On Hardball, they are simultaneously bashing Obama for being 'too showy' and 'not showy enough'

[Barack_America]

That his speech was both too bland (no take-away show-stopping lines) and not bland enough (how presumptuous that people already look to him as a world leader, and he ALLOWS it).

Oh yeah, and they're also really angry at him that so many Germans decided to show up...but really, really inspired that so many Germans decided to show up and show their support for the U.S.

:wtf:

They have completely lost any grip with reality. Good God, they suck. Utterly incompetent.


Okay, now onto "Obama isn't ahead by enough in the polls...OH NOES!". At least that shit is predictable.


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[Muttocracy]

1. must be filling time - "Obama gave a speech to more than 200,000 cheering Berliners" says it all

but there's all that time to fill!

[damntexdem]

19. Yeah, why couldn't he have had the common decency to ...

hold the crowd down to just 190k?

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. *head explodes*

[SoonerPride]

3. I thought the President was the Leader of the Free World.

and isn't that what Obama is trying to show people he can be?

[Barack_America]

7. Yeah, well they insisted that he show his 'foreign policy chops'...

But now they're really pissed that he did it and succeeded.

[eleny]

4. The snearathons begin

[glowing]

5. Just think.. if McCain was there and 50 people showed up, they'd hail it a

success; a turning point; the place where he made his mark and just "became" the President.. They wouldn't have enough praise over his testosterone or his image or whatever they love to gush over.

[dbonds]

6. They called Tom Ridge a hero.

Nothing else they could say after that has credibility.

[elkston]

8. WTF: Bob Herbert (Wash Po) said on Hardball that he didn't

trust the poll numbers (national poll) and thought McCain's numbers should be higher and Obama's lower.

He didn't have time to elaborate cause the show was ending.

[Barack_America]

11. Also when one guest talked about how McCain can't break out of the low 40's...

Matthews cut him off and changed the subject.

Despicable.

[elkston]

15. Yes, and that was a excellent point. If McCain has "peaked", we can only go up. n/t

[karynnj]

14. I think Herbert is NYT - but what is with him?

The media looks strange saying these ridiculous things.

[Barack_America]

20. Bottom line, the MSM profits from a "close race", so they're trying damn hard to create one. nt

[Arkana]

16. I can't figure why he thinks that

seeing as how there's no fucking evidence to support it--in fact, there's evidence quite to the contrary.

[otohara]

22. Herbert Thinks Obama Numbers Lower & McCain's Higher

I think it's just the opposite - millions of kids will show up this time.

[KAZ]

33. Bradley effect. Bob is getting a bit long in the tooth.

This country has changed a lot in the last 15 years, and some of the old-timers are having a hard time seeing it.

[Patsy Stone]

9. MSNBC is beside themselves

They've been looking for the downside to the speech all day. It's a little pathetic watching them twist and writhe.

[Muttocracy]

21. the only way to be fair must be to present "both sides", right?

:eyes:

[SOS]

31. Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC

called Obama "an outsider" right after the speech.
How exactly is a born American, with a Harvard law degree and a US Senator an "outsider"?
There is only one possible explanation and it's pretty damned ugly.
She is disgusting.

[Patsy Stone]

35. In addition

to looking more like The Joker everyday, she looked like she had lost her best friend right after the speech ended.

[Barack_America]

36. When I look at her, I'm always reminded of this...

"Granny" from the film "Spirited Away"

[slor]

10. I am listening...

and their attempts to spin negatives out of his historic speech are simply delusional! That heather wilson was epic in her delusions of how the world views us.

[Barack_America]

12. They only protest us because they really, REALLY love us!

:loveya:

[TheDonkey]

13. David Gregory just announced they will have a segment on finding Obama's weaknesses

:puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke:

[Barack_America]

26. Oh, it's time. Let's listen in.

:eyes:

[progdog]

28. Just sent him an email.

Told him to take two weeks off and go find some integrity. Lot of good it will do.

[ErinBerin84]

17. Ryan Lizza looked a little off....

Like, he had messed up hair and wild sleepless eyes.

[damntexdem]

18. Well, all this criticism is really Obama's fault:

he hasn't made the gaffes the media expected, so they didn't get fed the lines they thought they could use to bash him. So he in effect FORCED them to make up such silly reasons to criticize him.

Give the media a break: if they didn't do stuff like this to Obama, they might have to do something really crazy -- like discuss McCain's numerous and continuing gaffes.

[Gabi Hayes]

25. I smell something here

Duzy!

[Barack_America]

23. Where would we be without Gene Robinson and Rachel Maddow?

Oh, on RTWH, now they're showing McCain criticizing Obama's speech on "foreign land".

And giving him a total pass on Canada and Colombia...

Oh wait, then Rachel brings up the hypocrisy...

But David Gregory interjects about Lance Armstrong is giving McCain "starpower" tonight. Oh, how exciting...

Gregory tries to get Robinson to talk about McCain's focusing on domestic policy while Obama is abroad...

But Robinson counters and points out that McCain hasn't been talking about domestic policy, just doing photo-ops in dairy sections and and a "Fudge Haus". Even brings up the oil spill that forced the cancelation of McCain's pressor.

Gregory: We've got to take a break...

That's your media, folks!

[TheDonkey]

24. lol

[Apollo11]

29. Lance Armstrong = starpower?

Isn't he the testicle guy who used to be with Sheryl Crow? :eyes:

[Barack_America]

30. Sheer political excitement!

And yes, "starpower" was a direct quote.

Blech.

[Apollo11]

27. Cable news is ALL about filling up air time

in case you hadn't noticed ...

[Avalux]

32. It's very predictable. How DARE Obama have the audacity to speak to Germans when he's not prez yet!

:rofl:

[DevonRex]

34. Let's just hope it gives them whiplash or something. nt