pleads guilty to lying to the WH officials.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/americas/8345292.stm
Right, Liam — BTO! Too funny!
Ol’ Guano-Brain Bachmann is “Takin’ Care of Business.” And I’m sure “You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet.” You betcha.
Truth be told though, all she, like Palin, is doing is “Lookin’ Out for #1.”
Can’t wait voters tell old Guano-Brain to “Roll On Down the Highway.”
” shrub frigging home-land security appointee (but didn’t make the cut thankfully) bernard kerik pleads guilty to lying to the WH officials.”
And those are just the ones we know about because they were high-profile. Commander CooCoo Bananas filled the government with crooked, incompetent people from top to bottom. Every frakking department and bureau.
Liam-
By the end of the day, it’ll be Bachmann Burnout Overdone.
Doesn’t 2-3K = 2-300K?
I look forward to Stewart’s take on tea-bagging bachmann.
anyone have a link to a live feed ?
all I’ve found so far is these two chuckleheads – and they don’t start their broadcast ’till after Bachman’s presser
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/teapartypatriotslive/2009/11/05/BachmannPressConference
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/teapartypatriotslive/2009/11/05/BachmannPressConference
The media doesn’t have time to cover that silly “rally”. Instead they are working on gems like this one from POLITICO:
“President Barack Obama sounded wistful Thursday morning when an Alaskan tribal leader invited him to visit the Last Frontier.
Told at an Interior Department conference that he’d be welcome in Alaska if he ever wants “to get away from it all,” the president replied: “I often want to get away from it all.”
“The only thing I do want you to understand is when I do visit Alaska it’s going to be in the summer,” Obama said. “I just want to be clear about that.”
I guess our plans to have Alaska secede may have to wait.
“Bachmann Burnout Overdone.”
I surrender
LOL!
Storming of The Hill!
Kinda reminds me of whiskey burning in the streets of Dublin.
TPM now reports 8k teabaggers present, and climbing.
“I guess our plans to have Alaska secede may have to wait.”
I’ve been giving it some thought and I’ve decided that I want Gov Goodhair to win and then seriously try to secede.
At that point I might actually be able to talk Mr. Tena into coming with me when I permanently secede forthwith to New Mexico.
“TPM now reports 8k teabaggers present, and climbing.”
never underestimate the power of some deep deep cultural imprints on people.
The only thing I do want you to understand is when I do visit Alaska it’s going to be in the summer,” Obama said. “I just want to be clear about that.”
Presidential snark.
I think TPM is the only one covering the teabagger rally. Even Fox Noise had to cut away to real news happening in Florida.
Apparently faux is reporting that tea-baggers are arriving “in droves”.
An apt description, don’t you think ?
Apparently, these itinerant teabaggers don’t have jobs. (Most have been bused in from other states courtesy of DICK Armey.)
That or Dunderhead-Mifflin gave them the day off to teabag publicly.
Andy, what is happening in Florida ?
Holy cow. On the Capitol Lawn:
KILL THE BILL, KILL THE BILL
These people are PSYCHOTIC.
And speaking of Dick Armey, what is it with all these uber-evil Gee Oh Pee-ers being named DICK?
JON VOIGHT! Wow. Lunacy.
On what scale should we measure the success of today’s teabagger turnout? How about this one… 8,000 (and growing) for the tea-bagging rally vs 1-million for Inauguration day.
Teabagger fans… get back to us when you get closer to 1-million.
Benton – Because their parents knew what their off-springs will turn out to be ?
amk… Police are holding a presser about finding a baby in a box who was reported missing. I don’t know more then that.
Hahaha! Cliffy from Cheers! He knows Health Care Reform like nobody else! A MASTER at health insurance legislation!
I cannot believe that Shiloh’s and Zahara’s grandpa is out there with the tea party folks. Shouldn’t he be taking his grandkids to the movies?
Thanks Andy. I thought crist was coming out of the closet.
Omg, Cliffy: “when it started raining at Woodstock, it was misery, it was a mess.”
Bwaaaaaaaaahahahahahahaha!!!!!
@Amk,
Regarding your problem reading the blue links, I posted a note for you, at the end of the previous thread.
Wow. Amateur hour in DC apparently. Hilarious.
Ethan, really ? cliffy from Cheers ? That loser ? yeah, sounds about right.
# Benton | November 5th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
And speaking of Dick Armey, what is it with all these uber-evil Gee Oh Pee-ers being named DICK?
………………
How else were they supposed to assemble a Dick Armey!
CSPAN 3 carrying live – Comedy Gold
Voight: “We do not want our freedom of choice taken away from us.”
With a straight face he said that…
And don’t forget HCR expert KELSEY GRAMMER! (swoons!)
The only thing bigger than his feet is his ego.
The only things smaller than his mind are the Nielsen ratings for his new show.
amk… not yet.
“Canadian, UK system cause many deaths. Is that what we want? NOOO.”
“Solely for Obama’s political gain.”
“The lies are apparent, as shown to us by those who exposed ACORN. Which is as corrupt as the Czars.”
“The country is showing signs of failed stimulus.”
“His only success is dismantling America”
My oh my oh my.
Dick Armey throws Hoffman under the BUS!
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/05/armey-hoffman-bus/
From TPM
“At the Capitol Hill Tea Party just now, Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) stepped up to lead the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance — which he said drives the liberals crazy.”
Oh dear–I think Jon Voight might be a racist. What a shame.
He’s bringing up ACORN!
It drives me crazy when they say “liberty and freedom for all”, but don’t really mean it!
Meanwhile:
Jobless Claims Decline in Latest Week
Productivity Soars in Third Quarter
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125742744080829139.html
Exxon-Led Consortium Wins Iraq Oil Contract
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704328104574516901231406262.html
Retail Sales Rise 1.8% but Shopper Caution Continues
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704013004574517153519584812.html
“I cannot believe that Shiloh’s and Zahara’s grandpa is out there with the tea party folks. Shouldn’t he be taking his grandkids to the movies?”
If I were their mother, I wouldn’t let him anywhere near them.
He creeps me out completely – there’s something really wrong there.
Jon Voight has become Ratso Rizzo.
Angelina is right. I wouldn’t talk to him any more either.
The problem with trying to scare Congress now is that they already have been there and done that and Congress doesn’t care anymore- the only Congress that is going to vote for it, anyway.
“Jon Voight has become Ratso Rizzo.”
Frankly, I think it’s worse than that.
I remember back when she was first showing up around Hollywood and he escorted her. Nothing about it ever looked right to me or felt right.
I’ll say it again – there’s something more than politics deeply wrong there.
And aren’t these guys paid to show up by Dick Armey’s outfit and that Koch guy who owns all the coal plants?
It is beyond comprehension that Mark Levin is up there decrying the bankrupting of the Govt with the Republican House caucus directly behind him. Boehner, Mean Jean Schmidt, etc etc etc…. Unreal that they don’t sense even the slightest bit of irony.
Tena: Perhaps God-fearing Christian patriot Voight pulled a “John Phillips” on Angelina at some point….
“million men march” – are we there yet ?
From TPM: “NBC’s Luke Russert says a Capitol policeman just gave a crowd estimate of 3,000-3,500.”
How to Decaffinate Old Used Teabaggers!
AARP Endorses House Health Care Reform Bill.
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/66533-aarp-endorses-house-healthcare-bill
“Democrats scored a huge coup Thursday when the AARP announced its endorsement of the House healthcare bill.
The public support from the seniors’ lobby comes just two days before House members are set to vote on the landmark legislation.
“We started this debate more than two years ago with the twin goals of making coverage affordable to our younger members and protecting Medicare for seniors,” AARP CEO Barry Rand said in a statement. “We’ve read the Affordable Health Care for America Act and we can say with confidence that it meets those goals with improved benefits for people in Medicare and needed health insurance market reforms to help ensure every American can purchase affordable health coverage.”
While the endorsement hardly guarantees success for the Democrats, the group has a fearsome track record of getting its way in major political debates. The AARP played a decisive role in derailing President George W. Bush’s effort to add private investment accounts to Social Security in 2005. Two years prior, the AARP enraged Democrats by endorsing and helping to enact Bush’s plan to add a prescription drug benefit to Medicare.
Polls have shown senior citizens to be the hardest segment of society to win over on healthcare reform. An intensified effort by the AARP could provide a significant boost to the effort.”
There’s at least eleventy-billion people there.
OMG. Boehner:
“enough of spending money we don’t have”
Bwaaaaahahaha! Um Bush? $5T unfunded spending? Uh huh. Didn’t happen.
@Tena “Commander CooCoo Bananas”…Tena, I just choked on my lunch because of you!
“I’m going to stand with you and all FREEDOM LOVING AMERICANS, against this bill.”
Hahaha, mmmmmkayy.
See, shift from Obamacare to Pelosicare.
Like I mentioned, Frank Luntz came onto Fox a week or so ago claiming Republicans might want to change that name because Obama is the most trusted person in Washington right now.
Boehner and the Gee Oh Pee suffer mightily (and oh-so-conveniently) from SMS (selective memory syndrome). Very useful for avoiding reality and misleading low-info teabaggers.
This just in, the Republican Party is OFFICIALLY DEAD.
Steele to centrists: ‘We’ll come after you’
“We’re with them, were walking this walk with them,” Steele said of the “tea partyers.”
“I don’t need you to identify as a Republican. I need you to identify as a conservative. We are the conservative party.”
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/66543-steele-to-centrists-well-come-after-you
Couldn’t be ANY clearer. The head of the Republican Party said it himself.
Does someone have a count on the word Freedom yet?
I’m at 2,145 so far.
Wow, Ethan, that *is* pretty declarative.
Can’t see how Mikey “Do the Humpty Dance” Steele can ever walk that one back….
TPM:
“…in the crowd Boehner is speaking to, there’s a rally poster with images of corpses from Dachau denouncing “National Socialist Health Care.”
The pinnacle of insults.
So, with millions of dollars and significant political/media backing they cobbled together 3000 people? To quote Borat, “great success!” so what about antiwar or pro immigration rallies that had numbers in 100s of thousands and happened to, you know, actually address real problems? Bachmann is all they are talking about on CNN AND msnbc, cable news is officially a tragedy.
That makes it official.
Michael Steele wants people to deny that they are Republicans.
They shall now be known as:
The Party of Concealers.
Republicanism; The Craziness That Dare Not Speak It’s Name!
So, this Tony Perkins guy is up there now.
How a Christian organization can come out against health care for people is beyond me. Goes to show what a phony the guy and his organization are. They are nothing more than a political front to manipulate love of God into a partisan political group.
National Teabagger Rally.
Three Thousand show up. That is very impressive. Why it actually averages out to a whopping 60 people per State.
A Massive Success For:
Bachmann Turnout Overdrive.
““…in the crowd Boehner is speaking to, there’s a rally poster with images of corpses from Dachau denouncing “National Socialist Health Care.””
Jesus wept.
But I hope the rest of America gets a good look at that sign.
“How a Christian organization can come out against health care for people is beyond me.”
Exactly, exactly. And they have the gall to call US “godless”.
Lotta gray hair in that Capitol crowd. Lotta gray hair….
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
“This just in, the Republican Party is OFFICIALLY DEAD.
Steele to centrists: ‘We’ll come after you’”
Like I said yesterday: there’s GOP blood in the water and the feeding just got frenzied.
Pass the popcorn. This is going to be yummy. Those 2000 Tea Baggers? That’s the entirety of their voting base just about.
Ethan – And yet these holocaust photos wielding nazis call the prez hitler. Fvcking morans.
Jesus would punch each one of these vile, hypocritical teabaggers in the mouth.
So would Gandhi.
Mother Teresa would simply administer a quick knee to the groin.
I think Boehner read directly from Luntz’s talking point sheet he passed out in late spring.
Trinity = I wish I could claim Commander CooCoo Bananas, but that’s straight out of the mouth of Homer Simpson. When Lisa was being recruited by the army, Homer told her not as long as Commander CooCoo Bananas was the CIC.
Last Tuesday, 250,000 people called, wrote or emailed their senators and representatives in FAVOR of health care reform and urged them to pass a bill with a strong public option with no triggers. Hardly a mention of this in the press, but our elected representatives got the message.
This week, a few shouting teabaggers show up and they whine about the press not covering their rally? That in itself is a lie because the press is covering it.
They are not the majority, they do not represent the will of the American people. In fact, the will of the American people made itself known in the November 2008 election of Barack Obama who spoke passionately of fixing our broken health care system at almost every rally during the campaign. Therefore, this health care reform is not a surprise, this is the change we voted for. You could call it a mandate. The American people have spoken and the teabaggers do NOT represent the majority.
I find it odd that the teabaggers come to D.C. on the very same day when AARP declares their support for reform. Is it possible that some in D.C. knew of the date in advance and purposely tried to steal the spotlight away from AARP’s announcement? Just wondering.
“How a Christian organization can come out against health care for people is beyond me. ”
Because they are not, strictly speaking, a christian organization. They are an anti-choice organization. The anti-choice crusaders hi-jacked both American christianity and the GOP.
A Turnout of three thousand.
That is all that FAUX News were able to deliver, from their viewership?.
Time to put those losers on the pay no mind list.
Folks:
Did you notice my post about AARP endorsing the House bill, today.
That is far bigger news. Play that up, because it will have a huge impact on how the elderly will view the bill.
Time to stop wasting time and attention, on the small group of Teabagger nutjobs.
They just averaged 60 persons per state, for their big protest. Forget about them. They are just a **** trying to stop the tide.
AARP Endorsement. Huge news. Get on it.
damn censoring software.
They are just a F@rt trying to stop The Tide.
The Gee Oh Pee really has gone all in with the insane, teabagging lunatic fringe. Boehner’s rabble-rousing suck-up drivel confirms it.
Ethan’s right — it’s over. The Gee Oh Pee has officially succumbed to radical, extremist teabagger dementia.
Breathtaking….
Again Folks. This is the really really big news of the day. Forget about that tiny band of crazy teabaggers. Talk up this major news of the day.
How to Decaffinate Old Used Teabaggers!
AARP Endorses House Health Care Reform Bill.
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/66533-aarp-endorses-house-healthcare-bill
“Democrats scored a huge coup Thursday when the AARP announced its endorsement of the House healthcare bill.
The public support from the seniors’ lobby comes just two days before House members are set to vote on the landmark legislation.
“We started this debate more than two years ago with the twin goals of making coverage affordable to our younger members and protecting Medicare for seniors,” AARP CEO Barry Rand said in a statement. “We’ve read the Affordable Health Care for America Act and we can say with confidence that it meets those goals with improved benefits for people in Medicare and needed health insurance market reforms to help ensure every American can purchase affordable health coverage.”
While the endorsement hardly guarantees success for the Democrats, the group has a fearsome track record of getting its way in major political debates. The AARP played a decisive role in derailing President George W. Bush’s effort to add private investment accounts to Social Security in 2005. Two years prior, the AARP enraged Democrats by endorsing and helping to enact Bush’s plan to add a prescription drug benefit to Medicare.
Polls have shown senior citizens to be the hardest segment of society to win over on healthcare reform. An intensified effort by the AARP could provide a significant boost to the effort.”
Liam – Yes, AARP endorsement is a biggy. And the elders take their votes seriously.
Greg – are you listening ?
Liam’s right — AARP is the *REAL* news today.
The teabaggers are irrelevant, pathetic losers who will soon be consumed by their irrational anger and virulent (self) hatred.
Catch you all on the next thread!
I third that re: AARP. This is the real news of the day, way way WAYYYYYYYYYYYYY more important than the sideshow. Way more important than the sideshow.
All, my rundown on the Bachmannalia I just witnessed:
http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/house-republicans/bachmannalia-whackjob-member-of-congress-becomes-genuine-national-figure/
Gibbs just summed up the GOP health care bill… he called it just a list of old ideas.
Ethan-
Re; Steele offing the Gee-oh-Pee. Awesome.
I’m enjoying this thread immensly.
Millions want the reform.
Elections have consequences. Move aside you crazy tea baggers.
With this endorsement by AARP, one thing is sure to follow…Beck and Co. would go after them. Would call on all teabagging grannys and pappies to withdraw membership. AARP must be ready to take them on…
What is most amazing is that this was Michele Bachmann’s attempt at getting herself out-there (no pun intended) and show her leadership skills in launching her bid for President 2012!
Palin//Bachmann 2012!