Sean Hannity, Mark Steyn criticize Obama on choice of hambuger condiment.

[Yonivore]

This blogger says it all...

Friday, May 8, 2009
The Reaction To Dijongate

My two posts on the televised Obama/Biden burger joint visit and Obama's request for Dijon mus , MSNBC Hides Obama's Dijon Mus (aka Dijongate) and Thou Shall Not Mock Obama's Mus , generated enormous reaction.

Neither of these posts was about mus as such, but rather, the absurd extent to which the Obama administration went to create a "real guy kind of quality" image of Obama/Biden eating " Burgers," and how MSNBC played along like a loyal worshipper through its coverage and editing.

Much of the first post and its updates were tongue-in-cheek to prove the point. It is beyond me how anyone could have thought I really cared that Obama used Dijon mus in his Tuna Salad recipe, or that he had a Dijon mus addiction. Did people really think I believed there was a "conspiracy of silence on Obama's allegience to Dijon Mus "? I have said before, and repeat, that the first victims of liberalism are satire and irony.

But there was a serious overall point, being the absurd image control and media fawning. Needless to say, the nutroots portrayed the posts as being a complaint about the type of mus Obama used. A useful device of distortion straight from the Media Matters playbook.

Seeing how my posts were distorted was not terribly surprising; that is how things go on the internet. The level of vitriol was something I knew existed, but had never personally experienced. As crazed as the published comments were, there were others I didn't publish telling me to kill myself and do other things, and plenty of bizarre e-mails. All of these people made fools of themselves.

The reaction proved one thing I already knew: The cult of personality surrounding Obama is real. And many of the cultists are demented, dangerous or both.

I also knew the mainstream media was biased, but the article written by The Canadian Press reporter Lee-Ann Goodman set a new low. Ms. Goodman e-mailed me that she agreed that the main issue was Obama's image control, but her article went in the opposite direction. Another reason why people don't trust reporters.

Through this episode, I also have learned the following:

* The nutroots move in crowds
* The nutroots mistake anonymity for bravery
* The nutroots consider distortion an art
* The nutroots preach tolerance to mask intolerance
* The nutroots are unhappy people who hate happy people
* The nutroots have no originality and hate original thoughts
* The nutroots need new enemies daily
* The nutroots do not know any of the above
* The mainstream media is no better
* Starting this blog was necessary, for all of the above reasons
* Continuing this blog is even more necessary, for all the above reasons

I'll probably add this guy to the places from which I plagiarize...he's good.

[ChumpDumper]

You guys realize you are talking about mus , right?

[Winehole23]

I'm encouraging it. I like this thread.

[Winehole23]

Add reverse snobbism about mus and lumpen overreliance on ketchup to the profile.

[Winehole23]

It's like a slightly MR version of socialist realism. JTP. You betcha!

[Winehole23]

[Ignignokt]

You guys realize you are talking about mus , right?

I realize everyone in here is talking about mus . pretty stupid, but eh whatever.

[Yonivore]

Actually, some people were talking about how stupid the "regular guy" nonsense is but, that's an equally silly conversation.

[antimvp]

sean hannity that bag is reaching.

[George Gervin's Afro]

I hop\e the republicans don't use this issue in 2012.

[Yonivore]

I hop\e the republicans don't use this issue in 2012.

It'll be known as "Freedom" mus .

[George Gervin's Afro]

It'll be known as "Freedom" mus .

I think this merits an independent investigation

[George Gervin's Afro]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,520036,00.html

Stimulus Stagnates

While the federal government is expanding at an astounding rate, state governments are making painful cutbacks because the stimulus isn't working. The Washington Post reports that the stimulus bill won't save many state employees from the nation's unemployment lines because state governments are slashing jobs like crazy.

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, who has already cut 1,000 state jobs, just got rid of another 250. The state of Arizona no longer investigates all claims of child abuse because it has cut so many social service jobs.

According to The Post, "As the stimulus plan was being drawn up, there was agreement... that a key goal was to keep states from making big layoffs at a time when 700,000 Americans were losing their jobs every month."


So even by their own measurements, the stimulus is failing. Do you think President Obama will come out and tell us that any time soon?

Another dose of intellectual dishonesty from Hannity. Why does he equate the stimulus to states cutting back?

Of course he uses a quote (not even a full one) from a paper he regularly dismisses as being dead because of their admiration of Obama.. yet this liar has masses waiting to hear the real news.. what losers...

[Winehole23]

Something I read in the past few days said only about %8 of the stimulus has been spent so far. I'm none too sanguine it will work, but Hannity appears to have jumped the gun.

[George Gervin's Afro]

Something I read in the past few days said only about %8 of the stimulus has been spent so far. I'm none too sanguine it will work, but Hannity appears to have jumped the gun.

He rails about the CBO projections when he knows full well they have been wrong quite a few times over the years. It would be to honest for him to let his lemmings know that the CBO has been wrong many times before. In fact he ignored the CBO projections during Bush's years.. but when your a blantant hypocrite anything goes..

[Winehole23]

He rails about the CBO projections when he knows full well they have been wrong quite a few times over the years. It would be to honest for him to let his lemmings know that the CBO has been wrong many times before. In fact he ignored the CBO projections during Bush's years.. but when your a blantant hypocrite anything goes..

I think it's ok to keep pointing out ritual fudging like revenue and budget projections. I don't rely on the media for historcal context. Do you?

[George Gervin's Afro]

I think it's ok to keep pointing out ritual fudging like revenue and budget projections. I don't rely on the media for historcal context. Do you?

I don't but the Hannity's audience hangs on every word.. it's sad actually..

[Spurminator]

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-col...s-liberty-tree

[MiamiHeat]

I don't trust anyone who puts fancy grey poupon on their hamburger