Estimates range between 1.5 million and 20 million.
That's...specific. Seriously? That's the best estimate they can get?
I hope you don't think that I just come over for the spells and everything. I mean, I really like just talking and hanging out with you and stuff.
Willow ,'First Date'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
ChiKat - Mar 06, 2012 10:21:24 am PST #25415 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
tommyrot - Mar 06, 2012 10:23:05 am PST #25416 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
That's...specific. Seriously? That's the best estimate they can get?
Only the people who sell the advertising know for sure... and that info is proprietary.
ETA: Rush claims 20 million. Media Matters estimates 1.5 million.
Consuela - Mar 06, 2012 10:27:10 am PST #25417 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Not cancer, no, but they had to pee into cups for a while.
If anyone wants some cheering up, check out the winners of the Smithsonian magazine phot contest: [link]
le nubian - Mar 06, 2012 10:27:17 am PST #25418 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 06, 2012 10:28:32 am PST #25419 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I wonder if enough women were just angry and freaked out already over the recent Catholic birth control kerfuffle, the trans-vaginal ultrasound bill, etc.
I think this is part of it. Good ol' Rush just stepped forward at the exact wrong moment and picked the exact wrong target to attack, and made himself a lightning rod for the ire of, well, just about everyone. Couldn't have happened to a more deserving guy.
In related news, I am no longer a fan of Patricia Heaton or willing to defend her: [link]
Jessica - Mar 06, 2012 10:28:42 am PST #25420 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Rush claims 20 million. Media Matters estimates 1.5 million
To put it in other terms, that's the difference between the first-run broadcast of American Idol and a 2:30am Family Guy repeat.
le nubian - Mar 06, 2012 10:33:11 am PST #25421 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Matt,
I know Patricia Heaton has said asshatty things in the past, but I was so surprised to learn that she leaned in to the Dark Side with vigor.
It's really not defensible. No one made her say any of that. She was not misconstrued.
Amy - Mar 06, 2012 10:38:43 am PST #25422 of 30001
Because books.
The Patricia Heaton thing makes me really glad I don't watch The Middle, or whatever her show is. As le nubian said, completely indefensible.
le nubian - Mar 06, 2012 10:38:53 am PST #25423 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
brenda m - Mar 06, 2012 10:57:39 am PST #25424 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I think this is part of it. Good ol' Rush just stepped forward at the exact wrong moment and picked the exact wrong target to attack, and made himself a lightning rod for the ire of, well, just about everyone. Couldn't have happened to a more deserving guy.
It was also a sustained attack over the course of days where he just kept doubling down.