I can't believe it, but

[MoonRiver]

the mainstream media is showing more journalistic responsibility than many Democrats on DU. I haven't heard one pundit discuss the Kerry 'intern scandal', but AWOL's National Guard records are being pounded. Have I stepped through the looking glass?

[AP]

1. You can be SURE the long term goal is to help Bush.

[MoonRiver]

3. Help * by exposing his AWOL status?

I don't quite understand that strategy.

[JasonBerry]

9. Amazing

Isn't it? The media all get their morning memo from Karl Rove -- didn't you know that??? :eyes:

[MoonRiver]

13. I guess.

:crazy:

[Tweed]

4. Oh man we need to get Kerry out so Edwards can be the nominee!

:eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes:

[ShaneGR]

6. Lol, why don't you like Edwards?

Just wondering, I'd be interested in hearing this.

[MoonRiver]

7. Makes perfect sense,

if you're Edwards.

[Dookus]

2. heheh..

good observation

I wish Dean would just drop out tomorrow so all these ridiculous attacks would stop. We're doing a good job here fighting for the RNC.

[MoonRiver]

5. It's pretty sickening.

A lot of it is pre-nomination bickering, but if it continues Skinner should post new rules that attacks on the nominee will NOT be tolerated.

[ShaneGR]

8. Actually, as far as I know that's the plan

No attacks on the nominee or requests for third-party voting will be tolerated after the nominee is chosen.

[MoonRiver]

10. Excellent. I can hardly wait.

Lately it feels like I've accidentally crossed over into freeperland and have to constantly watch my back.

[JasonBerry]

11. What???

OH NO!! There go all the Che and Marx avatars! We'll miss them. Not.

[Solomon]

24. Hey. Watch it buddy!

:smoke:

[JasonBerry]

26. Don't send a hit team!!!

Those dark glasses look scary! But, I probably trust your family over the one in control of the country! :)

[liberalnurse]

19. Many folks call a disagreement with a candidates

position or actions an attack. That plan will not work if this board is to be open discussion.

[Old and In the Way]

27. No problem with open discussion during the nomination process.

But I see no reason to entertain posters who won't support the Democratic candidate after the nomination....do you?

[liberalnurse]

34. Discussion may include a point that is not all

agreeable to the nominee's actions.....That most likely will be deleted....thus we will never truly explore the nominee effectively.

[Kahuna]

40. That's already a rule.

:7

[mountainvue]

12. The sooner

Howard Dean leaves the better. How does a two term Governor from Vermont raise $40 million anyway?:tinfoilhat:

[Straight Shooter]

15. He raises it by giving people a vision of a better America

Instead of stale promises. He does it by marching to the beat of a different drummer, instead of waiting to see which way the herd is going.

If it doesn't turn out well, he will have no regrets.

Dean is the first and only candidate to whom I have given money for a campaign, ever. And there will be no other candidate who receives money from me in this election. Depending on the nominee, he may not get my vote either.

[Sushi-Lover]

23. You have a typo

You typed two instead of five.

[liberalnurse]

35. From people like me.

I worked a 12 hour shift in overtime, as a nurse, one day a month. Donated it to Dean. So did many of my nurse co-workers across the nation. Thats just one example.


We won't do that for Kerry.

[liberalnurse]

17. Kerry needs to take responsibility.

I hope he comes clean soon. If he is to be our nominee, then it's time to lay the facts out and put the ladies to bed.....This is way too distracting from the democratic agenda.

[MoonRiver]

22. It's only distracting if we let it be. Apparently the press is bored.

Well, except for Drudge, of course. And just why are we Dems now the morality police?

[liberalnurse]

25. We are still licking our wounds from the

Clinton-Monica issue. We don't need this again. Sex sells newspapers.....

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[mzmolly]

14. That's because it's *Kerry* and not Dean...

Dont you get it already?

[MoonRiver]

18. Nope, still don't get it.

The press has historically given * a free pass and bashed whatever Dem was on the radar screen. But it just might be that they now hate * more than US. Maybe enough of them have died in *'s wars for fun and profit. I dunno. But they are focusing on AWOL, that's for sure.

[Bucky]

16. OMG, you mean the internet is ACTUALLY ahead of the TV news cycle?

Wonders, they never cease. Just because they're sitting on it for now doesn't mean it's not gonna pop into the spotlight. It's about sex; it WILL see the light of TV obsession within a couple of weeks.

[ibegurpard]

20. He hasn't sewn up the nomination yet.

eom

[quinnox]

21. I know what a feeding frenzy in DU today!

Whoa, this is something else. I bet Kerry will still easily win the nomination and defeat George Bush, Drudge or no Drudge!

[John_H]

28. Like the GOP, many DUers are hell bent on ressurecting Dean.

[stickdog]

33. Mainstream media sure ain't. And they hold all the cards. And I coulda

sworn that they were Repuke controlled.

Ah, well. The better to get four more years of Bush with, huh?

[BurtWorm]

29. No, you just stepped into Primaries 2004.

Go over to GD, where AWOL is still a hot topic.

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[stickdog]

32. And, pray tell, what does that tell you?

Please compare that to the mainstream media's treatment of Gore, Dean or Clark.

[MoonRiver]

36. It tells me that the media tide has turned against AWOL and all

his crimes against this country and humanity. We're not getting enough exposure to the truth, but the trend is definitely against that bastard. Btw, I think the defining moment was David Kay's pronouncement that "we were all wrong". That did it. People, including reporters, don't want to be relegated to cannon fodder for Halliburton. Everybody's got a limit.

[JasonBerry]

37. Saywhat

Excellent, excellent, excellent. Saywhat, you are on a ROLL tonight. I agree and told somebody this yesterday - the "Kay moment" turned the tide.

[MoonRiver]

39. Thank you Jason.

I have so much hope lately that we can actually remove these criminals. Because the situation seemed hopeless for so long my new mindset almost feels unreal. But, after calling many people for Clark I started to realize the degree of hate and rage which Americans have against this regime. Plus, look at the polls. We know they're probably skewed toward *, yet still he's LOSING to Kerry. That is a huge wake-up call. The Democratic Party is going to rock and roll!

[YouMustBeKiddingMe]

38. GD04 is not representative of the real world.