The most astounding shilling I've seen on CNN came from Ben Nelson

DeepModem Mom

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Wed Nov-30-05 10:48 AM
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The most astounding shilling I've seen on CNN came from Ben Nelson

Edited on Wed Nov-30-05 10:50 AM by DeepModem Mom

He was the first non-CNN person to come on the air. He had a neutral to positive reaction to the speech, W, and the war. Miles O'Brian made his comment about Dems wanting to cut and run, I think, to get Nelson to say something resembling an opposition party response to the speech. When Miles finally asked him if there was something in the speech he wanted to hear but didn't, he said something about "metrics," which I think is a military term.

There was no Republican spokesperson. None was needed.

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Wed Nov-30-05 10:52 AM
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1. If CNN allowed him on they ought to know they're just get warm flat beer

Christ, have on someone like Dennis the K...They guy who said from the very beginning that there were no WMD's in Iraq and this was an illegal war fought for no good purpose.

Seems he was right all alonmg, while the media Ho's and otehr politicians were drinking the Koolaid....But does HE get askled on CNN as a "Democratic spokesman?" Noooooo.

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Marr

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Wed Nov-30-05 11:02 AM
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4. I was thinking about that just the other day- I heard someone on TV

describe some moderate right-wing sort as "the type of person we should be listening to right now". Why? He was either so stupid that he belived the Bush propaganda, or he was dishonest enough to be a part of it. Either way, he's not the ideal voice to be listening to.

Three years ago, we were supposed to ignore the critics and listen to the neocons and hawks. They turned out to be a bunch of con men and idiots, so now we're supposed to listen to... not the people who turned out to be *right*, but... reformed neocons and hawks.

It's stupid.

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kansasblue

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Wed Nov-30-05 10:52 AM
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2. Nelson of Florida....or Nebraska?

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DeepModem Mom

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Wed Nov-30-05 10:54 AM
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3. Ben Nelson of Nebraska, who serves on the Armed Services Committee. nt

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