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May 7, 2012 9:16 AM
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Limbaugh: At Buchenwald Obama is "ripping" Germans "over something they did 60 years ago" a day after praising Islam

From the June 5 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show...

 

He's be funnier than the SNL spoof if ony he wasn't so sad...

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May 6, 2012 5:19 PM
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Dennis Miller visited The O'Reilly Factor for his regular Wednesday night gig last night. At about two minutes in, after smearing the Occupy Movement, their attention turned to "the chick running against Scott Brown," Elizabeth Warren.

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May 6, 2012 2:35 PM
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Ignore racism? Fat chance, Rush - CNN.com

Ignore racism? Fat chance, Rush - CNN.com | Electile Dysfunction | Scoop.it
Roland Martin says Rush Limbaugh's criticism of his tweets calling out racism reflects a denial of racism in the United States--an approach, he says, that allows bigotry to flourish...
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May 6, 2012 12:20 PM
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Political Punchlines

Political Punchlines | Electile Dysfunction | Scoop.it
Find out what’s happening in the world of politics at Reuters.com. Get up to the minute, impartial political news coverage on the leaders, policies and agendas that shape our world.
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May 5, 2012 11:07 AM
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Fox Anchor: "Politics Is Weird And Creepy"

Fox Anchor: "Politics Is Weird And Creepy" | Electile Dysfunction | Scoop.it
Fox Anchor: "Politics Is Weird And Creepy": Shepard Smith reads Mitt Romney's friendly statement on Newt Gingrich's withdrawal...
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May 4, 2012 2:28 PM
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Anderson Cooper Answers Rush Limbaugh Gossip: 'You Might Try the Gym From Time to Time' | TheWrap TV

Said Cooper on his CNN show Thursday: "I don't know if you noticed, but he spoke for quite a while there didn't call me a slut even one time. Now, I don't have my Rush-to-English dictionary handy, but I'm pretty sure that means we're best friends now."
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May 4, 2012 1:05 PM
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MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell attacks Romney and Mormonism

MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell attacks Romney and Mormonism | Electile Dysfunction | Scoop.it
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) — Presidential candidate Mitt Romney, and his LDS faith, have been put under a microscope this presidential election; possibly the harshest attack yet coming from MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell.

 

O'Donnell has completely crossed the line here, and wins my award for most despicable pundit of the week. His diatribe could have been written by Karl Rove.

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May 4, 2012 11:15 AM
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The Death Of Facts In An Age Of 'Truthiness' : NPR

These days, untruths and falsehoods whisper to millions through the Internet and social media. If people are believing what they want to, then it's time to mourn for facts.

 

By NPR staff

 

"In journalism, in health [and] in education we tend to take the attitude that more information is better, and so there's been an assumption that if we put the correct information out there, the facts will prevail," [Dartmouth political scientist Brendan] Nyhan says. "Unfortunately, that's not always true."

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"That trend toward polarization has exacerbated this divergence in factual perceptions, to the point that it seems like we've lost something," he says.

 

It's simply too hard to walk back misconceptions once they're out in the wild, Nyhan says, whether put there by political elites or another source. If there was a greater reputational price to pay for putting falsehoods out there, he says, perhaps there would be fewer of them in the first place. [MORE]


Via Lynda Park
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May 4, 2012 10:37 AM
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Commentary: Outfoxing the Pundits | The National Interest

Commentary: Outfoxing the Pundits | The National Interest | Electile Dysfunction | Scoop.it
There is no direct correlation between the intelligence and knowledge of the political expert and the quality of his analyses and forecasts, argues Tetlock, a political psychologist at UC Berkeley. What the pundit was thinking mattered less than how he was thinking.


To prove his point, Tetlock gathered and analyzed more than eighty thousand forecasts by academics and journalists about a variety of global issues, including the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the apartheid system in South Africa, discovering—surprise, surprise—that the experts were wrong more often than blind chance.
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May 4, 2012 9:20 AM
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Michelle Malkin Calls Out Juan Williams Re: Occupy Movement - Sean Hannity

When Hannity questioned Williams about the fact that President Obama and Nancy Pelosi have both praised the Occupy movement, despite the violence at times associated with it, Williams said,...
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May 3, 2012 2:50 PM
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How to Insult Your Political Opponents

How to Insult Your Political Opponents | Electile Dysfunction | Scoop.it
Let’s say that you are a public figure, and in that capacity, you sometimes want to express your moral disapproval for behavior that is not illegal, perhaps, but is, in your estimation, gross. The art of the political put-down...
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May 3, 2012 2:46 PM
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Hannity Endorses Tactics That Have Been Called Torture

From the May 2 edition of Fox News'  Hannity...

 

When Hannity says "Here's the reality," then you know you're in trouble...

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May 3, 2012 8:57 AM
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Florida governor rejects gun ban for Republican convention

Florida governor rejects gun ban for Republican convention | Electile Dysfunction | Scoop.it
Tallahassee, Florida (Reuters) - Florida Governor Rick Scott has shot down a request by Tampa's mayor to allow local authorities to ban guns from the city's downtown during the Republican National Convention...


It may seem crazy, but at least he gets points for consistency...


And, by the way, Gov. Scott: Max Headroom called--he wants his face back...

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May 7, 2012 9:14 AM
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Politics Pimps Cinco de Mayo - Politic365

Politics Pimps Cinco de Mayo - Politic365 | Electile Dysfunction | Scoop.it
Politics Pimps Cinco de MayoPolitic365For politicos, it has become an annual opportunity to push a political agenda. n advance of the holiday, everyone got in the spirit: Vice President Biden held a small gathering at his residence, and noted that it was “dos de Mayo.”
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May 4, 2012 9:45 AM
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Five Ways To Recognize a Fake Republican

Five Ways To Recognize a Fake Republican | Electile Dysfunction | Scoop.it
Yesterday I watched a few minutes of a clip in which Sean Hannity and Michelle Malkin tag-teamed an inordinately civil Juan Williams over the subject of Occupy Wall Street. The Hannity-Malkin strategy, apparently, was to distort, deprecate, and interrupt as much as humanly possible.
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May 6, 2012 2:26 PM
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NewsHounds

But then multimillionaire Hannity turned to his "regular guy" shtick: "One of the best things that’s ever happened in my life is I, from the time I was eight years old, I worked… I was doing dishes and washing ‘em at 12. I was a cook at 13.

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May 5, 2012 2:10 PM
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Feud Alert! Anderson Cooper Slams Rush Limbaugh: "I've Never Tried to Pick a Fight With This Guy" - E! Online

Feud Alert! Anderson Cooper Slams Rush Limbaugh: "I've Never Tried to Pick a Fight With This Guy" - E! Online | Electile Dysfunction | Scoop.it
CNN newsman lashes out against Fox pundit in wake of comments claiming he spent more time in the gym and gossip columns than in the studio...
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May 4, 2012 4:14 PM
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Stephen Colbert: Dog cruelty to be linchpin in presidential election

Stephen Colbert: Dog cruelty to be linchpin in presidential election | Electile Dysfunction | Scoop.it
The 2012 presidential election will come down to one thing, according to Stephen Colbert, and it isn't money or even which candidate has better hair.
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May 4, 2012 2:25 PM
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The Shannon Files: Has Ed Schultz gotten a little too big for his britches?

The Shannon Files: Has Ed Schultz gotten a little too big for his britches? | Electile Dysfunction | Scoop.it

Schultz, a 20 year veteran of talk radio, actually got his start as a conservative talker out of Fargo, ND. According to an interview with the LA Times, his ideology began to change after visiting a Salvation Army cafeteria in 1998.

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May 4, 2012 11:26 AM
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Lou Dobbs ties Obama's campaign slogan to Marxists, socialists and communists

Fox Business anchor Lou Dobbs dusted off Glenn Beck’s chalkboard to draw a link between President Obama's new campaign slogan and European communists, facists and Marxists.  This week, the Obama campaign unveiled its new slogan...

 

Anybody remember when Lou Dobbs was sane?  Yeah... me neither....

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May 4, 2012 10:39 AM
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Trump Warns ‘Massive Inflation’ Coming, Prepare

Trump Warns ‘Massive Inflation’ Coming, Prepare | Electile Dysfunction | Scoop.it
Prepare yourselves as Donald Trump warns of massive inflation...

 

'Cause we don't have enough to be afraid of... but, of course, he's clearly wrong in the two months since this was written....

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May 4, 2012 10:27 AM
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Coulter Column: Deport the GOP Establishment! | NewsBusters.org

Our official policy is to turn away scientists in order to make room for illiterate Pakistani peasants who will drop out of high school to man coffee carts until deciding to plot a terrorist attack against the United States.


Gotta kind of wonder if Coulter might need medication....

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May 3, 2012 4:58 PM
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Video of the Day: Newt Gingrich's Greatest Hits

Video of the Day: Newt Gingrich's Greatest Hits | Electile Dysfunction | Scoop.it
A reel of the most memorable moments from the former Speaker's now defunct presidential campaign...
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May 3, 2012 2:48 PM
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Keith Olbermann Was a Favorite of Osama bin Laden

Keith Olbermann Was a Favorite of Osama bin Laden | Electile Dysfunction | Scoop.it
Osama bin Laden was a fan of Keith Olbermann, and was fuming when MSNBC canned the controversial commentator, according to writings seized from the...

 

Without a doubt, the best headline of the day...

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May 3, 2012 2:44 PM
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Michelle Malkin and Juan Williams in Fiery Clash Over Occupy Violence and Tea Party ‘Racism’ - Michelle Malkin - Fox Nation

Michelle Malkin and Juan Williams in Fiery Clash Over Occupy Violence and Tea Party ‘Racism’ - Michelle Malkin - Fox Nation | Electile Dysfunction | Scoop.it
Sean Hannity brought in Michelle Malkin and Juan Williams to discuss the Occupy movement on Wednesday night.


If you can watch this without getting angry at the rhetoric, you're a better person than I am. Hannity and Malkin are not Republicans, that's for sure....

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