Well, I don't normally subject myself to this kind of stuff, but today, I just couldn't resist. Fox "News" posted the article "In Gamble, Obama and Dems Prepare to Ram Health Care Through." Kossacks are well versed in the rhetorical tricks used by Fox "News" to skew facts and twist reality. However, what is really scary is scrolling through the "Comments" portion. This is where we get psychological insight into that 24% of Americans who STILL think George W. Bush actually did a great job.
Following are some of my favorites (with grammar, spelling and CAPS as posted kept intact). They break down into a few generalized groups.
First we have the poor oppressed real American who has suffered untold hardship under the Obama Administration. For example:
itstimetogo
Michigan
MR OBAMA DOES NOT WANT TO SEE THE RATH OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. IF THEY PUSH THIS THROUGH IT AINT GOING TO BE PRETTY.
Friday, February 26, 2010 at 12:22 PM
and
jerzy
Obama and the Democrats are Nazi thugs who have declared war on the people of the United States.
Friday, February 26, 2010 at 11:12 AM
and
deborah86
Texas
Yesterday I saw, as did "The People" that we now have an incompetant DICTATOR in our highest Office....I did not see any form of LEADERSHIP....Obama vs the People...time to IMPEACH!
Friday, February 26, 2010 at 7:46 AM
Sometimes, these Fox Newsers lurch towards the oddly threatening, such as:
greaser
New York
barrie, and his band of inept followers will be the the reason why blood will flow. I regretfully believe there is another revolution on the way. And this time, there will be a real seperation of race and classes.
Friday, February 26, 2010 at 7:17 AM
or
ninjasam
If Obama and the progressive democrat liberals in congress ram health care down the American people's throats with this parlor trick called reconcilliation, they will ALL be unemployed in November and may need flack jackets to roam their districts.
Friday, February 26, 2010 at 12:17 PM
or even
lineinthesand
Go ahead. Try your communist takeover of the US and watch what happens. If I were you I'd forget about health insurance and get my life insurance paid up first.
Friday, February 26, 2010 at 8:35 AM
Of course you have the run in the mill Anti-Choice poster:
sal911
Virginia
The dummycrats are forcing christians to pay for Abortion. I will leave this country or be jailed before I pay for someones abortion.
Friday, February 26, 2010 at 10:44 AM
And of course the requisite Birther:
thruhiker
If this government takeover of health care passes and Obama is proven to be an illigitimate president (the birth certificate controversy) won't all legislation passed during his dictatorship be ruled invalid?
Friday, February 26, 2010 at 10:23 AM
And the guy who ranks on France:
iousquat
vivelafrance, you surrender monkeys should take a bath and mind your own business.
Friday, February 26, 2010 at 11:30 AM
And then there's this guy:
wheninthecourse
New York
when the Rs take back the house and senate in November, they should propose legislation as follows (even though obastard will veto it: 1. abolish the Federal Reserve 2. Abolish the EPA 3. Abolish the IRS 4 . Abolish the Department of Education. 5. Oust the UN from the US 6.
Friday, February 26, 2010 at 10:13 AM
It would seem that without a Department of Education we could get more Americans who could analyze current events with such prowess as this guy:
greaser
New York
If this HC bill passes, our future will look simlar to the Greeks now. All our freedoms and liberties will be effected. If this passes, we will lose an life which our forefathers gave us. No political party, aka dems/lib's,progressives, has the right to take those freedoms and liberties away. barrie and his group of invalids are wrong. Thet are not Americans as we know of.
Friday, February 26, 2010 at 6:54 AM
His understanding of the Federalist Papers shines right through, huh!
One of my favorites is the guy who blamed it all on women:
North Carolina
They have held a grudge since Bush used it. And as much as they cried about it, as hypocritical as they will look - they have to get their turn - Why? Because Peloski is a woman and women should not be in high leadership positions. Our forefathers never wanted them there and this is exactly why - Think about it.
Friday, February 26, 2010 at 6:57 AM
I wonder if this Teabagger would really vote for Palin?
Of course, Fox lends such in depth economic analysis, their viewers truly grasp all the variables:
efmgator
Ohio
The whole idea of regulating insurance costs is a ploy to bankrupt imsurers so the government can take it over by claiming capitalism has, once again, failed. When capitalism fails, you can be assured the reason is government interference.
But if you really want to get a grasp on what Kossacks are up against, behold, friends, behold:
rafph
Obama has pre-existing condictions: dysentery of the mouth and constipation of the brain..........
Friday, February 26, 2010 at 6:51 AM
Well, that just about sums it all up.