Wow...MSNBC is just relentlesly circle-jerking from one Republican worship "news item" to another.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

All morning long, it's Mitt Romney's vacation, masturbating over bloated loudmouth Chris Christie as VP, and right now it's the Utah Mayor who "could become the new darling of the Republican party."

Even worse, S.E. Coulter-Cupp and that fucking weasel Toure are coming up in 10 minutes on "The Cycle."

When did this channel become Fox "News?"

[BeyondGeography]

1. The good news is there are only 28 other people watching right now

[movonne]

67. When the 28 other people stop watching maybe they will get the message

that we don't like it...

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

2. And a story on the Chimp and Chimpess in Africa for the cause against cervical cancer

while questioning Obama's vacation last year and wondering if it will be as "lavish" this year.

[Saturday]

3. Why don't you like Toure?

Don't know much about him. Just curious.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

7. He's a smug, arrogant, self-satisfied, narcissistic pain in the ass.

If Prince COULDN'T write songs and COULDN'T sing and COULDN'T play any musical instruments, he'd be Toure. I can't stand the slimy little shit.

[PatSeg]

15. I don't entirely agree with you

but I laughed out loud at your description.

Actually I've seen him deliver some pretty good rants at the end of Ratigan's show. Other than that, the problem with the Cycle hosts is they're still pretty young. Except for S.E., they'll probably get better with age and experience.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

19. I respect your opinion

Toure and S.E. Creepp both make my skin crawl. Can't watch 'em. That's just me. I don't have the patience to wait for any of them to get better with age.

[PatSeg]

24. Well, I may have the patience

but not sure if I will live long enough for them to become real adults.

Yes, S.E. makes my skin crawl as well. I've known people like her. She might fit in as a privileged, self-absorbed college freshman, but she doesn't belong at the grownups table.

The irony is Ezra Klein caught my eye on MSNBC back when he was only 21 years old. I couldn't believe how young he was. He was always a grownup. This group may always be juveniles. Maybe they should call the show Political Romper Room.

[madaboutharry]

26. "Maybe they should call the show Political Romper Room."

Very good!

[PatSeg]

34. I only half listen to it

It was an interesting idea for a show, but I'm not sure how long it will last. I really had no idea how immature they sounded until it was just them.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

32. Creepp wrote a piece...

...that I posted on Du...in which she "introduced" herself, and I can;t bring myself to re-post it. Once was enough. I am basically the only person on DU who refers to her as Ann S.E. Coulter-Cupp, so if you want to find it, it can be found.

For whatever it's worth, I am a heterosexual male who doesn't find Creepp appealing on ANY level...her looks, her mind...but if you read that piece, it's clear that she looks in the mirror and sees Cinderella.

Just like Toure.

Must be a b*tch to have two people that beautiful on the same show.

[PatSeg]

43. Okay, I looked it up

I gave her too much credit comparing her to a college freshman. I knew girls like that in high school - spoiled and shallow to the core.

Did you know she used to be a ballet dancer? Someone should hook her up with Rep Joe Walsh. He sued to be an aspiring actor.

I laughed out loud again, thanks!

[catbyte]

45. I fast forward S.E. Cupp when she she's on either Bashir's or Schultz's show. Can't stand her or

her grating voice. Ugh!



Diane
Anishinaabe in MI & mom to Taz, Nigel, and new baby brother Sammy, members of Dogs Against Romney, Cat Division
"Dogs Aren’t Luggage--HISS!”

[PatSeg]

48. When I hear her talk,

I get flashbacks to high school and arguments I've had with people who lived in a privileged fantasy world. They often had a voice like that and I usually won.

[AnnieK401]

61. I can't stand that smug grin of hers.

and oh yeah, she's a Glen Beck crony.

[Kahuna]

38. Agree on all counts. He's totally useless. He wants desperately to be the cool kid with his

one name, that nobody even knows what it means.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

40. Next step..."unpronounceable glyph," just like Prince

He'll do that for a few years and then just go back to calling himself "Toure" again...just like Prince.

[Kahuna]

44. Yer killin' me...

[hifiguy]

51. I always pronounced it

I worked in a downtown Minneapolis dry-cleaning shop decades ago. Prince was a customer but he refused to speak to the staff, including yours truly. And this was well before he was famous. His then-gf had to give the counter people a name and phone number. She was nice. He was a pompous little bag of crap.

[politicasista]

71. Only heard about him via Rolling Stone

but didn't know he was that bad. Wow.

[Dawson Leery]

75. There is something wrong with both Cupp and Toure.

As with you, I cannot stand either of them.

[Cali_Democrat]

4. Obama just recently started to expand his lead against Rmoney...

standard procedure now is to tear down Obama as much as possible so that the candidates are even and the cable news shows can pull in higher ratings and advertising dollars.

It's all about the $$$$$$$$.

[flamingdem]

6. Too true. It looks like a blow-out and they're panicked

They might have to tell the truth! That will take intensive research and re-training.

[Capn Sunshine]

16. our every other Tuesday Electoral vote count isn't really a blowout

325-213

That includes Florida, which polled blue yesterday but who knows how it will come down. They will try their level best to steal Fla. Ohio is looking more unreachable. for the vote thieves. Take Fla away and it's 296-242.

[flamingdem]

18. I see what you mean. Good news about Ohio

Now let's see the reaction to Scott's rejection of ACA

[GarroHorus]

5. So when their viewership drop below 10,000 do you think they'll learn their lesson?

Nah.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

8. I'd like to know WHO THE HELL thought adding S.E. Creepp to their lineup was a good idea

I keep hearing about her "looks"...sorry, she's not attractive to me AT ALL.

That sandpaper VOICE.

That fucking ATTITUDE.

Those fucking GLASSES.

And yet, someone at MSNBC said "sign her up."

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

9. The Cycle Jerk wouldn't be complete without her

[Lifelong Protester]

13. I do not like her 'on air' personality

she's rude and I don't like her attitude. Attractive? I think not, unless someone has a "Sarah Palin" standard for attractive...her personality makes her really, really difficult to see as attractive.

I will not watch any show with her on it. If Ed's smart, he'll wise up and not include her again.

I don't give this "Cycle" show a long shelf life...

[Spitfire of ATJ]

57. "I'd like to know WHO THE HELL thought adding S.E. Creepp to their lineup was a good idea"

The same geniuses that think doing prison shows all weekend was a good idea.

[cindyperry2010]

10. i could barely stand dylan ratigan and

thankfully martin bashir is on at 4 est now. i will not ever watch the 3 est slot again until that crap is off the air

[Proud Liberal Dem]

11. Romney vacationing?

Are the press and pundits having fits about Romney vacationing instead of campaigning to, you know, fix the economy or something?

[senseandsensibility]

30. No, apparently they're swooning over his ability to take a vacation.

Seriously. The headlines I've seen have compared him to Kennedy because he takes vacations. I guess MSNBC is joining in the worship fest. So no, no criticism of his vacation at all, quite the opposite.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

33. I posted that "Kennedy" shit on DU earlier this morning.

Having money and wearing matching Dockers doesn't make you a Kennedy. It just makes you someone who can afford matching Dockers.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

37. Anybody complaining about him and his wife jet skiing?

John Kerry windsurfing was such a MAJOR ISSUE in 2004, remember?

[senseandsensibility]

56. I rememember all too well. Our side doesn't do ridicule very well.

Only what passes for far left pundits are allowed to do it, and no one else in the corporate media picks up on it. Democratic politicians wouldn't touch the jet skiing with a ten foot pole. So there you go. Different standards apply.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

68. I'm sure the DNC wouldn't go after Romney for it

I was just wondered if there were any pundits appalled and outraged that in this tough economy the Romney's are taking a lovely vacation in New Hampshire and jet-skiing. I mean, they've been getting the vapors about every single vacation/trip President Obama has taken and making it seem like he is "out-of-touch" with the suffering public because he, like every other President, takes occasional vacations. I didn't really expect there to be but, of course, IOKIYAR.

[HughBeaumont]

12. Could be worse . . . you could be watching CNBC for 8 hours a day like I have to.

You want Republicans . . . this is officially the Number 2 (heee heee) Dedicated Propaganda Network of the RNC behind Faux. This station doesn't even bother to HIDE it or be subtle.

I think MSNBC just brought on Ann Coulter Jr. to counter their detractors who call them a "left-leaning" station (a pile of shit claim in itself . . . widespread cable news never even goes beyond "moderate&quot .

[Lifelong Protester]

14. Please tell me you can mute or walk away

whenever Rick Santelli is on. I really despise that ranting creep.

[Capn Sunshine]

22. It's worse in the pre-opening show

They fawn all over fucking Paul Ryan and Scott Walker. Chris Christie gets a weekly knob job from these pimps. Joe Kernan is a relentless rw shill. They LOVE Romney. Santelli does most of his reporting in this segment as he's ostensibly there to get a bead on the track of things in the futures markets in the early hours. Most of his reportage is solid, until he goes off the rails and starts editorializing.

I've never understood why the guys in the Merc pits are predominantly libertarian Republicans, but knowing how they will break based upon their very shakable Ayn Rand beliefs has profited me greatly in many trades.

[HughBeaumont]

65. I don't get why Joe just doesn't join Dennis, Missy and Chuckles over at Faux Business.

Seems to me he'd be more at home there among his fellow RW CNBC ex-pats.

Maybe it's a balance thing . . . figures if you got all the uber-nuts on FB and him & Michele Caruso-Cabrera on CNBC, it's a double dose of the suck?

[go west young man]

66. It's all about that 15% tax break rather than 35% like the rest of us.

It's always about the money in this fucked up country. I've met a ton of stock traders that vote with their wallets instead of their conscience. To me they are just pathetic weaklings with no real conviction. Greedy little bastards.

[HughBeaumont]

64. Oh, it's definitely muted the whole time.

Problem is, while the ticker's going, the RW horseshit led by Kernen and pals still regurgitates.

Today, I was awoken by New Jersey's hot shit mess of a governor getting an unfettered and uninterrupted fluffing. And people have the unmitigated GALL to say this station leans left. GMAFB.

[99Forever]

17. Another thread griping about content on a channel.

Did you folks all lose your remotes? You realize that even if you have, you can still tune to a different channel using the buttons on your cable box or satellite receiver, don't you?

[Amerigo Vespucci]

21. I have a remote, but this is basically a chat room for POLITICAL DISCUSSION which I am DISCUSSING

Wait, I'll use the fucking "shrug your shoulders" smiley too.



SEE? Now we're BOTH fucking confused. Hope you're happy, Romney.

[99Forever]

27. Must have touched a nerve, eh?

Too fucking funny!

[TeamPooka]

31. it is funny to hear...

people complaining about the thing they "chose" to watch.

reminds me of the old joke about two old ladies at a diner eating lunch.
1st lady: This food is awful.
2nd Lady: And the portions are too small!

and you did touch a nerve and the poster's vulgarity showed they had no legit response to you.

[LanternWaste]

47. More inane irrelevance bringing nothing of substance to the conversation?

More inane irrelevance bringing nothing of substance to the conversation?

Although I'm not clever enough to think of either as "too funny" as are you.

[stevenleser]

50. Unfortunately, Amerigo's post was locked by a jury. Here are the results

AUTOMATED MESSAGE: Results of your Jury Service

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BITE ME
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=897884

REASON FOR ALERT:

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ALERTER'S COMMENTS:

This is a direct personal attack, including vulgar abusive language.

JURY RESULTS

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Tue Jul 3, 2012, 03:21 PM, and the Jury voted 4-2 to HIDE IT.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: Amerigo is responding to two low post trolls that seem like Republican disruptors. I wish he had said worse to them.
Juror #2 voted to HIDE IT and said: This is indeed a personal attack that is not warranted.
Juror #3 voted to HIDE IT and said: This poster seems to have anger issues. HIDE.
Juror #4 voted to HIDE IT and said: No explanation given
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: I get so sick of people thinking they're oh-so-clever with this "change the channel" stuff. Amerigo is right-- this is a political discussion board and what's on MSNBC is generally perfectly acceptable material, including complaining about it. We get the same pointless "advice" whenever someone posts about Morning Joe. GOD DAMMIT PEOPLE, we know we can change the fucking channel and if you don't like the subject, DON'T FUCKING CLICK ON IT. Start your own thread instead of shitting on someone else's. And when someone tells you to BITE THEM, don't whine and alert, dammit hotlips, resign your damn commission.
Juror #6 voted to HIDE IT and said: No explanation given

Thank you very much for participating in our Jury system, and we hope you will be able to participate again in the future.

[TeamPooka]

62. so since I'm fairly new to this website Juror #1 considers me a "low post Republican troll"

Wow.
Interesting since I've never voted for a Republican and worked for real lefty candidates like John Phillips The A bomb kid when he ran for Congress years ago.
I want pot legalized.
I want to end the prison for profit system in this country.
I want to tax the rich until they bleed.
I want to end defense industry profiteering.
I want to end our wars, all of them, today, period.
I want renewable energy to replace fossil fuels tomorrow and
I want Obama re-elected.
Yeah I'm fairly new to this website so pardon me for having a real life offline where I've been working to make these things happen and not just post about them.
Was glad to be here, now, only kinda sorta.
Maybe it's not the home I thought it would be....
Thanks for sharing the results Steven.
Juror #1 can go sit on a cactus.

[LanternWaste]

46. one can only wonder what specific relevance you yourself bring to this discussion...

Goodness... one can only wonder what specific relevance you yourself bring to this discussion...

[99Forever]

54. I'll tell you what I don't bring, my friend.

Higher ratings for crappy, slanted "news" oriented cable shows. But feel free to try and anger me, it's kind of special.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

60. "But feel free to try and anger me, it's kind of special."

.....heh.....

[Lugnut]

20. I had to change the channel.

Martin is on at 4 PM so I'll tune back in then.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

23. That's what I've been doing

I didn't think it was possible to come up with a show that would make me miss Ratigan, but MSNBC did it. He must be laughing his ASS off.

[WI_DEM]

25. Don't watch MSNBC during the day, watch at night.

[orpupilofnature57]

28. MSM ======Misanthrope Sycophant Monsters

If it's a Billion dollar industry ,it's on the take and remember Keith doesn't live there anymore.

[Politicalboi]

29. Just don't watch

I am watching Andy Griffith show. Barney and the girls from Mt.Pilot. Doll!
Let the ratings drop. Give Ezra Klein his own show at that spot.

[elleng]

36. ITS 4:00! Martin's on!!!

[Amerigo Vespucci]

41. I switched back. All is well with the world again. n/t

[politicasista]

73. Didn't care for him today

or his panel, especially Joy Ann-Reid and her Dem bashing and praising of Bush/Rove.

Hopefully Team Obama will stop the comparisons of 2012 to 2004, especially since Obama is nothing like Bush and will never be. Romney is the REAL pathological flip-flopping liar.

Like him or dislike him, but Senator Kerry did well in his debates and is a valuable surrogate for Obama and should be more respected (but not IMO). Romney will get eaten alive by Obama.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

39. In her rant, Cupp said what defines true Americans is that they want more

and they don't mind if someone has a car elevator. I must be an extremely unAmerican American because I don't want more than my fellow citizen. I want to be comfortable, with food, shelter, medical care and the time to enjoy life. I'd rather read a good book or listen to great music than have the most expensive car in my driveway or a car elevator in one of my four mansions. That's luxury for me. I'm a weirdo.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

42. When she can find her ass with a funnel. I MIGHT consider listening to her. MIGHT.

She's just wretched on every fucking level, from the inside out and back inside again. Makes my SKIN CRAWL.

[hifiguy]

52. That, Amerigo, will happen about a half-hour after

the heat death of the universe.

[Firebrand Gary]

49. I guarantee, trading Ratigan for this show is already regretted by MSNBC....Later, ratings! nt

[bluedigger]

59. I think Ratigan left MSNBC in the lurch.

They had about two weeks to replace him, I think. I'm surprised they didn't just give us more Prison for the summer...

[bongbong]

53. Name

> Even worse, S.E. Coulter-Cupp

Two Palins, One Cupp.

[april]

55. lets just email or call them...........................

[Bluenorthwest]

58. In demo numbers are running 5 figures. Less than 100K watching. Also the trending is down on

that show. 85,000 in demo viewers is hardly worth turning on the lights and making coffee. You can leaflet that many people in a day. Mass media is supposed to involve a mass audience, not one that can fit in a stadium.

[politicasista]

63. Yep. Their AA pundits are acting shady n/t

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[Jake2413]

69. MSNBC can keep the entire show....

I'll never be watching. S.E. Cupp is the worst member by far, smug all knowing. Can't listen to her when she is an analyst on other shows. Ezra Klein would have been a great choice, smart personable.

[freshwest]

70. Beginning was them going after Clinton. Ownership stats would show why.

[Initech]

72. Liberal media - what liberal media?

[taterguy]

74. You should change the channel if it bothers you that much

That's what I would do.

[fascisthunter]

76. money.... ideology is trumped up by wealth.... no merit in a democracy

they have to buy it

[fascisthunter]

77. lol... well, ya know how to get a reaction

..."impornant"