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JFN1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 01:02 PM
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It's not that Obama isn't fighting back
It's that the MSM is not covering Obama - it appears they only have eyes for McCain-Palin,

Even on Google News today, out of the 7 political stories on my page, 5 of them deal positively with McCain-Palin. The other two stories were negative Obama stories.

It seems the MSM, recognizing McCain=Palin are losers losing, they have decided to give the Repubs, as usual, their support.

So don't blame Obama - he is fighting, its the media that is not covering it.
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Liberal_Stalwart71 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 01:04 PM
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1. That's right. My point from yesterday. Until DUers and other supporters
realize this, we will be demoralized.

This guy, as well as Biden are taking it to them but the M$M simply refuses to show you this fight. Same thing happened with Kerry. PERIOD!
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BridgeTheGap Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 01:04 PM
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2. MSM ownership is devoutly right wing and doesn't want the Bush-cheney sugar train to end
McSame-Palin - counting on the stupidity of the electorate.
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JFN1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 01:06 PM
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6. And the silence of the electorate
to the obvious one-sided nature of the MSM's coverage.
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Blue_Roses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 01:05 PM
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3. he's fighting back...we need to do our part too.
:argh:
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Blue_Roses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 01:05 PM
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4. he's fighting back...we need to do our part too.
:argh:
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 01:05 PM
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5. He has to have a huge, huge story to get any play
from the media at all.

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SeaLyons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 01:07 PM
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7. Ask yourself,,,,how much influence do you think the MSM
had in pushing Obama to winning the Dem primary? Then ask yourself, why did they do that?

Do you have an answer yet??????
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JFN1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 01:12 PM
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9. I don't think they did push Obama
as coverage was, IMHO, very even between Obama and Clinton. And I don't think there is a correlation you can point to in the primaries that compares to what is happening now.
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SeaLyons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 01:15 PM
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10. We must be watching TV on different planets...n/t
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JFN1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 01:21 PM
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12. Or...
there are still a lot of Clinton supporters who are stuck in the cult of personality, stuck in their ego worship, and trapped by their now unreasonable disappointment (she lost, it is time to move forward). Instead of turning towards the true nature of our country, which is supposed to be about Democracy and our Constitution - not individual politicians - they keep their minds and hearts firmly devoted to what might have been. And this will be our undoing.

If Clinton supporters want to punish all of America, and the world, ultimately, for their candidate's defeat...well, they certainly have the power to do so.
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SeaLyons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 01:29 PM
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14. I'm stuck in the reality that the mainstream media beats
Edited on Tue Sep-09-08 01:29 PM by cricket08
the drum for the RW. I thought that was well known here at DU. So take your crap about "Clinton supporters" and shove it. It's not the Clinton supporters punishing Americans, it's the MEDIA.
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JFN1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 01:41 PM
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15. Ummm...that's what I said in my post to begin with...
And I didn't mean to offend. And I don't think I'm off-base on some Clinton supporters. PUMA lives, you know...
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tularetom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 01:09 PM
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8. If Obama makes a strong criticism of McPOW/Caribou Barbie
and nobody reports it, did he really say anything?
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DinahMoeHum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 01:18 PM
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11. It's still about the GROUND GAME, folks.
one by one by one by one by one by one by one...etc.

And right now, McCain-Palin doesn't have that ground game throughout the swing states in play.

:kick::kick:
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JFN1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 01:29 PM
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13. They don't need a good ground game
if the MSM is in their pocket...
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EffieBlack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 01:44 PM
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16. They always need a ground game, no matter what the MSM does . . .
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EffieBlack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-09-08 01:44 PM
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17. They always need a ground game, no matter what the MSM does . . .
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