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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,085 posts)
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 11:55 AM Jun 2014

Regarding disgraced GOP former politicians like Sarah Palin and Allen West.

Last edited Tue Jun 3, 2014, 01:05 PM - Edit history (1)

They are completely and totally irrelevant, am I correct?


Why exactly do these buffoons still get press for saying outrageous stuff?

They no longer hold elected office. Hell, they're not even running for any elected office at this time. They're losers--literally, losers.

And yet we're supposed to care about their opinions on the world.

Fuck them.

Sorry, I just felt the need to rant for a bit.

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Regarding disgraced GOP former politicians like Sarah Palin and Allen West. (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2014 OP
Good rant, in America if you are a rightwinger, the MSM will pay attention to you randys1 Jun 2014 #1
With nothing to lose, they can perform more for news cameras. immoderate Jun 2014 #2
They get play because the media likes trolling the country. tenderfoot Jun 2014 #3
I've noticed that when I avoid the news for a week or so... SomethingFishy Jun 2014 #4
I haven't since since Raygun in 1980 rickyhall Jun 2014 #12
So, you're indoctrinated, then? OnlinePoker Jun 2014 #13
Yup rickyhall Jun 2014 #14
Simply Grifters - using free pub to sell books and speaking tours underpants Jun 2014 #5
"Disgraced" - not as far as the GOP is concerned. "Heroic" to them. djean111 Jun 2014 #6
Yup. She's a hero to them. progressoid Jun 2014 #8
Joe The non-Plumber still gets press. tridim Jun 2014 #7
Not to mention that they are both stupid treestar Jun 2014 #9
In what respect, Charlie? pinboy3niner Jun 2014 #10
Look, she reads ALL the papers. Ikonoklast Jun 2014 #15
I'm with you and I'm sure most does. TRoN33 Jun 2014 #11
Part of it, frankly, is our fault. Jim Lane Jun 2014 #16
They are the same as Ann Coulter or Rush Limbaugh, they make outlandish claims Bandit Jun 2014 #17

randys1

(16,286 posts)
1. Good rant, in America if you are a rightwinger, the MSM will pay attention to you
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 11:59 AM
Jun 2014

the more hate and intolerance you show to the various minority groups, the more attention you will get...Westboro knew thiis and used it beautifully (beautiful in effect, not motive) ...

Someone like Van Jones from my little pic here, has 189,327 times more value to the human race, more decency and he will be mostly ignored.

Welcome to America










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immoderate

(20,885 posts)
2. With nothing to lose, they can perform more for news cameras.
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 12:03 PM
Jun 2014

The public mostly cares if they know of you, not your credentials.

--imm

tenderfoot

(8,424 posts)
3. They get play because the media likes trolling the country.
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 12:07 PM
Jun 2014

Seriously.

Also, thank you for writing the rant for me.

SomethingFishy

(4,876 posts)
4. I've noticed that when I avoid the news for a week or so...
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 12:16 PM
Jun 2014

I'm a much happier person. 90% of the things I end up getting angry about are things one dumb right winger or another has babbled about. And babbling is what they are doing. Why should I expend any energy, especially getting angry, over the neanderthal thinking of far right wing loonies.

The world continues to turn whether I hear Sarah Palin vomit up her down home musings or not. What difference should it make in my day if the Duck Dick thinks Democrats are "perverts"? Not one bit.

If I want "news" I go to the BBC. There isn't an American News Outlet left that isn't "infotainment". It's all opinions and bullshit. Cronkite and Murrow are rolling over in their graves.

rickyhall

(4,889 posts)
12. I haven't since since Raygun in 1980
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 02:57 PM
Jun 2014

I read BartCop & Molly Ivans and read DU, C&L, Common Dreams, Digby & Juanita Jean now. That's it. Oh, yeah, Ironic Times, too.

underpants

(182,279 posts)
5. Simply Grifters - using free pub to sell books and speaking tours
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 12:20 PM
Jun 2014

And by not running for office they can't lose.

 

djean111

(14,255 posts)
6. "Disgraced" - not as far as the GOP is concerned. "Heroic" to them.
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 12:20 PM
Jun 2014

Like I said elsewhere, if politicians were software, what Dems consider to be bugs, the GOP considers to be features.

progressoid

(49,827 posts)
8. Yup. She's a hero to them.
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 12:58 PM
Jun 2014

My M-I-L (she's a Repub) just got a robo call from Sarah. She was pimping for a idiotic local politician.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
9. Not to mention that they are both stupid
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 01:00 PM
Jun 2014

The airtime they take up could go to someone with some expertise.

Ikonoklast

(23,973 posts)
15. Look, she reads ALL the papers.
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 09:36 PM
Jun 2014

She knows what Archie, Betty, Jughead and Veronica are up to every week.

 

Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)
16. Part of it, frankly, is our fault.
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 11:59 AM
Jun 2014

Those two are more likely to say really stupid things than are more pragmatic politicians like Boehner. Thus, they often provide us with the opportunity to make the right wing look bad by quoting them -- and we often give in to the temptation.

By "we" I mean the left in general, not just DU.

It's the mirror image of the right-wingers making a big deal about the New Black Panther Party. That bunch (scarcely large enough to qualify as a bunch) is even more irrelevant than Palin or West, but they still get plenty of attention from the Republican noise machine.

Bandit

(21,475 posts)
17. They are the same as Ann Coulter or Rush Limbaugh, they make outlandish claims
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 12:20 PM
Jun 2014

and try and be as sensationalist as possible. Americans, especially small minded Americans, love sensationalism and they love confrontation. These people are doing their very best to divide America. It means money for those that put these people on their networks or shows. It is the same reason people slow down and gawk at a car accident. It is titillating to many, and that titillation means money for some..Just like the Freak Shows of the past.. A sucker and their money need to be parted..

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