Janeane Garofalo speaks her mind

I love Janeane Garofalo and Keith Olberman, but I'm starting to worry that MSNBC will become Obama's Fox. Don't get me wrong, I'm a die-hard liberal and I disagree with practically everything that the republican party stands for, but I can't get behind Garofalo's equating a political ideology with a mental disorder. That feels like very Fox-ian rhetoric to me. 

That said, I do agree that Rush Limbaugh is full of narcissism and self-hatred. He is a vile, vile man. Not all Republicans are, however. 

because it seems that the extremists have taken over the dialogue for both parties. Or at least those are the ones who get the microphone and are heard by the media and get the sounds bites. I know many democrats and republicans who are not of this extremist mode and who actually listen to opposing opinions and will adjust their views...because they ultimately want all of us to benefit here in the US.

I am tired of people like Rush Limbaugh to get such attention because he stirs things up and flames people.  Anyone who speaks out against Rush is giving him exactly what he wants.  I remember reading (and I am paraphrasing here) that he said Bill Clinton was the best thing to happen to his career.  And now on the back of Pres Obama, he is trying to repeat that success.

I wish we could stick to the issues instead of always being distracted by the mouthing off of the extremists.

i'm Canadian so my experience with Limbaugh is limited to what I read about him in political literature and magazines. i've never met a fan of his show nor have i ever heard it so let me just say, "holy shit". i find it hard to put together a sentence when my right-of-centre uncle says something i don't like about taxes muchless to have to tango with someone who openly hates women and liberals and gays and pretty much anyone else who won't suck his cock and say "thank you" afterwards.

to think this piece of human garbage is getting paid what he is so spout such shit? ya'll are tough tough tough but i wish you didn't have to be....

My entire family worships at the altar of Rush. It's nauseating and disturbing and fills me with intense anxiety. I literally get nauseous and start to shake when I'm around my mother and sister when they're on one of their "Go Republicans!" rants. They gloat, are impossible to talk to, and are waiting on the edge of their seats for Obama to fail.

When I listen to someone like Janeane Garofolo talk it fills me with pride. I wish I was half as articulate as she is. Can I rent her for an evening? I don't know why but having my family follow such backward and oppressive dogma is not only embarassing, but it renders me mute and unthinking. I think my disappointment at the close-mindedness I'm surrounded by is paralyzing.

I love Garofalo and personally agree with her psychological assessment of Republicans (which she discussed endlessly on her old radio show), but I don't think it's an especially fruitful topic for mainstream TV. Personal statements, such as Limbaugh wants to meet women, are not constructive. It's sad that Limbaugh is even relevant enough to warrant discussion (why feed his narcissism?), but if they have to talk about him at all, why not use his comments as a jumping off point to discuss the ways in which Republican ideology in general is hostile to women?

To respond to other posters: I don't actually watch MSNBC, because I don't get that channel, but I can see why people are worried that it has become the liberal Fox. A conversation like the one between Olberman and Garofalo makes me cringe, honestly. It's not the level of discourse I would like to see in my country. On the other hand, as long as there is a Fox, there is part of me that is happy there is another similar venue for the opposite side to balance it out. In a perfect world, neither would exist, but if there has to be a Fox, then I'm glad that there's an MSNBC (just as long as I don't have to watch it!) Sadly, the ratings of public television show you how much people are interested in hearing issues discussed intelligently.

There are few people who I dislike more than Rush Limbaugh. He literally makes my skin crawl. And now the GOP is naming him as their head figure. I think that says mountains about the Republican Party.

I'm glad Janeane Garofalo publicly spoke her opinion on him. Because it's so very true. Janeane is a very smart woman. I enjoy hearing her opinons of political issues. She ocassionally makes appearances on the Bill Maher show and always puts in good insight. 

"The reason a person is a conservative Republican is because something is wrong with them. That's science — that's neuroscience. You cannot be well adjusted, open-minded, pluralistic, enlightened and be a Republican. It's counterintuitive."

This is nonsense.

Hasn't she read Andrew J. Bacevich? Actually those of us who are left-of-center have a lot in common with the palaeoconservatives.

What a breath of fresh air to see that critial thinkers do exist in the gay and lesbian community and that not everyone subscribes to the same point of view.  I find it funny that during the Bush Administration every liberal pundit (and politician) screamed disdain for him, his poilicies, and outright cry for the failure of the war in Iraq and that was all well and good.  Now that someone on the right is doing the same thing . . . well that is blasphemes is hypocritical.  Jeneane Garofalo is just as closed minded if she can't except anyone that doesn't happen to subscribe to her point of view.  Being conservative or Republican doesn't make you closed minded just and being liberal or democrat makes you open minded.  There are closed minded people on both sides!  I am also suspicious of Hollywood and Washington types telling me what is the best way to live my life when based on their point of view.  Having a different opinion or point of view and being able to express and discuss it with someone who may or may not believe the same is what is going to move this country forward.

"Get Over it," was what Obama said to women Democrats.  Then, like a million Eva Brauns, they voted for him!

The women who control the Democratic Party now are not feminists!  Obama knows that and was able to find enough Eva Brauns to get himself elected.