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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-11 09:55 AM
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I was reminded why I don't watch Sunday chat shows....
Edited on Sun Jul-24-11 10:01 AM by WCGreen
It is just bleating on both sides, reiterating what they have said for years...

Why don't they stop having political people giving their talking points and go out and actually report the conditions that will happen if the debt ceiling isn't lifted?

It's too easy, I guess, to sit inside a studio and pretend you are actually committing journalism if all you do is read a few newspapers and talk to the usual suspects.
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otohara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-11 10:06 AM
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1. George Will
and Cokie Roberts

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:
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woo me with science Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-11 10:06 AM
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2. Actually, it's pretty much bleating on one side at this point.
Edited on Sun Jul-24-11 10:07 AM by woo me with science
I don't see any representation for seniors or the poor or the rest of us.
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kelly1mm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-11 11:58 AM
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12. Don't you know that only the middle class and, when feeling generous, the working
class that count? Everyone else are 'useless eaters' to the majority of both parties politicians. Sometimes I miss Bobolink!
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whathehell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-11 12:11 PM
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15. What happened to Bobolink? n/t
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kelly1mm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-11 07:25 PM
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19. Got TS'ed I believe. She could be ummm confrontational at times.
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whathehell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-11 07:42 PM
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22. Okay, thanks for that. n/t
Edited on Sun Jul-24-11 07:43 PM by whathehell
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BumRushDaShow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-11 10:09 AM
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3. Are they telling Americans that we will lose $200 million in revenue
from ticket excise taxes for each week that the FAA appropriations bill lies fallow and unextended? :crazy:
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kelly1mm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-11 12:02 PM
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13. Shhhhh! I just saved just over $100 in taxes on two upcoming trips. Still
trying to finalize the third trip so I can get tickets cheaper. Just a few days is all I ask!
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oldhippie Donating Member (355 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-11 12:23 PM
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17. So you're willing to let 4000 workers remain furloughed to save ....
.... a few bucks? That doesn't sound like you.
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kelly1mm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-11 07:27 PM
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20. Last I checked I did not have a vote in congress. I do hope they come
to a resolution quickly though.
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elocs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-11 10:15 AM
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4. I don't watch any of them, not even our own talking heads, those DU gods
that are always on fire as they preach to the choir.
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-11 10:17 AM
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5. I'd rather watch infomercials at 3am
at least you don't get your hopes up.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-11 10:36 AM
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7. Dog & Pony shows
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-11 10:41 AM
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8. I don't know how many times
Edited on Sun Jul-24-11 10:42 AM by TheCowsCameHome
I've tuned in because of the media-hyped blockbuster or bombshell that was going to crack the DC political world wide open.

Nothing ever happens. Zzzzzzzzzzzzz.

edit:sp
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mfcorey1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-11 10:17 AM
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6. Corey Booker tried to elevate the conversation but Gregory took it back to those
negative arguments.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-11 11:32 AM
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9. When you know what they're going to say...
Before they even say it...

And your own ideas far outstrip theirs...

That's why you don't watch those Sunday chat shows.
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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-11 11:36 AM
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10. It's Just Bleating from ONE Side
If our side at least got a chance to bleat back it wouldn't be so bad.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-11 11:58 AM
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11. The corproate dems they put up are bleating just as well as the
so-called main street conservatives.

Sherrod Brown or Bernie Sanders are hardly ever on.

Some ass hats fro Virginia, people who live around the beltway.
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-11 12:08 PM
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14. I caught a small portion of MTP and wanted to go outside and knock my head on a rock.
The teabagger Congressman from Illinois made a statement comparing the almost paltry (by today's standards)deficit in 2007 to today's massive deficit. Crickets. None of the panelists or David Gregory reminded him that 2 wars were being kept off the books in 2007. Since then I've been wondering if the Congressman was spewing partisan talking points or if he's really that uninformed.
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Still Waters Donating Member (85 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-11 07:33 PM
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21. I unfortunately caught a few minutes of Amanpour's round table.
Alice Rivlin gave an incredibly weak performance against Will and some Fox tool. Arianna H. was making the point that businesses are sitting on trillions and not hiring. The tool blamed uncertainty and that businesses weren't hiring due to the fear of increased taxes and Rivlin just sat there! The tool even paused, everyone else was quiet waiting for her to rebut, and she said nothing! Somebody off the street could have done a better job--I was amazed at how poorly she did.
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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-11 12:11 PM
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16. this is my frustration --who cares what those people think? they aren't experts
they report only on their very limited optics.

i once tweeted to David Gergen asking him what was the purpose of him going on Piers Morgan to talk about the economy. Was he an economist?

Had he ever held an economic position?

No, he's a pundit, albeit with some insider experience in a few administrations --but he was being interviewed on the economy.

:wtf:
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-11 01:09 PM
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18. They set the tone for a whole lot of people who don't have time
to delve into issue so they trust the tradition of the shows...
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66 dmhlt Donating Member (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-11 08:09 PM
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23. Just want to be on the record that David "Raps-With-Rove" Gregory ...
Is a Repubican sycophant and an unmitigated ASSHOLE!
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-24-11 08:15 PM
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24. Huh? I watch the Sunday cat shows and suffer from a serious case of the
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWS!

:D
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