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jezebel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 03:28 PM
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Why is everyone (media) acting like its ok for McCain to claim Obama would rather "lose" the war
lose a campaign.

I mean isn't that seriously offensive? Can you imagine if Obama had something like this? I know it's politics but arent some thing beyond the pale?


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slinkerwink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 03:29 PM
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1. let's not forget that McCain himself said his campaign would benefit from a terrorist attack
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 03:30 PM
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2. McOldFart is desperate for headlines.
This election cycle is repeating the Primaries. Mccain is throwing everything he can at Obama, nothing is sticking, so he is desperate for headlines. The media largely ignore the OldFart.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 03:30 PM
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3. I hope you aren't expecting the media to play fair.
Won't happen.

The short answer to your question is that they want McCain to win.
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jezebel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 03:31 PM
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4. Oh I don't expect them to play fair, they never do but this just seems so offensive to me. nt
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 03:33 PM
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7. I agree with that, but I'm so used to be offended by them that I just ignore them.
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 03:32 PM
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5. McCain is using the Rove 2004 playbook
But he's reading it upside down.
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dbonds Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 03:32 PM
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6. The media wasn't successful in stopping Obama from winning the primaries..
so they are doing all they can now to stop him.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 03:34 PM
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8. Because the media is john mccain's base and backup.
When we know that..everything they do or do not do makes perfect sense.

What we're gonna do about it is another question.
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Amonester Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 03:40 PM
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9. We're gonna do nothing about it (except ignoring them) because...
in spite of what the most-soldout-media in history catapults day in day out

a majority of citizens have (now, and since 2005-2006 - remember New Orleans...) "figured them out" (finally)

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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 03:43 PM
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10. When they start losing their revenue
I'll be happy for my country.

It must be boring for them to have to uphold lies when they could be making history busting them.

I know a lot more people have realized what the US media is up to after 8 years of propping up bush and bringing us the War On Iraq.
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jbnow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 03:44 PM
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11. It is a horrible thing to say. McCain just doesn't
get called on things. Well, there is a lot of comments mocking his ad that blames Obama for gas prices but in all things military or foreign policy McCain is just not questioned.
Clark rightly said being shot down didn't qualify him as president (after complimenting him strongly and after the interviewer implied it did) and the media was horrified...what a horrible thing to say was their cry. It wasn't even an insult.

But McCain can say this or he can lie to a veteran about his votes on veterans issue and act like the vet is making it up or he can say things way off base about facts (and on and on) and it's not criticized. Obama would be criticized on every network for days on end for any of them, let alone all of them.
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Bobbie Jo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-22-08 04:03 PM
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12. Because.....
NOBODY IS LISTENING TO McCAIN!! Maybe the "sympathy vote" is his best shot because it's almost.....sad? :boring:
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