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Generator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 01:21 PM
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Was any one else pissed at ABC's the surge is working propaganda
last night?! They continue to be the right wing pusher of regular Teveee.

Also Edwards, Obama and Richardson were great and I would be proud of any of them for my president.


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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 01:24 PM
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1. No mention of the taxpayer funded tribal chief payoff that's going on there
Edited on Sun Jan-06-08 01:24 PM by The_Casual_Observer
at the moment. But that's to be expected.
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Moochy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 01:24 PM
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2. I shouted at my computer
Gibson was really overly involved / invested in the framing of that question, and when everyone pretty much shut him down. I'm glad that was the worst of his badgering propaganda, and it was pretty evident he was preening for his corporate masters.
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 01:25 PM
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3. I was actually yelling at the TV...
WHAT A CROCK ~ I was so glad the Dems set them straight!
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Rageneau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 01:27 PM
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4. The MSM is right i lie behind Bush.
Almost as soon as he said, "Hey, here's a new idea. Well call it the 'surge,'" the MSM said, "Brilliant!"
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 01:28 PM
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5. Yeah, I nearly kicked the TV. Kudos to Clinton--she didn't fall for it.
Neither did the others. It was utter an utter bullshit question. Charlie doesn't know what he's talking about.

And, what about the sci-fi suitcase nuke shit?
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Gidney N Cloyd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 01:32 PM
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6. Charlie traded his soul to the devil to get the big chair on ABC News.
Actually, it was soul + cash and he's still making payments.
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nancyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 02:22 PM
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7. Isn't he pathetic?
Good old Charlie...pandering to his masters.
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 02:25 PM
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10. Charlie Gibson is an ass!
"Just 21 killed this month!!!" - Charlie Gibson

:grr:

Let's just pop the champagne! :sarcasm:
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LibraLiz1973 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 02:23 PM
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8. I screamed at the TV
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 02:23 PM
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9. Unfortunately this is the "conventional wisdom" of all media now, so the candidates had better
figure out how they are going to answer questions like this, whether they refute the assertion or whatever.
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K Gardner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 02:26 PM
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11. Not only that.. what about the first two "scenarios".. the Nuclear Terror Attack
and the Social Security is going Bust bit. They didn't do that to the Repugnants. It was chillingly disturbing.
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Moochy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 02:50 PM
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19. Fear is the Base Frame
It sells soap and pharmaceuticals like gangbusters!
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 02:31 PM
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12. It was disturbing
but I thought all the candidates answered well. The idea, of course, is to try to paint the Democrats as weak on defense and terror, but I thought they all did an excellent job of responding in both scenarios. I would feel much safer with any one of these four in the White House rather than any of the Republicans. Those guys really scare me.
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 02:33 PM
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13. Did you hear Obama say he'd strike Pakistan?????
:wtf:
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 02:39 PM
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17. He really lost me there.
I thought he was probably trying to "out-hawk" Hillary.
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 02:36 PM
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14. Doesn't matter - if they say it's working, then we should leave
There are no good reasons to stay there. None. It's win-win IMHO.
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Hekate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 02:36 PM
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15. I was pleased that the propaganda was well-challenged by the candidates...
...and at the same time dismayed that Gibson was repeating it.

Hekate
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butterfly77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 02:38 PM
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16. Yes, I was angry because...
they didn't ask the republicons why it took so long, and how this isn't the first surge
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-06-08 02:41 PM
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18. I thought they all handled that question really well
Yes, even Hillary who I don't support.

I too was screaming at my TV when Gibson asked that question. But they all did a great job with it and showed that they all would be far better leading the country than the repukes.
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