The Politico is trolling for a Drudge link: They proclaim the GOP rules the world
The Politico is at it again. It now proclaims that the Democrats are in trouble and the Republicans are on the offensive like it's 2004.
Bolstered by historical trends that work in the GOP’s favor -- midterm elections are typically hostile to the party in power -- and the prospect of the first election in a decade without former President George W. Bush either on the ballot or in office, Republicans find themselves on the offensive for the first time since 2004.
They actually said that. They haven't been attacking like maniacs since then? I guess calling Dems traitors and terrorist sympathizers is a compliment. As Glenn Greenwald takes their analysis apart, guess who their sources are that they use as proof that it's 2004 again.
Who are the sources for Politico's exciting announcement of a GOP resurgence? A grand total of three: "GOP pollster Whit Ayres," "GOP pollster John McLaughlin," and "Republican pollster Neil Newhouse," all of whom assure us that the signs point to imminent Republican triumph and Democratic doom.
Just read Glenn's piece because he thoroughly debunks them.
Kos also notes a big traffic plunge for them:
But hey, Drudge will likely give the Politico a link. And given their traffic trends, you can bet that's a major motivator. Yup, Politico has lost over 1M unique monthly readers since its peak in February. There's nothing like Drudge bait to help turn that around.
I have not gone to politico.com in, like, months and months.
When I want news, politico is not a serious option. And when what I want is, er, news whores, I like them the same way I want my waffles: crispy and well done. Politico is neither.
It's not that I feel they are doing anything that would merit voters siding with them, but in my 31 years on this earth I've noticed a trend: The country votes against it's best interests in favor of whoever puts on the biggest happy face. Ronny Reagan made us "feel good" about America again. Bush Sr. was a residual effect of that but lost because of a tanking economy and the "read my lips" fiasco. Bush Jr. "won" because he was a "real" American who you'd want to have a beer with. Obama won because of a tanking economy he appeared cool and collected about and McCain's total lack of ability to react rationally or even understand what was going on... and choosing Palin.
If the Republicans can find a nominee not busy banging everyone but his wife, not chronically hysterical and able to be the strong authoritarian figure who can make all his children feel safe and protected from the monsters under our bed they will have a good chance at winning.
Especially if the Dems wuss out on healthcare and continue to do little-to-nothing to deserve being re-elected, it will be possible for them to spin the centrists (who pay little attention to the ins and outs of policies and just get TV soundbytes of political squabbling) into thinking Obama and the Dems are failing to lead.
Hopefully humanity will one day learn to be humane.
barring a miracle.
ROFLMAO
The media loves a fight. Without a fight and conflict they have no viewers/readers/listeners. If there's not a fight out there, it's their job to help manufacture one. I'm sad that it's taken me so long to figure it all out. That's why at this point in my life I don't GAF about almost anything anymore. My blood pressure is normal and my tomato plants in the garden are 8 ft. tall.
The world could end tomorrow and I would say: "Nice knowin' ya'!"
to be a fabulous millionaire?
(Snark)
More like fighting a rear-guard action of a continuing retreat.
We'll find out.
. . . ?
In my job, I do a similar thing: Interview widget manufacturers about how widgets are vital to existence. But the difference is, widgets don't end up determining the fate of millions.
The Republicanz are in denial about themselves. The MSM is in denial about the Republicanz. nice endless circle...
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
to cure the states budget ills?
So a 128oz vat of Mello Yello is now $2.99 instead of $1.99? Bummer that more little sh*ts have to drink ice water; better for them in the long (and short) run. Even if mom now drinks more to survive the whining and crying...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Just ask the Klan, American Nazi Party, Teabaggers, Birthers, Deathers, Beck, O'Reilly, Dobbs, Blue Dog Dems, Larry Elder, Dennis(the periodic troll)....
repeat the .001 viewpoint.
Your Glen Greenwald link is dead.
:p
I heard a caller today who was talking about health care. He described the republican formula for putting the new, revised health care system into the hands of the insurance companies to deploy since they're already staffed up and ready to go, and have the government monitor their work.
Then he mentioned that the proposed republican method of running a government program were applied to another area of government we could have Homeland Security run by Al Queda because they know where all the holes are in our security net; and the government could monitor their work.
Made sense to me.
So this is their latest inane and insignificant prattle? Dems in trouble? How about the GOP with their flagrant hypocrites Ensign, Sanford, Palin, and Gingrich? Whoops---forgot about them---yeah right. What utter bullshit.
Note to Politico: the GOP is not ON the offensive, they ARE offensive.
Believe these shallow gossipmongers at Politico at your own risk.
"We will find fulfillment not in the goods that we have, but in the good we can do for each other."
Robert F. Kennedy
never really ever has gravitated toward their offerings. Always seemed curiously shallow and opportunistic (even if seemingly left leaning in the overall context of Murkin 'media'). They have increasingly become so much toast in my regard- I generally relegate Politico now to my 'lectronic dustbin....
I can't believe I just commented.
Isn't that the site where Roger Simon works? You know, I hate to admit it, but Spiro Agnew was right about one thing: you simply can't trust pointy-headed intellectuals. Simon is nerdy and unreliable, and I think he is a wolf in sheep's clothing (and I DON'T mean Richard Wolff). He also has a whiney voice and looks like a rodeo clown. When he comes on a pundit program, I change channels. He is predictably spineless and wimpy. Tends to be the story with all those at that web site.
"Respect for the rights of others is peace." --Benito Juarez
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