Hot Potato Mash

HPM MASHUP: GEORGE WILL IS A PROPAGANDIST

O'Reilly Attacks Moyers IN BODY LANGUAGE SEGMENT!

By now almost everyone has seen the viral video of Bill Moyers destroying O'Reilly Factor producer, Porter Barry, after being ambushed at the The National Conference for Media Reform. If not, it follows below. But first check out Bill O'Reilly's lame attempt to get back at Moyers via the ridiculous "Body Language" segment.

And the ambush

"Moyers on Democracy" (Bill Moyers)

Bill Moyers, bill o'reilly, Propaganda, Barry Porter

The Liberal Media Myth

How great is Glenn Greenwald?

"Great American Hypocrites: Toppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics" (Glenn Greenwald)

OMG! Conservative Radio Host Kevin James EMBARRASSED!

   
Okay 99, maybe Tweety ain't that bad after all!!   

UPDATE: You think Kevin James is bumming?     

My google search traffic is up +602% today (and it's not yet noon) due almost entirely to Kevin James... 

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Search for “kevin james conservative” = 9 
Search for “kevin james radio” = 8 
Search for “kevin james embarrassed” = 2     

Ouch! 

UPDATE II: At least Kevin James is becoming a world famous YouTube celebrity... 

Technorati Tags: Chris Matthews, Kevin James, Neville Chamberlain, puppy

VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: ABC News Democratic Debate Protest In Los Angeles

UPDATE: Face The Nation's Bob Schieffer on Patriotism and Flag Pins (h/t Think On These Things)

Technorati Tags: ABC News, Barack Obama, Charlie Gibson, coporatism, Disney, George Stephanopolous, mashup, media, msm, news, Propaganda, public opinion

MUST WATCH: Glenn Greenwald On Democracy Now

Part 1 (9:53)

Part 2 (8:02)

Democracy Now mashup of ABC debate questions (3:09)

“Great American Hypocrites: Toppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics” (Glenn Greenwald)

Technorati Tags: amy goodman, democracy now, media, Glenn Greenwald

HARDBALL Slams Obama For NOT 'Taking Down His Opponent' During Debate

Much has already been made about the horror show performance of ABC News moderators Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos who spent the first 42 minutes of last night's democratic debate pummeling Obama “entirely on specious and gossipy trivia”. The two alleged newsmen spent half the debate on such pressing issues as Obama's “bitter” comment, the patriotism of Obama's pastor, Obama serving on a board with a member of the Weather Underground and Obama's decision not to wear a flag lapel pin.

With the above absurdity in mind, it was particularly refreshing to see Obama refuse to attack Clinton for her sniper fire lies despite being baited repeatedly by Stephanopoulos:

“I think Senator Clinton deserves the right to make some errors once in a while”

Refreshing that is unless you are a member of the mainstream media which clearly takes offense to Obama's above the fray tactics. For evidence of this one need not look any further than Chris Matthews, Chuck Todd and Bob Herbert's inanity on Hardball this afternoon.

One hopes that Obama learns a lesson here and next time slams Clinton or McCain or whoever for completely superficial non-issues in order to please our media whores!

Technorati Tags: Barack Obama, hardball, Hillary, MSNBC, Chris Matthews

Jonah Goldberg Is Making Shit Up

Jonah Goldberg is caught making shit up about President Bill Clinton (Monica Lewinsky scandal) in the short mashup above (1:34). In related news, the sun will once again come up tomorrow. Seriously, the only time Goldberg is not making shit up is when he is proving to a national audience how freaking little he knows about politics and government (see clip below, 0:47).

Which helps explain why he is a nationally syndicated conservative political columnist, editor at National Review Online and a regular on the cable news shows. What a country!

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VIDEO MASHUP: Conservative Pundits Jonah Goldberg & Matthew Dowd Clueless On 'Real Time'

Matthew Dowd was the chief strategist of the George W. Bush 2004 presidential election campaign and is currently an ABC News political contributor. Jonah Goldberg is a nationally syndicated conservative columnist, founding editor of “National Review Online” and author of Liberal Fascism. Neither of them know who is the current Director of National Intelligence.

“Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning” (Jonah Goldberg)

“Applebee's America: How Successful Political, Business, and Religious Leaders Connect with the New American Community” (Ron Fournier, Douglas B. Sosnik, Matthew J. Dowd)

VIDEO MASHUP: Chris Matthews Is A Lying Piece Of...

Chris Matthews takes his job of representing the establishment elite very seriously. That's why he was up in arms over the New York Times piece exonerating his boy, Rudy G., of any wrongdoing regarding the accounting in the Judith Nathan trysts matter. Matthews believes that the one-week long story might have cost Rudy 10 points in the polls and may ruin his chances at the presidency.

But, Matthews fails to exhibit any remorse when it comes to his eight years of propaganda filled coverage of Al Gore dating back to his presidential campaign against another Matthews favorite, George W. Bush. Throughout that campaign Matthews was quick to spread the ridiculous propaganda about Gore being a constant fibber and a prolific exaggerator.

As this mashup evidences, that entire line of propaganda pushed by Matthews and others was bullshit from the start and despite numerous articles proving such, Matthews has continued to promulgate his lies about Gore eight years after the fact. No where does Matthews show concern for contributing to Gore's loss in 2000 and the subsequent harm his antics caused the country via the Bush presidency.

But one should not expect anything more from the rank propagandist, outright liar and ultimate hack that is Matthews.

The Real Reason Wingnuts Hate YearlyKos & Progressive Blogosphere

Game, set and match to Beggars Can Be Choosers:

Once upon a time, it was easy to be a GOP propagandist.

Bill O'Reilly Equates DailyKos with Nazis and KKK

Up until the mid-1990s, Republicans could spew out lies all day long and rarely had to worry about any watchdogs holding them accountable. Oh sure, there were a few obscure leftist print publications here and there, but they had tiny circulations and were often difficult to come by.

Back then, the GOP propagandists certainly didn't have to worry about the corporate mainstream media keeping them honest. Indeed, the likes of CNN, The Wall Street Journal, and even The New York Times were quite happy to carry the GOP's water.

Bill O'Reilly attacks DailyKos again

With the dawn of the Web, it began to dawn on the GOP propagandists that they were no longer able to spew out lies without being challenged.

Suddenly, anyone could set up a Web site for relatively little cost and effort and instantly have a potential worldwide audience.

GOP propagandists like Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly soon discovered, to their horror, that they could no longer peddle their daily lies and bullshit and have no one to challenge them.

Read the entire post at Beggars Can Be Choosers

(h/t The Existentialist Cowboy)

Is It About The Oil or Light Sweet Pickles?

Rep. Charles Rangel states that the US invaded Iraq because of “oil, oil and more oil.”  But CNN's Wolf Blitzer is not quite so sure and points out other possible reasons for attacking Iraq like “winning friends”.  Not overly impressed with Wolf's analysis, Bhc wonders aloud if the Bushies would have invaded Iraq if it sat “on top of the world's third largest reserves of light sweet pickles.” Wolf?

More at Anything They Say

Learn How To Use Exorcism To Review Movies On Hannity & Colmes

Cross-posted at BRAD BLOG


Hannity & Colmes break new terroritory tonight by discussing exorcism with two Catholic priests in light of a botched exorcism of a three year old child in Phoenix. First, Father Jonathan Morris, who believes more in God when he sees the presence of evil in someone, assures viewers that what took place in Phoenix was not actually an exorcism. Father Edward Beck then explains that being possessed by the Devil or an evil spirit is possible and that the cure for such a malady is exorcism.

Signs to look for to determine if the Devil has taken possession of a person include: speaking in a foreign language that is not one's own language, speaking in tongues, having a certain power or knowledge that one should not have, and seeing into the future.

At one point, Sean Hannity turns to Father Morris, who has witnessed an exorcism, and states:

I don't want to minimize this, I was just kidding about Alan. But, this is really serious here. I mean Christ, if we believe the Bible and I do, um, he exorcised demons with regularity. I mean often. What did you see at the exorcism you were at?

Father Morris, a Fox News contributor, responds by telling a story that happened to him in Spain while promoting the movie The Passion of the Christ. Long story short, the chief exorcist in Spain didn't know what to think about the movie until he went to his most difficult exorcism case and mentioned the Mel Gibson flick. The Devil inside the tough case immediately went crazy which assured the chief exorcist that the movie was okay since the Devil hates all good things.

Next week, the chief exorcist reviews The Simpsons Movie.

VIDEO: Tucker Carlson vs. CLG's Rectenwald on DC MADAM SCANDAL

 

Michael Rectenwald of Citizens For Legitimate Government appeared on Tucker Carlson's new show.  Unfortunately, despite getting rid of the bow-tie, Tucker is the same old Republican toady and hypocrite as Rectenwald repeatedly points out. Tucker conveniently tries to take the moral high road now that he fears Republican politicos are in the cross-fire. Yet, when it's Democrats like Bill Clinton caught with their pants down, Tucker is at the front of the line screaming for the firing squad. Typical mainstream media corporate media rubbish.

VIDEO MASHUP: STOP SEAN HANNITY'S LIES WITH BOYCOTT!

Cross-posted at BRAD BLOG

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gave one of the great speeches in recent history at Live Earth where he spoke truth to power to our “rotten politicians” who are “nothing more than corporate toadies” for “villainous companies that consistently put their private financial interest ahead of American interest and ahead of the interest of all of humanity.”

RFK jr. also offered a couple of ways to combat the corporations, politicians, “slick public relations firms and their phony think tanks” and “crooked scientists” including getting involved in the political process and boycotting the companies that advertise on programs where the corporate toadies consistently lie about global warming. Specifically, RJK Jr. suggests:

And so I am going to tell you this, that the next time you see John Stossel or Glenn Beck or Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity --- these flat-earthers, these corporate toadies, lying to you, lying to the American public, and telling you that global warming doesn't exist --- you send an email to their advertisers and tell them that you are not going to buy their products anymore.

This mashup is produced entirely from the July 9th Hannity & Colmes and provides consumers with a list of corporations to avoid as well as evidences a number of typical Sean Hannity lies.

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