|
Video Clip: Newsreporter exposes Obama
Member Since: 1/1/2014
Posts: 37,384
|
And to think most of the people where I live watch this
|
|
|
Member Since: 9/17/2011
Posts: 9,051
|
|
|
|
Member Since: 8/31/2012
Posts: 13,110
|
Obama is a terrible president, but Fox News andRepublicans are worse.m
|
|
|
Member Since: 8/17/2013
Posts: 6,565
|
Quote:
Originally posted by accelgors
ok, i didn't think people actually would give this the time of day, but since people are for some reason (god knows why), let me tell you my problems with this piece of "news".
first of all, like i said before, these are all just vague statements that sound like they're scary and important. AHHHH TERRORISM!!! AHHH CONSTITUTION!!! THE PEOPLE!!! AMERICA!!!!111 how is this political analysis to anyone that isn't in elementary school?? hey guys, if i mention a lot of things people support and a lot of things people oppose, i become smart and insightful!!!!
this is a classic propaganda technique, although i don't even think enough thought was put into this to even call it propaganda. just act like you oppose something everyone thinks is bad and associate that with the other side, then say they hate things everyone supports. all you have to do to paint your opponent in a negative light is say nonspecific things that technically can't be proven 100% wrong, and everyone buys into it and now your opponent looks bad. how can't you see this??? let me break this video down.
iraq is disintegrating, al-qaeda is resurging...i'd love to see actual proof that either of these things are happening, but i doubt she has any. i don't think there's any proof that either of these things have gotten significantly worse than they were before obama was president.
and now iran is a "terrorist regime". because every country america has problems with is all terrorists. those damn brown people!!!! instead of trying to understand the complicated politics and motivations behind iran's problems, it's much easier to just call everyone in places americans don't know well terrorists. great news coverage guys!!!
and i am so sick of people blaming obama for things that anyone would have done. do you really think any presidential candidate that had major support would've started trouble with russia in ukraine??? really??? and don't give me some source of somebody saying they would because it's really easy to say things when you're not in the position of presidential power. russia is a country that doesn't like us very much that's we had huge conflicts with and almost went to nuclear war with. do you really think it's a smart decision to start problems with them? i'm not saying i 100% support how obama responded to the ukraine situation, but it's not as simple as "hurr durr he hates freedom and loves russia!!!!1", and i'm also saying that i don't think any other presidential candidate would ever have done much different with that situation.
"top taliban leaders" are being released. yes ok. i highly doubt this is as bad as she says. yes sure, we're releasing all of the terrorists who are going to immediately destroy america now. you do realize that obama is a human being that kinda likes america and doesn't want all of his citizens to die, right? why exactly would he just release every terrorist ever and let them be free and attack? i really don't think this situation is anywhere near as simple as she describes it, but anything to get people to be afraid and therefore watch your show i guess.
"lost the trust of the american people by misleading them" oh, you mean like alMOST EVERY PRESIDENT IN HISTORY????? how short are these people's memories??? remember when people were mad at bush for misleading americans?? or did that not happen now because he's republican and you have to support everything your party ever does?? presidents almost always lose popularity as their terms go on because they get more and more scandals and people buy into fear mongering BS like this and believe every word and think their president is some evil dictator who hates america and every word he says is a lie. it happened with bush, it happened with clinton, and i guarantee it'll happen with our next president too.
oh yeah, congress are the people's representatives. because congress never does anything wrong, right? unless they're democrats, in which case everything they do is evil and corrupt. why is congress suddenly innocent and amazing once obama disagrees with them? yes, presidents disagree with congress and try to sneak things past them because that's what they think is right and congress is blocking them from doing it. guess what? bush did this too! so did tons of other presidents! this is not new. also, what issues has he even so evilly bypassed congress on? i doubt it's nearly as common as she makes it out to be, and even if it is it's because congress is so gridlocked and partisan right now that they can't get anything done. i don't think it's right to completely ignore the desires of congress, but it's not like he can just do whatever he wants and make whatever laws he decides to, so why is this scary again? oh yeah, because obama did it.
oh wow!!! a liberal said something!!! ONE political analyst made ONE statement, that proves that obama is evil and everyone hates him!!! except no it doesn't. and how is he a danger to the constitution? what, is he gonna become the new king george? because that's the danger the constitution was trying to avoid. he's not a tyrant and he's nowhere near one, that's just BS. so what, do you think he's going to just destroy every american political system and become stalin 2.0 or something? do you realize how unlikely/impossible that is? if not, then what is this "danger"? and can't this danger just end the minute his term ends? the fear mongering here is ridiculous.
our veterans are dying. maybe that's because OUR VETERANS ARE AT WAR. PEOPLE DIE AT WAR. THAT'S KIND OF A FACT. if you hate this so much, then why didn't you say anything about how bad the war in afghanistan is? oh yeah, because bush started it, and everything republicans do is perfect according to you. and if this is about obamacare apparently making it hard to get medical treatment, why did you have to specify that it's veterans? i don't believe for a second that this is anything but trying to get support by mentioning veterans. and also, what exactly did the old system do for veterans that were dying? how exactly do huge hospital bills and insurance pulling out whenever they want help them not die? i'm not saying you have to fully support obamacare, but you're an idiot if you don't think the old system had a ton of flaws too. it wasn't ever easy for dying people to get care.
oh no, the IRS intimidates conservative groups. what will we ever do without them. you do realize that the IRS can't make congress stop, and the conservatives in congress are the people that actually make a major difference. also, i highly doubt the IRS is in some secret conspiracy to destroy all conservatives. do you think they just sit in their office plotting how to destroy america? you just took a group people don't like and made them out to represent your enemy. obama doesn't control the IRS, even. he nominated the commissioner, but that's it, and the commissioner isn't some robot that does everything he says in their secret plot to end all conservatives because that doesn't exist and literally nobody does that. also, again, what proof do you even have that the IRS wants all conservative groups to die? if they were so strongly against them i somehow doubt there would still be so many.
and here we go, the spiel about how immigrants are evil and those damn mexicans are destroying america and obama is letting them all in and blah blah. except that's not true. when did obama make a law that says "every illegal immigrant can come in and stay!!!"? that doesn't happen and nobody supports that. immigration is a complicated issue with the quality of many people's lives at stake because of it and i think it's incredibly stupid and frankly kind of disgusting when people reduce it to "those liberals want all those dirty illegals here to steal our jobs!!!1" obama is just trying to find the best way to make conditions best for people on both sides of the border, he just thinks that can be accomplished in a different (and not even that different for god's sake) way than you. but that makes him evil and dangerous i guess. have you ever considered that maybe those mexicans that you're so mad about getting into the country are people too and maybe loosening restrictions on them isn't such an evil satanic thing? your immigration policies might be different than mine and i respect that, but it's ridiculous and offensive to act like letting a slightly higher amount of people into the country and maybe letting some people getting in illegally is going to destroy america or something. but once again, "those damn brown people!!!!"
and of course she has to finish it with golfing and being with famous people. tell me, if obama is making so many evil decisions and policies, how exactly is he also spending all of his time not doing his duties? doesn't he have to work to change america? i guess now he can somehow destroy the country and not do anything at the same time, who knew!!
i just hate this kind of stupid lazy reporting that just paints every political opponent as some evil monster and doesn't even attempt to understand their positions or give any meaningful, thoughtful debate and input on the issues. it doesn't deserve to be on the news. it's not journalism, it's basically just an angry yahoo answers comment. watching this makes me so angry as a person with an interest in politics and also as a person who actually has the slightest capability of critical thought. i'm done. bye.
|
GOOD GOD IN HEAVEN IS THIS YOUR DISSERTATION OR WHAT
|
|
|
ATRL Contributor
Member Since: 1/1/2014
Posts: 19,418
|
Quote:
Originally posted by accelgors
ok, i didn't think people actually would give this the time of day, but since people are for some reason (god knows why), let me tell you my problems with this piece of "news".
first of all, like i said before, these are all just vague statements that sound like they're scary and important. AHHHH TERRORISM!!! AHHH CONSTITUTION!!! THE PEOPLE!!! AMERICA!!!!111 how is this political analysis to anyone that isn't in elementary school?? hey guys, if i mention a lot of things people support and a lot of things people oppose, i become smart and insightful!!!!
this is a classic propaganda technique, although i don't even think enough thought was put into this to even call it propaganda. just act like you oppose something everyone thinks is bad and associate that with the other side, then say they hate things everyone supports. all you have to do to paint your opponent in a negative light is say nonspecific things that technically can't be proven 100% wrong, and everyone buys into it and now your opponent looks bad. how can't you see this??? let me break this video down.
iraq is disintegrating, al-qaeda is resurging...i'd love to see actual proof that either of these things are happening, but i doubt she has any. i don't think there's any proof that either of these things have gotten significantly worse than they were before obama was president.
and now iran is a "terrorist regime". because every country america has problems with is all terrorists. those damn brown people!!!! instead of trying to understand the complicated politics and motivations behind iran's problems, it's much easier to just call everyone in places americans don't know well terrorists. great news coverage guys!!!
and i am so sick of people blaming obama for things that anyone would have done. do you really think any presidential candidate that had major support would've started trouble with russia in ukraine??? really??? and don't give me some source of somebody saying they would because it's really easy to say things when you're not in the position of presidential power. russia is a country that doesn't like us very much that's we had huge conflicts with and almost went to nuclear war with. do you really think it's a smart decision to start problems with them? i'm not saying i 100% support how obama responded to the ukraine situation, but it's not as simple as "hurr durr he hates freedom and loves russia!!!!1", and i'm also saying that i don't think any other presidential candidate would ever have done much different with that situation.
"top taliban leaders" are being released. yes ok. i highly doubt this is as bad as she says. yes sure, we're releasing all of the terrorists who are going to immediately destroy america now. you do realize that obama is a human being that kinda likes america and doesn't want all of his citizens to die, right? why exactly would he just release every terrorist ever and let them be free and attack? i really don't think this situation is anywhere near as simple as she describes it, but anything to get people to be afraid and therefore watch your show i guess.
"lost the trust of the american people by misleading them" oh, you mean like alMOST EVERY PRESIDENT IN HISTORY????? how short are these people's memories??? remember when people were mad at bush for misleading americans?? or did that not happen now because he's republican and you have to support everything your party ever does?? presidents almost always lose popularity as their terms go on because they get more and more scandals and people buy into fear mongering BS like this and believe every word and think their president is some evil dictator who hates america and every word he says is a lie. it happened with bush, it happened with clinton, and i guarantee it'll happen with our next president too.
oh yeah, congress are the people's representatives. because congress never does anything wrong, right? unless they're democrats, in which case everything they do is evil and corrupt. why is congress suddenly innocent and amazing once obama disagrees with them? yes, presidents disagree with congress and try to sneak things past them because that's what they think is right and congress is blocking them from doing it. guess what? bush did this too! so did tons of other presidents! this is not new. also, what issues has he even so evilly bypassed congress on? i doubt it's nearly as common as she makes it out to be, and even if it is it's because congress is so gridlocked and partisan right now that they can't get anything done. i don't think it's right to completely ignore the desires of congress, but it's not like he can just do whatever he wants and make whatever laws he decides to, so why is this scary again? oh yeah, because obama did it.
oh wow!!! a liberal said something!!! ONE political analyst made ONE statement, that proves that obama is evil and everyone hates him!!! except no it doesn't. and how is he a danger to the constitution? what, is he gonna become the new king george? because that's the danger the constitution was trying to avoid. he's not a tyrant and he's nowhere near one, that's just BS. so what, do you think he's going to just destroy every american political system and become stalin 2.0 or something? do you realize how unlikely/impossible that is? if not, then what is this "danger"? and can't this danger just end the minute his term ends? the fear mongering here is ridiculous.
our veterans are dying. maybe that's because OUR VETERANS ARE AT WAR. PEOPLE DIE AT WAR. THAT'S KIND OF A FACT. if you hate this so much, then why didn't you say anything about how bad the war in afghanistan is? oh yeah, because bush started it, and everything republicans do is perfect according to you. and if this is about obamacare apparently making it hard to get medical treatment, why did you have to specify that it's veterans? i don't believe for a second that this is anything but trying to get support by mentioning veterans. and also, what exactly did the old system do for veterans that were dying? how exactly do huge hospital bills and insurance pulling out whenever they want help them not die? i'm not saying you have to fully support obamacare, but you're an idiot if you don't think the old system had a ton of flaws too. it wasn't ever easy for dying people to get care.
oh no, the IRS intimidates conservative groups. what will we ever do without them. you do realize that the IRS can't make congress stop, and the conservatives in congress are the people that actually make a major difference. also, i highly doubt the IRS is in some secret conspiracy to destroy all conservatives. do you think they just sit in their office plotting how to destroy america? you just took a group people don't like and made them out to represent your enemy. obama doesn't control the IRS, even. he nominated the commissioner, but that's it, and the commissioner isn't some robot that does everything he says in their secret plot to end all conservatives because that doesn't exist and literally nobody does that. also, again, what proof do you even have that the IRS wants all conservative groups to die? if they were so strongly against them i somehow doubt there would still be so many.
and here we go, the spiel about how immigrants are evil and those damn mexicans are destroying america and obama is letting them all in and blah blah. except that's not true. when did obama make a law that says "every illegal immigrant can come in and stay!!!"? that doesn't happen and nobody supports that. immigration is a complicated issue with the quality of many people's lives at stake because of it and i think it's incredibly stupid and frankly kind of disgusting when people reduce it to "those liberals want all those dirty illegals here to steal our jobs!!!1" obama is just trying to find the best way to make conditions best for people on both sides of the border, he just thinks that can be accomplished in a different (and not even that different for god's sake) way than you. but that makes him evil and dangerous i guess. have you ever considered that maybe those mexicans that you're so mad about getting into the country are people too and maybe loosening restrictions on them isn't such an evil satanic thing? your immigration policies might be different than mine and i respect that, but it's ridiculous and offensive to act like letting a slightly higher amount of people into the country and maybe letting some people getting in illegally is going to destroy america or something. but once again, "those damn brown people!!!!"
and of course she has to finish it with golfing and being with famous people. tell me, if obama is making so many evil decisions and policies, how exactly is he also spending all of his time not doing his duties? doesn't he have to work to change america? i guess now he can somehow destroy the country and not do anything at the same time, who knew!!
i just hate this kind of stupid lazy reporting that just paints every political opponent as some evil monster and doesn't even attempt to understand their positions or give any meaningful, thoughtful debate and input on the issues. it doesn't deserve to be on the news. it's not journalism, it's basically just an angry yahoo answers comment. watching this makes me so angry as a person with an interest in politics and also as a person who actually has the slightest capability of critical thought. i'm done. bye.
|
aint nobody got time to read that essay
|
|
|
Member Since: 9/1/2013
Posts: 18,649
|
^ i just really wanted to make sure i got to everything because it all pissed me off lmao
the basic point of that post is that i hate this video because it paints obama as this horrible evil monster that wants to destroy and gives him an image that has absolutely no basis is reality
|
|
|
Member Since: 8/17/2013
Posts: 6,565
|
Quote:
Originally posted by accelgors
^ i just really wanted to make sure i got to everything because it all pissed me off lmao
the basic point of that post is that i hate this video because it paints obama as this horrible evil monster that wants to destroy and gives him an image that has absolutely no basis is reality
|
I refuse to believe that that essay has one basic point.
|
|
|
Member Since: 1/1/2014
Posts: 2,810
|
Quote:
Originally posted by accelgors
ok, i didn't think people actually would give this the time of day, but since people are for some reason (god knows why), let me tell you my problems with this piece of "news".
first of all, like i said before, these are all just vague statements that sound like they're scary and important. AHHHH TERRORISM!!! AHHH CONSTITUTION!!! THE PEOPLE!!! AMERICA!!!!111 how is this political analysis to anyone that isn't in elementary school?? hey guys, if i mention a lot of things people support and a lot of things people oppose, i become smart and insightful!!!!
this is a classic propaganda technique, although i don't even think enough thought was put into this to even call it propaganda. just act like you oppose something everyone thinks is bad and associate that with the other side, then say they hate things everyone supports. all you have to do to paint your opponent in a negative light is say nonspecific things that technically can't be proven 100% wrong, and everyone buys into it and now your opponent looks bad. how can't you see this??? let me break this video down.
iraq is disintegrating, al-qaeda is resurging...i'd love to see actual proof that either of these things are happening, but i doubt she has any. i don't think there's any proof that either of these things have gotten significantly worse than they were before obama was president.
and now iran is a "terrorist regime". because every country america has problems with is all terrorists. those damn brown people!!!! instead of trying to understand the complicated politics and motivations behind iran's problems, it's much easier to just call everyone in places americans don't know well terrorists. great news coverage guys!!!
and i am so sick of people blaming obama for things that anyone would have done. do you really think any presidential candidate that had major support would've started trouble with russia in ukraine??? really??? and don't give me some source of somebody saying they would because it's really easy to say things when you're not in the position of presidential power. russia is a country that doesn't like us very much that's we had huge conflicts with and almost went to nuclear war with. do you really think it's a smart decision to start problems with them? i'm not saying i 100% support how obama responded to the ukraine situation, but it's not as simple as "hurr durr he hates freedom and loves russia!!!!1", and i'm also saying that i don't think any other presidential candidate would ever have done much different with that situation.
"top taliban leaders" are being released. yes ok. i highly doubt this is as bad as she says. yes sure, we're releasing all of the terrorists who are going to immediately destroy america now. you do realize that obama is a human being that kinda likes america and doesn't want all of his citizens to die, right? why exactly would he just release every terrorist ever and let them be free and attack? i really don't think this situation is anywhere near as simple as she describes it, but anything to get people to be afraid and therefore watch your show i guess.
"lost the trust of the american people by misleading them" oh, you mean like alMOST EVERY PRESIDENT IN HISTORY????? how short are these people's memories??? remember when people were mad at bush for misleading americans?? or did that not happen now because he's republican and you have to support everything your party ever does?? presidents almost always lose popularity as their terms go on because they get more and more scandals and people buy into fear mongering BS like this and believe every word and think their president is some evil dictator who hates america and every word he says is a lie. it happened with bush, it happened with clinton, and i guarantee it'll happen with our next president too.
oh yeah, congress are the people's representatives. because congress never does anything wrong, right? unless they're democrats, in which case everything they do is evil and corrupt. why is congress suddenly innocent and amazing once obama disagrees with them? yes, presidents disagree with congress and try to sneak things past them because that's what they think is right and congress is blocking them from doing it. guess what? bush did this too! so did tons of other presidents! this is not new. also, what issues has he even so evilly bypassed congress on? i doubt it's nearly as common as she makes it out to be, and even if it is it's because congress is so gridlocked and partisan right now that they can't get anything done. i don't think it's right to completely ignore the desires of congress, but it's not like he can just do whatever he wants and make whatever laws he decides to, so why is this scary again? oh yeah, because obama did it.
oh wow!!! a liberal said something!!! ONE political analyst made ONE statement, that proves that obama is evil and everyone hates him!!! except no it doesn't. and how is he a danger to the constitution? what, is he gonna become the new king george? because that's the danger the constitution was trying to avoid. he's not a tyrant and he's nowhere near one, that's just BS. so what, do you think he's going to just destroy every american political system and become stalin 2.0 or something? do you realize how unlikely/impossible that is? if not, then what is this "danger"? and can't this danger just end the minute his term ends? the fear mongering here is ridiculous.
our veterans are dying. maybe that's because OUR VETERANS ARE AT WAR. PEOPLE DIE AT WAR. THAT'S KIND OF A FACT. if you hate this so much, then why didn't you say anything about how bad the war in afghanistan is? oh yeah, because bush started it, and everything republicans do is perfect according to you. and if this is about obamacare apparently making it hard to get medical treatment, why did you have to specify that it's veterans? i don't believe for a second that this is anything but trying to get support by mentioning veterans. and also, what exactly did the old system do for veterans that were dying? how exactly do huge hospital bills and insurance pulling out whenever they want help them not die? i'm not saying you have to fully support obamacare, but you're an idiot if you don't think the old system had a ton of flaws too. it wasn't ever easy for dying people to get care.
oh no, the IRS intimidates conservative groups. what will we ever do without them. you do realize that the IRS can't make congress stop, and the conservatives in congress are the people that actually make a major difference. also, i highly doubt the IRS is in some secret conspiracy to destroy all conservatives. do you think they just sit in their office plotting how to destroy america? you just took a group people don't like and made them out to represent your enemy. obama doesn't control the IRS, even. he nominated the commissioner, but that's it, and the commissioner isn't some robot that does everything he says in their secret plot to end all conservatives because that doesn't exist and literally nobody does that. also, again, what proof do you even have that the IRS wants all conservative groups to die? if they were so strongly against them i somehow doubt there would still be so many.
and here we go, the spiel about how immigrants are evil and those damn mexicans are destroying america and obama is letting them all in and blah blah. except that's not true. when did obama make a law that says "every illegal immigrant can come in and stay!!!"? that doesn't happen and nobody supports that. immigration is a complicated issue with the quality of many people's lives at stake because of it and i think it's incredibly stupid and frankly kind of disgusting when people reduce it to "those liberals want all those dirty illegals here to steal our jobs!!!1" obama is just trying to find the best way to make conditions best for people on both sides of the border, he just thinks that can be accomplished in a different (and not even that different for god's sake) way than you. but that makes him evil and dangerous i guess. have you ever considered that maybe those mexicans that you're so mad about getting into the country are people too and maybe loosening restrictions on them isn't such an evil satanic thing? your immigration policies might be different than mine and i respect that, but it's ridiculous and offensive to act like letting a slightly higher amount of people into the country and maybe letting some people getting in illegally is going to destroy america or something. but once again, "those damn brown people!!!!"
and of course she has to finish it with golfing and being with famous people. tell me, if obama is making so many evil decisions and policies, how exactly is he also spending all of his time not doing his duties? doesn't he have to work to change america? i guess now he can somehow destroy the country and not do anything at the same time, who knew!!
i just hate this kind of stupid lazy reporting that just paints every political opponent as some evil monster and doesn't even attempt to understand their positions or give any meaningful, thoughtful debate and input on the issues. it doesn't deserve to be on the news. it's not journalism, it's basically just an angry yahoo answers comment. watching this makes me so angry as a person with an interest in politics and also as a person who actually has the slightest capability of critical thought. i'm done. bye.
|
ain't no one in here got
time to read a book sis
|
|
|
Member Since: 12/15/2009
Posts: 23,385
|
hence why I stick with cnn / msnbc
|
|
|
Member Since: 8/19/2013
Posts: 20,050
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Javan
Kingserbert supports Fox News because he is trying to be edgy and it's simple. He could just be racist tho
|
I'm racist for not liking Obama?
|
|
|
Member Since: 1/8/2011
Posts: 27,650
|
Quote:
Originally posted by WoozyFloozy
Not Megan Kelly.
|
!
|
|
|
Member Since: 8/29/2011
Posts: 18,282
|
Let's be real, if we kept troops there, Iraq probably wouldn't be that much better off. It's not like it was a safe place before.
|
|
|
Member Since: 8/18/2013
Posts: 1,911
|
megan kelly is the queen of dragging
|
|
|
Member Since: 3/7/2011
Posts: 8,251
|
Quote:
Originally posted by liberalmusiclover
His approval rating is better than the previous president's at this same point in their respective presidencies.
|
Quote:
Originally posted by RickyH.
|
hahahaha what does that have to do with his OBAMA's approval ratings? Does it change the fact that she kinda is saying what majority feel?
|
|
|
Member Since: 6/17/2011
Posts: 6,613
|
I like how people think Fox is biased and CNN isn't lol Fox is biased as much as CNN is.
|
|
|
Member Since: 6/17/2011
Posts: 6,613
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Javan
Kingserbert supports Fox News because he is trying to be edgy and it's simple. He could just be racist tho
|
Republicans cant voice their opinions without being called racist? This is so typical from the left. I've heard more ignorant things from the left tho
|
|
|
Member Since: 8/19/2013
Posts: 8,746
|
That newsreporter spillT the scalding tea!!
|
|
|
Member Since: 4/4/2014
Posts: 4,690
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Ramcoro
Let's be real, if we kept troops there, Iraq probably wouldn't be that much better off. It's not like it was a safe place before.
|
America has no militaristic business anywhere but America tbh. The invasion was a fruitless disgrace and has benefited nobody. Though the soldiers that went were brave, their time and efforts were a wasted cause.
|
|
|
Member Since: 4/24/2011
Posts: 4,998
|
Quote:
Originally posted by Gazing Ball
America has no militaristic business anywhere but America tbh. The invasion was a fruitless disgrace and has benefited nobody. Though the soldiers that went were brave, their time and efforts were a wasted cause.
|
Oil
|
|
|
Member Since: 11/28/2011
Posts: 27,495
|
Quote:
Originally posted by accelgors
ok, i didn't think people actually would give this the time of day, but since people are for some reason (god knows why), let me tell you my problems with this piece of "news".
first of all, like i said before, these are all just vague statements that sound like they're scary and important. AHHHH TERRORISM!!! AHHH CONSTITUTION!!! THE PEOPLE!!! AMERICA!!!!111 how is this political analysis to anyone that isn't in elementary school?? hey guys, if i mention a lot of things people support and a lot of things people oppose, i become smart and insightful!!!!
this is a classic propaganda technique, although i don't even think enough thought was put into this to even call it propaganda. just act like you oppose something everyone thinks is bad and associate that with the other side, then say they hate things everyone supports. all you have to do to paint your opponent in a negative light is say nonspecific things that technically can't be proven 100% wrong, and everyone buys into it and now your opponent looks bad. how can't you see this??? let me break this video down.
iraq is disintegrating, al-qaeda is resurging...i'd love to see actual proof that either of these things are happening, but i doubt she has any. i don't think there's any proof that either of these things have gotten significantly worse than they were before obama was president.
and now iran is a "terrorist regime". because every country america has problems with is all terrorists. those damn brown people!!!! instead of trying to understand the complicated politics and motivations behind iran's problems, it's much easier to just call everyone in places americans don't know well terrorists. great news coverage guys!!!
and i am so sick of people blaming obama for things that anyone would have done. do you really think any presidential candidate that had major support would've started trouble with russia in ukraine??? really??? and don't give me some source of somebody saying they would because it's really easy to say things when you're not in the position of presidential power. russia is a country that doesn't like us very much that's we had huge conflicts with and almost went to nuclear war with. do you really think it's a smart decision to start problems with them? i'm not saying i 100% support how obama responded to the ukraine situation, but it's not as simple as "hurr durr he hates freedom and loves russia!!!!1", and i'm also saying that i don't think any other presidential candidate would ever have done much different with that situation.
"top taliban leaders" are being released. yes ok. i highly doubt this is as bad as she says. yes sure, we're releasing all of the terrorists who are going to immediately destroy america now. you do realize that obama is a human being that kinda likes america and doesn't want all of his citizens to die, right? why exactly would he just release every terrorist ever and let them be free and attack? i really don't think this situation is anywhere near as simple as she describes it, but anything to get people to be afraid and therefore watch your show i guess.
"lost the trust of the american people by misleading them" oh, you mean like alMOST EVERY PRESIDENT IN HISTORY????? how short are these people's memories??? remember when people were mad at bush for misleading americans?? or did that not happen now because he's republican and you have to support everything your party ever does?? presidents almost always lose popularity as their terms go on because they get more and more scandals and people buy into fear mongering BS like this and believe every word and think their president is some evil dictator who hates america and every word he says is a lie. it happened with bush, it happened with clinton, and i guarantee it'll happen with our next president too.
oh yeah, congress are the people's representatives. because congress never does anything wrong, right? unless they're democrats, in which case everything they do is evil and corrupt. why is congress suddenly innocent and amazing once obama disagrees with them? yes, presidents disagree with congress and try to sneak things past them because that's what they think is right and congress is blocking them from doing it. guess what? bush did this too! so did tons of other presidents! this is not new. also, what issues has he even so evilly bypassed congress on? i doubt it's nearly as common as she makes it out to be, and even if it is it's because congress is so gridlocked and partisan right now that they can't get anything done. i don't think it's right to completely ignore the desires of congress, but it's not like he can just do whatever he wants and make whatever laws he decides to, so why is this scary again? oh yeah, because obama did it.
oh wow!!! a liberal said something!!! ONE political analyst made ONE statement, that proves that obama is evil and everyone hates him!!! except no it doesn't. and how is he a danger to the constitution? what, is he gonna become the new king george? because that's the danger the constitution was trying to avoid. he's not a tyrant and he's nowhere near one, that's just BS. so what, do you think he's going to just destroy every american political system and become stalin 2.0 or something? do you realize how unlikely/impossible that is? if not, then what is this "danger"? and can't this danger just end the minute his term ends? the fear mongering here is ridiculous.
our veterans are dying. maybe that's because OUR VETERANS ARE AT WAR. PEOPLE DIE AT WAR. THAT'S KIND OF A FACT. if you hate this so much, then why didn't you say anything about how bad the war in afghanistan is? oh yeah, because bush started it, and everything republicans do is perfect according to you. and if this is about obamacare apparently making it hard to get medical treatment, why did you have to specify that it's veterans? i don't believe for a second that this is anything but trying to get support by mentioning veterans. and also, what exactly did the old system do for veterans that were dying? how exactly do huge hospital bills and insurance pulling out whenever they want help them not die? i'm not saying you have to fully support obamacare, but you're an idiot if you don't think the old system had a ton of flaws too. it wasn't ever easy for dying people to get care.
oh no, the IRS intimidates conservative groups. what will we ever do without them. you do realize that the IRS can't make congress stop, and the conservatives in congress are the people that actually make a major difference. also, i highly doubt the IRS is in some secret conspiracy to destroy all conservatives. do you think they just sit in their office plotting how to destroy america? you just took a group people don't like and made them out to represent your enemy. obama doesn't control the IRS, even. he nominated the commissioner, but that's it, and the commissioner isn't some robot that does everything he says in their secret plot to end all conservatives because that doesn't exist and literally nobody does that. also, again, what proof do you even have that the IRS wants all conservative groups to die? if they were so strongly against them i somehow doubt there would still be so many.
and here we go, the spiel about how immigrants are evil and those damn mexicans are destroying america and obama is letting them all in and blah blah. except that's not true. when did obama make a law that says "every illegal immigrant can come in and stay!!!"? that doesn't happen and nobody supports that. immigration is a complicated issue with the quality of many people's lives at stake because of it and i think it's incredibly stupid and frankly kind of disgusting when people reduce it to "those liberals want all those dirty illegals here to steal our jobs!!!1" obama is just trying to find the best way to make conditions best for people on both sides of the border, he just thinks that can be accomplished in a different (and not even that different for god's sake) way than you. but that makes him evil and dangerous i guess. have you ever considered that maybe those mexicans that you're so mad about getting into the country are people too and maybe loosening restrictions on them isn't such an evil satanic thing? your immigration policies might be different than mine and i respect that, but it's ridiculous and offensive to act like letting a slightly higher amount of people into the country and maybe letting some people getting in illegally is going to destroy america or something. but once again, "those damn brown people!!!!"
and of course she has to finish it with golfing and being with famous people. tell me, if obama is making so many evil decisions and policies, how exactly is he also spending all of his time not doing his duties? doesn't he have to work to change america? i guess now he can somehow destroy the country and not do anything at the same time, who knew!!
i just hate this kind of stupid lazy reporting that just paints every political opponent as some evil monster and doesn't even attempt to understand their positions or give any meaningful, thoughtful debate and input on the issues. it doesn't deserve to be on the news. it's not journalism, it's basically just an angry yahoo answers comment. watching this makes me so angry as a person with an interest in politics and also as a person who actually has the slightest capability of critical thought. i'm done. bye.
|
|
|
|
|
|