MSNBC is cracking me up!

[annabanana]

The public refuses to be scared by Rev. Wright (according to Obama's poll numbers).. and the common-taters on MSNBC right now

...just don't understand it! - - "How do you explain this?" (Question from an idiot TO an idiot just heard)

[slinkerwink]

1. lol, maybe the public's smarter than the pundits?

and realize that a pastor doesn't reflect the views of every single congregant?

[MidwestTransplant]

2. They are all Wright all the time.

[Bigleaf]

3. How dare the public not eat the shit we feed them. They always have before.

[C_U_L8R]

4. the people stopped buying the bullshit

and the bullshit makers are stumped.

How classic is that ?

[slinkerwink]

5. it's funny

People stopped buying the Wright storyline when Obama told them he didn't share the views of his pastor, and that was what people wanted to hear.

[Renew Deal]

6. Ummm, Because most americans have been to church and they know what goes on?

If you go to church you hear the war is wrong (or right), abortion is wrong, and the poor get screwed.

We've all got crazy pastors, uncles, pizza delivery boys in our background. They don't speak for us.

[Cali_Democrat]

7. They're so stupid

It mostly freaks out Rethugs. They just don't get it. This is the DEMOCRATIC primary.

[Cooley Hurd]

8. If I had a choice between a candidate who's church pastor is a bit whacky...

...versus a candidate who outright LIES? I'm sorry, but it's a no-brainer for me.:shrug:

[Renew Deal]

12. Everyone's got a crazy uncle, brother, pastor, sister, accountant

That doesn't mean you believe everything they say. I have a mechanic that believe 9/11 was an inside job. I don't go to him for national security info. I go because he knows how to fix cars.

[soleft]

9. It makes me think of all the meeting marching with V for Vendetta masks

[soundguy]

10. Maybe Because They Are Quoting Oversampled Polls

and trying to cover their and Obamas lying asses.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

13. What do you think oversampling is, exactly? n/t

[Renew Deal]

22. Democrats

:evilgrin:

[loveangelc]

15. too bad its not ovesampled.

[Cooley Hurd]

19. Obama's lying ass?

:rofl: You think you can say this, after Senator Clinton's offensive lie about being in a combat situation, and remain here with your credibility intact?

Wow. Just... wow.

[Renew Deal]

21. So they are trying to help him by pushing a negative story.

Damned media :rofl:

[ProSense]

25. Look

Obama Weathers the Wright Storm, Clinton Faces Credibility Problem

[thevoiceofreason]

29. In response to your tag line, I still think you are a jerk. Guess you are then, right?

[Adelante]

33. Maybe you should read up on oversampling

http://www.pollster.com/blogs/even_polls_about_baseball.php

[butterfly77]

35. Cry baby...

[City Lights]

11. They are *so* out of touch.

I've tried to enlighten them so many times, but they thought they knew better. :rofl:

[Araxen]

14. There's a reason why only 4 people in the US watch MSNBC

and this is part of the reason.

[Cooley Hurd]

26. ...except when KO is on.

[my3boyz]

32. My mom had never heard of the channel...I'M SERIOUS!!!

She thinks CNN is the only one out there.

[Red Zelda]

16. "common-taters"

ROFL! I just laughed so hard I peed myself. Thanks.

[MadBadger]

17. Jesus was lynched Italian Style

That was the awful thing that Tamron Hall said Rev. Wright said....I still dont get what is so bad...and he said garlic noses talking about Romans 2,000 years ago who cares. One of their guests said he smeared Italian-Americans...saying that smears Rev. Wright. They should all be ashamed of themselves.

[Megahurtz]

18. Probably Because

a lot of the Public feels just like Reverend Wright does. :think:

[leftynyc]

20. Are they polling democrats

or general population? Likely voters vs adults?

[Whisp]

23. o gawd that's hilarious. thanks for posting.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[crankychatter]

24. I could use some common taters right now

they are kind of schizy right now... good post

[rocktivity]

27. Reminds me of how confused they were after the Iowa primary

"How could the polls (which we sucked on like mother's milk) have been so WRONG--(and such an embarrassment to US)?"

:rofl:
rocknation

[sandnsea]

28. Because Jeremiah Wright is brilliant

and more Americans agree with what he's saying than the elites in DC will ever comprehend.

[frogcycle]

30. It is my considered opinion

That people who actually think, who employ reason and logic, generally keep to themselves, whilst the Sesame Street sound bite types overreact every time somebody breaks wind and scream "the sky is falling." They are the ones who react to drivel, and the marketers of information thus conclude that the public wants drivel.

This board is perhaps representative of that phenomenon. Post something mildly opinionated but brief and the same old cast of characters chimes in, often using cut-and-paste from their last outraged, nay, incensed! post to whack you over the head or tell you how brilliant you are. One could conclude from what makes the "greatest page" that DU is full of morons, but I doubt that is true. It is just that morons think the "recommend" button is like the answer button in Jeopardy! They think if they even obliquely comprehend and agree with part of the post, they'd better "buzz in" with the rec button and quickly post their congratulations. But post something thoughtful and perhaps a bit complex or nuanced, and the likelihood is it will sink as people go channel surfing for a shorter, simpler post where they can join the greek chorus.

That is the behavior that drives TV "news" programming. Many surveys say that the public thinks it is a "vast wasteland" but yet the ratings stay high for the waste. So "tastes great" and "less filling" continue to duke it out. They keep babbling about what they THINK is significant because a handful of the idiot fringe whackjobs they use as "contributors" think it is, and the public gives it a big old yawn. Sadly, though, they aften keep it up long enough to get people thinking it actually DOES matter.

[my3boyz]

31. Funny as hell...They can't understand why Hilly's numbers are still

dropping despite them playing Wright 24/7. David Gregory's show will surely be awful today. When he was on early he tried to pick through the polls to highlight anything at all towards Obama. The anchor kept saying Obama is ahead in this poll but that was BEFORE the latest scandal. LOL LOL

[amandabeech]

34. Perhaps voters are thinking more about the state of their pocketbooks right now,

rather than anything about some guy who may or may not be in the running come autumn.

No slam to anyone intended.