Fuck you Dylan Ratigan!

[jillan]

He showed clips of Boner and other gopers saying that the Obama Administration's policy against terror is just luck.


And then he went to commercial.... and never brought it up again. No discussion if they are right in saying that, or wrong.
He just gave them free airtime to get their message out there.

[abelenkpe]

1. How lame.

Sometimes I like Ratigan, but he pisses me off more so it's not really worth watching his show to be about 85 percent pissed off.

[elocs]

2. I've read this before. If this guy pisses off people, why do they watch him?

I've read his name here, but other than that I don't have a clue as to who he is and I'm not really interested in what he says.

[jillan]

3. I'm done. Put a fork in him, time for his ratings to tank.

[graywarrior]

14. Seriously, I never watch him.

First time I saw him I figured him for a jerk.

[DrDan]

4. it's his show . . . and I just don't get the sense of entitlement that DUers seem to have

relative to MSNBC.

If you don't like it - turn it off. Switch to some other channel.

Why complain about his show????????? He is completely free to do as he wishes. And we should support that - right????

[Aramchek]

9. his ratings are in the shitter, he'll be out on his can soon enough

[jillan]

12. It's not as much of a complaint as it is to let people know what is being said in the msm.

Really no different that when I post on threads praising Rachel.

When Phil Griffin recently said that his goal for msnbc was to be like Fox...I was hoping he meant that msnbc would be as supportive of Dems as Fox is supportive of repugs.

[bigwillq]

13. Good post.

:thumbsup:

[Peacetrain]

31. Well if you want to support half truths... and innuendo..

well I guess it becomes a case of who owns the problem..

[DrDan]

33. I don't support "half truths" - I support free speech

You are entitled to your positions. But as long as folks watch the show and support his sponsors, he will remain.

[Peacetrain]

38. The you will support my free speech and that of the op..calling out ratigan

for his spreading half truths and lies by omission..

[DrDan]

40. I certainly support your right to voice your opinion

as I do mine to support ratigan's right of free speech and MS-NBC's right to offer airtime whomever they please . . .

good heavens - this is getting confusing

[Pirate Smile]

5. A good example of why I think Ratigan SUCKS! I don't watch him anymore. I wont.

[ClarkUSA]

6. He was a CNBC pro-Bush corporate cheerleader; recently, he told a GOP guest that he's a conservative

During BushCo, he never has a critical word against BushCo. No, he's conveniently morphed into a 24/7 Obama critic and latter day neo-populist. Notice he never ever calls the Republicans on their shit but has plenty of them on his show so he can use their talking points to more easily rag on Democrats.

I always turn the channel when I see his phony "concern" face. As if he ever gave a damn about the little guy when he was cheering on BushCo's economy when he was on CNBC.

[jillan]

11. Interesting. I never even heard of him before he got this gig. Funny, I liked him at first.

Now I see that he is just pushing GOP talking points while acting like he is Mr know it all about the financial crisis.

[ClarkUSA]

17. His past "gig" as CNBC talking head = "acting like he is Mr know it all about the financial crisis"

Ratface was a regular guest on Moron Joe as a CNBC cheerleader for BushCo's economy until everything tanked. Then he made excuses for BushCo until President Obama was inaugurated, after which he turned himself into the Caped Crusader for Economic Justice (aka. GOP talking point dispenser). His bombastic style won him his own show.

[Cha]

23. Somebody on DU had his number awhile

ago when she called him out for giving teabaggers a pass..i.e.."they just want to voice their concerns"..weep weep :cry: :suckingthumb:.

He sounds to me like a giant manipulative tool.

[renko]

29. Yep -he's 'troubled by the bailouts' but not *that* troubled n/t

[Aramchek]

7. see here>>

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x283503

[jillan]

10. Looks like several of us are on the same page. Time to turn him off.

I miss Schuster :( If I was the CEO of Msnbc - I'd replace Dylan with Schuster in a heartbeat.

[AtomicKitten]

8. Agreed. nt

[DevonRex]

15. I never, ever watch Ratigan. Ever. nt

[slackmaster]

16. I might be the only person on this forum who has never heard of Dylan Ratigan

:shrug:

[boppers]

21. Hey, there's at least two of us.

:hug:

[Paladin]

35. You Haven't Missed Anything..... (n/t)

[Politicalboi]

18. My brother who is a Faux believer

Likes Ratigan. I have a seen a few of his shows, and didn't like him. So if my brother likes Ratigan I have further reason to not like him.

[Cha]

24. Those who like to hear him rage

on the President love his disingenuous schtick.

[JoePhilly]

19. Agree .... he is "morning Jerk" in other skin.

[jenmito]

20. I stopped watching him when he was on at 9am ET. He is SO obnoxious. He can't

shut up. He looks and acts and sounds like a bull dog. He panders to teabaggers, RWers, and anyone else. He should NOT have a show.

[rasputin1952]

25. Tweety is a motor mouth as well...

to the point of incredible rudeness...:(

He drives me nuts w/the Q/A thing, he rarely gives anyone a chance to answer. I get the impression he feels that if he stops talking, he'll drop dead...:eyes:

[doc03]

22. The guy is an ass, yesterday he pretty much blamed

Clinton for recession and Obama for the debt.

[Pirate Smile]

26. So he just skipped both Bush's? How convenient.

I stopped watching him when his show was still in the morning.

[Tarheel_Dem]

27. Never watched Dylan. I want my Schuster fix. (nt)

[HughMoran]

28. I didn't see it like that

Sometimes letting the Republicans talk is not a positive. He slams the Republicans as hard as anybody I've seen on other days. He's not a paid progressive I hope.

[JamesA1102]

32. Not really

When he slams Republicans he is usually slamming Dems as the same time with statements like, "both parties are to blames" or "both parties are just as bad". This is just a trick used by conservatives when they know the GOP is at fault. By spreading the blame, they mitigate the true responsibility of the Republican party and divert anger to the Dems.

[JamesA1102]

30. He's a conservative. What did you expect?

Just because, like Ron Paul, he sometimes says things that liberals like to hear doesn't change the fact the guy is a conservative.

[HipChick]

34. I cottoned on to Dylan a while back...haven't watched him since..

[last_texas_dem]

36. Guess I'm alone here, but I've never really gotten the anger on DU towards this guy

I don't know anything about his past, and it may well be true that he was once a regular Bush defender on CNBC or whatever. I'd never heard of him or seen him, though, until last year, and when I've seen him on TV or watched clips of him I've agreed with what he's said most of the time. Sure, he *does* sometimes do the "but the Democrats are just as bad" schtick, but that's pretty much par for the course with most mainstream media types. I've seen him call out Repugs more than I've seen him call out Dems, and when I've heard him go after Obama it's just about always been from the left- and I've tended to agree with his reason from complaining. He's no Rachel or KO, but he appeals to me more than the vast majority of the cable news screaming heads.

[Cosmocat]

43. Yeah ...

somehow I managed to miss him doing what a lot of people are saying he did the last few years - not saying it didn't happen, I just don't have the point of reference ...

And, you are spot on, part of the MSM marching orders is to push the "they are all the same mantra" to provide cover for republican fups, and he does his share of that ...

But, not everyone can be a maddow, olbermann or shuster - someone who just out and calls the Rs for the luantics they are and don't feed into the bash democrat meme of the day ...

For someone who is not a shuster type, he is OK for me ... The bar for MSM types is pretty right leaning, I see him pretty short of where most of them are ...

[fortune]

37. transcript?

or link?

[Peacetrain]

39. goggle

[fortune]

41. Did you google it and find it?

Or did you not think it was necessary to see or listen to the exact words and context of what was said?

[mystieus]

42. He's annoying.. I switch the channel when he's on.