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Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
36. I have commentators on both sides that I can't stand.
Wed May 22, 2013, 01:47 PM
May 2013

From the Right, it is hard to choose because there are so many, but I suppose I'll choose Hannity and Limbaugh. Hannity always drives me insane whenever he calls Obama "the anointed one", even despite the President being elected twice with respectable margins of victory. The true "anointed one" was his predecessor Bush ll, who only became president due to a SC ruling that screwed up the vote tallying in FL. As for Limbaugh, I hate how he calls us the "Democrat Party" instead of "Democratic Party". He seems to be doing it on purpose in order to try and make the case that our party is somehow undemocratic, or maybe to emphasize the "rat" part of the word "Democrat". Also, even though I'm not a woman, it makes me sick to hear him calling people "feminizis" who only want to see women on the same playing field as men and to not be insulted.

With regards to political commentators on the Left who I find annoying, it would be Cenk Ugyur and John Fugelsang. These are a couple of people who come across to me as those who expect a president to be all-powerful and to be able to magically set forth a progressive agenda without the help of Congress. Every time I hear from them, they rarely have anything positive to say about Obama. They criticize him for some things that aren't really his fault, like how UE isn't dropping as fast as everyone would like. It would be dropping much faster had our friends in the House passed his proposed Jobs Bill in 2011. And there's the matter with chained CPI, but again as I have stated on here repeatedly--it was not the President's ideal budget. They act as if he is a Republican in sheep's clothing who is so eager to cut stuff, but the President has had over 4 years and a party across the aisle more than willing to help him to enact cuts to entitlements, and he still has yet to do so. Plus there are other parts of the deal that the Left would support, such as higher top tax rates and funding for universal pre-school. And Cenk really lost me when he made the assertion that Gary Johnson, the Libertarian, was a "true progressive". Never mind the fact that his fiscal policy is even more hostile towards working-class folk than that of the average Republican. Johnson is essentially a Ron Paul clone. I just quit watching those two shows after a while. The ones I like on Current (which is the channel they come on) are Full Court Press and Talking Liberally.

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Grace is bad, for sure, but bigwillq May 2013 #1
My better half observes that... sofa king May 2013 #6
Bob Woodward, who is always there to slant the conversation to his point graham4anything May 2013 #2
Tim Russert got such a pass from people, even on this board. Arugula Latte May 2013 #51
Bill O'Reilly followed by Michelle Malkin. sufrommich May 2013 #3
Ann Coulter is easily in the top 5. n/t cynatnite May 2013 #4
Cokie Roberts lpbk2713 May 2013 #5
I agree, can't stand her, ultimate beltway sleaze kairos12 May 2013 #44
Anyone on the Fox Noise Channel. nt madinmaryland May 2013 #7
For some reason, Hannity is hilarious to me. Dash87 May 2013 #9
Most annoying political commentator Flashmann May 2013 #8
Luke Russert is the poster boy for nepotism, sufrommich May 2013 #14
I totally agree. He was forced upon us simply because of asjr May 2013 #22
Agree about grace. rl6214 May 2013 #10
Is Nancy Grace a political commentator? AndyA May 2013 #11
Sean Hannity. RevStPatrick May 2013 #12
. Dash87 May 2013 #17
I actually have trouble looking at him. I have the same problem with Ted Cruz. Dollface May 2013 #24
I don't know, I can't get too worked up about Hannity. Beacool May 2013 #32
Hannity always has a smirk on his face LeftInTX May 2013 #41
noonan, complete douchebag Demonaut May 2013 #13
Neil Cavuto. HughBeaumont May 2013 #15
I forgot about Cavuto. His picture is next to "tool" in the dictionary. Dash87 May 2013 #16
there are but a handful who aren't.. my G_j May 2013 #18
Sip.E. Cupp Dollface May 2013 #19
Did you see Bill Maher two weeks ago? Dash87 May 2013 #21
That pretty much put her on my list. Before that I'd only seen snippets and didn't realize being Dollface May 2013 #23
Me too. bravenak May 2013 #54
Cookie Roberts patrice May 2013 #20
Joe Scarborough hands down.... Mike Daniels May 2013 #25
I noticed that about the tornado PatSeg May 2013 #28
Every single commentator on the Fox Opinion Channel. Initech May 2013 #26
Greta Van...... clarice May 2013 #27
Oh, now that was bad!!!! hamsterjill May 2013 #33
I know right? I'm so ashamed of myself. nt clarice May 2013 #34
I have no idea what you're talking about! backscatter712 May 2013 #43
Scatter...the lollipop song is from The Wizard of Oz.nt clarice May 2013 #48
Dammit, my picture link broke. Let me try again... backscatter712 May 2013 #49
OMG !!!!!!!!! nt clarice May 2013 #50
Bryan Fischer. He's just pure fucking evil. n/t backscatter712 May 2013 #29
Whoever is on the telly yapping at the time. GoCubsGo May 2013 #30
Not on TV, but Limbaugh surpasses everyone else for smugness and just general asshollery. Beacool May 2013 #31
as of yesterday it's Wolf "you gotta thank the Lord" Blitzer piratefish08 May 2013 #35
I have commentators on both sides that I can't stand. Jamaal510 May 2013 #36
Kookie Noonan. Dawson Leery May 2013 #37
Sean Hannity is living proof that Neanderthals did interbreed with homo sapiens Douglas Carpenter May 2013 #38
One of my co-workers...... Burma Jones May 2013 #39
Rush gopiscrap May 2013 #40
Nancy is plain old unprofessional much of the time. LeftInTX May 2013 #42
Gotta be Megan Kelly......ugh.... a kennedy May 2013 #45
Greg Gutfield of Red Eye and The Five. Cannot STAND that "comedian" ErikJ May 2013 #46
Neil Cavuto. Quantess May 2013 #47
He is my pick too libodem May 2013 #52
Is Paul Harvey still selling Red White and Blue cornpone and molasses? Tierra_y_Libertad May 2013 #53
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