Five good reasons Matt Taibbi and Glenn Beck are alike

[banned from Kos]

1- Neither has any formal financial education yet promote themselves as experts.

2- They both exploit the fear in their loyal followers.

3- They pander to bases with no financial education who deepen their prejudices based on hatred of government.

4- They avoid real-life expert criticism and prefer to sit in their bunkers beyond expert criticism (see Palin).

5- They both hate Obama.

[DJ13]

1. Did Taibbi kick your dog or something?

[Marr]

2. Unrec. :)

Not worth a thought-out reply.

[SidDithers]

16. Now you know how I often feel...nt

Sid

[DontTreadOnMe]

3. If you really think they are alike

you need to get your head examined.

Unrec'ed for foolishness.

[bluestate10]

52. Do you think there is no difference between democrats and republicans? nt

[joeybee12]

4. Wow, even for you this is utter bull-hooey...unrec

[EFerrari]

5. LOL

[dennis4868]

6. that list..

sounds like alot of DUers I know :-(

[gateley]

9. Bwah!

And every other topic, too!

[OneGrassRoot]

32. ...

:rofl:

:thumbsup:

[Number23]

46. You win the thread

sounds like alot of DUers I know

So sad. And so true...

[gateley]

7. But Taibbi is an engaging writer, Beck isn't. Love reading Taibbi,

I just don't take what he says as gospel. :shrug:

[banned from Kos]

10. You got me there - Taibbi is a gifted wordsmith

no question.

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[Bluebear]

25. +

[H2O Man]

12. fail

[banned from Kos]

15. How? What is inaccurate? (I support the President)

I'm logical!

[H2O Man]

18. gosh

[sulphurdunn]

13. "Neither has any formal financial education..."

Thank gentle Jesus that our saviors "the experts" on Wall Street do! :rofl:

[Bluenorthwest]

14. What an amazingly idotic OP

On so many levels.

[Bluebear]

17. Have you faxed this out from your office yet

[Enrique]

19. Taibbi just broke an important story

about the SEC destroying potential evidence against banks.

And earlier he broke the story about Goldman Sachs and Jefferson County, AL.

[Ruby the Liberal]

22. Hes the epitome of eeeeeeeeevil!

Evil, I say!

K&U for stupidity.

[QC]

24. That's why Republicans in both parties hate him. n/t

[Little Star]

47. Ouch! I'm gonna steal that line.

[Wind Dancer]

72. LOL!

Good one!

[NightWatcher]

20. Somebody call the whaambulance

Leave Obama Alone..else his supporters will call you Beck or Hitler...

Yawn

[Myrina]

21. Toss Ed Schultz into that mix, too ...

... I was waiting for him to whip out a chalkboard last week when he got on his righteous rant and started challenging some (R) to go on his show last week ... I had to disengage Ed for good after that. He's crossed the line into circus clown once too often of late.

[WillyT]

23. Jesus... :facepalm:

[KamaAina]

26. Apparently Kos knew what it was doing

:eyes:

[Oilwellian]

28. Indeed

One is usually banned from Kos for obvious right wing trolling.

[QC]

29. Yes, I have new respect for Kos.

They might have their shortcomings, like every community, but clearly they do some very important things right.

[w4rma]

31. Yup. This OP is nothing but poop. (nt)

[City Lights]

49. Indeed. eom

[Hell Hath No Fury]

27. Uhhh..... OK.

:eyes:

[Logical]

30. Maybe the worst post I have seen on then DU in the last month. FAIL!

[QC]

34. I've been here since early in 2001 and have never seen anything dumber.

Or more transparent.

[Logical]

39. LOL! +1

[Me.]

33. Yet Another Nonsensical Thread

[Warren Stupidity]

35. RUSERIES?

however a do note that you include more actual words than another poster with a very similar MO.

[Autumn]

36. Will you someday post at another site and call

yourself banned from DU? I guess Kos must have some smart people.

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[Edweird]

38. Cool story, bro!

[TheKentuckian]

40. Deep into Stupidsville.

[supernova]

41. Wow, you sure are

running alongside the crazy train if you think MT and GB are two sides of the same coin.

[madinmaryland]

42. Un-recced for no actual supporting documentation. I guess you could say the same

thing about many of the liberal/progressive commentators.

Funny, but I don't recall Matt Taibbi ever questioning a presidents qualifications because of their name or their heritage.

[Better Believe It]

43. Can you think of anything that Taibbi and Beck disagree on such as Wall Street and unions?

I'm listening!

[RetroLounge]

44. There will be a name change amnesty here soon

You can be "Banned From DU" if we're lucky.

:puke:

RL

[bengalherder]

45. Well I know I like Taibbi's work better than yours.

At least he makes sense.

[Name removed]

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[banned from Kos]

51. Girl! I am the finance guy who can read a b/s (like Buffett but much less so)

here -

1-

2-

3-

4-

5-



Start there!

[girl gone mad]

53. You insisted that the FNM/FRE 5 Trillion was already on the government balance sheet prior to...

the financial crash.

You were wrong.

[banned from Kos]

56. Yes, the Federal OBLIGATION was there. Thus a hazy b/s sore.

I like you, Girl. You have great intellectual curiosity.

Now I am classical and you're not --- blah blah blah!!!!!! Who cares?

This place would be boring without you. Keep going!!!

[EFerrari]

55. BS Buffet is the perfect description for this.

[sabrina 1]

59. Well, at least he excels at something.

Being wrong 100% of the time deserves some kind of recognition.

It's not easy to achieve such a record :rofl:

[marmar]

50. Mierda del Toro

A big pile of it.

Perhaps your time would be better spent attacking free trade and the other neoliberal policies that have pushed us to the brink rather than smearing someone who prints truths the MSM ignores.

[Skittles]

54. Matt has my back more than Obama does

[nashville_brook]

57. kicking for visibility

of the most idiotic post ever on DU.

[Quantess]

61. Ever? I don't know about that, but it's definitely up at the top.

I haven't seen anything this asinine in recent memory. The OP doesn't even seem to be embarrassed about it, so I guess it was meant seriously.

[banned from Kos]

62. I am asinine? Because I prefer Obama over some ass-sore at Rolling Stone?

I guess one of us is on the wrong site.

[WilliamPitt]

68. Stay classy, bud.

Comparing the guy who wrote "The Great Derangement" to Beck pretty much only shows your seething ignorance.

Keep it up, tho. I'm sure they're laughing at you over on Kos, too.

Free entertainment, baby.

[Quantess]

70. No, of course that's not why.

I'm sure a lot of Obama-supporting DUers disregard a lot of what Matt Taibbi says, but nobody says he's like Glenn Beck. The "asinine" part is the comparison to Glenn Beck.

[OwnedByFerrets]

58. Huge unrec...wish I could unrec it 1000 times

[banned from Kos]

60. Why? #1? maybe #2?

or #3?

perhaps #4?

[WilliamPitt]

63. Oh for the luvva crumbcake...

(facepalm)

[Peacetrain]

65. Now you know I am going to steal that one

"Oh for the luvva crumbcake" Love It!!

[WilliamPitt]

66. Third-party theft.

I lifted it from Moe the Bartender on The Simpsons.

;)

[Peacetrain]

67. Way to go Moe!

;)

[WilliamPitt]

69. See

http://www.tvloop.com/the-simpsons/show/quotes/moe-szyslak-oh-for-the-love-of-crumb-cake-223389

:)

[upi402]

64. piss off troll

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[Odin2005]

71. unrec for vile flamebait and bashing of progressives.