We are morons and it's sad.

[Vinca]

Hillary Clinton is not a racist. Bill Clinton is not a racist. Barack Obama is not sexist. We are being duped by the media for the sole purpose of keeping sensational stories going. It just struck me as I was listening to Contessa Brewer on MSNBC. Without the injection of race and sex into the mix, they would have to cover exciting topics like health care and the high cost of living or . . . heaven forbid, the war in Iraq. Remember that place on the other side of the world? The juicier they get the story, the more watchers they get, the more watchers they get, the more advertising dollars come in. We are morons and we're being used by the corporate media.

[SoCalDem]

1. Contessa (who names their kid Contessa?). is an IDIOT

:)

[jgraz]

4. Three guesses on what her nickname was in high school

[better tomorrow]

7. um, was it Tessie?

[Rhiannon12866]

23. In England, a contessa is the wife of an earl.

So I get confused whenever I hear her name...:crazy:

[YOY]

2. Who is "we"?

I never fell for it at all. The only thing I did was counter people using the racist/sexist bs lines.

[C_U_L8R]

3. I may be a moron

but at least I'm not a moran : - )

[applegrove]

5. Profound words. Thank you for saying it.

[busymom]

6. Thank you!

recommending!

[goldcanyonaz]

8. K&R!!!

[izzybeans]

9. Eggsactly.

[NastyRiffraff]

10. Absolutely true.

Thanks for saying it. The media just LOVES this shit. It's all about ratings and fun, fun, fun!

[paperbag_ princess]

11. yeppers k&r nt

edit...sorry..I keep putting things in the wrong place tonight....one too many glasses of vino

[goldcanyonaz]

12. KICK!

[Laelth]

13. That's very possible.

Debate of the issues has become a bit passe since John Edward "suspended" his campaign. Too bad.

John, we need ya now!

:dem:

-Laelth

[Ravy]

14. Wish I could recommend more than once. Great post. nt

[niceypoo]

15. The term is 'Manufactured outrage'

[bonito]

16. You got that right!

:thumbsup:

[redstate_democrat]

17. I AGREE

We are in operation MIND WAR! They are psychologically fucking with America. It's all a SOCIAL EXPERIMENT and people are FAILING miserably!

[Rhiannon12866]

18. K&R, and I agree. We've let the MSM choose our candidates for us, as well.

I stole that statement from Dennis Kucinich, but it is absolutely true. :-(

[cbayer]

19. If we, the supporters of the democratic candidates, would just act more like

those candidates, things would improve substantially.

They are fighting a very difficult fight and both are very dedicated to winning. Despite this, I think they have behaved with tremendous civility and grace. Both of them.

And if the party is destroyed and we lose this one, it will be because of the rabid supporters of the candidates, not the candidates themselves.

[SayitAintSo]

20. Among the few rational posts I've seen tonight.....n/t

[HughMoran]

21. I agree - excellent post

We are morans here lately. We need to focus on the prize.

[swishyfeet]

22. Right on the money

None of us really thinks HRC or BHO are sexist or racist. The MSM just does what they always do...
Produce shit. And we bite on it.

Hook.
Line.
Sinker.

And that's all that really matters to them.

The venom around here is really unfortunate.

[verelsol]

24. The Politico is particularly fond of race war stories

Just go take a look in their website and see how they salivate to the most minor incident that can be spinned into a war race.