Every MSNBC newscaster is asking Obama surrogates if it was appropriate for Obama to go to Hollywood

[jenmito]

to hold a fundraiser during this downturn in the economy. They're all repeating McCain's line, but in the form of a (repeated) question. :eyes:

[writes3000]

1. Meanwhile, McCain just raised millions cavorting with folks on Wall St.

I think Obama's fundraiser is far more benign.

[jenmito]

3. Exactly-but McCain had some "famous people" there, too.

Just another hypocritical comment.

[Meshuga]

2. Was it okay for the media to cover lipstick on a pig...

...while there were so many important issues not being discussed or covered by the useless media?

[jenmito]

7. Of course not...

but they talk about how there ARE so many serious issues while they're talking about the lipstick thing.

[dennis4868]

4. He is raising money...

so he can canpaign to win in order to get in the WH and help people who need it the most....

I hate when the fucking media does John McCain's work.

[jenmito]

11. Exactly. What's he SUPPOSED to do?

If he doesn't raise money, he's criticized for not having as much money as he expected.

[oviedodem]

5. Maybe MSNBC does not realize Palin DID THE EXACT SAME THING!

Palin fundraiser

[jenmito]

12. They DO realize it. It was mentioned ONCE and never again.

[Supersedeas]

15. and the Free Ride just keeps going and going and going and going

[jenmito]

34. David Shuster just mentioned McCain's Hollywood fundraiser last month.

[dflprincess]

49. Yeah, but his was so "B" List (eom)

[dflprincess]

50. Yeah, but his was so "B" List (eom)

[EffieBlack]

6. And they aren't asking nor did they utter a peep about McCain's fundraiser the day before

[BattyDem]

8. So ... fundraising during an economic downturn is off-limits?

Fine. Just as long as McCain follows those same rules.

Note to MSM: Celebrities and the so-called "Hollywood elite" are American citizens. They have a right to talk about political and social issues, just like everyone else. They have a right to participate in the political process, just like everyone else. They have a right to donate money to the candidate of their choice, just like everyone else.

[City Lights]

9. They're not newscasters. They're GOP-talking-point readers.

None of them have anything but silly putty between their ears. And they're all making big bucks to read scripts. They're actors. Bad actors. Playing the part their corporate masters have handed them.

[haakon59]

10. MSNBC

This has gotten to a point of ridiculuousness that is difficult to fathom. Is that all they have? Why is the media still onboard?

[Cha]

13. Why aren't they asking mccain if it was appropriate for him to go

to his fucking Hollywood fundraiser?

McCain did a fundraiser in Hollywood about 3 weeks ago
Posted by Beaverhausen
http://embeds.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/08/25/mccain-meets... /

"granted the stars are less than A-list

Stephen Baldwin
Pat Boone
Wilford Brimley
Dean Cain
Jon Cryer
Robert Duvall
Angie Harmon
Patricia Heaton
Lorenzo Lamas
Craig T. Nelson
Gail O’Grady
Jason Sehorn
Gary Sinise
Jon Voight

**********
Gary Sinese? WTF???"


Sorry, don't have the link for the DU OP.

[Sugarcoated]

14. Will this be a topic on Larry King Live tonight?

:eyes:

Cable media is a fucking joke.

[Beaverhausen]

16. What about McCain's fundraiser in Hollywood 3 weeks ago?

http://embeds.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/08/25/mccain-meets-gop-hollywood-at-fundraiser/

I suppose it's Ok because the talent there is, well, below D-list.

[jenmito]

20. David Shuster just mentioned it and said they're going to get video of it.

FINALLY!

[polichick]

17. The talking point of the day - I knew it the second it came out of Andrea Mitchell's mouth...

These people have NO SHAME!

[jenmito]

35. You were right.

[City Lights]

42. And her shriveled up husband is "he who must not be named" on GETV.

It's sickening.

[Chloroplast]

18. Whether the MSM or RW likes it, Obama has every right to raise money in Hollywood.

His celebrity supporters are just as American as Joe Blow and hold the same voting privileges and concerns, so the question is unnecessary and exclusionary.

[arKansasJHawk]

19. From another thread ...

The co-host of a recent top-dollar fundraiser for Sen. John McCain oversaw the payment of roughly $1.7 million to a Colombian paramilitary group that is today designated a terrorist organization by the United States.

Carl H. Lindner Jr., the billionaire Cincinnati businessman, was CEO of Chiquita Brands International from 1984 to 2001, and remained on the company's board of directors until May 2002. Beginning under his tenure, Chiquita executives paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (known by the Spanish acronym AUC), which is described by George Washington University's National Security Archive as an "illegal right-wing anti-guerrilla group tied to many of the country's most notorious civilian massacres."

...

Late last week, Lindner co-hosted a $25,000-per-person fundraiser for McCain and the Republican Party in the wealthy Indian Hills neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. The event raised about $2 million; Lindner also serves on McCain's Ohio Victory Team.

More ...

This is about a MILLION times more damaging than some Hollywood celebrities.

[jenmito]

22. Thanks for the link...

I really hope this gets covered a LOT!

[kennetha]

21. But you have to admit that

for a campaign that prides itself on having raised tons of money from small donors via the internet, it sure looks a little strange to be holding a $28,000/plate dinner with Hollywood glitterati just when Wall Street collapses and is threatening to take down mainstreet at the same time. When Obama turned down public financing he rather self-righteously said:

From the very beginning of this campaign, I have asked my supporters to avoid that kind of unregulated activity and join us in building a new kind of politics - and you have. Instead of forcing us to rely on millions from Washington lobbyists and special interest PACs, you've fueled this campaign with donations of $5, $10, $20, whatever you can afford. And because you did, we've built a grassroots movement of over 1.5 million Americans. We've won the Democratic nomination by relying on ordinary people coming together to achieve extraordinary things.

How much you want to bet these words get juxtaposed with his 28,000/plate dinner invitation in a McCain ad?

[spanone]

23. i don't think it looks a little strange whatsoever.

[jenmito]

24. No-I don't have to "admit" that. He has more donors than anyone else EVER and more small

donations than anyone, too. He deserves/should be expected to have a fundraiser like this once in a while if he wants to be competitive with the RNC.

[kennetha]

28. I don't know

Is the message supposed to be that millions from "special interests" and lobbyist have a corrupting influence on politics but millions from hollywood movie stars and their brethren isn't so corrupting?

Is the idea that it is okay to take millions from some rich people -- the Democratic leaning fat cats, maybe -- but not okay to take millions from other rich people -- the Republican leaning fat cats?

[jenmito]

33. It IS the message...

McCain had a fundraiser in Hollywood last month. He has no room to complain or ridicule him and neither does the MSM. Yes-taking money from lobbyists IS a more corrupting influence. How could you disagree with that?

[Cha]

40. Obama won't be beholden to celebrities who have

the bucks to spend anyway they want. So stop being so fuckin' obtuse.

Hillary would have done the same.

[spanone]

41. 'hollywood movie stars' are not influencing policy like a large donor from pharma or big oil

they are fucking entertainers. nwmhth

[Cha]

39. No it doesn't look strange at all for Obama to recieve

the big bucks from artists who care about our country too. We have given till it bleeds..they're just acting in kind.

Fuck the repukeheads if they can't take Democatic genorosity.

[Median Democrat]

25. Yes, Lets Please Ignore The Economy Being Cratered For More Fluff!

You knew the MSM would return to bullshit. The economy is going into the toilet, and the MSM should be asking the candidates about their solutions, and the only thing the MSM can do is repeat GOP talking points. Pathetic.

[1corona4u]

26. Oh, jeez.....spare us the faux outrage media...

that's just bullshit.

[backscatter712]

27. Another hurricane devastates the Gulf coast, and the media talks about this...

There are rumors of TENS of THOUSANDS dead due to Ike, yet we're hearing about Obama's fundraiser in Hollywood?

Fuckers.

[ramapo]

29. They say this with a straight face?

What kind of an inane question is that? What should he do? Go to church to pray for the economy?

I swear I've never heard a more moronic question (at least not in the past three days).

[Vinca]

30. This is so ridiculous. Shrub flew around in his plane for hours on end

after 9/11. No one criticized that. No one critized McCain for his big fundraiser last week during the hurricane. I hate the fucking "media" in this country. You can count the true journalists on one hand.

[JuniperLea]

31. More appropriate now than ever!!

The worse things get, the more we need Obama!

[AngryAmish]

32. While McCain feasts upon the rotting flesh of the dead from Ike

Sick.

[seabeyond]

36. they have no trash on obama. they have to make it up. last night tweety's was PASSION

where is his passion. fuck that shit, he was talking economy..... passion not called for. but he had nothing else to trash obama on after 15 minutes of trashing mccain. he tried, he was weak. they are only trying to find something to get obama on

[Bread and Circus]

37. It's kind of curious to me that when the MSM wants to tout how much the

world "loves our culture" and "movies" that they fail to realize it's the same people they demonize when they talk about "liberal Hollywood".

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

38. It has always amazed me how they demonize Hollywood because it gives to Democrats

but fail to hol the Wall Street fat cats and people like Phil Gramm accountable, who are actually responsible for bankrupting this country by their greed.

[Phx_Dem]

43. McCain had his own Hollywood fundraiser last week.

The only difference was he only attracked the D-listers like Gerald McRaney and Wilford Brimley, and didn't raise as much money. Bush and Cheney held so many private $20,000-a-plate fundraisers, they made an art form and instead of celebrities, they had big oil guys and lobbyists.

:boring:

[WCGreen]

44. They are just jealous they didn't get an invite....

So I guess it's okay for Sarah Palin to bilk close to a million bucks from the suffering folks of Canton Ohio...

Get real folks.

[zulchzulu]

45. Are they asking from the Hollywood studios in LA?

Goddess forbid we do anything now.... it's "suddenly" an economic downturn?

WTF?

[high density]

46. So rich liberals aren't supposed to give to political causes they agree with

because the economy is in a downturn? What's the logic in that? :eyes:

[Imagevision]

47. It bugs me when the M$M has to sell those commercials instead of just reporting valid news...

milking the election for its worth.

[BlueStateGirl]

48. Well, we don't get a ton of corporate cash. Is it more appropriate

to accept cash from Wall Street and big buisness?

Why is it more offensive to get Hollywood money than Wall Street money?

[crazy_vanilla]

51. as if McLame didn't go to Florida and collect $50 K a plate at a fundraiser

But the MSM doesn't talk about that one, does it? :eyes:

[ibegurpard]

52. What, does he need a Visa?

fucking morons