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I'm sorry, I just can't get that comment out of my mind!
Peace!
and most of all,
LOVE!
Remember to talk about McCain breaking the law.
I mean, after all, ABC News set that standard.
You improve every single time in your delivery. Just remember, talk slow, well not southern slow but not New York fast.
LOL Forget it, you did great the last time and I am sure you be great again.
The seconds incident was when Bill Clinton guest-hosted his friend Rush Limbaugh's radio program and demonized Obama and other Democrats. Again, the Clintons showed a complete lack of morals and went for the down and dirty, bigoted tactics: http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily... Conveniently, the sell-out press gave Billary cover on this issue too. What gives?
O/T Pentagon with Cheney's help created US Pravda, enlisting retired military bigshots to spout talking points on the airwaves.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/washington/20...
Cindy is currently on the board of a couple of other family foundations. Is she stealing from them? The lack of oversight is alarming. (Isn't there a line on tax-forms for ill-gotten gains?) There is no evidence that she ever went through rehab or ever repaid the thefts, so why wouldn't she continue in her BAD HABITS? (pun intended)
If McCain is President, what Commissions and Committees will his wife chair? With nepotism so rife in DC, we can expect to see her name heading-up something. If she can't handle her own foundation without dipping into the till, and regards her staffers as tools to be used and tossed, how can we trust her with the government's money and people?
"The right has mastered the art of transforming their leaders into heroic icons while demolishing the character of virtually every liberal and Democratic leader. Those are the themes that , far and away, dominate the establishment medias political coverage.....Given that dynamic, Democrats have two choices and only two choices:
1. allow the Right to wield these themes unchallenged, in a one sided manner, or
2. engage them just as aggressively and directly in order to neutralize the advantage they confer."
I think this is why everyone cheers so much for Olbermann and lately, Rachel Maddow, who has been so good at pointing this out that she seriously pissed off holy Joe Scarborough.
How the hell can a candidate as flawed as McCain, in this time of complete dissatisfaction with the GOP in this country and all the associated problems , be polling so well? Because the media takes this framing, simplifies it, and puts it on a platter for the public.
Yea, I am mad a hell that they are able to frame Obama as an elitist against two candidates who are each worth more than 100 million dollars.
It will be a great day when people stop giving so much gravitas to the opinions of journalists. We didn't choose them, and there is no way to ensure that their opinions reflect rather than change the public sentiment.
Friends of Joe Lieberman.....
"why don't you wear a flag pin?"-cable news to Obama
Because Corporate media has skewed our elections for decades now. ZBK thinks people should not be so swayed by the media, but television is now the national pastime. Yea, the internet is getting stronger, but I see all the RW emails going out to the average person- full of misinformation and outright lies-so even this media can be deceptive and manipulative.
I hope Obamas campaign is successful for this reason alone! This. Has. To. Stop.
I know it has been going on as long as there have been political campaigns, but the medium of television is so pervasive in American culture. I dont know the solution. Some type of journalism license? Ethics board? Back to the fairness doctrine? Taking back the airwaves for election debates with no corporate interests and bringing back the League of Women voters? Because you cant change the human appetite for scandal, gossip or salaciousness.
Also, via Cliff Schecter, be sure to ask about McCain's past associations with: Rick Renzi (indicted), Terry Nelson (racist ads against Harold Ford in 2006), Trent Lott (pining for a Strom presidency), The Wyly Brothers (corrupt), Bob Perry (Chief Swift Boater), Richard Quinn (white supremacist), Rev. Richard Land (homosexual hate), Ken Blackwell (Ohio election suppression), Charlie Black (lobbyist and according to John Gorenfeld’s new book, Bad Moon Rising, Reverend Moon lover)?
Turns out they're in the bag for the Pentagon--surprise, surprise.
In the summer of 2005, the Bush administration confronted a fresh wave of criticism over Guantánamo Bay. The detention center had just been branded "the gulag of our times" by Amnesty International, there were new allegations of abuse from United Nations human rights experts and calls were mounting for its closure.
The administration's communications experts responded swiftly. Early one Friday morning, they put a group of retired military officers on one of the jets normally used by Vice President Dick Cheney and flew them to Cuba for a carefully orchestrated tour of Guantánamo.
To the public, these men are members of a familiar fraternity, presented tens of thousands of times on television and radio as "military analysts" whose long service has equipped them to give authoritative and unfettered judgments about the most pressing issues of the post-Sept. 11 world.
Hidden behind that appearance of objectivity, though, is a Pentagon information apparatus that has used those analysts in a campaign to generate favorable news coverage of the administration's wartime performance, an examination by The New York Times has found.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/washington/20...
"Despite her campaign's relentless attacks on Barack Obama's qualifications and electability, Hillary Clinton has lost a lot of ground with Democratic voters nationwide going into Tuesday's critical primary in Pennsylvania, a new NEWSWEEK poll shows.
The survey of 1,209 registered voters found that Obama now leads Clinton by nearly 20 points, or 54 percent to 35 percent, among registered Democrats and those who lean Democratic nationwide. The previous Newsweek poll, conducted in March after Clinton's big primary wins in Ohio and Texas, showed the two Democrats locked in a statistical tie (45 percent for Obama to 44 percent for Clinton). The new poll puts Obama ahead among women as well as men, and voters aged 60 and older as well as younger voters.
One of the more devastating results for Clinton was that a majority of all registered voters now see her as dishonest and untrustworthy. According to the poll, just four in 10 (41 percent) registered voters view the New York senator as honest and trustworthy, while 51 percent think the opposite. This compares with solid majorities of voters who see Obama and McCain as honest and trustworthy (both polled 61 percent)"
http://www.newsweek.com/id/132721/output/
HILLARY,DO US A FAVOR- LEAVE THE RACE NOW!
DON'T DAMAGE THE DP ANYMORE!
A White, Male, Obama supporter & Hungry For Some PRINCIPLES!!
Everything from his guest selection and balance to his chosen topics is anything but unbiased as he would like for everyone to believe. That man is a cynic of the very worst kind, one with the power of the media behind him.
I wish you LUCK tomorrow John, but I will NOT be watching that man's show.
Remember, the MSM is NOT your friend or anyone's but their own.
ask Jim about this ...
But the disclosure excluded the income of his wife, Cindy, the heiress to a large Arizona beer distribution company, whose wealth is estimated at more than $100m (€63.5m, £50.2m).
Mrs Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, this month reported joint income of $20.4m for 2007, while Mr Obama and his wife, Michelle, declared $4.2m.
Ask him if he married for love or money.
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hahaha. . .we can't ask McCain that - why, Republicans have no character or association issues. He was a POW and hero - that's all the public is allowed to know.
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The only one getting a free ride has been John "I was a POW - don't question me" McCain.
Yep - those flag lapel pin questions sure are serious.
You say you are "not political". Does this mean you are basing your vote on the manufactured political distractions of the day? You really think we should base any part of our decision on who to vote for by whether or not they wear a flag pin, or they met someone in their community who happened to have a shady past a few times in the course of local politics? Is that what you are saying?
Because if you are, the corporate media has tricked you, spun you, and hung you out to dry.
Yes, I agree, time spent invalidating the apparent press-pass of Insane McCain would have been much better spent. The man is a charlatan and a complete fake. The sooner the truth about McCain is exposed to the light and the public made a ware, the quicker his campaign will fold like a house of cards in a hurricane. The sooner the real press unwraps the flag from McCain, the sooner the public will see his dirty and disreputable dealings, and the sooner they will see the war-hero crap as the self-serving pious fiction it is.
That Prada-wearing Nazi closet queen should just shut the hell up and MOVE ON. Unless you're here to make an apology for all the hatred the Church has purveyed in its name, I am profoundly uninterested.