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Old 01-11-2018, 01:27 PM
 
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THANK YOU!

I have noticed that too! I can't stand her smug, arrogant tone. She delivers supposedly serious stories like she is telling us a funny joke. Her irritating inflections, ups and downs of words, and her generally elitist tone shows that she is not talking to her audience, but rather talking at them, like she is lecturing them because her audience is too stupid to understand unless she "Explains it" to them.

Hannity is the complete opposite. He tends to speak plainly, and comes across as sharing the adventure with the viewer rather than being a know it all. I personally find him very boring and dont watch him, or any news pundit on any side.

If you want to get a really good, unvarnished, discussion of current events, I would highly recommend turning to alt-media. My favorite as you may know is STYXHEXENHAMMER


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM1_vQXVzIY

He is a libertarian, and a very brilliant young man. If you have not seen him, i urge you to at least watch 1 of his videos.
What's up with the leather jacket on bare azz look? Sorry, I'll watch more than 3 seconds of his video once he puts on a shirt, or even just a t-shirt.
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Old 01-11-2018, 01:31 PM
 
Location: Twin Cities (StP)
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How are you a Maddow fan and didn't know she was a Rhodes Scholar? That's the only argument her supporters use.
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Old 01-11-2018, 02:28 PM
 
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How are you a Maddow fan and didn't know she was a Rhodes Scholar? That's the only argument her supporters use.
Oh, boo, that’s not true.
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Old 01-11-2018, 02:56 PM
 
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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What's up with the leather jacket on bare azz look? Sorry, I'll watch more than 3 seconds of his video once he puts on a shirt, or even just a t-shirt.
It's kind of an in joke among his long time supporters. just listen to what he says without watching--he is really good
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Old 01-11-2018, 03:05 PM
 
Location: Long Island
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Okay, we'll take it as a given, Trump supporters, that you loathe Maddow and will insult her any way you can - which is tough, because she's pretty good at what she does, especially the way she cites sources to back up her statements. You needn't bother taking up space with the obvious attacks.

But Maddow fans will like this. I knew she was smart, but I didn't know that she was a Rhodes scholar.


Trump's TV Nemesis
How Rachel Maddow constructs a narrative
By Janet Malcolm

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2...mps-tv-nemesis
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but I didn't know that she was a Rhodes scholar.
and...so what???
and her 1995 scholarship was to where??? The College of the Blessed Mary and All Saints, Lincoln

did you know that she didnt go to Oxford proper but to one of the 38 oxford colleges, the one she went to was called The College of the Blessed Mary and All Saints, Lincoln

to POINT was she, the only openly gay to get a scholarship, went to one of the most conservative branches of oxford

the point is that so what, she got the Rhodes for 1995.... does that make her a good person...???... does that make her really smart???not really

so she got a doctorate in philosophy...Her thesis is titled HIV/AIDS and Health Care Reform in British and American Prisons ......

and she was part of the FAILED airamerica liberal talk radio
so from a Rhodes scholar this is what you get as comedy on air America... R Madcow says, "someone assassinate Bush now, please"



btw George Stephanopoulos is also a rhodes scholar
....so is David Vitter the repiblican senator from lousyanna....so was Kris Kristoferson the actor

so was Bill Clinton, he used it to dodge the draft

oh and btw..just because someone is book smart, doent mean they have a lick of common sense
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Old 01-11-2018, 03:37 PM
 
Location: Twin Cities (StP)
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Oh, boo, that’s not true.
Yes it is. Whenever someone says anything about her being an idiot it's always, "nuh uh, she is Rhodes Scholar".
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Old 01-11-2018, 03:43 PM
 
Location: Pixley
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Gee, I wonder why Democrats keep losing.
Like in Virginia and New Jersey? A wave is coming, which is why 31 House Republicans are running for reelection. They see the writing on the wall.
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Old 01-11-2018, 03:49 PM
 
Location: Pixley
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2.../#6bb1249212ab



All one needs to know about Hannity and the Fox effect.
Seems like Fox and Friends forgot to explain FISA to Trump this morning.
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Old 01-11-2018, 03:51 PM
 
Location: Upstate NY 🇺🇸
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Yeah, I knew someone would bring that up. It's discussed in the article, if you read it. She wasn't wrong, you know. It just wasn't as sensational as people hoped, but I think it's still the closest look anyone has had at an actual Trump tax return, isn't it?

Actually, that honor goes to whomever prepared his taxes, and the slugs at the IRS.

Which is the way it should be.
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Old 01-11-2018, 03:52 PM
 
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As they used to say close counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. Over-hyped stories do not count.

You give her a pass because you are a fan. She got a pass from being fired for it because she makes MSNBC money. If she was as smart as you believe she is she should have known better.
Surely you're not so insanely biased as to imagine that her over-selling is in any way comparable to the outright lies of the right-wing media? I give her a "pass" because it's inconsequential. And I'm a fan because she's so intelligent and articulate.


If people were fired for over-selling, Trump would have been out of a job immediately.
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