For Those Of You Who Don't Speak "Fox," I'll Translate. When Fox "News" Spends The Whole Afternoon

[TrollBuster9090]

...braying and bleating about Hunter Biden, and gang violence in Chicago (dog whistle for Lori Lightfoot), it means THEY'VE GOT NOTHING. They've got ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, and are having to distract their half-wit viewers long enough to THINK of something.

That means that they were caught completely flat footed, with their pants down, when Democrats scored two HUGE legislative victories, and Republicans turned around and clobbered VETERANS HEALTHCARE just for SPITE.

Listen, Democrats....TAKE A VICTORY LAP, you DESERVE it!

[czarjak]

1. Fox and Fiends

[TrollBuster9090]

2. Wasn't that pathetic?

Peter Douchebag reads a CNN poll saying 54% of Republicans would rather have somebody other than Trump in 2024, and Kilmead jumps in to say "Mr. President, if you're watching, just....please don't be MEAN to us! These aren't OUR numbers!" *slobber*

[MyOwnPeace]

8. Thank you, Troll......

for taking the bullet for us - ain't NO WAY I could watch ANY of that barf-busting group!

[TrollBuster9090]

15. Haha! Thank you! I've actually sustained a lot of brain damage watching that crap...

...but, on the other hand, I've gotten a lot of cardiovascular exercise by throwing shoes at the TV!

[uponit7771]

13. +1,

[TrollBuster9090]

16. Thanks! nt

[LiberalLovinLug]

40. Right wingers seem to just looooooove to have a political leader to slobber over

But a national "news" network doing it?

Revolting

[Rhiannon12866]

3. It's a channel created for distraction from the actual "news..."

[Dustlawyer]

25. It's a channel for propaganda from the oligarchs to manipulate people to vote

against their own interest and blame others for the theft of our tax dollars the oligarchs stole. Well, stole is not the right word, they paid Republican politicians for it when they bought them.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

26. An example ...

From 2017:
The essential tradeoff in the Republican tax bill, in one chart

and

Grassley Opposes Tax Cuts for Non-Wealthy People Who Would Just Spend It on ‘Booze or Women or Movies’

[NJCher]

34. true enough, but

the distraction part is important.

As a person who used to "shape" the news as a public relations person, I can see it. All the same tactics as major advertisers use.

[Lucid Dreamer]

4. So what? The votes that fox would change from D to R... pretty near zero. nt

[Skittles]

19. it's not them we care about

it's that Democrats are doing very well

[certainot]

21. a huge apathetic, too-busy voting public listens to very certain politically 'savy' dumbfuck

dittohead nation

fox's main function is to put block heads and blonde perms on rw radio repetition of lies...to put the visual icing on the lie turd pie of talk radio

it's all about creating and managing dittoheads, teabags, trumpers with repeated lying and bullshit and intimidating and enabling politicians, even dems like manchin, with them, who recently figured out the global warming denial on those radio stations is getting less and less believable even to the dumbshit dittoheads

it's about creating made-to-order pro corporate climate denying constituencies

the chicago angle was part of the usual constant limbaugh/RW radio attack on obama, and now any chicago dem and dems in general, who are associated with 'black chicago'.

i remember an interview with a chicago guy pissed off about the guns in his neighborhood who said he saw an SUV pull up in his neighborhood and start handing out guns from the trunk......

[calimary]

30. Oy, "dittoheads" - that sure takes me back.

When that beast from Hell took over talk radio, and metastasized. And gave its listeners permission to connect with their darker impulses that they may have suppressed. And validated that, and told them it’s okay.

The limbaugh beast.

[certainot]

33. and the 'dittohead effect' - his outraged listeners couldn't call him so they called the

local talkers and made sure everyone was on the same page. on his 600 stations + another 1000 or so......

and the politicians and preachers and pastors learned that they could connect better if they referenced the blowhards their flocks were listening to..... and limbaugh started providing transcripts of his crap for those who didn't have time to listen

[aggiesal]

5. I agree, take a victory lap ...

and don't forget to slam the (R)'s, in ads, on their negative votes during midterms.

[Fullduplexxx]

6. And are throwing a hissy fit over the chips bill and Trying to Punish corp america

[halfulglas]

7. They do know, don't they, that Hunter Biden has no part in the government?

Pitiful.

In the meantime, some of those old veterans who are constant Fox viewers think Hunter Biden is the devil and has complete control of the government through his father.

Fox should be sued for elder abuse.

[Sogo]

9. Just like it's said of women,

why would ANY veteran vote Republican????

[onecaliberal]

10. They were 5 fiving each other when they killed it.

Someone needs to make an ad. I saw the footage on Chris Hayes. Completely disgusting.

[patphil]

11. This is the way the Democrats should deal with Republicans all the time.

Take no prisoners, fuck 'em all.
If they stand in the way, make their obstruction a campaign issue.
You've got to treat these guys as if they were the worst kind of callous, unethical scum in the nation, because they are.

[jaxexpat]

12. I see absolutely no reason to disagree.

Put me on the victory lap list.

[Ohio Joe]

14. K&R - nt

[Maraya1969]

17. I saw a New York Post newspaper out today and they had 1/2 the front page dedicated to Hunter

Biden's laptop. I don't know what it said except those words I just wrote. I just rolled my eyes and walked away

[TrollBuster9090]

41. Isn't the New York Post owned by Prince Jared?

Fox 'News' is constantly quoting the NYP, which contributes to the right wing 'echo chamber.'

[gab13by13]

18. Jon Stewart said it all

when Mehdi Hasan asked him if Republicans would pay a price for screwing veterans. Stewart replied, they will never know about it. he said he tried all day to get on Fox and they turned him down.

[Martin68]

20. Well said. I don't know what went on behind the scene, but suddenly Manchin makes a deal,

then McConnell condemns it, and now they've passed major legislation on chip manufacturing, science education, research, and a lot more.

In a joint statement, Manchin and Schumer said: “The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 will make a historic down payment on deficit reduction to fight inflation, invest in domestic energy production and manufacturing, and reduce carbon emissions by roughly 40% by 2030.”

According to a policy brief, the bill will generate $739bn through a 15% corporate minimum tax, prescription drug savings and other means. It excludes surtaxes on people making at least $10m a year, ending Democrats’ push to make the wealthiest Americans pay more taxes.

The proposal would invest $396bn in energy security and fighting climate change, and $64bn to bolster healthcare. Manchin also indicated that provisions to reform the permitting process for energy infrastructure, including gas pipelines, would be included in the deal.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/27/manchin-deal-democrats-schumer-reconciliation-bill-climate-health

[Farmer-Rick]

27. Did I read that right?

15% corporate minimum tax????

Geez, I remember when it was 35%

Who do you think is going to pick up that other 20%? It won't be the owners of the corporations.

This is not the Dems fault. This happened on TFG watch. But damn, I had no idea it had fallen to practically nothing.

[Martin68]

32. Yes, the GOP reduced the corporate minimum tax to almost nothing. They care more about

corporations than the citizens who vote for them.

[TrollBuster9090]

43. That's true, but there was a HUGE, UNSUNG BIDEN VICTORY regarding that, that went un-noticed.

Biden got ALL the other developed countries to go along with the 15% corporate minimum tax. So, the developed countries are no longer involved in a bidding war for the large multinational corporations. "Register your company in any country you want, but they'll all charge the same minimum tax rate."

I remember cheering when I heard that. There are still a few of those stupid faux tax havens in the Bahamas. Where you have a multi-billion dollar corporation that's registered to a mail box in the Cayman Islands. But at least the list of tax havens no longer includes 'real' countries.

[NJCher]

35. and this?

It excludes surtaxes on people making at least $10m a year, ending Democrats’ push to make the wealthiest Americans pay more taxes.

WTF.

Makes me want to cry.

[Martin68]

42. I believe we ultimately have Manchin to blame for that.

[TrollBuster9090]

44. I wouldn't say that's the end of it.

A small victory today, live to fight another day.

Hold the House, and add two seats to the Senate this time. Do more things next time.

[Crowman2009]

22. Did they also show a car chase and have Faux news alerts every five minutes?

Because that's what they usually do to distract their viewers from the facts.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

23. I grew up with the Fox personality Kennedy

whiny, vapid, soulless, entitled republican

Started on MTV but realised her true calling at FOX

[Beartracks]

24. Take a victory lap AND SHOUT OUT what Republicans did to veteran healthcare.

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[Shermann]

28. Outlier characterizations of current events time and time again

They may get a few right here and there, but the odds are stacked against their viewership consistently finding truth.

[The Wizard]

38. They were bitching about declining gas prices

hurting gas station owners. Of course the price of gas have no bearing on gas station owners' bottom line income.

[IronLionZion]

29. Maybe they should lose more veteran voters

[BlackSkimmer]

31. I can't imagine watching Fox for one minute, much less a whole afternoon.

Hell, I’d rather clean a litter box.

My sympathies.

[GoodRaisin]

36. Those two things are things they bleat about all the time.

Or, at least it seems all the time, because every time I’ve turned it on and listened for just an hour or so, they always hit those points, plus border (and how terrible Kamala Harris is), and disingenuous reporting that Joe Biden is “increasing taxes” without saying who’s taxes.

[The Wizard]

37. Use their anti veteran votes

as a cudgel to pummel them into Dante's Ninth Circle. Why do Republicans hate our veterans while using us as campaign props? Why do so many unwitting dupes fall for their bullshit?

[Initech]

39. Even Steve Bannon admitted that the Hunter Biden laptop story was a bullshit hit job.