State of the Union 2011: Let's waste some time talking about it!

He's actually a good choice for the GOP. Won't piss off the base by appearing weak to the President and trouts the party rhetoric, but avoids more PR nightmares won't say anything too stupid like Bachmann is going to (limited cable audience than the more broad network audience). Everything the Republicans want to hear but will die quickly in the national media conversation.

So, to sum up the GOP response: "Obama wouldn't be so bad, if he would just do everything the GOP wants."

Also

"We didn't read the State of the Union before we wrote the response."

He's from Janesville. Janesville is a very strange town, trust me (although, in the town's defence, it also produced Russ Feingold.)

As per usual the republicans response to anything is to to dismantle legislation and cut taxes ...and by some form of magic the economy will just boom....I think Paul Ryan is just banking on Obama not getting reelected, so he can post up his crazy ass economic road map

BACHMANN BROUGHT CHARTS!

And lies. Holy shit. So many lies.

Or maybe not. All I am getting is a stream of the whitehouse.gov online press conference.

From what it's sound like on Twitter, I'm missing out on a great Bachmann fumble.

Totally. Everyone got quiet on that one.

By the time I figured out Bachmann was on CNN, it was over. Missed the whole thing.

She railed against the government controlling your lightbulbs. And the IRS enforcing health care. And something about Iwo Jima. Yeah... I don't know either.

Sad I missed the Bachman thing. Have to catch it on the rewind, i suppose.

For the love of Earl Grey, someone, please, upload Bachmann on youtube!

Bachman didn't really say much, but a bar chart convinces so many dumb people.

Well, if there is a bar chart for it, it's true. That science and math.

Bachmann was awesome.

Truly fucking nuts and no teleprompter made for some great viewing.

Fox didn't show Bachmann huh? The establishment must have been truly worried about another PR nightmare after Palin-Bloodgate. Some people are asking why CNN enabled Bachmann to spread her bullshit, but I say kudos to CNN for enabling Bachmann to embarrass the Republicans. Bachmann's response will get tons of media attention tomorrow and Ryan's official response will get little-to-none.

The real problem was they agreed not to criticize her. Her speech was full of lies and she wasn't looking at camera. It was a train wreck, yet they didn't say a word.

That's the American media in a nutshell.

You're right, in a way. As much as I was hoping for a clever ploy, we're all aware of CNN's dumbed down milquetoast-ness. I had broadcast NBC on during my semi-attentiveness to the SOTU and although they didn't broadcast Bachmann's response, Brian Williams had her on for a quick interview and handled her with kid's gloves, as well. No surprise; the corporate media fears the GOP's liberal media label.

However, the Internet is going to eat her up and broadcasting the Bachman response on television, rather than some Internet stream, will only increase the fuel for the fire.

Enjoy.

She isn't looking to the left. She is looking to Jesus.

I can't stop screaming 'SHUT YOUR FUCKING LYING HOLE!" at my computer, and I'm less than a minute in.

Nevermind. The camera was at a bad angle.

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SALMON!!!

Faux News edits out laughs and replaces it with cricket sounds

Daily Show does it = funny. Why? Because it is on a COMEDY channel.
Faux News does it != funny. Why? While we laugh at the channel, they aren't meant to be a comedy channel.