ARRRGGGH. Left Wing Pundits can not be this stupid can they?.

[Perky]

I've caught large chunks of Ed, Tweety and KO and I am sure Rachel will follow with same theme tonight.

No one seems to get why Rush and other non-elected officials are slapping down the Sotomayor nomination. They keep saying that there is no political upside to the vehemence of the attacks and that it makes no sense. Are you kidding me? "our guys" are smarter than that aren't they?

To their credit, GOP senators are holding fire at least for now. Its those who aspire to higher office and those who make a living talking about politics that are yelling the loudest. for a very simple reason, Its not about politics, it is not even really about Sotomayor. It's about money.

Rush creates controversy to rally his base to listen to his show so that he can get more ad dollars. Same with Glenn Beck

Gingrich and Tancredo are calling her a racist, not because they intensely dislike her, but because it positions them to raise money from the base in 2012

Advocacy groups, trot out there argument and go on Faux News, so that they can raise more money.

Next wave will be emails and letters decrying Obama and scaring people about Sotomayor. You will see it from Dobson and Perkins and Robertson on the fundy side and a whole slew of official sounding groups with word like "legal" and defense in their names on the secular side.


It will strike fear on abortion and gay marriage and appeal for checks of $25, $50 or $100 to help us keep Obama from getting the most liberal judge in the history of the universe on the bench.

it really is that simple....but no one want to talk about it because its a one or two night story, I guess.


But oh wait.... I guess the longer our liberal talking heads talk about the politics of the moment, the more people get worried and the more they will tune in to be alternately incensed or scared shitless.

MSNBC and CNN did this same schtick last year during the primary when HRC had no practical chance of winnng. Egging things on as a titanic struggle when ther was no chance of an alternative conclusion....and talking about the Bradley effect in p;laces like PA, FL and OH lke there was no chance for a black man to overcome those barriers.

[islandmkl]

1. or just the opposite...

asshats can never have too much attention...

the more they are exposed, the more they are revealed, the more minds change...

[Perky]

2. I have no problem calling them asshats are talking about them incessantly

just talk about what is really going on here.

[backscatter712]

3. The right-wing attention whores are going to saturate the airwaves...

So we might as well get some punches in for our side..

Rush and Beck are not going anywhere. They're not going to stop what they're doing just because we turn our backs on them and ignore them. The best thing to do is call them out repeatedly, and ridicule them while we're at it, since they provide plenty of material.

[Perky]

4. Again I have no problem with talking about them

but for god's sake talke about what they are really up to. Its about the money.

[Cha]

5. I can see that..isn't it always

about Money? The repuke base activists have to give it all.

[Uzybone]

6. Its about ratings

scaring people, creating imaginary conflict is what drives ratings. As much as Im glad we have KO and Debbie Downer as tiny counterweights vs the corporate media, they are both MSM...they are in it for ratings.

[AlexanderProgressive]

7. Did you just called Tweety a "left-wing pundit?"

I'm a little confused.

[NorthCarolina]

8. They are effectively Cementing the Latino vote in the Democratic Column nt

[Kahuna]

9. DING DING DING DING DING!!! Both rush and hannity are in it for the

money alone. Nothing any Democrat does will alter their lavish lifestyles. The sheep that follow them and do their bidding (protecting the rich), are class one morans.

[MadMaddie]

10. They may not be far off from the truth

if the Repug party continues to attack the nominee they will lose the Hispanic vote for generations. They will also continue to lose the woman vote for generations.

By calling her a racist based of a out of context quote will continue to lose more Hispanic Voters.


Yes, we have to keep our eyes and continue to refute the lies of the Repugs....video is a wonderful thing. I want them to continue their attacks because they have crossed the line and the further they go they lose even more demographics!!

[depakid]

11. Seems to me it's wise to let them keep narrowing their base

to angry white guy and fundamentalists.

In doing so, they end up hamstrung- without flexibility to appeal to the growing demographics. And considering that the Senate Dems- and to a degree the Obama administration seems intent on selling issue after issue down the river- continued implosion on the right might the only things that helps them hold the line or make any gains.

[zulchzulu]

12. It's like a diabetic reaching for the bag of chocolates....

In the short term, the diabetic will not be hungry. In the nearer term, the diabetic will get one step closer to death.

So the GOP want to raise money from their base on the anti-Latina schtick... yeah, they'll get some money. They will also slice off the Woman and the Hispanic vote as a consequence. They will have more money to deliver bad messaging and further alienate the public.

Have some more chocolate... here, let me stuff it down your piehole.

[OwnedByFerrets]

13. KO DID bring up the money angle.

[TankLV]

14. Why are they even TALKING to these repuke idiots? They made very clear that they would oppose

ANYBODY - even a blank piece of paper!!!

Why hasn't ANY media WHORE brought THAT up TO THEIR FUCKING FACES!!!

[Beacool]

15. Neither CNN nor MSNBC did Hillary any favors, quite the contrary.

Particularly MSNBC which became the unofficial Obama network with their collective tingling legs.

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