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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 04:46 AM
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It's the media manipulation, stupid.
Edited on Thu Jan-10-08 04:59 AM by AtomicKitten
I'm writing this because the POVs have become two-dimensional around here and there is so much misunderstanding.

Regarding Hillary's moment - and I call it that because any other characterization inevitably causes someone to go off around here - is probably the result of all the candidates being basketcases from running themselves ragged.

Hey, all's fair in politics, and I don't begrudge her the win, in fact I congratulated the HRC supporters here last night (* pat on back), but I had a moment of doubt and that makes me as angry as it does sad; in fact it pisses me off that I don't truth them anymore. I am truly and genuinely disappointed with the Clintons for a lot of reasons (ancient & recent history) and with her campaign launching some pretty low blows. But I digress.

The thing I took away from this - what really pisses me off in a big way - is the media manipulation of that "moment." As most of you know thanks to Keith Olbermann, in the very next sentence in that clip the MSM showed over and over again, hell in the same breath, Hillary took a few shots at Obama.

So, why did the MSM decide to editorialize and show an edited version of what transpired? Well, that's anybody's guess. But THAT is what I'm not happy about. I have no problem with Hillary benefiting from this. I really don't. In fact, it's a karmic reward for all the BS the MSM put them through in the 1990s.

People don't really listen to each other here. There are so many presumptions and assumptions. Opinions don't come in two sizes.

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