I just wrote to Rachel asking her to reconsider using Politico as a source

[Stinky The Clown]

I linked the that Greenwald article. I used my real name.

I love her ...... but we have to stop this elevation of Politico to accepted news source.

[Raine]

1. Thanks for doing that

Politico is :puke: worthy.

[babylonsister]

2. Media Matters also weighed in, though I'm sure they do so often...

http://mediamatters.org/items/200902130023?f=h_column

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An unintentionally hilarious Politico article disclosed that congressional Republicans "applauded boisterously" when they learned of Gregg's withdrawal. Why were they so excited? Because, Politico explained, Gregg's decision reinforced "an emerging GOP case against Obama and the ruling Democratic Party: Strip away the new face, the lofty rhetoric and the promises of post-partisanship and you'll find the same big-spending party of old, bent on politicizing government to consolidate its hold on power."

Got that? Republicans applauded a Republican's decision not to work with Obama because it reinforced their contention that Obama's "promises of post-partisanship" are nothing but "lofty rhetoric" designed to conceal attempts at "politicizing government."

Now, a slightly more ... sane take might be that in offering Gregg the job, Obama was making a sincere effort at bipartisanship, and in applauding Gregg's decision to back out, House Republicans were demonstrating their lack of interest in working with Obama. But such an assessment was nowhere to be found in the Politico article.

Not only that, Politico -- like many other news outlets -- indicated that a key factor in Gregg's decision was the White House's reported plan to directly oversee the Census Bureau.

Politico reported that "Gregg breathed life into Republican charges of a White House power grab over a critical Commerce Department function."

Now, first of all, the White House doesn't need to execute a "power grab" over a Commerce Department function; the White House is ... well, it's the White House. Does Politico really mean to suggest that traditionally, the Commerce Department doesn't do what the president tells it to do?

Second, Politico probably should have noted that during his bizarre withdrawal announcement, Gregg repeatedly downplayed the importance of the census story, saying, "The census was only a slight catalyzing issue. It was not a major issue." And "I don't need to elaborate. I know it was a slight issue. ... It wasn't a big enough issue for me to even discuss what the issue was."

Rather than breathing life into the GOP's census attacks, Gregg's comments would seem to let the air out of them.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

4. Black is white,

up is down, in is out, yes is no, hello is goodbye.

Back in the sixties, we took drugs to achieve this effect. It appears the GOPigs are able to do it stone sober, which is really impressive.

[babylonsister]

11. Hahaha! Who knows what they do behind closed doors, and

who wants to? Not I, though since they're so hypocritical, it could be interesting. ;)

[Tangerine LaBamba]

13. I used to represent whores,

the real ones - not the ones in elected office.

They were great clients. Always on time, never missed a court date, always knew how to dress appropriately, and always paid up front in cash.

They also told GREAT stories.

What I gleaned from the ladies was that the Republicans were - by far - the weirdest, most twisted bunch you could imagine. There were a lot of men who never wanted sex, but just wanted to - I remember this one vividly - curl up in a crib and cry while drinking milk from a bottle. The whore was the baby's nursemaid. The others were equally strange. Nothing remotely routine about the Republicans my girls serviced.

They didn't like them, either. Whores are great judges of character. They have to be in order to stay safe.

The Democrats, they told me, well, they had hardly any Democrats as clients. The whores figured they were getting plenty on their own.

Made me even prouder to be a Democrat, I tell you.

[babylonsister]

14. What a lovely story!

:rofl: Hey, does that nursemaid recognize the name 'Vitter'? If only!

Makes me proud, too! :toast:

And I'm still laughing!

[proud2BlibKansan]

21. What a great story!

I have a question though. How did they know their clients were repukes? Did they vet them? LOL

[Tangerine LaBamba]

22. In Washington,

certain faces are recognizable, and these women were awfully well-informed. They weren't street hookers, but worked for a very good madame who ran a rather elegant shop. They just got raided over and over back then. And the clients were always very vocal about how important they were.

Another sign that they were Republicans.

[Jim Lane]

23. If the whores had hardly any Democrats as clients....

then we should've lobbied for the stimulus package to include funding for Dems who want to remedy that.

Strictly in the interest of stimulating the economy, you understand.

[malaise]

3. Great n/t

[Lilith Velkor]

5. Politico = shit

Off to look for the Greenwald article of which you type.

Thanks for writing her. It's bad enough that everyone else on that network references that shit. Rachel is perfectly goofy enough as she is, there's no need to become utterly vapid like Tweety.

[Stinky The Clown]

7. Lemme help ya .......... The article ............

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/05/04/politico_funding/

[Lilith Velkor]

8. Thank you!

:toast:

[BlooInBloo]

15. Here's the full Politico 101 course...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3328214&mesg_id=3328324

[babylonsister]

12. Rachel is goofy? I think she's charming, smart, and really gets some

great guests.

OK, maybe goofy sometimes, but that's endearing. :)

[Lilith Velkor]

16. Absolutely

I love her to bits, but I'll never forget the time she described herself as "a ginormous doofus." My best friend was appalled. :rofl:

Or the time she put on one of those helmets with the light on it to illustrate that the Democrats were caving. I cannot describe that as anything but goofy.

[blondeatlast]

6. Good. I don't generally watch her program but I may do the same.nt

[GreenTea]

10. Do you watch anything in place of Rachel?

Rachael has a very good show, as you know there's only two liberals are on national television and they both need all the support we can offer,


Here's both of their full shows each night, (link).

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3096434/

[blondeatlast]

19. I'm a fan from radio but the timing in my area is during the dinner hour so I don't generally watch.

[LaPera]

9. Surpport Media Matters!

http://mediamatters.org/

[rvablue]

17. Maybe she and KO should go a step further and do a piece on their sources of funding. n/t

[sutz12]

18. "Politicizing government"

What in the hell does that mean?

:shrug:

[NNN0LHI]

20. Its Talon news replacement

I knew that when it began.

Don