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  • Posted By: pjstan @ 02/20/2008 6:16:59 PM

    yes it is true . obama is the press's favorite and i thought that it was their job to report the news, not to make it. it is like they are afraid to report anything negative on obama. if either clinton had made a comment like obama's wife on larry king the other night would have been pursecuted and been tried and found gulity without a trial. the press needs to smarten up and get some nerves and quite making obama seem like a saint.

  • Posted By: CAdreamin @ 02/20/2008 4:45:51 PM

    It is true, the press is airing more positively in Obama's favor. To prove a point, there was a picture aired on CNN this morning about Obama and McCain winning in yesterday's races. There was ONLY a picture of Obama, McCain was nowhere on that screen. Talk about slanted reporting!

  • Posted By: Sam10 @ 02/19/2008 4:02:24 PM

    How can we as Americans let this go on? This is not the land of the FREE for nothing. Everyone fights for the rights we have been entrusted with. Except Obama, sure- give him a free pass. No executive experience, go ahead, not much legislative experience, go ahead, not much of a record to reference but ability to use other politicians rhetoric, he must be the one then. America we deserve better.

    • Posted By: JakeNYC @ 02/19/2008 4:17:43 PM

      I agree Sam. After NBC's missed call in the 2000 election, where they (incorrectly) called Florida for Gore before many western states had finished voting and could have had an impact in Democratic turnout there, and now the way that many news organizations are decidedly spinning the news in a certain direction I believe that something needs to be done to stop this undermining of our democracy.
      For example; I believe that news organizations should, either voluntarily or by legislation, not project outcomes in any election day until after the last of the polls in every US state or territory has closed.
      Secondly, pollsters should be banned from the polling places, including parking lots. Lets count all the votes before announcing so that we do not affect western voters.

      • Posted By: Dixiechick @ 02/20/2008 3:38:57 PM

        The press should be banned from all areas of the polls.If anyone asked me who I voted for I would either lie or better yet tell them it was none of their business. If everyone did that maybe the exit polls would stop and and the media MIGHT get the hint. I hope Kieth Olberman changes his stance on being an Obamaite. I am so disappointed in him. I too have stopped watching MSNBc except for Dan Abrams.

  • Posted By: Politicaladdict @ 02/19/2008 3:40:55 PM

    I have been a faithful MSNBC viewer. It all started with Imus, but he was taken off the air. I continued to watch but I am getting a little tired of all the cheerleading that goes on for Barack Obama. It starts early in the morning with Mika Brezscinski and Joe Scarborough championing his attributes of change. Nobody has explained to me what he is going to change. And it continues through to 10:00 PM. The one I am mostly disappointed in is Keith Olbermann, whom I always liked and respected especially his insight into political
    matters. I have been weaning myself off of MSNBC and I"ve been trying to find Imus on my radio to no avail. Good luck America. We are going to need it.

    • Posted By: JakeNYC @ 02/19/2008 4:03:37 PM

      I agree with you. I have been an avid MSNBC viewer and now I'm extremely disappointed at the bias displayed. Keith O. is just that last one to succumb. Right now, Dan Abrams is the only objective one left.
      My other question is why Scarborough, Tucker, even Pat Buchanan (all staunch Republicans) are so effusive in their praise of Obama; saying repeatedly that Obama would be a much tougher match for McCain. Really? When was the last time that Republicans willfully exposed their party's weakness to Democrats? Wouldn't saying that Obama has a better chance of beating the Republican nominee give the Democrats an edge? When was the last time Republicans did that?
      Even if you could believe that Tucker and Scarborough have been "won over" to Obama... Pat Buchanan? Really?
      Sometimes the naiveté of fellow Democrats scares me.

      • Posted By: Dixiechick @ 02/20/2008 3:21:28 PM

        I agree,Dan Abrhams is the only one on MSNBC to have the courage to stand up to the rest of the pundits and defend Hillary Clinton. I hope he continues to do so.
        Last night on CNN i watched as Wolf Blitzer and co. literally gave the state of Wisconsin to Obama with O % of the polls reported. He was about 5oo votes ahead of Hillary. I seem to remember the big squawk about Florida being projected to Gore with 35 % in the race against Bush in 2000. It was immediately changed and given to Bush. That time the popular vote didn't count. Most of the projections are given with less than 10 % percent reported.It makes people not even want to vote if their votes are not going to be considered. If it isn't the pundits ,it's the delegates. Think about it.

  • Posted By: customer @ 02/20/2008 2:52:02 PM

    Are the actions of the press what you really consider good and responsible journalism? I think not. You guys are too scary. Its no wonder people hate the press.

  • Posted By: SamForHillary @ 02/20/2008 1:59:20 PM

    My partner was saying majority of the men don't like Hillary because she is a strong and capable women. Whereas they like Michelle Obama because she has a soft and soothing voice that makes them feel safe and secure. Yuck! if majority of the media and democrats are so insecure and useless that they feel threatened by a strong woman, they don't deserve to particiapte in making decisions for the country. They don't deserve to exist as a major party. If for whatever reason Hillary doesn't get nominated, I will vote for republican. I think even George W Bush is 100% better than this insecure and useless democrats. I urge that all women and secure men stand by Hillary and fight for her till the end. Contribute and spend your time as much as possible helping her. If in the end the insecure and wimpy democrats get upper hand, then I urge you all to vote for a republican. McCain is far better and experienced human being than Obama.

  • Posted By: JakeNYC @ 02/19/2008 2:04:28 PM

    I can't believe this! Democrats are again being made fools by the Republican media machine. This time they're using the idealism inherent in a progressive party to make voters run off the left cliff like lemmings.
    Why would every Republican you hear say that Obama would be the tougher candidate? Would they publicly give the Democrats a tool to beat them?
    If Democrats really nominate Obama, then we deserve to lose the general election, which would be almost guaranteed.

    • Posted By: Politicaladdict @ 02/19/2008 3:18:37 PM

      My sentiments exactly. I thinink the Republics want to run against Obama, because they believe he is going to be easier to beat in November. My beautician told me all her clients say that if Obama is the nominee they will vote for McCain. Objective reached. Myself I will not vote at all because I just can't bring myself to vote for McCain either. So I guess in reality I will be voting for him.

      • Posted By: D. Affiliated @ 02/19/2008 3:24:15 PM

        Well, if Hillary's the nominee I won't be voting for her either; two can play tit-for-tat.

        • Posted By: joeygirlny @ 02/20/2008 1:46:02 PM

          To D. Affiliated: Wow! That was a mature statement.

    • Posted By: Joanne in Indy @ 02/20/2008 1:03:36 PM

      Although certainly the media is stirring the pot; it's Democrats themselves who are to blame if they lose in the fall. Many Democrats dislike Hillary and many Democrats like yourself dislike Obama. That divide gets wider every day this nomination is contested and as of now, it's looking like it will go all the way to the convention. If it does, it won't matter who the nominee is... the next President will be McCain.

  • Posted By: alexahart2000 @ 02/20/2008 12:58:16 PM

    Excellent write up...clap..clap. I duff my cap, very good job. The Clintons had done a good job for America and the world. You cannot fight ideas...especially hope. Barack Obama may not have all the solutions.....I bet ya. But he says "we can". No other candidate said so. I have great respect and admiration for Hillary, she has done well.
    George W had done so much harm to American psyche that anyone who offers hope, encouragement and a future is a hero. No one offers that now except Barack, even the religious conservative wing of republican party (they ain't chrisatians ---pls NOTE) have no answer for HOPE. Hope is not a trade mark, other candidates can adopt it too. WAR dampens hope, depresses the mind and continual propagation of war has a long acting sedative effect of hopelesness.
    Pls don't chew me up ...... Hillary should find fulfilment in what Bill and herself had done in the White house for 8 years!!! We talk about third world leaders wanting to hang on to power...this may seem an example with the Clintons...It is good to want to make history, they have money, fame and a trade-mark name. What else do you want??? What unfinished business have they got left in the White House. They should just take their place in history. Bill Clinton was a fine president with all his flaws regardless. I am not saying hand over the nomination to Barack and throw the towel in, but is the handwritting not on the wall???Hillary may have a hard time being elected due to her past mistakes which is only human, the republicans will have a field day taking cheap punches at her. Why can't the democratic party join hand behind the most electable president. Many republicans admire Barack, they see hope and a future. Is it not fot the good of the country and winning the White House??? I hope they will not blow it with who gets the nomination, Barak and Hillary.........If Hillary gets the nomination through superdelegates that has allegiance to the Clintons..........everyone may prepare to join me in welcoming President John McCain.

  • Posted By: Fasteddy33 @ 02/19/2008 3:03:19 PM

    JakeNYC, great concept regarding clinical, bureaucratic efficiency. In principle I agree. There are so many things which need to be fixed. Unfortunately, H. Clinton is too divisive to make that happen.

    • Posted By: JakeNYC @ 02/19/2008 3:33:07 PM

      The funny thing is I do not remember what HRC has done to make her a divisive figure in American politics. GW, yes.. divisive by design. But what is Hillary's great sin? That she failed in health care reform? At least she tried and learned. That she forgave Bill his transgressions? How is that any of our business, let alone the business of a $17 million special prosecutor?
      The reality is that the Republican machine always saw her as an intelligent, driven and astute woman who had political aspirations and was decisive, tough and worse.. a centrist. If Hillary rises to the Presidency, it will in one fell swoop call into question all the blanket statements that social conservatives make about women, gay/lesbians and other minorities. The extreme right, being in its essence a religion based movement, is more scared of women and sexual minorities than they are of black, asian or other minority men. Sexism runs deeper than racism around the world. This is why they've spent 16 years trying to discredit Hillary, first as cold and un-womanly, now as calculating and too agressive. The sad part is that after so many years of hearing it, Democrats are spouting the same attack lines without any evidence.
      Please understand that I'm not using sexism as an excuse for the state of her campaign or the rise of Obama. I'm just asking that both candidates be exposed to the same amount of scrutany of facts and that the media stick to reporting the news and refrain from pushing any specific agenda. We've been asking this of Fox News for 8 years, so why should we demand it from MSNBC and others?

      • Posted By: Dixiechick @ 02/20/2008 11:30:09 AM

        To Jakenyc
        Ditto

      • Posted By: joeygirlny @ 02/20/2008 7:52:28 AM

        I wish ALL democrats could understand this. Excellent post! I am in total agreement with you!

      • Posted By: frjiles1 @ 02/19/2008 3:57:32 PM

        Very Well Stated!!

        • Posted By: jlowell1 @ 02/19/2008 4:41:57 PM

          Jake is the only one here who seen past all of the smoke to the reality of what is transpiring and articulated it in a concise manner. As they say, Bingo.

  • Posted By: D. Affiliated @ 02/19/2008 2:34:04 PM

    The claims of sexism here are as absurd as the claims that Bill Clinton???s ???fairy tale??? comment in New Hampshire was racist. No one claimed the media were sexist when they were spending an entire year dubbing Hillary Clinton the presumptive nominee and talking about how unstoppable she was. My attention span isn???t that short, I remember those things clearly. After the Iowa caucus, I saw an interview on Inside Edition where the interviewer asked Hillary, ???did you feel betrayed by women in Iowa???. What the?! If that???s not blatantly sexist I don???t know what is. She made an appearance on the Tyra Banks show where she made a blatant sexist appeal to women for their vote. Tyra even had the nerve to ask her if she felt betrayed by Oprah for supporting Obama! Why, because Obama doesn???t have the right genitals? So let me get this straight, any woman who doesn???t vote for Hillary Clinton is betraying her, and any man who doesn???t vote for her is sexist? Give me a break with the victim card here folks, Clinton is also playing by a double standard here.

    • Posted By: Dixiechick @ 02/20/2008 11:26:32 AM

      I can also remember Michelle Obama ,after the Iowa vote saying "There ain't no black folks in Iowa !!
      Now who is racest ?

    • Posted By: beaker87 @ 02/19/2008 7:01:22 PM

      The only double standard is that we dare ask Hillary Clinton if she feels betrayed by women, but nobody dares to ask Obama if he feels betrayed by blacks. Being sexist is okay, being racist is not. It's okay to criticize women for not voting for women, but not okay to criticize blacks for not voting for blacks. Then again there are not many blacks not voting for Obama. What was the that slogan "We've come a long way, baby", but obiously not far enough.

    • Posted By: frjiles1 @ 02/19/2008 3:58:33 PM

      Wow, you REALLY dislike Clinton--huh?

  • Posted By: Dixiechick @ 02/19/2008 3:21:03 PM

    I'm so glad that Michelle Obama finally found a reason to be proud of America.It's the first time in her adult life too.Too bad she wasn't proud to have had the opportunity to go to college,get married and have children all in the free world.I guess it takes coming close to being the first lady of a black president to make you proud of America.

    • Posted By: D. Affiliated @ 02/19/2008 3:40:25 PM

      What she said is that she is pround of her country because she feels like hope is finally making a comeback. Here's the quote:

      ???People in this country are ready for change and hungry for a different kind of politics and ??? for the first time in my adult life I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback.???

      I don't see how that is necessarily supposed to mean that she feels proud because she could be married to the first black president, at least that's not what her statement says on its face. If hope=first black President, then hope wouldn't be making a comeback, hope would be making its debut! ;)

      • Posted By: Dixiechick @ 02/20/2008 6:49:33 AM

        Hope for what ?? I have never lost hope for America or anything else. She should count her blessings.
        Her days of being scrutinized and put through the wringer are just starting. Then she will really lose hope.Their marriage with the press will end and that is something they have yet to experience.

  • Posted By: jlowell1 @ 02/19/2008 4:57:29 PM

    While there are some in the "activist" media that are clearly in favor of Obama because of his political leanings, I think the biasw really comes down to something far more simple, which is: "What will sell better?"

    Truth is, everything that's ever going to be written about Hillary Clinton has been written. There's nothing new to sell. But Obama! Well, who knows what lurks beneath the thin veneer? Think of how much of a media tsunami we will have if he becomes the nominee and the Republican attack machine gets ahold of him! The papers and magazines will be flying off the shelves and the news channels will be on 25 hours a day! Sell! Sell! Sell! Our demorcratic processes be damned! That's really what it's all about as far as the media is concerned. But, we deserve to lose our democracy as a result because we keep consuming all this crap as fast as we can.

    Democracy? What's that? More Brittney and Obama please!

    • Posted By: Dixiechick @ 02/20/2008 6:21:16 AM

      To jlowell1
      AMEN !!!!!

  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 02/20/2008 5:52:54 AM

    "YES WE CAN" T SHIRTS WILL SELL LIKE "HOT CAKES"

    BARAK NEEDS A YES WE CAN SLOGAN IN SPANISH.
    THEN MAKE T SHIRTS AND OTHER ATTIRE and HAND THEM OUT IN TEXAS AND OHIO.


    "YES WE CAN" "YES WE CAN" "YES WE CAN" TEXAS AND OHIO.

    T is TIME TO SEND A MESSAGE AND DELIVER THE KNOCK OUT BLOW.
    TAKING YOUR GLOVES OFF EARLY IS NOT ALWAYS THE WISEST DECISION TO MAKE. SOME MIGHT EVEN CALL IT NAIVE.

  • Posted By: herbiemax @ 02/20/2008 12:37:57 AM

    Mr Thomas this article is full of it. The press hit Bill & Hillary Clinton with Lies from the first day of his announcement, and never let up until he left office, the lies that were told were written as truth, they even sent people to Arkansas to dig up lies so the could print them, one of those people wrote a book about how he was used to set up the stories. His conscious would not let it stand the way he had originally wrote the stories. George Bush lied to us about Irag, the press printed his lies as truth. 4,000 american men and women have died because he lied and the press didn't bother to tell the people the truth. Now we have the press telling us that we not only have a revolutionary candidate, but we actually have a savior, you all act as though Obama is the return of Jesus Christ. That we should get down on our knees and praise him just as you are. He is nothing but words, he has not set out an original plan for any of the problems created by 'GW, he has copied ideas of the other two candidates, and the press does not report it that way. He has spent his entire life to be a candidate for something. The press is actually defending him when he is only a man of words and we find out the words are not even his. Then his wife says in essence that she has been ashamed of her country her entire adult life, and the press defends those words too. This country is not just dirt with boundaries it is made of people, of which she apparently is ashamed of. I am one of those people and she does not know me, has no right to speak of me in that manner, and you have no scruples if you are willing to defend these two people. There is one thing I do have to give the press credit for - you are good salesmen and women, because it seems that two many people are buying your sales job again..

  • Posted By: lafit @ 02/19/2008 11:54:33 PM

    Texas & Ohio, this article might open everybodys eyes:

    www.aim.org/press-release/aim-identifies-mysterious-obama-mentor-as-communist-party-revolutionary

    AIM Identifies Mysterious Obama Mentor As Communist Party Revolutionary

    Press Release | February 19, 2008

    WASHINGTON, February 19, 2008 -- A mysterious friend and adviser to Barack Obama when he was growing up in Hawaii is identified in a new column by Accuracy in Media editor Cliff Kincaid as a member of the old Moscow-controlled Communist Party USA. "Obama's communist connection adds to mounting public concern about a candidate who has come out of virtually nowhere, with a brief U.S. Senate legislative record, to become the Democratic Party frontrunner for the U.S. presidency," Kincaid writes in the column, posted on the AIM web site www.aim.org

    Obama's mentor "Frank" is Frank Marshall Davis, who was publicly identified as a member of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). Obama, in his book, Dreams From My Father, refers to him repeatedly as just "Frank," without a middle or last name.

    Kincaid explains, "The reason is apparent: Davis was a known communist who belonged to a party subservient to the Soviet Union. In fact, the 1951 report of the Commission on Subversive Activities to the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii identified him as a CPUSA member. What's more, anti-communist congressional committees, including the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), accused Davis of involvement in several communist front organizations."

    AIM recently disclosed that Obama has connections to the Democratic Socialists of America and that he sponsored a "Global Poverty Act" designed to send hundreds of billions of U.S. foreign aid to the rest of the world, in order to meet U.N. demands. The bill has passed the House and a Senate committee and awaits full Senate action.

    Accuracy in Media is a citizens' media watchdog organization whose mission is to promote fairness, balance, and accuracy in news reporting. Founded in 1969, AIM is the oldest non-profit press watchdog group in America. For more information, please visit www.aim.org.

    To arrange an interview with AIM editor Cliff Kincaid, contact Sarah Schaerr Norton at (202) 364-4401 ext. 107 or sarah.schaerr@aim.org.

  • Posted By: MChieco @ 02/19/2008 11:38:59 PM

    Even though Im for Hillary , I'll vote for Obama in a heartbeat over the doom and gloom of the Republicans. Hillary's last shot is the debates and Texas. Unless Obama falls on his face in the debates , which I doubt , March 4 could be D day, If Obama wins , its over . have to give him his due, he has had a brilliant campaign.

  • Posted By: spongyb @ 02/19/2008 11:15:10 PM

    I'm totally satisfied with the way the American people are speaking out from state to state. I'm elated that the Obama message is going out loud and clear. I'm truly sorry that the Clinton's have not yet declared the race to the obvious winner and stop the whining and petty fights they are trying to bring up at a time like this.
    You both are on the same team the people has said enough of your era, give us young blood with impartial views and judgments. Shut up and let the democracy have its true time of revival and reformation, if even it means getting out of the way. Instead what I'm seeing is a war like approach/attempt to demote any possibility of real change.
    My mind is made up if there was no Obama then i would have voted Clinton. But now that Obama is there I'm glad i didn't have to vote Clinton her true colors are shining through and i don't like them too much any more.

  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 02/19/2008 9:47:18 PM

    THE OBAMA WAVE IS SWEE ING THE NATION.

    CONGRATULATIONS.

    HILLARy is in big trouble.

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  • Posted By: ryantia @ 02/17/2008 1:24:10 PM

    Liberal media outlets like MSNBC, CNN, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times are trying to hijack this election by unabashedly supporting Sen. Obama without giving equal opportunity to Sen. Clinton. They are sucking every morsel that comes from Obama's mouth. No doubt, Obama's speeches are inspirational, but is that all we need to confront the daunting challenges that America faces??? unsustainable entitlements, broken borders, nuclearizing enemies, rising unemployment, housing foreclosures ??? these problems require tough solutions. Is EXPERIENCE STUPID. Do we select an inexperienced surgeon to perform surgery on us? Do we hire an inexperienced attorney to represent us? Talk of CHANGE. Wouldn't the election of a strong, intelligent and a woman with proven credentials herald a momentous change in the history of this great nation? UNITING people. If Sen. Obama didn't have the slightest decency to acknowledge Sen. Clinton at the Union Address, how can we expect him to unite different factions? His words do not manifest into action. Can we trust Obama with the NUCLEAR button when he has admitted to have pressed the WRONG button, several times, during crucial legislature votes? Let us vote with our MIND and not our HEARTS for the future of this great nation.

    • Posted By: Calvin67 @ 02/17/2008 1:44:29 PM

      Again, another blind Hillary supporter talking about Hillary uniting people. Have you not read the comments here, have you not read the headlines in the news lately. Hillary is actually dividing the party through her negative ads and backtracking on the issues of allowing the Michigan and Florida primaries to stand.
      I am actually uncommitted, but will vote for Senator Obama int he General Election if he is the nominee, if it is Hillary then I will vote for Senator McCain. Your idea that she is bringing people together is comical, she is actually dividing the nation and the democrats!
      As for tough solutions that she has come up with, can you please share one with all the readers of this blog???

      • Posted By: beaker87 @ 02/19/2008 8:14:54 PM

        Hillary is dividing the party??? Didn't you just state you will vote for McCain if she wins the nomination. It's people with an opinion like that that are dividing the Democratic Party. Since you support Obama, name one tough decision he has made in his whole 2 years of experience at the Federal level.

    • Posted By: D. Affiliated @ 02/17/2008 1:36:18 PM

      Where are Hillary Clinton's proven credentials! THAT is the biggest "fairy tale" of this entire campaign. The surgeon's spouse can't put the surgeon's experience on THEIR resume. Hillary has been a Senator since 2000, what has she solved? What has she accomplished? What task was she given in the White House that she successfully solved?

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