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Keith Olbermann looks at the silver lining of the John McCain lobbyist scandal…for John McCain. After months of excoriation by the right wing talkers, having a negative story by the “librul” New York Times (psst…wingnuts–Judy Miller, William Kristol, David Bobo Brooks, I’m just sayin’) gives the opportunity for the Limbaughs and Ingrahams to rise up in indignation and defend McCain from the mean liberals pointing out that Mr. Straight Talk may not be such a straight talker.
LIMBAUGH: The important question for John McCain today is is he going to learn the right lesson from this and what is the lesson? The lesson is liberals are to be defeated. You cannot walk across the aisle with them; you cannot reach across the aisle. You cannot welcome their media members on your bus and get all cozy with them and expect eternal love from them. You are a Republican. Whether you are a conservative Republican or not, you are a Republican. And at some point the people you cozy up to, either to do legislation or to get cozy media stories are going to turn on you. They are snakes. And if the right lesson is not learned from this, uh then it will have proved to be of no value. It’s a great opportunity her for Sen. McCain to learn the right lesson, understand who his friends are and who his enemies are. And he’s had that backwards, for way too long.
Understand who his friends are? It’s been said before, Republicans are not so big on facts.
Filed Under: Countdown/Keith Olbermann, John McCain, NY Times, Right Wing Pundits, Rush Limbaugh
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It’s a good excuse for Rush, Ann, Beck and the rest to come to the rescue. McCain then, will get his priorities straight.
Is crusading against McCain’t Limball’s way of staying relevant?
Rush still said if McCain is elected it will be the end of the Republican party.
Also, he looks like he’s wearing a bib in that photo. Must be time to chow down on some Vicodin.
If McCain gets the nomination, Rush and the rest will vote for him.
That is one well and truly disturbed individual.
I hope this fat decrepit turd get’s what’s looking to be a scandal riddled candidate to back. Have at it fat boy.
Seriously, this guy get’s wood when he get’s to “hate liberals”….This has nothing to do with St. John who he’d piss on in a heart beat…It’s that he has gotten a reason to “hate liberals” again…..Hallelujah !! Praise Hate !!!
‘Hating liberals” is as addictive to him as the crap he was swallowing into his bloated body to get stoned.
It would truly be a good thing if the far right, and people like Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter etc, along with most of the republican party, would only talk among themselves. Then the rest of us (the other 75%) can just get on with our lives, run the country, and we wouldn’t have to listen to them any more.
Yeah, Rush, Hannity etc. can use this opportunity to pretend their opinions matter again, but the damage is done. Their inability to control the GOP masses has been exposed.
The rank-and-file repukes called their bluff and now the fat guy and his ilk are desperately trying to look like they are still leading the parade.
atllibera’ @ 8:
If I was running things and I hope our nominee feels the same way, they wouldn’t be able to use the airways for their propaganda.
When McCain gets the nomination I’m going to enjoy quoting every single nasty thing that Conservatives said about McCain.
CD @ 11:
Forget the “Asshat Radio Pack”…. St John has enough “Voting” and senatorial baggage to fill a 100 car freight train. If the wing nuts go gutter politics this time they will lose big time….
My prediction is St John won’t even be the nominee. I think we will see the Baseball Glove come back around opening day.
What a terrible piece of filth. McCain is a nominee I can respect, Limbaugh is fucking Sloth that has no worth
I wish we stop feeding the trolls. If you keep feeding the trolls, they’ll all look mutated and fat like Rush LimBarf.
Egad, but Limbaugh is one seriously repugnant hypocrite. LIBERALS are the snakes. Riiiight.
poor limbaugh is a decent respected man! leave him alone, you librul vultures!
St. McCain was just a father figure to that woman. What he did was what he would do for any fawning blonde bimbo with a wad of special interest cash. Rush has to know St. John is as dishonest a Republican as any now up on charges or in the slammer.
Right Wingers always get a free pass.
“Oh I’m so sorry I suggested Lynching Michelle Osama, er’ I mean Obama. This is entertainment!”
the message on the tablet was valium.
My offering to the name list:
McPerpetualWar
McLobbyistLover
McCorruptCriminalCampaigner
McQuidProQuo
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of course the times did this to help Mc[please pick a name from above list].
This is the same paper that hired KKKristol for the election cycle.
This is the same paper that helped set the stage for the Iraq war-of-choice.
This is the same paper that sat on the wiretapping story through the 2004 election cycle.
Absolutely. They’re now rallying behind the man they most hated and villifying the NYT. It’s been all over Fox. Maybe the right wingers planned it that way. Anyone watch nbc nightly news? What was with the story about Barack Obama and the soldier in Afghanistan who told him they lacked equipment that was referenced in the debate? It wasn’t even clear why that was newsworthy, other than I suspect that well connected right wingers watchdogs brought it to nbc’s attention and insisted they make hay out of it, even though it was much ado about nothing. I’m tellin ya, these rethugs are already going after Obama in very sneaky sophisticated ways. We all know GE owns nbc. The Dems better wise up and figure out how to fight back.
Oh come on. They were going to back McCain anyway. They would have used the Hildabeast or Osama the Socialist rallying cry. They like to act like they are independent thinkers but they’re all butt-boys for the nutball right, knuckle-draggers all.
Why is this guy fat? Seriously, with all that money, all that free time, he could hire cooks, trainers, go to “health spas” , colonics, stomach stapling….there’s no excuse to be that unhealthy. Most working folks don’t have time to exercise and can only afford cheap over processed food. What a lazy piece of gristle.
the reichers are again setting the stage for paralyzing the government for the incoming Democratic President.
Limpball spews more shit out of his mouth than at the other end. He is one fat
sicko who needs to be institutonalized.
Strawberrybitch @ 23:
Limpballs is just as corrupt in appearance as he is to the ears.
No Surprise.
BTW, you just insulted fat people by lumping in Limpballs.
Ah yes, in the true spirit of bipartisanship!!! Why do these so called “experts” never ever take that trip down the political lane? I mean, they are famous left and right, but never venture into the ring. Why? Perhaps they truly don’t believe half the crap they spew. Unless of course you are Michelle Malkin. That woman is just right batshit crazy.
CoIntelPro @ 20:
Thanks, all keepers! I’ll honor your offer…
She offered her honor;
He honored her offer;
And all night long
He was on her and off her!
#’s 237-210I
;-)
I am beginning to smell a rat in all this. Wouldn’t the right wingnuts have benefitted the most from this story? It was in the Times hands in December, just about the time that McCain began his rally. The reicht-wingers hate McCain. At the time (December) it could have been used to destroy his campaign. Now that it has been published (after he has all but secured the nomination), it can be used as a rallying point for the jerks (mAnn, Limpball, Rannity, et al) who said they’d vote Democratic to rejoin the Repukelicans. Just a thought.
this fat, limp dicked, doctor shopping, oxy addict just proved what everyone chapped on bill clinton about last week…. when he said…. “dont think that just because everyone talks nice and stuff… that we will all get along suddenly… dont kid yourself… the republicans are not going to stopfighting…”
well…. this fat fuck just proved what we have to do and how we have to view them. we cant let these regressive assholes have one goddamn inch. not one. look what they have done to our country.
The NYT backed St.McBush’08™ already. Why isn’t anyone catching on that this whole charade was self-inflicted…to ramp up fund-raising and support from the kicking & screaming base.
a) critical reporting of Republicans = Republicans rally and are strengthened
b) no critical reporting of Republicans for fear it will strengthen them = Republicans are immune and strengthened
Yeah, Democrats better keep wringing those hands and second guessing themselves. The end result is the same, but it’s at least sadly amusing to watch as they overanalyze defeat out of the jaws of victory once again. WAKE UP!
Rush and Cindy both dig that hillbilly heroin.
The entire (211) current (as of Friday 12:01am pst) McName List:
I think this will be good in a double-doublecross sort of way. Lush and Mann Coulter and the like were acting like they were furious about McCrazy so the casual observer would think that he wasn’t a wingnut. The only way Grampa McCain has a chance is if independents think he’s actually a “Maverick,” and that wouldn’t work with Greater Wingnuttia backing him up. I think they jumped the gun on this one and will now be forced to line up behind their man prematurely, throwing independents like myself (albeit one who will probably never vote republican because I hate evil fuckups) to Obama.
Booyah?
White House Defends McCain, Blames NY Times
The correlation is clear and obvious to all but the dim witted.
Scy @ 22:
yes, but the point remains: they now have an excuse because, right on cue, the librul NYT handed them the opportunity on a platter. and by throwing in an unprovable sexual allegation, NYT destroyed their own credibility.
My favorite part of Rush’s morning rant was “the librul NYT decided who the republican candidate will be, picked our candidate for us!!!” no mowroon, the republican voters did that. The NYT endorsement was recent and no self respecting GOPee’r would base his opinion on a left wing rag.
Proud2bHumble @ 28:
*laughing until tears blur the vision*
Proud2bHumble @ 34:
I posted some more on another thread. McHomer? McMrBurns? McUlcers?
Romney’s team said today that it’s a shame what the NYT did…and that they should have done it in December when it would have been most advantageous for Romney. See, it’s not THAT you smear, it’s all in the timing.
L.A. Confidential @ 36:
But there are soooooooooooo many dimwits! :lol:
Eric Almighty @ 35:
So what you are saying is Republicans prematurely ejaculated??
Presumptive Republican nominee John McCain Friday said he hoped Fidel Castro’s resignation would be followed by his speedy demise, and rapped Democrat Barack Obama for offering talks with Cuba’s next leader.
When are mental examinations going to be required of all Republicans running for office? A possible President wishing death to a weaker opponent who’s not only no threat the the United Sates but has been attempting for years to open friendly trade and commerce?
BillT @ 38:
The New York Times endorsement impacted the friggin “state”….this pudgy drug addict doesn’t have an ounce of brains to share with the world. I long for the day when he and all the other hate radio bobble heads become an afterthought.
The fact this “moran” is given so much attention and credibility speaks volume of why we are so politically foulked up.
I’ve supported, and absolutely agreed with, the views of those on C&L and the few progressives that are left in your country - up until now that is. Now, I hope John MCcain becomes your president.
The reason is that the US must fall.
I believe, rhetoric aside, that democrats will fight to the death to preserve the status quo. The US has become the biggest rogue nation in the world - raping resources, impoverishing millions and forcing their economic influence on others in order to maintain it’s unsustainable life style.
John MCcain will do more than any Democratic candidate to ensure that the demise of the US will happen the quickest. The sooner the better for the rest of the world.
ConcernedCanuck @ 27:
Now if I were batshit crazy, I’d feel insulted. ;-)
Hell yes, the revelations of the past couple of days have shown (if you are willing to believe them) that McNut is in bed with lobbyist, he doing favors for them for contributions and is boinking one of them - and she is the correct sex!
McNut is denying right and left, spinning and dancing. He is acting like the epitome of a Republican.
Deep in their cold little hearts the cons can’t help but warm up to McNut.
CoIntelPro @ 26:
I tried not to, but if you look at stats, the poor tend to suffer from obesity more often, because of a lack of healthy food(too expensive), no access to exercise (no walking trails and gyms in poor neighborhoods) and lack of good preventative medicine. So when I see folks like Limpy, I get annoyed. PS Don’t get me started on the poorer schools cutting back on PE and recess….grrrrrrrrr.
L.A. Confidential @ 44: