Thread on the "average voters" defending Kavanaugh on CNN who are actually Republican operatives

[tenderfoot]

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[Anon-C]

1. Kick and Rec.

[thucythucy]

2. K & R nt

[spanone]

3. Shame on CNN. This is essentially a republican/kavanaugh commercial.

K&R...

[elmac]

14. we must remember, corporate newstainment networks are firmly in bed with the

Government Of Putin, GOP, and are involved in the circus they created just for the money.

[spooky3]

4. Very important thread. Thank you. Nt

[SHRED]

5. CNN needs to retract and apologize

Journalistic malfeasance.

[DemocracyMouse]

24. Yes they should! I'm now not so inclined to trust them.

A sampling of Republicans, i.e. an average, would involve something equivalent to a Nielson Ratings sample from a database of phone numbers, etc., not asking a Republican friend to recommend some talking heads.

[TheBlackAdder]

6. Perhaps CNN is promoting staged "Fake News" so that Trump will rebrand CNN as a "Real News" network.

[underpants]

7. I have no idea why they chase their own tail

Republicans simply aren't going to watch CNN with any regularity. They are conditioned to believe it's all lies which is a prime indicator of a cult.

[catbyte]

18. They're not aming this at Republicans. They're aiming for Independents.

They're trying to mitigate the outrage and slow the calls to Republican Senators. It's despicable.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

32. I agree with you.

I wondered about that. I watched this and was disturbed by the attitudes of these "average" women. But, of course, now that they have been unmasked, this should be put in the proper category: propaganda. Shame on you CNN.

[Elwood P Dowd]

8. Cooper and Cuomo shows are a joke. Many nights, it's nothing more than a revolving door

of repukes spouting their propaganda and talking points.

[Oneironaut]

38. Cooper is the worst of the two.

He lets right wing blowhards openly lie without debunking the lies. The network is more concerned about hurting the poor right wing guests’ fee-fees than challenging their statements.

It’s all about money. Nothing else.

[Tom Rinaldo]

9. What are the odds of them coincidentally ending up in the same focus group of average GOP voters?

A total set up. The only question is whether the CNN reporter was in on it or just so lazy that she was easily played.

[John Fante]

27. In on it.

[Hortensis]

10. Anderson Cooper. They'd have done a basic vetting

and known who these women were. Absolutely an intentional misrepresentation.

[B Stieg]

11. Just like the TV ads promoting Kavanaugh

"I've never done anything political, but I must tell you I support Kavanaugh."

Pure BS

REGISTER and VOTE!

[dchill]

25. How quintessentially Trumpublican.

Do it, then say you've never done it! Easy, peasy. Do it again, say it again. Lather, rinse, repeat.

[ewagner]

12. This needs to be blasted EVERYWHERE!

There IS NO GRASSROOTS SUPPORT for Kavanaugh ...it's astro turf...it's BS..

We can't let GOP get away with this crap

[usaf-vet]

13. This is what was happening in the small circle of high school aged kids in Maryland....

according to a book written by Mark Judge the alleged third person in the room where Dr. Ford was assaulted.

[link:https://theintercept.com/2018/09/22/mark-judge-wasted-brett-kavanaugh/|

IMO Dr. Ford's story seems consistent with this account of the general behavior of the "kids" in a book written by Mark Judge.

[JDC]

15. Seriously scandalous. Is CNN that stupid or desperate

To practice both-side-ism? I think the latter, but percipitated by the former.

[BadgerMom]

16. Shawn Brandt does a great service here.

I called out CNN via Twitter on this one. Absolutely despicable.

[Kingofalldems]

17. Kick for the freepers.

[PatSeg]

19. Seriously?

Is CNN trying to earn the title of "Fake News"?

[LostinRed]

20. I hate calling them fake news

I like to say lazy media some dumb dumb intern probably booked them

[dalton99a]

21. What a load of bullshit

[Raven123]

22. Perhaps they are the few still publicly identifying as GOP voters

[meow2u3]

23. K&R for exposure

Excellent sleuthing, tenderfoot.

[Puzzler]

26. K&R

-Puzzler

[John Fante]

28. The NYT pulled something similar not too long ago.

The MSM, with a few notable exceptions (Maddow, O'Donnell) is not-so-slyly the KGOP's best friend.

[yardwork]

29. CNN should be ashamed.

[mercuryblues]

30. A 4th one

Congressional District 27 Republican Primary Forum
Hosted by Angela "Angie" Vazquez

https://www.facebook.com/events/300459383852717/

Committeewoman on the Miami-Dade Republican Executive Committee

http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2011/06/is-the-miami-dade-republican-party-broke.html

Past president of Women's Republican club of miami

http://www.wrcmf.org/leadership.html

edited to add:

more on 2 of the other, everyday, normal women republican voters. Who never did a political thing in their life, until this interview.

Meet the 3 women mentioned in the article

Gina Sousa

Gina Sosa-Suarez was a Republican candidate for Florida's 27th Congressional District in the U.S. Hous

https://ballotpedia.org/Gina_Sosa

Irina Villarino

Has made numerous appearances on Fox&Friends.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=irina+vilarino&qpvt=irina+vilarino&view=detail&mid=A01C40A9507D713C0949A01C40A9507D713C0949&&FORM=VRDGAR

Lourdes Castillo de la Pena

Lourdes Castillo de la Pena, DeSantis' campaign coordinator in Miami-Dade, calls him "a brilliant man" and a fresh face that Republicans need.

http://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2018/03/30/adam-putnams-momentum-stalls-in-bid-for-governor-and-he-sees-trouble-on-fox-news/

http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2018/01/pam-bondi-casey-desantis-attend-white-house-womens-symposium.html

[Scurrilous]

31. K&R

[BigmanPigman]

33. They have even turned this into a pro Kavanaugh TV ad.

Every time I see it my blood pressure skyrockets, profanity flows from my mouth and I run for the remote control I get so angry. I looked to see who paid for it and it is a group called "www.45 committee.org".

https://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/secret-money-to-boost-trump-228817

The group, which is called 45Committee, is registered under a section of the tax code — 501(c)(4) — that allows tax-exempt groups to accept contributions of unlimited sizes that can be used to air political and issue-based ads without disclosing their donors’ names.
Ricketts also has assumed control of a linked super PAC called Future45 that is required to disclose its donors. But Future45 is one of several pro-Trump super PACs jockeying for donors’ attention, whereas 45Committee is the only secret-money nonprofit with access to elite GOP donors. And sources in conservative finance circles say that the pitch is resonating.

[LAS14]

34. Is there any evidence that this story is "going viral?"

CNN really needs to be held accountable. I don't know how to find out if something is "going viral."

tia
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[orangecrush]

35. K&R!

[nolabear]

36. I'm posting this everywhere I can. Thank you!

[Oneironaut]

37. Because the media is clickbait in video form.

Any concern for honesty went out the window a long time ago - especially when they turned into Trump and Russia’s PR team during the 2016 election.

They’re all liars for money. There are very few honest mainstream journalists left. Omitting facts, embellishing a story, or turning a minute detail in the story into the entire story is still lying.

If there is no controversy, they will create one - even if it ruins an innocent person’s life. Screw these people, and the lasting damage they’ve done to the word “journalist.”