(https://conservativepoliticalforum.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages53.fotki.com%2Fv138%2Fphotos%2F1%2F1595431%2F8259098%2Fprofessionals_at_work-vi.png%255Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fimages53.fotki.com%2Fv138%2Fphotos%2F1%2F1595431%2F8259098%2Fprofessionals_at_work-vi.png&hash=3068e7aaa6d7b175620221357a73904102ffee0d)
When even these navel-gazers tell us it was a slow news week, it really and truly was. It's even so slow I'm wasting space here about it!...
Keith Olbermann showed up on historically-bottom-rated ABC, saying it's time to get
overrrrrrrrrrr that silly little thing about Obama's dog-munching as a boy.
Someone who gets fired for an ego beyond the bounds of normal psychiatry is now telling us, fuggeddaboudit, move on.
Then conservative George Will echoes this but adds it's all the media's fault for harping on it because there was nothing else to write about that week.
Quote"It raises the level of absurdity to something exponential," Olbermann said on "This Week" about the Romney campaign criticizing Obama for consuming dog meat when he was 6 years old.
"With so many valuable questions going on, we're wasting most of the time dealing with the dogs," the former MSNBC and CurrentTV host said.
But ABC's George Will said neither the candidates nor their campaigns are responsible for the recent dominance of dogs in the presidential race. Instead, he said, the media is to blame.
"The horse race is over, and the sugar rush that the media got from that is gone, and therefore they're looking for something to keep their mind off, I guess, big questions," Will said during the "This Week" roundtable.
Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan argued that with the breakneck speed of the campaign this year, dogs may be the topic of the week, but they are not here to stay.
"There are literally thousands of people in the United States now who are employed to cover these campaigns minute by minute and they need something to say," Noonan said. "And so it's dogs today. It'll be cats tomorrow."
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/04/keith-olbermann-dog-gate-exponentially-raises-absurdity-of-campaign/ (http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/04/keith-olbermann-dog-gate-exponentially-raises-absurdity-of-campaign/)
The first absurdity here is to allow Olbermann onto ANY news program, since if you want real comedians you could always trade up for an appearance by Al Gore, who
fired Olbermann. It's absurd to listen to him carry water for the Kenyan in the first instance.
The second absurdity is that the longer PuppyChowGate stays in the news, the longer sentient adults may recall this anti-American despot was raised outside our country, and eating dog is only ONE symptom of why he is all wrong to be leading America.
Keith Olbermann would call you the Worst Person in the World for talking down about his messiah. So fuhgeddaboudit, change da subject, hey? No more Kenyans-and-Bits gags. Move on to those evil Republicans, OK?....
Oh. What's the third absurdity? It was such a slow news week that these deep thinkers of politics couldn't find anything better to blame their own media for than doing their jobs and providing news content (weak as it was).
God help us, we're running out of ways to avoid talking about the economy under Obama, or the horrific impact of that socialized medical program -- or the minor differences between it and Romneycare. Jeez-Louise, how're we gonna cover for Hussein when the Secret Servicing thing and this dog thing are just too newsworthy
NOT to notice?!?!
And the fourth absurdity? It took THIS LONG before anyone actually read one of Obama's books, before noticing that bit about scarfing down Fido.
The thing about the puppy chow thing is that it's not really relevant. I mean, it's a lame emotional issue where a lot of Americans own dogs and will go "oh no, not Spot!!!" But then again, a lot of Americans also abandon a lot of dogs and go "who gives a s**t about Spot?" Supposedly we're a dog-loving country but not really.
Realistically, it's a non-issue because there are a lot of reasons to actually hate Obama which are way more relevant. On the other hand, you could say that a lot of things that the left loves (e.g., totally fake 'War on Women,' the Trayvon Martin issue) which are entirely fabricated. And it's hilarious how Keith Olbermann suddenly gets all incensed about THIS irrelevant issue thanks to his man-love for Obama.
Quote from: C-B-M on April 23, 2012, 10:55:55 AM
The thing about the puppy chow thing is that it's not really relevant. I mean, it's a lame emotional issue where a lot of Americans own dogs and will go "oh no, not Spot!!!" But then again, a lot of Americans also abandon a lot of dogs and go "who gives a s**t about Spot?" Supposedly we're a dog-loving country but not really.
Realistically, it's a non-issue because there are a lot of reasons to actually hate Obama which are way more relevant. On the other hand, you could say that a lot of things that the left loves (e.g., totally fake 'War on Women,' the Trayvon Martin issue) which are entirely fabricated. And it's hilarious how Keith Olbermann suddenly gets all incensed about THIS irrelevant issue thanks to his man-love for Obama.
In fairness, it's an election year, and non-issues are usually blown out of proportion.
In fact, I think the whole Obama eating dog story came out because someone from the Obama campaign reminded us about the Romney "kennel on roof of car" story for the umpteenth time.
A lot of "anti-Obama" stories come out because it's easy to show liberals being hypocrites. My personal favorites:
1) The fact that Obama's secretary pays a higher tax rate than he does after lecturing people about how unfair it is for the rich to pay "such a low tax rate."
2) The fact that Obama doesn't send any money to his half-brother in the hut after lecturing people about our obligations to take care of others.
3) The fact that Obama flies separate jets for himself and Mooch-elle after lecturing people about "man made global warming" and "the privileged class."
The Obama's, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson...it's always do as I say and not as I do.
All of them like to live "high on the hog". Bet some of you never heard that expression. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Quote from: Holly on April 23, 2012, 01:17:27 PM
The Obama's, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson...it's always do as I say and not as I do.
All of them like to live "high on the hog". Bet some of you never heard that expression. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
You must be a very young lady, I remember my grandfather would say that. But I think you can change that to "High on the Dog" now. :lol: