Alternet Publishes The Dumbest Political Article of Century

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Monday July 18, 2011 · 7:32 PM PDT

2011/07/18 · 19:32

The front page article at Alternet.org is titled "Would We Be Better Off If John McCain Were President?". Written by someone named Fred Branfman. So, naively, I clicked on it, thinking it would be an "onionesque" send-up of a McCain/Palin presidency. Maybe an "alternate history" piece, as if Harry Turtledove wanted to go topical.

But...no. It's serious. And, in writing it, Fred Banfman at Alternet.org (a site that is dry-humping that shark) produces the worst political article of the century.

Let's begin!

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What's the dumbest line in the article?

"First off, there would have been no Tea Party"

5 votes

"Democrats might even have achieved the long-desired 60 percent majority needed to kill the filibuster in one or both houses"

4 votes

"Yes, domestic spending might have been cut less if McCain had won"

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"The Democrats would at least have passed a “public option” as their price for support"

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Yes, the above line implies that McCain would have passed Health Reform

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Verizon quietly drops CurrentTV and Olbermann [edit]

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Saturday June 18, 2011 · 5:10 AM PDT

2011/06/18 · 05:10

For the last several years, CurrentTV has been available via basic cable on Channel 192 for Verizon subscribers in MA. On Thursday, Verizon quietly dropped the channel. [EDIT: dropped from basic cable, but still available on premium channels]

Mohner

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Wednesday June 01, 2011 · 6:00 AM PDT

2011/06/01 · 06:00

Worried that the U.S. will default on its debt because the Republicans will not vote for an increase? Don't bother. They won't do it, because they know that the resulting narrative is PARTY DEATH for a decade or more.

Read on to see why.

Mohner

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Tuesday February 15, 2011 · 12:09 PM PST

2011/02/15 · 12:09

Today three time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador, the biggest star in the world of professional bicycle racing, was cleared of doping charges by his home country's Cycling Federation. You are witnessing the death of a sport.

More below the pinstriping.

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My EYES! The goggles do NOTHING!

Mohner

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Sunday February 13, 2011 · 4:24 PM PST

2011/02/13 · 16:24

I'm not feeling the new design here. My expert review below the fail.

Er...fold.

:-)

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Progressives have TAKEN OVER AmericaSpeakingOut.com (UPDATED x4)

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Wednesday May 26, 2010 · 9:19 PM PDT

2010/05/26 · 21:19

Mitch McConnell, with great fanfare, introduced a GOP website, AmericaSpeakingOut.com, to solicit ideas from "real" Americans on how to lead this country back to prosperity, or gun ownership, or whatever.

Users who sign up to the site can post ideas, comment on those ideas, and vote up or down on each idea or message. Think Digg.com, for the GOP.

I don't think the result is exactly what the GOP had in mind...

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Who is most responsible for all these great ideas?

Wingnuts and birthers -- they're comedy gold

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Progressives having a bit of a laugh

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4chan

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Hispanic Police in Arizona should Arrest Caucasians

Mohner

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Saturday April 24, 2010 · 11:15 PM PDT

2010/04/24 · 23:15

The new law targeting illegal immigrants isn't RACIAL in nature. Oh no! It's simply designed to locate, arrest, detain, & fine those people who cannot show that they are in this country legally. Well, what a noble concept.

So, let's make sure the law is applied equally. Since that's apparently the intent, right? Right?

Mohner

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Monday March 29, 2010 · 7:26 PM PDT

2010/03/29 · 19:26

I get a lot of Democratic Party and OFA fundraising emails. They're fairly prosaic boilerplate about needing funds to support the President's agenda, etc. You've seen them.

Then I received one from James Carville. More like this please!

Full text after break (all bolding mine).

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What Medications is Carville on?

Seroquel

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He's like this all the time, no medications necessary

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38 AG's to Sue Healthcare? Er...NO

Mohner

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Sunday March 21, 2010 · 4:55 PM PDT

2010/03/21 · 16:55

...Or how a right-wing talking point mutates over three days.

If you look on Twitter, you'll see a lot of references in conservative circles to an interesting, and troubling, "fact". That there are 38 State Attorneys General who will sue to overturn the Healthcare Reform Law. Boy, that seems like a lot. Oh noes!

More below.

Mohner

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Tuesday March 09, 2010 · 10:48 PM PST

2010/03/09 · 22:48

In a March 9, 2010, appearance on 'Countdown with Keith Olbermann', Markos Moulitsas suggested that Dennis Kucinich should face a primary challenge if he votes against the Senate healthcare bill now up for consideration in the House of Representatives.

But three months ago, Markos was all about killing the Senate healthcare bill. Did I miss the retraction?

Mohner

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Thursday March 04, 2010 · 2:40 PM PST

2010/03/04 · 14:40

In the new, March edition of Boston Magazine, Paul Kix dissects the final few weeks of the disastrous Martha Coakley campaign that gift-wrapped the Massachusetts Senate seat for Republican Scott Brown.

Mohner

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Monday March 01, 2010 · 9:48 PM PST

2010/03/01 · 21:48

In case there's anyone left who still had a doubt that the GOP is the "Party of No", Jim Bunning puts you straight -- it's all about the obstruction. Bunning voted NO on the Pay-as-you-Go bill.

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