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"On the day of the attacks, Mr. Ailes asked his chief engineer the minimum number of workers needed to keep the channel on the air. The answer: 42"

Ha, I think the chief engineer pulled on over on Mr Alies.

1/10/2010 7:56:27 PM

1/10/2010 10:38:26 PM

Religious people are fuckin insane

there I said it

1/10/2010 10:46:04 PM

Thank God that his plan was evidently for her to doom the McCain campaign.


(Note: There is no god, I just wanted to be ironic.)

1/10/2010 11:16:33 PM

Quote :

"CNN confirms: Palin inks TV deal Washington (CNN) – Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has signed a deal with Fox News to appear as a contributor on the network, a source with knowledge of the agreement confirms to CNN. There are no plans for Palin to anchor her own program, the source said."

LOL

1/11/2010 2:19:35 PM

contribute what?

1/11/2010 2:21:09 PM

ig-no-ance

1/11/2010 2:27:43 PM

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"Religious people are fuckin insane there I said it"

God



You realize that Obama's a Christian, right?

1/11/2010 2:34:17 PM

Sarah Palin gets deal as Fox commentator
Former Alaska governor is still hugely popular with conservatives
updated 30 minutes ago

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34809566/ns/entertainment-television?GT1=43001

Uh-oh! The far-left loon hate machine will go into overdrive against FOX News-Palin now.

1/11/2010 3:41:03 PM

i don't think it's just "far-left loons" that dislike Palin

1/11/2010 3:52:36 PM

^ Fair enough--but they do drive the hate machine.

1/11/2010 3:54:52 PM

JUICED

1/11/2010 4:02:14 PM

^^there's plenty to hate, and little to love

1/11/2010 4:04:18 PM

Quote :

"but they do drive the hate machine."

That's funny.

We're not the ones who want to expel all non-Whites from the United States.

We're not the ones who preached segregation until the late 70s.

We're not the ones who want to relegate homosexuals to second class citizens.

Who is the hate machine, again?

1/11/2010 4:07:51 PM

^^ So, you admit to being a far-left loon?

^ You.

1/11/2010 4:10:31 PM

lol ban hooksaw srsly

1/11/2010 4:11:05 PM

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"^ No--why don't you take your hooksaw derangement syndrome elsewhere? Do you have anything to offer on, you know, the topic? NO?!"

[Edited on January 11, 2010 at 4:14 PM. Reason : See? It works in every thread you post in--you have nothing topic-related to offer. ]

1/11/2010 4:13:31 PM

No here's the thing you fucking moron

You make a point, a flame, but a point.

I completely counter it with examples.

You just flame again and ignore.

See? You're a cancer on the Soap Box. Get out.

1/11/2010 4:16:45 PM

Don't single word reply. Don't do another quote.

Just get the fuck out of here.

1/11/2010 4:17:18 PM

Quote :

"^ No--why don't you take your hooksaw derangement syndrome elsewhere? Do you have anything to offer on, you know, the topic? NO?!"

1/11/2010 4:20:26 PM

I imagine she will abruptly quit after about a year

[Edited on January 11, 2010 at 4:25 PM. Reason : 8]

1/11/2010 4:25:01 PM

It will be fun watching some lefties head explode when they hear about palin from the huff.

^haha, exactly what I first thought Terd. That killed any chance she had at office, imo.

1/11/2010 4:31:14 PM

I watched Special Report with Bret Baier today and... wow... I actually have to say there was some good honest discussion going on.

Of course it helped that 2 out of the 3 contributors were none other than Maura Liasson and Juan Williams from National Public Radio...

but keep it up, Bret.

1/11/2010 6:55:17 PM

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"^ O'Reilly can definitely be overbearing and he does interrupt too much. I mostly watch Special Report with Bret Baier and some daytime coverage. PS: FWIW (daytime), like Cavuto et al."

hooksaw

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1/11/2010 7:00:26 PM

This is the shit that tears me up about the current controlling regime of the GOP. Sarah Palin espouses nothing more than garden variety conservative talking points. And she doesn't do what I'd label a stellar job of it. She's a pretty face.

She's also probably the reason the wheels fell off the McCain campaign bus. Why does she still get a voice? It isn't because she is saying anything new or even in a way that gets us moderates to swing back to the right.

It's to the point now where I wonder if some powerful Wall Street interests (read GE, GS, etc) are pushing her and this type of politics because they know it will continue to fail time and time again with those of us sitting in the middle, thus pushing elections to the left who are apparently more sympathetic to Wall Street interests than we could have ever imagined.

1/11/2010 7:03:06 PM

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"Why does she still get a voice? It isn't because she is saying anything new or even in a way that gets us moderates to swing back to the right."

Because people will watch her, and Fox News is in business to make money.

I would wager that the rise of Fox is why the republicans have such low approval ratings despite the democrats ratings.

1/11/2010 7:09:35 PM

Rupert Murdoch said once that if it was proven to be more popular, he would totally make Fox News a liberal news channel overnight.

1/11/2010 7:13:38 PM

Find a niche/need and fill it. Fox news is so successful because it's the only one of its kind.

1/11/2010 7:16:14 PM

^^ See MSNBC, Air America, and so on for results.

1/11/2010 7:23:21 PM

^^^ rational, well thought-out opinions don’t make for good television

… unless done in a comical way

[Edited on January 11, 2010 at 7:31 PM. Reason : ]

1/11/2010 7:30:58 PM

^ Rubbish.

1/11/2010 7:45:21 PM

Why else does PBS news have such low ratings? or NPR even? Why aren’t there more prime-time shows like Meet the Press (under Russert)?

Fox is appealing because of their boisterous style and attention-deficit friendly graphics.

1/11/2010 8:03:18 PM

Indeed, there is no more riveting TV than meet the press. That's also why things like Crossfire and the McGlaughlin group are/were a ratings bonanza.

1/11/2010 8:12:20 PM

Most people don't want intellectual debate.

They want HOT GOSSIP.

1/11/2010 8:22:52 PM

exactly, even on Fox brit hume was one of the lesser rated shows
the crazier, and more outspoken the host, the higher the ratings

1/11/2010 8:48:57 PM

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"^ Fair enough--but they do drive the hate machine."

can't we at least agree that it was republicans that have taken down palin?

1/11/2010 10:45:47 PM

^ she is now a contributor to Fox News..

1/12/2010 12:10:39 AM

the tea party type love her, most republicans do not.

1/12/2010 8:09:03 AM

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/11/palin-join-fox-news-contributor/?test=faces

1/12/2010 8:22:39 AM

meatballs!

1/12/2010 8:40:16 AM

^^

I guess this is what was more important than running Alaska.

1/12/2010 8:55:18 AM

I wish Palin would go away. I dont understand the obsession with her.

I really hope that she doesnt run.

1/12/2010 9:29:54 AM

Anybody watch 60 minutes? Pretty damning stuff from mccain's senior campaign strategist

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6078906n&tag=contentMain;cbsCarousel
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/01/07/60minutes/main6067628.shtml?tag=contentMain;cbsCarousel

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" Among their revelations is how McCain's campaign manager, Rick Davis, spotted Sarah Palin while searching the Internet for possible female vice presidential candidates. ... "In terms of vetting, was there enough time to do the kind of vetting you would have liked?" Cooper asked. "I'm not going to second guess the process," Schmidt replied. The process, according to the authors, was so rushed the background check was little more than one lawyer searching the Internet; no one went to Alaska. "I wasn't the vetter on the campaign," Schmidt pointed out. "Early on, though, you apparently said, 'She doesn't know anything,'" Cooper remarked. "In the immediate aftermath of her selection, it was clear to us that we had a lot of work to do," Schmidt said. ... Schmidt told us about a recurring problem later in the general election the campaign had with Sarah Palin: "There were numerous instances that she said things that were not accurate that ultimately, the campaign had to deal with. And that opened the door to criticism that she was being untruthful and inaccurate. And I think that that is something that continues to this day." Schmidt said he thinks it is fair criticism. After an ethics investigation of Palin, when the Alaska legislature issued a report, Schmidt says she mischaracterized that report. "She went out and said that, you know, 'This report completely exonerates me.' And in fact, it didn't. You know, it's the equivalent of saying down is up and up is down. It was provably, demonstrably untrue," he told Cooper. And Schmidt said it just kept happening. "Stuff like the Alaska Independence Party that her husband had been a member of for seven years. She wanted to put out a statement saying that he was not a member of it. He was a member of it," he said. "

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"I really hope that she doesnt run."

well if nothing else it would provide some nice entertainment. though id imagine her immediate political career is toast since she's a big fat quitter, so you probably have nothing to worry about.

it'll be interesting to see how scripted her appearances on Fox are, and how much she'll be speaking freely.

1/12/2010 9:55:28 AM

i imagine she'll be able to say what she wants. Fox clearly doesn't care about making sure all their pundits are truthful or accurate. And the more outrageous she is, the more viewers she'll pull in

1/12/2010 10:08:03 AM

if that's the case, then john stewart will be a happy happy man.

1/12/2010 10:19:08 AM

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"You realize that Obama's a Christian, right?"

What's the chance that any high-level politician is actually Christian and isn't just pandering to the voting masses that care?

1/12/2010 11:22:31 AM

all high-level politicians pander

they wouldn't be high-level if they didn't

1/12/2010 11:36:52 AM

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"What's the chance that any high-level politician is actually Christian and isn't just pandering to the voting masses that care?"

Extremely high considering:

-Most highly educated individuals are Atheistic
-About 25% of people the US identify themselves as nonreligious or Atheists
-Only one person in Congress is openly Atheist: Pete Stark.

1/12/2010 12:03:10 PM

^^ so jimmy carter wasn't a real christian? he is a great christian, I would hope even his critics would agree with that.

(well except kooksaw who thinks carter wants to willingly damage the country)

1/12/2010 12:07:44 PM

Probably a lot of people are. And there's a good chance all of the past Presidents were genuinely religious.

I'm just saying there are probably a lot more Atheists in Congress than we think.

1/12/2010 12:08:36 PM