Rita Cosby: "Dems going after the hoodlum vote..the African-American vote"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

Digby turned me on to this one. Did Crosby just get back from a hunting trip before this segment? Even Matthews was stunned. Look at Scarborough's face too.

Video-WMP

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Digby:

Braindead Hotshot Rita Cosby said that it's wrong that the Republicans in South Carolina are asking for church rolls to target the evangelical vote but it's just as wrong that Democrats are targeting the "hoodlum vote." Yes, the hoodlum vote. When a plainly confused Chris Matthews asked what she meant, she explained that Democrats were going through voter rolls to find felons to vote for them...read on

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http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/02/24.html#a7288

[Dogmudgeon]

1. Bye-Bye, Blondie ...

Rita, it was nice to meet ya ...

--p!

[jenmito]

3. Maybe now's the time for her...

to take some time off to finish her sex-change operation.

[Nomen Tuum]

72. Where's the pie for her face?

It could only improve that press whore's look!

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

73. Matthews, Scarborough, Carlson...all three were disgusted...

...and I'm sure Scarborough and Carlson are going through massive ego issues ANYWAY about the "Hardball Hotshots" gig on Fridays as opposed to a full hour of their own shows.

These guys are all blatantly focused on their own self-interests. They're not going to want to be associated with this kind of racist nonsense.

[Blue_Tires]

128. yeah, i'll be surprised if she survives this very long

[BlueManDude]

136. How can you denigrate her important, groundbreaking work

on the Natalie Hollaway matter?

[derby378]

2. If she had said "the nigger vote," it would have been less insulting

We have enough problems with overcoming racism in America without people like Ann Coulter and now Rita "Foghorn" Cosby getting into the act. Lovely, Rita...NOT!

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

4. For those who have not watched the video clip...

...she DID say "the hoodlum vote...the African-American vote..." while barely taking a breath between the two phrases.

But as Crooks & Liars says...look at Scarborough and Tweety after she makes the remark. It's a certified "WTF" moment, and I'm sure the "Hardball Hotshots" will get some feedback on this one.

This woman is about as clueless as they come.

[dorkulon]

106. # 31 on 2005's 50 most loathsome Americans

31. Rita Cosby

Charges: Unholy pastiche of fearmongering and celebrity ringworm with the brain of a moth, the integrity of a tapeworm, and the appearance and larynx of a sugar-addicted, glass-eating drag queen.

Exhibit A: Her banter with Joe Scarborough kills children.

Sentence: Kicked in the nuts.

http://www.buffalobeast.com/91/50.htm

[Olney Blue]

107. Wecome to DU, Dorkulon!

[dorkulon]

110. Thanks!

[RedEarth]

116. LOL..... that's a riot...... welcome to DU

[Canuckistanian]

120. Ah-Ha ha ha

Good catch!

Welcome to DU, you'll fit right in!

:rofl:
:toast: :hi:

[iconocrastic]

141. Did she back up her assertion that we were going through records of felons

- saying they should be able to vote - with any facts, or was this just sheer gibberish?

[WinkyDink]

145. They hired her from FOX. Like the old joke, they knew what she was

before they hitched a ride.

[Cassandra]

19. I hate listening to her.

She makes me want to clear my throat constantly.

[Dr.Phool]

79. Listening to her voice, is as sweet a sound as

Fingernails scratching across a chalkboard.

[CottonBear]

5. Rita looks like a Blonde, blow up sex doll toy in that picture.

I can't freaking beleive she said what she said. What a freaking racist. I suppose she's deploying her "Southern Strategy.: :(

[w8liftinglady]

69. hehe-I was thinking the same thing

I just emailed MSNBC too

[dorkulon]

117. Overinflated

[NJCher]

6. oh mannnnnn!

Matthew, Scarborough AND Tucker Carlson all recognized she had pulled a bone fide boner. I don't know this woman at all and have never watched her show but I even think that it dawned on her that she was effing up but it was too late and she was too dim to mitigate it.

Interesting how SHE called the move to reinstate the right to vote for felons racist.

Good God, where do they get these people?




Cher

[Janice325]

7. Uh oh!!

Where in the world did she pick up that the Dems are looking to pick up the "hoodlum vote?"
Buh bye Rita (I wish).
Man, the look on Joe's face.

[Botany]

8. Holy Fuck .... Rita, your career is now over.

Why didn't you just say gang banging niggers?

I listened 5 times ..... to make sure that I got it.

If you have a job on monday I will be shocked.

No way she can say, "taken out of context."

Blacks = thugs = dirty voters = dems base

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

126. She'll probably get more money for that one. n/t

[Nay]

9. Oh, that's nice! All AA's are hoodlums, are they?? Good god, where

do they get these pigs??

[AX10]

10. We need to play this one up.

Hammer MSNBC NON-STOP!

[derby378]

11. Anyone have the number for MSNBC's complaint desk?

My fingers are getting itchy...must call...

[Eric J in MN]

47. I don't know offhand, but

you could call 555-1212 for information, for city say New York, for business say MSNBC.

[bluestateguy]

12. So what

Republicans have targeted the white racist vote for over 40 years now, and with great success. I would like that vote back, but if we can't have it, why not get the hoodlum vote?

[magpie]

13. contact info

MSNBC
One MSNBC Plaza
Secaucus, NJ 07094
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

[tblue37]

76. My email

Subject: Rita Racist Cosby

Are you going to let that racist Rita Cosby keep her job after calling the African-American vote "the hoodlum vote"?

We will make sure this information spreads through the Internet. She had better be fired, or the boycott will burn you as badly as the firestorm will.

On edit: the email bounced back. Apparently that email address doesn't work.

[Poiuyt]

104. Try this email address: [e-mail]

[tblue37]

137. Yep. That one worked. I also sent one to Tweety. (eom)

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

138. Me, too.

My emails to Tweety and the viewer services email:

I am offended and frankly appalled at Rita Cosby's comment that Democrats are going after the "hoodlum vote," thereby comparing the African-American vote with hoodlums. I found it racist and quite ignorant on the part of Ms. Cosby, and she owes Hardball's viewers an apology.

Also, why is that during the "Hardball Hotshots" segment on Fridays, there is rarely (exception was two week's ago when Ron Reagan was a participant) a voice from "the left"? There is no balance! I felt like I was watching Fox News.

Thank you.

My name

[high density]

14. The look on the faces of both Tucker and Scarborough is priceless

[PretzelzRule]

18. LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!

n/t

[bleever]

37. THAT'S the screen shot I was hoping someone had.

THANK you.


:rofl:

[Eric J in MN]

45. great picture

Based on your post, I used it at:
http://www.speakspeak.org/speak-blog/2006/02/24/hardball-tonight-panel-without-liberals/

[rg302200]

60. I laughed so hard at this picture I nearly pissed my pants

That is a WTF look if I ever saw one!

[darkmaestro019]

100. The dude in the middle is the best. Classic. : ) (nt)

[BlueStorm]

118. Wow, they looked shocked!

LMAO!! Priceless!!!

Blu

[tenshi816]

133. Tucker looks like he smells something bad,

and Scarborough looks like he's trying not to burst out laughing at Rita's stupid comments.

[blondeatlast]

15. The latter-day Laura Schlessinger.

Wretched.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

16. My e-mail to the show

[e-mail]

You know something?

Maybe it's time for you to cut one of the "Hardball Hotshots" loose.

I sat there in stunned amazement as Rita Cosby said that the Democrats are chasing the "hoodlum vote...the African-American vote."

The clip is on the Crooks & Liars Web site: http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/02/24.html#a7288

So, rather than have you deny it or scrub her remarks from the transcript or claim that she is an "innocent victim" whose remarks have been taken out of context, watch the clip.

Then FIRE THIS WOMAN. We don't need ignorance and racism in our news.

You should be ASHAMED of yourselves for airing this.

My_Real_Name

[Cassandra]

21. I emailed this page...

to Media Matters. I hope they have some fun with it.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

23. It's definitely their kind of topic...

...and I don't see this one vanishing quietly.

:toast:

[PretzelzRule]

17. hmpf

Rita baby, you've been smokin' way too many road flares with that raspy voice of yours!

[Eric J in MN]

33. My blog article on this

http://www.speakspeak.org/speak-blog/2006/02/24/hardball-tonight-panel-without-liberals/

The popular blog Crooks and Liars points out that Rita Cosby said on tonight’s show that Democrats are going after the “hoodlum vote.” This is her strange way of describing the belief that citizens should be allowed to vote even if they have been convicted of a crime. I’m among the people who believe the right to vote is so central to citizenship that being convicted shouldn’t prevent one from voting; apparently Rita Cosby would hold that belief against me.

Rita Cosby also says it’s “racist” for Democrats to oppose the disenfranchisement of felons. I suppose that means she would consider me a “racist,” since I’m against disenfranchising citizens over the age of 18 who want to vote.

[Catrina]

140. There are several felons in the current administration ~ even though

they were pardoned, I imagine they should be disenfranchised according to Rita's standards, (well, if they were black maybe?). Otoh, I'm laughing at the idea that if they were black they would have been pardoned in the first place, so forget I said this.

However, Dick Cheney has two DWIs ~ Bush has one (as far as we know). I think Cheney is pretty close to being a felon ~ (I mean on the DWI situaton).

She might regret saying that considering how many Repubs are now convicted Felons.

I have a question for Rita ~ should these 'hoodlums' lose their right to vote?

Gov. Rowland of Conn., Abramoff, Kidan and Scanlon, together with their three Mafia 'consultants' accused of murder, Duke Cunningham and the Repub. defense contractor who bribed him, and Larry Franklin, just for starters, all convicted Republican heroes of the right ~ When they serve their time, should they still be denied the right to vote?


Here are a few more Republicans currently under indictment, ie Tom Delay, David Safavian, Scooter Libby, Gov. Ryan and a whole host of his Repub. aides (30 indictments, total) not to mention the long, long list of Republicans who probably will be indicted and convicted.

And more Republicans currently under investigation, Frist, Hastert, Feith, Ledeen, Hadley, Rove, Cheney, and more. So many Republican hoodlums, so few of them African American!!

And let's not forget that other Republican scandal, Coingate ~ Gov. Taft, Noe and Ney et al.

So, Rita thinks Dems are trying to recruit African American hoodlums ~ maybe, but they'd be out of luck if they were trying to recruit rich, White American hoodlums, the Republican Party already scooped them all up!! :rofl:

They used to be more subtle about their partisanship and racism ~

[StClone]

20. Last time I defend Rita

I always thought of her as a low level operative, ex-FUX news head and pitied and even defended her. No more. She has a wizened brain to go with her dry voice and withered heart. She should be canned, but say stuff as idiotic as that and she'll get a raise nowadays.

[Skittles]

68. I'm done with her too

I always though picking on her voice was a bit low but this.....funny, when I think of hoodlums, I think of bush inc and kenny lay

[derby378]

22. Just emailed MSNBC

Let's get Rita in trouble!! :evilgrin:

[Disturbed]

29. Time to fire Rita and bring Donahue back.

We need him now more than ever.

[Canuckistanian]

121. They fired Donahue for THIS?

Rita Cosby is the REPLACEMENT for Phil Donahue's popular program?

[Eric J in MN]

32. What email address did you use? nt

nt

[derby378]

35. Try this one

[e-mail]

[Eric J in MN]

39. That bounced for me, and so

I then used:
[e-mail]

[PA Democrat]

66. Here is another one:

mailto:[e-mail]

[derby378]

84. Yeah, it just bounced for me, too

Thanks for the recommendation!

[SONUVABUSH]

24. She's a COW

I'd prefer that she called it the "sandwich vote". That means if you gave Rita a sandwich, you'd get her vote.

[madrchsod]

31. oh by the way

in some states felons can vote because THEY HAVE PAID THIER DEBT TO SOCIETY you stupid dog...i feel so much better.lol!
opps didn`t mean to reply to your post..somehow it ended up here....

[Eric J in MN]

40. Every citizen above the age of 18 should be allowed to vote.

Prisoners have being in prison as a punishment.

They should stay connected to society by voting. They are still being affected by government policies while in prison.

[kohodog]

25. Scarborough. Cosby and Bowtie Boy Tucker. Wow.

Memo to MSNBC: Unfair and unbalanced.

Bye bye Tweety. No more saditic viewing for me. It wasn't fun and now just painful.

[Eric J in MN]

36. Not one liberal.

The fact that all 4 of those non-liberals get to host a show on MSNBC while no one like Sam Seder does makes it worse.

[mzmolly]

43. That was my first thought when the "hot shots" thing was introduced.

Not ONE Democrat/liberal.

[Eric J in MN]

44. Ask "Hardball" for balance at

[e-mail]

Tell them who you'd like to see in these panels. I mentioned Rachel Maddow and Sam Seder.

[Dr.Phool]

80. Amy Goodman and Bill Moyers!

[mzmolly]

95. Amy Goodman is a drone IMHO.

She's intelligent but as interesting as paint drying.

[Eric J in MN]

111. I would tune in to watch Amy Goodman and Bill Moyers with

Tucker Carlson and Joe Scarborough.

I bet they would get a lot more viewers that way.

[mzmolly]

94. I'll suggest Olbermann, he's on MSNBC like the others and he's

quite entertaining. Thanks for the thought! :hi:

[PegDAC]

132. It would be poetic justice

if Keith named her "Worst Person of the Day"!

[PegDAC]

129. The only person

on MSNBC worth listening to at all is Keith!

:loveya:

[xultar]

26. Welp, I think it is time to call for her head on a platter.

[blueblitzkrieg]

27. What an unbelievable idiot!

"they're going after the hoodlum vote..clearly they're going after the African American vote"

Rita shows her true colors.

[madrchsod]

28. i wonder if she is a member of stormfront?

this fucking neo nazi dog has all the talking points of every member of stormfront..ya i`ll take a bullet for reading that site but guess what- at least they don`t wrap their hatred in "nice words" and "humor".

[derby378]

30. Oh, yeah - sturmunddrangfront

These were the guys who were going to crash Camp Casey by eating all the food, bullying the peace activists, and giving the "Sieg Heil" salute to Cindy Sheehan. Didn't work out like they had hoped.

[madrchsod]

34. these knuckleheads are supposed to be in florida

this weekend, i think tampa

[jaysunb]

38. Well....this "old" hoodlum would like to

inform Miss Rita, that this community votes Democrat about 97% of the time ( we still don't know why, considering the Party track record in the last 35 years)because, Stevie Wonder can see through the Repulican bullshit. They ( repukes ) are actually the best recruiters there is.

[opihimoimoi]

41. These EVIL peeps posing as commentators use slanted journalism

and when interviewing/discussing/etc use a mode to influence the outcome...they are disgusting...Rita needs a pimp.

[jaysunb]

46. Exactly !

now if we can get others to recognize that, we could make some real progress as human beings.

[opihimoimoi]

62. True Journalisats are OBJECTIVE...not Subjective as Hannity et al are

Rita needs a bath.

[buddysmellgood]

42. Wow. I think by the last frame, even she realized what a racist she is.

I wonder if she should be "allowed" to vote? Aside from the blatantly racist element of her comments, she is suggesting that people who have the right to vote, should be denied the right because of their criminal record. You either have the right or you don't. There is nothing wrong with encouraging people to vote. If they have the right as stated by the law, then they should vote. Fuck Rita.

[Name removed]

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[HerbieHeadhunter]

49. Racist, baritone , no talent whore....

kiss your crappy career goodbye. You should have kept your opinions to missing white women.

[Dr.Phool]

82. She should be a missing white woman.

Missing from the airwaves.

[skids]

50. Phew.

I was kinda feeling guilty just for hating her for her annoying voice. Now I have a less capricious reason.

[FredScuttle]

51. In Rita's world

"hoodlum" = "African American"

wow

Even Bill Bennett just said "that bitch crazy."

[Usrename]

70. ROFL: that's never good!

:rofl:

[Old and In the Way]

52. She ought to stick to the stories that impact .0000001% of the population.

missing young white women. Really, Rita, your exposed your political/sociological bias....and it was extremely embarassing. You obviously haven't mastered the artform of masking your Republican talking points very well. You'll be headed back to the minor leagues for more seasoning...

[Neil Lisst]

134. Thank you. We need to focus on those stories!!

as here ...

[zbdent]

53. She just said goodby to a career on MSNBC

and hello to a Faux News career . . .

[Eric J in MN]

54. She used to be at Fox News.

If MSNBC has enough of her, I don't think Fox News will want her back.

[DemoTex]

55. PUSH THIS TO THE MAX!

Get this coarse hoarse whore off the air. Whose air? OUR AIRWAVES!

Hotshots? What a revolting moniker. Than you Chris .. for absolutely nothing. That is the sum total of The Hotshots.

:puke:

[Virginian]

56. Phil Donahue on MSNBC at 9:00?

Sorry folks, I don't quite "get" Rita Cosby. How about bringing back Phil in her time slot?

[Dinger]

143. I'm All For It - I Still Have A Tape Of Helen Thomas Saying

* was the worst "president" ever.

[Deb]

57. My short email to Hardball-

I vote the bigoted Ms. Cosby off Hardball Island.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Christian Hoodlum

[OctOct1]

64. Good one, thanks for the LOL

[speedoo]

58. Funny thing about stupidity.

Sooner or later, if the stupid one keeps yapping, the stupidity is revealed.

[Douglas Carpenter]

59. now that's entertaining

[msgadget]

61. ROFL! Nobody wanted to touch it and they moved quickly on

Has there been a call to write in regarding this racist remark? She clearly linked the criminal roster to African Americans...I guess because white people don't do crime...? :shrug:

Damn, that was the funniest thing - didja see poor Tucker?? LOL!

[Eric J in MN]

78. Chris Matthews asked her what she meant.

nt

[The Backlash Cometh]

63. Is she like the stupidest thing you've ever heard?

Unfortunately, I've heard this same thing from another pristine white lady lawyer. She just couldn't understand why we would have any compassion for felons. Then I reminded her how our society tends to go harder on minorities than whites, and when you're systematically start targeting young black or hispanic men for felonies before they're 21, then you're knocking an entire sector out before they've even had a chance to become adults.

Giving felons the right to vote is no guarantee that they will vote at all. But what it will do is free those people who have been wrongly scrubbed off the list by overzealous private corporations.

[PA Democrat]

65. Here is another link for viewer feedback

mailto:[e-mail]

I sent comments to Matthews, but I think MSNBC management needs to hear about this as well.

[progressoid]

67. Maybe she's pissed that no one is going after the "emphysema voice vote"

[w8liftinglady]

71. kicking-my email

I just watched my TIVO'd Hardball,and what do I see?Not only is your 'hotshot" panel overwhelmingly Republican/conservative-but then ms. Cosby,who has no political credibility,accuses the democrats of pandering to the Hoodlum vote-the African American vote.
Well,with such open-minded and caring representatives of the republican party as ms. Cosby,is it any wonder that any person of color would run screaming from their ranks,lest they be banished or hung from the highest tree.You know,we already have ONE Fox Network.Have you not been paying attention to your own(Non-scrubbed) news?People in this country-YOUR VIEWERS-are sick of republicans.You are losing the new majority thanks to your partisan pandering.Wake up.

[Montauk6]

74. I thought I was just imagining the sound of harmonicas and bloodhounds

COSBY: And, quick question, what color is your hair? Now, you've had somebody cut it.

RODMAN: Just black.

COSBY: Can we see it?

RODMAN: It's black. It's all black, see?

COSBY: Oh, hey. Is it for good luck, I can rub it?

RODMAN: Can we go to a commercial break?

COSBY: Trouble there. Thank you. We're going to read your book.

This is from Mr. Cosby's interview with Dennis Rodman (direct from transcript); to see it, in case you don't believe it, go here...

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10253995/

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

77. Unbelievable.

I hope Rita kept the kneepads that helped her land the job at MSNBC. She might be needing them again.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

85. Oh man, I had to read that twice. Actually thought you were making

it up. What is wrong with this woman???

[ContraBass Black]

148. Dude, no way.

I've been saying that a lot in this thread.

[arealliberal]

75. This woman's voice brings to mind fingernails and chalkboards.

[XanaDUer]

81. Another brainstorm moment from Miss Piggy.

:eyes:

[Bammo]

83. Hoodlum Vote - Any Vote Counts

The Dems got to get off their perch and take any damn vote they can get - Hoodlum, African American, Native American, White, Hispanic etc. etc.

I hear ya on the shabby azz comments, but ya' think its time for the Democrats to wake up to these NeoCon games and take their shots with the intention of a damn Knock Out?

Hell, the NeoCons will take any damn votes they can get and have proven it!

This political scene in the U.S. of A. is a free-kin war!

And the Dems better realize there are no damn rules in war - none at free-kin all! Its all about survival, and sure as hell looks to me the Neocon MoFo's know how to use this tactic and any damn tactic to their advantage!

Time for the Dems to change their stradegy and get a free-kin pair and toughen' the hell up!

If this doen't happen, might as well put a sign on the White Hootch - NeoCon Inn!

Think the Dems need a few hoodlum advisors to straighten their act out before there is no act at all!

Hang Tough~

[darkmaestro019]

101. "Hell, the NeoCons will take any damn votes they can get"---yeah, and

quite a few they DIDN'T get, too. :tinfoilhat:

[qanda]

86. I know she didn't!!!!!!!

[proReality]

87. Did anyone on the panel call her on that?

If not, it speaks volumes.

[jarnocan]

89. wow

she is soooo ugly- ugly is as ugly says IMHO an AnnCoulter wanna be?

[Eric J in MN]

112. Chris Matthews asked her what she meant by "hoodlum vote"

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/02/24.html#a7288

[ClassWarrior]

88. Demand her firing!!

16-5.

NGU.

[Eric J in MN]

113. What is "16-5"?

nt

[ClassWarrior]

123. 16 House seats + 5 Senate = Dem Victory 2006.

NGU.

[Blue_Tires]

127. and what's "NGU?"

[Raksha]

130. NGU = Never Give Up. n/t

[Janice325]

90. Rita, Rita, Rita

Hoo boy. This thread is still alive and well.
Has Rita ever said anything this stupid before?? I can't stand her, primarily because of her voice, also the fact that her show sucks and she does not seem very bright. She's also boring. I never thought of her as EVIL before...to me Coulter is truly evil. Rita doesn't seem to me to be manipulative and vile (haha I just notice "vile" is an anagram for "evil").
God. What a truly stupid thing to say.

[katinmn]

109. Her depraved ringside bloodlust over the Tookie Williams execution

was emotionally disturbing to me.

She's perverted.

[tanyev]

91. Actually, Rita, it's been pretty well documented that the REPUBLICANS

running the state of Florida went through their voter rolls in 2000 with very broad parameters that had the end result of excluding as many blacks as possible from voting.

Idjit.

[Eric J in MN]

115. Apparently, disenfranchisement doesn't bother her, just

enfranchisment.

[Armstead]

92. This is what happens when wingnuts try to make up their own talking points

Usually these right wing talking heads and politicians have the good sense to wait for their talking points from GOP Central. At least then they have been carefully crafted and researched to ensure they sound reasonable.

But when one of them actually tried to improvise, it backfires.

[mitchum]

93. Ironic coming from a woman whose speaking voice sounds like Howlin' Wolf..

not that she possesses one millionth of the talent or intelligence of Wolf

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

97. A lot of irony behind your statement...

...because in the documentary "The Howlin' Wolf Story - The Secret History of Rock & Roll," Wolf is in the presence of a drunken and belligerent Son House. He puts up with him for a few minutes and then gives him a complete smackdown, saying something like "This man is angry because he hasn't done anything with his life."

I've talked to several Wolf fans who have seen this film, and when I mention that moment they ALL say "Oh YEAH..." It's a show-stopper, and a good metaphor for Cosby and her ilk.

:patriot:

[mitchum]

98. That is a very painful moment for all involved...

House was indeed a major influence and near god to Wolf. It seems that witnessing such a display was heartbreaking for Wolf. Eventually, he lashes out in anger at House. While there was great truth in what Wolf said, there is also a large measure of grief.
It is an astonishing and heartbreaking scene.

[cyclezealot]

96. Vt. lets prisoners vote.

I am sure Vt has one of the lowest recidivism rates in the Nation. Dumb *****.

[Eric J in MN]

114. Most prisoners will get out, and it's in everyone's

interest if they feel connected to society, instead of humiliated by society.

The other 49 states should let prisoners vote like VT does.

Citizens are citizens even while they're in prison.

[cyclezealot]

119. Harris is so full of crap

When an inmate has completed his sentence and probation, get a job- they are regular people like everyone else. Pay taxes, etc. They just know how the underclass works and use it to their advantage. States that think otherwise are states I would not want to live in.
Have not checked out revicidism rates in Vt. But would be shocked if not the Vt prison system works at turning out good citizens; instead of strict punishment.
Would it not be justice if Harris and Cunningham could not but share wings of a penitentary and worry about their voting rights being suspended- when Harris gets out. Maybe the ***** will move to Vermont.

[Eric J in MN]

122. Do you mean Katherine Harris and Randy "Duke" Cunningham?

nt

[cyclezealot]

150. would be great irony.

To the report that the contractor who bribed Cunningham , gave cash to Harris.

[Old and In the Way]

99. Joe Scarborough - Inspiration for Don Martin?

<>

[Shelor]

102. She's playing the formula - bigotry gets you a good job on TV

[Catherine Vincent]

103. Now that's what I call a "Stupid Bitch"!

[area51]

105. Color me shocked.

I am shocked, SHOCKED, I tell you, that a former Faux News staffer said such a racist remark. </sarcasm>

[ClintonTyree]

108. Does anyone even watch dingbat Cosby?

She's like fingernails across a chalkboard to me. Her ditsy mannerisms, fake empathy and her voice.......that VOICE! Like two cats screaming in a blender, an armor piercing, bunker busting voice from HELL! :puke: How this woman ever got into broadcasting in the first place is way beyond me. Why she's STILL there is even MORE perplexing. She is the absolute WORST, the antithesis of everything a broadcast journalist should be. I ask again, does anyone even WATCH her noxious caterwauling on MSNBC? :shrug:

As soon as KO has uttered his last sentence, many times even before, I change channels so I'm not exposed to her bloated, frumpy image and most of all, THAT VOICE! :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

She's a clown, a Tammy Faye Baker with vocal cords that can strip paint.

[DAMANgoldberg]

147. Coincidence...

early in Ms Rita Cosby's "journalistic" career, she actually covered Tammy Faye Bakker when she did WBTV 3 here in Charlotte. She was on the "crime beat", and believe me, there was plenty to cover there. That might explain her husky voice, but it was not as pronounced then as it is now.

PS, she is not a small woman, by any stretch. Not in Ms. Crowley's league, but still had a few extra pounds, not that there is anything wrong with that. At least Ms. Crowley's journalistic skillset is as big as she is. That cannot be said for Ms. Cosby.

[betterdeadthanred]

153. Your quote

As soon as KO has uttered his last sentence, many times even before, I change channels so I'm not exposed to her bloated, frumpy image and most of all, THAT VOICE!

+++++++++++++++++++++++

Describes my husband to a tee! I got him to start watching Olbermann, and he loves him. BUT he reaches for the remote as soon as Olbermann starts the Good Night and Good Luck ending. He cannot stand Rita or her voice. How she ever got a career in broadcasting with that annoying voice is beyond me too!

[AtomicKitten]

124. yeah, the hoodlum, pimp and ho vote.

Ms. Crosby has identified herself as one who would have nixed the idea of saving the NO "refugees" because they should have "pulled themselves up by the bootstraps."

Funny how a simple statement like that paints her so precisely.

[stepnw1f]

125. There are Only So Many Pills One Can Take

If only she took the wrong one at the wrong time, everything would be much better.

On note: She does look like a blow up doll, doesn't she. Plastic and used.

[NativeTexan]

131. We know what FOX saw in her now....

...huh?

[Trevelyan]

135. How many Nazi journalists were tried at Nurenburg trials for enabling

Ann colter has been getting away with it for quite a while.

Someone on Smirking Chimp wrote that journalists who supported hitler were tried at Nurenburg. None got the death penalty but I wonder how many served time for enabling this horror?

Good thing to write the neo-monsters at the "Traditional Media" when sending outraged emails about their latest outrage.

[hatrack]

142. Only one and he was acquitted - Hans Fritzsche, the Third Reich Cronkite

He was there basicallly as a stand-in for the long-dead Goebbels.

[ariesgem]

139. There was a time not so long ago

when networks cared so much as to fire commentators for making racist remarks. Today, these talking heads can get away with spouting anything out their filthy mouths and instead of the networks firing them, they get rewarded with a TV show or radio show. The media no longer gives a shit. Racism is in vogue with these people.

[okieinpain]

144. damn, that's too bad. I had the hots for the full figure, and husky

voice. shit what's the world coming too.

[Spiffarino]

146. I hate to lengthen this thread any more but

...DAAAMMNN!!!!

:wtf: is wrong with that road-flare-smokin' glass-eatin' twit? Could she really be that stupid, or was it just a moment of deep honesty?

Welcome to the dark, evil underbelly of Republican World.

[zulchzulu]

149. Rita just thought she was in the company of Repugs. Can ya blame her?

When Repugs are in the same company of people that either they assume are Repugs or are Repugs, the conversation eventually goes into gaybashing, ni$%er hating, calling liberals "commies" and :socialists", speculative humor littered with racist thoughts and chiming in on how great Reagan was.

She just thought she was hangin' with her friends...hence the "hoodlum" comment. The dumb biotch...

[mbee]

151. That's a good one - like the current adm. aren't

hoodlums extraordinaire!

[derby378]

152. My e-mail to MSNBC (and it better not bounce...)

Rita Cosby must either apologize or resign immediately

I saw Cosby refer to "the African-American vote" as "the hoodlum vote" on Friday night. I may not be black, but this comparison sends a chill up my spine nonetheless.

If she's going to denigrate my fellow Americans that way, she needs to bow out gracefully and make way for someone like Rachel Maddow, Ken Hamblin, or someone who can be a great reporter and still never trash the black vote in America.

Thank you, and good evening.

[IntravenousDemilo]

154. Are Rita Cosby and Steven Cojocaru the same person?

I was just watching Entertainment Tonight, and either Rita or Cojo was talking about what the stars are going to wear on Oscar night. God, they even sound alike.