Updated-BREAKING: MSNBC anchors call on Obama to give another major speech on Race/Wright

[Tropics_Dude83]

I kid you not. They just said that these new "pastor pages" are a huge huge deal and they think Obama needs to deliver another major campaign address on Wright. "One more time" they said. David Gregory echoed this.

WTF?? Are we going to talk about this 24/7 for the next 7 months? This is outrageous. E-mail MSNBC and tell them to stop their blatant attempts to Smear Obama.

Media in the tank for Obama, my butt.

Update: During Obama's major economic speech today, MSNBC cut it off in the middle. Did no analysis of what he said and noved on within 2 seconds to Obama Wright bashing!!

[Vinca]

1. Only if Hillary gives a speech on the creepy prayer group. nt

[fadedrose]

15. That's a speech I'd like to hear too. (nt)

[DURHAM D]

58. How dishonest everyone is on this issue.

If you were really interested in Hillary's "faith" you would listen to the interview she gave last summer on the matter. It is posted at cbn.com - interviewer's name is Brody. Go find it, listen, and stop saying stupid stuff.

[Tropics_Dude83]

59. MSNBC giving massive coverage

11 minutes now....and counting

[ORDagnabbit]

2. I want another speech on whitewater, Hillarys pastor, her cattle futures, her taxes, vince foster,

her invovlement in Schip, her china trip

shall I go on?

[2rth2pwr]

20. please do. with your influence she will be speaking before the day ends.

[Chicken George]

46. How about her ties to Tyson Chicken? Wanna hear about THAT one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WtIwzMvPeM

[ORDagnabbit]

82. and her love story with walmart 6 years on the board!

http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0207-34.htm

And the board Hillary Clinton sat on was rabidly anti-union, was exploiting sweatshop labor around the world, discriminating against women workers, forcing workers to labor off the clock and destroying communities that did not want them. This should not be a shock: Clinton was a partner in the Rose law firm, one of the most active anti-union law firms in the country

[Chicken George]

83. Obamatruth.org

will set you free from Obamamania..

[crankychatter]

97. THIS SITE WILL STILL BE UP FOR MCCAIN IN 3 MONTHS

..................

[SammyWinstonJack]

85. Please don't.

vince foster? :wtf:

[leftofcool]

3. Yes they will talk about it for the next 7 months

This is what the MSM does. They will all be in the tank for Mccain right after the primaries are over.

[femmedem]

4. I call on MNSBC anchors

to start covering Obama's speeches on Iraq and the economy--you know, the major issues of the day--and stop obsessing on every word someone who isn't running for President ever said or wrote.

[indimuse]

40. you call on them..huh?

Well, they are laughing at YOU! This has been their plan from the beginning. And do you think the Wright issue is all they have? Ha!

[anamandujano]

95. By any chance does this mean it's not over like they've been telling us here?

:popcorn:

[Danger Mouse]

103. and everything will be sunshine and flowers if hillary wins the nomination by some miracle?

don't make me laugh.

[gasperc]

5. because why?

did his Iraq speech cut to the bone, especially with the green zone under heavy motar fire, TODAY?
the economic sound too sensible, got the wall street ratfuckers nervous?

please, pray tell tell us why?

[Beacool]

6. Are you serious???????

Enough with the race speeches!!!

[Tellurian]

101. As he's updating the Wright issue, perhaps he'll have time

to explain why he lied about his knowledge of Wright's speeches in his interview with Anderson Cooper. When Cooper asked Obama 'what did he know and when did he know it' regarding Wright's inflammatory sermons. Obama said he wasn't there and had no knowledge of their content until they were revealed by the news media. Obama's testimony during the Cooper interview is in direct conflict (lies) with the clarification speech he gave in PA.

If the media is so intent on Hillary's Truthiness and feels events from 15 yrs ago are germane to the character and worthiness of a potential presidential nominee. Then what seems to be the holdup of the news-media taking into account the gaping discrepancies in Obama's Cooper interview, then coming forth with a sudden epiphany in his PA speech?

Why is the news-media giving Obama a pass for selective amnesia in the Cooper interview ignoring his deception of the public during that interview?

When it is apparent, the general public is experiencing great discomfort and restlessness with Obama's conflicting interviews because now, they realize Obama is not the man they thought they were supporting.

If you need a refresher... here is a video making the comparisons:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0b1LtsfKNU

[jaysunb]

7. They're right. He should give a major address.

It's topic should be " media manipulation and the destructive effect it has on american politics. " :evilfrown:

[Tropics_Dude83]

16. ROFL

Yes he should!

And Beacool, yep I'm serious. They're obsessing over this. My god, Obama has no friends in the media. Fox, CNN and MSNBC are all deliberately trying to take him down now. This is a full scale takedown.

[Beacool]

52. I mean, I don't like the guy

but this is getting ridiculous!! How many race speeches do they expect him to give?

[woolldog]

61. I guess once a week?

like Roosevelt's fireside chats, Obama could give weekly chats on race, sitting in a recliner by the fire. lol :eyes:

[Tropics_Dude83]

65. And seriously!!!

They spent 15 minutes bashing Obama over Wright and next they're going to have extensive coverage on Hillary's major economic address. So they ignore Bloomberg introducing Obama and his awesome economic speech to rehash Wright over and over but cover all these "great" plans that Hillary haa.

[Tellurian]

102. Obama's economic package is a "push" and seems to be problematic with his proposed Health Care

[RethugAssKicker]

80. I've been saying this now for weeks !

[onefreespiritedchick]

18. Seriously, he should n/t

[dchill]

35. Right - they should be careful what they ask for...

they just might get it.

[Labors of Hercules]

51. Actually, Al Gore should step in and give it for him...

And endorse him at the same time.

[City Lights]

56. Right on, jaysunb!

:toast:

[lumberjack_jeff]

62. Absolutely correct. Both candidates should. n/t

[Catherina]

72. Rec'd! n/t

:rofl:

[GOTV]

8. Any excuse to keep trying to pin racism on Obama n/t

[buff2]

9. I think he should just leave it alone

It is what it is and everyone knows it.

[TwilightGardener]

27. I agree--unless Wright gets indicted or arrested for some crime, this story is OVER.

[high density]

10. Good luck with that one

What more does he need to say on the issue? The video is on YouTube if they can't recall it.

[MidwestTransplant]

11. It's the echo chamber. They just want something to write about.

[npincus]

12. the HUBRIS of those fuckers! NBC/WSJ Poll showed public is moving on.

[gateley]

54. And maybe viewership is going down.

They'll cover whatever brings in the viewers/advertising dollars.

[ecstatic]

13. I caught that too and I am so disgusted with them

They are playing a "gotcha" game. The issue would die down but they don't want it too. The polls showed that voters were mature enough to say, "It is what it is," and MSNBC apparently doesn't want that to be the case.

[carpe diem]

76. exactly...

you could tell they were STUNNED last night and this morning when their own polls showed that despited two-weeks of beating up on Obama, his poll numbers were virtually unchanged ...so, they are kicking it up to Fox levels, to see if they can have the kind of impact they think they ought to have on people's opinions...they don't like when their influence appears to wane....

[Tarheel_Dem]

88. Truth Hurts...that is one gorgeous pic of the Obamas.

And I absolutely agree with everything you said. Have we moved on from Snipergate? Clinton & McCain's big money backers telling GE to back off of them, and take out Obama? I'll wait to see Keith's take on all of this. He's the only one I can watch these days.

[onefreespiritedchick]

14. Not only this....

The anchor just mentioned that they are already having factcheckers try to match church bulletins with Obama to see if he was in attendance during those dates.

[Tropics_Dude83]

21. This is a full scale major media takedown attempt

The word has gone out from on high that Obama needs to be stopped whatever the cost. The takedown has commenced.

[anamandujano]

96. Kind of like the one they did to Hillary that you all cheered on as gospel?

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[leftofcool]

And you are surprised that the RW Media will do this?

[TwilightGardener]

17. They're simply out to take him down. There's no other explanation.

[buff2]

24. ......

:cry: :nopity:

[Tropics_Dude83]

32. That's right and it's not RW media

MSNBC is shilling for Hillary Rodham Clinton/not John Mccain.

[mmonk]

19. Sure MSNBC anchors. When you cover McCain's pastors and what

they say to their congregations.

[Justitia]

66. Yeah, & whatever happened to the story about McLame's lobbyist girlfriend?? Sunk like a rock. -eom

[TwilightGardener]

81. 2 days of coverage, McCain lied about his lobbyist and her client

Paxson attending meetings with him before McCain did them a big favor (contradicted his own depositions), no one cared to pursue it.

[mmonk]

90. They seem to have trouble staying focused on republican questions.

[Occam Bandage]

22. Since they spent all of five minutes covering the last one before going back to soundbyteland...

[noel711]

23. They can rot in Hell..

enough with this baiting!

Do not let them manipulate you Senator Obama!

These candidates have been to ready to bend over
backwards appeasing these media idiots.

I used to enjoy MSNBC, but they've gotten
down in the mud with Fox recently.

[Tropics_Dude83]

Oh and they had Joe Watkins on and labeled him a "pastor"

When he's actually a full scale republican strategist/hack.

[Justitia]

70. Watkins is an unbearable screamer. -eom

[City Lights]

75. Watkins is a serial interruptor. He never lets anyone else speak.

He sucks. MSNBC sucks for not cutting his mic when he talks over the other guest.

[buff2]

36. LOL!

If this was something rotten about Hillary you Obamaites would be all over it,praising MSNBC and talking about what a good job they are doing. This is going to develop into some serious shit. :popcorn: :beer:

[DerekJ]

99. WTF ..!!

I thought we managed to scare all the "white people" off the forums according to you. I guess that didn't work.

[bumblebee1]

25. It's time for the "media" to move on from this story.

They're trying to make this primary about Rev Wright. The last time I checked, it was Barack Obama who is running for the Democratic nomination, not Rev Wright. For the folks who are still harping on this, I have one question. Have you ever disagreed with your priest, minister, rabbi or iman?

[Barack_America]

26. Shameful, greedy BASTARDS!

The only reason they want another speech is because of the ratings the first one drew.

[book_worm]

28. This is crazy. Obama isn't responsible for what his pastor says or does.

But I'm afraid if they keep harping on it he will have to address it again.

[TwilightGardener]

31. He doesn't. This is purely media-generated now.

[grantcart]

29. Gregory is over his head - heard him and it sounded like the guy from Jr High who

finally got to MC the dance

[flor de jasmim]

30. Not to mention they couldn't be bothered with covering his speech on the ECONOMY!

[Justitia]

68. Well, that's uncomfortable for Andrea Mitchell since her HUSBAND helped cause the meltdown. -eom

[BumRushDaShow]

33. It's called "Black bashing".

Look at MSNBC's web page and their sudden "concern" about Chicago's (hmmm... why not Omaha, NE's or Blacksburg, VA's, etc. - because guess who hails from there?) teen killings... complete with the requisite picture of 2 black teens?

Yep, you can tell which way they are going to go. They are mad that their whole strategy was smashed and they couldn't have their way making sure that Clinton gets the nom so that she can subsequently be destroyed by them in the run up to November. All for the ratings.

[msallied]

34. What a bunch of stupid children.

They probably didn't even understand the first address because it had big words in it. Their brains have been stunted by 8 years of Shrub-speak.

[uberblonde]

37. How naive can you be?

The media was in the tank for Obama - until they weren't, and now it's time to help their good buddy John McCain glide into the White House.

When will DUers ever learn? It's not Hillary Clinton vs. Barack Obama - it's the progressive movement vs. the corporate media. Period. Every single controversy in this primary, on either side, has its roots in the media, who love to build someone up and then tear them down.

And you fall for it, every time. You can't trust ANYONE (and yes, that includes KO) whose paycheck comes from the corporate media. They're playing the game on a totally different field.

If Democrats don't figure this out, it's hello, President McCain!

[Lucinda]

38. Wright isn't going away. Ever. The Reps and the MSM live for this stuff.

[loveangelc]

39. this is stupid. I thought this may be a big issue but its going into WHO GIVES A FUCK territory now

i was initially shocked by the preacher, but seriously this is getting stupid...who cares what obama's pastor printed in some pamphlet or whatever? do people really care? maybe obama's campaign wants this to make it seem overblown and overdone.

[Tropics_Dude83]

45. And he didn't even write it!

Wright didn't write it. The church's publication re-published an op-ed that was in the NYT or something.

This is infuriating.

[Ysabel]

41. that is ridiculous...

he already gave a great speech he has campaigning to do they are just trying to create idiotic distractions...

[cliffordu]

42. Where the hell do you write to them??

All I can see is the rotten eyecandy and American Idol stories......

Is there a specific list of all MSM contacts up the food chain from the 'subscribe here' links??

[Tropics_Dude83]

43. [e-mail]

[cliffordu]

44. Thanks, dude!

:hi:

[BumRushDaShow]

48. Write their ADVERTISERS instead and threaten to boycott their products.

Your letter to them will go in the bit bucket.

Threaten to boycott their advertisers, and then suddenly they respond. This is the only way to halt this crap in its tracks.

[npincus]

47. Wright is apparantly getting death threats

Will th MSM take responsibility if something happens to him?

[mzmolly]

49. Perhaps they should just air a repeat?

:eyes:

[SoonerPride]

50. I call on MSNBC to cover some real fucking issues. Like the war, economy, healthcare

This "someone said something crazy 20 years ago" you have to defend it crap is lame.

I WANT COVERAGE OF REAL FUCKING ISSUES YOU GODDAMNED MORANS!!!

[Ysabel]

86. i think we should sue them - really class action...

- for messing with people's lives causing deaths etcetera...

edit: typo...

-------------------

adding: er on second thought - negligence (failure to do non-biased honest actual reporting) would probably make a better case / argument...

[TwilightGardener]

53. The only answer is to write them in protest, boycott their advertisers, and fucking

stop watching. Progressives are their biggest audience, and they're doing their best to wreck our presumptive nominee for ratings, it's clear. Imagine if FOX constantly dug up stuff to harm McCain, day after day--they'd lose their core audience. Well, maybe MSNBC needs to lose ITS core audience. Shut it off, stop rewarding them for their sensationalist smears.

[City Lights]

78. Couldn't agree more, wienerdoggie!

Tell them you're tuning out and then do it.

I'll happily tune back in if they change their ways. Until then, they're not worth my time.

[City Lights]

55. MSNBC doesn't care what you or I think.

After writing numerous emails each day to a variety of their addresses complaining about their coverage, I finally sent them one saying their network added nothing to the national debate and I was turning them off with the exception of Countdown. I'm done writing and watching them.

[Tropics_Dude83]

57. Obama has 13 million 800 thousand votes so far

His voters need to activate and tell MSNBC that this SHALL not stand.

[TwilightGardener]

73. MSNBC is owned by GE. The corporate war-contractor masters are TERRIFIED of Obama and

his donors and voters.

[City Lights]

79. They haven't listened yet.

They have their own agenda. They think an extended primary is good for business. Then there's their parent company, GE. Who do you think GE would like in the WH?

[Cali_Democrat]

60. The media is Patorbating

It's what they know best. It will blow over soon. They can't talk about Wright all the time when our economy is collapsing and battles are raging in Iraq. It won't happen.

[Justitia]

63. This is beyond fucking ridiculous. Sally Quinn is taking them to task on this crap. -eom

[jenmito]

67. I saw that-finally SOMEONE sticking up for him, BESIDES the pastor of HILLARY'S church!

Funny how they gave THAT so little play.

[jenmito]

64. I just left a message on David Gregory's new show shouting, "LEAVE BARACK ALONE!"

They are going NUTS with this stuff! Yeah, they cut off his speech and asked if these latest pastor "revelations" will overshadow his economy speech/message! Well, I guess so, if they're going to keep TALKING about it and ignoring the REAL issues!

[Mooney]

69. Obama should take this as seriously

as he took Hannity's call for him to leave the presidential race and resign his senate seat.

[Warren DeMontague]

71. Answer: We've already had this conversation-How about we talk about the 4,000 dead in Iraq, instead?

[Warren DeMontague]

74. Why should he? They should try listening to the first one, again, instead.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/18/obama-race-speech-read-t_n_92077.html

We can play Reverend Wright's sermons on every channel, every day and talk about them from now until the election, and make the only question in this campaign whether or not the American people think that I somehow believe or sympathize with his most offensive words. We can pounce on some gaffe by a Hillary supporter as evidence that she's playing the race card, or we can speculate on whether white men will all flock to John McCain in the general election regardless of his policies.

We can do that.

But if we do, I can tell you that in the next election, we'll be talking about some other distraction. And then another one. And then another one. And nothing will change.

That is one option. Or, at this moment, in this election, we can come together and say, "Not this time." This time we want to talk about the crumbling schools that are stealing the future of black children and white children and Asian children and Hispanic children and Native American children. This time we want to reject the cynicism that tells us that these kids can't learn; that those kids who don't look like us are somebody else's problem. The children of America are not those kids, they are our kids, and we will not let them fall behind in a 21st century economy. Not this time.

This time we want to talk about how the lines in the Emergency Room are filled with whites and blacks and Hispanics who do not have health care; who don't have the power on their own to overcome the special interests in Washington, but who can take them on if we do it together.

[Bensthename]

77. I think all networks are doing it when they see the other gaining an advantage in polls.

I think the only winners in this right now is the media. They are treating this like a WWF match. They would rather through dirt then debate policy. It just creates a big audiance for them. Keeping the polls tight is their game.

[loveangelc]

84. is andrea mitchell jewish?

[jenmito]

87. Her husband is.

[PBS Poll-435]

92. Just Curious...

What makes that relevant?

[ecstatic]

89. I think you're right. We're going to have to start becoming very vocal

and organized in our response to the ongoing MSM attacks. Too much is at stake!

[madrchsod]

91. delete

[madrchsod]

93. hillary should give a speech on women`s equality

i`m serious...

[JimboDem]

94. Have A Speech On How

our MSM have been hijacked by, and become mouthpieces for, five or six corporations. Remind them (and the American sheeple), how they cheer-led Bushco into the Iraqi invasion. Remind them that THEY are directly co-responsible for the deaths of countless Iraqi's and the deaths of four THOUSAND American servicemen and women. Remind Democrats and Republicans alike, how the 'Telecommunications Act of 1996' destroyed any journalistic integrity the media once had and had once strived for.

I think Obama would do a wonderful job with this speech.



:grr:

[dailykoff]

98. So typical.

And I imagine it'll just get worse as Nov. 4 approaches.

[DerekJ]

100. Don't be upset

All I see is the media being desperate. It is actually, in a sense, good news.

First they can't believe all their attacks didn’t ding him one bit.

Second, it shows that they don't have anything new, otherwise, they would have started a new line of attacks already.

They will probably run this for another week or two, and then try another poll. They will fail again, just as they failed the first time.

[Danger Mouse]

104. They are flogging the dead horse some more. Let them.

Obama doesn't need another 'major speech' to address this.
The MSM is truly pathetic.