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Broadcast Network News Coverage

by BooMan
Fri May 9th, 2008 at 08:39:16 PM EST

I never watch the Network News anymore, but sometimes I like to see what other people are seeing. Here's a roundup of tonight's national news coverage.

ABC: Led with growing certainty of Obama’s nomination. Said Obama erased Clinton’s last real advantage– the superdelegate lead. Clips from Emanuel, Panetta saying race appears over. Kennedy quote saying Clinton should not be VP. Mention that Obama has signaled he may be willing to help settle Clinton’s debt. Stephanopoulos said pressure on Clinton will grow.
CBS: After report on cyclone tragedy, brief political report recapped day’s events. Jeff Greenfield noted growing superdelegate flow to Obama, said no candidate has ever been nominated with so few large-state victories.
NBC: Led with new Myanmar devastation images, turned to Obama’s superdelgate pickups. Said Obama “ignored” Clinton on the stump Friday, mentioned Emanuel on Obama being “presumptive” nominee, Kennedy rejecting possibility of Clinton veep. Showed Clinton fighting on, asked if she’s playing the “race card” with USA Today comments. Reported Obama didn’t rule out helping pay her debt.

That's a pretty brutal series of stories.

Broadcast Network News Coverage | 22 comments (22 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

In other news . . . (4.00 / 2)

The pushback from Camp McSame has begun. I saw a crawler at lunch today on MSNBC saying that Grampa Jack was upset about Obama's "lost his bearings" comment, saying it was an oblique way of referring to his age, and some surrogate saying that if McCain's age is a legitimate target, so is Reverend Wright.

Well, maybe Captain Short Term Memory Loss wasn't paying attention, but Reverend Wright has been brought up before, and it's a non-starter. And the minute John McCain can separate himself from his age, can renounce and repudiate it, can say that his age speaks for itself and not for him, then his campaign can equiate his age with Reverend Wright.

Otherwise they're just woofin'.

The avalanche has started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote. -- Ambassador Kosh

by Omir the Storyteller (omir.the.storyteller -CAT- gmail -DOG- com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 11:57:57 PM EST

McCain's age (4.00 / 3)

I got the email about how evil Obama was for saying "lost his bearings". I had to laugh because that's just as nutso as those people who accused him of being sexist when he said "periodically". Dumbasses.

I sent an email to the campaign:

I'm one of the people who likes to tell everyone I meet that your candidate, John McCain, is older than dirt's great-granddad; that John McCain makes the pyramids look like the new mall that just opened last week, that he can look at the globe and say, "I remember when this was all Ice Age as far as the eye could see.". Considering all the "old" jokes regarding John McCain, one would expect seasoned campaign veterans to not draw attention to the extreme age (and innate liability) of their candidate.
Imagine my surprise when I received your email claiming that the nautical or directional term Sen. Obama used was being twisted by your campaign, making it appear that you are "playing the age card". It was assumed by many people that Sen. Obama was mocking the so-called Straight Talk Express, not McCain's mental abilities.
Does this mean we can expect more pointless distractions when Sen. Obama uses the things"? Please let me know so that I can immediately tune out anything coming from your campaign. As an engaged voter, I'm more interested in hearing what you can candidate will do is President, not this childish twisting of words. I get enough of that from my 5 year old.

Blogging While Brown Convention Atlanta, GA July 25-27, 2008

by fabooj (fabooj [at} mail [dot} com) on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 12:34:19 AM EST
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Oops (none / 0)

A few sentences got deleted. The first sentence in the last paragraph should read:

Does this mean we can expect more pointless distractions when Sen. Obama uses the terms, "that was the old ways of Washington" or "the same old way of doing things"?

Blogging While Brown Convention Atlanta, GA July 25-27, 2008

by fabooj (fabooj [at} mail [dot} com) on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 12:38:14 AM EST
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Re: McCain's age (none / 0)

Ha, that's most excellent. Not like you were going to pay much attention to what he had to say anyway, I'll bet.

Honestly, there are real issues facing this country, everything from race to oil to Iraq, and instead of talking about those we get death by thesaurus?

The avalanche has started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote. -- Ambassador Kosh

by Omir the Storyteller (omir.the.storyteller -CAT- gmail -DOG- com) on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 12:55:48 AM EST
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What I find curious is that in Clintonland, "periodically" is a vile misogynist oath (even though at sixty Clinton can't be menstruating) and yet they feel free to throw around misogynist language and then attribute it to others. I was accused of being the type who would "bitch slap" someone for asking for a cup of black coffee (I'm not sure I understood what the poster meant) because I said that I was an old, white working-class male and I had no problem voting for Obama.

I know the concept of the oppressed using derogatory terms as an act of rebellion against the oppressors and as a term of self-definition and rebellious pride, but there seems to be an inflation in the Clinton camp. Anything that can possibly be construed as negative to women, which would include terms never before used as gender-specific insults, are off-limits to non-Hillary supporters, but can be directed at anyone else.

I guess that we will witness a repetition with McCain now.

by Bob In Pacifica on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 10:23:09 AM EST
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Re: McCain's age (none / 0)

The Clinton Camp is identical to the Bush (Dubya) camp in this way: they only communicate for the purpose of moving the polls. Any correltaion between their words and objective reality are incidental, conveniently supporting the point that they're trying to implant into the national consciousness. As for me, whenever I encounter some form of communication from the Clinton or Bush worlds I immediately run it through the Charlie Brown filter, such that their words appear to me as nothing more than the blather that came from off-screen adults in the Charlie Brown cartoons.

Pay no attention to those people - when they lie they speak their native language...

The Underground Railroad

by Oscar In Louisville on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 04:32:48 PM EST
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I read somewhere that Obama is now preparing a series of attack ads to define his only opponent - McCain. They should start running nationally once they are all together.

He's not even competing against Hillary anymore.

by RandyH on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 08:52:56 PM EST

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Clinton damaged him so much, and can afford to pay her own debts out of her pocket change.

She should refuse to accept help, and in a noble gesture, refuse to take the money from Democrats who just want to help us win the White House in November..!

"If you look for the social economic motive, you will not have to wait for history to tell you what was propaganda and what was truth." - George Seldes

by Real History Lisa (lpeaseRemoveThis@gte.net) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 09:01:32 PM EST

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She should tell Bill to get off his ass and make a few more speeches in Colombia for the corporatists who kidnap and torture union organizers.

by Bob In Pacifica on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 10:25:33 AM EST
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If Obama wants to toy with her on the debt business, fine with me. But he has to know his supporters, many with a lot less than $109 million, will feel betrayed if their modest contributions help bail Hillary out of her debt position that she herself created.

by Heart of the Rockies on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 09:17:20 PM EST

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Hillary may be dead, but there's still plenty of time before the convention for something to happen.

And of course you can't count out the Village Idiots who will DEMAND Obama make Hillary her Veep, and point out repeatedly in their infinite wisdom that Obama can't win without her on the ticket.

Which is complete bullshit, but watch the columns this weekend. I'm predicting more Dream Ticket nonsense from Broder, the Hillbloggers, Tweety, Timmeh, etc.

Hold on to your lunch.

by Zandar1 on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 09:18:15 PM EST

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There are too many strong Democratic female Governors he could chose that do not have Hillary's baggage. Kathleen Sebelius or Janet Napolitano either one would be a great running mate.

Doing My Part For The Left,Left Of The Rainbow

by refinish69 (refinish69 at gmail dot com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 09:21:28 PM EST
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Clinton brings nothing to the the ticket except for fanatical Clinton supporters who would be hoping for Obama's demise.

by Bob In Pacifica on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 10:27:06 AM EST
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Obama will and should ignore it. Ditto with the "bail out" shit.

by Heart of the Rockies on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 09:21:59 PM EST
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How demeaning it would be for Hillary to have Obama pay her debt. I'm all for it.

by americanforliberty on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 09:40:21 PM EST

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I'm not for it. Let he keep spending Bill's money.

Doing My Part For The Left,Left Of The Rainbow

by refinish69 (refinish69 at gmail dot com) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 09:46:11 PM EST
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come'on reverse psychology works every once-in-a-while

by americanforliberty on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 10:09:17 PM EST
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How about a compromise? Obama validates her parking at the Denver convention center.

by Bob In Pacifica on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 10:28:08 AM EST
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I absolutely do not like the idea of Obama offering to pay off some/all? of HRC's campaign debt. She created the debt and she can afford to pay it off. But the worst aspect of this idea is that it looks like Obama is buying her off. Totally unacceptable.

by sjct on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 10:39:26 PM EST

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I'm pretty sure that campaign finance law prohibits Obama from paying off Hillary's debt out of the money that he has raised thus far. But he could hold special events and do other things to help her out-- the cash just can't come from his campaign chest.

But there is a lot of sentiment among his supporters against him doing anything to help out the Clintons. It would be sorta like the Bear Stearns bailout, where the big guys get rescued, while little guys in trouble have to fend for themselves....

by eagleye on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 11:40:06 PM EST

Obama is going to bail out Clinton with what? (none / 1)

Wait a minute ....one donates to Obama and he decides to use what one has donated for him to bail out Clinton who has more assets than the 100 million she and Bill declared. Sorry, that doesn't add up to Obama getting more donations from people who just don't have much to throw around.

by donmyers on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 03:55:30 AM EST

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I don't have a huge problem with Obama paying some of Clinton's vendors who've been stiffed. I would never pay off Penn and his ilk. That can come out of Her Majesty's pockets.

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to you country.

by Drew J Jones (blahblahblah@blahblahblah.com) on Sat May 10th, 2008 at 10:23:30 AM EST

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