Posted on 11/29/2005 11:42:53 PM PST by goldstategop
Janeane Garofalo, left-wing actress-turned-Air America radio host, is a miserable woman. Last week before the holidays, she turned up on cable TV. No, not to count her blessings – but to rant against conservative journalist Bob Novak, author Ann Coulter, and the Fox News Channel. She didn't have anything better to do for Thanksgiving?
Accessorized by a permanent scowl (hard to believe she was once considered a comedienne), Ms. Garofalo accused conservatives of having "an anger management problem." Without a trace of irony, the frowning Garofalo griped about "right-wing partisan hacks" who "are always on the verge of punching somebody or always behave as if they've just been cut off in traffic."
This, dear readers, is a classic case of liberal projection. Like CNN executive Jonathan Klein, who derided Fox's audience as full of "angry white men, and those men tend to be rabid," and liberal comedian Bill Maher, who also railed that "Republicans need anger management" and are possessed with a "vein-popping, gut-churning rage that consumes the entire right wing," Ms. Garofalo crossly blames the Right while denying the pathological wrath and fury that characterize the unhinged Left.
Who are you calling angry, Ms. Garofalo? You want political road rage? Let's start with Al. Take your pick: Sharpton. Gore. Franken. Yearrghh!
Now, open your eyes:
It isn't out-of-control conservatives tossing Molotov cocktails at police officers in San Francisco, burning American soldiers in effigy, and smearing pig's blood and feces on the walls and windows of military recruitment centers across the country to protest on behalf of peace.
It isn't rage-blinded conservative professors who embrace fragging (the murder of American soldiers by their fellow soldiers on the battlefield) as a legitimate anti-war tactic.
It isn't vengeful conservatives torching SUVs, condo developments, and research facilities, and targeting biotech and pharmaceutical company employees and their families to protest on behalf of the environment.
It wasn't mad conservatives sporting "F--- Bush" license plates, punching cardboard cutouts of the president, and vowing to secede after losing the 2004 presidential election.
It wasn't rabid conservatives who gloated over Ronald Reagan's death or John Ashcroft's pancreatitis.
It wasn't a gut-busting conservative journalist who vowed to kill herself if Dick Cheney ran for president. (That would be the perpetually aggrieved Helen Thomas.)
It wasn't hate-filled Republican officials who reportedly screamed "faggot" and "fruitcake" and "I'll break your nose" at their political opponents. (Those were all Democrats: Pennsylvania state legislator Vincent Fumo, California Rep. Pete Stark, and Virginia Rep. Jim Moran, respectively.)
It isn't fanatical conservatives joking about the assassination of President Bush and the execution of his Republican aides. (That, Ms. Garofalo, would include your Air America colleagues. But I'll forgive you if you weren't tuned in to them. Few are.)
And it wasn't ruthless conservatives who cheered last week when a liberal Bush-hater wrote on the popular DemocraticUnderground.com website last week:
I am an American, Born and Raised, but I am NOT a citizen of BUSH'S America. I want nothing to do with the country these people have created.
And for those who support them, Let's get Something Nice And Sparkling CLEAR:
Stay The [F---] Away From Me. Stay OUT of my personal space. I want NOTHING from you. I want NOTHING to do with you. I want NOTHING to do with your "vision" of what the world should be.
What DO I want from you?
Honestly?
I will freely admit there are days, and they are becoming more than not, that the Alien at Area 51 in Independence Day and I share quite a common ground on the answer to that question.
And I am NOT apologizing for it.
In the words of the Late, Great Bill Hicks, about the most conciliatory thing I can say for those people at this point is simply this:
Kill Yourself.
My Christmas wish for Ms. Garofalo and her ilk: a mirror and a clue to make the yuletide bright. In the meantime, when vein-popping liberals start seething about the rage of the Right, the wisest action for peaceful right-wingers I can recommend is this:
Duck.
Dear old dad!
When physical violence is advocated here the poster is banned.Threads can get nasty but the mods do a good job and none of it rises to the level of actual violence perpetrated by the libs.
She never got over us -- yes, FR more than anything -- killing her ABC series.
It's funny, we are slow to anger but when we REALLY get going we get results. Some wins for us:
Does anyone know what this lunatics Err America ratings are? I know Frankens are in the toilet, but I never hear how bad this idiot and that screaching, no talent Randi Rhodes ratings are. I saw the list that came out last week and since neither was listed it has to be in the sub 1 million category.
What is wrong with you? That is disgusting. Garafalo is a miserable human being, your comments are out of line and wholly unconstructive to boot. As a fellow conservative J.D.(yes, we do exist), you might want to hone your rhetorical skills.
Excuse my ignorance but what's a "J.D."
Also remember that he took him aside and said it man to man and not in front of cameras and only a few people were even in earshot when he did it. Big difference there from the others quoted here.
Juris Doctorate
law school grad
One of my cow-orkers calls herself a JD so she doesn't have to admit to being a lawyer. :-) It stands for Juris Doctorate.
Thanks, that's much better than the only thing I could think of - "Juvenile Delinquent"
Leahy had trashed Cheney personnally for a week. When it came time for the Senate "class" picture, Leahy got all nice and friendly and suggested a shot of him and Cheney arm in arm, smiling for Leahy's campaign pose. Cheney forthwith told him to do something physically impossible.
And you wonder why I can guess that Malkin thinks the Left probably needs a lot of anti-anxiety and anti-depressant drugs to calm down their wild mood swings.
It's nice to have a good literary quote, but IMO Twain and Steinbeck are higher on the "American Shakespeare" list (tho' no-one can get close to 'Bill Wagstaff').
That's better?
J-inane? "...anine is a BRATTISH BAD SEED acting-out. In clincial terms, she projects her self-hate."
She never got over us -- yes, FR more than anything -- killing her ABC series.
It's funny, we are slow to anger but when we REALLY get going we get results. Some wins for us:
Killing Garafalo's series
Banishing Mr. Streisands' hit piece on Reagan to the Cable Hinterlands
Eliminating the drunken sot Whoopie as a spokesperson for Slim Fast
The message the Left, particularly entertainers, should take away from this is: Mess with us at your peril.
*For a beginning, it's a damn good record! Don't forget the COUP DE GRAS: Dan Rather and CBS!
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND BLESSINGS FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON
Thank you for quoting from America's literary treasure MOBY DICK written by America's Shakespeare Herman Melville.
It's nice to have a good literary quote, but IMO Twain and Steinbeck are higher on the "American Shakespeare" list (tho' no-one can get close to 'Bill Wagstaff').
I love Twain and Steinbeck! But, no American writer is comparable to Herman Melville, and no other literary work is so profound as MOBY DICK, nor written exquisitely. Can't really argue great American literature - just honour it.
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HOLIDAY BLESSINGS
*Doh*! The big kahuna and I forgot to list it!
Each to his own opinion. Merry Christmas.
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