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LGF to Powerline "No, I was actually thinking of breaking up with you first, girlfriend."
Little Green Footballs ^ | Charles Johnson

Posted on 09/17/2009 9:13:05 AM PDT by Poopyhead

Since the people at Powerline have made a big public announcement about it, I’ll just say that I’m not the least surprised that they’ve delinked LGF. Powerline has been going in a very bad direction recently; the “all Obama-hatred, all the time” focus is bad enough, but worse are their articles supporting European extremists like Geert Wilders (who wants to deprive Muslims of the freedom of religion and ban books) and outright fascists like the Belgian Vlaams Belang party.

I’ve been considering removing them from my links for quite some time because of this kind of disturbing stuff, but I was foolish enough to believe they might come to their senses. I’ve written emails to them about it (which weren’t returned), and I wrote a post laying out my case, that they completely ignored. Clearly, this is a direction they’ve chosen, so I’ve removed all links to Powerline from LGF.


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To: Poopyhead

In drastic changes of political stances like Johnson’s, there is usually a personal motivation behind it all that we don’t get to see.

With David Brock and Andrew Sullivan, it was fairly obvious that they were being ostracized by the gay men that they wanted to sleep with, so they did a political 180 just to keep getting laid.

I would assume that aomething happened in Charles Johnson’s personal life that has forced this chang. A romantic relationship, a difficult incident with parent or relative, or something like that.


21 posted on 09/17/2009 9:39:05 AM PDT by denydenydeny ("I'm sure this goes against everything you've been taught, but right and wrong do exist"-Dr House)
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To: Billthedrill

Charles Johnson is a friggin’ egotistical moron. He’s not really worth much discussion beyond that.


22 posted on 09/17/2009 9:40:07 AM PDT by AIM-54
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To: Poopyhead

I was at LGF the other day looking at a thread on the Rifqa Bary story— the 16 year old muslim who became a Christian and fears for her life— and , damn, those nutjobs are whackier than the moonbats at DUmmy Land. No need for me to ever go back.


23 posted on 09/17/2009 9:44:08 AM PDT by San Jacinto (/i)
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To: Poopyhead

LGF and Johnson soooooo Sept 10th


24 posted on 09/17/2009 9:46:14 AM PDT by the long march
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To: Poopyhead
LGF, As children in Germany (State Department) we had a word for what poor LGF has become, ‘Kukufrosch’. (Crazy Frog)
25 posted on 09/17/2009 9:47:15 AM PDT by Hans
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To: denydenydeny

Maybe he did a Gary Busey on his motorbike?


26 posted on 09/17/2009 9:48:00 AM PDT by Gideon7
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To: Poopyhead

My dog just made a pile of Little Green Footballs in the back yard.


27 posted on 09/17/2009 9:48:23 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler ("People are idiots." -Thomas A. Caswell)
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To: Poopyhead

Your first mistake was continuing to care about or pay attention to LGF after, say, 2005.


28 posted on 09/17/2009 9:57:31 AM PDT by pogo101
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To: Poopyhead

Sylvester

Tommy Tutone

Toni Basil

Baha Men

Right Said Fred

Little Green Footballs/Johnson

All one-hit wonders


29 posted on 09/17/2009 10:03:56 AM PDT by relictele
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To: Poopyhead

“I’m fired? Oh, yeah?! Well, you can’t fire me cuz’ I QUIT!!” - Charles Johnson


30 posted on 09/17/2009 10:07:22 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne (Buy Gold and Guns Now!)
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To: Poopyhead

“Powerline has been going in a very bad direction recently; the “all Obama-hatred, all the time” focus is bad enough”

LGF should now be known as Liberal Green Fascists


31 posted on 09/17/2009 10:13:59 AM PDT by ari-freedom (Fiscal conservatism without social conservatism is dead.)
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To: Dr. Thorne
I am surprised that HOT AIR and Michelle Malkin still links to LGF. Drop her a note and ask why?

LGF is now attacking Pajama's Media.



Apparently, he is bitter about being dropped from the advertising income from them.
32 posted on 09/17/2009 10:15:39 AM PDT by WaterBoard (Eventually, Socialists run out of other peoples' money to spend.)
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To: Poopyhead
Sounds like someone has had a virtual sex change.

Yes Charles, you may quote me.

33 posted on 09/17/2009 10:16:41 AM PDT by McGruff (Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency - Obama)
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To: Poopyhead
“I meant to napalm my bridges with the conservative movement.”

Brilliant.

Chuck, the Powerliners are not nutters. They’re just not. Or rather, if they are nutters, it’s hard to imagine who wouldn’t be.

Teh Stupid...it burns.

34 posted on 09/17/2009 10:29:48 AM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: Poopyhead

Too bad. LGF used to make a lot of real contributions. But something bizarre happened, and now they seem to be pro-Obama, pro-Muslim all the time.

It’s been noticeable for quite a while. Glad to hear that Powerline pulled the plug on them.


35 posted on 09/17/2009 10:51:21 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: denydenydeny

*I would assume that aomething happened in Charles Johnson’s personal life that has forced this chang. A romantic relationship, a difficult incident with parent or relative, or something like that.*

It might something as simple as “Whatever they are paying you, we’ll double it”.


36 posted on 09/17/2009 11:41:44 AM PDT by j-damn
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To: engrpat
I used to go to LGF for the same reason as you...but I have noticed recently that almost all of the postings come from a handful of bloggers who link to their own blogs. I like most of those blogs and just link to them directly.

I no longer to to LGF. I am completely fed up with Mr. Johnson's vilifying fellow conservatives. My concern is that he is also closely affiliated with Pajamas Media. I need to spend a little more time at that site, because it also used to be pretty good.

I disagree with a lot of conservatives; thinking for yourself is part of being conservative. No two thinking people are going to think the same, so we have a lot more differing viewpoints. It only works for people who sincerely believe in the First Amendment, who are interested in learning now just spewing and have the capacity for respecting people with whom you do not always agree...you know, grownups.

Best to all,
gspurlock

37 posted on 09/17/2009 11:52:57 AM PDT by gaspurlock
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To: Poopyhead; All

28 years online, and the only site that ever banned me?

Follow the “logic...”

During Katrina, Charles tells everybody to “take that Katrina stuff elsewhere,” so Gulf Coast Pundit is created.

I notice all the best researchers, writers, commenters, and personalities he starts banning end up there, so over I go... and get banned in the steal of the night- no warning, no refund of the money I sent him when he was poor-mouthing about having trouble keeping his site open.

Pity... he once did decent work exposing militant Islam and the Rathergate graphic was clever ( Although Buckhead at Free Republic caught it first ) but his best days are passed, now.


38 posted on 09/17/2009 12:14:30 PM PDT by backhoe (All across America, the Lights are going out...)
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To: mojito

Johnson has apparently been smoking the same joint that Andrew Sullivan has been toking on.

- JP


39 posted on 09/17/2009 12:29:43 PM PDT by Josh Painter ("Government cannot make you happy or healthy or wealthy or wise." - Sarah Heath Palin)
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To: Poopyhead

Charles wasn’t really ever a conservative as much as he was pro-war. He just went home to roost. I used to make LGF a regular stop, but there’s no point now as it’s just a milquetoast KOS.


40 posted on 09/17/2009 12:37:48 PM PDT by SoDak (Sig/Edgar Hansen 2012 dream ticket)
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