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Today on the Teri O’Brien Show, 6/12/11

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Here we go again. Less than a week after stating “this is not something that can be treated,” and one day after the White House and the democrat leadership in the House threw him under the bus, left-wing loudmouth Anthony Weiner (D-Twitter) announced that he was taking a leave of absence to seek treatment for his, shall we say, problem. By off loading responsibility for his actions, he lost the one shred of dignity he had left. Get me re-write. From his week of excruciatingly embarrassing attempts to convince everyone that he was “hacked,” when an eight-year-old could see that wasn’t true, to the inevitable refuge in rehab, this plot has been recycled more than those yarns found in Lifetime movies. In fact, I think I just saw a Lifetime movie with this very plot, or maybe it was a news story about another politician. Who can keep it straight? Still, there are three important takeaways from this Weiner mess, which I’ll share. I’ll also explain once and for all, why female elected officials don’t get caught up in these sordid scandals. This topic was dished about this morning on This Week with Christiane Amanpour. Please weigh in: Are you sick of politicians and other celebrities playing the victim card by medicalizing their bad behavior? I am only slightly less tired of Newt Gingrich’s “Calista and I” campaign. Do you think it’s fair to blame her for his train wreck of a campaign?

Meanwhile, in the other most important news of the day, the Jurassic media actually enlisted the assistance of its readers to pick through hundreds of pounds of e-mails from Gov. Sarah Palin’s tenure that were released on Friday. We’ll enjoy a taste of the tasty nuggets they found, and ponder the question that even some liberals are asking: When do we get to go through Sarah Palin’s underwear drawer? No, not that. The real question is where are the Obama papers? Speaking of Sarah, she has a new fan, and his name might surprise many. He is, or perhaps I should say, WAS an esteemed member of the Hollywood elite. Hear his amazing, and spot on, comments about her, and more clear evidence of what many of us have known all along: the Mama Grizzly is very smart. She’s been distancing herself from a certain air-headed tv personality, a faux conservative known for making moronic remarks on an appropriately moronic show.

As that last remark suggests, like most of you, I have a love-hate relationship with television. For years, culture watchers have noted that entertainment television has become what can be charitably called a coarsening force in our society. We know that liberals have weaponized the media and created a perfect delivery system for their poisonous mix of secularism, socialism, and sexual promiscuity. Our special guest Ben Shapiro, author of the terrific new book, Prime Time Propaganda: the True Story of How the Left Took Over Your TV. Mr. Shapiro’s controversial interviews with Hollywood heavyweights provide conclusive proof of  something even more disturbing than the obvious fact that they use their shows to promote an agenda; that is, that these very same people who are outraged by the anti-Communist blacklisting of the 1950’s are very supportive of blacklisting talented writers and producers who don’t march lock-step with them in the leftist views.

This morning Tim Pawlenty said he’s the one candidate in the race who can beat Barack Obama. Is he right? Can you support him? Alleged frontrunner Mitt Romney tarnished his appeal to conservatives by pandering to envirowackos and their man-caused climate change hoax. Did that change your view of him? Who looks good to you?

What definitely does not look good is B. Hussein Obama’s economic report card. The numbers are stunning. Last Sunday, in what looked like a series of hostage tapes, we saw, and heard on the show, the Dear Reader’s chief economics guru, Austan Goolsbee, on several issue shows lamely trying to defend the administration’s pathetic performance. The next day, he announced that he was beating a speedy retreat back to the comfort and safety of academia, where the only problems that need solving are hypothetical. This morning, DNC mouthpiece Debbie Wasserman Schultz lamely tried to put a good face on our dismal economy and her party’s sad stewardship. Hear her unintentionally hilarious remarks, and also the Critiquelator’s, who is certified black enough to critiquelate, comments on the Goolsbee departure.

Tune in at 4:00 pm Central time for the rest of the story.

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Beware “Hotness Delusion Syndrome”

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You probably thought all that could be said about the Anthony Weiner sexting disaster has been said. There was the predictable treasure trove of juvenile jokes, involving calls that the congressman “stand firm,” and that we “get everything straight” before jumping to conclusions. There were the delicious headlines, including my own “Battle of the Bulge,” second only to my personal favorite: “Erections Have Consequences.” Even those attempting to avoid pre-pubescent humor find it difficult to talk about this mess without unintentionally swerving into double entendre, saying, as one of Mr. Weiner’s constituents did on CNN, that “we shouldn’t make it larger than it is.” Having seen the cringe-inducing shabby grey pup tent created by the stub that is Little Anthony, I can say with confidence that there is no danger of that.

Then there was the of the equally predictable, albeit accurate, repetition about the double standard applied to this sort of sleazy conduct when a Republican does it versus when the perp is a Democrat. As many have noted, just last February, by the time the photo of former Rep. Christopher Lee of New York(R-No Shirt) surfaced, he was gone. The GOP leadership didn’t engage in the charade of some ridiculous faux “ethics investigation.” Others cite the example of former Florida congressman Mark Foley. In 2006, after democrats, both those in Congress and those at ABC News, orchestrated a beautiful October surprise, assuring that the scandal broke too late for the GOP to replace Mr. Foley on the ballot, he resigned and disappeared. On July 31, 2007, Nancy Pelosi promised to “drain the swamp.”  Now, with Rangel and Weiner still in the House, not only is the swamp still as mucky as ever. We’ve got the makings of a new TV series, “Swamp People, Congress Edition.”

Even disgraced former governor Eliot Spitzer had the decency to resign, although, of course, “disgrace” is a relative term when a democrat is involved, which is why Eliot found the transition from the role “Client Number 9” to CNN host so smooth. By refusing to go, Anthony “I Accept Full Responsibility” Weiner makes Spitzer look like a stand-up guy. Here we go again. Sorry, but I couldn’t resist. Please don’t stop reading. I’ll try to control my inner sixth grader, and get to the point.

All of the above, while true, is incomplete. What’s missing is worth our attention going forward, not because of the specifics of this social networking snafu, but because of the implications for public policy in America. Here are two important takeaways from this “teachable moment”:

First, as previously noted, Anthony Weiner is not the first pencil-necked, hideous looking dweeb to go two or three decades without a date only to achieve some career success and discover that he is suddenly attractive to certain women, especially the young, the gullible and the emotionally-driven. Some Australian guy has even assigned a name to this phenomenon: “Hotness Delusion Syndrome,” the inaccurate perception that results when the physically unattractive receive undue attention and adoration and start to see themselves through the eyes of their admirers, in complete defiance of what they have to see in their mirrors. Takeaway: Guys, just because certain lonely or dimwitted females consider you God’s gift to women, that doesn’t make it true, nor should it encourage you to act like a teenager hopped up on raging hormones.

Second, consider that, as difficult as this may to believe to those of us who found Cong. Weiner’s screeching as appealing as the sound of a million chickens being slaughtered in unison, at least one of the women who contacted Cong. Weiner was initially attracted to him because she was enthralled by his passionate ranting. You ladies thought he was demonstrating his concern for the little guy, which of course, he was. It just wasn’t the little guy you thought. Takeaway: Ladies, when a liberal starts raving about the horrible and unacceptable disparity in income between rich and poor, or evil corporations, or whatever talking point from their threadbare Marxist playbook they choose that day, he has the same thing in his head as every fourteen-year-old boy who ever picked up a guitar and started a band. By “his head,” I don’t mean the thing with hair on it, at least I hope not.

It turns out that at least some of the time, the liberals’ incessant feigned moral outrage act is all about their concerns about the less fortunate, by which I mean dateless dorks and their loveless admirers. Remember that the next time you see one in full desk-pounding mode.

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Politics, Pop Culture, the Hottest Issues of the Day, and Your calls. The Teri O’Brien Show, featuring America’s Original Conservative Warrior Princess, Live and in color, Sundays 4-6 pm Central time  at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Teri-OBrien. Daring to Commit Common Sense, Fearlessly, and More Important, Cheerfully, in the Age of Obama.

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Where’s the Birth Certificate: Today on the Teri O’Brien Show, 6/5/11

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This week we’ll be discussing non-candidate and former VP candidate Gov. Sarah Palin’s overshadowing alleged GOP front runner Mitt Romney’s carefully staged announcement that he is a candidate for president. The few Americans paying attention may have been asking themselves “hasn’t he been running for the last 7 years?” I’m not referring to the viewers who didn’t recognize Mitt Romney at all, and thought they were watching an attractive informercial pitchman, or one of those hologram-like fungible tv news readers doing a standup outside that clambake that Sarah Palin attended. Gov. Palin appeared on one of the Sunday shows today, and, in a performance described by the host as “boffo,” explained just exactly what’s she’s up to. And, in a refreshingly honest assessment, a former Democrat party chairman throws cold water on the mocking taunts by his party regarding the lovely Sarah. He says she can win, and I think he’s right. What say you?

It appears that some haven’t given up on nudging Gov. Chris Christie into the race. Even his statement, that short of committing suicide, which you’ve got to know would be a lot harder now that Jack “Dr. Death” Kevorkian has passed on, hasn’t stopped supporters from clamoring for him to jump in the pool. If he does, he’s going to make a huge splash, in more ways than one. Is the country ready for a full-figured chief executive? Of course, perhaps by following the latest do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do advice from America’s number one self-appointed nutrition and fitness expert, Michelle Obama, Gov. Christie can go from rotund to rangy. I must have missed it. Where do the ice cream, burgers and fries that Michelle enjoys so often fit on “MyPlate?”

As our very special guest, we’ll be bring on Dr. Jerome Corsi, Harvard alum and best-selling author two No. 1 New York Times nonfiction bestsellers, Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry (with co-author John O’Neill) and The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality. His latest blockbuster, Where’s the Birth Certificate? The Case That Barack Obama is Not Eligible to Be President, who says that Barack Obama is not eligible to hold the office of U.S. President, even if he was born in Hawaii, a declaration that as he will explain is far from clearly true. He’ll explain why any of this controversy should matter to you, and respond to allegations that he is not only a crank, but a racist one at that.

There he goes again: it seems so long ago since “recovery summer,” doesn’t it? Now, with the dismal economic news, including a decade of home equity down the drain, the doubling the price of a gallon of gasoline since the One ascended to White House, and the recent release of the 9.1% unemployment stats last Friday, President Obama’s Senior Economic Adviser Austan Goolsbee is back on the Sunday shows, spinning like a top, in response to the question “Was the stimulus worth it?” Don’t miss the unintentionally hilarious answer to that one.

Plus, a question for the ladies, and a suggestion for you men out there, both inspired by the cringe-inducing Twitter mishap involving leftwing loudmouth, Cong. Anthony Weiner (D-NY).

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The Bottom Line on Cong. Anthony Weiner’s Battle of the Bulge

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Cong. Anthony Weiner is getting very testy (no pun intended) about the lewd photo he admits was sent from his Twitter account. He will not say whether it depicts his crotch or not. He doesn’t want to talk about it anymore, ok?  Not only that. The liberal New York democrat has he suddenly developed an aversion to wasting taxpayers’ money, and, did I mention that in the grand tradition of sleazy pols everywhere, he wants to “move on?”

Note to those scratching their heads, wondering what’s going on with his modified, limited hangout, or suggesting, as Joy Behar did today on ABC’s “The View,”  that someone is out to get him for political reasons: you are over thinking this mess. Let me spell it out:

The guy in the photo is him, and, of course, Cong. Weiner knows it is.

Despite his protestations to the contrary, he is probably the one who sent it. Why do I say that? Because Anthony Weiner isn’t the first person who mistakenly sent a risquè photo to a would-be, or current, paramour.

Submitted for your approval:

  • Hayley Williams, of the band, Paramore, claimed that her Twitter account had been hacked, and that the evil hacker posted a topless photo of her online. She later admitted that she had actually posted the picture when was trying to send it to her boyfriend (CAUTION: this link NSFW or sensitive viewers. You have been warned.)
  • Then there’s this wrestling guy, who expressed outrage over the photo posted of his junk on Twitter. Unfortunately, he slammed the “hacker” four minutes after the offending pic was posted, which tipped everyone off that he sent it himself.
  • And Courtney Love.
  • Even this guy trying to sell his car on eBay did it!
  • The reason that Cong. Weiner didn’t report this incident to the FBI is because he didn’t want to have a Martha Stewart problem. To make sure he didn’t commit the crime of lying to the authorities, he and his staff had to figure out exactly and specifically what he could be proved guilty of doing by checking IP addresses and otherwise covering his rear end in a way that it’s not covered in that photo.  Once they knew what he can be proven of doing and when, they can construct a carefully parsed statement that won’t put him in felony jeopardy.

Since he denies sending the photo to Seattle college student Gennette Cordova, we can probably conclude that he sent it to someone else, probably one of the other 198 young women that for some unknown reason the married, alleged grown up follows on Twitter. That’s not a stretch. Anthony Weiner isn’t the first unattractive dork who spent most of his life unable to get a date, only to get to Washington and discover that Henry Kissinger was right. Power is an aphrodisiac. He’s also not the first 40-something dweeb to realize that 20-somethings are very easily duped and impressed. Exhibit A: Barack Obama. And if a middle-aged groover is trying to show some young stuff that he’s hip, what better what than using the internets?

The one bright spot for Cong. Weiner is that his wife Huma Abedin has the perfect shoulder to cry on. For many years, she has worked for Hillary Rodham Clinton. Bill Clinton actually officiated at their July 2010 wedding. Let’s hope he didn’t get any marital advice from Bubba.

The truth will come out soon, and when it does we will be reminded again of that other Watergate-era slogan: it’s not the crime. It’s the coverup.

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Politics, Pop Culture, the Hottest Issues of the Day, and Your calls. The Teri O’Brien Show, featuring America’s Original Conservative Warrior Princess, Live and in color, Sundays 4-6 pm Central time  at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Teri-OBrien. Daring to Commit Common Sense, Fearlessly, and More Important, Cheerfully, in the Age of Obama.

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Why I Can’t Support Ron Paul, and You Shouldn’t Either. The Teri O’Brien Show, 5/29/11

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1st Hour

Happy Memorial Day!

It’s a perfect day to recall Obama’s cringe-inducing “corpsman” remark.

Why I Can’t Support Ron Paul, and Why You Shouldn’t Either

Gwyneth Paltrow raps. Is this putrid celebrity culture really what our troops fought and died for?

Is Lady Gaga a Madonna impersonator or a Cher impersonator? Of just a slut? Can I still say that?

Her favorite democrat is Anthony Weiner, and she whines about waking up every day with large breasts. Sorry, Congressman, Meghan McCain is on a hiatus from dating, that’s Sarah Palin’s fault.

2nd hour

Pity poor Michelle Obama! Sure, you bitter clingers obsess about her vacations, her glamorous wardrobe and her celebrity White House parties, but you don’t know what it’s like until you’ve sat in her makeup chair. Now we learn that she can’t keep her staff members from leaving. It’s tough to understand why Her Highness needs a staff of a couple dozen functionaries. Couldn’t she get by with Orbitz and a few Partymates? That aside, why are her staffers fleeing like hotel maids from DSK? Given some of her statements, you might have the impression that Mooch, a race-obsessed caldron of seething rage and grievance, might be a challenging employer, but that’s not it at all. As Politico explains, it’s just the tremendous pressure she and her staff are under. One professor explains the reason for that pressure, a theory she shares with Chris Matthews, so you just know it has to be spot on! The one who needs to go is the full-time makeup artist, that makes her look like refugee from the Baton Club.

The Critiquelator recalls and reminds us of the sacrifice some of his comrades in arms from Viet Nam. God rest their souls.

ABC’s Christiane Amanpour tries to help befuddled recent college grads figure out why, even with their expensive degrees, they can’t find jobs. One Howard grad proves that he learned his lessons about evil racist Amerika well, the same ones that Michelle Obama learned at Princeton, leading her to write that semi-literate thesis. Does it make sense to throw thousands down the college rathole anymore?

Ms. Amanpour interviews GOP presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty, and asks “define doofus.” Doesn’t she have a mirror handy?

SL Vince posits a theory on “Weinergate,” another story that you heard here on the Teri O’Brien Show before you heard anywhere else.

Self-described former “brain dead liberal” David Mamet reveals that he has stopped fighting mental health and embraced common sense. Marvelous! I’ve always told you guys that liberals could be detoxed!

For links to stories discussed (and even some we didn’t get to, AS USUAL), please click here.

Thanks for listening!

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Politics, Pop Culture, the Hottest Issues of the Day, and Your calls. The Teri O’Brien Show, featuring America’s Original Conservative Warrior Princess, Live and in color, Sundays 4-6 pm Central time  at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Teri-OBrien. Daring to Commit Common Sense, Fearlessly, and More Important, Cheerfully, in the Age of Obama.

 

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