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Janeane Garofalo Says GOPers Are A**holes and ... (I say Garofalo is a waste of oxygen)
Newsbusters ^ | 2/13/2009 | Lynn Davidson

Posted on 02/13/2009 2:54:46 AM PST by markomalley

Are you a conservative? Then you're a d***, and there's something wrong with your brain. At least that's what "24" actress and comedienne Janeane Garofalo believes.

According to the former Air America radio host, a conservative starts out an “a**hole,” and the politics come later. She asserted, “The reason a person is a conservative republican (sic) is because something is wrong with them...It really is neuroscience.”

In this February 12 interview with the environmentalist celebrity blog Ecorazzi, Garofalo also claimed the “irrational” emotion center of the brain, the limbic system, is what creates conservatives (text reformatted, profanity edited, all bold mine):

The reason a person is a conservative republican is because something is wrong with them. Again, that’s science – that’s neuroscience. You cannot be well adjusted, open-minded, pluralistic, enlightened and be a republican. It’s counter-intuitive. And they revel in their anti-intellectualism. They revel in their cruelty.

I don’t know if you heard me talking to Jenny a while ago, but I was saying that first you have to be an a**hole and then comes the conservatism. You gotta be a d*** to cleave onto their ideology...

Sarah Palin didn't escape Garofalo's ire either. She said Palin is "small-minded and mean-spirited" and “is what the Republican Party has become: obstructionist, contrarians, small-minded, all of these things (sic).”

Garofalo raved that "[t]here's definitely something wrong" with Palin, and she's successful with some Americans "because she represents that lesser segment of the country. It's about people's lesser nature...”

Ecorazzi then dangled some bait:

E: I think it’s safe to say [Palin's] done some pretty nutty things.

JG: It’s not even nutty. It really is neuroscience. I truly believe that it has something to do with their limbic brain. I really believe that some people’s limbic brain dominates more than others. Our limbic brain controls all our emotions and it causes us to be irrational. Our limbic brain goes into action when we’re ecstatic, frightened, when we’re having sex. I really believe that if a neuroscientist examined the brain of somebody who identified as a conservative, they would find it’s wired differently.

Maybe a 9/11 conspiracy theorist who is fond of angry, vitriolic outbursts should take a look at the limbic system in her own brain for the excessive emotion and fright that she attributes to the right.

Garofalo also attacked Republican beliefs from Ronald Reagan forward, railing, "Their policies have destroyed us and most of the world--that's a fact not an opinion." She was baffled that “conservative republicans” (sic) (her sneer quotes) are allowed to participate in politics, asking “why do they still get a say?

That certainly isn't very inclusive. She also seemed a little confused about the difference between fact and opinion.

When discussing politics and neuroscience, perhaps Garofalo was referring to several questionable studies that tried to link political beliefs to the brain or childhood, or perhaps she was just projecting her own personal demons onto conservatives.

One thing is for sure—she didn't get the message from the left that we are all supposed to put politics aside and come together for the good of the country. How “obstructionist,” "contrarian[]” and “small-minded.”



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...for all you "24" fans out there...
1 posted on 02/13/2009 2:54:46 AM PST by markomalley
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To: markomalley

wow good to know she really understands the basis for democracy there.

why do they still have a say?

what a statement...

good to know the democrats are still the same old slavery party they always were...


2 posted on 02/13/2009 2:59:40 AM PST by Irishguy (How do ya LIKE THOSE APPLES!!!!)
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To: markomalley

Wow. That’s some serious projection going on there. She should really seek some therapy.


3 posted on 02/13/2009 3:00:27 AM PST by Renderofveils (My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music. - Nabokov)
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To: markomalley
I love how Garofalo used to rail against dieting and brag about how she wouldn't starve herself to look like what “society” expects women to look like. Then, Garofalo stopped booking acting jobs. THEN, Garofalo lost about thirty pounds and started booking jobs again. I'll bet Garofalo would claim she lost weight just to “feel healthy”. Um, SURE she did!
4 posted on 02/13/2009 3:01:42 AM PST by utahagen
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To: markomalley

She su—s as an actress and this lack of talent and ability is not changed on ‘24.’ Why they hired such a blowhard that can’t act is beyond me. Nearly didn’t watch this year for this reason. Why give the whacky libs anything anymore?


5 posted on 02/13/2009 3:04:18 AM PST by GOP Poet
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To: utahagen

heavy or skinny this woman is not attractive in any way. I can’t wait until she is killed off on ‘24.’


6 posted on 02/13/2009 3:05:56 AM PST by GOP Poet
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To: markomalley

Rush Limbaugh should go visit the “24” set again, and then punch her.


7 posted on 02/13/2009 3:06:52 AM PST by johnthebaptistmoore (Conservatives obey the rules. Leftists cheat. Who probably has the political advantage?)
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To: markomalley

An ugly, bitter and lonely woman lashing out in a “safe” direction. A specimen to be pitied.


8 posted on 02/13/2009 3:09:23 AM PST by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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To: markomalley

It would make me so happy so see Garafolo’s character outed as the traitor in the FBI and (hopefully) shot.


9 posted on 02/13/2009 3:09:35 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Hey, Obama! Where's my check?)
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To: GOP Poet

I hope that when she’s killed off on “24”, someone “accidentally” loads the gun with real bullets.


10 posted on 02/13/2009 3:09:43 AM PST by JillValentine (Being a feminist is all about being a victim. Being an armed woman is all about not being a victim.)
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To: JillValentine

:-).


11 posted on 02/13/2009 3:10:41 AM PST by GOP Poet
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To: markomalley
open-minded, pluralistic, enlightened

Oh, is that what Liberals are?

Alinsky-ites at the Gates of Talk Radio

Christian broadcasters fear Fairness Doctrine return

What this woman really fears are people who believe in God, and profess the truth.


12 posted on 02/13/2009 3:13:09 AM PST by SkyPilot
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To: SkyPilot

AWWWWKKKK!!!!

Take it away!!!

My eyes!!!!


13 posted on 02/13/2009 3:17:46 AM PST by markomalley (Extra ecclesiam nulla salus)
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To: markomalley

Thanks for the post. That was quite a lovely rant Ms. Garofalo went on. For the record, I have no knowledge of how the brain actually works, with Ms. Garofalo’s intellect perhaps she could better serve humanity in some other field. I will attest to the following, as I am not completely ignorant.
1- I am a Conservative because it is fairly simple to see what works and what doesn’t.
2- I am a Conservative because I realize some things are black and white. That means Ms. Garofalo, I have a rudimentary concept of right and wrong.
3- I used to be a democrat, but I grew up. Adults discuss and reason, children go on childish rants.

We can all certainly disagree about issues, but when someone refers to me as a d-—, they usually don’t have anything to throw at me but names. They can’t counter my ideas with reasonable responses, they have to take it down to the gutter. That kind of describes the “new” democratic party, doesn’t it?


14 posted on 02/13/2009 3:18:06 AM PST by Jubal Madison (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: markomalley
Too bad these so called, 'comedians' do not realize how unfunny they actually are.
One can only hope our future Conservatives don't find them funny either.

15 posted on 02/13/2009 3:18:32 AM PST by SouthDixie (We are but angels with one wing, it takes two to fly.)
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To: SkyPilot

She looks like the 14 baby pig. Check the lips....


16 posted on 02/13/2009 3:18:51 AM PST by primatreat (Just F'n fed up !!!!!!)
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To: markomalley
Garofalo our little "neuroscientist" talks like some weirdo Nazi Phrenologist pseudo-scientist.


17 posted on 02/13/2009 3:23:50 AM PST by SolidWood ("NO on the stimulus package" Governor Palin said.)
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To: primatreat
Yo Garafalo you hair is so oily in 24 that they should sink a well in your skull and drill. It could supply the country with oil for a year.
18 posted on 02/13/2009 3:27:06 AM PST by mware (F-R-E-E, that spells free. Free Republic.com baby.)
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To: markomalley
Garofalo

Who??

the environmentalist celebrity blog Ecorazzi

What?

19 posted on 02/13/2009 3:40:16 AM PST by Darkwolf377 (Pro-Life Capitalist American Atheist and Free-Speech Junkie)
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To: markomalley
Ask this moron what Thomas Swell just asked the other day. "Have you ever read a clear statement by the other side explaining their position. Have you ever read Hayek, Goldwater or Rand?"

Of course she hasn't, she'd have to be able to read.

20 posted on 02/13/2009 3:48:49 AM PST by muir_redwoods (I finally agree; the President is an Ass)
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To: GOP Poet
Reason I haven't watched 24 this year is Ms. Garofalo. I can usually separate an actor from their role, unless its someone like this woman who can't keep her mouth shut to discuss anything except her hatred of people like me.

To hell with her and any project she is on.

21 posted on 02/13/2009 3:49:21 AM PST by Lawgvr1955 (You can never have too much cowbell !!)
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To: markomalley

I watched every season of 24. When I heard that she was going to be on this season I wrote the show off and will not watch a single episode.


22 posted on 02/13/2009 3:51:09 AM PST by Clink (The more you complain, the longer God lets you live.)
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To: markomalley

I wondered if I would be able to watch 24 but she is SO SO ugly in it it is not hard at all.


23 posted on 02/13/2009 3:53:40 AM PST by libbylu (Sarah - the light of the midnight sun)
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To: markomalley
"You cannot be well adjusted, open-minded, pluralistic, enlightened and be a republican. It’s counter-intuitive. And they revel in their anti-intellectualism. They revel in their cruelty."

Jeepers...can't please everybody. I enjoy being cruel, maladjusted and closed-minded.
24 posted on 02/13/2009 3:53:57 AM PST by PowderMonkey (Will Work for Ammo)
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To: markomalley

What an articulaate spokesmen for the jack asses


25 posted on 02/13/2009 4:09:28 AM PST by philly-d-kidder (May God Bless America and ALL Freepers!)
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To: markomalley
actress and comedienne Janeane Garofalo

_______________________

Yep, there is a expert there.

26 posted on 02/13/2009 4:14:19 AM PST by WakeUpAndVote (INGSOC starts 1.20.09)
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To: markomalley

Yep, that’s the LibTard process for healthcare. With socialized medicine, any friggin’ pseudo comedian can be a doctor...

JG needs to crawl back under that rock with Dennis (the Menace) Kookcinich and examine each others limbic areas.


27 posted on 02/13/2009 4:22:46 AM PST by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. 01-20-2013: Change we can look forward to.)
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To: markomalley
something is wrong with them...It really is neuroscience

This is good news. This should mean that we are now a protected class!

From now on, we are covered under the Americans With Disabilities Act, hate crime laws and EEOC standards.

Hell, we should even get special handicap parking spots up front at the grocery store!

28 posted on 02/13/2009 4:25:45 AM PST by earlJam
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To: markomalley

Janeane Godawfulho


29 posted on 02/13/2009 4:28:45 AM PST by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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To: markomalley
She's the main reason I am NOT watching 24 this year.

Hey, Jane-anne. Being called an ahole by a c*** like you I wear like a badge of honor. I used to try to be a nice guy. Now my goal is to piss you off until your talentless life is miserable.

30 posted on 02/13/2009 4:32:35 AM PST by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (The Stimulus Package: Preamble to the Democrat's new Declaration of In Dependence)
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To: markomalley
She's ruining 24 for me this year.

She's as ugly as a wet poodle, but that's not the worst part.

She cannot act! Not even a little. You can practically see the strain on her face as she tries to remember the lines that are robotically coming out of her mouth.

And that acting range! Yawzaa! She can express any emotion from worried concern to concerned worry, and everything in between.

At least she's surly and stupid in her personal life, so she has that going for her.

31 posted on 02/13/2009 4:32:39 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: markomalley

The best part for me was when she spoke of, ahem, “self-flatulation.” What she must have meant would be self flagellation. But while most liberals, scratched, reveal closet aristocrats, this one, while belittling others, reveals someone lucky to escape fourth grade grammar lessons. I’d say she’s guilty of “sef-flatulation” herself.


32 posted on 02/13/2009 4:52:38 AM PST by sayuncledave
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To: markomalley

Yeah. I’m hoping she turns out to be the anti-American traitor, you know, playing to type.


33 posted on 02/13/2009 4:58:02 AM PST by Lee'sGhost (Johnny Rico picked the wrong girl!)
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To: markomalley

Bugs Bunny said it best; What a maroon!


34 posted on 02/13/2009 5:03:49 AM PST by kickonly88
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To: markomalley
Poor thing.

Unfortunately, there is nothing in the U.S. Constitution that prohibits stupidity.

5.56mm

35 posted on 02/13/2009 5:06:05 AM PST by M Kehoe
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To: markomalley

and I say she cannot understand normal thinking and causes unnecessary needless turmoil.


36 posted on 02/13/2009 5:08:37 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ (Chevron 7 will not engage!)
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To: markomalley

I hope she turns out to be a mole and Jack Bauer has to rip out her tongue and cut a couple fingers off.........before he runs her over with an SUV.


37 posted on 02/13/2009 5:09:03 AM PST by Hot Tabasco (Welcome to Detroit, the Renaissance city......)
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To: JillValentine

Hehe. I can’t say that I disagree!


38 posted on 02/13/2009 5:09:08 AM PST by Constitution Day
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To: markomalley

She just needs to get laid, but cant find anyone who is willing to listen to that mouth long enough to get the job don.


39 posted on 02/13/2009 5:09:27 AM PST by Venturer
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To: mad_as_he$$

LMAO!


40 posted on 02/13/2009 5:09:32 AM PST by Constitution Day
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To: WakeUpAndVote

Janeane IS an expert! She’s famous!

You remember the great Hollywood acorn: “I’m famous, therefore, I’m smart!”


41 posted on 02/13/2009 5:10:39 AM PST by RexBeach ("Do your duty in all things." Robert E. Lee)
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To: Constitution Day

;-)


42 posted on 02/13/2009 5:10:43 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ (Chevron 7 will not engage!)
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To: Clink
I watched every season of 24. When I heard that she was going to be on this season I wrote the show off and will not watch a single episode.

Had the first 5 episodes DVR'ed ... saw her and erased them.

43 posted on 02/13/2009 5:11:57 AM PST by tx_eggman (I own two rare photos. Houdini as he locks his keys in his car and Norman Rockwell beating a child.)
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To: markomalley

“Garofalo say GOPers are A**holes”

She might be right. But, she doesn’t take into account that Liberal Democrats like killing babies, like stealing other people’s money by increasing taxes, like to behave like ill-mannered psyhotic punks to get power, like to say they’re compassionate but will destroy anyone who stands in their way in a New York minute, who like to characterize the founding fathers as old, dead slave owners, who like to indoctrinate young people and give them low grades when they’re not in agreement with Liberal dogma, who worship murderers like Josef Stalin, Pol Pot, Adolf Hitler, Josef Goebbles, Che Guevara, Mao Tse Tung and others, who like not paying their taxes, who like intolerance directed toward those who disagree with them.

It might be true that GOPers are A**holes but Liberal Democrats go a few steps further and make the word A&&hole seem to be a compliment in light of their antics.

IMHO


44 posted on 02/13/2009 5:12:22 AM PST by ripley
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To: markomalley

I’ve been watching ‘24’ this season and I’ve got to say . . . . Garofalo is a talentless hack. She’s the worst actor in the show, and it’s not even a close call.


45 posted on 02/13/2009 5:12:52 AM PST by savedbygrace (You are only leading if someone follows. Otherwise, you just wandered off... [Smokin' Joe])
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To: markomalley

She’s a major f**ktard.


46 posted on 02/13/2009 5:31:43 AM PST by softengine (Betrayal and Hypocrisy play on both sides of the fence.......but no one will admit it.)
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To: PowderMonkey

“You cannot be well adjusted, open-minded, pluralistic, enlightened and be a republican. It’s counter-intuitive. And they revel in their anti-intellectualism. They revel in their cruelty.”

Janeane,I thought you reveled in celebrating diversity????.......

Liberal definition of open-minded:
agreeing and accepting that all progressive opinions are non-negotiable


47 posted on 02/13/2009 5:39:28 AM PST by Le Chien Rouge
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To: markomalley

Bye Bye 24......


48 posted on 02/13/2009 5:40:17 AM PST by jersey117
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To: markomalley

She is the weakest actress on 24. Did love the fact that she had to hide a torturer. The irony was perfect. Guess her morals stop at the paycheck.

Pray for America, Our Troops and obama’s Guidance


49 posted on 02/13/2009 5:46:38 AM PST by bray (The District of Corruption fits Obama like a Glove)
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To: Renderofveils

“Wow. That’s some serious projection going on there. She should really seek some therapy.”

Ya think? She’s a barely coherent, drug addled mess calling us defective. =)

The limbic brain thing is one of Zsa Zsa Huffington’s favorite though.


50 posted on 02/13/2009 6:01:27 AM PST by y6162
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