Limbaugh dead

[Mutaman]

What is it is it about these right wing  icons- they’ve all
been married three or four times and they all came up with weird medical issues ( anal warts, bone spurs) in order to dodge the draft.

Hopefully Rush's condition has now cleared up.

[Mutaman]

Yep yep. Pretty soon he’ll be bring up something Adlai Stevenson said in high school or something.

Norman Vincent Peale who used to be the pastor of the church that Trump claims he is a member of, blasted Adlai Stevenson because he was divorced. When asked how he felt about this Adlai said "I find Paul appealing and Peale appalling."

Wiki says there is another version of this story where Stevenson said this in response to Peale's claim that JFK was unfit for the presidency because he was a Catholic.

[Mutaman]

Now that this Cuomo nursing home story is coming out Fox and the right have called him a murderer while at the same time Left leaning media has done everything possible not to report the story..

Guess you don't read the Times Muggsy, they can't get enough of Cuomo.

https://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/andrew-cuomo

[Plaque Lives Matter!]

Man, making a sweeping generalization about how you think everyone on one side of a political spectrum thinks in order to get mad about the resulting hypocrisy certainly is one way to live life I guess.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

I'm using the example to illustrate a point.  I'm not grading one's racist comments vs the other.  The fact is we are living in a world where Lincoln, Jefferson, and Washington's past are being scrutinized, and their statues toppled. A guy was fired for as the Sacramento Kings broadcaster after 25 yrs for saying "All Lives Matter." 

Again, my whole point is about the vitriol towards Limbaugh vs others who have also said dumb and incendiary things.  There a lot of scumbags out there, that's the bottom line.  If people had this reaction to Clinton or Biden's death they would be banned from social media platforms and canceled completely if possible. 

Limbaugh said some horrible things as did Biden, fine.  But why is it when Biden or Bill Clinton kick the bucket I expect most of you and the media not to say one word about their moral behavior not to mention tweet about their douchebaggery every 5 secs?

Sigh. FALSE EQUIVALENCY. Look it up.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Now that this Cuomo nursing home story is coming out Fox and the right have called him a murderer while at the same time Left leaning media has done everything possible not to report the story..

Sorry, this is simply false. Cuomo has been covered quite thoroughly, as is proper, and the so-called "left wing-media" isn't defending him, nor are they failing to cover the story. Your facts, or perception, are simply inaccurate.

Left-wingers tend to quickly assemble the circular firing squad when one on their side transgresses (See Franken, Al) while right-wingers tend to dig and defend the indefensible (See this thread).

[rocket surgeon]

Guess you don't read the Times Muggsy, they can't get enough of Cuomo.

https://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/andrew-cuomo

dude, they could have stated writing this stuf...ohhh, about the time they were giving him his emmy and tripping over each other to get his book written last summer? was that before or after those "hilarious" segments that he and his lil bro were putting on a stupid back and forth about the size of his nose and who was cuter.  don't remember the circular firing squad around chris cuomo when he violated his own "quarantine" got into a very public fight with a citizen who called him out.  the numerous violations within his own apartment building for mask wearing and on and on. 

 

[brewcity77]

Now that this Cuomo nursing home story is coming out Fox and the right have called him a murderer while at the same time Left leaning media has done everything possible not to report the story..

This was either ignorance or a lie. Before you posted this, AOC, the most notable left-wing politician had already called for investigations into Cuomo. It was reported days ago, here's proof from The Guardian:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/19/aoc-andrew-cuomo-nursing-homes-investigation

In the article, it mentions that this was being reported on CNN. Maybe Tucker is telling you the media isn't reporting it, but that's not true.

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

dude, they could have stated writing this stuf...ohhh, about the time they were giving him his emmy and tripping over each other to get his book written last summer? was that before or after those "hilarious" segments that he and his lil bro were putting on a stupid back and forth about the size of his nose and who was cuter.  don't remember the circular firing squad around chris cuomo when he violated his own "quarantine" got into a very public fight with a citizen who called him out.  the numerous violations within his own apartment building for mask wearing and on and on. 

 

Ah the goalpost shifting.... 

"The MSM doesn't cover Cuomo!!!"

<provides links that show that indeed the "MSM" covers Cuomo>

"They didn't do it early enough!!!!  And....<unintelligible gibberish>"

[Hards Alumni]

Ah the goalpost shifting.... 

"The MSM doesn't cover Cuomo!!!"

<provides links that show that indeed the "MSM" covers Cuomo>

"They didn't do it early enough!!!!  And....<unintelligible gibberish>"

His brain has to rationalize it all somehow.  It must be so painful to live like this.

[jesmu84]

Of course but the negative opinion is a running narrative of his so called moral character.  It's not about anything else.  I get it, he said a lot of disturbing things and should burn in hell.

You believe that what someone says isn't an indication of their moral character?

[forgetful]

Now that this Cuomo nursing home story is coming out Fox and the right have called him a murderer while at the same time Left leaning media has done everything possible not to report the story..

There is constant hypocrisy on both sides on subject, after subject, after subject.  There is no analysis, on any event or subject, other than doing everything humanly possible to support your political agenda and ideology.

As others have noted Muggsy, there is direct evidence that one side actually tries to police their own. Al Franken kicked out, even the furthest left of congressmen AOC, calling for investigations of Cuomo. I know of Cuomo's misdeeds from what you call "far-left" media, because they cover it, criticize/condemn it.

How often do you hear the right calling for DeSantis' head for lying about COVID deaths, and then arresting the whistleblower, to hide his ineptitude? How often is that case carried on Foxnews, or OAN, or Newsmax. I'm sure McConnell and Jim Jordan are firing up a call for an investigation.

Are they calling for an investigation of DeSantis diverting an entire shipment of vaccines to a development of one of his supporters, and insisting that only residents of two super wealthy zip codes get access to those vaccines, while members of the wider community get nothing?

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

I mean we had a member of House minority leadership JUST TODAY refused to admit Biden win in November...

[TSmith34, Inc.]

His brain has to rationalize it all somehow.  It must be so painful to live like this.

Brain?

[GB Warrior]

This guy for WI Senate

[MU82]

How often do you hear the right calling for DeSantis' head for lying about COVID deaths, and then arresting the whistleblower, to hide his ineptitude? How often is that case carried on Foxnews, or OAN, or Newsmax. I'm sure McConnell and Jim Jordan are firing up a call for an investigation.

Are they calling for an investigation of DeSantis diverting an entire shipment of vaccines to a development of one of his supporters, and insisting that only residents of two super wealthy zip codes get access to those vaccines, while members of the wider community get nothing?

Indeed, they consider DeSantis one of their party's superstars.

And the deposed president of the United States called a racist, conspiracy-spewing QAnon wack-job "a future Republican star."

[tower912]

And Cuomo is probably going to get primaried from the left.   And AOC called for an investigation while raising  money for Texans.   

[MU82]

And President Biden isn't threatening to withhold emergency aid to Texas, Oklahoma and other frozen southern states if their governors aren't "nicer" to him.

[Jockey]

There's total hypocrisy on both sides.  Maybe this is a better example FBM:


Now that this Cuomo nursing home story is coming out Fox and the right have called him a murderer while at the same time Left leaning media has done everything possible not to report the story..

100% untrue. I learned about the story on MSNBC and have seen numerous reports on it there.

You need to be careful about equating opinions and facts. Both are welcome here on scoop. As are you, even though your politics is different than the majority. You have added to the discussions here on many subjects.

[Lennys Tap]

Sorry, this is simply false. Cuomo has been covered quite thoroughly, as is proper, and the so-called "left wing-media" isn't defending him, nor are they failing to cover the story. Your facts, or perception, are simply inaccurate.

Smitty,

The story about Coumo causing thousands of unnecessary deaths in nursing homes is months and months old. But through much of it he was still viewed as heroic, a great leader to contrast to Trump. Once the mission (defeating Trump) was accomplished the MSM and the Democratic Party became interested in the old story. His own people even started ratting him out. Where were all of them 4,5,6 months ago? Showering him with praise, giving him awards and covering for him. He was useful then. Not any more.

[rocket surgeon]

Smitty,

The story about Coumo causing thousands of unnecessary deaths in nursing homes is months and months old. But through much of it he was still viewed as heroic, a great leader to contrast to Trump. Once the mission (defeating Trump) was accomplished the MSM and the Democratic Party became interested in the old story. His own people even started ratting him out. Where were all of them 4,5,6 months ago? Showering him with praise, giving him awards and covering for him. He was useful then. Not any more.

thank you lenny!!  as much as they tell us to view "other sources' than fox, no one else was covering this until AFTER trump was defeated and they had a little extra time on their hands.  not until the new york atty gen letitia james(dem) called cuomo out, the MSM was too busy licking his boots.  these nursing home deaths were mounting as far back as march-april when he ORDERED patients back to nursing homes, covid or no covid, to free up space for all the other covid patients. 

 

 

[forgetful]

Smitty,

The story about Coumo causing thousands of unnecessary deaths in nursing homes is months and months old. But through much of it he was still viewed as heroic, a great leader to contrast to Trump. Once the mission (defeating Trump) was accomplished the MSM and the Democratic Party became interested in the old story. His own people even started ratting him out. Where were all of them 4,5,6 months ago? Showering him with praise, giving him awards and covering for him. He was useful then. Not any more.

Careful with your language there. Analyses after the fact have suggested those initial reports were wrong. Several retrospective analyses have indicated that the policies had little if any effect on nursing home deaths. The bigger issue appears to be spread from asymptomatic or weakly symptomatic staff that didn't have access to PPE, and then unknowingly spread it through facilities.

Even the most aggressive report from a conservative think tank put the additional deaths from the policy in the 100's at most.

Further, the reporting of that policy and all the circumstances surrounding it are poorly, and possibly intentionally misreported. You'll notice no one calls for investigations of that policy decision, the reason is that it would make everyone from the Whitehouse down to Cuomo look bad. Cuomo, may even come out the least scathed in that whole process/investigation. March was a nightmare, I'd love for there to be an investigation of what all went wrong in the early phases and then hold those people accountable, but it isn't going to happen.

Now that is separate from the disgusting, and apparently intentional manipulation of nursing home death reporting, to exclude those who died in hospitals. That story is still being fleshed out and is well covered by all media. Cuomo needs to be held accountable for that and people on the left are calling for investigations and accountability.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Smitty,

The story about Coumo causing thousands of unnecessary deaths in nursing homes is months and months old. But through much of it he was still viewed as heroic, a great leader to contrast to Trump. Once the mission (defeating Trump) was accomplished the MSM and the Democratic Party became interested in the old story. His own people even started ratting him out. Where were all of them 4,5,6 months ago? Showering him with praise, giving him awards and covering for him. He was useful then. Not any more.

So again, the claim started out as, "The media never covers the things the left does wrong", and when that was proven false it shifted to "the media doesn't cover what the left does wrong quickly enough".

And somehow you are trying to juxtapose that in a favorable way with the way the right-wing media covers the right.  Ummmm, OK, sure.

[Pakuni]

Smitty,

The story about Coumo causing thousands of unnecessary deaths in nursing homes is months and months old. But through much of it he was still viewed as heroic, a great leader to contrast to Trump. Once the mission (defeating Trump) was accomplished the MSM and the Democratic Party became interested in the old story. His own people even started ratting him out. Where were all of them 4,5,6 months ago? Showering him with praise, giving him awards and covering for him. He was useful then. Not any more.

The tinfoil hat thinking of the right has infected even formerly reasonable people.
What do you think, Lenny, the MSM* holds secret meetings to coordinate their coverage? 

By the way, the NY Times was reporting on the nursing homes back in April.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/us/nursing-homes-coronavirus.html?searchResultPosition=28

*Which never seems to include the nation's largest television news network or the nation's largest newspaper or the nation's second largest chain of TV stations, etc.

[wadesworld]

Once again, always a conspiracy.