Comments on: Charles Gibson, Fluff Artist?

By: me

me — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:54:44 +0000

So that’s how Fox News Channel go started.

By: The Reality-Based Dave

The Reality-Based Dave — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:17:54 +0000

anotherbozo wins the prize of silliest question of this thread! YAAAAA!!!

By: anotherbozo

anotherbozo — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:06:59 +0000

Do you pornographers think OW knows what a “fluff artist” is? I just wondered.

By: Parthenon

Parthenon — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:07:41 +0000

My next questions would be why did the state congress approve the five million, did lacking the extra funds seriously compromise Covenant House’s operation, where did they redirect the 1.1 million, and was it a better use than the Covenant House.

I dunno. Even if they didn’t get the whole shebang, were I the Covenant House Director I’d be pretty satisfied with 300% of my original grant.

By: JWG

JWG — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:57:32 +0000

You know the difference between what you asked for and what you got. You just lack the intellectual integrity to compare it to what you started with.

Whaaaaaaaaa! Mommy only raised my allowance by 300%! Whaaaaaa!

By: Nimrod Gently

Nimrod Gently — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:47:05 +0000

5 > 3.9

See. I know maths too

By: JWG

JWG — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:42:59 +0000

Whaaaaaaa! Mommy cut my allowance from $1.3 to $3.9! Whaaaaaa!

By: Sean D. Martin

Sean D. Martin — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:29:09 +0000

I think JWG makes a very valid point on this one. And the un-elaborated, vague “you don’t know how government works” isn’t much of a counter.

I’m fairly certain that had Obama or Biden raised the funding for something 3x, even if that was less of an increase than what was asked for, there would be folks here insulting anyone who tried to call it a cut.

By: C.S.Strowbridge

C.S.Strowbridge — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:12:11 +0000

“At least I can do basic math.
3.9 > 1.3″

So can I. And I can figure out than when the legislative branch passes a bill with $5.0 million in funding, and Palin uses her line item veto to cut it to $3.9 million that $5.0 million is greater than $3.9 million.

Remember, Palin doesn’t make the budgets, she only signs them.

By: lover of jazz

lover of jazz — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:07:07 +0000

the interviews will be conducted where and when the mccain/palin folks say and it won’t be one long interview either. i guess if they get the sense that gibson isn’t onboard the propaganda train they’ll just withdraw. i love the idea of a woman so tough that her nickname is “barracuda” who also happens to be scared crap-less of the media. more like a goddamned guppy.

By: JWG

JWG — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:36:22 +0000

At least I can do basic math.

3.9 > 1.3

By: C.S.Strowbridge

C.S.Strowbridge — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:01:33 +0000

“Yeah, she “cut it back down” to a much HIGHER level than it was to begin with.”

Wow. You really don’t know how government works, do you?

If you had to take to same exam immigrants take to become a citizen, you would never have passed it.

(Note: Damn it, EL. You practically stole my post… before I wrote it.)

By: Parthenon

Parthenon — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:57:30 +0000

Based on the little I’ve read of the subject, it appears JWG is correct. She did apparently cut the size of the increase, which was still tremendous. I don’t know the first thing about teen pregnancy in Alaska, so I don’t know if it’s meeting the program’s needs, but it appears that she didn’t cut it; she cut the size of the increase.

But if I’m wrong, and you gents have something to back it up, please, let it be known.

By: Enlightened Liberal

Enlightened Liberal — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:40:00 +0000

You really don’t understand how government works, do you jwg?

By: JWG

JWG — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:37:43 +0000

she cut it back down

Yeah, she “cut it back down” to a much HIGHER level than it was to begin with.

Let’s do an experiment on Leftist math, shall we?

Let’s imagine little CS asking his mommy for a raise in his allowance.
1) He currently gets $1.30 per week.
2) He asks for $5.00 per week.
3) His mommy decides to give him $3.90.
4) Little CS cries to all his friends that his mommy cut his allowance.

Idiots.

By: C.S.Strowbridge

C.S.Strowbridge — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:53:07 +0000

“Except that she INCREASED funding from 1.3 million to 3.9 million…”

No, the legislative branch raised the funding, she cut it back down.

By: Parthenon

Parthenon — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:44:13 +0000

I’m not optimistic… the tone of this thing, so far, has not been indicative of a desire to get down to business. I’m expecting a lot of blather about the family and breaking the gender barrier.

Hope I’m wrong.

By: JWG

JWG — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:20:19 +0000

Her words and actions, not mine.

Liar.

By: Jaim

Jaim — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:02:09 +0000

Her words and actions, not mine. Why is it wonderful for her daughter to be young, unmarried, and pregnant, but it’s a sin for anybody else (say, Jamie Lynn Spears?).

Personally, I’m against unmarried teens getting pregnant. But let’s deal with the issue logically, not with hyper-Evangelical fringe fundamentalism, e.g., Sarah Palin.

By: JWG

JWG — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:50:06 +0000

you are a staunch believe in ‘abstinence only’ education

Except that she supports public school education for contraception.

You voted to cut funding for an Alaskan program for teen mothers

Except that she INCREASED funding from 1.3 million to 3.9 million (the “slash” in funding was that she increased funding 3x rather than 3.8x the current allotment).

sex outside of marriage is sinful and should be legistlated as such

This is so stupid I don’t even know what it means.

Shorter Jaim: “I lie as easily as I breathe. Please point at me and laugh.”