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YvonneCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-08 07:04 PM
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Why is everyone here watching the convention on CNN...
Edited on Tue Aug-26-08 07:09 PM by YvonneCa
...FOX and MSNBC...and then complaining??? Turn to C-Span1 for goodness sake! :7
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Oceansaway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-08 07:05 PM
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1. i agree...n/t
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ChimpersMcSmirkers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-08 07:07 PM
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9. Sadomasochism?
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lisa58 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-08 07:05 PM
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2. I second... all in favor?
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YvonneCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-08 09:20 PM
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29. Aye...
...Amendment passed. :7
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-08 07:06 PM
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3. CSPAN for me for sure.....I tuned in to CNN for 3 minutes and couldn't take any more "analysis"
n/t
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Minimus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-08 07:06 PM
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4. I'm watching on Dish Network's live feed. I love it! No talking heads!
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YvonneCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-08 07:10 PM
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10. Good alternative as well. n/t
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muntrv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-08 07:06 PM
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5. Or PBS.
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Jackpine Radical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-08 07:07 PM
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6. Masochism?
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-08 07:07 PM
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7. I've mostly been watching CSPAN.
Switch over to MSNBC once in awhile, to catch some Olbermann and Maddow, but mostly it's the SPAN for me.

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YvonneCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-08 07:11 PM
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12. Me. too...
...love them both. :)
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sufrommich Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-08 07:07 PM
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8. I can't stand the babbling nonsense that passes
for convention coverage.It's c-span for me.
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YvonneCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-27-08 01:04 PM
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34. 'Babbling nonsense' describes it well. n/t
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Webster Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-08 07:10 PM
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11. I went to all three of those just to see what they were doing..
Train-wrecks, one and all.

I'm watching on C-Span for actual coverage. I checked out the others for about ten minutes each, just to make sure I stay really pissed off at the fascist propaganda networks.

It worked! :mad:
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YvonneCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-08 07:12 PM
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15. It is good to know...
...what they are up to.:evilgrin:
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DeposeTheBoyKing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-08 07:11 PM
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13. Again, I don't need anyone to tell me what to think
I'll watch the convention on C-SPAN and make up my own mind - and I do still have one!
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-08 07:11 PM
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14. Those folks are killing all of us,
because this is really not a game, and it isn't at all funny!
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YvonneCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-08 07:13 PM
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16. "It's really not a game"...
...No, it isn't, Frenchie. :)
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Heather MC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-08 07:14 PM
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17. I like watching KO but tonight I am Officially fed up with the Unbelievable
Focus on Hillary since Sunday it's as if SHE won the nomination
Nothing against her, This should be about Barack and JOE not Hill and Bill

So I am boycotting All the major Networks the rest of the week
I will always have last night when Rachel handed McPOW, his captured ass!
Goodtimes
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barack the house Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-08 07:15 PM
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18. Sounds wise to me. Obama has said to follow this idea too.
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Grey Donating Member (933 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-08 07:15 PM
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19. Public Television is doing the best job
of broadcasting every speech with very little talk.
OK so it's very dry commentary but you can't have everything.
They are my choice. And no prima-donnas.
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sfam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-08 07:16 PM
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20. I watched CSPAN all last night, and now feel left out. I missed out on the Olbermann fight...
Damn, had I known that everyone was gonna be chewing scarborough's ass off, I'da gone back to MSNBC. I could even take all the false Hillary drama for that.
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Marrah_G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-08 07:16 PM
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21. Cspan RULES!
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zulchzulu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-08 07:18 PM
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22. I mostly watch on PBS or CSPAN, but wanted to see what the spin was on the corporate media channels
Yes, I'm about done watching the crap and going to CSPAN...

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stillcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-08 07:20 PM
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23. It's entertainment!
I guess. It certainly has nothing to do with the Democratic Convention. Just fodder to piss and moan about. It will all be there when the Convention's over, but the Convention won't be. No wonder why we're so fucked, eh?
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Caria Donating Member (241 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-08 07:21 PM
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24. We no longer get c-span
Unless we pay even more to comcast, which we cannot afford.
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YvonneCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-08 08:07 PM
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26. I know. I had Comcast...
...at one point. They are awful. Do you get any PBS stations where you are?
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justgamma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-08 07:32 PM
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25. Some of us aren't lucky enough to have Cspan.
I'm listening on the radio and if it gets interesting, I'll turn to PBS.
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YvonneCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-08 08:08 PM
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27. That's a good alternative. At least...
...you'll be able to think for yourself. ;)
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YvonneCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-08 08:12 PM
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28. Link to live coverage...
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apnu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-08 09:23 PM
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30. I'm flipping between that and WTTW 11 (PBS in Chicago)
WTTW has a host of local reaction coverage after the convention tonight. Including Mayor Daley. Nice.
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YvonneCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-08 10:51 PM
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33. PBS is usually...
...excellent.
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Bigleaf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-08 09:24 PM
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31. Why? I want to see what most of the undecideds are watching. Sure, PBS, C-Span are better.
But most of those we are trying to win over are watching ABC, CBS, MSNBC, CNN. I want to see what they are seeing and hearing. For the record, I'm not happy at what they are seeing.
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YvonneCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-26-08 10:50 PM
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32. That's a good reason to watch them. I do...
...the same. I'm not happy about what they are seeing either.
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