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Who listens to Republicans anyway? |
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I liked this part ..Let me tell you: if Michigan and Florida had not been thrown overboard by Howard Dean and Donna Brazile - Obama would not matter. "God Damn, America!" is not going away. It is testimony to the willing irresponsibility of the media that Wright’s bile was not shown to the nation earlier. If Wright had been known to us in January, Obama would be a footnote now. It was out there to be seen. It is only compliant, brain-dead, synchophants in the MSM that kept those tapes off the air for so long. With two candidates that cannot get a majority of the delegates we have a real monster on our hands. Talk about buyer’s remorese. When "liberals" start taking like conservatives, you know there is already change I can believe in. |
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compliant, brain-dead, synchophants in the MSM I’m a bit confused though .. does this prove that there is no "liberal" bias in the media ? .. or is it the other way around ? |
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dripping, oozing condescension that Obamites have for those without college degrees Heh. I guess my knee-jerk thought was that primarily "uneducated persons" (painting with a broad brush, I know) would fall for Obama’s schtick. Then reflecting on it, most of the big Obama supporters I know are self-described intellectuals. I say "self-described" because while many of them do have advanced degrees, they favor the image of education over the substance, i.e. care more about the degree than the actual pursuit of knowledge. Not understanding the substance behind an education is the antithesis of intellectualism.
I guess this fits the campaign well. |
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Schadenfreude has its sweetness, of course, but in the long run this nuttiness and bitterness among Democrats does not bode well. We face serious challenges. We need a strong Democratic party just as we need a strong Europe. |
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Check out Joe Wilson’s (as in Valerie Plame) HufPo piece:
Smears and Tears: How Obama’s National Security Week Turned Into the Mendacity of Hype
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-wilson/smears-and-tears-how-oba_b_93525.html?view=print
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I do think it would have made a big difference if the Wright videos had been played before Obamamania got rolling.
And how hard would it have been? It took no supersleuthing to buy the DVDs from Trinity, watch them, then excerpt the devastating chunks that have only now been presented to the general public. There were enough clues already that Rev. Wright was a wacko and the center-right blogosphere had followed up the text leads.
What happened? Why did the MSM just put it off until this late? What about the Democratic party or the Hillary oppo staff? It’s understandable that the Republicans would have held off until the general election since they could easily by tarred as racists.
Maybe no one really expected Obama to get this far and no one wanted to take the risk of blowing the whistle. |
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Watching the Dems eat their own guts is the most fun I have had in an election ever. Then I realize that one of these 3 clowns is going to be the next President, and all of the air is sucked out of me. We are deep into "the crazy years". |
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If anything comes out of this election season, I’d like to see more "Democrats" and/or "liberals" come to the realization that "their side" engages in just as much distortion, lying, fact-shading, and dung-slinging as "the other side". No more, no less. There are real differences between the parties, but both sides, being far too large and unwieldy to maintain effective message discipline, use the full range of human attacks at their disposal. Neither group holds back, because neither group is capable of holding back.
Actually, I’d like everyone to come to that realization, but the opportunity that presents itself here and now is for the Democrats.
Vitriol, bile, and lies do not cease being vitriol, bile, and lies for being directed at your enemies.
I’ve seen some people wake up to this. I’ve seen others fail to. Some I find myself wondering how much effort they are exerting to fail to notice this. And I have to admit, while I’ve never really respected it, I find myself respecting those who still persist in referring to "Republican tactics" at this date even less. |
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I’ve seen others fail to. Some I find myself wondering how much effort they are exerting to fail to notice this. And I have to admit, while I’ve never really respected it, I find myself respecting those who still persist in referring to "Republican tactics" at this date even less. *Clears Throat*
Oh Oliver..... |
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While a divided government is probably good, the last time I remember this much joy at another campaign was the glee Jimmy Carter was having watching the obviously unqualified Ronald Reagan defeat George Bush in a bitter campaign (remember ’voodoo economic’). They later realized they had celebrated a tad too early. It happens.
Jeremy: YES! Both sides do it, it’s a game that neither is virtuous in. I know liberals think ’we’re in it for principle, the GOP for power,’ and conservatives think ’we have ideas, they just want control,’ but the reality is politicians in each party are far more alike than different, and they have similar tendencies to cheat, exaggerate and try to control the debate. I hope Republicans and conservatives realize this too. |
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Scott Erb
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I do think it would have made a big difference if the Wright videos had been played before Obamamania got rolling.
And how hard would it have been? It took no supersleuthing to buy the DVDs from Trinity, watch them, then excerpt the devastating chunks that have only now been presented to the general public. There were enough clues already that Rev. Wright was a wacko and the center-right blogosphere had followed up the text leads.
What happened? Why did the MSM just put it off until this late? What about the Democratic party or the Hillary oppo staff? It’s understandable that the Republicans would have held off until the general election since they could easily by tarred as racists.
Maybe no one really expected Obama to get this far and no one wanted to take the risk of blowing the whistle.
This is partly why I have to muse about the timing. With all his momentum, this is close to the best time for Obama to least jeopardize his chances in the Primary.
And weighing that against the need to put as much time between this revelation and the General Election makes this probably the best possible time in an overall sense for this revelation to play out.
In fact, doing it now, there’s a certain security in fact it will play out amongst Democrats first rather than brought up by Outsiders/Republicans. In fact it will look awkward if Republicans bring it up in the Campaign to the General. In fact is someone does, I’d expect McCain to toss them under the bus.
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Sometimes you really have to wonder why anyone runs to be the "most hated man in America". |
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myDD see a problem as well. |
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Another four years? Which presidency was the original version of this? It’s a bit strange to think Bush supporters tend to be latte-drinking intellectuals, and Clinton certainly had a much broader support base than that, even if it included them. It’s a little strange to refer to anyone before him in such a manner. So what exactly is this person referring to? |
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Written By:
Jeremy Pierce
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