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freshwest

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103. Yes, the themes are exactly the same. May be in this book which I haven't read yet:
Fri Mar 29, 2013, 07:23 PM
Mar 2013
The Obama Hate Machine



NEW FROM BILL PRESS: THE BOOK THE KOCH BROTHERS DON’T WANT YOU TO READ.

In Toxic Talk, Bill Press exposed the ways in which the extreme right-wing media has done an end run around the American voting populace by exerting a disproportionate control over open political debate. In The Obama Hate Machine, Press returns to show how the Right has taken rhetoric to slanderous new levels in attacking the nation's forty-fourth president.

But presidents have always been attacked like this, right? Wrong. As the author shows, while presidents and presidential candidates routinely have been subject to personal attacks, the outright disdain Obama's extremist opponents have for the facts has inspired an insidious brand of character assassination unique in contemporary politics.

Obama was born in Kenya... Obama sympathizes with Muslim terrorists... Obama is a communist who wants to institute death panels and touch off class warfare... The extent to which these unfounded assertions have taken hold in the American mindset shows just how ruthless, destructive, and all-powerful the right-wing machine hijacked by extremists in the media and fueled by corporate coffers has become. The author reveals how corporate interests such as the infamous Koch Brothers continue to steer political coverage away from fact-based dialogue into the realm of hysteria. Bill Press also observes this phenomenon is not limited to the airwaves and provides an Hate Obama Book Club list, calling out the scores of anti-Obama tomes and even some from the Left that have helped drag politics even deeper into the mud.

In his characteristic on-the-mark arguments sure to appeal to anyone on the Left or in the Center, Press shows how the peculiar nature of Obama-hating subverts issue-driven debate and threatens not only the outcome of the 2012 election but the future of the American democratic system.


http://www.billpressshow.com/obama-hate-machine/

Full video here at C-SPAN:

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304985-1#


“The President does not have line item veto power; it’s all or nothing." Tarheel_Dem Mar 2013 #1
It remains true whether it was in the report or not. Richardo Mar 2013 #3
What about Presidential signing statements? They_Live Mar 2013 #80
Many of us didn't regard that as legitimate then, nor would we now. freshwest Mar 2013 #83
Signing statements have no legal weight, or force of law. Using a signing msanthrope Mar 2013 #99
you mean that mean ol Obama isn'tthe debbil? them's fightin' woids! dionysus Mar 2013 #4
C'mon dion. Don't beat me up. I'm not the one who posted a blatant hitpiece with glaring omissions Tarheel_Dem Mar 2013 #8
Please, Obama hit piece with glaring omissions? That NEVER happens here. stevenleser Mar 2013 #15
You're right. Please forgive me? I'm so ashamed. Tarheel_Dem Mar 2013 #21
THANKS! Nothing like facts, elleng Mar 2013 #2
I don't understand portraying Mikulski as powerless here tkmorris Mar 2013 #7
Understanding how things work and, hence, what our personal commitment to specific outcomes must patrice Mar 2013 #5
Too many DUers don't do "facts" when Monsatan is involved... SidDithers Mar 2013 #6
They don't do facts when Cha Mar 2013 #9
Feels like breitbart posts here at times... freshwest Mar 2013 #91
I have felt that heat timdog44 Apr 2013 #128
Illegitimi non carborundum. freshwest Apr 2013 #129
Thank you for that. timdog44 Apr 2013 #130
Don't feel bad about it. Your life is a success story. Everyone has triggers. freshwest Apr 2013 #131
Yes. I've rage quitted DU a few times over these people... Comrade_McKenzie Mar 2013 #11
So it's no one's fault? Doctor_J Mar 2013 #10
You didn't read any of that, did you? WilliamPitt Mar 2013 #12
If you're not providing them info that looks bad for Obama, they generally don't read it. stevenleser Mar 2013 #16
1% er MoclipsHumptulips Mar 2013 #66
I'm not a 1%'r if that is even what your post means. stevenleser Mar 2013 #68
Hmm. Disruptive post by newbie accusing DUer of being 1% which has nothing to do with the subthread. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2013 #82
Actually I read the entire thing Doctor_J Mar 2013 #18
Risk a government shutdown over a toothless rider that's gone in 6 months. WilliamPitt Mar 2013 #20
Worry not Doctor_J Mar 2013 #24
My hero. WilliamPitt Mar 2013 #25
And the bu$h tax cuts were supposed to expire several years ago Art_from_Ark Mar 2013 #65
Try being homeless 1%er. MoclipsHumptulips Mar 2013 #67
Derp yourself. I dont think WillPitt is a 1%er either. nt stevenleser Mar 2013 #69
The resolution passed by a veto proof margin in the house and senate onenote Mar 2013 #64
That's gotta be a REALLY low number. I'm not saying never, but LOW... nt stevenleser Mar 2013 #70
Could it be the fact that he has had a Democratic Senate for the entire time -and a Democratic House karynnj Mar 2013 #115
So you're saying that the agenda that's passed is his? Doctor_J Mar 2013 #116
I think it was as close to what he wanted AS COULD PASS karynnj Mar 2013 #123
Vetoing an entire spending bill over that one amendment and causing a possible govt shutdown... Comrade_McKenzie Mar 2013 #13
So it's OK to give in to blackmailers/terrorists Doctor_J Mar 2013 #26
Which is why no one like Doc will ever sit inside the Oval Office. We had the chance to elect an... Tarheel_Dem Mar 2013 #27
You're right. Blackmail works again. Why is it the Democrats are always sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #40
This message was self-deleted by its author emulatorloo Mar 2013 #57
So what language in the bill about Monsato has you so worked up? Sheepshank Mar 2013 #71
Explain your last sentence please. It sounds like a personal attack sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #72
I understand your outrage on behalf of farmers Sheepshank Mar 2013 #75
If you want to know why I am outraged over this rider, I have sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #76
And yet there have been other posts with the actual language of the bill. Sheepshank Mar 2013 #77
Lol, no one has ever succeeded in silencing me, so where you are getting this sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #78
"And please post a comment of mine stating that 'people are trying to silence me'." Sheepshank Mar 2013 #81
I absolutely stand by those comments and have made many more along the sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #84
lol Sheepshank Mar 2013 #87
Well, you already failed to produce your 'victim' posts so it's probably a waste of sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #94
your RW tactics are a huge fail Sheepshank Mar 2013 #97
"to conflate all of this with the current bill is disingenious...to say the least." Tarheel_Dem Mar 2013 #101
Someone told me once that when people are engaged in a discussion about an sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #113
Exactly whatchamacallit Mar 2013 #74
So few understand the game. zeemike Mar 2013 #50
"It's not King Obama's fault.. it's ours"! I'm glad we're Cha Mar 2013 #14
Thanks for posting this. Grateful for Hope Mar 2013 #17
But wait...I though it meant that no GMO labeling would be allowed. MineralMan Mar 2013 #19
So you don't know what is in the rider?? Any Democrat following this story sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #73
Well, you seem to be unable to point to the words in the rider that are so objectionable. jeff47 Mar 2013 #88
I've provided, but from democratic sources so maybe they are not credible sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #93
Actually, you haven't. And you don't here either jeff47 Mar 2013 #95
Did you know that courts can only rule on actual existing law? sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #96
You really should take your own advice. jeff47 Mar 2013 #117
There is simply no defense for this no matter how you try to excuse it. sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #120
I have been all over Facebook with my liberal friends glowing Mar 2013 #22
Sanders voted for the Continuing Resolution. MineralMan Mar 2013 #23
Because it was an economic bill to keep paying our bills. glowing Mar 2013 #29
Yes, indeed it was. MineralMan Mar 2013 #31
I was defending on this case. glowing Mar 2013 #62
Good catch MM. Another of DU's internet legends shot all to hell. I wonder if it changes anything Tarheel_Dem Mar 2013 #30
Only one Democrat voted against this continuing resolution. MineralMan Mar 2013 #32
"The Obama-bashing over this bill is bullshit, plain and simple." Tarheel_Dem Mar 2013 #39
Right you are! nt MineralMan Mar 2013 #41
Oh...I forgot...Elizabeth Warren voted for that bill, too. MineralMan Mar 2013 #35
Perhaps I was unclear in my post.. I have been telling them that they cannot hold this over the glowing Mar 2013 #61
Makes more sense now. sakabatou Mar 2013 #28
Thank you, Will Hekate Mar 2013 #33
Thank you. Raine1967 Mar 2013 #34
Thanks for that info but does anyone know Babel_17 Mar 2013 #58
I thought they were answered in the OP. Raine1967 Mar 2013 #59
No, or at least I don't see it. (nt) Babel_17 Mar 2013 #105
Re-read the OP links and the entire thread. Raine1967 Mar 2013 #108
The answers to my questions? Babel_17 Mar 2013 #110
Another one who didn't actually bother to read the linked material. Tarheel_Dem Mar 2013 #89
Or appreciate the fact that there was a deadline or the government would be shut down. freshwest Mar 2013 #90
Is this what "activism" has become? I mean, what separates the left from the teabaggers now? Tarheel_Dem Mar 2013 #98
Yes, the themes are exactly the same. May be in this book which I haven't read yet: freshwest Mar 2013 #103
Thanks fresh, I've been out of the loop for a few days, had a family emergency. I've bookmarked.... Tarheel_Dem Apr 2013 #125
You're welcome and take care. Hope things get better. freshwest Apr 2013 #126
I appreciate that there was a deadline Babel_17 Mar 2013 #107
The communication is there. Get on the OFA email list and contact your representatives regularly. freshwest Mar 2013 #109
Actually, I did Babel_17 Mar 2013 #106
Appreciate this very much. Thanks. byronius Mar 2013 #36
I appreciate this but there will be some who will still argue the obvious with you. grantcart Mar 2013 #37
Yes, I got flamed pointing the obvious last night. freshwest Mar 2013 #85
i tried Enrique Mar 2013 #38
This message was self-deleted by its author delrem Mar 2013 #42
Ow. WilliamPitt Mar 2013 #43
Yours! wrong thread! think of the shame sinking into mine! .... nt delrem Mar 2013 #47
LOL WilliamPitt Mar 2013 #48
This rider is the camel with its nose in the tent........... Smilo Mar 2013 #44
Risk a government shutdown over a toothless rider that will die in six months. WilliamPitt Mar 2013 #45
Yes, risk a government shutdown Smilo Mar 2013 #49
And this is exactly the process by which they move the country zeemike Mar 2013 #53
Will...the second link in your OP makes it seem like Milkulsky is clueless... KoKo Mar 2013 #63
K&R JohnnyRingo Mar 2013 #46
I'm curious as to what her reason was for picking Autumn Mar 2013 #51
Just to clarify CitizenPatriot Mar 2013 #52
Thanks. And those finger pointing need to change Congress next year and state governments quickly. freshwest Mar 2013 #92
The way I read it, and I could be wrong as I don't do legalize well, sunwyn Mar 2013 #54
I just want to K&R this. nt Tree-Hugger Mar 2013 #55
Recipe for successful DU OP: hide facts, misquote and add hyperbolic outrage emulatorloo Mar 2013 #56
My God, Obama is likely going to be blackmailed by a veritable passel of poisoned pills: when will indepat Mar 2013 #60
Bullcrap KT2000 Mar 2013 #79
+1 forestpath Mar 2013 #102
That's an excuse, not a reason. It's it's always the same excuse used to screw us. grahamhgreen Mar 2013 #86
k&r... spanone Mar 2013 #100
I don't agree. Imagine if they had attached an abortion ban in the same way. limpyhobbler Mar 2013 #104
^This^ What if someone put in a bill stripping the pre existing clause from the ACA? Autumn Mar 2013 #114
You left a few facts out of your "what if" onenote Mar 2013 #121
"It might be possible to have an intelligent conversation"? limpyhobbler Mar 2013 #122
Yeah, the OP and the link therein are preposterous Doctor_J Mar 2013 #124
THANKS Will! nt Raine Mar 2013 #111
William Rivers Pitt to the rescue again. David Zephyr Mar 2013 #112
Yes, I'm starting to really suspect these types of accusations treestar Mar 2013 #118
K&R Jamaal510 Mar 2013 #119
Will, I have read far anough back into this quaker bill Apr 2013 #127
Goddammit, we elected him to the House to prevent shit like this. Orsino Apr 2013 #132
YAY! The system works!!! Zorra Apr 2013 #133
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