Posted on 02/03/2005 6:39:42 AM PST by fight_truth_decay
"The inked fingers was disgusting," Air America radio talk show host Janeane Garofalo declared on MSNBC in denouncing Republican lawmakers who, before and after the State of the Union, showed off an inked finger meant to demonstrate solidarity with Iraqi voters who dipped a finger in ink when they voted. To mock the display, Garofalo soon held up her hand in a Nazi salute as she predicted: "The inked fingers and the position of them, which is gonna be a Daily Show photo already, of them signaling in this manner [Nazi salute], as if they have solidarity with the Iraqis who braved physical threats against their lives to vote as if somehow these inked-fingered Republicans have something to do with that."
For a still shot of Garofalo's Nazi hand gesture -- arm fully extended at an upward angle with four fingers together -- check the posted version of this CyberAlert item. After 10am EST, go to: http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2005/cyb20050203.asp#5
Garofalo made the Nazi salute, which the MRC's Brad Wilmouth noticed, at 12:37am EST Thursday morning during MSNBC's 12-2am EST After Hours show from Washington, DC. Garofalo, an actress/comedienne-turned talk host, appeared by satellite from New York City.
The relevant portion of her appearance, picking up when Pat Buchanan asked her about the jeers Democrats uttered during Bush's speech: "Janeane, do you think what Mike Barnicle described as Animal House behavior in the Congress helps the Democratic Party when you got a State of the Union, solemn occasion, Supreme Court there, both Houses, First Lady, and they're hooting and jeering the way they would at, you know, at some rock concert when they were in college? Do you think that's helpful?"
Garofalo: "No, what I don't think is helpful is a Republican Party that has been nothing but partisan and dishonest in service of this President who lied about weapons of mass destruction, has lied about Social Security-"
Buchanan: "I'm not sure if that's addressed to my question."
Garofalo: "Yeah, I am answering your question. It wasn't Animal House behavior, and it was a very short, vocal response. And the inked fingers was disgusting. And the standing ovations were such mediocrity. You guys are so easily impressed, it's shocking. But the inked fingers showing solidarity-"
Joe Scarborough: "I'm glad we could shock you."
Buchanan: "You got the whole gang, you got the whole gang you're going after now."
Garofalo: "Yeah, except for Ron Reagan, who actually is the only one who is being reasonable there-"
Scarborough: "God bless you, Ron. That's why we have you on."
Garofalo: "The inked fingers and the position of them, which is gonna be a Daily Show photo already, of them signaling in this manner [does the Nazi salute], as if they have solidarity with the Iraqis who braved physical threats against their lives to vote as if somehow these inked-fingered Republicans have something to do with that. And also, the bit of theater about the very distraught parents of the soldier who had died, the point is not if this was a real moment, if it was staged, if it was PR. The point is, is those parents and their son were misled about why that young man went into Iraq. And when he wrote a letter to his mother saying, 'It's my job to protect you now,' protect her from what? The imminent threat of Saddam Hussein and his weapons of mass destruction? So don't bring up, 'Is it helpful if the Democrats make some noise' when they're being lied to. That's not helpful, that's not helpful to pundits like you maybe, but it is not helpful to the country when a Republican President and his partisan Republican Party continue to perpetuate myth and dishonesty on the country."
A bit more tan a week ago on MSNBC Garofalo declared that "George W. Bush is unelectable." That prompted Joe Scarborough to wonder "why does he keep winning?" Garofalo responded with ridiculous accusations followed by cluelessness: "I don't know, voter fraud? A failed mainstream media that fails to inform the electorate about what their government is doing, ignorance, apathy? I don't know." See: http://www.mrc.org/cyberalerts/2005/cyb20050124.asp#6
The Web page for Garofalo's nighttime Air America radio show: http://www.airamericaradio.com/shows/majorityreport/
Debating Garofalo can't be any more different than debating a stupid 10 year old.
The libs took a HUGE hit last night.
This was a political Battle of Midway; Garofalo, Crissy Matthews, and the Ballerina are taking a ferocious pounding from Dubya.
Right.
I believe the original quote was "a picture is worth TEN thousand words."
Good Lord, relax and have a cup of tea.
She needs a very big bran muffin with that cup of tea.
no matter WHAT Bush accomplishes they will scream about it ..If the guy persinally cured cancer they would hate him..Cant win here..
They had more to do with it than Garafolo did.
#25 !!!
don't get any of that on ya!
some of that stuff has been known to drip and ooze all over.
Oh yeah. Just ask any person on the street. "Would you rather have $1 million invested in the stock market or $1 million invested in the Social Security Trust Fund?"
"ry reid would have us believe that the stock market is risky and he wants to protect social security for us."
Protect it? You mean like in his own checking account? I get it.
Bones
And she must have it 28 days out of 30.
Cute as a garden gnome, and almost as smart.
She's angry because her last screen credit was Romey and Michelle's High Scool Reunion.
Garofalo, Chrissy Matthews and Ronny-Boy need to just get their own boxes of Tampax and stop fighting over who gets the last tampon.
I think someone should introduce Janeane to that fake Indian from the other post. They would make a great couple.
They are sophisticated educated idiots who in their own minds have nothing but anti-American sentiments. They could go off in a Death Valley paradise and stay there.
The narrow-mindedness of the libs causes them to draw comparisons between the actions of the U.S. and the Nazis based on one single point of comparison - the effective use of a military force to accomplish a goal.
Based on this comparison, we could look at the use of motion pictures by the liberals as a means of spreading political propaganda and compare them to.... hmmm. Who could it be? Could it be... NAZIS????
MSNBC sinking deeper, and deeper into utter irrelevance.
Jeanne Garafalo...Ron Reagan Junior...Pat Buchanan...Keith Olberman...Chris Matthews...These people shouldn't make the B-team as political commentators. And they wonder why their ratings stink!
Well, there is hope a stupid 10 year old will eventually come to learn and accept facts. Not so with Garofalo who insists on being willfully ignorant.
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