Let's not forget the political context:

When Bush was President, speaking ill of our Commander-in-Chief during a time of war sent the wrong message to our allies, to our enemies, to our troops in harm's way and to the American people."

But now that Obama is President, apparently, calling openly for armed revolution and accusing the President of wanting to destroy his own country and plunge the world into chaos and tyranny is the height of patriotism.

Does anyone think we *aren't* going to see mass violence from the right? We've already had half a dozen right-wing shooters -- all of which have been waved away by the Right (as secret plants by the Left), the Republican politicians are stirring the "death panel" anger, the Glenn Becks of the world are already covering their asses with insincere exhortations not to do anything "nuts", and both the political heirarchy and the mob nuts have learned that neither Democratic politicans *nor the media* intend to do anything to even protest their behavior. So why would it do anything but intensify?

They have realized that they can have the best of both worlds -- just as with the "War on Christmas" and the "homosexual agenda", the nuts on the right will simply pretend (or tell themselves) that we *already* started it. They already are -- they're claiming that their anger righteously derives from perceived offenses committed by Obama, such as "death panels" and forcing their priests to perform gay abortions. It's madness, and it's America.

America today is like that mentally retarded woman wrapped in explosives that insurgents sent into a crowded marketplace in Iraq and then remotely detonated. I'm just waiting for the button to get pressed.

CNBC needs to be reigned in. Now they are ordering up violence for the cameras. That is illegal. They are becoming coconspirators.

Wouldn't it make sense for the administration to publicize activity like this? I think Obama has already established, perhaps too well, what a rational, charming, compromising guy he is.

Maybe what Obama needs to give us is a Fireside Chat in which he talks about what's happened to politics, from the Swiftboaters, through the Brooks Brothers Mob, on past the birthers, right to the Astroturf Health Care rioters.

Wear an anti-war t-shirt to a Bush-era townhall and you go to jail; wear a gun to an Obama townhall and you are a patriot.

It is virtually impossible to take any of this seriously when the term 'Tea Baggers' is used, representative of how truly inane and ridiculous this all is.

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Anyone read "The Grapes Of Wrath"? Remember the dance at the worker's encampment that became a riot when ringers snuck in and started causing trouble? That event actually happened. The idea was to make the workers look like a danger to the community so the public would support running them out of town.

Look for right-wingers to do the same here. They've already created a very hostile atmosphere. I fully expect someone to cause trouble and blame it on the left.

"CNBC did not immediately respond to a request for comment." Well keep trying, 'cause they need to own up to this one! Santelli and Cramer are the conniving weasles John Stewart thought they were!

The Bush administration believed that the opposition shouldn't upend their message to the world.

The Obama administration is a whole lot more tolerant about such things, notwithstanding the reported desire to have people tell 'em who is spreading incorrect rumor and innuendo, according to conservative opposition sources. I never did get the url to that reported request on the WH site from the opposition, they just said "The WH site". That isn't a cite, its a "go fish!"

The conservative opposition has worked on this strategy and these tactics for some time, so like Palin's intro, they're doing pretty well for the first few days. Let's see if this has legs.

CNBC inciting a riot?

This should get at least as much news coverage as Sarah Palins "death panels", but then again, in this case, the "news" is guilty.

Once again, the movie "Network" proves to be prophetic. Ask for a televised riot and you will get one.

Contessa Brewer was just on MSNBC dismissing the Administration claims that the media was more interested in entertaining than informing. She was all huffy that they would even insinuate that it was media coverage that was driving the hate.

Wonder if MSNBC will have the guts to report on their own networks misbehavior? Not from Contessa obviously. What a shill!!

The founding fathers may have been part of a revolution that included the Boston Tea Party but as soon as they were the government they raised taxes themselves. This lead to the whiskey rebellion and Shay's rebellion. What I believe the founding fathers were more concerned about, was living with a standing army. The U.S. Army in Iraq and Afghanistan is playing the modern role the British Army played over two centuries ago. The American military has a presence in over 150 countries around the globe. The founding fathers were anti-imperialists who embraced the idea of government by the consent of the governed.

Tea Party style activism tries to paint their modern movement with an old patriotic sounding label. “Limited government” is new and not from the 18th century. They may say they oppose big government but they support the world's most expensive military. Taxes were not their concern when Paul Bremer was tossing around cash in Iraq or when Medicaid part D was in congress. Tea Party style activism is a reaction to Obama in the white house. The Tea Party theme may make them feel as if they are doing something traditional, but they are a new response by people angry about something other than taxes. Anyway most “Real Americans” are coffee drinkers these days.

Let CNBC know how unethical their behavior is -- a complete breach of public trust. Here is their corporate number: 201-735-2622.

I don't think the 'media war' (to Debra) could ever be winnable, given the tremendous bias they exhibit toward anything remotely socially responsible. They never covered anti war protestors like this, from Vietnam, to Gulf Wars I and II

Everyone, just start keeping count how often the news says that Obama is "struggling" and "on the defensive". When old Ed Schultz came out dazzled by Obama's performance in the NH town hall and asked Chuck Todd, political director of NBC, if he didn't agree, Todd answered very circuitously by speaking ONLY about the crowd OUTSIDE the hall...

The question asked by Schultz was unanswered, except that Todd said that there was greater courtesy in the hall because he was the President. Come on. Todd looked for all the world as if he were getting words fed to him, or was constrained by some NBC/MSNBC talking points that basically said give Obama no credit.

While we talk about weird media: now the fed is saying they have been bailing out the us economy for over 2 years.
That would be this time or earlier in 07.
That never came up before at least for me.
Didn't the schrub-con say the economy was fine?
Or is this another case of kenronlay talk?
Both are the same so don't answer.
It's good to tell people they have lots of money when they don't because you took it all.

"Idiocracy" is starting to look like a documentary at this point.

One more media misstep and a partial rectification. Apparently the black woman ejected from McCaskill's town hall had unfurled a Rosa Parks banner. Then she put in on the chair in front of her. A white woman 'protestor' came up and ripped it to shreds, to great applause from her cohort, and when the black woman protested this act, it was she who was ejected from the meeting. (Just now on David Shuster, MSNBC)

I still don't get it,....they're Liberty is at stake because we want affordable healthcare? At the end of the day it doesn't matter what their argument is,...they'll make one up like they do every year all in the name of lower taxes and party fidelity. How about the freedom to pay a reasonable amount to stay healthy without losing everything you ever worked for if you get sick,...is that so treasonous? I wanna know what's so un-american about that?

This is almost as bad as the Brazilian talk show host, recently busted, who ordered murders to increase his show's ratings.

When you hear CNBC, see Lou Dobbs. They have zero credibility as long as this hateful, fear-mongering, racist is calling the shots.
Is his own wife even a citizen? I'm just sayin'.