Comments on: Fred Thompson: Sell Him Like A ’90s Era Internet Stock

By: Duros62

Duros62 — Thu, 17 May 2007 22:35:06 +0000

See, Jay, if you have to explain the joke…..

By: frameone

frameone — Thu, 17 May 2007 21:17:52 +0000

“I didn’t think I needed to use /sarcasm tags, but PD shows I need to.”

Oh Jay, always an endless source of amusement. You set yourself to get bagged on and then when you are you accuse the other person of not getting the joke. Laziness is a your freakin hallmark, your crest, your credo. Have you ever looked up and verified a fact? What a buffoon.

By: SaveFarris

SaveFarris — Thu, 17 May 2007 13:54:14 +0000

Ruskies don’t take a dump without a plan, Son…

By: Nimrod Gently

Nimrod Gently — Thu, 17 May 2007 11:29:09 +0000

The dot-com bubble didn’t have anything to do with any particular administration, it was just history. It would have happened if Bob Dole had been President. Besides, it may have begun under Clinton but it burst under Bush, so IT WAS BOTH THEIR FAULTS ARARARHGEGGHHL

By: z adura

z adura — Thu, 17 May 2007 11:06:28 +0000

Jay, you obviously weren’t alive in the 90’s, or you would know that people made money off more than “dot.com” companies. I would, for example, like you to explain to me how many “dot.com” companies were in the DJIA, which swelled from 3,300 to 10,500. I am typically amazed by the financial ignorance of conservatives who claim to be economic mavens.

By: Jay Tea

Jay Tea — Thu, 17 May 2007 08:42:28 +0000

I didn’t think I needed to use /sarcasm tags, but PD shows I need to.

Let me spell it out for you, PD: Our gracious host is one of many who talk about how glorious, magnificent, and wonderful the economy was in the 90’s. Others, myself included, say that it was built on bogus grounds. One of the most bogus grounds was the internet bubble, which famously imploded in the “dot-bomb” collapse.

Oliver here is putting down the 90’s economy here, when normally he talks about how great the Clinton years were for the economy, and I was sarcastically calling him on it, subtly accusing him of rewriting history in order to facilitate a cheap shot at Thompson — and not even a good one.

By: PD100

PD100 — Thu, 17 May 2007 03:19:56 +0000

“This is why I’m glad I didn’t major in history. I’m too lazy to keep up with all the rewriting”

-So that explains the mechanisms behind the Wizbang Blog.

Not that your faithful readership would ever point that out. They’re too busy spening more money on 2nd amendment rights than on dentistry.

By: Misplaced Patriot

Misplaced Patriot — Thu, 17 May 2007 02:07:54 +0000

Dianne Wiest, a most excellent actress, was equally bland in the same role on L&O.

Not that Thompson is a great actor, but he’s not normally as bad as he is on L&O.

By: Ian - Patriot

Ian - Patriot — Thu, 17 May 2007 01:46:55 +0000

Me thinks Oliver’s recent posts on Fred show he’s scurred of him.

By: August J. Pollak

August J. Pollak — Thu, 17 May 2007 01:37:16 +0000

Contrary to August, I don’t think Thompson was a good actor.

Goddamit, Oliver, you are a fucking philistine. The man was in Baby’s Day Out.

BABY’S DAY OUT, WILLIS. Do you know ANYTHING about cinema?

By: Jay Tea

Jay Tea — Thu, 17 May 2007 01:15:03 +0000

But… but… but.. I thought the 90’s economy was magnificent, powered by the internet stocks, until it all came crashing down the instant Dubya took office!

This is why I’m glad I didn’t major in history. I’m too lazy to keep up with all the rewriting.