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Friday, August 26, 2011
While discussing the top GOP candidates, Jack Cafferty wants to know "Why does America seem allergic to brains?"
Okay I am having some real difficulty buying into Cafferty's assertion that Ron Paul is "talking sense," but other than that his assessment of the frontrunners is dead on.
BS....there are a lot of well-educated intelligent people in this nation. We have been ignored, silenced, and abused for over thirty years. Some suffer from Stockholm syndrome, others function as abuse victoms, while others have just given up. Many young people don't feel like they can make a difference. If we try to speak now, we get kicked in the gut. Look at Wisconsin.
Chew on this: We're allergic to brains because we're addicted to irrational religious superstitions swanking around as "beliefs," i.e., therefore untouchable by skepticism or education.
Sean Hannity and Brent Bozell tried to cherry-pick this remark by Mr. Cafferty and infer that both he and CNN had a liberal bias. What they didn't tell their viewers is that Mr. Cafferty is an equal-opportunity critic and that CNN also employs a fair number of "righties"; Eric Erickson, Alex Costellanos, just to name a couple. Not that Mr. Hanniy's viewers care, mind you. I'm just saying.
Sad but true. He brought up the most important point - the media will be giving these clowns all of the attention. That is why Sarah will jump on in - her ego is saying "feed me, feed me" and the MSM will comply. The best part is when she does declare the real shitstorm hits. First questions - "Sarah, why exactly did you shove a pillow up your shirt? Are you fucking crazy?"
Yes, America DOES seem allergic to brains and common sense in politics. Any time that folks like Perry, Palin, and Bachmann are taken seriously in spite of their well-known intellectual shortcomings and their lack of character, or Mr. Expediency AKA Flipflop Romney is leading the president in ANY polls, it means there are Americans who will gladly carry water for folks who wouldn't think twice about drowning them. A lot of otherwise intelligent folks approach elections and politics looking for instant gratification when it comes to solving major problems. They would never live their personal lives that way, and they know it. There are others who have given up, because they see nothing in the political system for them. As a black woman, I have felt extreme anger at the patronizing attitude that most of us vote for Democrats on the discredited belief that we want free stuff. Allen West actually had the nerve to say that the Democratic Party keeps blacks on a "plantation." The truth of the matter is that we know what's in our best interests and what is not. Most of us know that the policies of the GOP are inimical to everyday Americans, including whites, and they are even worse for racial minorities.
Ron Paul is just another racist asshole, and the father of a racist asshole, but, no surprise there. Anyone that thinks he talks sense should check out what he says on this topic.
I don't know where Jack Cafferty has been but we elected a very intelligent president in 2008. Like the rest of the media he's way too focused on the Republican Party.
Ron Paul is a racist from way back, but he looks relatively sane because he has a premise he sticks to, and his reasoning, no matter how goofy can be explained.
The other candidates are all over the map, changing their minds from year to year, so at least Ron Paul is consistent. Not a good candidate, but consistent.
Dr Ron Paul isn't at all stupid. I agree with his embrace of personal liberties and of a vastly smaller US military. But he is stuck in his Ayn Rand fantasy that some individuals (including him, of course) are inherently superior to the vast unwashed masses, without regard to their inevitable venality and the repression of the masses to keep the anointed ones in their positions of wealth and power. Roark and John Galt were fiction; in the real world they are Bernie Madoff, Bill Allen (veco), and ultimately the ilk of Muhmuhar Ghadaffi.
Yes, we have always had a few crazies running for President in each election. The difference is that, in the past, they were looked upon as a bit of sideshow entertainment that was mocked and set aside. They were the fringe candidates that never had a chance of making it much past the first primary.
This election, the people who would have previously been the radical, fringe, no-one-takes-them-seriously clowns have become our Republican front runners. And it scares the snot out of me.
I lost it when he called them "mensa candidates" had to replay it cause I was laughing so hard. Jack Cafferty was spot on with this evaluation. The brain allergy is apparant by the loons they attract.
Ron Paul talks sense on his foreign policy other than that he is way out there
ReplyDeleteBS....there are a lot of well-educated intelligent people in this nation. We have been ignored, silenced, and abused for over thirty years. Some suffer from Stockholm syndrome, others function as abuse victoms, while others have just given up. Many young people don't feel like they can make a difference. If we try to speak now, we get kicked in the gut. Look at Wisconsin.
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ReplyDeleteJack really takes Sarah to the woodshed on that clip. Priceless!
The only one who sounds like he has any brains or sanity at all is Huntsman, and he'll be punished for that, youbetcha.
ReplyDeleteChew on this:
ReplyDeleteWe're allergic to brains because we're addicted to irrational religious superstitions swanking around as "beliefs," i.e., therefore untouchable by skepticism or education.
Sean Hannity and Brent Bozell tried to cherry-pick this remark by Mr. Cafferty and infer that both he and CNN had a liberal bias. What they didn't tell their viewers is that Mr. Cafferty is an equal-opportunity critic and that CNN also employs a fair number of "righties"; Eric Erickson, Alex Costellanos, just to name a couple. Not that Mr. Hanniy's viewers care, mind you. I'm just saying.
ReplyDeleteSad but true. He brought up the most important point - the media will be giving these clowns all of the attention. That is why Sarah will jump on in - her ego is saying "feed me, feed me" and the MSM will comply. The best part is when she does declare the real shitstorm hits. First questions - "Sarah, why exactly did you shove a pillow up your shirt? Are you fucking crazy?"
ReplyDeleteIt is funny when Anon post a comment and then turns right around calls it BS.
ReplyDeleteYes, America DOES seem allergic to brains and common sense in politics. Any time that folks like Perry, Palin, and Bachmann are taken seriously in spite of their well-known intellectual shortcomings and their lack of character, or Mr. Expediency AKA Flipflop Romney is leading the president in ANY polls, it means there are Americans who will gladly carry water for folks who wouldn't think twice about drowning them. A lot of otherwise intelligent folks approach elections and politics looking for instant gratification when it comes to solving major problems. They would never live their personal lives that way, and they know it. There are others who have given up, because they see nothing in the political system for them. As a black woman, I have felt extreme anger at the patronizing attitude that most of us vote for Democrats on the discredited belief that we want free stuff. Allen West actually had the nerve to say that the Democratic Party keeps blacks on a "plantation." The truth of the matter is that we know what's in our best interests and what is not. Most of us know that the policies of the GOP are inimical to everyday Americans, including whites, and they are even worse for racial minorities.
ReplyDeleteRon Paul is just another racist asshole, and the father of a racist asshole, but, no surprise there. Anyone that thinks he talks sense should check out what he says on this topic.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1835179/posts
Salon has a substantive article about why America won't embrace the left. Makes sense to me.
ReplyDeleteNB This country belongs to brown people.
It is a disgrace that more of the mainstream media is not saying what Cafferty is. However, they need the crazies to fill air time.
ReplyDeleteBill
Amazing how these people cover all their "sins" with Religion and Racisn.
ReplyDeleteWe have to be stronger and bolder and call them out. If only the media will do their job. Good for Cafferty.
I don't know where Jack Cafferty has been but we elected a very intelligent president in 2008. Like the rest of the media he's way too focused on the Republican Party.
ReplyDeleteJohn Myste @ 8:12
ReplyDeleteAnon is only the first name, second name is 6:04 (or whatever). Sort of like the Reykjavik phonebook, which is almost all Magnus Magnuson.
Its funny when John Myste posts BS.
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Ron Paul is a racist from way back, but he looks relatively sane because he has a premise he sticks to, and his reasoning, no matter how goofy can be explained.
ReplyDeleteThe other candidates are all over the map, changing their minds from year to year, so at least Ron Paul is consistent. Not a good candidate, but consistent.
Hugh Dunnit said...
ReplyDeleteJohn Myste @ 8:12
Anon is only the first name, second name is 6:04 (or whatever). Sort of like the Reykjavik phonebook, which is almost all Magnus Magnuson.
Hey, that's a good point.
Dr Ron Paul isn't at all stupid. I agree with his embrace of personal liberties and of a vastly smaller US military. But he is stuck in his Ayn Rand fantasy that some individuals (including him, of course) are inherently superior to the vast unwashed masses, without regard to their inevitable venality and the repression of the masses to keep the anointed ones in their positions of wealth and power. Roark and John Galt were fiction; in the real world they are Bernie Madoff, Bill Allen (veco), and ultimately the ilk of Muhmuhar Ghadaffi.
ReplyDeleteYes, we have always had a few crazies running for President in each election. The difference is that, in the past, they were looked upon as a bit of sideshow entertainment that was mocked and set aside. They were the fringe candidates that never had a chance of making it much past the first primary.
ReplyDeleteThis election, the people who would have previously been the radical, fringe, no-one-takes-them-seriously clowns have become our Republican front runners. And it scares the snot out of me.
I lost it when he called them "mensa candidates" had to replay it cause I was laughing so hard.
ReplyDeleteJack Cafferty was spot on with this evaluation. The brain allergy is apparant by the loons they attract.