Taibbi: The News Media Is Destroying Itself

I don't think the two-party system is going away any time soon.

 

What I've noticed and why I like her on shows is she speaks fast to make her point quickly, but never is confusimg, is concise, answers the questions put to her and is POLITE and does NOT try to talk over anybody. Even in her famous senate clip in which some senators didn't even listen to her points, she WAITED patiently before reaming them. She also points out something the protestors NEVER point out and nobody points out cause they are afraid of getting fired. NOBODY will address the weekend murders in Chicago which basically consist of one race killing up to 20 people per weekend in the same race. Those lives matter, too, but we can't go there and will never go there because whoever goes there will be FIRED. Case closed. Candace doesn't care and goes there.

 

it’s a grift, mate. one of the most obvious in the game

 

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Mojo Nixon had a tremendous political talk show on Sirius XM. The title: "Lyin' Cocksuckers."

 

Candace Owens is not really media, and she's not helpful to the American dialogue. She's kind of a minor "political celebrity," or something.

 

I'm not saying she's helpful but why do you say she's not helpful? How is she not helpful?

What about her message is wrong or untruthful or misses the mark or moves the goalposts?

 

There's one way in which the GOP is more powerful than ever: It can and does tell Trump what his policy positions will be. Trump has neither the intellectual curiosity nor the acumen to offer any policy positions. One possible exception: his beloved Russia.
Trump is hardly a groomed, educated conservative. He won of the pseudo Christians in large part because he said, "I'm handing over judicial appointments to the Federalist Society. And they'll give us judges who will oppose abortion."
At one point in 2016, he opined that women who have abortions should be arrested and charged with a crime. Informed by the GOP establishment that such a position is toxic, he said, "I understand that's an old position." He basically said -- paraphrasing here -- "Because they tell me that's not going to fly, I have decided I don't really mean what I said about arresting women." Totally malleable on almost everything.

 

I don't think Owens has much of a robust worldview, for one thing. Though, to be fair, that takes time to develop.

A 12-minute video about how rotten of a dude George Floyd was before reforming his life - and there's evidence of reform - is a hard, deeply unhelpful perspective on his killing. The killing was not complex or confusing. It was the methodical subjugation and subsequent murder of another human being calling for his mother.

 

In what factual world is the Steele dossier "now-discredited?"

 

She'll be remembered forever if her message of black on black crime and all the murders in Chicago are acknowledged by anybody besides herself and a couple others unafraid of getting fired. How is she not helpful? By not just agreeing with everybody else? She has the right to be heard. If you listen to her speech in Congress it was very helpful in shutting up some loudmouths who didn't even listen to what she had to say. She put them in their place. At least listen to her.

 

Probably not, but I wouldn't be so sure it's going to stand up forever.

Younger generations like choices and have more options than ever. Right now, the majority voting bloc is stuck in the 2-party system, but younger generations have no use for limited options and won't be hamstrung by two choices.

And I'm talking about those who are now children or haven't been born yet.

But if it changes, then other parties need to start at the grassroots level. It confounds me why other parties don't make any noise or create any publicity except for every 4 years. Start at local levels and build a base, not just snag off a few thousand voters who are tired of the 2-party system and are just putting their frustration to paper.