Chris Wallace Goes Off On NRA Leader Wayne LaPierre

I have always been an undercover fan of Chris Wallace, I just hate that he works for Fox News.  Wallace not only pointed out the contradictions and misplaced anger of the NRA.  He specifically addresses the NRA advertisement released attacking the president’s family released a few weeks ago.

Sidenote, I do agree that there shouldn’t be a limit on the number of guns people should have.  If a killer wants to kill, he’ll use a gun, doesn’t matter how many he has.  In addition, the law may effect gun collectors who legitimately have a passion for different guns styles and hunting.

Fox News Psychologist Makes Profound Deduction About Newt Gingrich

So, Fox News actually has a “medical team” and one of those members, Dr. Keith Ablow decided to analyze Newt Gingrich’s infidelity issues and came up with some amazing conclusions.

First, I do agree that infidelity in his marriage really doesn’t dictate how he’ll be as a President.  However, the rest of his theories and conclusions are a little far from reality and “reasonable” as he puts it.  Dr. Ablow writes,

1) Three women have met Mr. Gingrich and been so moved by his emotional energy and intellect that they decided they wanted to spend the rest of their lives with him.

Really? That’s a major assumption, not only assuming that these women wanted to be with him because of his “emotional energy and intellect” but also for assuming Gingrich has great emotional energy and intellect.

2) Two of these women felt this way even though Mr. Gingrich was already married.

3 ) One of them felt this way even though Mr. Gingrich was already married for the second time, was not exactly her equal in the looks department and had a wife (Marianne) who wanted to make his life without her as painful as possible.

Conclusion: When three women want to sign on for life with a man who is now running for president, I worry more about whether we’ll be clamoring for a third Gingrich term, not whether we’ll want to let him go after one.

Really now!? Because three women wanted to be with Newt Gingrich, that means we’d be clamoring for a third term.  One piece of information not here is that having women all over Gingrich doesn’t indicate the effectiveness of his policies.

4) Two women—Mr. Gingrich’s first two wives—have sat down with him while he delivered to them incredibly painful truths: that he no longer loved them as he did before, that he had fallen in love with other women and that he needed to follow his heart, despite the great price he would pay financially and the risk he would be taking with his reputation.

Conclusion: I can only hope Mr. Gingrich will be as direct and unsparing with the Congress, the American people and our allies. If this nation must now move with conviction in the direction of its heart, Newt Gingrich is obviously no stranger to that journey.

Basically Gingrich is wish-washy about women, doesn’t know what he wants and that’s seen as having a truthful honest character?  I’m not denying Gingrich is probably one of the most straightforward politicians on the republican side, but how is this also not an indication that when he’s president, he wouldn’t be able to make solid decisions and stand by them?  If Dr. Ablow can make his conclusions about Gingrich, then surely my conclusions would also be applicable.

5) Mr. Gingrich’s daughters from his first marriage are among his most vigorous supporters. They obviously adore him and respect him and feel grateful for the kind of father he was.

Yeah, because he’s their father! Probably got them into the best ivy league schools based on name recognition alone and probably pays for their expenses….what child wouldn’t be a vigorous supporter.

If Dr. Ablow is correct to say that his marriage and infidelity issues means nothing to indicate bad presidential material, then neither are the good conclusions he comes up with.

NBC Suspends Keith Olbermann, Liberals Go Batshit

Just another blow to democrats after Tuesday is the suspension by NBC of the most popular host on MSNBC, Keith Olbermann.  Liberals are taking to twitter going crazy with calls for petitions and calling MSNBC,

RT @PaulPimentel: Call 212 664 4444 to demand @msnbc reinstate Olbermann now. #p2 #labor—
patti (@utbrp) November 05, 2010

Daily Kos, Salon and The Nation need to start petition to reinstate @KeithOlbermann (cc: @markos @joanwalsh @KatrinaNation )—
Rutherford Lawson (@RutherfordL) November 05, 2010

Now I’m not necessarily the biggest fan of Keith Olbermann as stated plenty of times on this blog and elsewhere and I stopped watching his show years ago.  However, I am completely understanding of what liberals must be going through.  There’s really no one else like him, that speaks for the hardcore liberal base.  I have mixed feelings,

First, the argument against NBC seems to be one of, “Why suspend him when Fox News hosts have blatantly donated to republicans!”.  Well, the truth is that, NBC has higher standards than Fox News.  I don’t even like this argument because it seems to put Fox News and NBC in the same category as “news media” when clearly Fox News is not real news, but mainly propaganda for republicans.

Next, Keith Olbermann shouldn’t have donated to campaigns without getting permission first.  MSNBC policy states,

If a contribution, monetary or otherwise, to a candidate or group with a political or social agenda could create the appearance of a conflict of interest due to the employee’s responsibilities at MSNBC.com, the contribution must receive the prior approval of the section Executive Producer or Editor in Chief. Any participation in a political campaign must be reported to the employee’s immediate manager.

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Which is why the argument of saying, “Joe Scarborough made contributions too” is ineffective.  Maybe he got approval?

But, what about NBC? He is clearly a staunch liberal, are they just now realizing this?  Why the harsh treatment?  Clearly this gives the impression that someone at NBC does not like Olbermann.  Simply taking him off the air for a week, no pay would have been sufficient punishment.

Also, NBC may want to keep journalistic integrity among their journalists.  The problem is that Keith Olbermann isn’t a journalist, just like Glenn Beck or Sean Hannity isn’t a journalist.  They are commentators that just happen to have their own shows during prime-time.  I believe there should be very different rules for real journalists and commentators when it comes to contributions.  I also don’t think the public, even teabaggers, are dumb enough to believe the Keith Olbermann and Sean Hannitys’ of the world are real journalists that have ever showed unbiased integrity.

My prediction is that Keith Olbermann will come back next week or the week after with an on air apology.  He will also likely cry in the process.  But, I don’t think he will lose his show.  Unfortunately for MSNBC, they don’t get as good as ratings as Fox News and they can’t afford to lose Keith Olbermann.  He created his job security by being a sane voice in the political talkshow realm and gaining a huge audience with great ratings.  MSNBC losing Keith Olbermann will only leave them with LOCKUP….and that only airs late nights and on the weekends where their only base audience will be a bunch of rednecks, old ladies and some bored teenagers.

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Palin Uses Palm Notes And Still Fails

I don’t really understand Sarah Palin. Sure, she’s not that smart, I think even her conservative fans understand that. But she used prepared notes and still failed at talking on the subject of Bush Tax Cuts for the rich.

Issue number one is that she lied about what’s actually being proposed and what the tax cuts actually cost, according to Think Progress via PEW,

For one thing, according to the Pew Economic Policy Group, an extension of all of the Bush tax cuts will cost $3.1 trillion over ten years, once the costs of servicing the debt are factored in. But no one has proposed allowing them all expire, and it’s incredibly disingenuous of Republicans to claim otherwise, especially since it was a budget gimmick by former President George W. Bush to include the ten-year sunset at all.

Issue number two is that, she is one of the rich people! Of course she’s going to protect her assets by bashing Pres. Obama.  Anyone that can’t see through this foolery, is sick.

I don’t think many expect her to be smart and a policy wonk, but we should expect her to be.  She was a freaking Governor at one point til she quit.  I find it hard to believe that she even believes the crap she spews.  If she was so passionate about the issue, why can’t she recall her cheap talking points off the top of her head?  And why does she have to lie?

Her true lack of understanding and complete inarticulate way of talking disgusts me.  But, I shake my head more at the conservatives that feed into this woman.

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Fox News Uses Mushroom Cloud To Overdramatize Obama’s Nuke Deal

For those that missed it, Obama signed a nuclear arms pact with Russian Pres. Medvedev.  By most accounts, it’s a pretty straight forward reasonable pact.  However, this is an issue that republicans plan to use against Pres. Obama…of course at their own peril.   On to Fox News, which as we all know, not real news, but instead a republican propaganda machine.  So they previewed their upcoming talk about Obama singing the nuke pact with Russia.  Of course, not without some over-dramatic phrases like, “Until it’s too late” oh and let’s not forget the ultimate image of fear…the mushroom cloud.

Gotta love these over-dramatic effects.  Fox News is becoming not only a propaganda machine, but something of the cartoonishly fake nature in appearance.  This is supposed to be a news channel? Please…

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