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jasmine621 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 08:46 AM
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MSM is giving Obama a HUGE PASS. Going after HC big time.
I hope the HC campaign sticks to the facts and issues and doesn't fall for the bait. The next trap is spousal wars that the MSM is trying to set up between Michelle Obama and Bill Clinton. I heard the MSM last night saying what Obama should have said about Bill Clinton. Since when does the MSM begin to write the script for political candidates? I sure hope the Clintons don't fall for the trap. It's a no win for them.
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janetblond Donating Member (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 08:47 AM
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1. MSM?
what's MSM?
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Apollo11 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 08:49 AM
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6. MSM = Mainstream media
Network TV, cable TV, daily newspapers ...
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chascarrillo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 08:52 AM
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10. Right-wing term for CNN/NYT/ABC/CBS/NBC
Edited on Wed Jan-23-08 08:52 AM by chascarrillo
Used by Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Fox News on a daily basis.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 08:48 AM
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2. why do you give a fuck?
according to your rather simplistic "analysis", they're both DINOs not fit to stand in the same room with either Dennis of JE.
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jasmine621 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 12:14 PM
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12. Sometimes "simplicity" rules the day. Most Dems are DINOs
there is always at least one or two issues that individual Dems may be accused of being RW or Republican...like "family values" or being a Christian. Hillary will be a far more effective President than Obama because she knows her way around the political environment. We fool ourselves if we think otherwise.
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janetblond Donating Member (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 08:48 AM
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3. I don't think so ...
Seems to me they're "blaming" the fights on Obama.
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democrat2thecore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 08:48 AM
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4. So, the MSM is trying hard to HURT Hillary Clinton? What MSM are you reading/watching?
They are her biggest cheerleaders!
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BenDavid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 12:21 PM
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13. I know it maybe too much to ask but would you watch cnn's
situation room for a week. If hour number 1 does not tell you how anti hrc they are, then stayed tuned as hour number 2 is no different and then hour number 3 is a rehash of hours 1 and 2. I have it all documented from October 30th through the 31st of january.....and folks it's not pretty.....more postive reporting for obama and 60/40 positive for edwards and 70/30 negative HRC.
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Medusa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 08:49 AM
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5. I've heard them target him too
It seems pretty even-handed to me.
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Evergreen Emerald Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 08:49 AM
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7. I am not surprised they have been attacking Clinton for decades.
I get so angry I cannot even watch. They are gleeful in their attacks.
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Skwmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 08:50 AM
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8. Yeah right. That's why they've been showing all the attacks against
Obama without his response.
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Apollo11 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 08:52 AM
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9. I hope you are right.
But I don't think there is any chance that Michelle will get down into the mud where Bill Clinton seems to be having so much fun.
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oasis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 01:35 PM
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18. Sly Michelle is just as much in the mud as anyone else.
:eyes:
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Tarc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 10:21 AM
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11. Agreed, but they might be finally starting to catch on
Front page yahoo.com story about Obama ducking tough legislation in the Illinois Senate with "present" votes.

http://www.yahoo.com/s/789716
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Robbins Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 01:23 PM
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14. MSM
Which networks have you been watching? Even MSNBC which Is the closet you can get to a fair cable
news network have been all over Obama and cheerleading Clinton.
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NCarolinawoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 01:29 PM
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15. MSM wants the perpetual soap opera.
If the soap opera begins to get boring, they will, indeed, offer up the script.

They really like taking a stick to the hornets' nest and giving it a big poke. And yeah, we of the blogosphere are part of that hornets' nest.
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K Gardner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 01:31 PM
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16. The MSM has just awakened to find that the Clinton Machine set them up in a big way
in NH and Nevada. They are angry, they have had it with the Machine and they are fighting back. I'm glad to see it. The Clintons need to realize no one is going to fall for their b/s manipulation again.
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pampango Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 01:31 PM
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17. My guess is that each candidate thinks the MSM targets them and
gives opponents a pass. Most of us remember the times that a commentator, program or network take a shot at our favorite candidate. We don't pay much attention to shots taken at other candidates as it doesn't mean much to us.

I didn't see the what you are referring to, but I see talking heads giving unsolicited advice and suggesting strategies to candidates all the time. They seem to think that's what the job of a talking head is.
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