Stupid liberal idea of the day

Sean Hannity is one of the few TV personalities willing to tell the truth to Americans. (His very name is an anagram of “sane.”) Naturally the liberals go after him, like in this smear job.

For those who don’t want to disgust themselves reading left-wing vomit, here’s a summary:

Mr. Hannity took time from his busy schedule to explain to Americans many of the pitfalls of Obamacare. He had genuine Americans appearing on the show attesting to the shortcomings of Obama and his so-called “Care.” A public service no one could object to, right? Oh, not for the left-wing liars:

[QUOTE=Eric Stern]
Stern accused the Fox News host of using “fake evidence” to “exploit people’s ignorance and falsely point to imaginary boogeymen,” deeming it all a part of the “Fox News lie machine.”

Paul Cox and his wife Michelle, for example, appeared on the show claiming that their construction business has been hit hard because of Obamacare, giving them no choice but to significantly cut employee hours. Stern noted that Obamacare has no effect on any business with less than 50 employees.

“In our brief conversation on the phone, Paul revealed that he has only four employees. Why the cutback on his workforce? “Well,” he said, “I haven’t been forced to do so, it’s just that I’ve chosen to do so. I have to deal with increased costs.” What costs? And how, I asked him, is any of it due to Obamacare? There was a long pause, after which he said he’d call me back. He never did.”
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What part of “increased costs” are you having trouble understanding, Stern? And who would want to call a flaming liberal liar like you back, anyway?

Stern’s lies go on and on; read his article if you can stomach it. I’ll give just one more example:

[QUOTE=Eric Stern]
Finally, I called Robbie and Tina Robison from Franklin, Tenn. Robbie is self-employed as a Christian youth motivational speaker…
They told Hannity that the replacement plans Blue Cross was offering would … contain all sorts of benefits they don’t need, like maternity care, pediatric care, prenatal care and so forth. Their kids are grown and moved out, so why should they be forced to pay extra for a health plan with superfluous features?..
Had they shopped on the exchange yet, I asked? No, Tina said, nor would they. They oppose Obamacare and want nothing to do with it. Fair enough, but they should know that I found a plan for them for, at most, $3,700 a year, 63 percent less than their current bill. It might cover things that they don’t need, but so does every insurance policy.
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Robison is a distinguished Christian pastor (as Stern himself admits with a link) and Mr. Hannity was lucky to have had him on his show.

So Stern turns nasty by finding a way for Pastor Robison to save on his insurance using Obamacare. What part of “They oppose Obamacare and want nothing to do with it” do you have trouble understanding, asshole?

I count around three lies in septimus’s post. Can anybody else do better?

Hey, parody is great when it’s done well.

Whoosh, dude.

ETA: that was @ Karrius.

Whoops. Yeah, sorry, I’m a dumbass. I haven’t been this embarrassed since I learned I wasn’t actually supposed to eat the babies…

Dem Rep Compares Tea Party To KKK In Fundraising Email

:rolleyes:

There are limits to hyperbole and this kind of shit regardless of party affiliation, and weaselling out with a ‘no, not calling them actual Klan members, I’m just comparing their popularity’ is despicable. Wanting to excoriate the racist subset is one thing, but this deplorable attack belongs in this thread.

I’m not sure I agree. People have long used that type of comparison without implying the two things being compared share any other traits besides level of popularity.

For a non-partisan non-political example, I might say something like “When I was a kid, going to church was as popular with me and my sister as going to the dentist.” I would not be implying that they drilled my teeth at church, or that the dentist was spewing ridiculous bullshit about god and such.

However, looking at the link, I see the picture included in the email might have crossed the line.

The line crossing is why this belongs in the thread. The teapartiers deserve an enormous amount of criticism, and there is undoubtedly a substantial racist subset, but invoking the Klan is just shy of invoking the Nazi party. There’s just no way to separate the point the veneer is trying to make (low popularity levels) from the overt name-calling.

Even the popularity comparison is way over the top. I’ll sit down and be friends with teapartiers. Whatever. But find out you’re in the Klan? Fuck no. Say what you want about the teapartiers, as much as most of it would be deserved, putting them–as a whole–in the same category as the Klan is SLIotD fodder.

I’ll throw my hat in, too. I like Grayson’s fire, but this was a touch over the line. Not hella-bad, but certainly distasteful.

The distasteful part is the imagery, which really is unnecessary.

Not the bit about calling the tea partiers - people who run around with signs with the n-word, cheer at burning Mosques, and say they want to sue the concept of homosexuality - bigots. That part is dead on and let’s not pretend otherwise.

So much for Liberal Tolerance.

Yes, opposition to bigotry is bigoted against bigots.

Again. :rolleyes:

I am pretty sure that was a woosh, but I have seen that said literally dozens of times in the past, in all sincerity.

On the other hand, the Teabaggers have done a lot more to actively try to damage me, personally, than the Klan ever has.

Shall we count up the crimes committed by the KKK and compare that to the atrocities committed by the Tea Party?

Because the sentiment you just expressed is completely odious. Seriously, get a fucking grip on reality.

Maybe you overlooked the words “me, personally”.

I didn’t. It’s still stupid and offensive.

So it’s true, but also stupid and offensive?

Yep. On one hand, there’s a terroristic organization that has murdered, harassed, and intimidated African-Americans and other minorities for decades; and on the other hand there are a handful of loudmouth politicians that can’t legislate their way out of a wet paper bag. To draw comparisons between the most notorious racist organization in American history and imply that they compare favorably to the loose cannon Know Nothings elected to several dozen seats of Congress is, indeed, remarkably offensive.

Stupid Poe’s Law.