I'm curious - does everyone who visits GD:P get singed?

[NaturalHigh]

I have burn marks where my eyebrows used to be. DU used to be such a friendly place (I think).

[AlCzervik]

1. they watch cable news 24/7 and that's what happens.

it's not pretty.

[NaturalHigh]

2. Makes me glad I stick with bull riding and Big Love.

[Robeson]

3. You actually have a good point there....

...they do seem to hang onto every talking head who is speaking on the networks at whatever given time.

[AlCzervik]

5. that's it, they analyze every word, every facial expression and then decide how

offensive it is and how everyone is against Obama. Chris Mathews could sneeze and they'd swear he said Obama is the anti-Christ.

[AllentownJake]

8. Joe and Mika

I think some people over there are stalking them...

[NaturalHigh]

11. I've never even heard of Joe and Mika.

It sounds like some sort of sitcom.

[AlCzervik]

13. they replaced Imus, i never saw him either because i'm on thwe west coast and if i was

awake at 3:00am i sure as hell wouldn't be watchimg him or them.

[AllentownJake]

15. It pretty much is

It's a bad show that is on at MSNBC from 6-9am. Nobody outside of political junkies watch it and everyday Joe or Mika say something that make the entire place over there go fucking nuts in the morning.

Go there around 7:30 am sometime.

[NaturalHigh]

20. I'll try it sometime when I'm coming off a midnight shift.

I get off midnights at 6:00, and I'm usually pretty loopy if I'm still up at 7:00. That sounds like it might be a good frame of mind to be in for that show.

[SoxFan]

53. In a sense, it is

[CTyankee]

63. It kinda is. Joe is the bullying hubby and Mika is the cowering abused wife.

She drinks to soothe her pain. Occasionally, Joe goes off the beam and starts yelling obscenities. It gets ugly. Sometimes Barbara Boxer comes on and snarks at Mika. Mika's Dad comes over to visit and verbally humiliates Joe. A couple of old white guys in the neighborhood come over to snark about blacks and welfare recipients. Occasionally, they have really nice, smart people over to visit, but you have to sit through the rest to see that part.

[Odin2005]

72. I've never understood the irrational dislike for Tweety.

Yeah, he throws softballs to the Right often but is not as bad as some of the other blowhards on that and is good at giving right-wing idiots the smackdown.

[AllentownJake]

6. The Morning Joe obsession I find particularly troubling

[AlCzervik]

9. The obsession with all of those shows is troubling and then the posts--

"Omg did you just hear what WHORA O'Donnell said??!!!" it's unhealthy.

[AllentownJake]

17. They really don't know that they are feeding the beast

[AlCzervik]

18. they don't, they're in the zone and they're happy even though it makes them unhappy.

and a handul of them have really made it even worse, i thought 2004 was bad but that seems like fun compared to how it is now.

[AllentownJake]

21. We have a democrat in charge right now

Everyone can get behind a common enemy like in 2004. Now we have someone who is going to make mistakes and any mistake he makes is the end of the world and a return of the GOP over there.

[Robeson]

27. Best. Point. Ever....

...you nailed it.

[AllentownJake]

29. My favorite post over there are the ones that begin with

I know I'm not supposed to watch Morning Joe however,

:rofl:

[AlCzervik]

33. they remind me of a line from Super size me, McDonald's refers to their customers

that eat there more then 3 times a week as Heavy users and that's exactly what i think when i see the same 10 posters going into vapor lock about how some *SHILL* on cnn didn't compliment Obama's tie. When it gets down to that level it's time to reevaluate your life.

[NaturalHigh]

34. Yeah, some soul-searching is in order at that point.

[AllentownJake]

35. I always have the shit on

However, I'm well aware that my obsessive interest in politics and debate is not normal.

[annabanana]

47. (some are just monitoring the beast)

to see what the beast is feeding people who don't have access to a nutritious diet..

[Liberal_in_LA]

56. ... 'Malloy people check in'. I've never heard of this Malloy or many of the others.

[Odin2005]

69. Sadists who secretly think Mika is hot, maybe?

:rofl:

[Odin2005]

70. Hence all the Obama-bashing shit.

It gets old.

[AlCzervik]

71. garbage in, garbage out.

[AllentownJake]

4. Yes I was told I was an awful brother yesterday

for only visiting my adult autistic brother who is in a group home once every 3 weeks.

In defense of GDP it was only one poster and the rest were supportive.

[NaturalHigh]

10. Wow, you got it worse than me.

I was only told that I had a bigger problem with Obama than Bush and that I probably wished McCain had won the election. This was after attempting repeatedly to make clear that I support Obama most of the time.

[AllentownJake]

12. It was only one guy

Wasn't happy that I don't care about gaffes I care about policy.

Word of advice. Never say you think Krugman might have a point over there right now...the Krugman battle is turning into something resembling the primary with people giving each other nicknames.

[NaturalHigh]

16. I'm in the clear on that one.

I see Krugman's name a lot, but I have no idea what he said to piss so many people off. Of course, that could probably get me flamed too.

[AllentownJake]

19. He's more keynsian than Obama on the recovery

and he has a blog where he says what the President did wrong every day on economics, he won the Nobel Prize this year, pretty much sums it up.

[seaglass]

45. He supported Hillary during the primaries so every time he

critiques Obama admin policies it is seen by a certain group as evidence of his PUMAness and long held hatred of Obama. They really don't attack his ideas or statements - just his character.

[AllentownJake]

52. Its a disease amongst some Primary supporters

That doesn't only exist here.

[Liberal_in_LA]

61. I poked fun at Hillary's clapping style way back when. Was implied I was a freeper. lol.

I was thoroughly savaged.

[Danger Mouse]

7. GD:P has never been friendly, ever.

:hi:

[NaturalHigh]

22. I don't doubt that's true...

but I frankly expected to be challenged to a duel over there tonight. :hide:

[Danger Mouse]

24. That's nothing. I had one (now TS'ed) creep spam me with insulting messages on MySpace.

I took the link to my page out of my profile after that.

[AllentownJake]

26. Wow I thought that behavior stopped after the primaries

[Danger Mouse]

36. No, it was during the primaries.

:P

[AllentownJake]

37. Oh good times good times

I think we should have a primary re-enactment forum. That would take some of the awfulness out of GD:P

[NaturalHigh]

30. One of these days I'm going to catch up to the 21st century...

and get a MySpace or Facebook page. Of course, I'll have to get my daughter to show me how to do it.

[BarenakedLady]

14. GD:P?

Doesn't ring a bell, sorry.

The tap is in the corner. Mind leftfingerpop's puke along the way.

[Liberal_in_LA]

57. I think they are referring to GD: Presidential

[kentauros]

23. You don't even have to go to GD:P for that;

LBN's getting just as bad :(

[NaturalHigh]

25. I don't think I've been there lately.

[Drunken Irishman]

31. GE is bad, too.

It's like a plague.

Slowly taking over the forum.

Sooner or later, it'll corrupt the lounge and I'm going to have to eat you to survive.

[kentauros]

38. It'll never take over the Lounge because we have a secret weapon:

The Onion!

And if GD;P isn't careful, they'll do this: All Online Data Lost After Internet Crash

[NaturalHigh]

39. My daughter's best friend couldn't get online a couple of weeks ago.

My daughter told her that the internet had been sold to China. The poor girl fell for it.

[kentauros]

40. lol!

omg! I am truly laughing out loud! :rofl:

Thanks! :D

[NaturalHigh]

41. Glad to be of service.

:hi:

[Odin2005]

73. OMG, LOL!!!!

:rofl:

[Drunken Irishman]

28. I made a snark about Rihanna and got slapped around a few times by some posters. IRONY!

[Lil Missy]

32. Yes. That's why I don't go there.

[Jamastiene]

42. They are not too bright over there.

When everything they say matches the latest talking points word for word and nothing veers even slightly from that, it totally dulls the conversation down to a bunch of repetitive nonsense. I avoid them if at all possible.

[NaturalHigh]

43. I hadn't been there in quite awhile until tonight.

Now I'm reminded why.

[Strong Atheist]

44. I have always thought of the lounge as a "no-fire" zone or sanctuary;

I try to NEVER start anything serious or that pushes buttons here...

[omega minimo]

67. ....

..... that always works, til vandals get bored and head over to GD to "push buttons." Seriesly.

[annabanana]

46. In this house it seems

that the people sitting around BSing in the rec room spend an odd amount of time dissing the people sitting around BSing in the kitchen.

[DarkTirade]

48. No. Some of us take on look and say, "Oh yeah. Now I remember."

then turn and leave. :P

[charlie and algernon]

49. GD and GD:P makes the Television Without Pity Forum folks look perfectly sane

I used to read the forums after each Lost and West Wing episode and after awhile it got insane there. Those people spend so much time talking to eachother about the same episodes that suddenly they think they're the biggest experts on all things TV. It got to the point that each new episode was "The worst one ever!!!1!! I'm am so done with this series!!1!!11!" and "OMG!!! Did you hear what Josh Lyman said?? That was SOOO a shoutout to us!!!! Aaron Sorkin MUST read this forum every day!!!"

:eyes:

[Liberal_in_LA]

58. Google groups used to be like that back in the day before sites like TWP

Over analysis of EVERYTHING

[Midlodemocrat]

50. Not just GD-P.

Disagree with someone in GD and get labeled a Rush lover.

Yeah, it's gotten that bad.

[Liberal_in_LA]

62. or worse... get called a FREEPER

[Odin2005]

74. I was called a reactionary by a "Marxist" poster because I invoked Karl Popper.

Popper has a tendency of bringing out the worst of the extreme left of DU.

[TZ]

51. I'm going to quote another DU'er on GDP...

"Its like a sack of rabid wolverines"...:rofl:

[lunatica]

54. Sometimes it's not the subject, but the grammar or the spelling

Some people have definite peeves and they always know when there's an error in someone's thread. It's kinda spooky...

:scared:

So if you're dyslexic my best advice is stay away.

[Liberal_in_LA]

60. lol. I love this thread. People are saying stuff I used to think but was too scared to say

[Liberal_in_LA]

55. lol. I've been singed in every DU group

[tigereye]

59. at some point - or at least you get snarked on...

folks in GD seem to run a little hot, like they are looking for some sparring.

[SeattleGirl]

64. I need to clean my eyeballs. I thought you said "spanking" instead

of "sparring."

Come to think of it, though, spanking also fits. :)

[tigereye]

65. I've seen some strange things myself, in that vein and had to say, what was

that? :rofl:

[ElboRuum]

76. You know, I really have no problem with that...

...I know I like to mix it up, but it seems that whenever I return fire, someone cries foul.

[azmouse]

66. Oh I don't know. Sometimes it's fun to go there and stir the pot.

Just sayin'.... :evilgrin:

But to be really, really honest.... yeah, sometimes I run, not walk, away from GD: P.
It can be downright terrifying!

[femmocrat]

68. I don't post there very often. I read it occasionally.

One thing that annoys me about that forum is the way some posters bicker over semantics. I get tired of trying to choose just the right words, then having them misinterpreted. I think some of it is intentional, just to be argumentative.

(If this post was in GD: P, someone would probably pick it apart in a smart-assed reply.)

[ElboRuum]

75. GD:P...

GD-P was originally called "How to lose friends and influence no one." but people thought that might keep people away.