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He's free to say anything RobertEarl Mar 2015 #1
Yup. It's always good when the snake shows its fangs. nt pnwmom Mar 2015 #39
That's meaningless MrMickeysMom Mar 2015 #63
I was neutral on him till today, it is clear what his agenda is now. Fuck him big time NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #176
If that is really true, I should point out that the OP misrepresented what GG said. rhett o rick Mar 2015 #191
here ya go NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #193
I am giving you the benefit of the doubt, don't fail me. What you posted is swell but rhett o rick Mar 2015 #195
Wait, are you saying he did NOT say that on twitter? NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #199
Please say what you have to say in the form of a statement. rhett o rick Mar 2015 #200
I just linked you to what the man said, for christ sake. NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #201
no one is disputing his right to speak cali Mar 2015 #147
give up grasswire Mar 2015 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Mar 2015 #6
Actually. ....given the feedback I've gotten, we are. nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #19
from friendly freepers? grasswire Mar 2015 #24
No....from long time DUers. nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #46
oh sure. grasswire Mar 2015 #79
What it means is that every single thing that Glenn Greenwald Aerows Mar 2015 #91
No, Aerows...what it means is that Mr. Greenwald is not to be preciously msanthrope Mar 2015 #107
Well, here it is Aerows Mar 2015 #116
What I have predicted has come to pass....GGs' own words have opened msanthrope Mar 2015 #106
I am very disturbed by this Aerows Mar 2015 #142
"don't confuse me with the facts, I've made up my mind" uhnope Mar 2015 #31
there are not facts... wildbilln864 Mar 2015 #34
Agreed. Those of us who are not big fans of Greenwald remain of the same mind. Buzz Clik Mar 2015 #53
Doesn't mean we'll stop trying Blue_Tires Mar 2015 #71
Yeah... MrMickeysMom Mar 2015 #74
Agree, but the people who agree with Greenwald on this AT LEAST get pointed out for who they are uponit7771 Mar 2015 #76
"give up"?.. reporting GG's tweets? Oh, and I've seen some GG fans saying he's wrong on this.. Cha Mar 2015 #96
Shocker, Not ... Spazito Mar 2015 #3
We'll, it's Democrats and Obama opposing war and libertarian golden boy Rand Paul geek tragedy Mar 2015 #5
Not to mention his irrational hatred for President Obama... Spazito Mar 2015 #7
Or, he's just a mendacious hack who subverts his beliefs whenever they collide geek tragedy Mar 2015 #8
and his bank account n/t Spazito Mar 2015 #9
Severe Chronic ODS. Cha Mar 2015 #97
Four tweets from Greenwald attacking Democrats and defending Republicans--zero geek tragedy Mar 2015 #4
He actually made several tweets criticizing the Republican efforts to derail it, including one Chathamization Mar 2015 #11
Links? nt geek tragedy Mar 2015 #12
Eh...the twitter link from your first post? Did you bother to actually look at his tweets before Chathamization Mar 2015 #14
Where did he say what they were doing is a bad thing? geek tragedy Mar 2015 #17
If you're really trying to be obtuse, where did he say what Reid was doing was a bad thing? Chathamization Mar 2015 #20
He said this about Reid: geek tragedy Mar 2015 #22
So you admit that none of the criticisms you mention in your OP are criticisms per your bizarre Chathamization Mar 2015 #25
He followed that up with dishonest characterizations geek tragedy Mar 2015 #26
You didn't have that tweet in your original OP, yet you seemed to still be capable of seeing the Chathamization Mar 2015 #29
I included the ones where he lied about what the Republicans geek tragedy Mar 2015 #30
Speaking of links, why don't you give us some links supporting your quotes? nm rhett o rick Mar 2015 #137
Is this the one? Number23 Mar 2015 #18
The same place it is in the tweet comparing Reid to Cheney? Chathamization Mar 2015 #23
No, the point is that there is no criticism there and that's why no one sees it Number23 Mar 2015 #37
Well, you know how it is. Must defend Greenwald at all costs. Integrity be damned. Tarheel_Dem Mar 2015 #181
Even when faced with the fact that it is beyond obvious that the man is simply NOT criticizing the Number23 Mar 2015 #184
"All while they bray about how they are true and REAL Democratic base, of course." Tarheel_Dem Mar 2015 #185
You're wasting effort Scootaloo Mar 2015 #180
True, but hopefully it will show others the level of deception going on and make them think twice Chathamization Mar 2015 #197
Would I have the protective covering of a certain GG ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #50
Ain't that the truth! Number23 Mar 2015 #87
And can cross the ocean without getting his sandals wet. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #110
We would need nothing but the finest GG bullshite tweets coming down the pike.. and Hoorah! Siding Cha Mar 2015 #100
Greenwald is an expert on "..a phrase half stupid and half toxic on multiple levels".. he's had so Cha Mar 2015 #98
Please provide links for your quotes. nm rhett o rick Mar 2015 #128
Shocker! I am quite sure his fans will be along shortly to explain how he he is just misunderstood Egnever Mar 2015 #10
+ a million Number23 Mar 2015 #15
Yup... SidDithers Mar 2015 #148
I whole-heartedly disagree with him. Aerows Mar 2015 #13
Jesus fuck comparing Reid to Cheney... one_voice Mar 2015 #16
Greenwald is wrong on this one. DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2015 #21
Me too. Aerows Mar 2015 #83
He isn't wrong if he didn't say what the OP contends. Ask the OP for links. nm rhett o rick Mar 2015 #140
Well, he's pretty wrong on that. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2015 #27
I agree. n/t Aerows Mar 2015 #84
I like Greenwald for all the issues he had helped bring into the spot light, especially working Hutzpa Mar 2015 #28
Greenwald is not a Constitutional scholar or lawyer. guillaumeb Mar 2015 #32
Even if not prosecutable, the behavior is seditious in nature and spirit. nt geek tragedy Mar 2015 #33
What geek said Hekate Mar 2015 #36
Um . . . markpkessinger Mar 2015 #44
Um....he wrote that bio. True, being a Wall Street attorney is no msanthrope Mar 2015 #49
I was wondering if any of DU's attorneys would comment on Greenwald describing himself as stevenleser Mar 2015 #54
Well....the Center for Constitutional Rights, actual constitutional msanthrope Mar 2015 #62
And those statements by Greenwald sound more than "zealously representing one's client" stevenleser Mar 2015 #57
Yes, that's true . . . markpkessinger Mar 2015 #92
He is a layman when it comes to Constitutional law..his violation of msanthrope Mar 2015 #104
Of course he does. n/t Lil Missy Mar 2015 #35
I don't find the need to follow Greenwald but he seems to be looking for the big deal. Thinkingabout Mar 2015 #38
Greenwald swings and misses rpannier Mar 2015 #40
More like swings, loses control of the bat, and the bat takes out half the crowd. stevenleser Mar 2015 #47
There is a difference between criticizing the deal and Contact a foreign government nakocal Mar 2015 #41
My tweet back at him... stevenleser Mar 2015 #42
+1 Jamaal510 Mar 2015 #64
Oh, OUCH! Perfect. that might ruffle more than a few GG fan feathers here..if he had the temerity Cha Mar 2015 #99
And of course, no response. There is no response other than taking it back or attacking Bernie. stevenleser Mar 2015 #121
Dug himself into another pit with his knee defense of republicons over the Democratic Party & Cha Mar 2015 #133
The asshole is helping Republicans undermine a peace deal here. All because he hates Democrats. stevenleser Mar 2015 #43
Yeah that'll happen. zappaman Mar 2015 #88
I'll take one. Just one. stevenleser Mar 2015 #90
GG's a hater from way back.. it's rendered him stupid. Cha Mar 2015 #101
I find it hilarious all the haters love Greenwald... ConservativeDemocrat Mar 2015 #45
Ditto. nt Jamaal510 Mar 2015 #67
... MrMickeysMom Mar 2015 #73
Hey.. good point. Cha Mar 2015 #102
His party is falling apart and he knows it. tridim Mar 2015 #48
His party is only a party ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #52
I'm really curious which Republican candidate he will endorse for President in 2016. Cali_Democrat Mar 2015 #51
Of course he does. He stands with Snowdon question everything Mar 2015 #55
Trying to sabotage? JonLP24 Mar 2015 #56
You are incorrect--the explicit goal is to torpedo the negotiations geek tragedy Mar 2015 #65
It says in the letter it mentions Obama would need congressional approval JonLP24 Mar 2015 #68
What they were saying is that Iran should abandon negotiations with the geek tragedy Mar 2015 #72
Or, at least, that's what the principal writer said ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #78
Right. They're just trying to 'educate' Iran. Good grief! randome Mar 2015 #111
Greenwad is an asshole. SoapBox Mar 2015 #58
All coming from the "asshole" who supported Bush.... Historic NY Mar 2015 #59
Can we stop walling him a progressive and/or liberal? Raine1967 Mar 2015 #60
He is a negative nationalist that views the US and Democrats as his antagonist. stevenleser Mar 2015 #61
. Egnever Mar 2015 #81
Hey, guess what? MrMickeysMom Mar 2015 #66
Glenn shows his true colors once again... Blue_Tires Mar 2015 #69
It also wasn't "any member of congress" doing free speech. It was official, collective action. n/t lumberjack_jeff Mar 2015 #70
dear glenn, the repucks are humping for war....the President is trying to avoid it. spanone Mar 2015 #75
Yeah, so it's GG who has the Dick Cheney playbook and is being faithful to it.. not Sen Reid. Cha Mar 2015 #103
Here ya go little buddy! DeSwiss Mar 2015 #77
Well....isn't GG the featured speaker at a Koch-funded lecture series named after a racist MADem Mar 2015 #80
A pro-lyncher. Not just a racist......the guy actually justified msanthrope Mar 2015 #108
Because he's been at the Koch beck-and-call for decades, now. MADem Mar 2015 #119
Everything GG does is for GG, and the bank balance of GG alone. Translation = $$$$$$$. Tarheel_Dem Mar 2015 #182
Look closely folks -- THIS is the renegade senator Glenn Greenwald is cheerleading: Blue_Tires Mar 2015 #82
I guess I missed at least 4 DUers Aerows Mar 2015 #85
I'm just calling out hypocrisy as I see it Blue_Tires Mar 2015 #86
It puzzles me. Aerows Mar 2015 #89
They've supported him in the past for everything else Blue_Tires Mar 2015 #115
Not a hypocrite--he's a clever dissembler who has kept his powder dry for a long time. MADem Mar 2015 #120
Wait, I thought Greenwald was in Putin's pocket. Savannahmann Mar 2015 #93
Not confusing at all leftynyc Mar 2015 #105
It all fits nicely if Greenwald is a negative nationalist with the the West, the US and Democrats stevenleser Mar 2015 #117
You're kidding!? Even he wouldn't be that stupid! Oh, wait.. nevermind.. he's so full of shite. Cha Mar 2015 #94
The list..yep, Rand Paul is on there. It's GG who's "faithfully using the Dick Cheney Playbook".. Cha Mar 2015 #95
Iran and the Rude Pundit disagree.. "The authors may not fully understand that in international law, Cha Mar 2015 #109
Glenn Greenwald = Overrated hack. nt AverageJoe90 Mar 2015 #112
He always at least gave the appearance of fence-sitting. Now he's not even bothering with that. randome Mar 2015 #113
What is the point of this OP? From the headline I expected something juicy, instead of nada. GoneFishin Mar 2015 #114
Greenwald conflates 'criticism' with what the GOP did, which is to actively undermine the country. randome Mar 2015 #118
Do you have any links to quotes from Greenwald saying such? rhett o rick Mar 2015 #131
In the OP. randome Mar 2015 #145
With out a source the OP could have gotten those quotes from anywhere. rhett o rick Mar 2015 #150
The Twitter link is right there in the OP. randome Mar 2015 #152
I only see one quote about Sen Reid with no context. How about the other quotes? nm rhett o rick Mar 2015 #153
I don't care about Reid. I care about Greenwald conflating what the Gang of 47 did with 'criticism'. randome Mar 2015 #154
No one has provided me with a link showing what is claimed here other that rhett o rick Mar 2015 #163
The Tweet contains both of these statements: randome Mar 2015 #172
He said both actions were wrong. That's far from "defending" the 47 Republicons. rhett o rick Mar 2015 #177
Uh oh Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2015 #122
Was there an alert? nt geek tragedy Mar 2015 #123
I can't believe leftynyc Mar 2015 #124
Where did you get your quotes other than the Reid tweet? rhett o rick Mar 2015 #125
Shhhh! bvar22 Mar 2015 #126
I'm sure the OP will be updated to explain this...oversight...which was obviously unintentional Chathamization Mar 2015 #143
I would like to hear a theory as to why "disinformation" about GG. He isn't rhett o rick Mar 2015 #168
I'd like to hear a theory about why, if Greenwald is so bad, it's necessary to make stuff up Chathamization Mar 2015 #198
Ahh...the weekly Greenwald dishonest twisting and parsing. TheKentuckian Mar 2015 #166
What is interesting is the obsession with searcing for demons. rhett o rick Mar 2015 #167
There is a difference between QUESTIONING the policy and being traitors to your country LynneSin Mar 2015 #127
This is what GG actually said, rhett o rick Mar 2015 #169
this should be an OP grasswire Mar 2015 #187
I agree. What could be the incentive to post such misleading info. nm rhett o rick Mar 2015 #188
see my post 186 nt grasswire Mar 2015 #189
I hear what you are saying. I guess I am a little stunned that some here would actually go to rhett o rick Mar 2015 #196
That's day two and three...after he realized the penalty for his silly msanthrope Mar 2015 #192
GG is going to end up like Ralph Nader if he isn't careful: a one-note parody of himself. nt Hekate Mar 2015 #129
and why shouldn't he? arely staircase Mar 2015 #130
Some context Babel_17 Mar 2015 #132
Translation: "I'm going to criticize substance of Republicans and style of Democrats stevenleser Mar 2015 #134
Give us some links where Greenwald is supporting the Republicons. nm rhett o rick Mar 2015 #136
Provide a link to something I haven't contended? No thanks. Nt stevenleser Mar 2015 #138
That's what I thought. Your hatred of Greenwald is misplaced. He isn't killing the middle and lower rhett o rick Mar 2015 #139
No, the one thing you didn't do is think. stevenleser Mar 2015 #144
You just wrote above Astrad Mar 2015 #202
As any English professor will tell you. Synonym means similar meaning, not necessarily exactly stevenleser Mar 2015 #203
Of course. blue neen Mar 2015 #135
If I haven't said it before Aerows Mar 2015 #141
I'd welcome you to the club but there isn't one. randome Mar 2015 #146
Words truly cannot express Aerows Mar 2015 #161
And it's a double-self-inflicted wound, too! randome Mar 2015 #173
Before you condemn him make sure you know how he feels. I can't find any rhett o rick Mar 2015 #151
That's because you are engaging in a dishonest rhetorical exercise to avoid addressing the truth stevenleser Mar 2015 #155
The OP states, "Glenn Greenwald defends Republicans trying to sabotage Iran negotiations." rhett o rick Mar 2015 #156
And now you have moved the goalposts from "Supports" to "Defends" in your rhetorical game stevenleser Mar 2015 #157
The OP did not provide any source or context for Greenwald "defending" the Republicons. rhett o rick Mar 2015 #160
The OP provided the exact twitter quote where Greenwald did just as I described, WITH LINK! stevenleser Mar 2015 #170
Ok let's look at the twitter quote. rhett o rick Mar 2015 #174
He also tweeted... Adrahil Mar 2015 #175
He also said this, "GOP efforts to sabotage a peace deal with Iran are heinous on the substance: rhett o rick Mar 2015 #178
Greenwald. LOL... SidDithers Mar 2015 #149
No different from the questioning of Bush, eh? Orsino Mar 2015 #158
Given everything he has done to undermine Obama, he almost has to support the GOP on this Sheepshank Mar 2015 #159
Just lost some respect for him. hrmjustin Mar 2015 #162
I hope not because of this thread. Greenwald did not "defend" the Republicons. rhett o rick Mar 2015 #164
Thank you for clarrifying. hrmjustin Mar 2015 #165
See the above thread that starts with his #151, it sums it up nicely. nt stevenleser Mar 2015 #171
the OP has a pattern of tying any little bits of flotsam and jetsam... grasswire Mar 2015 #186
I must say that until now I wasn't aware this poster did this. rhett o rick Mar 2015 #194
I dont see the follow up part at the link, where can I see that 1000% remark? NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #179
I see it at the link, but here's the quote by itself Babel_17 Mar 2015 #190
Greenwad's Koch influence is showing through. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #183
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