Posted on 03/09/2020 6:11:42 AM PDT by Kaslin
“Codswallop” is one of those interesting words that might have been used by Supreme Court justice Anton Scalia in a dissenting opinion, or by conservative intellectual William F. Buckley in describing some liberal policy.
It’s a British expression that refers to words or ideas that are foolish or untrue, in other words, nonsense.
While codswallop is a good description of the entire Democrat agenda, today I will restrict its use to the hysteria surrounding the coronavirus outbreak, media fearmongering, and resulting public panic.
Big media is all about ratings, view, and clicks, hence their axiom, “If it bleeds, it leads.” A viral outbreak is the perfect story, on par with a missing Malaysian airliner or a celebrity football player named OJ on trial for murder.
The added bonus is that any negative news can be laid at the feet of a president loathed by the media, who just so happens to be running for reelection. The media is in full campaign mode, trying desperately to drag the carcass of one of their corpselike candidates across the presidential finish line.
Stoking fear over quarantines and supply chain disruptions have sent the stock market on a downward roller coaster ride. One of President Trump’s major achievements is the roaring economy. Taking the stock market down 25% or more may help the Democrats. But by the numbers, the economy is still roaring, bolstered by the February jobs report of 273,000 added jobs, more than expected, and record low 3.5% unemployment.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Taking the market down 10-15% now helps Trump big time.
Interesting theory. I’m not sure I understand it.
If someone is really concerned about this illness, then they must sell everything they own and use all of their money to fight it.
Pounding on computer keys to let everyone know they are concerned doesn’t do any good.
The true mark of concern is to go to the frontlines of this illness, nursing homes, and start cleaning.
That actually ACCOMPLISHES something.
No more idle words, comrades!
To the bedpans!
Clean a bedpan and fight this illness!
Only people to blame for this virus is the filthy Communist Chinese. Always refer to the virus as the Wuhan Virus, never to its politically-correct bullshit name. Make them own it.
Another word that comes to mind when dealing with gullible voters is ‘hornswoggle’.
By the election....... Dow 30,000
September or October is more effective than May
According to the Liberal news media... Zombie Apocalypse... Only thing actually missing from their fake news stories... Zombies and the Apocalypse.
Meghan Markle doesn’t understand Prince Harry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxWeWbrzqA8
They want to destroy our nation, it's the only way they seize power, saying this is despicable is a massive understatement.
The left wing media is hellbent on destroying the economy and this phony baloney flu has given them their opportunity to do that.
There is no hysteria. There is conscious, dedicated effort to destroy President Trump
The universities, to show their concern, must form Bedpan Brigades!
Professors and students, united to show their concern, scrubbing bedpans.
Marching to the nursing homes, sponges in hand!
“We’ve shut down our computers!
We’ve closed down every class!
We’ll find ourselves some old guy
And then we’ll wipe his........”
Come on comrades!
Pick up your mops and save us!
Exactly! I wouldn’t be surprised if that bat in Wuhan wasn’t part of the DNC!
All those people dying just proves how committed they are to bringing down Trump, that’s the scary thing!
And in Northern Italy, same thing. It’s all a conspiracy!
A correction now, in February-March-April, will likely be overwhelmed by the US economy during the summer and fall. American voters have long ago demonstrated they have a very short memory, so the late-breaking uptick will play into confidence in the economy.
Palmer can confirm or deny that this is what he was referencing.
Yes, US economy really strengthening sharply. That’s why oil prices are down 50% in two months.
Extremely inconvenient when you're trying to evoke an emotional response.
...Particularly the math challenged like MSNBC’s Brian Williams and NY Times editor Mara Gay discussing Bloomberg’s campaign spending, being off by a factor of a million...
What's 6 orders of magnitude between friends eh? Let's not forget AOC's gem:
I think that there’s a lot of people more concerned about being precisely, factually, and semantically correct...
The leftist even admit they're not really about the numbers. SMH. And they call conservatives "anti-science?" Oh, that's right, only when we push back against their AGW scam...
How can we trust these people reporting on coronavirus numbers?
You (we) cannot. In fact we cannot trust the MSM for anything, period.
“American voters have long ago demonstrated they have a very short memory”
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Not so much when it comes to dead relatives and friends or whopper medical bills.
Man the Bedpans!
We have not yet begun to wipe!
The bat escaped from the biological weapons facility.
Doctor Bat to you.
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