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Gloria Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 11:27 PM
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Eleanor Clift on the McLaughlin Group--BLATANTLY dissed Edwards by
calling him a "SIDESHOW." I nearly hit the roof! She was dismissive last week ("not enough resources") but this week went over the top!
She mused about how the race would be if John wasn't messing it up for Obama (splitting the anti-Hillary vote).

Then, Clarence (I forget his name) discussed how Hillary and Obama were basically the same. He didn't mention HOW ...BUT he didn't offer any comments on how Edwards' message was different or being picked up by the other two.

How blatant can you get? Another example of how when JE is mentioned, it is in a negative manner....or, there is no mention at all when you would think it would be a natural place for a comment?

We really are being systematically DENIED THE RIGHT to hear about all the candidates by the corporate media....Aren't you angry? I AM!@
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goldcanyonaz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 11:30 PM
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1. Who are these people? He has as much right to run for President as the others.
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Triana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 11:30 PM
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3. Corporations...
...

GE
Viacom
TimeWarner
NewsCorp (Murdoch)
Disney


Of course.
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goldcanyonaz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 11:59 PM
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7. Thank you for the response.
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Triana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 11:30 PM
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2. WRITE to them!
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JDPriestly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 11:32 PM
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4. 18 delegates for Edwards compared to only 24 for Hillary thus far
is not a sideshow. Besides, Edwards is getting his message out there. And you never can tell what will happen in a race involving three powerful opponents.
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CK_John Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-12-08 01:24 AM
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10. Why are sticking with those numbers. Hillary 138, Obama 78, Edwards 52.
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JDPriestly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-12-08 01:47 AM
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11. I interpolated 183 and 138. A little dyslexic there I think.
Edited on Sat Jan-12-08 01:48 AM by JDPriestly
Sorry. I do that on occasion. It's partly because I am a fast typist. The 8 and the 3 are both typed with the middle finger. I type the left before the right or vice versa a lot.
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Kucinich4America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 11:34 PM
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5. Eleanor Clift - media whore
And the only woman whose shouting voice grates on my nerves more than Hillary's. Problem is that Eleanor is ALWAYS shouting. She has to in order to be heard over Buchanan, McLaughlin, and that Moonie gasbag Tony Blankley.

Between this and Larry O'Donnell's Edwards bash though, I think I'll be skipping the McLaughlin Group for a while.
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hooraydems06 Donating Member (183 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-13-08 08:16 PM
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14. Yeah, Blankley is a gasbag, isn't he?
I loved this one time on the show when he claimed that Republicans <i>don't</i> wrap themselves in the flag... yeah, right!

Nice to see he hasn't been around lately...
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Gloria Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-11-08 11:36 PM
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6. PS--She called JE a "spoiler." For whom? HER??????? I guess
she's in love with Obama.....TOOL!
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papau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-12-08 12:38 AM
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8. 1st national poll post NH (CNN's) says Hillary 49/36 w/edwards, 53/44 w/o edwards - Eleanor has
Edited on Sat Jan-12-08 12:39 AM by papau
her answer if she'd read today's news.
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2rth2pwr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-12-08 12:42 AM
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9. She's a political analyst. Name a political analyst that doesn't see this
as a 2 person race. Edwards won't win in South Carolina,
why do you think he didn't run for reelection?
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tsuki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-12-08 02:08 AM
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12. Maybe because he was the VP candidate. nt
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2rth2pwr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-12-08 02:23 AM
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13. Lieberman won reelection to the Senate running as VP
Edwards knew the numbers weren't there for him.
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jackson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-13-08 08:18 PM
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15. Because Edwards was too progressive for North Carolina voters
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hooraydems06 Donating Member (183 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-13-08 08:18 PM
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16. I agree they see it as a two person race...
... but I don't think they do much of a service to democracy when they do that. And I agree, I wish Edwards had run for reelection in North Carolina.
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MasonJar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-13-08 08:28 PM
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17. Write the show and complain. I just wrote GE (the war-mongering bastards)
Edited on Sun Jan-13-08 08:29 PM by MasonJar
and MSNBC for Chris Matthews sexist remarks about Hillary. Write and complain. We are the consumers; tell them you will never watch their charade again. Keith is currently the only news show I watch except for Now and Bill Moyers when I am home on Friday nights.
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