1 Pudding futures are lookin' fine. Mighty fine.

2 52% of the country are tea-bagging racists.

3

What the hell is a lede?

Do you mean "lead"?  As in, the leading sentence or paragraph?

Enough with this stupid trendy non-word.

Next you'll be saying things like "meme."

4 Anti-incumbent? Well... yeah. But who are the incumbents? Which party controls the White House and the Congress? CNN waits until the eleventh paragraph to report Obama's quite-bad re-elect number. It's getting damn difficult to even satirize this stuff, the dinosaur media has become such a caricature of itself. And you just know, not with a blinding epiphany but with the simple everyday experience of a sunrise, that when Demotards get their asses kicked in November, the spin will be "Obama didn't act swiftly enough, and the public had a temper tantrum; however, the administration's policies are fully intact."

5 He hates these cans!  Stay away from the cans!

6

Next you'll be saying things like "meme."

I prefer "agnostic" as my power word for 2010 and possibly beyond.

 

7 You gotta' admit, their ability to obfuscate and spin is like a freakin' symphony.

8 Posted by: Bender at February 16, 2010 01:57 PM (802+s)

I hate book-larnin' as much as the next guy, but lede?

9 I fully expect to be open on November 3, 2012. Just based on past experience over the last year or so.

10 Enough with this stupid trendy non-word.

It's not a trend. It's been a term of art for decades if not centuries and it is spelled 'lede.'

11 OT: Bomb went off at JP Morgan Athens branch.

12 Amazing how many people join the Incumbent Party when the GOP is out of power.

13 Look, Democrats believe their own hype, from their own PRs, that they publish through the msm... let them get stuck in a feedback loop of their own creation. GIGO.

14 Bizarro world CNN: "The Democrats hope to win majorities in the House and Senate this November, buoyed by anti-incumbent sentiment directed against a Congress dominated by obstructionist Republicans." I mean, come on. It makes as much sense as anything they've written so far.

15 OT: Bomb went off at JP Morgan Athens branch.

Man, those Greeks have really gone downhill, haven't they?  They used to be the most advanced civilization on Earth.  Now they blow up banks when they get into debt.

16 The ministry of truth really does a lousy job of reporting on the ministry of Love.

17 At least it wasn't headlined "anti-black fever". A step in the right direction.

18 _{CNN Buries the Lede, Again}Well, of course they do. The real news would be when they don't bury it to cover for a Democrat in trouble.

19 16 OT: Bomb went off at JP Morgan Athens branch.

Man, those Greeks have really gone downhill, haven't they?  They used to be the most advanced civilization on Earth.  Now they blow up banks when they get into debt.
Good thing for them there was no money in the bank.

20 Palin hit piece coming up to balance this out im sure LOL.

21 Man, those Greeks have really gone downhill, haven't they?

Lots and lots of commies in Greece.

22 Actually, this bullshit from CNN is GREAT for us. It pisses us off and makes their base think things aren't really that bad. November is gonna be huge. Look for Obama to try to create some crisis about then to distract everyone.

23 Blast at JP Morgan offices in Athens (ANA-MPA) -- A bomb exlosion occurred outside the offices of the JP Morgan brokerage firm in the upscale central Athens district of Kolonaki at approximately 19:50 on Tuesday. When I first read that, I saw "Koolaid." I think all the Hope and Change is getting to me. BTW, JP Morgan in the US was one of the largest sources of campaign cash for Barry Wankmaster, Pezzydent Eleventy.

24

The numbers on both questions are even lower than in 1994, when an anti-incumbent fever helped Republicans win back control of both the House and the Senate from Democrats.

"This is not a good year to be an incumbent, regardless of which party you belong to," said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "Voters seem equally angry at both Republicans and Democrats this year."

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They just can't bring themselves to say it.  When the Dems get their asses kicked in November the meme will be 'angry white males' just like in '94.  Well, that and racism.

This election season reminds me of how I felt waiting for the Bush v. Gore case to get to the Supreme Court.  I was infuriated at times along the way, but ultimately let things roll off my back because the final result was basically pre-ordained.  This year, the MSM can - and will - flop, twist, spin, lie and manipulate voter sentiment any way they can against the GOP and in favor of the Dems, but they're going to take this one straight up the ass and it's pretty funny to watch knowing already how it's going to all turn out.

25 Circa: "Agnostic" is a pretty good choice; but, my power word is "glutes" for as long as I can relax....and get to it.

26
Man, those Greeks have really gone downhill, haven't they?

Kind of epitomizes the sad state of the Western world. "Hey we overspent lavishly on our public sector and now our country is in ruins. Now give us money." It sucks that CA is like 3.5 times the size of Greece with similar problems.

27 It's a word made up by effete prigs for use by effete prigs.

28

It's not that the people don't like the health care proposal, they just don't like the process.

It's not that the people oppose civilian trials for terrorists, they just don't want it in their backyard.

It's not that the people are confused by the nuance of the stimulus bill stabilization package, they juts don't have Sheriff Joe's website number.

Good grief Charlie Brown. These people do more spinning than Dead or Alive.

 

29 "This is not a good year to be an incumbent, regardless of which party you belong to," said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. That's hilarious, Holland. You really had us going for a minute. Real gutbuster, that.

30 Man, those Greeks have really gone downhill, haven't they?  They used to be the most advanced civilization on Earth.  Now they blow up banks when they get into debt.

Um...

31 You know, when your enemy is sleepwalking towards a cliff, you don't want to awaken him. You do want to move heaven and earth... if only to bring the cliff a little closer.

32 In the long run the MSM can die knowing they've held on long enough for the Gramscian march through Education to completely take over.

c:Ug8P c:UiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr">Katherine Kersten: At U, future teachers may be reeducated from the Star Tribune, Dec 2, 2009.

  "In a report compiled last summer, the Race, Culture, Class and Gender Task Group at the U's College of Education and Human Development recommended that aspiring teachers there must repudiate the notion of "the American Dream" in order to obtain the recommendation for licensure required by the Minnesota Board of Teaching. Instead, teacher candidates must embrace -- and be prepared to teach our state's kids -- the task force's own vision of America as an oppressive hellhole: racist, sexist and homophobic."

  "The first step toward "cultural competence," says the task group, is for future teachers to recognize -- and confess -- their own bigotry. Anyone familiar with the reeducation camps of China's Cultural Revolution will recognize the modus operandi."


Either manually repair the link, or click on my name to see the full story.


http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/
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33 I used to think the same thing about "lede." It means the exact same thing as "lead." So why spell it the other way? I didn't really intend to go with "lede." I've just read it so much I now just think of it that way.

34

Yet Democrats, including what we saw and heard from Evan Bayh yesterday, are behaving like Obama is at 35%.

That's because he probably *is*, just the LameSM are padding it up to the 45% to 50% range.

35 @ 21 Palin hit piece coming up to balance this out im sure LOL.

Already on it.

36 I used to think the same thing about "lede." It means the exact same thing as "lead." So why spell it the other way?

I didn't really intend to go with "lede." I've just read it so much I now just think of it that way.

Posted by: ace at February 16, 2010 02:18 PM (jlvw3)

It is that way.  It spelled that way to distinguish it form "lead" which is the thin line between lines of type.

37

I've noticed lately the squeal of stuck pigs getting louder.

I've also noticed this line quite frequently being used by these squealers; "You are entitled to your opinion, but not your facts."  They then go on to lecture what the facts really are to whoever they are speaking.

Bob Rectal is one of the worse at this and the first I heard last week, but they have all picked up on the meme here of late, including smokin' Joe this past weekend.

38 While grammar nazis can be punctilious and pedantic... I'm learning more from them than from CNN, that much is certain.

39 Personally, I think that the congressional Dems ought to take MSNBC's advice, maybe go with the slogan "You like Bolshevism?  Well, you ain't seen nothin' yet!"

40 And what does it say about the Democrats and their ability to govern when theyÂ’re acting like this when their president is at 50%?

That they know the polls are bulsshit?

41 In journalism, the failure to mention the most interesting or attention grabbing elements of a story in the first paragraph is sometimes called "burying the lead."

Uffdah.  This, too.

42 It's spelled "lede" to distinguish it from "lead" (as in the metal). Back in the day, hot lead was used to print papers.

43

BTW, don't these guys know that the way to tell when it's time to stick a spit up a pig's arse to put it on the barbie, is when it squeals.

Think bacon.

44 Is it true the Democrats have had majorities in Congress since 2006? But I read this on some flaky intertube blogs, so it must not be true. I wish CNN could put me onto some knowledge. When will we ever have a wholly Democrat Congress and White House so Social Justice has a chance? Eleventy!

45
There is no doubt that this is a TOUGH political environment for Democrats, but are they making it tougher by running for the hills when things might not be as bad for them as was the GOPÂ’s situation from 2006-2008? And what does it say about the Democrats and their ability to govern when theyÂ’re acting like this when their president is at 50%?

That part right there makes me convinced that whoever wrote this piece spends their time at kos or du.  That could be a quote from those cesspools, even the whiny emphasis is spot-on.

46 I have no agenda. BTW, the Democrat Left needs to man up and kick the Republican Right in the jewels.

47 Nope -- it's from MSNBC ,which is apparently ditching the even the thinnest pretense of nonpartisanship.

Hey, we were first, those guys are pikers, we got O at +11.  Our partisanship is not to be matched.

48 That part right there makes me convinced that whoever wrote this piece spends their time at kos or du. Was there ever any doubt? Ask yourself where your average lamestream media employees spend their quality intertube time. If you could see the bookmarks on their browsers, huffpo, kos, DU and firedoglake would be at the top.

49

#27  Kind of epitomizes the sad state of the Western world. "Hey we overspent lavishly on our public sector and now our country is in ruins. Now give us money." It sucks that CA is like 3.5 times the size of Greece with similar problems.

Greece has never been the same since Ares nearly destroyed Athens and after that whole 2nd Great War thing.

At least in the end, there will be only chaos.

50 CNN buried the lede. I buried the lead.

51 MSNBC had a pretense of nonpartisanship?   Sorry about that.

52 Curmudgeon-- They ARE padding the numbers to some extent, in that they are using 2008's numbers to reflect this year. You aren't going to get that kind of turnout from the Mediacrats this year, and a great many motivated independents will be voting as well. I would say you can adjust registered voters by +4 to +8 and get closer to the election result.

53 Hmmm, it's almost as if Obomber's 50% approval rating is wildly inflated by skewed sampling, isn't it?

54
37 @ 21 Palin hit piece coming up to balance this out im sure LOL.

Already on it.

Jeez, they are a predictable bunch of stupid sob's, aren't they?

55

That's because he probably *is*, just the LameSM are padding it up to the 45% to 50% range.

That was my immediate thought as well. The internal polling must be 10-15 points lower than the official polls. I wonder how much of that padding is unintentional statistical distortion and how much is intentional. Given what we've seen of Obama's personality traits, I wonder if they're not padding his numbers to keep him from losing his mental stability. He reminds me of despots like Saddam Hussein: underlings would spin bad news away to keep him from freaking out too.

56 Hmmm, it's almost as if Obomber's 50% approval rating is wildly inflated by skewed sampling, isn't it? Denier. No, wait, I like skewed sampling. Don't I? This sciencey stuff is hard.

57 "The poll suggests Americans are split when it comes to their vote this November, with 47 percent of registered voters saying they will support the Republican candidate in their district for the House of Representatives and 45 percent saying they will back the Democrat. Republicans trailed the Democrats by 6 points in November." Gee, I wonder what happened in the interim. Like a partisan, heavy-handed effort to take over a chunk of the economy while making voters think you're ignoring their job prospects. Maybe that had something to do with the sea change in the polls.

58 >>>It's spelled "lede" to distinguish it from "lead" (as in the metal). Back in the day, hot lead was used to print papers. Ahhhhh... interesting.

59 It is spelled "lede", people. As a former journalist, I dealt with "ledes" every G-D day. Get over it.

60

Of course we do. We have Joe Scarborough and Pat Buchannan. What more do you racist, illiterate mouth breathing teabaggers want!

Fun and joke aside, this is true. The LameSM tolerates two kinds of rightists:

1. "Beautiful Losers", who serve to get pummeled by the lefty lib talking heads who outnumber them (Scarborough)

2. "Obvious Ogres", brought out to scare the children and typical LameSM viewers (Buchanan).

 

61 52%, the percent that put him there say he doesn't deserve to stay? Unprecedented!

62

Bonus: Where Does This Cheerleading for Democrats Come From?

Out their asses.

63 Unless the word f**k is present in every other sentence, Kos and FireDogLake can be ruled out as contributors.  And the relatively stable (if delusional) thought processes evident in the article preclude Baldwin's authorship.

64 Why are the Dems acting like Obama's support is at 35%? Could it be that black support for Obama is still in the 90% range. Hispanic support for Obama is in the 60% range. Neither of these groups are going to turn out significantly for a mid-term election for white (D) congressmen. If Obama's support is hovering around 50%, it must be the white support that has fallen through the floor. The Dems are just looking at their internal polling, and doing the math for who is going to be showing up on election day in 2010.

65 Gallup Obama Weekly Job Approval by Demographic Groups

66 And Quinnipiac has white approval at 37%

So, if your a Congressman with a predominately white constituency, Obama is no help.

67 When the Dems get their asses kicked in November the meme will be 'angry white males' just like in '94.  Well, that and racism.

What's the difference?

68

These days, FireDogLake isn't pro-Obama. Hamsher's not a follower by nature. (As opposed to Marcotte. Marcotte's got problems.)

And besides Kos himself, I bet that half the Kossacks are suffering buyers'-remorse as well.

69 Lets get back to this "poll" for a second. I live in New  York City, as liberal as it gets. My mother is a moderate Dem, my wife is a "wise Latina" liberal and I have several African-American friends. Not a single one of them approves of Obama's performance so far, with the greatest criticism coming from my black friends. Where the hell does this alleged "44%" who want him re-elected live?

70 Chris R, what is it your friends don't like about him?

71 I would guess that a lot the 44% live in Hollywood. The word from on high there is that if you want to work, you better profess with your mouth, repeatedly, how wonderful the obummer is. If you don't, you don't get called. I am not just talking about the actors and actresses, I mean at all levels, props, grips, sound stage, composers, lighting, casting, etc. even the caterers. It's really disgusting.

72

Anti-incumbent? Well... yeah. But who are the incumbents?

The incumbents are those who currently control the society's means of production and distribution. Everyone knows they're all Republicans.

(Does it make sense now?)

73 The Dems themselves know the truth, if the media won't admit it, and are withdrawing and resigning in record numbers.

The last people on the Titanic will be Gibbsy and MSNBC shouting, don't worry, everything is fine.

74 Dear Mr. Peanut Gallery Troll,

What the right doesn't like about Obama and his Administration is that (1) their policies are anti-business, quasi-socialistic, money sinks that will incur FAR too much debt while not actually solving any of the problems to which they are directed, and (2) Obama and his minions (but especially Obama himself) are a bunch of dishonest, arrogant, douchebags that wear really thin in short order.  I'm fairly open-minded, but I already don't believe a syllable that comes out of Obama's mouth.  And obviously not the only one, since his support meant nothing in the Virginia, NJ and Mass. beatdowns the Dems just suffered.

And btw, while I'm replying to you, please note your question is, to borrow a commonly used term these days, simply retarded.  What makes you think white males or anyone else angry at Obama and his Administration would base their decisions on race?  Racism is almost exclusively an attribute of the left these days; in fact, I'd go so far as to say that a great many of the furthest left in our public debate (e.g., Matthews, Olberdouche and Maddow) are either absolutely obsessed with race or else using the issue for only what they see as a wedge effect.  Since the vast majority of the right could care less about race, however, and since the Independents are (IMO) concluding that the left's claims of racism are nothing more than partisan game-playing, it's failing as a wedge issue and the Dems are losing everywhere.  This will continue in November because Obama is unbelievably arrogant and lives in such a cocoon of sychophancy that no one around him either recognizes or wants to tell him the truth, which is that he sucks at his job and people just don't like him anymore.

75

65 >>>It's spelled "lede" to distinguish it from "lead" (as in the metal). Back in the day, hot lead was used to print papers.

That's a myth. It's spelled "lede" because printing presses had a spacer that determined margins called a lead, and they didn't want to confuse the two.

I totally made that up.

 

76

81 Dear Mr. Peanut Gallery Troll,

I think you missed the sarcasm. Anything the Left doesn't like is "Racist". Don't you know that by now?

77 "Yet Democrats, including what we saw and heard from Evan Bayh yesterday, are behaving like Obama is at 35%."

The Democrats are probably closer to the truth here.  That 35% reflects an HONEST answer to a polling question with no WHITE GUILT affect.

There are a lot of people who won't say they DISLIKE the president because they don't want to be seen as RACIST!  (Note:  RACIST! is a trademark of the Democratic Party - and will be featured prominently in the 2012 presidential race when polls indicate The One will NOT be getting a second term).

78

If it's all about let's get rid of incumbents, then why is Meg Whitman beating/tied with Jerry Brown in Kalifornia in election to replace a Republican?; albeit a Republican who sleeps with a Kennedy who looks like the "mom" from Addam's Family.

Was Adams a Dem?

Just askin'?

 

ps. Gov Moonbeam handed me my diploma at Cal in 1980.  His niece in history department.  Wierd moment por moi... but I've digressed...