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Blue_State_Elitist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-16-08 11:31 PM
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OMFG Barack got asked hard questions!!!!!
This is only a glimpse of what the media coverage will be like in the GE if Obama is the nominee and the internets are going INSANE. Did you guys learn nothing from Kerry in 04?!

Welcome to reality Obama supporters. Democrats get beat up for months straight while repukes get a free pass. I can only imagine what this place will look like if Obama comes out the nominee. Send as many emails to the MSM as you want, it won't help your candidate.
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AspenRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-16-08 11:32 PM
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1. They both were asked STUPID questions
BOTH of them
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Blue_State_Elitist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-16-08 11:33 PM
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2. Yet the Obama people seem shocked and outraged.
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Joe the Revelator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-16-08 11:34 PM
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3. Because partisanship hasn't blinded us to the real enemy
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anonymous171 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-16-08 11:34 PM
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5. Because we wanted to see a policy debate and instead were treated the
same gaffes that have been rehashed over and over again.
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Zachstar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-16-08 11:35 PM
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7. Because we wanted a debate not a fucking GOP ad!
And you should be as well because Clinton lost just as much tonight. The news is already filling with her comments about supporting the nominee.

It is all a bunch of shit. And you know it!
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TexasLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-16-08 11:36 PM
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10. Four RushHannity questions for Obama..ONE for Clinton.
thats the facts jax
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Blue_State_Elitist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-16-08 11:38 PM
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Obama fans finally realizing the media isn't on our side.
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Quixote1818 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-16-08 11:38 PM
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19. Even some regular Hillary supporters commented on the Obama ambush
More than anything, the Debate was filled with Joe McCarthy type bull shit questions for both candidates. It was a joke.
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WillyToad Donating Member (389 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-16-08 11:45 PM
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26. waaaaaaaaaaaambulance.
Their thin skin wont serve them well in the general.
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dbonds Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-16-08 11:34 PM
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4. There is a difference between 'hard' and 'asinine '.
What they asked was asinine and more akin to push polling. There wasn't any hard questions. I would welcome hard substantial questions. How many times has anyone asked the most important question of our time 'What are you going to do about global warming"?
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-16-08 11:34 PM
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6. "What color is your belly button lint?" is a hard question?
Well, it is if you went to a debate expecting to be asked real questions.

Nobody got "hard" questions. They both got "tabloid" questions.
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Blue_State_Elitist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-16-08 11:36 PM
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12. Any Dem on the national stage can answer questions about trade, health care, Iraq, etc.
Unfortunately it's the bullshit little things that bring us down in the GE. For Kerry it was swiftboat, for Dukkakis Willie Horton and the tank.


Can Obama stand up to the petty bullshit?
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-16-08 11:40 PM
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22. Well, he's got a great lead so far...
He's winning the primary overall by roughly 10 points and he's polling well above Clinton in "vs. McCain" GE polls. The SDs seem to agree, because he's enjoying an almost 3/1 advantage in SD endorsements since Super Tuesday.

I'm happy with the current standings.
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Blue_State_Elitist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-16-08 11:44 PM
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25. Well then it's too bad
that the amazing frontrunner of our party continues to lose big states and nationally televised debates.
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-16-08 11:49 PM
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28. As long as he wins a lot of smaller states and a majority of the votes,
he can lose a few big states and a ridiculous "debate" or two...

By the way, Texas is a "big state", and Obama won it...and it's silly to think that a big blue state that tipped toward Clinton in the primary would go red in the HE if Obama is the nominee.

Sorry, I'm still extremely pleased with where Obama is standing.
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Blue_State_Elitist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-16-08 11:52 PM
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30. As someone who would love to see Obama as president but prefers Hillary
I respectfully disagree. I am very worried about his standing. To each his/her own.
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-16-08 11:59 PM
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31. Agreed. To each his own.
I disagree with your view, but I respect your concern.
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Quixote1818 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-16-08 11:41 PM
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23. Well, actually yes. Even though he was asked a bunch of stupid questions

he handled the onslaught very well. Came across as in control, kind, focused on the important things and positive.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-16-08 11:35 PM
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8. And he handled them like a champ. Next?
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-16-08 11:36 PM
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9. The problem isn't that Obama was asked hard questions, but that Hillary WASN'T.
Edited on Wed Apr-16-08 11:36 PM by rocknation
And do you honestly think for one second that the Rethugs will treat Hillary any BETTER?

:shrug:
rocknation
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Blue_State_Elitist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-16-08 11:37 PM
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14. Poor St. Barack finally got heat from the media.
Boo hoo.
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-16-08 11:40 PM
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21. And Hillary didn't--that's the point
Edited on Wed Apr-16-08 11:42 PM by rocknation
and it undermines their OWN credibility. They didn't even notice that SHE wasn't wearing a flag pin!

:headbang:
rocknation
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Blue_State_Elitist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-16-08 11:42 PM
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24. She's received plenty of heat.
Obama wouldn't even be a household name if the media hadn't attacked Hillary for months upon months in order to make this a horserace.

It's your turn to take the media bullshit. Enjoy it.
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-16-08 11:47 PM
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27. Hillary wouldn't be a household name if she weren't Bill's wife.
Edited on Wed Apr-16-08 11:53 PM by rocknation
But at least you're admitting it's the media's bullshit--that puts you head and shoulders above the some of the other posters around here. And if what I've read about ABC News already is an indication of what's to come, I'm going to enjoy "taking the heat" A LOT.

:headbang:
rocknation
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Blue_State_Elitist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-16-08 11:50 PM
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29. Cheers.
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TexasLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-16-08 11:38 PM
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18. that's just IT
they NEED Hillary to be the nominee. It's their best chance and they know it.
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oviedodem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-16-08 11:36 PM
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11. You don't go 50 minutes into the debate before reaching a policy issue. This was a setup and
Hillary spent little time exploiting every opening. In addition, as is customary, she had nothing but kind words for McCain AND will find a way to utilize GWB if president - NO HILL supporter can spin that one.
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meow mix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-16-08 11:37 PM
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13. it was a freeper GOP attack ad, not a debate
your happy with that? ignore list for you then
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Blue_State_Elitist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-16-08 11:37 PM
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16. I am honored!
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-16-08 11:37 PM
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15. He wasn't asked anything. They made insinuated attacks that parallel
a cordinated effort with rightwing talk shows. They are going to attack any nominee on bullshit garbage like that because the media is different today and isn't an honest broker for debates.
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-16-08 11:37 PM
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17. i cant tell you how long i have been preaching this. i dont know
why anyone is acting surprised. oh yes i do..... people were blaming kerry, not msm.
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scheming daemons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-16-08 11:39 PM
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20. I don't think the questions were hard... they were inane.... Obama and Hillary did fine....
...but whole issues weren't covered....

Global Warming
Trade
Abortion Rights
North Korea
Darfur


Just to name a few.


Obama was fine. So was Hillary. ABC did a disservice to America, by spending one throw-away minute on gas prices.... and 10 fucking minutes on flag pins.


Your spin is incorrect... the questions weren't "hard"... they were stupid. And they were stupid to YOUR candidate as well.
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