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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
Here is a quote from Bob Somerby of the www.dailyhowler.com He clearly identifies the real danger to Obama, the same danger that sank Gore and Hillary--the MSM, liberals included.
"But the particular error which caught our eye was Klein’s claim that Gore’s post-convention bounce only held “momentarily.” In fact, Gore’s bounce held for more than a month, leading insider Washington to conclude that the race with Bush was over. The Democratic convention ended on August 17, 2000—and the bounce held until September 18, when the first of two important events started bringing the race back to even.
Each event involved the press. On September 18, the Boston Globe’s Walter Robinson sprang the “Gore lied about the doggy pills” story. On September 20, Walter Shapiro (USA Today) sprang the “Gore lied about the union lullaby” story. Each of these claims was absurd, inane; Gore’s remark about the union song was an obvious joke, for example. But these two events were widely pimped, and they rekindled the powerful “Gore Liar" narrative—a narrative the press corps spent two years inventing. All over Washington, insiders had said the election was over. But now, this pair of ginned-up tales brought Gore back to earth.
Why did Gore’s coverage change that week? Why did the press corps start re-trashing Gore? Later that week, Brian Williams asked—and Howard Fineman answered. Truly, an astounding statement:
FINEMAN (9/21/00): I don’t think the media was going to allow, just by its nature, the next seven weeks, the last seven or eight weeks of the campaign, to be all about Al Gore’s relentless, triumphant march to the presidency. We want a race, I suppose. If we have a bias of any kind, it’s that we like to see a contest and we like to see it down to the end if we can.
Fineman can’t speak for the press corps, of course, although he’s a major insider. But that’s an assertion of stunning misconduct. And by the way: That’s the innocent explanation for what happened. Most likely, here’s a more accurate statement: The media didn’t want Gore to win.
These facts have been forgotten, of course. In this way, Klein’s erroneous performance is very typical. Big mainstream journalists never discuss the way their cohort intervenes in elections. In that case, Gore’s bounce actually lasted more than a month—and it ended when the press intervened. Fineman said they acted that way to make the race get close.
Final question: Have you ever heard a Democrat or career liberal complain about what the press corps did? Have you ever heard a Dem or lib tell voters about what Fineman said? (A very few have.) History gets washed away—and after that, history happens again. Bogus claims are spreading about Obama? Good lord! What a f*cking surprise!
Earlier he notes how the press did the same thing to Hillary about the driver's license question that supposedly undid her and worries that Obama will suffer the same fate.
Who knows what you are? Only the Shadow knows, and I don't give a shit.
Never before has a primary LOSER'S supporters been such sore LOSERS. You lost. Get over it. I've had my past favorite primary candidate lose before but I put my PARTY and especially my COUNTRY ahead of my ego and my vanity. What the fuck is wrong with you?
Nydem08 PUMAs?Who knows what you are? Only the Shadow knows, and I don't give a shit.
Then why are you bothering with a post? Clearly you do.
Never before has a primary LOSER'S supporters been such sore LOSERS. You lost. Get over it. I've had my past favorite primary candidate lose before but I put my PARTY and especially my COUNTRY ahead of my ego and my vanity. What the fuck is wrong with you?
You are a fool who needs to read a history book. No one has won or lost yet, there has not been a vote! Just because you're eating the pablum of the media doesn't mean the rest of us are. We are putting country before party, that's the point. I was very clear, we are saving the party from itself and those who have put it in danger of having the corporate media control it, not the voters. Have fun watching the embarrassing shallow infomercial of a convention. Obama will lose and we'll ensure that the next convention is actually Democratic, not a sham.
You are ten pounds of shit in a five pound bag.
"Party backbone", my ass.
You are ten pounds of shit in a five pound bag.
"Party backbone", my ass.
It's not my responsibility to convince you of anything. Pretend everything's all rainbows and kittens. Keep your head in the sand and watch it unfold. This has been festering for months, the idiotic leadership thought they could keep a lid on it. The only reason PUMA exists is because the party has been stupid enough to think everyone turn a blind eye to the corruption and walk blindly lockstep off a cliff just because every pundit kept saying that would happen. They were wrong.
I thought only small children belived in magical thinking.
Here's another infantile thing you can do:
1. Hold your breath until you turn blue
2. Pass out
3. Hit your head on the coffe table
Repeat steps 1-3 until you get some sense knocked into you.
"Repeat steps 1-3 until you get some sense knocked into you."
Oh, dear. One could make the case its infantile to insist a presumptive nominee is the nominee before any votes have been cast. Go look at a few recent polls. Go look at a current electoral map for Obama (259 - LOSER). Then look at Kerry's map in August of 2004 (317). Then look at Clinton's map the day she suspended (327). Better yet, look at today's NBC/WSJ poll - Clinton's polling 49% to 43% McCain... 4 pts higher than Obama and her campaign's been suspended for two months. Then come back here and make your naive case that Obama stands a chance in hell of winning.
Methinks you're the one who needs a reality check.
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