Bent Corner

Supposedly Reverend Jesse Jackson made an off-color comment about Barack Obama.  Evidently his comment was picked up by a Fox News microphone.  What he actually said is not known.  I’ve looked all over the Internets — I even went over to the Drudge Report — and I can’t find an actual transcript of what the good Reverend actually said.

Whatever he said has got to be really, really bad if it cannot even be repeated ON THE INTERNET.  This is the same place that things as Japanese tentacle porn or videos of midget transvestites dressed like Hitler having sex is only a mouse click away. There is no such thing as something being too crude for the Internet.

To be honest, I have a hard time believing that Reverend Jesse Jackson could ever say something crude about Barack Obama. First of all, Reverend Jesse Jackson is a man of God. He has dedicated his life to teaching people about the message of Jesus Christ. A man like that wouldn’t stoop to saying anything negative about anyone, especially something off-color, especially about Barack Obama.

Why would anyone ever say something bad about Barack Obama?

Ron Paul claims that he’s been excluded from a New Hampshire January 6 Republican debate being organized by Fox News. This is the weekend before the New Hampshire Primary. Ron Paul says he is being excluded because Fox News is scared of him. Why is Doctor Paul constantly questioning everyone’s bravery? First a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor and now a cable news network.

Ron Paul’s Internet fans aren’t taking this exclusion sitting down. They are organizing a boycott against any company that advertises on Fox News. They have a list. They are getting the word out to all followers of Ron Paul to not to buy products from these companies.

One of these companies is Gold Bond. That means if a Ron Paul fan were to get a rash in an embarrassing place, they would have to turn elsewhere to get some instant relief. Let’s just hope that they go rash-free.

What’s even funnier is that some Ron Paul supporters are also advising fellow Ron Paul supporters to contact the FCC and complain. This is from a post on a Ron Paul message board:

I’m actually surprised that I haven’t seen this tactic posted yet. Along with advertisers, this is the other major weakness of broadcasters/networks.

The other critical items we can influence directly are the FCC broadcast license for each affiliate, AND FCC approval for station purchases/mergers/trades. By specifically targeting FCC approvals, your comments will have a LOT more long-term weight. Endangering the local affiliate’s license with enough negative comments in the right way will change their attitude from “It’s the network, nothing we can do” and largely ignoring you to actually calling the NewsCorp on your behalf saying “OMG, fix this NOW!”

Remember, the FCC threatened to hit EACH broadcast station with a 6-figure fine for the half-second “wardrobe malfunction” at the SuperBowl*.

This is funny for two different reasons. First, Ron Paul represents a political philosophy that believes a big federal government is bad. If he had his way, not only would the FCC cease to exist, so would the IRS, the Department of Education, the CIA, the FBI, and a whole host of other federal agencies. What do Ron Paul supporters do when they think their man has been slighted? They whine about it to a government agency.

It makes you wonder why they are Ron Paul supporters in the first place.

Secondly, the FCC doesn’t have any jurisdiction over Fox News. It’s a cable network, not a broadcast network. Whining to the FCC about something a cable network is a waste of time. Then again, why should that stop a Ron Paul supporter?

And why is Fox News excluding Ron Paul from the debate? Because there is no debate. It was canceled three weeks ago because of it’s close proximity with another similar event. Ron Paul had been invited to attend, but reportedly his staff never got back with the event organizers to confirm that he would attend.

Why would Fox News exclude someone like Ron Paul from the debate? Including Ron Paul ensures more people will watch. Not only his rabid die hard fan base, but people like me that think he’s a loon. I would watch just for the entertainment value. Who knows what he would say.

Right wing radio talk host and Fox News personality Sean Hannity is encouraging Democrats to not vote. That’s right. He is actually trying to discourage Americans who are Democrats from voting in the upcoming national elections.

This is what he said last week on his radio show:

Now, one other thing here. You know what? I think some of you need to stay home on Election Day. What? That’s right. I think — I know it sounds terrible. I don’t want everybody to vote; I want well-informed people to vote. … look, I think for some, I think you’ve gotta accept — and I want you to stay home on Election Day because you must accept the fact that your party has abandoned you. You’ve gotta accept the fact that your vote doesn’t matter anyway. So all you Democrats, stay home. So, you know, why don’t you stay home on Election Day?

Unbelievable. As though being a Democrat means you are not informed on the issues. My personal experience tells me the opposite is often true. I read books. I read newspapers. I read magazines. I watch the Sunday morning news programs. I stay informed.

I am a Democrat because I am well informed. What does Sean mean when he says that, “your vote doesn’t matter anyway“? That’s creepy. Does Sean know something that the rest of us don’t know? I guess we will find out.

I wish everyone would vote. Not just people who think like me. It doesn’t matter to me if they agree with my positions or not. The less people that vote, the less of a democracy we have. That’s not good.

Sean Hannity is an asshole.