2016 - The Year of the GOP Woman

By Jeff Simpson

It is shaping up to be an interesting year for Republican Women in the United States.

The presumed Republican nominee for President, Donald Trump,  has been accused of rape, not once but twice.   Not only has he been accused of such, by his ex wife AND a 13 year old girl, what is even more disgusting is the fact that while he stands in the shine of the mainstream media spotlight, you will have to google hard to find any information on these instances.   You will have to look even harder to find a reporter who would have the courage to ask him about them.  

While the charges are alleged accusations, it is not like he has a long history of treating women well.

Then came the story that long time Fox news stalwart, Gretchen Carlson, has field a sexual harrassment case against her boss Roger Ailes.

She says that she was fired because she refused to sleep with Roger Ailes. 

You can read the full lawsuit here.

I say its the first time one of their reporters showed sound judgement!    

Here is Mr. Ailes discussing the finer points of Falafels with O Reilly. 

To be fair, since we at CogDis are nothing if not objective, Mr. Ailes said his marriage was: “boring” and openly fantasized about being stranded on a desert island with her, We believe it is safe to say that with Mr. Ailes getting on in age, he was probably talking about Fox and Friends in the morning being boring and the best thing about being stranded on a desert island would be no cable!   

Secondly we see a problem with part of Ms. Carlson's lawsuit.   In it she claims:

Carlson also alleges that Fox & Friends co-host Steve Doocy regularly demeaned her in the workplace by “mocking her during commercial breaks, shunning her off air, refusing to engage with her on air, belittling her contributions to the show.” She claims Doocy attempted “to put her in her place by refusing to accept and treat her as an intelligent and insightful female journalist rather than a blond female prop.”

We do not see the problem with that, and being shunned off air by Doocy is something most people should celebrate and everyone should work towards! 
    


Its not like women in Wisconsin have it easier, our own Jesse Kremer wants Doctors to tell fables to any woman who has made the incredibly tough decision of having an abortion!   

Enjoy this year ladies, because if we have another Republican sweep, maybe we can look forward to taking your voting rights away, and mandating barefoot in the kitchen time!   

Phil Robertson - My Favorite Heel!

 

By Jeff Simpson

I have never watched a second of Duck Dynasty and I can not change the channel quick enough when  "reality" TV comes on.   I was also getting sick of the whole Phil Robertson 'fiasco", then it hit me.   Phil Robertson isn't a redneck racist(well he might be) but instead he is a brilliant marketer of himself. 

While I no longer watch professional wrestling either, I used to be a huge fan of the WWF and even beofre that as a kid watching All Star Wrestling on Sunday mornings with the High Flyers, Vern Gagne, nick Bockwinkle, Rock and Roll Buck Zumhoff and even the very beginnings of Hulk Hogan.

The person who always garnered the most attention was the heel.  The heel, for those who have never watched wrestling, was the person they marketed as the "bad guy" A good wrestler could go back and forth between being a heel and being a "face" (good guy).

One of my favorite "heels" was always Bobby Heenan.  Heenan would say and do anything to piss people off.  The more crazy things he said the more popular he became.  

The problem that Heenan had though was he was limited to professional wrestling.

Then the phenomena that is Fox news came along.   This allowed the marketing division of the republican party to turn people into "faces" and "heels" without them even being involved.   They could whitewash history with no worries about facts, intelligence or even logic. 

One of the by products of this phenomena that no one had foreseen was what would happen when they made someone a star.   All Roger Ailes propaganda machine had to do was find someone the "liberals" did not like and their star would shoot up faster than Trey Radel. It did not matter what their intelligence or talent was.  The liberals are bad message is a money maker.

For instance, a plumbers apprentice named Sam, asked a fake question under a made up name that actually pointed out that President Obama's tax policy was better for the average American than John McCain's was.     The media pointed out that he was a complete phony and the Fox Phenomena turned Sammy into a victim and he then transformed himself into "Joe the Plumber" who now is a hero to the far right.  






Exhibit 2: is of course Sarah Palin.    Sarah Palin was picked to be John McCain's running mate, strictly on her looks and gender. Early on in her unveiling as a national candidate, they offered her up to the queen of softballs, Katie Couric, who tripped Ms. Palin up with the hard hitting question - "What do you read"!

   

Ms. Palin and Mr. Ailes then were able to tun that into the liberal media attacking poor Sarah with "gotcha" questions.  Instead of being relinquished to the answer in a trivia game, she rose to right wing superstardom. 

In both of these instances(and others), we find out that the stupider, more racist, homophobic quote you can on nation TV the better.  Say something that upsets a "liberal" and you will find right wing extremists all over the country willing to send you their hard earned money.   

Which brings us back to the Duck guy. 

 All the right-wing religious zealots are up in arms about the suspension of the family idol Phil Robertson for the now widely distributed remarks which have not only offended many Americans, but has landed him in the A&E jailhouse. What is the response of the shows huge Redneck following? Well, it appears to rush down to the nearest Walmart store and buy Duck Dynasty stuff right here at the ” prime time” of the holiday sales season. Great timing for a promotional stunt wouldn’t you say?

 

 

I do not know for sure if Phil Robertson is a racist homophobic bigot.  I do know for sure though, that he is playing YOU!   And laughing all the way to the bank!

 As someone once said, "If you look around and can't tell who the sucker is...its you!"  

If you're playing a poker game and you look around the table and and can't tell who the sucker is, it's you.
Paul Newman
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 you're playing a poker game and you look around the table and and can't tell who the sucker is, it's you.
Paul Newman
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If you're playing a poker game and you look around the table and and can't tell who the sucker is, it's you.
Paul Newman
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