Comments on: The significance of Shellenberger and Taibbi’s testimony and the Democrats’ reaction to it https://thenewneo.com/2023/03/14/the-significance-of-shellenberger-and-taibbis-testimony-and-the-democrats-reaction-to-it/ A blog about political change, among other things Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:17:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Mike K https://thenewneo.com/2023/03/14/the-significance-of-shellenberger-and-taibbis-testimony-and-the-democrats-reaction-to-it/#comment-2671161 Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:17:17 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=124565#comment-2671161 I think MS Garcia helped to show them the quality of the Democrats’ questions. It was a near Hank Johnson moment,.

]]> By: I Callahan https://thenewneo.com/2023/03/14/the-significance-of-shellenberger-and-taibbis-testimony-and-the-democrats-reaction-to-it/#comment-2671153 Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:02:12 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=124565#comment-2671153 No one should be surprised by this. That said, if I were either of these two men, I’d have given back twice as hard as these moron congressmen had given me. I’d have pointed out how completely out of touch and ignorant they were.

At that point, what do you have to lose?

]]> By: stan https://thenewneo.com/2023/03/14/the-significance-of-shellenberger-and-taibbis-testimony-and-the-democrats-reaction-to-it/#comment-2671136 Wed, 15 Mar 2023 13:40:52 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=124565#comment-2671136 “To understand the workings of American politics, you have to understand this fundamental law: Conservatives think liberals are stupid. Liberals think conservatives are evil.” Charles Krauthammer

Those Congressional Democrats were merely fighting against the bad guys. They know in their hearts that they are the good guys. Their voters know it, too.

When they are so busy playing God in the lives of other people there’s no time for humility or wisdom. Witches need to be burned. And they are just the people to do it. With so much burning to be done, unnecessary niceties like the constitution just get in the way.

]]> By: Barry Meislin https://thenewneo.com/2023/03/14/the-significance-of-shellenberger-and-taibbis-testimony-and-the-democrats-reaction-to-it/#comment-2671134 Wed, 15 Mar 2023 13:27:36 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=124565#comment-2671134 Taibbi was a lifelong Democrat but switched to “Independent” when he noticed things were getting a bit wonky.
(Though that would have been before Tulsi Gabbard unchained herself, I believe…though perhaps after Musk, IIRC)

]]> By: JohnTyler https://thenewneo.com/2023/03/14/the-significance-of-shellenberger-and-taibbis-testimony-and-the-democrats-reaction-to-it/#comment-2671133 Wed, 15 Mar 2023 13:27:18 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=124565#comment-2671133 Democrats are basically totalitarians.

They admire totalitarians of other nations because they are jealous of the unlimited power they wield. Think of their admiration for despots like Castro or former leaders of the USSR.

Because of their affinity for unlimited power, they abhor the Constitution and use any and all means – via the courts or more commonly, thru regulatory diktats – to get around any limitations imposed by the Constitution.

This is really nothing new for them; Woodrow Wilson was the first president out of the gate with this sort of mindset.
It’s gotten much worse since then.

]]> By: desertowl https://thenewneo.com/2023/03/14/the-significance-of-shellenberger-and-taibbis-testimony-and-the-democrats-reaction-to-it/#comment-2671125 Wed, 15 Mar 2023 12:33:17 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=124565#comment-2671125 The two journalists are on a journey of discovery—“Are we (Dems) the bad guys?” Although it might have been sweet to see them do a Pat Buchanan and turn the tables on the Dem members of the committee, what actually happened serves a purpose as well—perhaps a higher purpose.

The shamelessness of the congress critters attacking Taiibbi and Shellenberger means one of two things: either it’s so late in the day that revelation of their staunch support of the censorship-industrial complex will have no effect, or they made a bad misjudgment making support for the 1st Amendment a partisan issue.

]]> By: John Guilfoyle https://thenewneo.com/2023/03/14/the-significance-of-shellenberger-and-taibbis-testimony-and-the-democrats-reaction-to-it/#comment-2671112 Wed, 15 Mar 2023 08:46:03 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=124565#comment-2671112 “If Shellenberger and Taibbi were surprised by the extremity of it, they shouldn’t have been”

But, to agree with the quoted Fox article, I believe they were which surprises me. I’m disappointed Taibbi had that “deer in the headlights” look about him. He seemed he really wanted the Ds to ask him a real question…since when have congressional hearings been about real questions? He wasn’t ready for “gotcha” but “gotcha” was all they brought with them.

]]> By: Barry Meislin https://thenewneo.com/2023/03/14/the-significance-of-shellenberger-and-taibbis-testimony-and-the-democrats-reaction-to-it/#comment-2671107 Wed, 15 Mar 2023 07:48:54 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=124565#comment-2671107 “…dogmatic ideologues…”?

More like babbling bilious Bolsheviks…

File under: “Darkness with Goons”

]]> By: charles https://thenewneo.com/2023/03/14/the-significance-of-shellenberger-and-taibbis-testimony-and-the-democrats-reaction-to-it/#comment-2671099 Wed, 15 Mar 2023 06:02:39 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=124565#comment-2671099 Yes, it was chilling to watch (even though not a surprise to anyone who pays attention); yes, it was intended to send and did send a message to other journalists.

However, what I find to be the saddest of all is that while may of us might find the Democrats attacks appalling I sadly believe that many on the left will consider the attacks as “courageous” or something. Many on the left will have considered it a good thing to take down these two “so called” journalists.

]]> By: cb https://thenewneo.com/2023/03/14/the-significance-of-shellenberger-and-taibbis-testimony-and-the-democrats-reaction-to-it/#comment-2671091 Wed, 15 Mar 2023 03:41:48 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=124565#comment-2671091 Thing is… ‘The Left’ is well aware ‘The Law’ is on their side:

OUR government is now ALLOWED to CREATE PROPAGANDA tailored specifically for U.S. public consumption, using ANY media as it sees fit, while remaining ANONYMOUS as to the source of the material being reported. https://www.rcreader.com/commentary/smith-mundt-modernization-act-2012

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