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MadBadger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 11:13 AM
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Bill MOyers Destroys Pathetic O'Reilly Producer During Ambush
 
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Complete with beautiful ambush at the end.
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mystieus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 11:17 AM
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1. Remember Bill promising $20 a barrell oil for the Iraq war?
Let's see if Bill O' mentions any of this on his Fair & Balanced program.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 07:33 PM
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64. They still will get $20 a barrell - those republicans will by golly!!
They'll just change the barrell to the size of a shot glass

:eyes:
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newamericanpatriot Donating Member (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-09-08 10:09 AM
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115. My o'lielly sendup pics....
Edited on Mon Jun-09-08 10:18 AM by newamericanpatriot
I just love photoshop.

Here are some fun little projects I did involving O'Lielly:




fullsize version here (click on site graphic)




Lots more to see http://www.cafepress.com/aliberaldose">here too.

And the unbelievable, cringe-inducing story of "Cap'n Falafel Strikes Again!":
http://aliberaldose.blogspot.com/2006/03/capn-falafel-strikes-again.html

Whaddacreep.
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RoyGBiv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 11:20 AM
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2. That was awesome.
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Texifornia Donating Member (399 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 11:24 AM
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3. Boo yah!
Smarmy little creep.
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ananda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 11:25 AM
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4. Boy, that Porter guy is a piece of work.
They asked him if he were a journalist,
to elaborate on what he meant when he
accused Moyers of "playing games" in a
previous conversation about appearing
on Bill O'Really?'s show.. and poor
Porter couldn't answer.

I loved the end part of Porter's conversation
with Moyers, when Moyers said he'd give
Porter some job recommendations if he decided
to become a real journalist. ROFL
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gristy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 11:27 AM
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5. Well, I wouldn't say he destroyed him. He did well, though.
Didn't see any ambush. :(
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trumad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 11:44 AM
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9. Totally Pwned him...
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ikojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 11:31 AM
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6. They have no shame!
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Gman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 11:35 AM
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7. Wow!
Tucked tail and ran for the door.


You throw rocks at a hornets' nest you better expect to get stung. The guy's got stings all over his ass.
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Tangerine LaBamba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 11:36 AM
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8. And this is how
the right-wing bigmouths begin to meet their end - with good manners, calm voices, acute reasoning, and never, never, never setting foot on their turf.

Brilliant. Beautiful.

Thank you.
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Labors of Hercules Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 12:10 PM
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15. never, never, never setting foot on their turf.
Damn right. 100%. :thumbsup:
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Berry Cool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 11:49 AM
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10. Of course, he could have done it much faster just by taking Keith Olbermann's advice.
Answering him with: "You know, as I was saying to Andrea Mackris the other day..."
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bluerum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 11:53 AM
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11. miscreants attacking giants - that could only have ended badly for the O'Liely weasel
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gmudem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 12:06 PM
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12. That is some serious ownage right there
Bravo Bill Moyers! I wonder how much longer Porter Barry will have a job for.
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Sam Ervin jret Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 12:06 PM
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13. Bill-o you coward. Sending some other man to do your job, To send this guy to confront an actual
reporter who is capable of putting words together in a coherent fashion while you sit hiding somewhere is just so, so

Bill-o Fox Noise typical behavior.

Does your shame know no bounds Billy boy-o?
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ForeignSpectator Donating Member (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 12:06 PM
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14. Ran away like a beaten dog, tail between his legs...
Best line : "We had the feeling you were setting up an attack piece... kinda like this, kinda what we're doing to you right now"
That was awesome.

The RWers' bullshit houses of cards fall apart at the slightest blow, someone just has to make that little blow. After eight (or more) years of their bullshit determining the "discourse", it's time for them to get pawned like that EVERY time they open their mouths... they have nothing.
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Captain Angry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 12:25 PM
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16. And, Porter will never connect those dots.

He just got handed the treatment he doled out minutes before. And it will be spun as a partisan attack on a journalist by Moyers' thugs.
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Laf.La.Dem. Donating Member (924 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 12:31 PM
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17. Thank you
:applause:
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catrose Donating Member (591 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 09:02 PM
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75. Say hello to Lafayette for me
That's where I went to college.
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DailyGrind51 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 12:49 PM
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18. Moyers not only over-powers the guy verbally,
he uses his hand to take the offense, placing it on his shoulder in, what appears a friendly gesture, but really is a way of keeping the guy close, and then, taking Kennedyesque "karate" jabs in his direction.
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WorseBeforeBetter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 08:07 PM
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68. That's what I loved about it.
He was calm and gracious, and delivered it with a smile on his face.
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DailyGrind51 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 08:27 PM
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69. Notice how Moyers made the producer hold his microphone
close to his own chest, as if to block Moyers' hand gestures. Generally, the guy with the mike takes the offense, spearing the microphone into the interviewee's face. Not so with Moyers!
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WorseBeforeBetter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 08:41 PM
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72. I wonder what ol' Porter was thinking...
after that performance: 1) I'm gonna nail that guy; or 2) I gotta get out from under Faux "News." That couldn't have been a proud moment for him.

Moyers referring to O'Lielly's extensive use of editing was a nice touch. As well as the c'mon-now-Bill's-not-really-a-journalist jabs.
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DailyGrind51 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-09-08 07:39 AM
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103. Poter received an object lesson from a veteran journalist
on true professionalism. Porter lost before the interview even started!
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Middle finga Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 12:52 PM
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19. Outstanding, that's the way you deal with rightwing blowhards
and their little henchmen.
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Downtown Hound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 01:06 PM
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20. Wow. I almost felt sorry for that little twerp.
Almost. He looked like a puppy that had his bone taken away. You can tell he was just simply not expecting that. He was expecting to go in there, put Bill Moyers off his guard, humiliate him and walk off with a smug smile and a little chuckle. The right wingers have gotten so arrogant over the past few years that they simply expect their same tactics to work over and over again. When they fail they get all flustered and sheepish and act like they really have no idea what's going on. And the truth is, they don't. They're still living in the past, not realizing that they have shot their wad and America is on to their bullshit.

Job well done Mr. Moyers.
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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 01:14 PM
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21. O'Reilly doesn't have the courage to face a real journalist
A real journalist, like Bill Moyers, will ask O'Reilly about his ideas on journalism and its role in American society. Now, I can't say for sure, but it seems to me that O'Reilly's idea of journalism is propagating right wing crap. If I'm right, that will come out in a discussion between O'Reilly and Moyers on Moyers' turf.

On O'Reilly's turf, there will be no discussion. It will just be O'Reilly shouting down Moyers.

All considered, Mr. Moyers was very generous in giving a representative of Bill O'Reilly that much time. It's more than O'Reilly deserves.
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BearSquirrel2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 03:56 PM
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41. The problem with O'Reilly is it's heavily edited ...

The O'Leily factor is heavily edited. They just edit out whenever Bill looks like an ass.

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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 04:09 PM
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43. How do they fill the rest of the time slot?
Just asking.
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truedelphi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 11:50 PM
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89. He He.
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President Kerry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-09-08 09:31 PM
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127. If they did that, there would be no show..
And Bravo on the virtuoso performance by Bill Moyers. Unbelievable composure and common sense. I love the man.
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NorthCarolina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 01:25 PM
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22. Just WoW
Bill Moyers :yourock:
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Riddler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 01:28 PM
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23. Real journalists are the scourge of the O'Reilly go-fers Bill-o sends out to do his dirty work
for him because he's too chicken-shit to face them himself.
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swimmernsecretsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 01:36 PM
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24. Bill Moyers will do it live
Much better, and classier, and with truth and integrity. Listen and learn, Billo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j2YDq6FkVE



http://www.myspace.com/revolucian
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Creationismsucks Donating Member (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 01:46 PM
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27. Let's play a game...

Anybody want to call, ahead of time, how O'Reiley will cut and spin this? What one or two word cliche he will press into service in a new and utterly misleading way to reframe this?

Here's my guess: He's going to call Bill M a left wing bully.

"Talking points has said repeatedly that we will never encourage yellow journalism by engaging with and rewarding this kind of bullying from elements in the far left. Their own tape shows these cowards attacking our reporter."

Bill O = Ass
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Downtown Hound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 01:57 PM
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29. My guess is O'Reilly will ignore this one
He knows when he's lost, and he will do everything he can to try and pretend this little incident never happened.
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DUlover2909 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 03:28 PM
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God he is ugly.
 
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swimmernsecretsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 04:35 PM
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46. It bears repeating. nt
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DUlover2909 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 03:28 PM
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39. God he is ugly.
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yardwork Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 01:39 PM
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25. Wow. Watch it all the way to the end.
I'm so proud of those young journalists who followed up. That is what American free press is supposed to look like!
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ikojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 01:41 PM
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26. This guy from Fox noise probably recorded anyone who
Edited on Sun Jun-08-08 01:41 PM by ikojo
was wearing a Che Guevara shirt as well as those with anything saying Free Mumia literature. He probably recorded the tables passing out any literature to the left of the DLC and the New Republic (an).



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Quantess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 01:48 PM
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28. What did Mr. Porter want, when he approached Bill Moyers?
Why did he go up to Bill Moyers in the first place? I couldn't hear half of what he was saying.
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The Wielding Truth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 02:39 PM
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35. He wanted to know why Bill Moyers was at a left wing gathering.
He should have said,"Why not?".
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The Wizard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 03:27 PM
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38. People advocating a free press
as prescribed by the Constitution is a left wing gathering. That speaks volumes about Pox (deliberate typo) News and the fascist element it promotes and represents.
Thank Zeus I'm a left winger.
Murdoch must pay these suckers well to get them to go out in public and humiliate themselves. Someone should have taped a "kick me" sign to his ass.
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 07:51 PM
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66. Or... Why are you at a left wing gathering?
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marshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-09-08 08:54 AM
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108. Isn't he retired? Why shouldn't he go where he wants.
Now that he's on his own time he should go to whatever meetings he wants to attend.
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Tempest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-09-08 10:18 AM
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116. It wouldn't matter if Moyer was retired or not
He's a journalist and goes where the story is.
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Plucketeer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 02:00 PM
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30. Whoa!
Right in the NUTS! That wasa SO COOL! Oh BILL'O!!! You're up, jizzwad! :puke:
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Sunnyshine Donating Member (698 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 02:10 PM
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31. Thanks to Bill Moyers- for beating down all the Bill-O'Fascist everyday.
They really hate it when they get ambushed by a dose of their own dysfunctional failures.
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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 05:03 PM
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49. Thank You Bill Lov ya
You da Man
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 02:17 PM
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32. Owned!
:rofl:
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ooglymoogly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 02:27 PM
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33. Moyers and Co. danced a Fred Astaire on this empty flat head and he did not
even know what hit him. Looked like they were all having fun with this pompous village idiot, windbag, shining light on darkness.
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bluesmail Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 02:28 PM
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34. Reverse attack journalism...
:thumbsup: well that was worth watching!
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curiousdemo Donating Member (558 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 02:44 PM
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36. My..My..My...How table has turned....
He came in like Dirty Harry, and left running like Barney Fife....:rofl:
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Berry Cool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 09:46 PM
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82. Not surprising
He had only one bullet for his gun, and Billo made him keep it in his pocket.
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Phred42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 02:49 PM
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37. Moyers - All Class and Kicking ASS!
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Mozcram Donating Member (62 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 03:54 PM
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40. How many of you still miss the lesson?
Bill treats the man fairly well, and it is cool to see him do that.

Those who follow the man have ok questions for him, but they come across uncomfortably like
partisans out to gang up on someone.

And each time that something like that happens to us, we are outraged, but when it happens
to one of these folks, we are like, YEAH! COOL! PILE ON!

Demonizing the opponent is great in blowing off steam, feeling relieved that we know that
it is all really simple, us vs. them, good vs. evil.

Getting into the warfare aspect of it is fun, but I think we will do better in the long run
if we welcome people into our camp

I think we are better than this. So, he "got what he deserved" etc, but we who want good journalism, and respectful treatment should demonstrate what we believe in.

Otherwise we just give the others more evidence that we are bad guys (and then they play
the same game...)
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pacalo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 04:34 PM
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45. Yes, it would have been better to have put a period at the end of Moyers comments.
But the added, unnecessary piling on at the end pales in comparison to the comments on YouTube. I'm just really disheartened at the direction taken by a sector of Democrats; I thought we were better than that, too. I hope they don't lose the election by focusing on & engaging in arguments about certain aspects -- there could be multiples of USSC justices retiring in the next term.
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provis99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-09-08 07:47 PM
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126. It ain't piling on; its just returning the boomerang they aimed at our heads
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Raksha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 04:45 PM
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47. In the immortal words of Darth Cheney...SO????
Re Those who follow the man have ok questions for him, but they come across uncomfortably like partisans out to gang up on someone.

And each time that something like that happens to us, we are outraged, but when it happens to one of these folks, we are like, YEAH! COOL! PILE ON!


Why NOT pile it on??? When have THEY ever hesitated to do it to us???

Re I think we are better than this. So, he "got what he deserved" etc, but we who want good journalism, and respectful treatment should demonstrate what we believe in.

Hmmmm...low post count plus the lame "we are better than this" concern troll argument. That's kinda got the wheels spinning in my head, and methinks you are not part of "we."



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Barrymores Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 05:27 PM
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51. Your concern is noted. n/t
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Libby2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 06:17 PM
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54. No "we" aren't doing the same.
This difference is truth and integrity.
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jmondine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-09-08 12:19 AM
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91. I agree... and there is another difference
It would only be the same if the journalists had waited a day, then showed up at Porter's house, or at some function where he was to speak to a bunch of right wingers... or even continued to follow him after he went out in the street.
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bulloney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 06:44 PM
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57. Moyers' demeanor during the entire exchange shows he's secure with his position and statements.
Edited on Sun Jun-08-08 06:44 PM by bulloney
When you get into a yelling, name-calling match the way O'Reilly and most of these other RW talking stooges do, it's a sign that they know they're wrong; they have run out of valid talking points; and all they have left is to try to put down the person they're interviewing and yell over them when they attempt to give their talking points.

Most of the RW talk shows control who speak on the program so that it gives the listeners the impression that everyone's OK with the host's point of view. Rarely do you hear them allow a dissenting opinion reach the airwaves.
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mac56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 07:59 PM
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67. How sweet.
I guess you're just a better human being than I am. :eyes:

Come on. This isn't a goddamn tickle fight going on here.
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D23MIURG23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 08:55 PM
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74. I see your point about the ambush at the end
Edited on Sun Jun-08-08 09:36 PM by D23MIURG23
but I'm not that uncomfortable with it myself. This was a demonstration of the dirtiness and triviality of the tactics Porter himself is using in the employ of Bill O'Reilly. My guess is that this person had never been on the business end of his own tactics, and if he has any introspection, the question "is this journalism" might actually make it into his system.

If this approach was used outside of the above context I think I would be more turned off by it.
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zeos3 Donating Member (912 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-09-08 01:04 AM
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93. I liked this line best
"I'm an objective reporter and I've never used this technique before now" Who was that guy following Porter at the end? It shines a light on who these doofuses from Fox are and how they go about "getting the news"

Maybe that guy was pushing it a bit but I think an objective journalist would ask most of those questions to Porter after witnessing the exchange with Moyers.
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EVDebs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-09-08 10:52 AM
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118. Is this Porter guy any relation to Guckert...or TALON for that matter ?
I hear that Blackwater is going domestic in their intelligence gathering.
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 10:06 PM
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85. Are you kidding me?
That's what you are taking away from that segment? You're disheartened that some other reporters wanted to know what it's like to be a lackey for O'Lielly?
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progdonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 11:52 PM
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90. were you watching a different video?
This guy Porter went after Moyers; he put himself in that position. When it blows up in his face, and Moyers completely destroys him with calm Reason, why should we not be glad? If someone went to the zoo and started taunting the lions, and one of the lions was able to get a hold of him and ripped him to shreds, shouldn't everyone think, "Dumbass got what he deserved"?

And at the end, the reporters who follow him out and pester him with questions are simply putting him through what he was attempting with Moyers.

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EVDebs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-09-08 10:54 AM
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119. Reminds me of the old Binky the Bear incidents in Anchorage AK's zoo
Tourists and drunk kids would regularly jump in the cage with the polar bear and get mauled. Pretty soon Binky The Bear t-shirts with 'send in another tourist' were showing up...
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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-09-08 02:21 AM
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97. I Think It's You Who Needs to Learn
Edited on Mon Jun-09-08 02:22 AM by fascisthunter
that the bullshit you obviously swallowed long ago is not working for others. Try not to lose any sleep.

PS - thank you for your concern.
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-09-08 08:38 AM
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107. Unlike O'Reilly's attack dog here we do not wish to suppress opposing points of view.
And when confronted what does he do? Run off like a scared dog. I think you're missing the lesson here. Stand up to conservatives rather than wither and give in to keep the peace. Let guys like this melt down.
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McCamy Taylor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 04:03 PM
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42. Bravo! Encore!
:applause:
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Hekate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 04:13 PM
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44. Even on my crappy computer that was gorgeous! Looks like Moyers is a respected man among his peers
...and that this jerk was hounded out of the building by real journalists. Bill Moyers is as sharp as a tack and never misses a beat.

Hekate

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scytherius Donating Member (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 04:58 PM
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48. WOW - Dumb Righties
They are SO SO sad. Whenever they ahve to, ya know, answer questions and think they fail worse than a pre-schooler.
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 05:15 PM
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50. Thanks for posting this. Standing up to cheap bullies is always a good idea.
Found that out in junior high. Funny thing about growing so much from eighth to ninth grade, and hitting six feet - the cheap shotters kind of regretted messing with me. But that was physical, and O'Reilly is huge - as a person, and as an asshole.

Good for Bill Moyers. O'Reilly is an intellectual pipsqueak compared to Moyers.
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MindMatter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 05:40 PM
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52. On a related issue, how did the McCarthyism era end?
It seems to me that we may be reaching a similar point. In the case of McCarthy, it was one bully who had a bully pulpit in Congress. The corporations backed him because they saw that as the safe place to be. I'm not really tuned into how that changed, but I surmise there came a time when McCarthy was discredited and the corporations no longer saw safety in being behind him.

In our present case the bullies are in the media more than the government, but of course Cheney and Bush have been eager to feed the notion that there is a commie terrorist around every corner. However, it seems that we are starting to see a rebellion. I wonder how much longer before the likes of Limbaugh and O'Reilly are regarded in the same infamy as old Joe McCarthy.
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Snotcicles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 05:58 PM
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53. Ambush journalism takes a u-turn. I loved it. nt
Edited on Sun Jun-08-08 05:58 PM by Snotcicles
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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 06:29 PM
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55. PWNED!
That was amazing.
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BayjanDem Donating Member (318 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 06:40 PM
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56. Why does O'asswhipe keep
trying to mess with this guy?
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no limit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 06:50 PM
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58. That was the best thing I have ever seen.
Awesome!
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pjt7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 07:25 PM
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61. I swear, almost all the FOX
guy's are creepy like "PORTER"
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EVDebs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-09-08 10:56 AM
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120. Scarier still is that MySpace is run by News Corp and Rupert Murdoch's "people"
I'm seeing that Blackwater is doing domestic 'intelligence' for US corporations. Hmmmm.
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DireStrike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 07:24 PM
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59. I'd like to know what the edit is at 5:17 or so
In the context of the conversation, editing, any editing takes on a different meaning.
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 07:24 PM
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60. Repukes are puny losers
every last one of them. What a miserable excuse for a person "Porter" is - weak, scared bully.
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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 07:29 PM
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62. The after-the-ambush-ambush needs to take place everywhere the
scumsuckers from FOX show up - they need to be dogged off of the planet.

I'm all for freedom of the press, but I'm not sure they could be considered the press any more....


That was funny. I love Moyers.
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 07:32 PM
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63. Olbermann is going to have a ball with this
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babsbunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 07:44 PM
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65. This was so fun to watch!
Thank you!
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D23MIURG23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 08:30 PM
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70. I've never seen someone so completely out of thier league.
Ambushing Bill Moyers amidst a crowd of concerned journalists and an independant camera crew was not a smart thing to do. I hope a lot of people see this video.
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whatchamacallit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 08:31 PM
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71. Bwahahahahahahaha! Little weasel.
:rofl:
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Oilwellian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 08:45 PM
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73. That was a thing of beauty
Right back in their face. :D
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myrna minx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 09:17 PM
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76. Moyers is a brilliant professional. O'Reilly's neophyte "reporters"
Edited on Sun Jun-08-08 09:19 PM by myrna minx
don't have a chance. :rofl: In addition, Moyers' time with Johnson, a true intimidating man, makes little gnats like this guy, seem entertaining to him, I'm sure.
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 09:19 PM
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77. Beautiful.
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MNBrewer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 09:22 PM
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78. Bill Moyers is so admirable
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ExPatLeftist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 09:27 PM
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79. Hahaha - Ambush the ambusher! K&R n/t
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George II Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 09:32 PM
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80. Bill Moyers is the classiest, most objective and HONEST journalist in the media!
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HerbieHeadhunter Donating Member (382 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 09:42 PM
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81. That is rather painful to watch....
and even more painful to imagine how big of a douchebag "Porter" now feels himself to be.
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Bleacher Creature Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 09:47 PM
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83. One word comes to mind -- PATIENCE.
Bill Moyers is a saint.
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 09:56 PM
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84. Totally awesome
Edited on Sun Jun-08-08 09:59 PM by ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Nothing like watching the typical slimy, whiny, whimpering, Loofah-man licking, righteously indignant O'Lielly producer dressed down and forced to slink away like the weasel he is.
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Miss Chybil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 11:19 PM
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86. Beautiful. nt
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democracy1st Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 11:22 PM
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87. K & R
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 11:41 PM
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88. Now, that's entertainment!
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HCE SuiGeneris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-09-08 12:25 AM
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92. Now that, brought many smiles to my face!
:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

They really, really, don't like it when their attack machine is aimed at them. :applause:
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-09-08 01:04 AM
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94. K&R
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-09-08 01:08 AM
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95. Bill Moyers is amazing!
What a beautiful life he's having.
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OnceUponTimeOnTheNet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-09-08 02:05 AM
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96. The end is the best. AMBUSHED! k&r. nt.
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DFW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-09-08 02:35 AM
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98. To Republicans, oil IS $20 a barrel. Allow me to explain:
Republican barrels:
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Chrisnreno Donating Member (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-09-08 03:19 AM
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99. This is absolutely friggin' beautiful! Thanks for sharing this.
The way they ambushed and humiliated that fool at the end was the icing on the cake. Loved it. 10 stars!!
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brettdale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-09-08 04:50 AM
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100. THE PEOPLE FINALLY STAND UP!
I hope this is the start of something big.
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Guava Jelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-09-08 04:54 AM
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101. WTG Bill
:thumbsup:
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BrklynLib at work Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-09-08 06:57 AM
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102. Bill Moyers is an incredible hero. He deserves every award
that it is possible to give a journalist.
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meowomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-09-08 07:41 AM
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104. That was awesome!
The truth will set us free!
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reflection Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-09-08 07:56 AM
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105. From about 7:00 on, this thing is brutal.
:rofl:
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mnhtnbb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-09-08 07:58 AM
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106. Moyers is a class act. These a$$holes don't want to be held responsible for anything--or reminded
of all their lies and BS leading up to the Iraq war.
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Tarheel_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-09-08 08:54 AM
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109. That was masterful, but what do you expect from Bill Moyers? He's a icon. nt
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DetlefK Donating Member (449 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-09-08 09:17 AM
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110. That was a declaration of war: "Bill O'Reilly doesn't have the courage to come on my show."
And also:
Poor Porter! It's obvious he feels so well and untouchable in the shadows. Hit-and-run! And then he's dragged into the light...
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theFrankFactor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-09-08 09:37 AM
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111. A Thing of Beauty! (no not O'Reilly's troll)
Edited on Mon Jun-09-08 09:38 AM by theFrankFactor
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guruoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-09-08 09:48 AM
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112. I have one question: What's a "left wing conferance"?
:shrug:
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theFrankFactor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-09-08 10:00 AM
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114. When two or more people gather who's combined IQ is above dirt.
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guruoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-09-08 02:32 PM
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124. !!!
:rofl:
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goodhue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-09-08 09:59 AM
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113. Way to go Uptake!
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EVDebs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-09-08 10:46 AM
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117. "Bill O'Reilly is not a journalist he's a pugilist"--best quote ! nt
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-09-08 11:46 AM
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121. Moyers didn't give the guy one sentence of sound he wanted--he should explain to Dems how to do this
Most seem to be clueless with the exception of Obama, who seems to actually set traps for Fox and others that once they jump on them, ends up making them look stupid instead of him.
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wildbilln864 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-09-08 12:04 PM
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122. That was great!
I'm too late to rec though. :hi:
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pink-o Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-09-08 01:26 PM
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123. The absolute best was when Moyers told Porter O'Lielley should come on his show
..and they "would do it live"

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:


Methinks it went over Porter's head, but let's hope his boss's own head exploded upon hearing that!!!!
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-09-08 04:42 PM
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125. That was a BEAUTIFUL whupping. Just beautiful.
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not fooled Donating Member (553 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-09-08 11:15 PM
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128. All your reporter are belong to us
Edited on Mon Jun-09-08 11:18 PM by not fooled
:rofl:
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