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Posted on 03/01/2003 3:31:49 PM PST by Deb
An hour ago on C-SPAN's "Book TV" uber-puke Eric Alterman went on a semi-coherent tirade about Free Republic.
While in the process of flacking his book..."The Myth of Liberal Bias" (or sumpin like that), he claimed that, during the Florida recount, the saint-like members of this forum posted the phone numbers and home addresses of the Florida Supremes for the expressed purpose of harassment and/or "whatever". The "whatever" was obviously the suggestion of violence.
He also said Free Republic was repsonsible for the flood of Republican activists who descended on the state and therefore was responsible for the Bush presidency.
This is one powerful place, Gumbas. Congratulate yourselves...the left-wing bows to your awesome strength.
The source of his tirade seemed to be his book which might be worth checking out. Just figure out how to do it without actually paying money for it.
Another fact he flung at his tiny, badly-dressed book store audience, was that people came to Free Republic and stayed for 5+ hours, making us an unbeatable force since Liberals suffer from ADD and can't stay with anything longer than the average bowel movement. (I paraphrased that last bit)
I was diagnosed with it back in 1996. Right now I have fifteen Internet Explorer windows open, along with four other applications. And I have a pretty good idea what's in each of those IE windows, without looking. I hesitate to tell people that I 'have' ADD. For now, I look at it as a loosely defined set of characteristics that best describes how my brain works. I can't (or find it very difficult to) have just one browser window open. For the same reason, I have about ten books within three feet of my bedside, all of which I'm 'currently reading'.
FR and ADD don't (or do, depending on your perspective) mix! Especially on the live threads! I can hyperfocus to the point where I actually read each and every reply to a 2000+ post thread, in near-real-time. It's killer on my eyes, though!
LOL! This description is great! Those C-SPAN bookstore presentations seem to act as a magnet for mismatched, decades-old plaids and the bodies currently inhabiting them.
This morning, on C-Span 2, Eric called it the 'Florida crisis'. I always recommend starting off the day with a hearty laugh...
Set aside some time and read it at the library; don't check it out, or else that'll be used as evidence that the public wants more pinko books on the shelves.
(Unlike Freepers, of course, who spread truth as a labor of love - for the TRUTH.)
That's the other thing that galls Hitlery's thugs-er - troops to no end since NONE of them work for "free". Every single one of them has a price, and they are paid very very well. I'd just like to be able to follow the money and track their "support" to the source.
If we ever do get into Baghdad, it would be nice if we could get control of their financial records before they are shredded, wouldn't it?
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Remember when the press "discovered" the old mildly-intoxicated-while-driving Bush "scandal" a week before the election? Coincidentally, earlier that same day, Janet Reno told the press that she would be opening an investigation into Al Gore's pulling the plug on a multi-year drug investigation (after the Houston detectives cried foul at the cover-up) because the #1 suspect made a BIG $$$ donation to Al's campaign. A mob of "mainstream" journalists chased the ancient DUI story. The W. Times reported the Gore story.
When I asked a local NBC TV news manager why the Gore story was being covered-up, following three days of "DUI" coverage into the weekend before election day, this news boss said of the Washington Times, "That right-wing rag?! It's owned by the Moonies." I asked him whether he believed that Janet Reno would grant the Washington Times an exclusive? He conceded the point, but no mention of the Gore story appeared in Mr. Alterman's supposed "right wing" mainstream media. Who owned VNS, again?
It would have been really cool if Brian Lamb or whoever was moderating the show looked at him, kind of smiled and said "soooooreloserman."
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