Originally posted by: Craig234
Originally posted by: BigJelly
Now lets try another person: Rush:
Most righties love him
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He mainly attacks liberals
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Most righties think he's a patriot
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Most lefties think he's a partisan hack
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"He pisses off you lefties"
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So Olbermann and Rush have a lot in common; except one is on the far left and another is on the far right.
I don't know why I'm even trying to explain this. For some odd reason lefties can't see liberal partisan hacks (righties can easily spot conservative partisan hacks--they DON'T DENY Rush's political leanings).
Bigjelly, you can make false comparisons all day by looking at the superficial rather than the important qualities.
I often like to do this with an analogy of two guys, in a bank, each has a gun, each shoots someone - so they're equal. Oh, one's a robber, one's a cop.
You make a lot of assumptions in the above, including that the left and right are equally accurate in who they say is a hack, that their content is equal quality, etc. Wrong.
How many ways do you need to see the flaws in your limited comparison? How about JFK and Bush both 'winning' close elections, both having passionate enemies, etc.? Equal? (No.)
One more for the righties - take your pick of your favorite Nobel Peace Prize Winner, and equate them with the most recent winner (Al Gore). The same?
Olbermann has far higher standards than the right-wing blowhards and liars, the demagogues for the right. Their low quality is documented daily in the web site
Media Matters for America where you can see thousands of distortions and errors listed and proven from the right, while there is a far lower rate of such behavior from the left (you don't see theright embarrass itself by trying to make an equivalent web site, yet).
Ultimately, like whether the Beatles or the Monkees were better, you have a matter of opinion, and one thing both sides can agree on is there are many ill-equipped to judge.
The Moyers interview with Olbermann was very good, I thought, and showed Olbermann for what he is, and was a refreshing reminder why speaking out against wrong helps.