The more the GOP & Fox News tell me I'm stupid (derogatory on their part at best) or simply being entertained (beyond condescending on their part) for listening to Trump, the more I start to lean towards Trump.
Its getting to the point where I can't watch Fox News anymore. They are as out of touch as their rivals.... or maybe they are finally showing their true colors. Evidence that fiasco of a 'debate', nothing but a question/answer session with preening peacocks for moderators who used up a third of the time on themselves. But I digress...
I've complained about Fox News analysis in the past. Case in point, the revolution in Egypt which was hailed as an Arab spring (I knew better) by Fox pontificators and then compared it to the Berlin Wall coming down (blew a couple of blood vessels on that one). I could use more examples but I'm going to jump straight to their bewildered & befuddled coverage of Trump.
Again, they've called those that listen to Trump everything from being outright stupid to us just wanting to be entertained. Why? Because either they are:
> Not smart enough to figure it out
> Working for a GOP that has turned its back on Americans
> Completely out of touch
> Secretly wants to keep illegals in America for ratings
Pick one or all. Doesn't matter. Fox's coverage is turning me into a Trumper.
Better yet, Fox will never understand either.
Special shout out to Dana Perino who is a special kind of RINO or attack schnauzer for phony human rights! What a snarly miniature pit bull she was the other night on O'Reilly... practically spitting venom through her eyes at poor Water's World boy. But then again, holier than thou types have that type of behavior down pat.
Fox (and GOP) you're losing me. Not even Fair & Balanced anymore. Just a bunch of hormonal opinions. Getting closer to Trump every day because of you.
Uprooted and transplanted which leads to my view of the world being, sometimes, a bit different than most. Not always right, not always wrong. I just think too much and had to find a way to get it all out of my head.
Showing posts with label Fox News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fox News. Show all posts
Monday, August 24, 2015
Friday, August 7, 2015
Fox News Debate Farce
Guess I'm the only one that thought #FoxNews
stunk it up last night with more than a few 'gotcha' questions that had
nothing to do with the sad state of affairs in America today.
It wasn't just the many 'gotcha' questions but also how full of themselves the moderators were. Ironically, just read another article a few minutes ago timing the moderators at 32% of the talking time.
Way to go for being more like #CNN everyday! Even before I knew CNN was praising the performance of the debate, I congratulated Fox News on how CNN-like they had become. More irony.
The first debate was masterfully done compared to the main event since we actually got more out of the candidates, who they were and their positions without the snark. And those that know how much I hate Bill Hemmer will know how hard it is for me to admit this. It too was not a debate but at least it had useful information.
The main event was a farce. It was about the moderators showing off how they could, or tried to, trip up the candidates on issues that make no difference whatsoever as to the sad state of affairs in this country... well, except for Abortion. But even when that subject was touched it wasn't expounded upon as to not only what a barbaric, nazi-esque practice it is.... also how it destroys the soul of the country. I take that back, Huckabee did a wonderful job on it and actually had an impressive answer to it. Since I've always believed Abortion (and our Education system) are Human Rights violations, he nailed it. Makes me re-think Huckabee.
Despite the inane questions, there were a few standouts. Like I mentioned, Huckabee impressed me but so did Carson & Cruz.
Another standout comes from the first (non)debate- Carly Fiorina. Impressive.
I was expecting a lot more out of Trump & Kasich, with bad questions what do you expect. But then again, its the opportunity to overturn the tables on the bloviating moderators. The rest aren't even worth a mention.
Hannity's interviews afterwards gave us more than the actual 'debate'.
Despite some impressive performances, especially by Fiorina & Carson, the (non)debate screamed 2012 all over again!
Fiorina & Carson were the most impressive of the group though.
They get it. This election is not about jobs or material wealth. Its about why our way of thinking is better than theirs. Both candidates spent quite a bit of time speaking as to how our current thinking is destroying us & what we need to believe in to be great again.
What we believe is what is going to save or sink us. I think they get that.
One more thing I would say is that people are looking for something to believe in not their next job.
The America of Today is not worth believing in but the America of the Past (sans its mistakes) was worth believing in & defending. Seeing an American flag fluttering in the wind used to bring a tear to my eye. Corny but true.
Hopefully their political handlers don't throw these candidates off course like they did Newt Gingrich.
America is an idea, not a place.
Then again, I think the next election is pointless (unless the arguments change just like Carson & Fiorina have done)... but more on that later.
It wasn't just the many 'gotcha' questions but also how full of themselves the moderators were. Ironically, just read another article a few minutes ago timing the moderators at 32% of the talking time.
Way to go for being more like #CNN everyday! Even before I knew CNN was praising the performance of the debate, I congratulated Fox News on how CNN-like they had become. More irony.
The first debate was masterfully done compared to the main event since we actually got more out of the candidates, who they were and their positions without the snark. And those that know how much I hate Bill Hemmer will know how hard it is for me to admit this. It too was not a debate but at least it had useful information.
The main event was a farce. It was about the moderators showing off how they could, or tried to, trip up the candidates on issues that make no difference whatsoever as to the sad state of affairs in this country... well, except for Abortion. But even when that subject was touched it wasn't expounded upon as to not only what a barbaric, nazi-esque practice it is.... also how it destroys the soul of the country. I take that back, Huckabee did a wonderful job on it and actually had an impressive answer to it. Since I've always believed Abortion (and our Education system) are Human Rights violations, he nailed it. Makes me re-think Huckabee.
Despite the inane questions, there were a few standouts. Like I mentioned, Huckabee impressed me but so did Carson & Cruz.
Another standout comes from the first (non)debate- Carly Fiorina. Impressive.
I was expecting a lot more out of Trump & Kasich, with bad questions what do you expect. But then again, its the opportunity to overturn the tables on the bloviating moderators. The rest aren't even worth a mention.
Hannity's interviews afterwards gave us more than the actual 'debate'.
Despite some impressive performances, especially by Fiorina & Carson, the (non)debate screamed 2012 all over again!
Fiorina & Carson were the most impressive of the group though.
They get it. This election is not about jobs or material wealth. Its about why our way of thinking is better than theirs. Both candidates spent quite a bit of time speaking as to how our current thinking is destroying us & what we need to believe in to be great again.
What we believe is what is going to save or sink us. I think they get that.
One more thing I would say is that people are looking for something to believe in not their next job.
The America of Today is not worth believing in but the America of the Past (sans its mistakes) was worth believing in & defending. Seeing an American flag fluttering in the wind used to bring a tear to my eye. Corny but true.
Hopefully their political handlers don't throw these candidates off course like they did Newt Gingrich.
America is an idea, not a place.
Then again, I think the next election is pointless (unless the arguments change just like Carson & Fiorina have done)... but more on that later.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Newt yesterday's Man?
On Fox News, Brit Hume pontificating upon Newt Gingrich says: Newt is seen as yesterdays man while people are looking at the future.
What does that mean? That we start each day without remembering the day before and that is the key to our success? Really?
Forget yesterday, that was so um, yesterday! Tomorrow is the future don'tcha know and the future is um, tomorrow. We need new ideas for new solutions to, um.... solve OLD problems. And thats the dirty little secret, the problems we have today come from yesterday. Why? Because we might dress better, travel faster, live longer, eat more but we are still Human. Human Nature has not changed which means neither have our problems or how we solve them.
Make no mistake about it. Those who tell you that our problems are new therefore more complicated are those who have a vested interested in making or keeping it that way.
Some are simply arrogant. They know better than the billions that came before them. But some use this as a technique to control.
Consider these passages:
I think that yesterday's man is quite suited to take on our not so unique or futuristic problems. I think that yesterdays man needs to remind those with poor memories that he beat all those problems and will do so again. This time permanently which actually means until we are seduced away from it again by those with their shiny new babbles promising a new life, one suited for the Future & beyond! All the while carrying our not so new Human Nature with us wherever we tread.
What does that mean? That we start each day without remembering the day before and that is the key to our success? Really?
Forget yesterday, that was so um, yesterday! Tomorrow is the future don'tcha know and the future is um, tomorrow. We need new ideas for new solutions to, um.... solve OLD problems. And thats the dirty little secret, the problems we have today come from yesterday. Why? Because we might dress better, travel faster, live longer, eat more but we are still Human. Human Nature has not changed which means neither have our problems or how we solve them.
Make no mistake about it. Those who tell you that our problems are new therefore more complicated are those who have a vested interested in making or keeping it that way.
Some are simply arrogant. They know better than the billions that came before them. But some use this as a technique to control.
Consider these passages:
A civilization without memory ceases to be civilized. A civilization without history ceases to have identity. Without identity there is no purpose; without purpose civilization will wither ~ Michael Kammen
“We are like dwarfs seated on the shoulders of giants; we see more things than the ancients and things more distant, but this is due neither to the sharpness of our own sight, nor to the greatness of our own stature, but because we are raised and borne aloft on that giant mass" ~ Bernard of Chartres
I think that yesterday's man is quite suited to take on our not so unique or futuristic problems. I think that yesterdays man needs to remind those with poor memories that he beat all those problems and will do so again. This time permanently which actually means until we are seduced away from it again by those with their shiny new babbles promising a new life, one suited for the Future & beyond! All the while carrying our not so new Human Nature with us wherever we tread.
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