tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post5506448176943814424..comments2023-11-03T03:17:27.053-05:00Comments on NPR Check: Bipartisanship - GOP StyleMytwordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04307620268159811668noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-79711582709895372212008-01-07T18:58:00.000-06:002008-01-07T18:58:00.000-06:00Yyyyyeah, and no one seemed to be roping up the wh...Yyyyyeah, and no one seemed to be roping up the white flag during those dismal years between, say, 2002 and 2006 - oh, how the high have fallen, and now that the scale of justice has wiggled just enough (at last!) they push out this little bullet point that everybody should start making nice - and of course, leave it to "themmmm" (public radio wussies, as reference) to pick up the baton and run with it. Pitifully transparent if ya ask me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-46385347102202832862008-01-07T08:01:00.000-06:002008-01-07T08:01:00.000-06:00Funny that in all these lovely, soothing stories, ...Funny that in all these lovely, soothing stories, they never mention Grover Norquist's famous "Bipartisanship is date rape" quotation...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-50695659555070059082008-01-06T14:59:00.000-06:002008-01-06T14:59:00.000-06:00Yessir, you could rotate many an eligible face in ...Yessir, you could rotate many an eligible face in that slot every hour. And, not to worry about being heavy-handed - 'tis THEY who are heavy-handed!Porter Melmothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473990960543501439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-45021957464405124522008-01-06T14:05:00.000-06:002008-01-06T14:05:00.000-06:00Well Porter, I actually thought about labeling the...Well Porter, I actually thought about labeling the poor victim of the execution "The American Voter" and photoshopping the faces of Karl Rove Lee Atwater and newt Gingrich over the directors and bystanders, but figured that would be a bit heavy handed and might get in the way of some better interpretation I hadn't even thought of...Mytwordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04307620268159811668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-16021149565083298762008-01-06T13:04:00.000-06:002008-01-06T13:04:00.000-06:00If there's one thing I can't stand about NPR, it's...If there's one thing I can't stand about NPR, it's statements like the Naylor one quoted: "And Whitman and Nunn agree that's something most voters want too." Indeed, where, oh, where is the evidence?<BR/><BR/>But that's just one example of the NPR style.<BR/><BR/>Those kind of pat generalizations are entirely tailored for the delicate NPR audience, who are always in search of safe, comforting messages amidst the carnage. The on-air personalities wrap up their little stories with a prim little bow - a mud pie for the 'thinking' ones out there who want to be 'involved', but not if it threatens their investments or their sheltered way of life.<BR/><BR/>Call me a curmudgeon, but I'm regularly disgusted at how influential NPR has been in this respect. Friends and associates have acknowledged my warnings about NPR, and they make special mention of the fact that they're keeping track of the insidiousness (hopefully they're saying that not merely to please me!), but I still get a lot of 'I heard it on NPR' references... I know, it all goes back to that ease of access and supposed 'non-commercial' aspect that has NPR keeping its' audiences as captives. But like Dr. King, I can dream of 'freedom at last'!<BR/><BR/>PS: Re: the illustration - the Mughal way of execution as an inspiration for the GOP's taste in capital punishment, I should think. (N.B. - as a bit of imperial oneupsmanship, the British, to punish Indian rebels, strapped them to the mouths of cannons and fired away...)Porter Melmothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473990960543501439noreply@blogger.com