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TeamJordan23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-09 01:56 PM
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Well it is clear: ABC's Jack Tapper is a GOP talking point tool
He just repeated GOP/Bush talking points that about closing Gitmo will make American unsafe and there will be terrorists walking out on the streets again.

I am not surprised, ABC (aka Disney) has had it for Obama for a long time.
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JaneQPublic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-09 02:02 PM
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He's one of those bend-over backwards former liberals.
Now that he has a chance to make the big bugs as an "unbiased" reporter on the TV, he's trying his damndest to prove he's no longer a liberal like when he was writing for salon.com and he does so by bashing the left and coddling the right every chance he gets.
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karynnj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-09 02:21 PM
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4. I didn't realize that he was a former liberal
he certainly was never a fan of Obama - or Kerry 4 years before.
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JaneQPublic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-09 02:35 PM
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5. Yeah, check out some of his articles in salon's archives
From 5+ years ago, before he got his job on ABC news. He came down hard on Bush's false claim of WMDs, among other things.
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karynnj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-09 02:46 PM
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6. That is sad - I wonder what caused him to change as much as he did
In his case it can't be 911, unless there was a LOOOONG delay. (Until I started posting, I almost never looked at the reporter's name - Though obviously, I looked at columnists.)

Thanks
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-09 02:59 PM
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10. I believe the answer is $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
every pig has his price
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karynnj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-09 03:00 PM
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11. Good point - going to ABC was likely much more money.
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JaneQPublic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-09 02:02 PM
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1. Dupe - delete
Edited on Thu Jan-22-09 02:02 PM by JaneQPublic
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Kahuna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-09 02:03 PM
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2. It's BEEN official. His blog has long been anti-Obama. nt
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high density Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-09 02:09 PM
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3. Ed Henry was following the same lines
The only alternative to Obama's plan is keeping the place open indefinitely, and that's not going to work.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-09 02:47 PM
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7. Well, how long before jake tapper gets
runny egg all over his face?
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Phoebe Loosinhouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-09 02:51 PM
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8. And they seemed so sad about the no torture thing.
No torture? Not even a little? Not even for Bin Laden?

They must have had tickets to the next "severe" interrogation.
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City Lights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-09 02:57 PM
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9. Does abc nooze have any non-corporate stooges on staff?
Seems being a corporate toady is a prerequisite for employment with abc nooze.
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Mass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-09 03:37 PM
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12. That has been official for a while. On Tuesday , he was ranting about the use of Obama's full name
during the oath. Said it was hypocritical as they did not want to use it during the campaign.
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