How to get banned from the Malloy Program

[szatmar666]

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Please join me in sharing your story of getting banned on the Mike Malloy Show. If you have audio, email or recorded conversation with the screener, or just a cute story, post it, share the fun!

According to Malloy the 2 parties are exactly the same and as such it's hard for anyone as astute and sophisticated as he is to just be a good soldier and support the democrats through his program in the name of solidarity, 8 weeks before election day.

So he decided to tear down the candidate and the party. At least that's what I got from listening to his program the last couple of weeks. There is no mention of grassroots organizing or giving Obama a progressive Congress. That "building a New Deal Coalition" idea never crosses his maverick mind. Not only that, if you even mention these practical issues you get dropped by Malloy or his screener like a hot potato.

It seems to me that along with Nader and a few pseudo progressives, Malloy couldn't give a damn about the idea of changing people's lives through government, which is how we define "progressivism" since La Follette, because other than bashing Obama's strategic decision to move to the right, Malloy has no practical ideas of how one could get into elected office in this country today and effect real change without the votes of the current US electorate.

[tabatha]

1. Malloy should be banned from the airwaves.

He is too full of his own righteousness.
He is a fundie on the left.

[szatmar666]

2. but he is hurting the left

I don't understand how can be on the left if everything he does with his show is helping the republicans?!

[avaistheone1]

7. Mike is not a fundie. That is the last thing in the world he would ever be.

I don't agree with everything Malloy says, and I don't agree with everything that everyone at DU says either.

This is America. If you are honest you will admit Malloy makes alot of good points.

[MalloyProducer]

19. Democrat Whining

MM here, writing on Kathy's log-in.

Gotta respond to this bullshit. First, "banned from the airwaves?" Perfect solution for Nazis and right-wing trolls. Jesus . . .! What are you doing on "democratic" underground?

Second, try getting the right-wing shit out of your ears and LISTEN for a change.

Third, once again the whining, blubbering, hair-twisting, thumb-sucking inability of so many self-identified Democrats to truly understand what has happened to the Democratic Party.

Fourth, it is this sort of bullshit that guarantees the unraveling of what remaining threads of the Party still exist.

Mike Malloy

PS. Nice video to run with my commentary. Shows a lot of class.

[Truth2Tell]

22. Welcome Mike!!!

Many of us love you here. Ignore the haters. For some here Party trumps Principle. Sound familiar?

Thanks for what you do. :patriot:

[Maat]

24. Hi, Mike! I love you just the way you are.

Just be yourself; I'm listening! I love the show (I particularly enjoy the honesty).

[nadinbrzezinski]

27. Hey there Mike

don't be fully a stranger ok

[Breeze54]

28. Hey, you do a lot of "whining, blubbering and hair-twisting" yourself! But

I can listen to you... :P Just not every night.

But stop telling people (sarcastically) to vote for McDim!!

WE get your sarcasm but the brain dead Rethugs and trolls BELIEVE YOU!! :P

Keep it lit but not up my ass! :hi:

[szatmar666]

30. talker talk

the video shows no class as I said earlier I am a transylvanian redneck and I don't waste my time on ad hominems and verbal diarrhea: there is no way in HELL Clinton would have murdered 1 million people...EVER! Rest my case.

[tavalon]

31. Mike, hon, look at his post count

He's most likely a troll.

This thread will be locked and he will have earned a tombstone, before you can say, where would you like your pizza delivered?!

You are incredibly loved here, though, with us being democrats, you know we will never fall in line, lockstep, behind anyone, even you. And frankly, I think you prefer it that way, yes?

The important thing for you to know is that we recognize that you are the real deal. You are a patriot first, and a famous commentator for the left wing second. Quite the opposite of some others who come to mind, Limbaugh, Malkin, Skinny Blonde Chick and the like.

I better post this quick before this thread gets locked.

3............2................1...............:nuke:

[szatmar666]

33. before it gets locked however

me lonely "troll" and whatever would like to kindly ask if all of those champions of free speech, rant and democratic principles here on DU could address the issue of Brzezinski being against the war and Scheunemann being 1 of the planners qualifies as a difference between the 2 parties Malloy was asking for?! or that's just stuff that doesn't affect our phonyass airconditioned principles from a 6000 mile distance?! I can move on to discussing differences in "corporate funding" for the 2 parties if this irritates the delicate tastes of high society, plenty of interesting details to cover there too ;)

[tavalon]

38. Very cute

So, how did you have the reserve to wait so long before you deep sixed your username? I'm actually impressed. Most blow their wad within a day or two.

[ConsAreLiars]

39. If you actually think there is any difference betrween Brzezinski,

who boasted of turning Afghanistan into a killing field and a training ground for Insane Islamic Crazies, killing millions of innocents directly and who knows how many since then through that fostering of religious insanity, and Kissinger who slaughtered millions in SE Asia and Latin America, other than in total body counts, you are simply ignorant of history. As for Scheunemann, he is cut from the same cloth as both, and only wishes to see see his body count score and fame rise as high as theirs. There is and was no difference between the three other than the number of years (or days for Scheunemann) in which they committed mass murder in the service of multinational capitalism.

(edit grammar slightly))

[Systematic Chaos]

32. Oh HELL YEAH Mike!

Way to give it to 'em.

I have been listening, as much as possible, to your show recently and I completely understand and agree with where you are coming from.

It astonishes me how many here can't seem to figure it out.

I got news for them: We're not going to take this country back acting all fucking Care Bear. We NEED your kind of anger just as we need action. Anyone who can't see that either needs to do a lot of soul searching, needs to grow a spine, or both.

Rock on and Keep it lit, Mike and Kathy!

[szatmar666]

35. 1 last thing that always bugged me about your show

what is voter turnout in this country?! 47-48%?! and you are telling your misinformed audience that the only organized ground game against fascism in this country is just not good enough for your principles?! 99% of the people in the world don't give a damn about your principles, THEY JUST WANT TO SURVIVE!

[chknltl]

37. DU's got yer back Mike, please 'keep on keepin' on'!

:patriot:

[Individualist]

41. You're the greatest, MM

Keep speaking out - and shouting out - for progressives! :applause:

[sasquatch]

3. Layoff of Malloy

He's just pissed about the pink tutu Dems always giving the republicans what they want.

[VeraAgnes]

5. Thank you!

All this road rage attitude I see towards free speech Democrats over the past few months is most disheartening.

[Enrique]

12. that's false

the dems have opposed Bush much more than opposition Congresses have opposed presidents in the past, including Gingrich.

Malloy asks for one example. Here are several recent examples: passing legislation providing aid to homeless veterans, protecting Medicare from cuts, the farm bill with and increase in food stamp aid, the GI bill all over Bush vetoes or opposition.

None of these things would have passed with the republicans in control.

He says the parties are the same, and it's a lie. In fact the parties are more different now than they have been historically.

[szatmar666]

15. very good points

also, in another place he rants about dems abandoning the idea of single payer universal healthcare. That's not true, they still have Conyers' bill HR 676 sitting in Congress filibustered by repugs and bluedogs every session since 2003. My guess it will take off in 09.

[Moochy]

4. Hi Welcome to DU

here's my fun story about you being ignored! The End.

[99th_Monkey]

6. So WHO is Mr. Malloy voting FOR? Barr? Ron Paul? Nader? Give me a fucking break.

I have loved Malloy, for years, sometimes his rants have actually helped me connect with my own sanity in a way
I'm not sure I would have without them ... so I not only love Mike, but am genuinely grateful to him for whatever
shreds of "sanity" (whatever the fuck that is) I still have intact.

That said, his current "fuck both parties" soapbox is boorish, stupid and seriously misguided. If Mike can't
tell the difference between Obama/Biden and McCain/Palin, then fuck Mike Malloy. .. at least until after the
election..

[Suji to Seoul]

8. Exactly. . .I used to be a very loyal Malloy listener.

Since he went from being infomative and caustic to flat out insulting of anyone who doesn't agree with him lock-step and barrel, I can't stomach that.

The gasbags on the right do too all the time. . .Malloy feels a challenge to his belief structure is an attack on him and his family.

I cannot support that, even though I have adopted a few of his (and Carlin's) tactics of hitting them with sledgehammers. I refuse to bring a knife to a gunfight.

[Andrushka]

20. Obama

As the alternative is far, far worse. Said it himself tonight. But he has consistently brought up very valid points in his shows about the commonalities between the parties.

As for the video above: oh, boo frickin' hoo. :nopity:

[99th_Monkey]

42. REALLY! I hadn't heard. Thanks for the update..

I'd been hearing him sound way too Naderish for my comfort. Glad he's clearly out for Obama.

[nadinbrzezinski]

23. Obama, and you can thank Biden for that

Of course he will do it the same way many of us will... holding noses and in my case just expecting to have a little more cash in wallet, NOTHING MORE, or less

And yes... I am looking forwards to being surprised... but just don't expect it

Nobody should in fact

[ConsAreLiars]

25. Don't believe those lies about Malloy. Anyone can patch together

snippets of audio and create a completely false picture. As for who he will vote for, he answered that this evening. If you don't listen, then you have lost what you once valued.

No one is being "banned". He just blocked a bunch of harassing emails from half-wits who couldn't hear what he was saying.

(edit to soften tone and add a bit.)

[travelingtypist]

9. Oh, wow.

I love Mike, have been listening since 2003 IEAmerica Radio, and I've never heard him challenged quite like this. Nice job. You were petulant, but facts are facts. And I think Mike Malloy is man enough to square things up with you.

[PatrynXX]

10. Not something to be watching at 3am

maybe during the day, didn't want my first post here to be a bad one. But oi that just wasn't a good hurl avoider. Easier to watch Dirty Jobs that that.

[BEZERKO]

11. Um, no.

While I agree that for anyone who says that there's no difference between Al Gore/John Kerry/Barack Obama and George Bush/John McCain is crazy, I can not agree with the assertion that Obama has to move to the right for strategic reasons. Moving to the right is a misnomer. A politician who is "moving to the right" is in actuality adopting conservative positions in the mistaken notion that it will attract what are called "swing" voters. This is what George Lakoff refers to as one of the four "myths of the center." Chuck Hagel is fiscally conservative and anti-war, Joe Lieberman is fiscally liberal but pro-war, they agree on nothing, yet they are both called "moderates," or "centrists." There is no consistent ideology for "centrists" or "moderates." Those are empty terms that don't mean anything. Somewhere around 30 to 40 percent of the electorate are either liberal or conservative, the rest of the electorate is made up of biconceptuals. Biconceptuals are people who apply the conservative worldview in one area, say economics, but liberal worldviews in other areas, say foreign policy. Some people like to dismiss Lakoff's teachings out of hand, but the thing is, they work. Until recently (and I don't want to speak for Obama, I have no idea what's going on with that campaign of late, he claims that he's not "moving to the center" at all), especially durring the early part of the primary, Obama and Hillary Clinton had radically different views on attracting biconceptual voters. Hillary held the position that to attract them, you have to adopt some conservative positions (mistaken pragmatism or worse, conceeding in advance!), while Obama tried to attract partial conservatives by finding issues or ideas of mutual concern and talk to them on that basis. Try it on the most conservative of your friends (it won't pay immediate dividends unfortunately, the conservative frames are hardwired into their brains, but you'll be planting seeds in their brains that may take root later on). Feel them out, what do they care about? As an example, two of my conservative friends at work love fishing and hunting, so I talk about the environment. If a conservative friend has a big medical bill, I talk about how we've got to get the insurance companies out of the equasion in favor of "doctor-patient run health care." This is a little oversimplification, but it's basically how it works. By no means should Obama adopt conservative positions, or even appear to be adopting conservative positions to get partial conservative voters. This always backfires. It REINFORCES conservative frames, it alienates the base, and it makes you look unconsistent, like you have no values at all. Lesson is, the best way to talk to partial conservatives or biconceptuals is to talk to the base. Adopting conservative positions, especially if he doesn't believe them (authenticity) to attract these voters is folly and is not practical, realistic, honest, or effective. The Republicans, especially Regan's chief strategist Richard Wirthlin, with they're marketing techniques, discovered this a long time ago. It's why they haven't moved to the left. Read George Lakoff and Drew Westen.

[Suji to Seoul]

13. And you're going to vote for whom, Mr. One Paragraph?

[BEZERKO]

17. The first sentence of my Mr. Paragraph makes it pretty clear who I'm going to vote for.

Unless you're trying to say that my answer proves some point, say Obama's staff can just assume they'll get the roughly third of the electorate that make up it's base. Again, um, no. Conservatives suffered losses in '06 because a part of their base stayed home. Get the base first, then try to get enough other votes, made up of biconceptual voters, to win. It's why we can't get past 42 percent in Georgia. The Dems here piss on the base and assume we'll show up in droves, when it counts. Um, no.

[provis99]

18. the point, Mr. Ignorant, is who the moderates are going to vote for

As he just explained in his paragraph. Do you have reading comprehension problems?

[trumad]

14. Paragraphs can be your friend....

[szatmar666]

21. example?

which president won an election without corporate america backing him?! All of them are vetted by different interest groups, including southern whites, PA and WI blue collar workers and the 5 million people in uniform as well as the industries built around that simple number. No serious candidate can ignore these voting blocks. If you know counter example please share.

For instance here in Sensenbrenner's district my recovering republican neighbors would like to vote for Obama but they are afraid of high gas prices. You cannot explain them that drilling has nothing to do with that without going into details about oil futures contracts, the Intercontinental Exchange's London & Dubai trading desks, the price of Texas Sweet Crude and why is Goldman Sachs the largest heating oil supplier in the north east... You cannot do that while canvassing. All you can do is say that Obama is not against drilling in the short term but he sees alternatives as the long term solution. Same story about "clean coal" - sure he supports it. just so McCain has no issues left to attack on.

These x republicans now independents are not dumb people. there is a neighborhood here that's almost exclusively high payed GE Medical technology professionals who care about this country and are not the evil defense contractors some might imagine them to be. These are average Joes with above average technical skills who are just too busy & isolated from reality to pay attention: geeks.

Then there is the other issue of Obama just having defeated the democratic party establishment: the Clinton machine, the same machine that cut Howard Dean's throat in 04 and he has to mend fences with them if he wants to win. That's where Biden comes in. Not my favorite but that's not Obama's choice: it's a deal between the 2 camps within the party. It pisses off the base but frankly the base is so proud of being smart, it's time for them to think strategically 4 a "change".

[baldguy]

16. Mike's job is to keep the pols honest, not hold your hand while you cry.

Is our goal only to get Dems & progressives into office in this election cycle? Or the next one? Or the next? Or should it be to create a fairer & more just society in which EVERYONE can participate?

The fact that he criticizes pols who lose sight of the real goal in favor of "practical issues" should make him a hero. And he shouldn't be expected to continually explain this most basic concept to the more obtuse people listening to him.

[Stardust]

26. Are you sure your emails have been banned? Mine was kicked back

because it's against their policy to accept emails from Hotmail, Yahoo, etc.

[underseasurveyor]

29. Hell it ain't hard to get banned

if your a dumbass. seems a simple enough concept to me:shrug:

Malloy need not waste his precious air-time on sniveling idiots.

Rock On Malloy:yourock:

Heart You and Kathy:-)

[LostinRed]

34. Proud supporter of Nova M

I'll admit I only got a subscription once Randi left AAR for Nova M. But I use to podcast Malloy on AAR and I enjoy hearing him. I thought your video was classless. You might not agree with Malloy and I don't agree with all of his rants either but he is a great voice for liberals. I like his show and I'll continue to support and listen to his show.

[chknltl]

36. BALONEY!!!- I'll NOT join you in such anti-Malloy tactics.

Listening to freepers gettin banned is fun...listening to folks who don't really 'get it' getting banned from Mike's show...well that's just painful period. I've no reason to go there nor would I want to add to such a deplorable tactic. Mike Malloy is one of the precious few patriots out there fighting for our freedoms. If you want to put down Mike Malloy take it to the Free Republic and you'll find more than enough folks to jump on board with ya, this isn't the best place to be puttin down Mike Malloy, his Show or his staff. Malloy has a strong fan-base here, you'll not be changin' any of us with this nonsense!

I am 100% an Obama supporter, furthermore I BELIEVE in my heart that a President Obama will reverse much of the damage that the bushies have brought us. All I have is HOPE with truly precious little to back that hope up with! My strongest argument FOR my party is in the pointing out of the damage, obvious to all with a brain, that the repukes have done to our nation and to our world. In my heart of hearts, I do NOT believe that the DEMS will continue this damage, I do not believe that an Obama Administration will further shred the Constitution. I do NOT believe that Obama plans a foreign policy which will bring about further death and destruction to innocent citizens of sovereign nations in order to secure that nation's resources for those who spend a pile of money on "OUR" government! In my heart, I believe that America's very democracy is at Valley Forge right now. Senator Obama may not be General Washington but there is utterly no doubt in my mind that Senator mCcain is truly Benedict Arnold or worse! McCain's record CLEARLY demonstrates that he chooses to be a part of the 'BEST GOVERNMENT MONEY CAN BUY'! Our very democracy can not afford any more of this PERIOD!

Mike fully understands this, understands where folks like me are BUT by keeping things quite real he is holding our feet to the fire! I'd be silly or stupid indeed to take my 'hopes' and go on his program to debate him. IMO we are BOTH right. He DOES have the facts on his side! For instance: Senator Obama DID vote 'aye' on FISA-letting the telecoms off the hook for their treacherous complicity. If confronted on this, I would have NOTHING in Senator Obama's defense! Our Congress is rife with votes BY DEMS who have not sided with our very Constitution-again I've got NOTHING when it comes to defending their actions. The fact that Mike Malloy voices OUR SHARED anger regarding this is a BIG PLUS for him, the fact that Mike is willing to shame we supporters regarding this is another BIG PLUS for him.

See my IMPEACH BUSH icon? I stand by that, will defend my stance against ANYONE-does that make me anti-party or even anti-DU (where I am very much in a minority)??? I've heard the counter arguments to impeachment-hell even Skinner disagrees with me but he's not about to put us down for it nor come out against us for our outspoken defense of impeachment.

I know that Mike Malloy would 'get' everything I say here, sure, he could tear me a new one should he so choose BUT I suspect he 'gets me' in the same way I 'get' him! I've enough respect for Mike, his show and the things he trying so damned hard to do FOR our country not to go on his show and challenge him on his methods. Mike is a TRUE PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN-his pain is obvious. He truly cares about this country and he IS trying to help pull all of those who choose to listen to him back to the left by pointing out how far We The People and our supposed 'Representative' Government has been yanked to the right. The Malloy Show IS the counterbalance-we need MORE media types like Mike Malloy.

If you want someone who supports the DEMS while tearing into the repukes and gives equal time to both-if you want someone who overtly is showing support for MOST things being done by our democratic leadership, listen to Ed Shultz or Thom Hartmann. If you want someone who tears into those who damage our Constitution and actually is holding their feet AND We The People's feet to that same fire-Mike Malloy is your guy. This is EXACTLY what he is doing and 'GOD BLESS' him for it-(Not that either of us believe in that God-get it? To partially quote Dennis Kucinich: "WAKE UP...."!

[Seldona]

40. My only question is this:

Why the hell did Mike freaking Malloy give you one moment of his time?

And that video?

:freak:

[happydreams]

43. Hoooray for Malloy!! He's one, if not the only, person in the media

who hasn't jumped on the shitwagon parade to nowhere. It takes guts to do that.

At some point you have to simply tell it like it is.

And fuck anybody that says I have to accept the choices the corporatocracy gives us.

[happydreams]

44. I know a little about LaFollette....

and he called it like it was, not like people wanted it to be. Malloy is a lone voice out there.