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Pre-debate spin
mejusthavingfun
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/12/06
#25pre-debate spin
Posted: 10/1/08 at 1:04pm
"drudge a member of the mccain campaign?"
I don't really know what Drudge is feeling these days. I've seen a ton of pro-Obama stuff on that page for months now.
There is certainly still bias with their headlines but I think "they" are really conflicted. Much like Fox News is. It must be getting really hard to defend gaff after gaff of John McCain and fake support of a candidate that the party has hated for years. Or field contradicting talking points that now seem to hit the wire by the hour. It's very hard to stay partisan when both parties are failing their constituents on so many levels.
* P.S.
Fox in particular needs to be looking at their bottom line. I'm not sure how their business model works when they actually grate against an administration.
Updated On: 10/1/08 at 01:04 PM
KrissySim
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/08
#26pre-debate spin
Posted: 10/1/08 at 1:04pmYou like playing cards with a stacked deck, don't you Mambo?
#27preparing for palin's failures?? Gotta lower that bar for Falin
Posted: 10/1/08 at 1:06pm
Like it's gonna be Gwen's fault when Palin gives a completely nonsensical answer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlldOdUei5g
To be fair and balanced they should have chosen Bill O'Reilly or Sean Hannity to do the debate.After all, as they noted in the discussion, all the MSM leans left.
KrissySim
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/08
#28preparing for palin's failures?? Gotta lower that bar for Falin
Posted: 10/1/08 at 1:07pm
... both parties are failing their constituents on so many levels.
another good point
#29pre-debate spin
Posted: 10/1/08 at 1:08pmhey, i can't help it that your side can't see the forest for the trees...or the stacks of dead wolves we've yet to skin.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#30pre-debate spin
Posted: 10/1/08 at 1:10pmAll this spin is only for the pundits anyway. The public will make up its mind on its own. Case in point - the pundits gave the presidential debate to McCain, scoring it like a prize fight and awarding it to him on points. The public, however, saw it very differently.
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#31pre-debate spin
Posted: 10/1/08 at 1:13pmMadbrian is right on. All this punditry/wankery is soooo 2004.
KrissySim
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/08
#32pre-debate spin
Posted: 10/1/08 at 1:14pm
My side?
My answer to that is too complex to want to open it here.
As for the other, they are exploiting a loophole in law that shouldn't have been there in the first place. Humans create their own problems and there is no justification for what is going on in Alaska in this regard.
No matter who wins this campaign, the issue will still stand and that loophole must be closed. You can count on me to be working on it either way.
mejusthavingfun
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/12/06
#33pre-debate spin
Posted: 10/1/08 at 1:15pmI love the Fox talk that is that PBS "leans left." I love that people on the right think that journalistic integrity is leaning left. Reporting FACTUAL INFORMATION is leaning left.
KrissySim
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/08
#34pre-debate spin
Posted: 10/1/08 at 1:20pm
Reporting FACTUAL INFORMATION is leaning left.
Goddam Commies is what they are!
No wait, that was the twentieth century.
#35pre-debate spin
Posted: 10/1/08 at 1:24pmIf we assume that the majority of the VP debate viewers will be folks who also watched last week's debate, I would expect that they will be looking for the same things. Competence, particularly in the economy, fluency in foreign affaris, confidence, and presidential authority. I expect the audience will want to see the same from Palin & Biden, regardless of any spin from the pundits.
#36pre-debate spin
Posted: 10/1/08 at 1:27pmI saw this coming- so obvious! Maybe they should get someone from the BBC- oh wait, they would really drill them on foreign policy and take no prisoners!
#37pre-debate spin
Posted: 10/1/08 at 1:35pmThe first thing I'll do as Miss Russia by way of Alaska is work on world peace to save the children who are our future.
mejusthavingfun
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/12/06
#38pre-debate spin
Posted: 10/1/08 at 1:50pm
It's very interesting to think back to the Democratic debates when Biden cleaned the floor with Clinton, Edwards, Obama. I think debating is one of Biden's best attributes this is going to be quite a show.
I am so playing "lingo."
Lingo
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Joined: 12/31/69
#39pre-debate spin
Posted: 10/1/08 at 1:55pmI've NEVER seen anything pro-Obama on drudge. Did you see yesterday when they linked the "kids sing for Obama" you Tube link with the phrase "Children sing for Dear Leader"?
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#40pre-debate spin
Posted: 10/1/08 at 1:58pmWhy would anyone visit that closet case's website anyway?
#41pre-debate spin
Posted: 10/1/08 at 1:59pmIt is useful as a news aggregation site, if you ignore the headlines.
#42pre-debate spin
Posted: 10/1/08 at 2:05pmI like to keep tabs on the enemy...especially a mess like Miss Drudge!
#43pre-debate spin
Posted: 10/1/08 at 2:05pm
The pro-Obama headlines on Drudge stopped when Clinton was defeated. I don't think he was ever really "for" Obama, just against Clinton. He has always hated both Clintons.
Interestingly, he's not really "for" McCain either, with links like "McCain turns irritable, sarcastic in interview..."--not like he was always enthusiastically pro-Bush/Cheney.
He's just anti-Democrat. And closeted.
#44pre-debate spin
Posted: 10/1/08 at 2:11pmTo be fair (which goes against my nature), there have also been several stories floating around about how well Palin did in the Alaskan gubernatorial debate, and how she might be underrated as a debater. So, I guess the spin works both ways.
#45pre-debate spin
Posted: 10/1/08 at 2:17pmthat's not fair, mb. her opponent in the alaska debate was a wolf who she had shot from a hovering helicopter one minute into the debate and proceeded to skin onstage.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#46pre-debate spin
Posted: 10/1/08 at 2:20pmI hadn't heard it that way. I heard she had shot the wolf earlier in the day, and walked into the debate with its severed leg, demanding the bounty.
#47pre-debate spin
Posted: 10/1/08 at 2:24pmwhat would she need paper towels for?
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#48pre-debate spin
Posted: 10/1/08 at 2:27pmTo wipe the boood off her boots.
#49pre-debate spin
Posted: 10/1/08 at 2:33pm
"but you people really have to be insane if you think this all doesn't work to sarah and mac's advantage."
it should also help sista gurl get out of ahead of the pack in what promises to be an onslaught of titles bearing Obama's name come Jan.
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