She works for MSNBC so of course it doesn't count. Because MSNBC loves Obama and helped pull the wool over the Supreme Court's eyes by securing the machinery necessary to forge Obama's birth certificate and imprint an accurate Seal of Hawaii.

/You'd be surprised what Keith Olbermann screams when he comes.
//Rachel Maddow is Barney Frank in drag. Don't tell anyone!

sloppy shoes: She works for MSNBC so of course it doesn't count. Because MSNBC loves Obama and helped pull the wool over the Supreme Court's eyes by securing the machinery necessary to forge Obama's birth certificate and imprint an accurate Seal of Hawaii.

/You'd be surprised what Keith Olbermann screams when he comes.
//Rachel Maddow is Barney Frank in drag. Don't tell anyone!

to them, obama is b-rock "the islamic shock" hussein superallah obama, because they have his actual birth certificate hidden away.

Surprisingly, Mitchell concurred. "I take your point, Mr. Frank, Mr. Chairman. You're right, and we plead guilty because this culture right now of gotcha has gotten completely out of control."

Yes Mr. Frank... whatever you say Mr. Frank. Of course we shouldn't bring forth truth but rather just rubber stamp all of your party's picks in the future. Please accept our collective apology.

Snowflake Tubbybottom: Surprisingly, Mitchell concurred. "I take your point, Mr. Frank, Mr. Chairman. You're right, and we plead guilty because this culture right now of gotcha has gotten completely out of control."

Yes Mr. Frank... whatever you say Mr. Frank. Of course we shouldn't bring forth truth but rather just rubber stamp all of your party's picks in the future. Please accept our collective apology.

people have been dropping out of consideration for some inane shiat.

burndtdan:
people have been dropping out of consideration for some inane shiat.

If Democrats, and Barney Frank for that matter, had any balls they would stand up to this farce of a President. The Federal Government needs to stop spending money. BUSH PROVED REGULATIONS DON'T WORK. Why do you want to pay for appointments who won't do anything?

/STOP THE SPENDING. SHUT GOVERNMENT DOWN!!!!

burndtdan: people have been dropping out of consideration for some inane shiat.

That may be but its Obama who nominating and Democratic Senators who get the say on the consent.

Its a little wishy washy to agree with Frank that its somehow wrong to point out fact as an excuse when they don't have the balls to pass them anyway.

Fox News is the most watched news channel, ergo it is the definition of MAINSTREAM.
Fox News is a conservative right leaning news channel, ergo the mainstream media is conservative.

They all have their bias, but to say that Fox News and Rush are the little guy is about as pathetic as Microsoft saying that Apple produces the mainstream liberal OS.

Which is BS.

I find the fact that they accuse others of Bias whilst ignoring their own is disingenuous to say the least.

But they know they are full of shiat. It is their flock, that is well, not the sharpest tool in the shed. Well sharp as a bowling ball.

burndtdan: to them, obama is b-rock "the islamic shock" hussein superallah obama, because they have his actual birth certificate hidden away.

Still one of my favorite shoops of all time.

Oh, and does anyone except the Repubs still believe in the 'liberal media' bullshiat?

Could someone please remind me what is the big deal with "scandals" coming out during confirmation hearings?

Isn't that the whole point? To uncover any problems or misconduct so that it doesn't come up AFTERWARDS and call their abilities into question?

Isn't this a good thing that they're not slipping under the radar?

And does anyone honestly think we wouldn't be finding skeletons in the closets of Republicans tapped for various positions?

sigh. The butthurt is pathetic.

If Chas Freeman had been nominated by Bush, people on the Left would have gone mental.

Dan the Schman: Could someone please remind me what is the big deal with "scandals" coming out during confirmation hearings?

Isn't that the whole point? To uncover any problems or misconduct so that it doesn't come up AFTERWARDS and call their abilities into question?

Isn't this a good thing that they're not slipping under the radar?

And does anyone honestly think we wouldn't be finding skeletons in the closets of Republicans tapped for various positions?

sigh. The butthurt is pathetic.

You can't find skeletons in Republican closets because all their gay hookers are in the way.

Falcc: Dan the Schman: Could someone please remind me what is the big deal with "scandals" coming out during confirmation hearings?

Isn't that the whole point? To uncover any problems or misconduct so that it doesn't come up AFTERWARDS and call their abilities into question?

Isn't this a good thing that they're not slipping under the radar?

And does anyone honestly think we wouldn't be finding skeletons in the closets of Republicans tapped for various positions?

sigh. The butthurt is pathetic.

You can't find skeletons in Republican closets because all their gay hookers are in the way.

The gay hookers are the skeletons. Actual skeletons.
/havent dumped em in da river yet.

If I ever have a kid, and it's a boy, I am insisting on the middle name "Superallah".

Falcc:You can't find skeletons in Republican closets because all their gay hookers are in the way.

Actually, you can't find skeletons in Republican closets because the Republicans spend so much time in their closets that they would have taken care of it before anyone else saw it.

The media does tend to have a liberal mask, which is good for covering up for it's conservative masters.

sloppy shoes: She works for MSNBC so of course it doesn't count. Because MSNBC loves Obama and helped pull the wool over the Supreme Court's eyes by securing the machinery necessary to forge Obama's birth certificate and imprint an accurate Seal of Hawaii.

/You'd be surprised what Keith Olbermann screams when he comes.
//Rachel Maddow is Barney Frank in drag. Don't tell anyone!

Trolling or retarded - You decide.

sloppy shoes: BUSH PROVED REGULATIONS DON'T WORK.

*head explodes*

sloppy shoes: burndtdan:
people have been dropping out of consideration for some inane shiat.

If Democrats, and Barney Frank for that matter, had any balls they would stand up to this farce of a President. The Federal Government needs to stop spending money. BUSH PROVED REGULATIONS DON'T WORK. Why do you want to pay for appointments who won't do anything?

/STOP THE SPENDING. SHUT GOVERNMENT DOWN!!!!

They tried that shiat in 1929, it didn't turn out so well.

/definitely retarded.

Snowflake Tubbybottom: Surprisingly, Mitchell concurred. "I take your point, Mr. Frank, Mr. Chairman. You're right, and we plead guilty because this culture right now of gotcha has gotten completely out of control."

Yes Mr. Frank... whatever you say Mr. Frank. Of course we shouldn't bring forth truth but rather just rubber stamp all of your party's picks in the future. Please accept our collective apology.

Yes, because Mrs. Greenspan has always sucked Dem cock. Shut up, douche.

Sabyen91:
Yes, because Mrs. Greenspan has always sucked Dem cock. Shut up, douche.

Why would you suck anything but Dem cock? Republican cock always tastes like asshole.

twat_waffle: If I ever have a kid, and it's a boy, I am insisting on the middle name "Superallah".

Falcc:You can't find skeletons in Republican closets because all their gay hookers are in the way.

Actually, you can't find skeletons in Republican closets because the Republicans spend so much time in their closets that they would have taken care of it before anyone else saw it.

The closets are probably very nicely decorated too.

John McCain was involved in shady dealings that are worse than any tax cheat, and not only was he let off the hook, he was the Republican nominee for President.

/double standards FTW!

Snowflake Tubbybottom: burndtdan: people have been dropping out of consideration for some inane shiat.

That may be but its Obama who nominating and Democratic Senators who get the say on the consent.

Its a little wishy washy to agree with Frank that its somehow wrong to point out fact as an excuse when they don't have the balls to pass them anyway.

What good would that do when they've withdrawn?

It's funny that even when a liberal media news outlet admits that there is liberal bias in the news media, the liberals still deny the obvious while running around trying to silence talk radio with a "Fairness Doctrine".

Andrea Kramer admits that the press always goes gotcha against Presidential nominees and subby uses that for proof there is no such thing as liberal bias in the media? That is soooooo cute.

/liberal bias in the media is as real as conservative bias in the media. You get the NYT, you get talk radio. You get CNN, you get Faux News. You....

Dan the Schman: And does anyone honestly think we wouldn't be finding skeletons in the closets of Republicans tapped for various positions?

Do you honestly think people don't look when it is republicans, or that the media will ignore it because of their party?

Descartes: /liberal bias in the media is as real as conservative bias in the media. You get the NYT, you get talk radio. You get CNN, you get Faux News. You....

You think CNN and the NYT are liberal?

The nucking futs are strong in this thread.

here's a fun game...click on this link...

Link (warning...Rush Limbaugh)

...and count how many times you read some variation of the phrase "Drive-By Media"...working overtime for the new boogeyman

+5 Toll points to the Butthurtmitter for using "Imaginary liberal media" and MSNBS in the same headline.

GAT_00: Oh, and does anyone except the Repubs still believe in the 'liberal media' bullshiat?


Stop drinking the Kool Aid.

What is it like to be retarded and think you are not retarded? I hear it is bliss.


/ (D)umbasses

Bias.

You don't have to know you have it to have it.

Liberal/Conservative media bias is just hype. The only legitimate bias is the controversy/conflict/sex-that-give-us-ratings bias. Going after the Obama nominees gets ratings. If it didn't, they wouldn't do it. Plain and simple.

News is a business, and they don't make money reporting good things. If one of the networks tends to appeal to individuals of a one side of the ideological spectrum, that's a business decision, not a byproduct of the journalists' personal political perspectives.

Yep, hard hitting underhanded questions such as: Did you pay your taxes?

maniacbastard: Fox News is the most watched news channel, ergo it is the definition of MAINSTREAM.
Fox News is a conservative right leaning news channel, ergo the mainstream media is conservative.

They all have their bias, but to say that Fox News and Rush are the little guy is about as pathetic as Microsoft saying that Apple produces the mainstream liberal OS.

Which is BS.

Whatever...

The only reason all these scandals are erupting is this is the most public, transparent vetting of candidates ever. If/when the Republicans reclaim the presidency, they're going to do the whole thing behind closed doors and frog-march their people out for a quick approval vote.

You can't ascend to the heights of society without stepping over a lot of bodies.

Bored Horde: The only reason all these scandals are erupting is this is the most public, transparent vetting of candidates ever. If/when the Republicans reclaim the presidency, they're going to do the whole thing behind closed doors and frog-march their people out for a quick approval vote.

You can't ascend to the heights of society without stepping over a lot of bodies.

Why mess with 200 years of tradition? ;o)

All I know is it was on in the background while i was working. Imagine my surprise to hear Andrea Kramer apologizing...

Descartes: Andrea Kramer

bglove25: Andrea Kramer

Who the fark is Andrea Kramer?

Ah yes, the Liberal Media. They would certainly never gush over...



...ah, spit.

chipspastic: Descartes: Andrea Kramer

bglove25: Andrea Kramer

Who the fark is Andrea Kramer?

I think they mean Andrea Kremer.

"MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell admits media's finally been practicing gotcha journalism on Obama nominees."

Fixed

FTA

Mitchell asked Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) about Thomas Friedman's New York Times column that morning, in which he called it "insane" that "dozens of key appointments at the Treasury Department" are held up over minor infractions.

Oh really? Would it be a minor infraction if the rest of us just didn't pay our taxes?

Gotcha jounalism my ass - that was suckup journalism, plain and simple.

Try playing the tape of Bawney Fwank about Freddie and Fannie, then you ask some pointed questions you biatch!

Andrea Mitchell's abnormally large mouth is only good for one thing.

She gets snotty when the Liberals attack her husband. See how liberals are? In the end, they eat their own.

Hmm. Liberal commentator from liberal station says there's no liberal bias and that liberal journalists have been practicing unliberal "gotcha" journalism.

Oh ok. I guess I believe her then.

Imaginary liberal media bias is alive and well. MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell admits media's been practicing gotcha journalism on Obama nominees AND feels bad about it.

Falcc:
You can't find skeletons in Republican closets because all their gay hookers are in the way.

Gay hookers *LOOK* like skeletons.

/'Cause of the AIDS.

Ya.. sure she has.

"MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell admits media's been practicing gotcha journalism on Obama nominees..."

So? Journalism is about "gotcha". A politician says something stupid/naive and the Fourth Estate plasters it all over the walls for everyone to hear. That's their farking job - bringing politicians/politics to us because we have real jobs and can't follow the turds around by ourselves.

cchris_39: Try playing the tape of Bawney Fwank about Freddie and Fannie, then you ask some pointed questions you biatch!

Andrea Mitchell's abnormally large mouth is only good for one thing.

Let's play the tape where Barney Frank, as head of a committee (before 2005, when the collapse first started), blocked, stopped, held up, killed, or otherwise gummed up - SINGLEHANDEDLY - oversight of Mae/Mac. You can't. Wanna know why? He wasn't head of a committee, and wasn't in a position to do anything more than speak his mind. Ask Mike Oxley (R-OH) what could/should have been done.

// also, "Frank says that he and Republican Congressman Ron Paul 'first bonded because we were both conspicuous nonworshipers at the Temple of the Fed and of the High Priest Alan Greenspan.'"
// leathery food for thought, non?

before 2005, when the collapse first started

Nice attempt there. Good move.

That way, you can ignore the tapes of Barney Frank telling us that it was not really a problem.

You also managed to skip the large role he played in actually passing the several pieces of legislation that triggered a lot of the problems.

And the biggest scam you almost pulled was pretending that Frank wasn't the ranking Democrat on the Financial Services Committee in 2003, and pretty much single-handedly blocked the early attempts to put some brakes on the issue.

The money quote from that year, when he was fighting to prevent additional oversight: "The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing."

The media play GOTCHA with everyone, except Obama.

Obama has gotten a free ride unlike anything ever seen before. The backlash will kick in eventually.