The Conservative Who Cried "Wolf!"

[DeistPaladin]

I'm sure you're familiar with the story of "The Little Boy Who Cried Wolf".

During the Obama Administration, and long before, we've seen a variation of that story play out.

The Little Conservative Boy Who Cried "Wolf!"
One day, a little conservative boy decided to play a trick on the village.

"Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!" cried the little conservative boy.

The Corporate Media Villagers came running to find what was the matter, "Where? Where? Where?"

"Acorn is involved in sex trafficking and voter fraud!" the little conservative boy shouted.

And so the corporate media villagers scurried about reporting the controversy. Conservatives were outraged! OUTRAGED! Acorn was driven out of business.

It all turned out to be bullshit but by the time the truth was revealed, nobody cared anymore. The Corporate Media Villagers don't care about facts. They just want to "report the controversy". Besides, soon they had another distraction.

"Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!" cried the little conservative boy.

The Corporate Media Villagers came running to find what was the matter, "Where? Where? Where?"

"We have emails that show climate scientists are lying to us and fudging the data to mislead people into thinking Global Warming is real."

And so the corporate media villagers scurried about reporting the controversy. Conservatives were outraged! OUTRAGED! "Many conservative pundit was thrilled! "I knew it all along! It was a conspiracy! All along they something something government grant money something something communist takeover!"

It all turned out to be bullshit but by the time the truth was revealed, nobody cared anymore. The Corporate Media Villagers don't care about facts. They just want to "report the controversy". Besides, soon they had another distraction.

"Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!" cried the little conservative boy.

The Corporate Media Villagers came running to find what was the matter, "Where? Where? Where?"

...to save time, let me say this story goes on and on. Each time, it's a new source of "OUTRAGE!" from conservatives, each time there are consequences (someone gets wrongfully fired, there's another fruitless congressional investigation, there's a new war, etc), each time the story turns out to be total bullshit. Just to name a few on the "wolf, wolf, wolf" list that I can readily recall:

• Shirley Sherrod
  
• The IRS "Scandal"
  
• Benghazi
  
• Benghazi Part II (the bogus 60 Minutes story)
  
• "You didn't build that"
  
• "Death Pannels"
  
• Various Birtherism hoaxes
  
• Clive Bundy
  
• Ferguson Witness #40
  
• The supposed Al Sharpton led protest where supposedly the crowd called for the killing of police officers
  

Each time, it turned out to be a bullshit story that ought to have embarrassed conservatives in this country.

The little conservative boy has been crying "Wolf!" since at least the Clinton Administration. From Whitewater to the run up to the Iraq War, the pattern is continuously repeated: conservative lies are circulated, they stir up controversy and by the time they're debunked, no one seems to care anymore.

Every!
Single!
Time!

By now everyone should see what's different about this story from the original: At no point does the little conservative boy lose credibility. He keeps crying "Wolf!" and no one calls him out on all the times he cried that before.

It is past time for the conservative little boy to be ignored. There's never a wolf.

Credit where credit is due: This post is inspired by a blog post by "Driftglass" which can be read here.

[Foxaèr]

They do not lose credibility because republicunt voters have placed them on a pedestal right next to their imaginary god.

[simplemoss]

Aww that was it?????????? Come on post the whole list of paranoid conspiracy theory bullshit the repubs have cried wolf about over the past 6 long years, solar city, that Obama was too blame for the recession or the bailouts whatabout fast and the furious for Christs sake

[Minimalist]

There's never a wolf.

But there is always a cunt.

[Thumpalumpacus]

I'm sure you're familiar with the story of "The Little Boy Who Cried Wolf".

During the Obama Administration, and long before, we've seen a variation of that story play out.

The Little Conservative Boy Who Cried "Wolf!"
One day, a little conservative boy decided to play a trick on the village.

"Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!" cried the little conservative boy.

The Corporate Media Villagers came running to find what was the matter, "Where? Where? Where?"

"Acorn is involved in sex trafficking and voter fraud!" the little conservative boy shouted.

And so the corporate media villagers scurried about reporting the controversy. Conservatives were outraged! OUTRAGED! Acorn was driven out of business.

It all turned out to be bullshit but by the time the truth was revealed, nobody cared anymore. The Corporate Media Villagers don't care about facts. They just want to "report the controversy". Besides, soon they had another distraction.

"Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!" cried the little conservative boy.

The Corporate Media Villagers came running to find what was the matter, "Where? Where? Where?"

"We have emails that show climate scientists are lying to us and fudging the data to mislead people into thinking Global Warming is real."

And so the corporate media villagers scurried about reporting the controversy. Conservatives were outraged! OUTRAGED! "Many conservative pundit was thrilled! "I knew it all along! It was a conspiracy! All along they something something government grant money something something communist takeover!"

It all turned out to be bullshit but by the time the truth was revealed, nobody cared anymore. The Corporate Media Villagers don't care about facts. They just want to "report the controversy". Besides, soon they had another distraction.

"Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!" cried the little conservative boy.

The Corporate Media Villagers came running to find what was the matter, "Where? Where? Where?"

...to save time, let me say this story goes on and on. Each time, it's a new source of "OUTRAGE!" from conservatives, each time there are consequences (someone gets wrongfully fired, there's another fruitless congressional investigation, there's a new war, etc), each time the story turns out to be total bullshit. Just to name a few on the "wolf, wolf, wolf" list that I can readily recall:

• Shirley Sherrod
  
• The IRS "Scandal"
  
• Benghazi
  
• Benghazi Part II (the bogus 60 Minutes story)
  
• "You didn't build that"
  
• "Death Pannels"
  
• Various Birtherism hoaxes
  
• Clive Bundy
  
• Ferguson Witness #40
  
• The supposed Al Sharpton led protest where supposedly the crowd called for the killing of police officers
  

Each time, it turned out to be a bullshit story that ought to have embarrassed conservatives in this country.

The little conservative boy has been crying "Wolf!" since at least the Clinton Administration. From Whitewater to the run up to the Iraq War, the pattern is continuously repeated: conservative lies are circulated, they stir up controversy and by the time they're debunked, no one seems to care anymore.

Every!
Single!
Time!

By now everyone should see what's different about this story from the original: At no point does the little conservative boy lose credibility. He keeps crying "Wolf!" and no one calls him out on all the times he cried that before.

It is past time for the conservative little boy to be ignored. There's never a wolf.

Credit where credit is due: This post is inspired by a blog post by "Driftglass" which can be read here.

What was the turnout in this last election?

[downbeatplumb]

The American Media has an obvious right wing bias.

It seems that some people over there are so right wing that even this is not enough and confuse it for left wing bias.

I tells ya since 9/11 America has gone mad. One day it will get back to normal, one day.

[A Theist]

I'm sure you're familiar with the story of "The Little Boy Who Cried Wolf".

During the Obama Administration, and long before, we've seen a variation of that story play out.

The Little Conservative Boy Who Cried "Wolf!"
One day, a little conservative boy decided to play a trick on the village.

"Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!" cried the little conservative boy.

The Corporate Media Villagers came running to find what was the matter, "Where? Where? Where?"

"Acorn is involved in sex trafficking and voter fraud!" the little conservative boy shouted.

And so the corporate media villagers scurried about reporting the controversy. Conservatives were outraged! OUTRAGED! Acorn was driven out of business.

It all turned out to be bullshit but by the time the truth was revealed, nobody cared anymore. The Corporate Media Villagers don't care about facts. They just want to "report the controversy". Besides, soon they had another distraction.

"Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!" cried the little conservative boy.

The Corporate Media Villagers came running to find what was the matter, "Where? Where? Where?"

"We have emails that show climate scientists are lying to us and fudging the data to mislead people into thinking Global Warming is real."

And so the corporate media villagers scurried about reporting the controversy. Conservatives were outraged! OUTRAGED! "Many conservative pundit was thrilled! "I knew it all along! It was a conspiracy! All along they something something government grant money something something communist takeover!"

It all turned out to be bullshit but by the time the truth was revealed, nobody cared anymore. The Corporate Media Villagers don't care about facts. They just want to "report the controversy". Besides, soon they had another distraction.

"Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!" cried the little conservative boy.

The Corporate Media Villagers came running to find what was the matter, "Where? Where? Where?"

...to save time, let me say this story goes on and on. Each time, it's a new source of "OUTRAGE!" from conservatives, each time there are consequences (someone gets wrongfully fired, there's another fruitless congressional investigation, there's a new war, etc), each time the story turns out to be total bullshit. Just to name a few on the "wolf, wolf, wolf" list that I can readily recall:

• Shirley Sherrod
  
• The IRS "Scandal"
  
• Benghazi
  
• Benghazi Part II (the bogus 60 Minutes story)
  
• "You didn't build that"
  
• "Death Pannels"
  
• Various Birtherism hoaxes
  
• Clive Bundy
  
• Ferguson Witness #40
  
• The supposed Al Sharpton led protest where supposedly the crowd called for the killing of police officers
  

Each time, it turned out to be a bullshit story that ought to have embarrassed conservatives in this country.

The little conservative boy has been crying "Wolf!" since at least the Clinton Administration. From Whitewater to the run up to the Iraq War, the pattern is continuously repeated: conservative lies are circulated, they stir up controversy and by the time they're debunked, no one seems to care anymore.

Every!
Single!
Time!

By now everyone should see what's different about this story from the original: At no point does the little conservative boy lose credibility. He keeps crying "Wolf!" and no one calls him out on all the times he cried that before.

It is past time for the conservative little boy to be ignored. There's never a wolf.

Credit where credit is due: This post is inspired by a blog post by "Driftglass" which can be read here.

...and you guys still lost the mid-terms, big time! BHA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!! WOLF! WOLF!

[downbeatplumb]

...and you guys still lost the mid-terms, big time! BHA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!! WOLF! WOLF!

But who got voted president twice.

And lets face it the democrats will win next time as well because the opposition like to double down on crazy and put forward unelectable idiots.

[thesummerqueen]

Truthfully, DP, you have to blame the news media for this one - no one is pointing out these inconsistencies except for the people who are labeled as obviously "biased leftists" like Rachel Maddow. For some reason, breaking the news that the Right has been lying is not...news. Or at least, it's not news to their corporate masters. And the only people reading blogs or news pages which cover it are the sort who want to go looking for a more centerist set of facts anyway.

You'll never get a front page scoop on how the righteous anger of the Republicans was just smoke and shit to cover up their own agenda. I don't think it's even because "no one cares" - as many older people like to claim about my generation and younger - it's because the generations older than us who have decision making power are either protecting their interests, or ignoring the fact that they did shit-all about it.

[popeyespappy]

At no point does the little conservative boy lose credibility.

Confirmation bias at its finest.