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Topic: The Des Moines Register's
Practical Joke |
The Des Moines Register's
Practical Joke
Daily Beast, by Michael Tomasky
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Original Article
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Posted By:earlybird, 10/29/2012 1:11:00 PM
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| This Romney endorsement editorial, if you actually bother to read it, is little more than a practical joke. First of all, it has all the hallmarks of having been ordered by the publisher over the objections of the editorial board. Normally, a sentence like "the Register’s editorial board, as it should, had a vigorous debate over this endorsement," translated into blunt English means: "Our idiot publisher forced this tripe down our throats, and we're counting on you the more knowledgeable readers to understand this."
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Comments:
Translation: Obama thought he had editor Rick Green in his pocket when he hung up the phone after that off-the-record phone call. The publisher probably wasn't up for The Once's games.
Tomasky is one of the nastiest, most vitriolic writers out there. Do Obit and Plugs get their material from him?
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Doc Obiwan, 10/29/2012 1:22:33 PM (No. 8971987)
Hey Tomasky! Would you like a little cheese with that whine?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
hadass23, 10/29/2012 1:23:45 PM (No. 8971991)
Media pimps & whores are getting the word from voters.
We don't trust your impartiality.
It's fun watching them back track, stammer and go down the tube.
Iowa & Ohio are within reach of tea drinkers if we go all out in the next 7 days. Obama can be beaten.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Malia2012, 10/29/2012 1:24:39 PM (No. 8971996)
The "daily beast"? Seriously? The only JOKE that is obvious is that the obama-slobbering-insect-michael-tomasky THINKS he's a Journalist. AND that there is anyone out here with an IQ who believes ANYTHING coming from the damp celler he resides in..Jerk..
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
FenwayFrank, 10/29/2012 1:25:28 PM (No. 8972000)
Seems like little Michael can't take a joke. Liberals are such buzz kills.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
horacer, 10/29/2012 1:26:29 PM (No. 8972003)
Mikey has a fit.
FTA-- I'll grant that this is more newsworthy because it's a flip since 2008, but that doesn't make it more important in Iowa than the Sun is in Nevada.
That's funny Mikey. The DMR is the most influential paper in the state. The Sun is an insert in the LV Review-Journal. No one reads it. No one's talking about the Sun endorsement of Obama.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Knotwyrkin, 10/29/2012 1:28:46 PM (No. 8972011)
Now that is a funny article!!!
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Rama41, 10/29/2012 1:29:36 PM (No. 8972013)
Watch for more of this stuff as the media suddenly starts to figure out it doesn't have any clothes.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Garage Logician, 10/29/2012 1:30:20 PM (No. 8972018)
Hey, DMR editors. Buy your own paper.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
NorthernDog, 10/29/2012 1:33:41 PM (No. 8972030)
Their endorsement was spellbinding and sincere for 40 years (all Dem endorsements) but suddenly deserves to be trashed when King Obama does not win them over this time.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Msctex1, 10/29/2012 1:34:02 PM (No. 8972032)
Funniest thing I've read today.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
MtGardenerview, 10/29/2012 1:46:52 PM (No. 8972087)
Partial explanation for Obama and his media
http://www.youtube.com/embed/Fos4EPUOsHo?feature=player_embedded
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
JHHolliday, 10/29/2012 1:48:50 PM (No. 8972101)
I worked in the newspaper business for five years. The publisher has the final word.
This 'writer' is hacked because this is a huge flip considering the last 40 years and he knows it.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Keekng, 10/29/2012 1:52:42 PM (No. 8972107)
It appears that Axelgrease told the Beast to be unhappy.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
pineledger, 10/29/2012 1:55:35 PM (No. 8972117)
Translation: Sore loser.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
borderboy, 10/29/2012 2:03:30 PM (No. 8972158)
Call a whaaaambulance for little Mikey.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
capt scurvey, 10/29/2012 2:11:58 PM (No. 8972190)
Gee, Mikey, is that flop sweat?
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
krause, 10/29/2012 2:35:32 PM (No. 8972294)
FTA: But the second part, fixing the economy, creating jobs, tackling the deficit? Romney has been ridiculously vague on all these things.
And Obama?
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
coldoc, 10/29/2012 2:42:06 PM (No. 8972327)
Whose butt will this guy liplock when his marxist hero in on UE?
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
oriton, 10/29/2012 3:44:26 PM (No. 8972571)
I think the author of the article is the practical joke.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
dvc, 10/29/2012 7:06:36 PM (No. 8973165)
LOL! Zero can't even get all the Demonrat's endorsements, so Mikey freaks out and has a hissy fit.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
formerlyphelps, 10/29/2012 7:32:48 PM (No. 8973227)
FTA: “…Democrats in Congress aren't nearly as ideologically hidebound and politically obstreperous as their GOP counterparts.”
ROTFL! That’s a good one. Does this guy do standup for a living?
Mikey, just for the laughs, why don’t you lay out the specific details of 0-bama’s plan to “fix the economy, create jobs and tackle the deficit.” While you’re at it, please explain what 0-bama has EVER done, including in his 4 years in office, to demonstrate he has even the slightest grasp of any of the 3.
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