Ratigan is a 100% ReTHUG hack

[malaise]

He's the same old idiot from GECNBC. Hey Ratigan you and that lunatic Jim Bunning can STFU.

[eleny]

1. What he finally got out of Bunning was that the Republicans have no plan

[malaise]

4. Bunning is a deranged lunatic

and Ratigan is in love with himself.
I think I'll send that hack an email and remind him that it's the Democratic party.

[tridim]

2. He's a teabagger..

He thinks everyone and everything sucks except for him and his ideas.

I hate him as much as anyone on Faux.

[Subdivisions]

3. I rarely, RARELY, disagree with you my dear malaise. Love you to death...BUT...

I have to respectfully disagree. I think Dylan Ratigan is fair and balanced in his analysis of the financial/economic situation. Yes, he can be critical of Dems. But, he is equally critical of the thugs.

I hope you still respect me ;)

[tridim]

9. Fair and freaking balanced???

:rofl:

He calls us the "Democrat party" and ALWAYS says "both sides do it" regardless of the truth.

Ratigan is a hack, and a liar at the very least.

[Subdivisions]

10. I have NEVER heard him say "Democrat Party". Let's see a video link

of him saying that. Otherwise, you're opinion is noted.

ETA: Let me add that, if I had heard Ratigan use that term, I would be less supportive as I cannot stand it when someone uses that term. Oh, and both sides are complicit in not getting the problems of our country fixed. HCR took over a year? Despite Dems having an across-the-board majority? Yes! BOTH SIDES DO IT!

[Walk away]

14. I have heard him use it several times. nt

[Subdivisions]

19. All his segments are archived on his website at MSNBC. GO FIND

ME AN EXAMPLE.

I tuned in when I saw malaise's OP and I've heard him say Democratic Party three times. IN FACT, I use whether or not a teeV talking head is trustworthy by whether or not he/she uses that derogatory term and I have NEVER heard it from Ratigan.

[FrenchieCat]

25. You can like Dylan Ratigan, CNBC and Good Morning Joe superstar if you want,

cause it is a free country. :patriot:

No one should have to search out anything for you,
and you can continue to trust this corporate paid,
corporate made "Talk-so-fast-with-bumper-sticker-phrases-hoping-folks-dumb-enough-will-only-pick-up-the-soundbytes-they-like-and-not-recognize-that-he-aint-really-saying-shit" CNBC talking head.

[DJ13]

30. corporate paid,corporate made

You do know that phrase would also describes Olberman and Rachel I hope.....

[FrenchieCat]

36. Olberman and Rachel made themselves.

CNBC made Ratigan.....him and Santelli; 2 peas in a pod.

[DJ13]

43. No, Ratigan was on Bloomberg years ago

Just like Keith was on ESPN.

Ratigan doesnt put up with corporate corruption, maybe thats why the DLC'ers hate him so much?

[Subdivisions]

33. Who do you trust, FC? BTW,

I despise CNBC and Mourning Joe. So don't by implying that I "like" them. You don't know me.

[FrenchieCat]

37. Not Dylan Ratigan....

Which is the subject of the OP,
not me and who I trust.
Please stay on Topic.

[Subdivisions]

39. I'm changing the topic. WHO DO YOU TRUST, Frenchie? n/t

[Walk away]

42. Sounds like torture to me. Don't believe us if he means that much to you....

but don't ever ask me to watch re-runs of that strident, ego maniac. I'm sorry to have wasted the time I have on him.

[Subdivisions]

44. That's what I thought. Thanks for playing. n/t

[Blue-Jay]

15. Watching right now. He just said DemocratIC Party.

More than once.

[Walk away]

17. He must have gotten the mssg.

[malaise]

29. Of course I still respect you Subdivisions

but he's a GEFinance hack...read ReTHUG
I've never heard him even correct RETHUGS for saying Democrat Party. Ratigan has great guests but he's as transparent as a ziplock bag. :D

Love you back :grouphug:

[Cali_Democrat]

5. What was Ratigan saying?

[Subdivisions]

He was trapping Bunning into admitting the thugs don't have a

plan for financial reform.

[FrenchieCat]

20. No....he simply agreed with Bunning that Republicans didn't vote for TARP......

and that the Democratic plan stinks, Although Republicans need to come up with a plan.
So in essence he holds the Democrats having a plan and trying to bring a bill to the senate for debate the same as Republicans with no fucking plan voting no on everything.

That's why he's wrong....because he always has the Democrats being wrong no matter what they do....

He's a CNBC hack that was sent over to MSNBC to talk fast and make both parties seem all wrong,
when it is the Republicans who are wrong 100% of the time....even if you wouldn't know it
by watching him.

He's full of Corporate shit, although he tries to hide it.

[ecstatic]

6. He talks too fast

I can't watch him.

[Blue-Jay]

7. No he isn't.

[spanone]

8. what a circle jerk....republicons don't do shit when they have the power, then they bitch

fuck bunning & ratigan

[dorkulon]

11. He's right, the Dems' bill is a joke

And Repubs have no plan at all. Not sure how that makes him a Repub hack.

[spanone]

12. you've seen the bill?

[dorkulon]

16. It doesn't break up the big banks, by their own admission, so it's a joke.

Don't get lawyerly about it.

[tridim]

18. There are planned amendments to deal with that..

if the repukeheads ever let us debate the bill.

But I guess it's just easier to ignore that fact huh.

[Subdivisions]

21. If it ain't a reinstatement of Glass-Steagall, it's not worth a fuck. n/t

[spanone]

23. all or nothing?

[Subdivisions]

27. Not nothing. Why not all? WE HAVE THE FUCKING MAJORITY ACROSS THE FUCKING BOARD! n/t

[sabrina 1]

47. They got rid of Glass Steagall quickly enough didn't they?

With the helpe of all but 7 Senate Democrats. So, now they see what a disaster that produced, they have the majority, the Repubs are never going to agree with any Dem. Bill, so what IS stopping them?

The bill IS a joke if it does not restore the regulations that prevented the greedy criminals on Wall St. from collapsing the economy.

What is so difficult about this? We were told by DEMOCRATS that things were so bad, they HAD TO bail out the crooks on Wall St. IF that is the case, then they need to act on behalf of this country for once, and put a stop to the runaway capitalist criminality which WILL NOT stop unless someone stops them.

As for Ratigan, I haven't watched him enough to have much of an opinion of him. But it doesn't make someone a Republican to point out that Dems need to start doing their job when it comes to Wall St.

[malaise]

32. I agree with you on this

100%

[LiberalAndProud]

49. Surprisingly, that's one of the proposed ammendments.

http://washingtonindependent.com/82793/cantwell-raises-possibility-of-glass-steagall-type-amendment

Cantwell has some very good ideas.

[dorkulon]

26. Yeah, right.

That'll happen. :eyes:

Tell you what--let's both bookmark this thread, and then later on, when these "planned" amendments are passed you can rub my face in it and I'll admit you were right. OK?

Somehow, that doesn't seem like a thing that will happen. Ever.

[LiberalAndProud]

50. Cynicism. I get it.

Most days I share it.

I won't rub your face in it, but I sure would like to do a happy dance over it. Really, I understand the cynicism. But I won't call them out until they quit.

If it doesn't do enough in the end, well then there that will be. But there will be something and that's more than we've got right now.

And if you like some of the proposed ammendments, call your Senator and ask them to cosponsor. This is the time to quit griping and start doing.

[spanone]

22. where's the text? that's not lawyerly.

[dorkulon]

45. You're right, it would be more lawyerly to bury me in paperwork.

Then file a bunch of frivolous motions, and hope I run out of money and energy before I turn out to be right.

[LiberalAndProud]

48. The SAFE amendment would, I think.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/93551-senators-will-file-too-big-to-fail-amendment

There are some really good ammendments on the table, so please don't start already about how bad the bill is, or how much it won't do. Not yet. At least not until we get them to debate the damn thing.

[FrenchieCat]

13. Exactly! I wondered how long folks would be enamored by him,

before they got it.

He is a GOP apologist who is playing games. Never, ever has anything to say good about
anything Democrats are doing, and always, always apologizes for Republicans.....

To those slow on the uptick....just keep watching. You will soon get the game he has been playing.

[NNN0LHI]

24. Some of Ratigans biggest defenders used to be part of the Lou Dobbs fan club

Bet they think we all forgot that.

Don

[Subdivisions]

28. WRONG!

I was never a Lou Dobbs fan and you won't find a single one of my 15,000 or so posts to show otherwise.

Just because Ratigan is critical of the Dems doesn't make him a GOP hack. I've found more honest reporting from Ratigan than anywhere else in the financial news reporting world. THAT is why I watch (sometimes).

[NNN0LHI]

31. Why you getting so defensive?

I didn't mention any names.

Don

[Subdivisions]

34. Not defensive. Correcting you're sweeping accusation. Also,

your reply seems to imply that I am lying about never having been a fan of Dobbs. Do you think I am lying?

[NNN0LHI]

38. Do I think you are lying?

I don't know?

Don

[Subdivisions]

41. There you go, implying again, as if I am guilty of something. What am I guilty of, N? n/t

[FrenchieCat]

35. As long as they hear what they want to hear,

they don't hear the rest of the bullshit being thrown.

Ratigan is excellent at playing both sides, and making Democrats
appear to be as bad as Republicans always, and oftentimes worse.

Right before 2010 election, he will all of the sudden side with Democrats
being voted out as the majority, and folks here that like him now, will either
be agreeing with him or scratching their ass trying to figure out why Ratigan
would prefer Democrats out of power. By then it will be too late for those who
were fooled in believing that Ratigan was an honest broker to realize they were
bamboozled into siding with someone who worked to get the Democrats into the minority
with his bullshit show.....kind of like Lou Dobbs, Mr. Independent, did.

Dobbs = Ratigan....different subject, different times, same tactics.

[NNN0LHI]

40. I know. I have seen this movie before

I already know the ending.

Don

[harun]

46. +1

[JI7]

51. i wish David Shuster was still there