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Sparkly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 10:34 AM
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Feingold Clip on CNN -- what is Soledad O'Brien's problem?!?
Check out the clip, posted on Yahoo:
http://news.yahoo.com/

Is it considered being "smart" to be argumentative in broadcasting? Sheeesh.

Soledad argues that we don'KNOW whether Chimpy broke the law. Just because he broke the law (by not getting warrants as required by law) doesn't mean he broke the law -- we need to wait and find out! What is it we're supposed to "find out" and why does she think BushCo will reveal anything more?!?
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ellie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 10:35 AM
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1. She is such an ass.
I had to turn it off.
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hydrashok75 Donating Member (843 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 10:39 AM
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4. She's probably trying to hard...
...to continue doing an impersonation of a real journalist.

They really should keep her on the "human interest" type stuff, where her fake concern for the human condition is actually applicable.

By harping on liberal bias for so long, the conservatives have gotten what they want--a media so afraid of appearing biased that they do backwards handsprings in a rightward direction. Funny.
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98geoduck Donating Member (590 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 11:32 AM
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20. Good choice! Remember the Bill Hemmer, Jack Cafferty, Soledad...
Team? I referred to them as the Jock, the Coach. and the Cheerleader.

Hemmer, now on Fox...
Cafferty, still fixated on the Clintons in In the Money...
Soledad, grasping, cause the ratings are in a freefall...
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winston61 Donating Member (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 10:38 AM
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2. dumb ass talking head
Just part of the race to the bottom. Thank Focks news and corporate shareholders for the useless shithouses that new media has become. Wait that's not fair to shithouses, they have a use.
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flordehinojos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 10:39 AM
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3. soledad o'brien is not very smart.
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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 10:40 AM
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5. she is a news HO!
one of the worst. She has no business being in the news business.
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NoodleyAppendage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 10:40 AM
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6. She has to be one of the biggest IDIOT Harvard grads.
I have no idea how she managed to graduate from Harvard. She's so vacuous and petty.

Thank HEAVENS! That Miles O'Brien is there to balance out her stupidity.

J
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mattclearing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 10:42 AM
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9. I love your username. n/t
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Narraback Donating Member (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 10:44 AM
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12. Getting in is the hard part of Harvard...
At least that is what I hear.
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ellie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 10:46 AM
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14. I've heard that too.
n/t
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NoodleyAppendage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 11:10 AM
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19. She hit the politically correct trifecta - multiracial w/ prof. parents
Edited on Mon Mar-13-06 11:12 AM by NoodleyAppendage
I'm not casting judgment one way or the other, but I would note that her background is right up the alley of the rampantly politically-correct Harvard admissions committee.

She hails from a multiracial couple with a first generation immigrant father (Australia); both parents are professional types with advanced degrees. Having this pedigree is more than enough to bump up any flagging SAT scores.

I'm not saying that she couldn't gain admittance on her own efforts, but it's clear from watching her for years that she was not admitted to Harvard for intellectual honesty or a nuanced appreciation of journalistic ethics.

J
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KurtNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 10:42 AM
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7. They down play everything
If Bush was OJ Simpson CNN would be talking about 'what a great job he did overcoming the challenges of being a single parent.'
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 12:17 PM
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22. Or, "What a safe driver he is on LA's freeways!..."
"Always cautious and drives under the limit"

That's CNN!!!
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Sparkly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 12:28 PM
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23. Or if Chimpy drove 90 mph in a 35 mph zone for several years...
"Nobody KNOWS if he broke the law! Besides, Congress is going to raise the speed limit to 90 mph now anyway so it won't matter."
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Cocoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 10:42 AM
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8. Feingold defeated her
I love when dems do this.

Russ told her, obviously they got you believing something that's not true. :toast:
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Goblinmonger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 10:43 AM
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10. Two things
1. I am so damn happy to be from Wisconsin when I see Russ talk. I wish he was president.
2. Soledad is so god damn stupid it just hurts to listen to her. I like how Feingold gave her the mental smackdown a couple times and she didn't even get it.
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Armstead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 10:44 AM
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11. It sounded like an adult explaining something to a surly teenager
Edited on Mon Mar-13-06 10:46 AM by Armstead
She was like a teenager who is determined to become a famous fashion model or something, and doesn;t understand that it is not something that comes automatically.

But he had a great comeback to her. "Appearently the administration's spin has managed to convince YOU that it's legal, when almost everyone acknowledges that it was not."

I suspect in the back of his mind was the temption to add "...you shallow airhead."
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BootinUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 10:44 AM
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13. He took advantage of her
ignorance though. Good job Senator.
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BR_Parkway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 10:47 AM
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15. In real life, if they opened the bank vault on Monday morning and
it was empty -

  1. We would know a law had been broken
  2. We might not know who broke it
  3. There would be an investigation into who broke into it
  4. There would be indictments filed and a courtroom trial


Here we know -


  1. The law says you must get the warrants
  2. The law was passed specifically due to a previous Presidential abuse of powers
  3. The person has publically confessed multiple times to breaking this law
  4. If I were caught speeding, the cop can claim I was speeding and breaking the law - they still have to prove it in court. If I admitted it, no need for proof in court - judge can pass sentence.
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BeyondGeography Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 10:48 AM
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16. Feingold toke her apart
on the question of whether * broke the law. She said there's still a lot of debate about that. He said, in so many words, that she was parroting RNC talking points, and that even Republican Senators admit the law was broken (as does the Administration, for crying out loud).

That said, Soledad has always been a total nightmare. She has the face of a little thug who will do anything in her power to defend her material position. I can't wait until she implodes and CNN puts a new empty suit out there for us all to make fun of.
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ellie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 10:50 AM
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17. I also love how CNN
asked the overfed tourist wearing the "Air Force One" t-shirt what she thought of bush, and surprise, surprise: "He's doing a good job!" is what she had to say.
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skipos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 10:52 AM
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18. Anyone know her email address? nt
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Neil Lisst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 11:42 AM
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21. she's such an air head, I don't know how Fox missed her
She's as bad as ED Hill, and like ED, never tires of hearing her own voice.
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boobooday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 01:15 PM
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24. She tries so hard
She always sounds like she is auditioning for Fox.

Russ handled her frothing just beautifully. She looked like an idiot.
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radio4progressives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 01:20 PM
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25. And here is the full clip posted/archived on bradblog.com
http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00002540.htm
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Sparkly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 01:53 PM
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27. Good
Edited on Mon Mar-13-06 01:54 PM by Sparkly
It's still up on the Yahoo page, but you have to click "all videos" and scroll down a ways...

This is a CLASSIC.

Edited to add -- transcript is up, here:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0603/13/ltm.01.html
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Norquist Nemesis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 01:25 PM
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26. She "would have to disagree"
So, she admits to injecting a personal opinion into her duties as a 'journalist'! :puke:
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Sparkly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 01:55 PM
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28. and "I've got to correct you."
:puke:
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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 02:16 PM
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29. My e-mai to CNN .....
under my real name and real e-mail address ......

Soledad, were you trying to be a 'hard hitting jouralist' in your dust up with Sen Finegold earlier today? What kind of 'journalist' engages in debate with a newsmaker (which Sen Finegold surely was today)?

You came off as petty, small, shrill, and biased.

Sadly, you are either now comfortable enough to show your true bias or you're so cowed by the power structure that you just argue with any viewpoint opposing the power structure on an instinctive basis.

Shame on you. Harvard should revoke your degree.
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incapsulated Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 02:18 PM
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30. She is such a whore, I swear
I've lost count of the amount of times my mouth was hanging open at the shit she has said.
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radio4progressives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 02:25 PM
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31. this is such a great interview of Russ smacking down the RW-CM
:applause:
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