I've finally reached the point where I can't listen to Malloy anymore!

[napi21]

I have to listen online because I live in GEORGIA! There are NO progressive radio hosts HERE! It never bothered me that he used rough language, or even criticized President Obama once in a while. I criticize him too once in a while too, but Mike has just gone too far. His attitude is turning into near hate. He wanted Obama to loosen his tie tonight and say that we've beeninvolvd in commiting war cromes for the past eight years and I'm here to guarantee tht it willSTOP. I'm pulling all the troops out of Iraq & Afghanistan starting tomorrow, now get the camera out of my face!

Mike said he listened to as much of Obama's speech as he could stand, and then he's contining to rip apart everything the President said, no matter what it was

He's finally lost me as a fan. I can't stand to listen to his hatred of Dems anymore.

[tabatha]

1. Yep, he lost me shortly after Obama won.

Life is not perfect - I'd like to see how he would have handled what Obama faced.

Obama is class - Malloy is a decrepit old man.

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[tabatha]

14. Obama has done more good for this country than anyone else could have.

I understand exactly why Obama has done what he has done. He is slowly turning the ship of state around --- despite the most awful well-funded opposition ever. Obama hands down.

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[tabatha]

19. you speak like a teapartier

please check these graphs

http://www.flickr.com/photos/speakerpelosi/sets/72157623367757714/

[Kalun D]

26. Back At Ya

"you speak like a teapartier"

"ridicule is not an argument"

I'm not buying the corporatist Pelosi's fudged numbers, like saying Clinton had a $6 Trillion surplus, not even close.



"I've seen it happen time after time. When the Democratic candidate allows himself to be put on the defensive and starts apologizing for the New Deal and the fair Deal, and says he really doesn't believe in them, he is sure to lose. The people don't want a phony Democrat. If it's a choice between a genuine Republican, and a Republican in Democratic clothing, the people will choose the genuine article, every time; that is, they will take a Republican before they will a phony Democrat, and I don't want any phony Democratic candidates in this campaign."---Harry Truman

[Hekate]

29. Not according to politifact.com, if you want to check facts and not just spew

... whatever it is you're spewing.

Try this
http://www.politifact.com/

[Octafish]

38. Excellent resource, thank you, Hekate!

Here's one example:

No. 518: Create a public option health plan for a new National Health Insurance Exchange.

"The exchange will require that all the plans offered are at least as generous as the new public plan and meet the same standards for quality and efficiency."

>>More

[emilyg]

18. Surely you jest.

[tabatha]

20. ridicule is not an argument

[Cha]

24. Of course he has and blowhards

like Malloy have done what? Spewing hate from the professional left..how's that workin' out for ya, malloy?

[felinetta]

42. He lost me a long time ago. He just gets too hysterical gives me bad vibes.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. Where have you been? He has always hated the Democrats.

He hates the republicans more but he's never pretended to be too fond of either party.

[napi21]

7. I know that, but for God sake, NOTHNG is ever right for him.

Not right, not even OK anymore.

I listen to progressive radio all day long. Most if no all the other hosts criticize Dems & the President sometimes, but not ALL THE TIME!

Norm Goldman, who probably criticizes Obama the most said something the other nit that really made sense to me. A caller asked him WHY he criticizes Obama & the ems so much when the Pubs rarely if ever do tht to their own. He said the Pubs are a top down regimented organization and they wait to be told what to think & do. We Dems aren't like that. WE THINK & have opinions. The Pubs also never question anything the're told. Anytime I get the smallest thing wrong or prceived to be wrong, I get dozens of emails correcting me. We are expected to always tell the facts & prove them when asked. He then used this as an example. When I related the story about a horrible car crash where an entire family was killed due to the accelerator sticking on a car I said it was a toyota. I got 4 doz. emails telling me I was wrong, that it was a Lexus. They were right, but Toyota OWNS Lexus and I simply had referred to the parent company. RW talk show hosts NEVER get questioned like that. Not even when theytell blatant LIES!

I guess that's why Malloy is pissing me off so much. I know the Dems aren't always right but I dont believe they deerve the kind of hatred he's spewing lately.

[grahamhgreen]

3. So he's a little more crotchety than most

Or maybe just more outraged at the injustice of the foolhardy war, the deaths of nnocents, an the lack of accountability...

Dead children don't lie.

[bbgrunt]

4. Mike tells it like he sees it. He is one dude without

corporate or political sponsors. If you don't believe in a "market place of ideas" where you can hear some things that may make you uncomfortable, just listen to those that reflect your own prejudices like the repukes who tune into FUX 24/7 to get their own prejudices reflected back to them.

[SDuderstadt]

5. I agree...

I can't listen to him because he seems like the Michael Savage of the left.

[underseasurveyor]

6. Admittedly I haven't listened to Mike for a while.

Lately I just don't have the time, trying to survive an all, but I have been a listening Truthseeker for over tens years and I have only known Mike to be a 'hater' of two things. Serial killers and republicans. What Mike has is passion, more passion than a thousand of us put together. And he doesn't forget much.

Countless frustrations fueled by a raging passion, yes, but not hatred.

I find it necessary to take a break from his show once in a while to wind down and regroup. Malloy is an extremely intense guy and I can't say I disagree with him. I have lost two family members, one in the military and one a US Aid worker and had george fucking w. bush not started this whole bullshit mess they might both still be alive today.

[earth mom]

8. Mike is saying what needs to be said whether YOU can handle it or not.

The truth hurts and few want to face it.

Ask yourself WHY Obama didn't get out of Iraq his FIRST day in office.

That he waited almost TWO more years to do anything speaks volumes.

War is NOT Peace.

[tabatha]

11. Did you not hear what Obama said on his campaign.

He promised to get troops out in a responsible manner by this date. He kept his promise. If you thought he said something else, then you have cottonwool in your ears.

[earth mom]

15. Obama authorized bombing of Pakistan and he upped troop levels.

That is NOT stopping war in any way, shape or form.

Excuse it all you want, but the blood of innocent people killed in wars based on LIES is on YOUR hands too for excusing it. :puke:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDAFozFn4kU

[tabatha]

21. you are conflating iraq with afghanistan

he has also done what he said he would do there.

i agree about loss of innocent life, but Obama did not order that.

[earth mom]

46. Killing people for lies and profit is the SAME damn thing no matter if it is

Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan or Iran which is next on the horizon.

Wake Up!!! Obama sure as hell ordered up more deaths of INNOCENT people!!!

HOW in the hell is ordering drone attacks and sending 30,000+ additional troops to Afghanistan NOT escalating WAR?! C'mon now!

Do you really think people are that stupid here on DU of all places?! :crazy:

HERE'S THE FACTS FOR YA:

President Obama 'orders Pakistan drone attacks
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5575883.ece

Obama-approved drone attacks in Pakistan exceed 100 ---1100 KILLLED!!!
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2010/0728/1224275616036.html

Obama Issues Order for More Troops in Afghanistan -30K+
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/world/asia/01orders.html?_r=1

[tkmorris]

27. Did Malloy accuse him of lying? Or of just being wrong?

If the former you may have a point. I suspect that is not the case however.

[slay]

32. +1

Mike tells the truth in a passionate way. And yes, Obama IS complicit in covering up the WAR CRIMES of Bush/Cheney.

Jack was right - some people can't handle the truth.

[Ozymanithrax]

10. Malloy is like Jesus in that neither of them are the truth.

Both have ardent fans.

[Yeshuah Ben Joseph]

12. Wrong on both counts.

Malloy and I do not always agree (say, on the subject of My existence, for example) but he speaks the Truth as he sees it, and atheist or not, Dad and I appreciate him for it.

Hell, we might even let him into Heaven when the time comes.

[Ozymanithrax]

16. The truth as one sees it is called an opinion.

Opinions are like assholes, all earthly mammals have one. They are forfeited once we move off the mortal coil, unless you are a character in Heinlein's Job, where there was a Hamburger joint in heaven.

And I do appreciate you answering this way, since I just painted my wall and handwriting on the wall would require me to paint it again.

[Tsiyu]

28. Damn you can't get PMs yet

I've been cursing you a lot lately, but thought I'd ask for your divine intervention in some issues I have...I swear I'll give you all the credit if they work out...like where is that receipt from Lowe's I need?

And do you by any chance have tomorrow's winning powerball numbers?

[Puregonzo1188]

13. They're only war crimes when there's a Republican President.

And all those bases we have all over the world--they just go away magically, only to peskily pop again when a Republican returns to the oval office.

[Hekate]

30. Is Obama committing war crimes? Could you please explain so I can understand your statement?

Thank you.

[SeattleGirl]

31. I would also like to know the basis of the poster's accusations.

Can he/she produce?

[Fumesucker]

37. Failure to prosecute war crimes is itself a war crime..

Obama is head of the executive branch which is responsible for investigating and prosecuting crimes, including war crimes.

[Hekate]

44. Has the president, then, committed war crimes? I would like to know, not dance around.

Thank you.




typo

[Steely_Dan]

22. Mike Has Two Qualities...

...that define his purpose and being. He is a man of great passion and an uncompromising sense of justice. Everything is "life and death" serious to Mike Malloy. If more people had his commitment to justice, we might not be where we are today.

-P

[FrenchieCat]

23. I try to listen.......

But I turn him off after a while....
cause all he does is makes me feel bad that I live in the United States......
when I know that other countries are really not any better.

[saorsa]

25. I hope you can find another radio host to listen to...

you should definitely not give up, search the internet; but if you can't deal with Mike then maybe you never really got him, or maybe you just can't take his style and would be more receptive to the message delivered another way, nothing wrong in that.
I can only listen now and then but Mike speaks for me, he does not represent hate, but the anger, fury even at the sick waste of our amazing potential; shown to us in the
the daily grind of indignity faced by people all over the country, or the sad state of living constantly in the world of diminishing morality, where some who call themselves progressives or liberals eat the filthy lies willingly that they once refused to stomach.

There are many progressive ( real ones) voices out there that would be a better fit for you,
but Mike Malloy was my antidote tonight to the rage I felt listening to President Obama validate Bush, which is what he did.
Can you imagine yourself as a progressive president?
Would you call Bush as Obama did?

The list of Obama shrug offs grows every week, and this one stank.
I do not want this to be so, but I will not hide from it and pretend it is not so


commondreams.org
http://www.juancole.com/2010/08/the-speech-a-president-should-give-about-the-iraq-war.html

[DailyGrind51]

33. Malloy was always too "doom and gloom" for me anyway.

[CTLawGuy]

34. he's doing what he needs to do to make money

tossing outrage burgers to the angry left.

I don't listen to/watch any of these talk show hosts/pundits/opinion journalists anymore. They are about money, they are businesspeople first and foremost. They say whatever will maximize their audience and maximize profits for their corp sponsors.

That being said, I found Malloy too angry to listen to a long time ago.

[Mimosa]

35. Defending Malloy here (I knew him)

I haven't seen Mike Malloy in 20 years but I know he is not, was never 'out for himself' and will not 'say things to maximise profits.'That's not true in any way.

Malloy as a journalist used to be happier. Times were different in the late 80s. But the man has integrity and dedication to progressive ideals.

[CTLawGuy]

47. who puts him on the radio?

and would he be on the radio if he didn't make money?

[Mimosa]

49. I don't know

I'm not a talk radio listener. I just know he was a decent, nice guy. I doubt he's changed.

[CTLawGuy]

50. I'm not saying he isn't

I'm sure he's a stand up guy, but he's got to put food on his family, as W would say.

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[Monique1]

39. I was a fan of Mike's at one time

but I don't listen to him anymore. Actually by the end of the day, I need to listen or watch something uplifting. I do go to bed early and turn on old time radio. Enough is enough!

[Ganja Ninja]

40. +1

[JVS]

41. zing!

[felinetta]

43. I stopped listening to him years ago. He justs get hysterical. Really give me bad vibes.

[Catherina]

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[Change has come]

48. That was really funny!

:thumbsup: