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OHdem10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 09:17 AM
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GOP will once again MONOPOLIZE the Sunday AM Talk Shows.
Rachel pointed out there will 9 GOP to ONE Democrat, Senator Durbin.

Why do we even bother with elections? If every Democrat
stayed home this election, Obama will be President
and the Republicans will have House and Senate.

One Democratic President to 435 House and 100 Semate Republicans.
America will be established as a RW Country.
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Maccagirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 09:19 AM
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1. I don't watch Sunday AM "talk" shows.
"Sabbath gasbags", every one of them.
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n2doc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 09:21 AM
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2. The sunday shows are nothing
They don't matter, except to the chattering class. Ignore them, just as 99% of the rest of the country does.

Frankly I wish Democrats would just stop going on these shows. Waste of time.
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zeemike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 09:31 AM
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4. I think it matters more than you know
It is the repetition of propaganda that makes people think that the right wing is right, not what the facts really are.
And we ignore this at our peril, as Fascist Germany should have fought us.
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n2doc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 09:42 AM
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7. Again, who watches these things?
I just don't think people care much about them. And the catapult the propaganda 24/7 on all the cable news channels anyway.
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jtrockville Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 10:24 AM
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18. Perhaps no one watches, but they're the source of most quotes.
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OHdem10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 09:38 AM
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6. To you they are nothing perhaps, but they are considered the
most important television of the week.
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n2doc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 10:19 AM
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17. Maybe by the punditocracy. They love to see themselves on TV.
But if you asked an average American what the most important show of the week was, they would probably say Dancing with the Stars or American Idol. If you asked them what political show was the most important, I'll bet that none of the sunday shows would be in the top 3. IMHO.
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OHdem10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 10:49 AM
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20. How do you think the pundits became convinced this is a Center
Right Nation?
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fredamae Donating Member (622 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 09:28 AM
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3. I am so close to cancelling my cable subscription
If I have to pay for crap I can't control and I'm sick of crap...why should I keep it?
There is hardly anything Worth watching these days so "changing the channel" is not an option.
I am reduced, by virtue on non-stop anti-American repub propaganda, to pay a lot for nothing.
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RKP5637 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 09:54 AM
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8. If you do dump cable and have broadband you can get Roku which is
incredible. See http://roku.com
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Webster Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 11:04 AM
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21. I did just that.
I realized I was paying $80 every month for the package that includes HBO, mostly to watch 'Real Time'. Couldn't justify it. I can see most of that show online eventually anyway.
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AmandaRuth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 09:34 AM
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5. Same feeling I get when I hear
corp's are sitting on record amounts of cash, why? If they are just waiting until the pubs take complete power, what is the point of elections.
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 09:54 AM
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9. gotta push the propaganda
Edited on Sat May-14-11 09:56 AM by Botany
Obama has:



stopped another great depression .... we still need more and better paying jobs



saved the auto industry



killed bin Laden

and what have the republicans done? NOTHING BTW why would any women ever vote for a republican again?

So the corporate media is pushing the republicans big time now .... just like they killed the Ohio 2004 story.

BTW part 2 .... why interview all the bush people who failed to get OBL? after the Super Bowl they spend 90% of the
air time on the winning team not the losing team.
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 10:02 AM
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14. "Catapult."
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RKP5637 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 09:58 AM
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10. I never bother to watch Sunday AM Talk Shows. I used to watch Tim Russert, but
quit when Gregory took over. I don't care much for him. Fox is garbage, and the rest are so so ... I turned them all off.
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 09:58 AM
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11. Corporate Media (R) ain't even hiding their slant
the blow-dry 'readers' they hire as 'reporters' are all on their knees to kiss RepubliCorp ass.

Disgraceful.

The RepubliCorporate Media is among America's most poisoned institutions.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 10:00 AM
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12. this will be the case until the elections...the media wins when republcians win
Edited on Sat May-14-11 10:02 AM by spanone
think about last sunday. President Obama had the greatest week of his presidency and all the public got was an earful of bullshit come sunday morning by the republicans

who dominated the talk shows....the media is the true enemy of democracy in the usa
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 10:01 AM
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13. And even THEN they thought "Durbin" was the kid just booted off "American Idol"!
James, FYI. :-)
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 10:02 AM
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15. We bother because the farce prevents Civil War re-dux.
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randr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 10:09 AM
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16. There are no Sunday "talk" shows
Edited on Sat May-14-11 10:09 AM by randr
There always has been the Republican/Military spin machine. The discussion many times dominates the news for days and dismisses any debate. It is time to tune them out!
Besides the CBS Sunday Morning Show is one of the best news journals of the week.
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jimlup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 10:28 AM
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19. Seriously, what is wrong with the freeking media?
I mean their blatant bias is becoming more and more apparent and I'm not talking just FAUX news.
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spin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 11:16 AM
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22. If every Democrat stayed home in the upcoming election ...
Obama might not be President.

Every Democrat needs to vote!
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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 11:40 AM
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23. All Repiglickins All the Time

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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-14-11 12:02 PM
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24. Doesn't it seem that this happens regardless who's in office? Why? Lack of effort by Dems?
Or is there more to it than that?
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