What the hell???

[PatSeg]

Arianna: "Why Biden should resign".

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8701769

[gateley]

1. Ridiculous. Sometimes she is (IMO) insightful and smart. Not this time. nt

[PatSeg]

2. I'm reading the article now

and actually it is rather pro-Biden, but still it was a cheesey way to get attention with a headline like that. I used to be a big fan of hers, but lately she's been kind of annoying.

[gateley]

3. Well, yeah. I guess before I pass judgment and declare the TRUTH, I should

probably go read it, too.

I'm guilty of falling for the sound bites and headlines and thinking I know the whole story. :blush:

[PatSeg]

4. That's okay

I jumped the gun too, but I still think it was a dumb trick to get people's attention.

[mrigirl]

5. Are you F****** kidding Me???!!!

Hi Pat,
I haven't posted on DU since the election but still check in. When I read this BS article that Arianna (who I widely respected until I saw this crap) posted on Huff I was absolutely irate and felt the need to come over here and yell. She's nuts. Obama hasn't even made a final decision yet and even if he goes against Joe's wishes and sends more troops in it's not Joe's decision - he can go to bed with a clean conscience knowing that he was against it from the start. him resigning would be the worst thing possible right now. We need him. She's frigging insane.

On a lighter note- hope you and Piranha are well.

[PatSeg]

6. HI there!

What a nice surprise!!!

I think Arianna is being overly dramatic for effect, but I think she could have made her point without the sensationalism. I sure she thought it was very clever, but I think it was rather tacky.

So nice seeing you again.

[mrigirl]

9. I agree with the tackiness. I can't beleive it's been almost 1 yr since I posted here!

It's cool knowing you guys are still around.

[PatSeg]

10. 1 Year???

Wow, where did that year go?

Lately I've several old Bidenites show up on various threads. Nice to know they're still in the neighborhood.

[mrigirl]

7. alright, maybe I overeacted. She's playing hyberole here I think.

[jillan]

14. Hi Mrigirl! It's me - pirhana!

So good to see you :pals:

I totally agree with you that I lost all respect for Arianna now.

[mrigirl]

17. Hey Pirhana- how are ya??

I see that you have changed your name to jillan. I had forgotten some of you changed your names after the election season was over.
What do you think of Obama/Biden so far?? Happy? Disappointed? Or wait and see like me????

I understand Arianna's point of this ploy for Joe resigning to get some attention focused on Afghanistan but I don't think it's going to have any effect whatsoever and she's now made herself into just another talking head spewing nonsense. I have always admired her but she went too far on this one. Don't pick on my Joe!

[gateley]

8. Ooops - thought I was "talking" to you but I posted on the DU thread --

Anyway, I read it (!) and it's stupid and unnecessary, like she just needed to fill up column space and thought, oh, what the hell...

I read one page of comments and without exception, everyone thinks this piece is really stupid.

I'm guessing this isn't a topic she'll pick up and run with...

[PatSeg]

11. Yeah

She may think twice before trying a trick like that. Let the right-wingers play those stupid games. She should be better than that.

[CrispyQ]

12. She's almost as much of an attention hound as Palin.

x(

[PatSeg]

16. Yeah

I'll never take her seriously again.

[jillan]

13. I haven't read it, don't know if I want to - but she was on Big Ed's show-

and Ed pretty much told her that she is f-ing nuts!

She said that she can't stand politicians who say I told them, I warned them and if Biden really believed in what he said he would resign.

:silly: <--My name is Arianna.

[PatSeg]

15. I was willing to give her the benefit of the doubt

after reading the article, but she's made a complete ass of herself on several programs the last couple days and then she goes on ED and bitches about the boy in the balloon coverage. She appears to be suffering from a media deficiency. What screwball!

[SemiCharmedQuark]

18. She's off her nut...

Sometimes I wonder if these pundits have the slightest idea of how the government and politics works.