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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 01:33 PM Original message |
Were there Town Hall meetings to pitch the Iraq War to the American people? |
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jimshoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. Same reason Clinton got crucified about everything he did |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Can't we adjust our tactics to use the media advantageously? |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. Exactly right. |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Why can't we use propaganda as well as they do? |
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jimshoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I wish I knew the answer to that one |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 07:08 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Liberals don't own the media. |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 07:10 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. No one owns the internet! |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. No we had a national lie-a-thon 24/7 from CorpMedia. |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Phil Donahue had one, then, highest ratings be damned, he got shitcanned. n/t |
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dugaresa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. yes, there were townhalls to gauge the temperature of the folks on the ground |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I just don't see why the Limbaugh/Hannity/Beck crowd isn't shut out of the debate |
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western mass (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
7. Easy to understand: we have a RW media |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Good point about both parties supporting the war |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. You're watching the power of Corporatocracy at work |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Very good points - here is my response |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. It would be political suicide for him and for progress |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. In response to your points |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I disagree that it's less popular now |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
9. No, there were mass rallies for it though. n/t |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Were they productive at all? |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Well look at this way: |
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chelsea0011 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
14. And those rallies, thousands upon thousands of people, were mostly ignored |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
16. Conservatives(are a movement) Think tanks, Congresspeople, Some |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Is Liberalism/Progressivism not a movement as well? |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
17. Any YouTube links to the Wall Street Bailout town halls? |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Good point |
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Downtown Hound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
24. I was in college at the time |
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obliviously (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
28. I remember a lot of protests |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
29. Actually we did, sort off |
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