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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 07:36 AM
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Is it "Fair and Balanced" to say a candidate is "through" before one vote
is cast? That is what FOX news did last night. Their talking heads must have got their talkin points from the RNC. Talk down the chances of General Clark. We do not like the way he says that George W Bush did not do all he could do to stop 9/11. We do no like the way he talks class warfare by saying he will increase the tax rates by 5% on millionaires. Convince the people that he does not have a chance. We will get our radio talk shows and our conservative editorialists, like Peggy Noonan, to attack him tomorrow and later if needed. Your mission, FOX News is to destroy the credibility of Wesley K Clark. He is not stable. He says one thing and then another. He is a threat to our deception strategy and people may actually start to believe him. We cannot have anyone questioning our right to capture Saddam Hussein and give the people of Iraq the democracy they deserve. If you have any questions, send them to Brit Hume. He will see that they are forwarded to the appropriate people.
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displacedtexan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 07:43 AM
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1. You nailed it with "We do not like the way he talks..."
Some woman repuke just called into C-SPAN and said that Dems were a disgrace to our country because of "how they talk about *."
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krkaufman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 07:46 AM
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2. Funny...
Pretty funny how they're unable to relate this hard-core view with their previous behavior during the Clinton Admin.
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bushwakker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 07:48 AM
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3. The Brilliant Juan Williams
said on Sunday that Clark's campaign was finished. I don't know these people live with themselves. Just keep cashin' those Murdoch paychecks Juan.
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isbister Donating Member (902 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 07:49 AM
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4. Turn your television to
the static station... its much more entertaining
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Gman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 08:02 AM
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5. The GOP fears Clark the most
that's why they're going after him so hard.

But they don't feel very good about Kerry either. They want Dean to the point that they've infiltrated the Dean campaign to help get him the nomination.
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patricia92243 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 08:03 AM
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6. Don't watch Fox, then you won't get upset by them
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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 08:05 AM
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7. been saying it about john kerry for months
including on du. i didn't care though. i always said, win or lose, i'm proud of my candidate and proud to support him.
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jonoboy Donating Member (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 08:12 AM
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8. liars and whores the lot of them on Fox..don't watch it !
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 08:16 AM
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9. on C-SPAN this morning
a lady called in about the so-called liberal media. She was talking about our 37 soldiers who had been killed and the media IGNORED it. She said the very next day, 7 soldiers were killed and the reporters on CNN called it "the bloodiest day since going to Iraq." She was furious they said that, ignoring the previous day where 37 soldiers were killed. SO, she CALLED CNN and said that to them..."Why did you call today the bloodiest day in Iraq and just yesterday we had 37 men killed and you ignored it?" He put her on hold to check her facts...he came back and said..."right." she said...."I know I'm right, why do you do that? Why don't you report THE NEWS and THE FACTS?" He said...."Lady, if you want facts and the news, you need to get Bush out of the WH because NOTHING goes out of here without WH approval."...from a CNN employee's mouth! The media is OWNED by the WH and that lady got it confirmed by CNN themselves.

Peggy Noonan is a wench. Brit Hume is a RW hack...read David Brock's book "Blinded by the Right"...he was involved...BIG TIME in the Clinton scandal. Faux News...well....they are not a news network. They are a State run network.

I hate republicans!

Go Wes!
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GiovanniC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 09:03 AM
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10. I Heard That!
My jaw was to the ground, even though I already knew what she was saying was true.

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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 09:22 AM
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11. I know!
I know the media is RW but for her to CALL CNN and be told that by an EMPLOYEE that the WH controls them???? Unbelievable. :(
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Joe the Revelator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 09:24 AM
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12. and so very scary
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Joe the Revelator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 09:48 AM
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13. What date did 37 soliders die?
Edited on Tue Jan-27-04 09:52 AM by ColdnGrey
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 09:52 AM
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14. I don't know...she didn't say.
A google search might bring it up? :shrug:
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Jerseycoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 10:14 AM
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17. Amazing
What kind of CNN employee? Was it a so-called journalist?
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 09:54 AM
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15. I honestly cannot believe the people who, both on the news and
here, have called the race based on Iowa. Extremely perplexing. :hi:
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spooky3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 10:08 AM
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16. They smear all of our candidates.
We need a TV network.
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TexasSissy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-27-04 11:33 AM
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18. No. No more than to say one was a shoe-in before one vote.
The media casts their own opinions and desires onto things, and try to influence results. Or....those that are more ethical simply overreact to everything.
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