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Wed Aug-11-04 01:08 AM
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Why Is The Media Giving The Vietnam Vets AGAINST Kerry SO MUCH Airtime??? |
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They've been on all the cable news networks every night this week, why are these purely political LIARS getting so much airtime???
I mean honestly, at some point the media just has to say, you know what, it isn't partisan for us to call these people LIARS and NOT allow them on our show because the FACTS clearly show that that's what they are! People who NEVER knew Kerry saying he's the liar, it's disgusting.
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Wed Aug-11-04 01:09 AM
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1. Throw it against the wall till it sticks |
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Wed Aug-11-04 01:11 AM
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2. It's "news" now. Nothing else is there. |
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If something more interesting appears tomorrow, it'll die, and the new thing will take it's place.
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Wed Aug-11-04 01:19 AM
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5. how do you know there's nothing else? |
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because the media don't show anything else?
couldn't it be that it is not coincidence that this 'news' is favorable to the puppets (the Bush admin) of the owners of the media?
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Wed Aug-11-04 01:11 AM
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3. The Bush media wants to make sure everyone hears their lies. |
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Wed Aug-11-04 01:17 AM
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4. Because the media is controlled by the right-wing. |
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Whether Kerry wins or not, we need to spend the next four years taking back the media.
"The Republican Noise Machine" by David Brock talks about this. It's not very well written, but it's very eye-opening. Even PBS is being taken over by the right-wing.
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Wed Aug-11-04 01:20 AM
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6. Ironic how we have spent so long on an add and |
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the not the poor job creations these last days.
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Wed Aug-11-04 01:20 AM
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But the fact that none of these assholes served with Kerry is starting to stick, too.
The Wingers have no shame. None.
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Wed Aug-11-04 01:26 AM
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8. You should hear Hannity |
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He loves these vets against Kerry! I think there's a bit of jealousy involved. Look where Kerry is. Where are they?
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Wed Aug-11-04 01:29 AM
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Wed Aug-11-04 01:30 AM
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10. "Kerry has what 9 Vets, this other guy has 60 VETS!" |
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—Hannity
*sigh*
I hate that man.
thank god colmes brought up all the bigotted statements by the co-author of that book about islam and catholicism. "boy buggering and islam is okay with the pope" and his suggestions about kerry probably being a JEW...sad times
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Wed Aug-11-04 02:18 AM
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11. Why do you ask questions you already know the answer to? |
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The media is clearly against Kerry, so they give these men their time to smear him, unbidden. The prevailing party line is that these veterans aren't being allowed to be heard. Of course they've been heard! I respect their service (as all of of us should), but many of us find it troubling that if their account is true, then a whole lot of people are being called liars (including the U.S. Navy.)
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Wed Aug-11-04 02:39 AM
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12. Because he's a Democrat. |
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Wed Aug-11-04 02:51 AM
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13. If the Swift Liars want to be taken seriously, how 'bout they release all |
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of their military records. Kerry did. Bush can't. The facts will never change.
Election 2004 War Hero v. Deserter Take your pick.
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Wed Aug-11-04 06:19 AM
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14. This is why people are tuning out |
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TV "news". These stories are a kind of infectious disease. These guys would never have had a national forum in the past with credible journalists. They'd be relegated to the wacko newsletters. But not on network television; they'd be fact-checked out of airtime. Now, there is no fact-checking. There is no dignity or standards. If you say it, we'll run with it. Who cares if you're just a paid whore making up stories. My 21-hr. old son and daughter (right, they're twins) don't watch TV news. If they read the news at all, they're reading online. And they watch The Daily Show. Neither could name who Judy Woodruff, Aaron Brown, Tom Brokaw, or Brit Hume work for...but they do know who Lewis Black and Steven Colbert are. That's the reality of younger people. Who knows? Maybe they're smarter than we are. I'm not getting much news from the networks. Just gossip recycled from Matt Drudge.
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Wed Aug-11-04 11:44 AM
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20. Your kids are 21 hours old |
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and they're already reading?!
Good for them! :-)
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Wed Aug-11-04 07:49 AM
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I'm surfing last night at 11:00 and it seemed like the entire dial was running bash John Kerry shows. Half of those about the damn Swift boat. I'm thinking, OK, maybe he brought it on himself by making such a big deal about his Vietnam experience, which I do think the campaign needs to stop talking about quite as much. But then I'm thinking, How many times did we hear that Bob Dole was a WWII vet, and how many shows did we see about how bogus his service supposedly was? Zero, to my knowledge, although I'm not much of a TV watcher, so I could have missed one or two.
It's disgusting, especially coming from a bunch of college boys who never set a toe in a war zone.
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Wed Aug-11-04 07:59 AM
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16. When are Kerry's Band of Brothers |
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going to speak up? I think they are, but the Bush Media empire will not show it. The Freepers are buying the swifties story so much that something needs to be done. Anyone smearing a veteran gets no respect from me!
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Wed Aug-11-04 08:30 AM
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Why, indeed? It's not because of any breaking facts. It's an organized and aggressive attempt to destroy the one positive that Kerry has over Bush - military service. And it is working, unfortunately.
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Wed Aug-11-04 11:35 AM
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19. What do you mean "one positive"??? |
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Wed Aug-11-04 09:01 AM
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18. I want to see them on 60 Minutes |
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interviewed by Mike Wallace. That would be their last interview.
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Wed Aug-11-04 11:51 AM
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21. This is how it is folks: WE LOVE SCANDAL . |
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The nastier the lie the more is will be believed unless it is totally discredited.
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