Limbaugh on BP: "the ocean's pretty tough, it just eats it up. "

[mudwhistle]

I'm posting this thread for my good buddy, CrackedEggsInTheAttic...
he loves Rush Limbaugh threads...

Mr. Limbaugh predicted that the BP leak hype was one of those 'constant crisis' tactics...
and that the ocean, nature itself would take care of the leak:

"RUSH LIMBAUGH: There's natural seepage into oceans all over the world from the ocean floor of oil -- and the ocean's pretty tough, it just eats it up. Dr. Spencer looked into this. You know the seepage from the floor of the Gulf is exactly 5,000 barrels a day, throughout the whole Gulf of Mexico now. It doesn't seep out all in one giant blob like this thing has, but the bottom line here is: Even places that have been devastated by oil slicks like... What was that place up in Alaska where the guy was drunk, ran a boat aground? (interruption) Prince William Sound. They were wiping off the rocks with Dawn dishwater detergent and paper towels and so forth. The place is pristine now. You do survive these things. I'm not advocating don't care about it hitting the shore or coast and whatever you can do to keep it out of there is fine and dandy, but the ocean will take care of this on its own if it was left alone and was left out there. It's natural. It's as natural as the ocean water is."] Regime SWAT Teams Sent to Gulf


You're not gonna believe this, from Time Magazine:
"..it does not seem to be inflicting severe environmental damage. "The impacts have been much, much less than everyone feared," says geochemist Jacqueline Michel, a federal contractor who is coordinating shoreline assessments in Louisiana....the spill killed birds - but so far, less than 1% of the birds killed by the Exxon Valdez. Yes, we've heard horror stories about oiled dolphins - but, so far, wildlife response teams have collected only three visibly oiled carcasses of any mammals. Yes, the spill prompted harsh restrictions on fishing and shrimping, but so far, the region's fish and shrimp have tested clean, and the restrictions are gradually being lifted. And, yes, scientists have warned that the oil could accelerate the destruction of Louisiana's disintegrating coastal marshes - a real slow-motion ecological calamity - but, so far, shorelines assessment teams have only found about 350 acres of oiled marshes, when Louisiana was already losing about 15,000 acres of wetlands every year. [...]"there's just no data to suggest this is an environmental disaster. .... "There's a lot of hype, but no evidence to justify it." ...the BP spill will be a comparative blip; he predicts that the oil will destroy fewer marshes than the airboats deployed to clean up the oil. "We don't want to deny that there's some damage, but nothing like the damage we've seen for years," he says.
The BP Spill: Has the Damage Been Exaggerated? -- Printout -- TIME
(emphasis mine)

A tip of the hat from Time, for Rush Limbaugh?

Quick...intervention for CrackedEggs!

Katrina still haunts Bush...even though he did everything he possibly could do within days.

Obama does Dick and it goes on for months and now it's just a blip.

Double-standards much????

 

[edthecynic]

But..but ...but ..Don't you realize it means I miss you?

But, heck, it's good to see you back! After all, what good would this thread be without the human piñata!

I know I live rent free in your mind.

But you have to pay to play. Still waiting for you to put some money behind the false claim of the entire CON$ervative media elite that Gore could not ID the bust of Franklin. Until you are willing to put money where your mouth is YOU are the human piñata!

Now, now, AlwaysTheCritic, you are at the least obfuscating, and at best hiding behind Gore's skirts...

1. The charge was that Gore looked at busts of famous American heros and famously said "Who are those people.'

2. And, of course, he did: I proved it with a vid showing him do so...

3. And he failed to recognize a guy that even you would recognize...George Washington. Ring a bell?

4. I don't know why you keep bringing up Franklin, and begging for money, except that youi must be soooooo embarrassed that the father of both the internet and global governance is, like yourself, a Mensa-reject....
is that the reason?

5. Now, I know you said that "I have a life and don't spend all my time on this board"...but it is so hard to believe that you were able to find work after folks saw that on your resume...you, know, that you were the lookout at Pearl Harbor...

Gore never asked the curator to ID Washington. As you well know, Washington was not among the group of busts Gore pointed to, which is why you will not warranty your lies with money. He asked the curator to ID Lafayette and Jones and very few would be able to ID them.
And I brought up Franklin because when CON$ tell this lie they include Franklin with Washington as the busts Gore could not ID. Here is a small sample of the GOP hate media parroting this lie:

1. RUSH: ... It's kind of like the moment when Al Gore walked into Thomas Jefferson's place Monticello. There were all these busts up there. Gore is out there walking around with Clinton with the curator of the place, and Gore is looking thoughtfully, like he's in this great vast museum, and he has one hand on his (imitating for Ditto-camers) like this and his finger is on his chin, and he points to, "Who is that?" and the curator says, "That's George Washington." "Who is that?" "That's Benjamin Franklin."

2. “Who are these guys?” On CNN (1/19/93)
—Gore, asking a Monticello tour guide to identify the busts of Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Marquis de Lafayette.
Source: AmeriPAC

3. Why is this veep never caught holding the hot 'potatoe'?
The American Spectator
August, 1998 Byron York
It was a scene that would become a favorite among aficionados of Al Gore's frequent but often under-reported verbal bloopers. On Sunday, January 17, 1993, just days before the
Clinton/Gore inauguration, the vice president- elect was touring Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home outside Charlottesville, Virginia. The visit was an important photo-op; Gore and Bill Clinton were about to start their showy retracing of the trip Jefferson took to Washington for his own inaugural in 1801.
Guided by Daniel Jordan, executive director of Monticello, Gore came upon a row of white marble busts. "Who are these people?" he asked. A little taken aback, Jordan hesitated and quietly answered. That's George Washington on the right, he said. And that's Benjamin Franklin. And Jefferson, too.
Gore had asked an almost breathtakingly stupid question, the kind that when uttered in public can result in a barrage of mocking reports in the press. But the soon-to-be vice president's comments didn't attract much coverage.

4. He ( Quayle ) became a political punch line after correcting a youth at a spelling bee by asking him to add an "e" to the correct spellingof "potato." ... While Quayle was routinely roasted in the media, current VicePresident Al Gore seems to have largely gotten a free pass from the media for bizarre gaffes that surpass Quayle's. ... In 1993, in a tour of Thomas Jefferson's Virginia estate of Monticello, Gore asked about a row of busts: "Who are these people?" The New York Times explained the curator "helpfully identified the unfamiliar faces: `This is George Washington on the extreme right,' with Benjamin Franklin close behind." TV coverage? Zero.
Source: The Florida Times-Union

5. Which vice president is the king of gaffes?
Human Events, by Graham, Tim
The TV media have had a field day with Dan Quayle, but Al Gore has a history of silly flubs and boasts, and the networks have a history of ignoring them:
* Jan. 17, 1993: In a tour of Monticello, Gore asked about a row of busts: "Who are these people?" The New York Times explained the curator "helpfully identified the unfamiliar faces: `This is George Washington on the extreme right,' with Benjamin Franklin close behind." TV coverage? Zero.

6. U.S. History in the Balance - Brief Article
Insight on the News, Dec 13, 1999 by John Elvin
Insight reader Hazel Edwards is somewhat incensed that Vice President Al Gore "is making a big to-do over George W. Bush not knowing the names of some of the world leaders in a recent interview, saying it raised serious questions about his ability to lead the nation." Edwards thinks Gore ought to tend to his own pot before attacking Bush's kettle.
Edwards notes that while on a tour of Thomas Jefferson's home, Monticello, a few years back, Gore pointed out two statues and asked the curator whom they represented. "Well," Edwards quotes the curator as responding, "that one's Ben Franklin and that one's George Washington."

7. January 17, 1993: During a tour of Monticello, [Vice President Al] Gore inquired about a row of marble busts: "Who are these people?" One was George Washington; another, Ben Franklin.
-- Intellectual Ammunition, July/August 1999

8. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS: IS AL GORE AN ALIEN?
by Jonah Goldberg
"While touring Monticello, Gore asked a guide, “Who are these people?” while pointing at statues of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Ben Franklin."

9. Which Vice President is the King of Gaffes?
Watch our video collection of Gore Gaffes
On ABC's This Week March 14, Bill Kristol noted Al Gore's gotten a free pass on gaffes. George Stephanopoulos protested: "It's hard to say he's gotten a pass. Every time he opens his mouth he gets popped." Not true on TV morning and evening newscasts:
January 17, 1993: In a tour of Monticello, Gore asked about a row of busts: "Who are these people?" The New York Times explained the curator "helpfully identified the unfamiliar faces: 'This is George Washington on the extreme right and Franklin on the left...
L. Brent Bozell III, Publisher; Brent Baker, Tim Graham, Editors; Jessica Anderson, Brian Boyd, Geoffrey Dickens, Mark Drake, Paul Smith, Media Analysts; Kristina Sewell, Research Associate. For the latest liberal media bias, read the CyberAlert at www.mrc.org.

10. In a highly publicized stop at Monticello during Clinton's 1993 inaugural festivities, Gore pointed to carvings of Washington and Benjamin Franklin and asked the curator: 'Who are these guys?' He was surrounded by reporters and TV cameras when he said it.
Source: Slander

11. While visiting Monticello in January 1993, Mr. Gore asked whom the busts of
George Washington and Benjamin Franklin depicted, since he did not recognize them.
Source: The Washington Times

12. WHILE ON A TOUR of Monticello as vice president, Al Gore examined busts of George Washington and Benjamin Franklin and asked the curator, "Who are these people?" A single newspaper reported Gore's embarrassing ignorance. Meanwhile when presidential candidate George W. Bush was unable to name the leaders of four nations in a reporter's pop quiz, it was a topic of media concern for weeks.
Ann Coulter's latest book, "Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right," is rich with delightfully revealing comparisons like this one, compiled to expose the liberal media's double standard when it comes to matters of left and right. ...
Source: The Weekly Standard

13. Gored by his own ox
Joel Miller
© 1999 WorldNetDaily.com
Dan Quayle caught a lot of flack for being a moron, which is not a nice thing to do to a guy -- harmful to the self-esteem and all. Well, the media must have been convicted that endlessly pointing out the mental vacuity of veeps is morally wrong, because, when it came time for Al Gore to become the most important substitute player in professional sports, the pundits, journalists, and anonymous sources all stayed home any time Gore used his wingtips to wipe the drool from his mouth.
While Gore may be capable of spelling potato without a hitch, considering the many moronic mutterings he's made since donning the mantle of vice president, he definitely needs the "Be a dolt for free" pass the media decided to grant him so many years ago.
Remember the incident in which the VP was strolling through the halls of Monticello, ogling at the busts of the Founding Fathers? "Who are these people?" Gore asked the tour guide. Without a chuckle, the gracious man was kind enough inform the vice president that he was staring at the figures of George Washington and Benjamin Franklin -- folks who he had hopefully heard about, I should think.

There are many, many more but I think even you get the picture.

 

[PoliticalChic]

I know I live rent free in your mind.

But you have to pay to play. Still waiting for you to put some money behind the false claim of the entire CON$ervative media elite that Gore could not ID the bust of Franklin. Until you are willing to put money where your mouth is YOU are the human piñata!

Now, now, AlwaysTheCritic, you are at the least obfuscating, and at best hiding behind Gore's skirts...

1. The charge was that Gore looked at busts of famous American heros and famously said "Who are those people.'

2. And, of course, he did: I proved it with a vid showing him do so...

3. And he failed to recognize a guy that even you would recognize...George Washington. Ring a bell?

4. I don't know why you keep bringing up Franklin, and begging for money, except that youi must be soooooo embarrassed that the father of both the internet and global governance is, like yourself, a Mensa-reject....
is that the reason?

5. Now, I know you said that "I have a life and don't spend all my time on this board"...but it is so hard to believe that you were able to find work after folks saw that on your resume...you, know, that you were the lookout at Pearl Harbor...

Gore never asked the curator to ID Washington. As you well know, Washington was not among the group of busts Gore pointed to, which is why you will not warranty your lies with money. He asked the curator to ID Lafayette and Jones and very few would be able to ID them.
And I brought up Franklin because when CON$ tell this lie they include Franklin with Washington as the busts Gore could not ID. Here is a small sample of the GOP hate media parroting this lie:

1. RUSH: ... It's kind of like the moment when Al Gore walked into Thomas Jefferson's place Monticello. There were all these busts up there. Gore is out there walking around with Clinton with the curator of the place, and Gore is looking thoughtfully, like he's in this great vast museum, and he has one hand on his (imitating for Ditto-camers) like this and his finger is on his chin, and he points to, "Who is that?" and the curator says, "That's George Washington." "Who is that?" "That's Benjamin Franklin."
2. “Who are these guys?” On CNN (1/19/93)
—Gore, asking a Monticello tour guide to identify the busts of Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Marquis de Lafayette. Source: AmeriPAC

3. Why is this veep never caught holding the hot 'potatoe'?
The American Spectator
August, 1998 Byron York
It was a scene that would become a favorite among aficionados of Al Gore's frequent but often under-reported verbal bloopers. On Sunday, January 17, 1993, just days before the
Clinton/Gore inauguration, the vice president- elect was touring Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home outside Charlottesville, Virginia. The visit was an important photo-op; Gore and Bill Clinton were about to start their showy retracing of the trip Jefferson took to Washington for his own inaugural in 1801.
Guided by Daniel Jordan, executive director of Monticello, Gore came upon a row of white marble busts. "Who are these people?" he asked. A little taken aback, Jordan hesitated and quietly answered. That's George Washington on the right, he said. And that's Benjamin Franklin. And Jefferson, too.
Gore had asked an almost breathtakingly stupid question, the kind that when uttered in public can result in a barrage of mocking reports in the press. But the soon-to-be vice president's comments didn't attract much coverage.

4. He ( Quayle ) became a political punch line after correcting a youth at a spelling bee by asking him to add an "e" to the correct spellingof "potato." ... While Quayle was routinely roasted in the media, current VicePresident Al Gore seems to have largely gotten a free pass from the media for bizarre gaffes that surpass Quayle's. ... In 1993, in a tour of Thomas Jefferson's Virginia estate of Monticello, Gore asked about a row of busts: "Who are these people?" The New York Times explained the curator "helpfully identified the unfamiliar faces: `This is George Washington on the extreme right,' with Benjamin Franklin close behind." TV coverage? Zero.
Source: The Florida Times-Union

5. Which vice president is the king of gaffes?
Human Events, by Graham, Tim
The TV media have had a field day with Dan Quayle, but Al Gore has a history of silly flubs and boasts, and the networks have a history of ignoring them:
* Jan. 17, 1993: In a tour of Monticello, Gore asked about a row of busts: "Who are these people?" The New York Times explained the curator "helpfully identified the unfamiliar faces: `This is George Washington on the extreme right,' with Benjamin Franklin close behind." TV coverage? Zero.

6. U.S. History in the Balance - Brief Article
Insight on the News, Dec 13, 1999 by John Elvin
Insight reader Hazel Edwards is somewhat incensed that Vice President Al Gore "is making a big to-do over George W. Bush not knowing the names of some of the world leaders in a recent interview, saying it raised serious questions about his ability to lead the nation." Edwards thinks Gore ought to tend to his own pot before attacking Bush's kettle.
Edwards notes that while on a tour of Thomas Jefferson's home, Monticello, a few years back, Gore pointed out two statues and asked the curator whom they represented. "Well," Edwards quotes the curator as responding, "that one's Ben Franklin and that one's George Washington."
7. January 17, 1993: During a tour of Monticello, [Vice President Al] Gore inquired about a row of marble busts: "Who are these people?" One was George Washington; another, Ben Franklin.
-- Intellectual Ammunition, July/August 1999

8. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS: IS AL GORE AN ALIEN?
by Jonah Goldberg
"While touring Monticello, Gore asked a guide, “Who are these people?” while pointing at statues of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Ben Franklin."

9. Which Vice President is the King of Gaffes?
Watch our video collection of Gore Gaffes
On ABC's This Week March 14, Bill Kristol noted Al Gore's gotten a free pass on gaffes. George Stephanopoulos protested: "It's hard to say he's gotten a pass. Every time he opens his mouth he gets popped." Not true on TV morning and evening newscasts:
January 17, 1993: In a tour of Monticello, Gore asked about a row of busts: "Who are these people?" The New York Times explained the curator "helpfully identified the unfamiliar faces: 'This is George Washington on the extreme right and Franklin on the left...
L. Brent Bozell III, Publisher; Brent Baker, Tim Graham, Editors; Jessica Anderson, Brian Boyd, Geoffrey Dickens, Mark Drake, Paul Smith, Media Analysts; Kristina Sewell, Research Associate. For the latest liberal media bias, read the CyberAlert at www.mrc.org.

10. In a highly publicized stop at Monticello during Clinton's 1993 inaugural festivities, Gore pointed to carvings of Washington and Benjamin Franklin and asked the curator: 'Who are these guys?' He was surrounded by reporters and TV cameras when he said it.
Source: Slander

11. While visiting Monticello in January 1993, Mr. Gore asked whom the busts of
George Washington and Benjamin Franklin depicted, since he did not recognize them.
Source: The Washington Times

12. WHILE ON A TOUR of Monticello as vice president, Al Gore examined busts of George Washington and Benjamin Franklin and asked the curator, "Who are these people?"[/B] A single newspaper reported Gore's embarrassing ignorance. Meanwhile when presidential candidate George W. Bush was unable to name the leaders of four nations in a reporter's pop quiz, it was a topic of media concern for weeks.
Ann Coulter's latest book, "Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right," is rich with delightfully revealing comparisons like this one, compiled to expose the liberal media's double standard when it comes to matters of left and right. ...
Source: The Weekly Standard

13. Gored by his own ox
Joel Miller
© 1999 WorldNetDaily.com
Dan Quayle caught a lot of flack for being a moron, which is not a nice thing to do to a guy -- harmful to the self-esteem and all. Well, the media must have been convicted that endlessly pointing out the mental vacuity of veeps is morally wrong, because, when it came time for Al Gore to become the most important substitute player in professional sports, the pundits, journalists, and anonymous sources all stayed home any time Gore used his wingtips to wipe the drool from his mouth.
While Gore may be capable of spelling potato without a hitch, considering the many moronic mutterings he's made since donning the mantle of vice president, he definitely needs the "Be a dolt for free" pass the media decided to grant him so many years ago.
Remember the incident in which the VP was strolling through the halls of Monticello, ogling at the busts of the Founding Fathers? "Who are these people?" Gore asked the tour guide. Without a chuckle, the gracious man was kind enough inform the vice president that he was staring at the figures of George Washington and Benjamin Franklin -- folks who he had hopefully heard about, I should think.

There are many, many more but I think even you get the picture.

Hey, TripToTheClinic,

don't your realize that you are providing more evidence against your idol? And, since you have tried to defend the gaffe, yourself???

Did you think that this post made you look smart?

I used to think that folks were kidding when they said you had a steel plate in your head, and they used the TV remote to make you dance.....

 

[edthecynic]

Now, now, AlwaysTheCritic, you are at the least obfuscating, and at best hiding behind Gore's skirts...

1. The charge was that Gore looked at busts of famous American heros and famously said "Who are those people.'

2. And, of course, he did: I proved it with a vid showing him do so...

3. And he failed to recognize a guy that even you would recognize...George Washington. Ring a bell?

4. I don't know why you keep bringing up Franklin, and begging for money, except that youi must be soooooo embarrassed that the father of both the internet and global governance is, like yourself, a Mensa-reject....
is that the reason?

5. Now, I know you said that "I have a life and don't spend all my time on this board"...but it is so hard to believe that you were able to find work after folks saw that on your resume...you, know, that you were the lookout at Pearl Harbor...

Gore never asked the curator to ID Washington. As you well know, Washington was not among the group of busts Gore pointed to, which is why you will not warranty your lies with money. He asked the curator to ID Lafayette and Jones and very few would be able to ID them.
And I brought up Franklin because when CON$ tell this lie they include Franklin with Washington as the busts Gore could not ID. Here is a small sample of the GOP hate media parroting this lie:

1. RUSH: ... It's kind of like the moment when Al Gore walked into Thomas Jefferson's place Monticello. There were all these busts up there. Gore is out there walking around with Clinton with the curator of the place, and Gore is looking thoughtfully, like he's in this great vast museum, and he has one hand on his (imitating for Ditto-camers) like this and his finger is on his chin, and he points to, "Who is that?" and the curator says, "That's George Washington." "Who is that?" "That's Benjamin Franklin."
2. “Who are these guys?” On CNN (1/19/93)
—Gore, asking a Monticello tour guide to identify the busts of Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Marquis de Lafayette. Source: AmeriPAC

3. Why is this veep never caught holding the hot 'potatoe'?
The American Spectator
August, 1998 Byron York
It was a scene that would become a favorite among aficionados of Al Gore's frequent but often under-reported verbal bloopers. On Sunday, January 17, 1993, just days before the
Clinton/Gore inauguration, the vice president- elect was touring Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home outside Charlottesville, Virginia. The visit was an important photo-op; Gore and Bill Clinton were about to start their showy retracing of the trip Jefferson took to Washington for his own inaugural in 1801.
Guided by Daniel Jordan, executive director of Monticello, Gore came upon a row of white marble busts. "Who are these people?" he asked. A little taken aback, Jordan hesitated and quietly answered. That's George Washington on the right, he said. And that's Benjamin Franklin. And Jefferson, too.
Gore had asked an almost breathtakingly stupid question, the kind that when uttered in public can result in a barrage of mocking reports in the press. But the soon-to-be vice president's comments didn't attract much coverage.

4. He ( Quayle ) became a political punch line after correcting a youth at a spelling bee by asking him to add an "e" to the correct spellingof "potato." ... While Quayle was routinely roasted in the media, current VicePresident Al Gore seems to have largely gotten a free pass from the media for bizarre gaffes that surpass Quayle's. ... In 1993, in a tour of Thomas Jefferson's Virginia estate of Monticello, Gore asked about a row of busts: "Who are these people?" The New York Times explained the curator "helpfully identified the unfamiliar faces: `This is George Washington on the extreme right,' with Benjamin Franklin close behind." TV coverage? Zero.
Source: The Florida Times-Union

5. Which vice president is the king of gaffes?
Human Events, by Graham, Tim
The TV media have had a field day with Dan Quayle, but Al Gore has a history of silly flubs and boasts, and the networks have a history of ignoring them:
* Jan. 17, 1993: In a tour of Monticello, Gore asked about a row of busts: "Who are these people?" The New York Times explained the curator "helpfully identified the unfamiliar faces: `This is George Washington on the extreme right,' with Benjamin Franklin close behind." TV coverage? Zero.

6. U.S. History in the Balance - Brief Article
Insight on the News, Dec 13, 1999 by John Elvin
Insight reader Hazel Edwards is somewhat incensed that Vice President Al Gore "is making a big to-do over George W. Bush not knowing the names of some of the world leaders in a recent interview, saying it raised serious questions about his ability to lead the nation." Edwards thinks Gore ought to tend to his own pot before attacking Bush's kettle.
Edwards notes that while on a tour of Thomas Jefferson's home, Monticello, a few years back, Gore pointed out two statues and asked the curator whom they represented. "Well," Edwards quotes the curator as responding, "that one's Ben Franklin and that one's George Washington."
7. January 17, 1993: During a tour of Monticello, [Vice President Al] Gore inquired about a row of marble busts: "Who are these people?" One was George Washington; another, Ben Franklin.
-- Intellectual Ammunition, July/August 1999

8. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS: IS AL GORE AN ALIEN?
by Jonah Goldberg
"While touring Monticello, Gore asked a guide, “Who are these people?” while pointing at statues of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Ben Franklin."

9. Which Vice President is the King of Gaffes?
Watch our video collection of Gore Gaffes
On ABC's This Week March 14, Bill Kristol noted Al Gore's gotten a free pass on gaffes. George Stephanopoulos protested: "It's hard to say he's gotten a pass. Every time he opens his mouth he gets popped." Not true on TV morning and evening newscasts:
January 17, 1993: In a tour of Monticello, Gore asked about a row of busts: "Who are these people?" The New York Times explained the curator "helpfully identified the unfamiliar faces: 'This is George Washington on the extreme right and Franklin on the left...
L. Brent Bozell III, Publisher; Brent Baker, Tim Graham, Editors; Jessica Anderson, Brian Boyd, Geoffrey Dickens, Mark Drake, Paul Smith, Media Analysts; Kristina Sewell, Research Associate. For the latest liberal media bias, read the CyberAlert at www.mrc.org.

10. In a highly publicized stop at Monticello during Clinton's 1993 inaugural festivities, Gore pointed to carvings of Washington and Benjamin Franklin and asked the curator: 'Who are these guys?' He was surrounded by reporters and TV cameras when he said it.
Source: Slander

11. While visiting Monticello in January 1993, Mr. Gore asked whom the busts of
George Washington and Benjamin Franklin depicted, since he did not recognize them.
Source: The Washington Times

12. WHILE ON A TOUR of Monticello as vice president, Al Gore examined busts of George Washington and Benjamin Franklin and asked the curator, "Who are these people?"[/B] A single newspaper reported Gore's embarrassing ignorance. Meanwhile when presidential candidate George W. Bush was unable to name the leaders of four nations in a reporter's pop quiz, it was a topic of media concern for weeks.
Ann Coulter's latest book, "Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right," is rich with delightfully revealing comparisons like this one, compiled to expose the liberal media's double standard when it comes to matters of left and right. ...
Source: The Weekly Standard

13. Gored by his own ox
Joel Miller
© 1999 WorldNetDaily.com
Dan Quayle caught a lot of flack for being a moron, which is not a nice thing to do to a guy -- harmful to the self-esteem and all. Well, the media must have been convicted that endlessly pointing out the mental vacuity of veeps is morally wrong, because, when it came time for Al Gore to become the most important substitute player in professional sports, the pundits, journalists, and anonymous sources all stayed home any time Gore used his wingtips to wipe the drool from his mouth.
While Gore may be capable of spelling potato without a hitch, considering the many moronic mutterings he's made since donning the mantle of vice president, he definitely needs the "Be a dolt for free" pass the media decided to grant him so many years ago.
Remember the incident in which the VP was strolling through the halls of Monticello, ogling at the busts of the Founding Fathers? "Who are these people?" Gore asked the tour guide. Without a chuckle, the gracious man was kind enough inform the vice president that he was staring at the figures of George Washington and Benjamin Franklin -- folks who he had hopefully heard about, I should think.

There are many, many more but I think even you get the picture.

Hey, TripToTheClinic,

don't your realize that you are providing more evidence against your idol? And, since you have tried to defend the gaffe, yourself???

Did you think that this post made you look smart?

I used to think that folks were kidding when they said you had a steel plate in your head, and they used the TV remote to make you dance.....

Let's see. Gore named the bust of Franklin himself without any help from the curator, which you already conceded to me on the other thread, and Washington was not one of the busts Gore pointed to, exposing every CON$ervative pundit and publication as GOP stooges, and to you that makes Gore look bad rather than CON$ervative media toadies.

What I love is the CON$ have been using this GOP scripted lie as a "proof" of "Liberal Media Bias" for almost 20 years. Any media that doesn't give this GOP scripted lie the same exposure as the real event of Quayle misspelling potato(e) is biased to the Left. Any media that does not give a CON$ervative lie equal exposure as the truth is Liberal. CON$ seem to think not lying is a bad thing for the media.

Thank you for proving what I have said many times on this board, CON$ are PERFECT Contrarian Indicators.

But I'm curious, what exactly are you perverting into "my trying to defend the gaffe myself???" I have done nothing but debunk this GOP scripted lie, so I am very curious how the twisted mind of a CON$ervative works. Thank you in advance for your reply.

 

[PoliticalChic]

Gore never asked the curator to ID Washington. As you well know, Washington was not among the group of busts Gore pointed to, which is why you will not warranty your lies with money. He asked the curator to ID Lafayette and Jones and very few would be able to ID them.
And I brought up Franklin because when CON$ tell this lie they include Franklin with Washington as the busts Gore could not ID. Here is a small sample of the GOP hate media parroting this lie:

1. RUSH: ... It's kind of like the moment when Al Gore walked into Thomas Jefferson's place Monticello. There were all these busts up there. Gore is out there walking around with Clinton with the curator of the place, and Gore is looking thoughtfully, like he's in this great vast museum, and he has one hand on his (imitating for Ditto-camers) like this and his finger is on his chin, and he points to, "Who is that?" and the curator says, "That's George Washington." "Who is that?" "That's Benjamin Franklin."
2. “Who are these guys?” On CNN (1/19/93)
—Gore, asking a Monticello tour guide to identify the busts of Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Marquis de Lafayette. Source: AmeriPAC

3. Why is this veep never caught holding the hot 'potatoe'?
The American Spectator
August, 1998 Byron York
It was a scene that would become a favorite among aficionados of Al Gore's frequent but often under-reported verbal bloopers. On Sunday, January 17, 1993, just days before the
Clinton/Gore inauguration, the vice president- elect was touring Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home outside Charlottesville, Virginia. The visit was an important photo-op; Gore and Bill Clinton were about to start their showy retracing of the trip Jefferson took to Washington for his own inaugural in 1801.
Guided by Daniel Jordan, executive director of Monticello, Gore came upon a row of white marble busts. "Who are these people?" he asked. A little taken aback, Jordan hesitated and quietly answered. That's George Washington on the right, he said. And that's Benjamin Franklin. And Jefferson, too.
Gore had asked an almost breathtakingly stupid question, the kind that when uttered in public can result in a barrage of mocking reports in the press. But the soon-to-be vice president's comments didn't attract much coverage.

4. He ( Quayle ) became a political punch line after correcting a youth at a spelling bee by asking him to add an "e" to the correct spellingof "potato." ... While Quayle was routinely roasted in the media, current VicePresident Al Gore seems to have largely gotten a free pass from the media for bizarre gaffes that surpass Quayle's. ... In 1993, in a tour of Thomas Jefferson's Virginia estate of Monticello, Gore asked about a row of busts: "Who are these people?" The New York Times explained the curator "helpfully identified the unfamiliar faces: `This is George Washington on the extreme right,' with Benjamin Franklin close behind." TV coverage? Zero.
Source: The Florida Times-Union

5. Which vice president is the king of gaffes?
Human Events, by Graham, Tim
The TV media have had a field day with Dan Quayle, but Al Gore has a history of silly flubs and boasts, and the networks have a history of ignoring them:
* Jan. 17, 1993: In a tour of Monticello, Gore asked about a row of busts: "Who are these people?" The New York Times explained the curator "helpfully identified the unfamiliar faces: `This is George Washington on the extreme right,' with Benjamin Franklin close behind." TV coverage? Zero.

6. U.S. History in the Balance - Brief Article
Insight on the News, Dec 13, 1999 by John Elvin
Insight reader Hazel Edwards is somewhat incensed that Vice President Al Gore "is making a big to-do over George W. Bush not knowing the names of some of the world leaders in a recent interview, saying it raised serious questions about his ability to lead the nation." Edwards thinks Gore ought to tend to his own pot before attacking Bush's kettle.
Edwards notes that while on a tour of Thomas Jefferson's home, Monticello, a few years back, Gore pointed out two statues and asked the curator whom they represented. "Well," Edwards quotes the curator as responding, "that one's Ben Franklin and that one's George Washington."
7. January 17, 1993: During a tour of Monticello, [Vice President Al] Gore inquired about a row of marble busts: "Who are these people?" One was George Washington; another, Ben Franklin.
-- Intellectual Ammunition, July/August 1999

8. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS: IS AL GORE AN ALIEN?
by Jonah Goldberg
"While touring Monticello, Gore asked a guide, “Who are these people?” while pointing at statues of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Ben Franklin."

9. Which Vice President is the King of Gaffes?
Watch our video collection of Gore Gaffes
On ABC's This Week March 14, Bill Kristol noted Al Gore's gotten a free pass on gaffes. George Stephanopoulos protested: "It's hard to say he's gotten a pass. Every time he opens his mouth he gets popped." Not true on TV morning and evening newscasts:
January 17, 1993: In a tour of Monticello, Gore asked about a row of busts: "Who are these people?" The New York Times explained the curator "helpfully identified the unfamiliar faces: 'This is George Washington on the extreme right and Franklin on the left...
L. Brent Bozell III, Publisher; Brent Baker, Tim Graham, Editors; Jessica Anderson, Brian Boyd, Geoffrey Dickens, Mark Drake, Paul Smith, Media Analysts; Kristina Sewell, Research Associate. For the latest liberal media bias, read the CyberAlert at www.mrc.org.

10. In a highly publicized stop at Monticello during Clinton's 1993 inaugural festivities, Gore pointed to carvings of Washington and Benjamin Franklin and asked the curator: 'Who are these guys?' He was surrounded by reporters and TV cameras when he said it.
Source: Slander

11. While visiting Monticello in January 1993, Mr. Gore asked whom the busts of
George Washington and Benjamin Franklin depicted, since he did not recognize them.
Source: The Washington Times

12. WHILE ON A TOUR of Monticello as vice president, Al Gore examined busts of George Washington and Benjamin Franklin and asked the curator, "Who are these people?"[/B] A single newspaper reported Gore's embarrassing ignorance. Meanwhile when presidential candidate George W. Bush was unable to name the leaders of four nations in a reporter's pop quiz, it was a topic of media concern for weeks.
Ann Coulter's latest book, "Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right," is rich with delightfully revealing comparisons like this one, compiled to expose the liberal media's double standard when it comes to matters of left and right. ...
Source: The Weekly Standard

13. Gored by his own ox
Joel Miller
© 1999 WorldNetDaily.com
Dan Quayle caught a lot of flack for being a moron, which is not a nice thing to do to a guy -- harmful to the self-esteem and all. Well, the media must have been convicted that endlessly pointing out the mental vacuity of veeps is morally wrong, because, when it came time for Al Gore to become the most important substitute player in professional sports, the pundits, journalists, and anonymous sources all stayed home any time Gore used his wingtips to wipe the drool from his mouth.
While Gore may be capable of spelling potato without a hitch, considering the many moronic mutterings he's made since donning the mantle of vice president, he definitely needs the "Be a dolt for free" pass the media decided to grant him so many years ago.
Remember the incident in which the VP was strolling through the halls of Monticello, ogling at the busts of the Founding Fathers? "Who are these people?" Gore asked the tour guide. Without a chuckle, the gracious man was kind enough inform the vice president that he was staring at the figures of George Washington and Benjamin Franklin -- folks who he had hopefully heard about, I should think.

There are many, many more but I think even you get the picture.

Hey, TripToTheClinic,

don't your realize that you are providing more evidence against your idol? And, since you have tried to defend the gaffe, yourself???

Did you think that this post made you look smart?

I used to think that folks were kidding when they said you had a steel plate in your head, and they used the TV remote to make you dance.....

Let's see. Gore named the bust of Franklin himself without any help from the curator, which you already conceded to me on the other thread, and Washington was not one of the busts Gore pointed to, exposing every CON$ervative pundit and publication as GOP stooges, and to you that makes Gore look bad rather than CON$ervative media toadies.

What I love is the CON$ have been using this GOP scripted lie as a "proof" of "Liberal Media Bias" for almost 20 years. Any media that doesn't give this GOP scripted lie the same exposure as the real event of Quayle misspelling potato(e) is biased to the Left. Any media that does not give a CON$ervative lie equal exposure as the truth is Liberal. CON$ seem to think not lying is a bad thing for the media.

Thank you for proving what I have said many times on this board, CON$ are PERFECT Contrarian Indicators.

But I'm curious, what exactly are you perverting into "my trying to defend the gaffe myself???" I have done nothing but debunk this GOP scripted lie, so I am very curious how the twisted mind of a CON$ervative works. Thank you in advance for your reply.

OffOnAPicnic, are you actually trying to change the discussion from your defense VP Gore to some imaginary 'debunking of the GOP'?????

Shame on you...

All you accomplished was proving what a dullard the man is...

As for you, Shakespeare's 'Two Gentlemen of Verona' comes to mind:

"Thou subtle, perjur'd, false, disloyal man!"

 

[frazzledgear]

A very professionally edited lie but a lie non the less.

Now the liar SUGGESTED to you that Gore pointed to the bust of Washington (he stopped himself from actually saying it), and through the power of suggestion, you obviously think you saw Gore point to Washington. But you didn't really.

Gore pointed to Lafayette and John Paul Jones when he asked, "Who are these people." The liar edited out the part where the curator named Lafayette, Jones and Adams. The liar edited them out because anyone who has visited Monticello would know there are only four (4) wall sconces.

Washington was not even among the group of busts Gore pointed to. If you had paid attention you would have heard the curator say Washington was on the EXTREME RIGHT. So if we note the positions as described by the curator we have: 1. Franklin-left, 2. Lafayette-left center, 3. Jones-right center, 4. Adams-right and 5. Washington in another part of the room to the EXTREME RIGHT of the group of busts Gore pointed to.

So the honest media didn't report the GOP scripted lie the CON$ervative media elite parroted the lie for years and years and years.

May 5, 2005
RUSH: ... It's kind of like the moment when Al Gore walked into Thomas Jefferson's place Monticello. There were all these busts up there. Gore is out there walking around with Clinton with the curator of the place, and Gore is looking thoughtfully, like he's in this great vast museum, and he has one hand on his (imitating for Ditto-camers) like this and his finger is on his chin, and he points to, "Who is that?" and the curator says, "That's George Washington." "Who is that?" "That's Benjamin Franklin." In fact, we have that sound bite from our archives. Here's how that went.................

BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH! I don't read anything you write and neither should anyone else.

What you chose as your signature lines tells me everything I need about the value of what you do write. You have deliberately rearranged and mis-attributed quotes for the sole purpose of deceiving others into believing this is not only who said them, but also said them in the context you tried to portray. And it is ALL a lie and one you had to go out of your way to construct, knowing full well it is a lie. Just one more in a long list of scummy liberal lies and stunts. Unlike opinions which can be legitimately debated and argued -what you have done is nothing but a LIE. Just a flat out lie and that makes you a liar.


I have commented on your LYING ASS signature lines before and will continue to do so whenever I come across until everyone is aware that you are engaged in the typical liberal lying ass bullshit stunt as the recommended practice by the hero of the left.

Your first "quote" you attribute to Rush Limbaugh about accusing your opponents of what you are presenting engaged in -is NOT a Rush Limbaugh quote. He did NOT say this. And YOU know it. The person who DID say it is Saul Alinsky, left wing extremist radical Marxist who believes the Marxist ends justifies the use of just about ANY means. THIS came straight out of ALINSKY'S Marxist manifesto Rules for Radicals. And you know it. Alinsky's Rules for Radicals which is the unholy bible for progressives -is nothing but a stomach turning, revolting, immoral book of dirty, lying ass, scummy tricks in how to attack opponents by any lowlife means that stands a chance of working in order to manipulate and deceive the public (which the left believes are nothing but stupid cows to be led around) so as to further the Marxist agenda. Liberals can't get enough of this man, Hillary Clinton wrote a fawning, ass-kissing thesis about this man's disgusting "philosophy" in college -and attributing the FILTHY written word of Alinsky as a quote from Limbaugh is EXACTLY the kind of thing he said to do. Cleanse him by accusing your opponent of having done it instead. Well done.


What a hilarious dude that Saul Alinsky is -the man the left reveres and has taken to heart his game plan for defeating opponents by being liars, cheats and pretty much nothing but dishonest scum. Limbaugh read this line on his radio show straight out of Alinsky's book Rules for Radicals! He was reading aloud the written word of the liberal hero and the fact he read it out loud does NOT suddenly make it a Limbaugh quote, a Limbaugh belief, a Limbaugh sentiment whatsoever. It belongs to Alinsksy for all time as his own garbage.

Your second "quote" was NOT Limbaugh talking about himself as a messiah oh deceitful one. He was talking about the left-wing media treating Obama as one -and again, you DAMN WELL KNOW IT because he has not only said it repeatedly, but you had to cut out this one sentence in order to strip it entirely of its context in order to pretend Limbaugh was suggesting he himself was a messiah. When in fact he was (and always is) accusing the media of treating Obama like a messiah who cannot be questioned or doubted, as if a god here on earth walking among us mere mortal men.

Your quote "Don't doubt me" had absolutely NOTHING to do with the quote above it referring to the media treating OBAMA as a messiah who was above reproach, questions and whose word could not be doubted. But again, you had to cut it out of context entirely because you NEEDED to deceive others into believing he meant something else by it than what it meant in its true context. When Limbaugh said "don't doubt me" , the sentence and full context was actually "don't doubt me on this one folks -they will ram this health care bill down our throats one way or the other." The guy has been around a while and think he knows how arrogant Democrats like Pelosi and Reid operate -was he right?

Of course you couldn't care less who really said what here because truth was never your point in the first place and it rarely is for a liberal because the truth rarely works out well for the left. But trying to deceive people into believing that quote which is undeniably the published printed word of that scumsucker Alinsky are actually the words and sentiment of Limbaugh instead -makes you a real smelly piece of work buddy. But if you are stupid enough to actually believe your own lying ass words, then who does that make the real cow here?

 

[Old Rocks]

Ol' Limpbaugh is and always has been a lying fat sack of shit.

Please name 5 lies Rush Limbaugh has made? - Yahoo! Answers

 

[Old Rocks]

Rush Limbaugh LIES again

 

[Old Rocks]

Big Fat Lies | Mother Jones

 

[edthecynic]

Hey, TripToTheClinic,

don't your realize that you are providing more evidence against your idol? And, since you have tried to defend the gaffe, yourself???

Did you think that this post made you look smart?

I used to think that folks were kidding when they said you had a steel plate in your head, and they used the TV remote to make you dance.....

Let's see. Gore named the bust of Franklin himself without any help from the curator, which you already conceded to me on the other thread, and Washington was not one of the busts Gore pointed to, exposing every CON$ervative pundit and publication as GOP stooges, and to you that makes Gore look bad rather than CON$ervative media toadies.

What I love is the CON$ have been using this GOP scripted lie as a "proof" of "Liberal Media Bias" for almost 20 years. Any media that doesn't give this GOP scripted lie the same exposure as the real event of Quayle misspelling potato(e) is biased to the Left. Any media that does not give a CON$ervative lie equal exposure as the truth is Liberal. CON$ seem to think not lying is a bad thing for the media.

Thank you for proving what I have said many times on this board, CON$ are PERFECT Contrarian Indicators.

But I'm curious, what exactly are you perverting into "my trying to defend the gaffe myself???" I have done nothing but debunk this GOP scripted lie, so I am very curious how the twisted mind of a CON$ervative works. Thank you in advance for your reply.

OffOnAPicnic, are you actually trying to change the discussion from your defense VP Gore to some imaginary 'debunking of the GOP'?????

Shame on you...

All you accomplished was proving what a dullard the man is...

As for you, Shakespeare's 'Two Gentlemen of Verona' comes to mind:

"Thou subtle, perjur'd, false, disloyal man!"

As I have pointed out, a common error shows that all who parrot the common error are USING the same ERRONEOUS script. There is no witness that saw Gore ask the curator to name the busts of Franklin and Washington and the video shows Gore naming the left flank as Franklin and that he did not point to the bust of Washington when he asked "who are these people" so the only source of this lie is the GOP think tank that fed the GOP hate media the erroneous script.

What is obvious is you can not dispute the fact that there was no gaffe.

 

[edthecynic]

BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH! I don't read anything you write and neither should anyone else.

What you chose as your signature lines tells me everything I need about the value of what you do write. You have deliberately rearranged and mis-attributed quotes for the sole purpose of deceiving others into believing this is not only who said them, but also said them in the context you tried to portray. And it is ALL a lie and one you had to go out of your way to construct, knowing full well it is a lie. Just one more in a long list of scummy liberal lies and stunts. Unlike opinions which can be legitimately debated and argued -what you have done is nothing but a LIE. Just a flat out lie and that makes you a liar.


I have commented on your LYING ASS signature lines before and will continue to do so whenever I come across until everyone is aware that you are engaged in the typical liberal lying ass bullshit stunt as the recommended practice by the hero of the left.

Your first "quote" you attribute to Rush Limbaugh about accusing your opponents of what you are presenting engaged in -is NOT a Rush Limbaugh quote. He did NOT say this. And YOU know it. The person who DID say it is Saul Alinsky, left wing extremist radical Marxist who believes the Marxist ends justifies the use of just about ANY means. THIS came straight out of ALINSKY'S Marxist manifesto Rules for Radicals. And you know it. Alinsky's Rules for Radicals which is the unholy bible for progressives -is nothing but a stomach turning, revolting, immoral book of dirty, lying ass, scummy tricks in how to attack opponents by any lowlife means that stands a chance of working in order to manipulate and deceive the public (which the left believes are nothing but stupid cows to be led around) so as to further the Marxist agenda. Liberals can't get enough of this man, Hillary Clinton wrote a fawning, ass-kissing thesis about this man's disgusting "philosophy" in college -and attributing the FILTHY written word of Alinsky as a quote from Limbaugh is EXACTLY the kind of thing he said to do. Cleanse him by accusing your opponent of having done it instead. Well done.


What a hilarious dude that Saul Alinsky is -the man the left reveres and has taken to heart his game plan for defeating opponents by being liars, cheats and pretty much nothing but dishonest scum. Limbaugh read this line on his radio show straight out of Alinsky's book Rules for Radicals! He was reading aloud the written word of the liberal hero and the fact he read it out loud does NOT suddenly make it a Limbaugh quote, a Limbaugh belief, a Limbaugh sentiment whatsoever. It belongs to Alinsksy for all time as his own garbage.

Your second "quote" was NOT Limbaugh talking about himself as a messiah oh deceitful one. He was talking about the left-wing media treating Obama as one -and again, you DAMN WELL KNOW IT because he has not only said it repeatedly, but you had to cut out this one sentence in order to strip it entirely of its context in order to pretend Limbaugh was suggesting he himself was a messiah. When in fact he was (and always is) accusing the media of treating Obama like a messiah who cannot be questioned or doubted, as if a god here on earth walking among us mere mortal men.

Your quote "Don't doubt me" had absolutely NOTHING to do with the quote above it referring to the media treating OBAMA as a messiah who was above reproach, questions and whose word could not be doubted. But again, you had to cut it out of context entirely because you NEEDED to deceive others into believing he meant something else by it than what it meant in its true context. When Limbaugh said "don't doubt me" , the sentence and full context was actually "don't doubt me on this one folks -they will ram this health care bill down our throats one way or the other." The guy has been around a while and think he knows how arrogant Democrats like Pelosi and Reid operate -was he right?

Of course you couldn't care less who really said what here because truth was never your point in the first place and it rarely is for a liberal because the truth rarely works out well for the left. But trying to deceive people into believing that quote which is undeniably the published printed word of that scumsucker Alinsky are actually the words and sentiment of Limbaugh instead -makes you a real smelly piece of work buddy. But if you are stupid enough to actually believe your own lying ass words, then who does that make the real cow here?

This rant is yet another example of CON$ playing dumb.

The three LimpTard quotes only have meaning and impact if in the first quote your MessiahRushie is accusing the Dems of doing what LimpTard does himself, which he is, and the second quote, where he accuses Obama of having a messianic attitude, is an example of the first quote!!!!!!

In the second quote he tells everyone how to recognize a messianic attitude by the fact that no one is supposed to doubt the person with the messianic attitude. The third quote is LimpTard satisfying his OWN standard for a messianic attitude in the second quote and therefore doing exactly what he accuses Dems of doing in the first quote.

Those three quotes expose and annihilate your MessiahRushie so simply and thoroughly that you go ballistic from the truth within them.

As far as LimpTard's mentor Alinsky is concerned, there is and never has been any greater Alinskyite than Stuttering LimpTard with the possible exception of Reagan. Your MessiahRushie and Alinsky are twin sons from different mothers.

Rule 5 is Reagan's and LimpTard's favorite of Alinsky's Rules.

Rule 5: Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon. It’s hard to counterattack ridicule, and it infuriates the opposition, which then reacts to your advantage.

November 11, 2009
RUSH: I think that's the fastest way to persuade people, you know, is to ridicule and make fun of the people that you're having problems with.

May 14, 2007
RUSH: Everything we did about Clinton was humorous. It had a political point. We were making fun of and laughing.

January 24, 2007
RUSH: One of the techniques that Alinsky has advocated be used against people you need to destroy is ridicule, because there's no response to it. When you get ridiculed and made fun of, that's the toughest thing to have a response because everybody's laughing at you... In order to execute the strategeries and the policies of Saul Alinsky, you cannot have a soul, you cannot have a conscience, because your sole objective is to destroy people and ruin them.

June 23, 2008
RUSH: Ronald Reagan said, "Just laugh at 'em, just laugh at 'em and just ridicule it,"

July 23, 2010
CALLER:* So many kids think that being liberal is cool and hip and whatever.* What can we do to combat that?

RUSH: Now, what can you do about kids who think that being liberal is cool? What can you do to combat it?* Laugh at them.* Mock them.* Make fun of them.

CALLER: (chuckles)

RUSH: Ridicule is the single greatest rapier.* Ridicule is the single best way to embarrass somebody and get other people laughing at them.* Whatever you do, do not be defensive.* Don't let them set the agenda. Don't let them let you always be reacting or responding to what they do.* Be on offense. Be assertive. Be confident.* If they say something you disagree with, laugh at them, tell 'em you feel sorry for them.