Snarky vs. Malarkey
Posted by MichaelGroff on October 12, 2012 | Filed under Podcasts, Uncategorized
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While it is uncertain as to who emerged victorious in Thursday’s Vice Presidential debate, many of us learned a few notable points.
1) Joe Biden is not very presidential—or vice presidential for that matter. After repeatedly interrupting Congressman Paul Ryan with denouncements, guffaws, an occasional chortle and nearly endless facial contortions, it seemed painfully obvious that the Vice President was short on tact and shorter on temper. It was past his bedtime after all.
2) Congressman Ryan stepped in it, badly. During a discussion regarding the economic “recovery”, one of Ryan’s key points centered around the “failed” stimulous. Vice President Biden couldn’t have laid out a more perfect trap if he tried. Biden asks if congressman Ryan had, in fact, written two letters requesting a portion of the $850 billion stimulous for his home state of Wisconsin, indeed Ryan confirms this. Hypocrisy alert!
3) Either Joe Biden lied or has gone senile in his old age: The Vice President blasts Paul Ryan for putting two wars (among other things) on a “credit card” running up unprecidented debt. Biden declares that he voted against the wars. Unfortunately for the VP, this isn’t the case, the former senator voted for the war in Afghanistan on September 14, 2001 and for the unilateral activity in Iraq on October 11, 2002.
4) Both candidates weren’t exactly crowd pleasers when it came to discussing the next likely target of the U.S. “war on …[whatever]”, Iran. As it seems both leave military action on the table regarding the Iran’s nuclear program.
For some reason, the candidates religious views were brought into the debate as well… shocking, they’re both Catholic, God fearing people. Yawn.
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Also on this episode:
• Michael Vick is the proud owner of a new dog… this should end well.
• Jerry Sandusky, convicted child molestor, insists that he is innocent. Don’t mind all of the evidence, including very creepy voicemail messages to minors, that might suggest otherwise. Of course the pedophile isn’t going down without a fight, in an interesting and heart warming maneuver, the rapist blames one of his victims and the media. Ahh yes, the tried and true “the kid and the media are at fault” defense. If there is a Hell, might there be an extra special hot place for this piece of filth.
• Nearly as atrocious is yet another candidate for parent of the year. A woman super-glues her daughters hands to the wall, luckily she’ll have 99 years to think about it… or she might get probation, that’s some quality sentencing boys.
• The political endorsement everyone has been waiting for… with bated breath so many of us have been eagerly anticipating the wisdom that only one person could offer in this highly contentious political landscape. With just 25 days to go and a nation virtually in a statistical deadlock, there is only one person who can possibly guide us to the promise land with their unparalleled knowledge and political savvy. Of course, I’m talking about the one and only Lindsey Lohan… she’s out of jail, possibly off of the drugs and might have put down the bottle long enough to tell us that she is backing Mitt Romney!
• Dallas Mavericks owner and business mogul Mark Cuban writes a very eloquent blog. To sum up his latest wall of text he arrives at a brilliant conclusion. Cuban says you vote for who you want for whatever reason you want and I’ll vote for who I want for whatever reason I wish. Thanks Mark, I’m glad the internet has some of it’s finite space devoted to your pearls of wisdom.
• The pop chart finds a mixed bag of amusement and disgust as always.
• In the spirit of the election season I offer up a Michael Groff Show flashback. This campaign cycle has been short on one thing… campaign songs! Back in 2008 when Senator John McCain battled Barack Obama, youtube and viral videos were just starting to take over the net. So many people created their own original works or butchered their way through parody songs in support of a particular candidate that I thought it was only appropriate to go back into the show archives to revisit one of those great songs. From March 25, 2008, the debut of “It’s raining McCain”.
• Also, a rare visit to the doctor yields some interesting medical results for myself. “Mike, you’re perfectly healthy, except for these reasons that you’re not and here’s a date to come back for surgery”. It’s really not that bad.
October 17, 2012 at 9:33 pm
I stumbled on to this show recently, read alot of the comments and thought this show might be good. Listened to about 5 shows to give it a chance and I regret wasting my time. Host sounds like a miserable fuck and probably barely scraped by to get a GED. Not his fault as that describes most people on the radio or internet these days.
Not insightful or funny except for making fun of those awful songs, I admit I laughed at that but I could make a show of that and it would probably be about as good. What big piece of information does this show bring out that no one else has? You people must all be his friends or whores to write such kind things about this piece of shit show. Its almost bad enough to play for my friends to make fun of, almost.
Libertarian? what a loser. Nothing like wasting your time on a tiny group of people with no chance to do anything and sound like an asshole. “Oh i’m so much better than you cuz i’m a Libertarian!” get real asshat! You’re so smart because you’re not voting for a Republican or Democrat good for you, sorry we all can’t have GEDs like you do if you even have that.
I read that post where someone calls you a liberal, ha! More like an uptight conservative hypocrit asswipe that only supports “liberal” ideas to maybe appeal to a few more people. Puhleez, if you had a gay son, a drug abusing sister or some kind of “abnormal” person that doesn’t fit into that little neat box then you would be the first to turn your back on them or judge.
You don’t know much about sports but at least you know more about that than real world politics which is obvious because you’re “Libertarian” hahaha. Who is listening to this?!
October 18, 2012 at 5:11 am
“Do you create anything, or just criticize others work and belittle their motivations?”
–Steve Jobs
October 19, 2012 at 1:43 am
Good to know enough people are listening for Mike to get hatemail again.
So here’s my rebuttal. Mike isn’t a “miserable fuck.” If he was, he wouldn’t bother to put together a podcast, much less 1 1/2 to 2 hour podcasts. He’s never claimed the show to be anything but one man’s opinion.
As to how he votes, why do you care? Of course he thinks he’s smarter for picking the Libertarian party, otherwise he wouldn’t vote for them! And of course you pull out the old “They have zero chance of being elected, so don’t vote for them.” Fuck. That. Vote for who you see as the best candidate. Period. There’s no such thing as wasting your vote, only being a coward and a fool for not sticking to your principals.
Also, you listened to 5 shows? If they’re so terrible, why didn’t you stop at 1, or at most 2? Maybe you really did want to give it a fair shake like you say, but you spent about 7 1/2 hours giving it a fair shake. So apparently something appealed to you. That or you’re an idiot for thinking that something magical was going to happen after show 2.
October 19, 2012 at 5:59 am
I listened to the show and I have no idea what it is that has you so riled up. Yes, he is Libertarian. What better person to listen to to get an equal and fair account of the vice presidential debate where two parties he doesn’t support are represented? Why would you want to listen to an overview given by a Republican, or a Democrat? What would be the point?
Do you even know what the Libertarian candidates policies are? Do you know what his views on ‘the issues’ are? I bet you don’t.
If you don’t like it, don’t listen. But like Miles said, you did listen…. you listened quite a bit! You even got passionate enough about something to post a comment! Good job Mike, you’re obviously hitting the mark ;)
Keep it coming!
October 21, 2012 at 6:51 pm
I’ve been doing this show for 12+ years and I know when someone is full of it.
You have obviously listened to enough shows to get a gauge of my political persuasion—as distorted as your view may be. I have a feeling you’ve listened for years, the giveaways are obvious but the first sign is the old line, “I stumbled on this show and…” You sure did… years ago… and haven’t stopped listening since! You love it!
Perhaps you’re a troll, perhaps you’re partly for real, I can’t put much credibility into what you say. Nevertheless I’ll be very clear about my position on one very important critique you fired at me: I do not have any intolerance whatsoever toward homosexuals, bisexuals or transgendered individuals.
You propose/assume how I would act toward a theoretical “gay son”. As I have said so many times before, I would embrace whatever lifestyle he chose as long as he were happy. I might feel uneasy as a result of the potential persecution that comes with the territory of being a homosexual male in many parts of the US. Nevertheless, such a lifestyle would be perfectly acceptable to me and I wouldn’t tolerate anyone else that begrudged him or any other family member their choice in sexual persuasion. Your lifestyle is your decision and I wouldn’t turn my back on it.
With that having been said, I also would try to help anyone (family or otherwise) that fell into substance abuse or any other potentially damaging behavior. Just because I support the legalization of some drugs doesn’t mean that I absolve myself nor society of the potential consequences—much like the prominent issues with alcoholism that face this country.
I reject your argument as it is without any basis whatsoever. You’re free to spew your venom and I encourage all opinions here. If you were simply trolling, then congratulations and I have enjoyed eating up your bait, it was delicious, if you’re serious then I guess your moniker of “unimpressed” fits you perfectly.