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Thousands sign petition calling on CNN to fire contributor over tweet
SFGate: Politics Blog ^
| 9/6/12
| Drew Joseph
Posted on 09/06/2012 5:26:19 PM PDT by SmithL
More than 70,000 people have signed a online petition calling on CNN to fire contributor Erick Erickson for an offensive tweet.
First night of the Vagina Monologues in Charlotte going as expected, Erickson, who is also the editor of RedState.com, tweeted on Tuesday, referring to the opening day of the Democratic National Convention.
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To: SmithL
I had no idea Erick Erickson was even on CNN. When did that happen? I tune in now and then and have never seen him. I’ve heard him only on radio.
To: SmithL
Please don't tell me that these people were
offended by Erickson's tweet. Leftists love The Vagina Monologues and they are quite happy to use vaginas as symbols.
Abandoned vagina costume at a Planned Parenthood rally in Charlotte.
(Leftists are also quite happy to litter. It is just so empowering to make other people clean up your mess!)
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posted on
09/06/2012 5:50:49 PM PDT
by
TChad
To: Fast Moving Angel
Am I the only one who found this tweet mildly amusing?It's just Eric being Eric. I thought it was funny.
And to the point.
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posted on
09/06/2012 5:57:42 PM PDT
by
Ole Okie
To: SmithL
First night of the Vagina Monologues in Charlotte going as expected,LMBO!!
What a great line!
To: SmithL
If we petitioned to remove all of the Liberals who slander Republicans, we’d have no media but a trimmed FOX.
To: SmithL
LOL, one of the best lines I have seen describing this fiasco.
And for sure the best line he has ever uddered.
WTG Erick!
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posted on
09/06/2012 6:03:18 PM PDT
by
Syncro
(The Tea Party is Dead!-->MSM/Dems/GOP-e -- LONG LIVE THE TEA PARTY!)
To: SmithL
Well, actually, I can understand the ire of those who tweeted for EE’s firing. After all, the DNC delegates must of been wary of such language given that Billy Jeff Clinton was in the house.
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posted on
09/06/2012 6:06:44 PM PDT
by
SoldierDad
(Proud dad of an Army Soldier who has survived 24 months of Combat deployment.)
To: Fast Moving Angel
Very amusing. What have these people got against accuracy in reporting?
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posted on
09/06/2012 6:07:02 PM PDT
by
Wiser now
(Socialism does not eliminate poverty, it guarantees it.)
To: BerryDingle
That Vagina Slims ad is mah favohright, yessir! She's so liberated an' indeependent an' that tattoo and the whole balla wax--she gibs me a chubby, you know, it's that old feeling down below, lak blood in the water, uh huh! Hey baby, ah'll make ya famous! Someone holder down willya already? Hey you troopers, make yerselves useful, yum yum (smacking lips) Oh, and vote Obama! Yeah, right ....
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posted on
09/06/2012 6:07:38 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(Sic Semper Tyrannis)
To: Herbster
I like it that CNN has Erick on, he who never loses a point and delivers a kick in the groin regularly to they who never get what just happened until the next morning. Erick is hated by CNN viewers.
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posted on
09/06/2012 6:24:53 PM PDT
by
RitaOK
To: Tucker39; Wiser now
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posted on
09/06/2012 6:30:07 PM PDT
by
Fast Moving Angel
(A moral wrong is not a civil right: No religious sanction of an irreligious act.)
To: BerryDingle
And that is a very good point....
Here we have the "party" that swears up and down..they are the party for women. Yet the 2012 Dim Convention keynote speaker is none other than Bill Clinton...impeached for lying about sex in the oval office with a subservient volunteer intern.
Not to mention all his past escapades...."RAPE" being charged. Un-wanted advances being charged.
It @%#$%^$ dazzles the mind...that the MSM see's NO PROBLEM WITH THIS!!!!
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posted on
09/06/2012 6:45:43 PM PDT
by
Osage Orange
( Liberalism, ideas so good they have to be mandatory.)
To: SmithL
Stupid tweet, it was asinine actually! This smacks of a “hey, look at me” outburst.
Actions have consequences. I’m not a big fan of Erickson, having heard him live on the radio on numerous occasions. He’s a guy that makes a lot of noise about ill-considered opinions.
He’s a blow-hard with a small audience, in other words. And it pisses him off so he takes it out on his victim of the day. Glass-half-empty.
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posted on
09/06/2012 6:49:23 PM PDT
by
citizen
(America is at an awkward stage...Too late to work within the system, too early to shoot the bastards)
To: Iron Munro
No, you made it worse. You took something that was funny as it was and wrecked it with a bad pun. Stop.
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posted on
09/06/2012 6:51:40 PM PDT
by
92nina
To: SmithL
He should be fired for that? I wouldn’t give these people that much power.
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posted on
09/06/2012 6:54:05 PM PDT
by
popdonnelly
(The first priority is get Obama out of the White House.)
To: Fast Moving Angel
No, I thought it was worth a smile. Not much above HS locker-room humor but still better than what some so-called comedians come up with. A long time ago a guy I didn't even like much told me that good humor, things we think are funny, often involve something a little painful or embarrassing to someone else. Hence slapstick, roasts, etc.
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posted on
09/06/2012 7:04:47 PM PDT
by
ThunderSleeps
(Stop obama now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
To: SmithL
First night of the Vagina Monologues in Charlotte going as expected,
ROFLMAO.......I LOVE IT!!!
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posted on
09/06/2012 7:10:40 PM PDT
by
oliviasdad
(Sarah Palin for Eunergy Secretary / Newt for Sec. of State / Rand Paul for Head of Fed. Res.)
To: Tucker39
“I, too, found it amusing AND pretty accurate. The Rats obsess over female genitalia and many issues related thereto in some manner, so I think EE nailed it pretty well.”
I wonder if the Dems will ever get to the point when they can think of women in terms of above the waist, rather than below the waist. I doubt it. They are fixated. What an insult to all women. How denigrating.
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posted on
09/06/2012 7:47:40 PM PDT
by
flaglady47
(When the gov't fears the people, liberty; When the people fear the gov't, tyranny.)
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