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two wrongs that will never make a right.
teo rights can correct a wrong...
I just effing love this!
Best news ever.
Take a look at the republican delegates pelting an MSNBC reporter with balloons.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa5JKAKapd0
Unbiased news is always a good thing...now lets see fox news do the same...lol, what a joke, like fox would ever do that.
i almost cried today when i herd that kieth oberman was fired. this is a travesty because kieth speaks the truth. on fox news, they only say what bush tells them. bush is responsible for 9/11 because he wants to control the news. everybody knows this who is halfway intelegent, everything that is on fox is propeganda and bush is a liar. only kieth oberman tells the truth to the american people. the republicans are not intelegent and are racist because they dont like obama and only listen to bush who is a liar. if msnbc doesnt bring kieth back then i will boycot msnbc and i mean it i am not joking. only kieth olberman tells the truth the way the american people and doesnt lie like bush and the people who secretly did 9/11 and also gave aids to people. intelegent people know the difference between propeganda and lies of the republicans and fox news. go oblerman Obama 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great idea: first fire independent spirited newscasters so thenews can then be fixed, er, I mean FOXed. Then we can proceed to have librarians fired who stack the shelves of our local libraries with books we don't t like (just like Plain attempted to do while Mayor of Wasilla).
...ya think?
The only thing missing from these two lwmons was the Obama button on their lapels.
Mathews used to be a staff wag for Tip O'Neill, the libnazi congressmand and speaker of the house Reagan put in his grave. Oberman is a talentless, angry libnazi drive-by stalwart in the vein of Dan Rather, so biased the Bernie Goldberg wrote a whole book on chuckleheads like these.
These libnazi drive-by vampires are losing so much money for these bonehead corporations it is just bewildering how they manage to hang onto their jobs, year after year.
Curiously, FOX manages, quite successfully, to identify news from opinion, quite well, stating clearly which is which and telling folks when guys like Hannity are plainly committed conservatives or liberals like Alan Colmes. Not watching TV news anymore, it just liberates one to turn these talking heads off, and not be concerned with whatever travesty is committed.
News folk, and this something I truely KNOW what I'm talking about, are EXACTLY what you think they are: smug, provincial, snobbish, smart-assed, insulting, and biased. Theyare raised like this at libnazi Univeristy (pick one) and they just get worse. They think we are the ignorant masses and we NEED their insight to survive.
Perhaps Oberman can do game shows....
Now let the networks keep going in culling out the crap - get rid of O'Rielly. If you didn't have high blood pressure, his show would bring it on. I don't know why he even has guests since he doesn't let them finish a sentence before he talks over them. I watched or let's say I've tried to watch a show when I was interested in a guest he had on, but after a couple of minutes of not being able to hear anything but O'Rielly's loud spewing and interruptions, all of a sudden the Food Network was a sound improvement.
...outside of agreeing with a lot of what he has said, he's every bit as obnoxious as anyone on the tube. He had Obama on and was arguing with him. What the f--k is the point of having him on?I cannot tell you how liberating it is to just shut these talking heads off. The day they fired Rather was the largest piece of progress in CBS's history.
Eric Johnson.... Was that a parody?
New Englander... That is a refuted lie about Palin censoring books.
..we're counting on them!
This is an absolute outrage. They are the only reason I watch MSNBC to begin with. Another example of the ' left-wing' media caving to the pressure of a few conservative nut-jobs!
'Lies about Palin
..we're counting on them!'
FactCheck.org looks into some of the numerous smears being circulated about Sarah Palin: FactCheck.org: Sliming Palin.
We’ve been flooded for the past few days with queries about dubious Internet postings and mass e-mail messages making claims about McCain’s running mate, Gov. Palin. We find that many are completely false, or misleading.
* Palin did not cut funding for special needs education in Alaska by 62 percent. She didn’t cut it at all. In fact, she tripled per-pupil funding over just three years.
* She did not demand that books be banned from the Wasilla library. Some of the books on a widely circulated list were not even in print at the time. The librarian has said Palin asked a “What if?” question, but the librarian continued in her job.
* She was never a member of the Alaskan Independence Party, a group that wants Alaskans to vote on whether they wish to secede from the United States. She’s been registered as a Republican since May 1982.
* Palin never endorsed or supported Pat Buchanan for president. She once wore a Buchanan button as a “courtesy” when he visited Wasilla, but shortly afterward she was appointed to co-chair of the campaign of Steve Forbes in the state.
* Palin has not pushed for teaching creationism in Alaska’s schools. She has said that students should be allowed to “debate both sides” of the evolution question, but she also said creationism “doesn’t have to be part of the curriculum.”
..the benefit of these lies is that, in the world we now live in, they can be refuted almost instantly. Each one punishes the dems worse, making their army less believable. Each time, Obama, who already looks insecure, has to apologize.
Heck, keep them up. Right now, the dems have their machine combing Alaska to see what they can use on her.
i too am outraged that dobermann isn't telling me what i want to hear kuz bush is bad and i wear a diaper!
and whutz wrong wit a thrill goinmg up ur leg anyways?
Front-runner unplugged
Media Infatuation with him backfires
Michael Graham(abridged)
I have one piece of advice for the struggling Obama campaign:
Fire MSNBC. They’re killing your campaign.
By all accounts the Democrats had a successful national convention in Denver. Their nominee’s speech at the ObamaDome was well received. At one point last week, Sen. Barack Obama had an 8-point lead in the polls.
Today, he’s losing by 4. If you only count likely voters, Obama is down by 10. And he has his fawning friends in the media to thank for it.
The media, of course, doesn’t get it. According to their narrative, Obama was swamped by Hurricane Sarah. Gov. Palin is a political typhoon destroying all in her wake, and mere media mortals can only tremble in awe before her mighty wrath!
Please. Palin may be able to take down a rabid moose at 100 yards with a hockey puck, but she isn’t killing the Obama campaign.
To paraphrase James Carville, “It’s the media, stupid.”
The national media are dominated by enthusiastic Obama supporters desperate to see Obama the Enlightened win the White House, heal our souls, reset our thermostats and shut down the Fox News Channel.
And that’s precisely how their coverage of Palin comes across: desperate.
The media has thrown every imaginable charge at Palin, from banning books to cheating her way to the much-coveted title of Miss Wasilla. Along the way, media outlets like The New York Times [NYT], MSNBC and The Boston Globe-Democrat have gotten story after story just plain wrong.
Palin does not support teaching creationism in science class.
She didn’t fire the Wasilla librarian for not banning books that Palin didn’t like.
As governor she signed budget increases - not cuts - for programs targeting teen pregnancy and special-needs children.
And on and on - so many false and silly stories that entire Web sites have been established just to correct them.
And yet the misreporting continues.
www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/op_ed/view.bg?articleid=1117752&forma t=&page=2&listingType=opi#articleFull
Seriously, Palin hurt Obama so bad, he has yet to recover. She did it in a dastardly way: she just told the truth.
and the dems are sh-tting themselves. Have you ever seen such pussies? Did you see Obama on O'Reilly? He just caved! He looked worse than GW....dancing around with that forced laugh....trying to articulate his tax position....he just looked terrible...
No wonder they need Obermann...O'Reilly slaughtered him! Where did this myth of the smooth young lion come from? Who was the schmuck that started that?
I'm just amazed no one has walked up to these media wags and said 'hey, maybe we could get back into reporting the news and give up our current job of trying to get a totally unqualified person, chosen because he was black, elected to the highst office in the land?'
Honestly, I hear folks every day prattle on about the GOP's cozy relationship to big business. Has anyone bothered to look into who owns these media outlets?
...get it?
How could anyone tell if O'Reilly got the best of Obama, you couldn't hear anything other than O'R's big mouth as usual. He loves the sound of it.
When the only place to get real news is from a comedy channel, you know your countries media is in bad shape. John and Steven are only funny because what they say and point out is so sadly true.
SP4, you are so stupid it is amazing.
'Seriously, Palin hurt Obama so bad, he has yet to recover. She did it in a dastardly way: she just told the truth.'
She did not tell the truth, she did not send the bridge money back, she did not sell the state jet on E-bay, she did nto create a $40bb gas line, where is the truth???
'and the dems are sh-tting themselves. Have you ever seen such pussies? Did you see Obama on O'Reilly? He just caved! He looked worse than GW....dancing around with that forced laugh....trying to articulate his tax position....he just looked terrible...'
Impossible to look worse than GW...he just looked terrible to idiots like you. Hang in there it will get better, and your lies will neutralize the circus with the lipstick pig.
'No wonder they need Obermann...O'Reilly slaughtered him! Where did this myth of the smooth young lion come from? Who was the schmuck that started that?'
O'Reilly did not 'slaughter him' you freakin idiot. He interviewed him and Obama gave his opinions on things, hardly any pushing from O'Reilly.
'I'm just amazed no one has walked up to these media wags and said 'hey, maybe we could get back into reporting the news and give up our current job of trying to get a totally unqualified person, chosen because he was black, elected to the highst office in the land?'
That is one amazing paragraph. Did you get past the 6th grade?
'Honestly, I hear folks every day prattle on about the GOP's cozy relationship to big business. Has anyone bothered to look into who owns these media outlets?'
You mean like FOX News? Better be careful digging into a box of red ants.
'...get it?'
Get it? You have never gotten it, you have never been right and I believe you get stupider every single day, if that is possible. Seriously, did you get past the 6th grade?
'SP4, you are so stupid it is amazing.'
But that doesn't make him wrong. :-D
'She did not tell the truth, she did not send the bridge money back,'
OBAMA AND HAIRPLUGS VOTED FOR THAT EARMARK, AND YES, SHE STOPPED IT.
Yes, Palin Did Stop That Bridge
By JIM DEMINT (Abridged)
September 10, 2008
'But, you know, when you've been taking all these earmarks when it's convenient, and then suddenly you're the champion anti-earmark person, that's not change. Come on! I mean, words mean something, you can't just make stuff up.' -- Barack Obama, Sept. 6, 2008
In politics, words are cheap. What really counts are actions. Democrats and Republicans have talked about fiscal responsibility for years. In reality, both parties have a shameful record of wasting hundreds of billions of tax dollars on pork-barrel projects.
My Senate colleague Barack Obama is now attacking Gov. Sarah Palin over earmarks. Having worked with both John McCain and Mr. Obama on earmarks, and as a recovering earmarker myself, I can tell you that Mrs. Palin's leadership and record of reform stands well above that of Mr. Obama.
Let's compare.
Mrs. Palin used her veto pen to slash more local projects than any other governor in the state's history. She cut nearly 10% of Alaska's budget this year, saving state residents $268 million. This included vetoing a $30,000 van for Campfire USA and $200,000 for a tennis court irrigation system. She succinctly justified these cuts by saying they were 'not a state responsibility.'
Meanwhile in Washington, Mr. Obama voted for numerous wasteful earmarks last year, including: $12 million for bicycle paths, $450,000 for the International Peace Museum, $500,000 for a baseball stadium and $392,000 for a visitor's center in Louisiana.
Mrs. Palin cut Alaska's federal earmark requests in half last year, one of the strongest moves against earmarks by any governor. It took real leadership to buck Alaska's decades-long earmark addiction.
Mr. Obama delivered over $100 million in earmarks to Illinois last year and has requested nearly a billion dollars in pet projects since 2005. His running mate, Joe Biden, is still indulging in earmarks, securing over $90 million worth this year.
Mrs. Palin also killed the infamous Bridge to Nowhere in her own state. Yes, she once supported the project: But after witnessing the problems created by earmarks for her state and for the nation's budget, she did what others like me have done: She changed her position and saved taxpayers millions. Even the Alaska Democratic Party credits her with killing the bridge.
When the Senate had its chance to stop the Bridge to Nowhere and transfer the money to Katrina rebuilding, Messrs. Obama and Biden voted for the $223 million earmark, siding with the old boys' club in the Senate. And to date, they still have not publicly renounced their support for the infamous earmark....
online.wsj.com/article/SB122100927525717663.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
', she did not sell the state jet on E-bay,'
No, it didn't get any bidders so they sold it offline.
'The state's jet plane was a major issue in the 2006 election, which Palin won. Then-incumbent Frank Murkowski had defied protests from members of the state Legislature and the public when he bought the jet in 2005 to travel around the state. His political opponents said the jet symbolized his arrogance and free-spending ways.
Palin defeated Murkowski in the Republican primary and then won the general election. She said during the campaign she would sell the jet, and one of her first orders on taking office was putting the it up for sale. And yep, the state decided to list it on eBay for an asking price of $2.5-million. (The state had paid just under $2.7-million for it in 2005.)
It wasn't as wacky as it sounds. The state had sold smaller aircraft previously on eBay. (Alaska is a large, rural state, and state officials do use aircraft to get around. But typically they use smaller, more rugged planes than Murkowski's jet.)
But the jet's eBay listing did not prove effective, and the state never got its asking price. Instead, in 2007, the state turned to an aircraft broker, Turbo North Aviation. The jet was purchased that year by businessman Larry Reynolds, the owner of a sporting goods store and marine supply store in Valdez. Reynolds paid $2.1-million.
So it's true that Palin put the plane up for sale on eBay, but it didn't sell on eBay. '
www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/691
'she did nto create a $40bb gas line, where is the truth???'
ZERO FOR 3, idiot:
Palin urges 'yes' vote on TransCanada pipeline plan
TRANSCANADA: Legislators told that rejecting plan would put state at mercy of major Slope producers.
By WESLEY LOY
Published: May 29th, 2008 12:01 AM
The state can't afford not to support TransCanada Corp.'s proposal for a natural gas pipeline, Gov. Sarah Palin and her aides said Wednesday.
www.adn.com/money/industries/oil/pipeline/story/420067.html
'She reversed Mr. Murkowski's strategy, asking the legislature to pass a law setting criteria for a deal, then throwing the project open to companies other than the Big Three. The result was a commitment by an experienced pipeline company, TransCanada, to build the project, which may take 10 years, in return for $500 million in state seed money derived from Alaska's recent oil windfall.'
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/07/AR200809070198 4.html
See what happens when you get your news from MSNBC? You end up being WRONG ABOUT EVERYTHING AND LOOKING STUPID! LOL!
'Hang in there it will get better, and your lies will neutralize the circus with the lipstick pig.'
As always, classy. The democrats had at her kids, had at a child with Down syndrome, told her her place was in the home and are now calling her a pig.
Theres a strategy that will win over the Hillary Clinton voters. :-D
'O'Reilly did not 'slaughter him' you freakin idiot. '
Bill made him look like an oaf. Actually, Bill helped an oaf look like an oaf.
You made yourself look like an oaf all by yourself!
I love it.
...I could not have said it better!
These Palin attacks were expected and they are doing for the GOP what they could never do for themselves.
let sp4 anchor he knows everything .
Who the he** even knew what Obama was saying when the butthead O'Rielly wouldn't control his mouth as usual. He's so in love with his own voice I don't know why anyone ever agrees to be on his show. But, of course, he's laughing all the way to the bank. I know a lot of people who just watch him to get their 'hate' fix, and the other viewers are just plain stupid.
'Who the he** even knew what Obama was saying when the butthead O'Rielly wouldn't control his mouth as usual.'
He was saying: 'uh........ Uhhh............... Uh............. Uh........... drool........'
Exactly what he says whenever there isn't David Axlerod telling him what to say.
your comment---
the republicans are not intelegent and are racist because they dont like obama and only listen to bush who is a liar. if msnbc doesnt bring kieth back then i will boycot msnbc and i mean it i am not joking. only kieth olberman tells the truth the way the american people and doesnt lie like bush and the people who secretly did 9/11 and also gave aids to people. intelegent
It is spelled Intelligent you moron. Ever go to school to learn how to write a paragraph??Is your tinfoil hat on a little too tight??
All I can say is please get the help you need.
..Obama was employing the usual 'answer the question you wish he'd asked' and O'Reilly would not accept that. This is the mark of a good journalist. He was not accepting Obama's subterfuge. I'm no fan of O'Reilly but I watched Obama and that is exactly what he was doing, a dance on taxes. How many times have we seen this dance? I cannot tell where he wants to stick tax levels, but from what he I can assure you he wants them to go up.
Europe has dropped business taxes to the point where they are pulling business away from us. Even dems like Rangell have a problem with this.
Chris Matthews is a leftwing anchor? You have to be kidding. Have you listened to this guy? Do your research!
attacking sarah who gave money to her fellow alaskans-doesnt work shes stonger than that-attackuncle scrooge mcain-and his pathetic advisors-were happy with the money sarah gave us -end of story.
maybe if they attacked that idiot mcain-they would of held their jobs-sarah should the president not mcain-obama will win 51percent.
sarah has fantastic ideas-no wonder they got sacked-shes popular she sells newspapersif the media want there circulation to increase back obama-no-one will buy the newspapers to listen to him -i hope we get a huge recession when obama wins-let the poor be poorer.
Is Fox not too 'Right' leaning? Why blame KO when we have sickos on Fox? There should be something to balance. Neither Left nor Right are true when it comes to the 'News'. The truth is something in between and we don't have anyone in that slot.
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