So, Shithead...Why Did YOU Pick Him?

[DeistPaladin]

...or 'notable pundits along the lines of O'Reilly' per DP's request....

I would have thought that would have been clear as a criteria. Bill O'Riley has his own show on a major conservative propaganda station and is possibly second only to Rush Limbaugh as conservative blowhards go. The liberal equivalent in notoriety and stature would be something like Olbermann, Maddow or Schultz. You know, people who also have their own TV shows on a major network.

You mentioned some guy named "Mike Malloy". My first reaction was "WHO?" I looked him up on the internet and he's some guy with a "streaming radio show" (translation: he pod casts). If conservatives weren't fishing for some outrage, would they have even known who this guy was?

You also mentioned Montel Williams. Seriously? I know him as a daytime talk show host. I had no idea he was a liberal until you mentioned him in this post. I'm not aware he's a famous commentator.

Not sure who has a "behind enemy lines" map. This was attributed to "The Democrats". Maybe if you had a link, we could see just how provocative it is.

Paul Krugman is the only notable political-economic figure you mentioned. Even taking your accusation at face value, he'd calling for outrage and "hanging someone IN EFFIGY". That means, if you're having trouble with the big word, "don't really do it but only do it symbolically". This falls way short of the calls for violence on the Republican side.

And all this is taking your claims, without any links provided, at face value. I'm certain, just like with your links to the OWS movement, that if I did follow them, they would turn out to be total bullshit.

This is what I'm talking about. There are 20 some odd acts of right wing terrorism and violence since Obama got elected and 1 arrest of alleged left wing terrorists so we're told "see, both sides do it".

We have candidates for president who are serious contenders for that highest office talking about secession or for McCarthy style hunts. Conservatives point to some liberal guy I'd never heard of before with a pod cast allegedly saying inflammatory things. We're told "see, both sides do it."

We see clips of Glenn Beck saying batshit crazy fear-mongering conspiracy rants and then see Keith Olbermann getting rightfully angry about real issues and we're told, "see, both sides do it".

The reality is I can't control or account for some guy shooting his mouth off during his pod cast. However, when movements of people support a candidate for president or watch a TV show so much that it remains on the air, it is a reflection not just of the candidate or the commentator but of the movement as a whole.

You're ad hominem tu quoque argument, beyond just being fallacious, is also not true.

BOTH...
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DON'T!

.....there's also the sleaziness of Harry Ried's accusations against Romney for tax evasion by an unnamed source.

"WAAAAAHHHHHHH! WAAAAHHHHH! Those nasty liberals are being so mean to poor Mitt Romeny! WAAAAAAAHHHHH!"

This from the party that forced Obama to turn over his birth certificate over a conspiracy theory so crazy even Ann Coulter said it was nuts.

Hey Mitt, you're running for president. You're life is now an open book. People are going to be placing you under a microscope looking to closely evaluate your character. That's the price for seeking the highest office in the land. That's the price everyone pays. Suck it up and deal with it or drop out.

...there's also the sleazy Obama campaign ad that falsely accused Romney of being responsible for the death of a woman who died from cancer.

This is from the party that brought you "Swiftboating".

"WAAAAAAHHHHHH! WAAAAAAHHHHH! Obama's running mean attack ads. WAAAAAAAHHHHHH!"

This is the political environment Karl Rove created. Don't whine about it now.

Bullies are such crybabies!