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Former NYT Editor: Republican "Rage Machine" Responsible For Current Political Climate
Legal Insurrection ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 06/18/2017 9:31:06 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

In the wake of the Scalise shooting, Fareed Zakaria hosted a segment on his CNN show this morning devoted to addressing how Republicans and Democrats can stop their "internecine struggle" and "reconcile." Two of the guests bought into the premise, discussing the challenges involved and possible approaches to reconciliation.

But the third guest, Jill Abramson, who was fired in 2014 as executive editor of the New York Times, was having none of the kumbaya. To the contrary, she decried a supposed "false equivalency" between Democrats and Republicans.

Abramson put the blame on Republicans for the divisive political climate and accused them of "benefiting from a kind of rage machine that operates in this country."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: cnn; divisivepolitics; jillabramson; merchantsoftruth; plagiarism; plagiarist; scalise; scaliseshooting
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1 posted on 06/18/2017 9:31:06 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

The only rage I’m seeing constantly now is from the left.


2 posted on 06/18/2017 9:32:36 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Ignorance is reparable, stupid is forever)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Pretty and Happy she is....NOT!


3 posted on 06/18/2017 9:32:53 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Then let’s rage!


4 posted on 06/18/2017 9:33:36 AM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

The Confused Lying left just can’t help themselves. They just have to lie.

What a confused woman.


5 posted on 06/18/2017 9:33:37 AM PDT by Jim W N
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To: miss marmelstein; patro; abb; SE Mom; HarleyLady27; connyankee; Behind Liberal Lines; ...

Rage on the left, but ex-NYT editor Abramson blames Republicans for political climate.

Ping to Liberal Media Criticism list.


6 posted on 06/18/2017 9:34:44 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (FReepmail or ping me to be put on my ping list for criticism of liberal media)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Those Republicans are inscrutable!

Now they’re making us assassinate them! Soon, they’ll force us to send them to concentration camps and there try to exterminate them. Is there no limit to their evilness!


7 posted on 06/18/2017 9:34:59 AM PDT by Redmen4ever
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Former fool is current fool.


8 posted on 06/18/2017 9:35:19 AM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists Call 'em what you will, they all have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: Jim 0216
They just have to lie.

I believe this is what mental health professionals refer to as "projection". This is their way of doing things, so they project it on others. It is not true, except in their fevered minds.

The Left is truly going completely insane.

9 posted on 06/18/2017 9:35:48 AM PDT by LibertarianLiz
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Typical Marxist jerk hating liberty lovers.


10 posted on 06/18/2017 9:35:53 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Ick. She looks like the typical lib.

No, it’s the libs who are trying to destroy America with their insane hate.


11 posted on 06/18/2017 9:36:39 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

She looks like she has blood coming out of her.....whatever.


12 posted on 06/18/2017 9:37:40 AM PDT by clintonh8r (AMERICA! THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY SCREEN NAME OBSOLETE!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Hey, Ms. Abrahamson....post a photo of Mike Pence next to your contorted, hate-filled, ugly face....then continue to lecture us about "equivalency" and a "Republican Rage Machine".

Leni

13 posted on 06/18/2017 9:38:43 AM PDT by MinuteGal (GO TRUMP !!!.....GO PENCE !!!.....GO USA !!!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
It's fascinating to see the leftists basically admit that Democrats and Islamic Jihadists are alike in that they can't be blamed for becoming enraged to the point of killing when confronted with a counter-cultural reality.

It's always the fault of the non-believer who made the killer do it.

-PJ

14 posted on 06/18/2017 9:39:21 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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Ya just can't make this stuff up.

Except that she did and does so pathologically.

Ms. Abramson as well as Mister Obama and Mr. and Mrs. Clinton would rather lie than tell the truth.

Among other things, it means that they think that we are beyond stupid, deserve no respect, and that they do not especially like us.

And, they (like all perpetual liars) are truly miserable in their daily lives.

15 posted on 06/18/2017 9:44:18 AM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except for convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
What have we done? We have called for an end to THEIR vitriol, hatred, lying, advocacy of violent acts, actual violent acts, attempts to remove a law-abiding, rightfully-elected President from office, attempts to remove his cabinet members and continued escalation of this entire mess. And, WE are at fault?

What all of this appears to be is an ideology of: "Let us back in control or we'll kill you."

16 posted on 06/18/2017 9:47:23 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: headstamp 2

Exactly. My brother is a lefty who lives in New York city, the liberal cesspool of the east coast. If you can believe it, he has not spoken to my parents or me since the election because we voted for Trump. Thanksgiving, Christmas, News Years, Easter, Mothers day and fathers day, no card nor a call and we were “unfriended” on Facebook. He has completely cut off his entire family.

He was never like that until he moved into Manhattan and got indoctrinated by the left, he didn’t give a damn about politics before then. Leftism IS literally a cult, there is no difference between joining a cult and being a leftist, they are both exactly the same. Truth and logic go right out the window with people like Hillary being the “cult leader”.

Now look on the flip side: WE are not cutting him off, we want him in our lives, me and the rest of my family completely respect other peoples political views and would NEVER cut off people for it, ESPECIALLY our own family, but he has no issue doing so. THAT is the difference between the left and the right. The left is completely militantly intolerant and THAT is causing a huge problem in this country. It’s crazy, it’s like some kind of metal disease going around, some kind of epidemic. Sometimes I wonder if that is true, maybe something put in food or water that makes people completely nuts when it comes to politics?


17 posted on 06/18/2017 9:47:25 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Hillary Clinton IS a felon)
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To: Political Junkie Too

Well said.


18 posted on 06/18/2017 9:48:17 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest; Jane Long; BlackFemaleArmyCaptain; Black Agnes; djstex; RoosterRedux; ...
The left wing has done nothing but scream, yell, lie, about why Hillary didn't win...she herself has used every excuse under the sun why she didn't win, except herself...

Remember when she came out and wanted to know why she wasn't 50 points ahead, she knew then she was going to loose this election, there was no need for her to do that, the media polls had her up...

You do not win a National Election for the POTUS on ‘popular votes’ and illegal votes at that as we are finding, she lost the Electoral College Vote, and Donald J. Trump is the 45th POTUS...and they need to get over it...

Since Lydon Baines Johnson, this government has been corrupt, Ronald Reagan tried the best he could to clean some of it up, but with a V.P. Bush, he couldn't do much...and it went on from there, then we had the phony ‘foreign exchange student from Indonesia born in Kenya’ that pulled the biggest FRAUD of the history of The United States of America and the people fell for it TWICE, he set up his plans knowing that this ‘carpetbagger’ filthy, evil, vile witch would continue on, never in their wildest dreams did they figure they would loose this election...they were so far out of the American Voters they had no idea how fed up we really are...and we still are...

The ones coming up for re election had best watch what they are doing NOW because there are over 65+ million American Voters backing President Trump and we want OUR COUNTRY BACK...either get a set of balls and a spine or get the hell out of the way, and we will elect people who will support OUR PRESIDENT and OUR COUNTRY!!!

19 posted on 06/18/2017 9:48:30 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 ( "The Force Awakens!!!"...Trump and Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

There is no God but their politics/party. You’re right, a cult.


20 posted on 06/18/2017 9:50:20 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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