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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 11:12 PM Original message |
It's Called Propaganda. |
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Tumbulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. and it is not new either |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 12:15 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Well it was what Lincoln had in mine when he said "You can fool all of the people some of the time |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 12:21 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Lincoln was amazing. |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 11:54 AM Response to Reply #10 |
53. Don't hold your breath. The American people won't. |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 03:45 PM Response to Reply #53 |
78. Don't hold your breath. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 03:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
75. people need to contact their local news affiliates and tell them they see what they're doing |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. And they're soooooo good at it. nt |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 03:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Polished, huh, gately? |
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MindandSoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. Absolutely! The media is trying to brainwash us. . .and, unfortunately |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 03:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
79. It is succeeding with too many people! |
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MindandSoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #79 |
104. Very interesting theory! Thanks! |
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cilla4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. Why? whywhywhywhy WHY??? |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 11:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. There can only be one reason: They FEAR the Right. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 11:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. They ARE the Right. |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 03:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Exactly. Follow the ownership: |
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boomerbust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 10:07 AM Response to Reply #14 |
35. Speaking of Time Warner |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 09:11 AM Response to Reply #4 |
29. Money. The answer is always The Money. They don't get the sensationalism or |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 11:33 AM Response to Reply #4 |
46. to maintain control of the money |
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cilla4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 06:28 PM Response to Reply #46 |
83. Wow... I suppose tihs is obvious, |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
6. 'Public relations' |
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Aristophrenia (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 08:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
86. Bernays was behind the sinking of |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
8. It should be a crime... |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
11. David, I'm sending this to Chris Matthews and a few other idiots at CNN to read..... |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 01:47 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Thanks. I mean, hell, we might as well call off the election since we've been informed the results. |
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JJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 01:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
64. But thanks to Diebold etc. those votes probably won't count |
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704wipes (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 11:07 PM Response to Reply #64 |
105. +1000 It is a set up to steal votes / psychological operation to |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 05:21 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Thanks for all you do, Frenchiecat |
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KossackRealityCheck (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 05:41 AM Response to Original message |
16. That's stark! nt |
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voteearlyvoteoften (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
17. rec |
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bobburgster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 06:55 AM Response to Original message |
18. Yeah, I've noticed that too. |
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KossackRealityCheck (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
19. Update:"Obama could speak to a crowd of 1/2 million" |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 09:52 AM Response to Reply #19 |
33. The only comment was some predictable snark on Fux News |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
20. To be fair, watching Palin is like watching a train wreck |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
21. The MSM does not report reality, it manufactures it. |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 05:55 AM Response to Reply #21 |
99. Our national airways have been coopted by the political priorities of Network Advertisers (Big Oil, |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
22. Great post. Thank you. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
23. Terrific post, David Zephyr. Rec'd. nt |
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2critical (51 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
24. Ya think? EOM |
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Just One Woman (199 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
25. Well done! |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
26. You are absolutely right. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
27. Without a doubt! |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
28. Our President |
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Populist_Prole (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
30. Couldn't agree more. K&R |
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rainlillie (654 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
31. Excellent post! I look forward to reading more from you. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
32. It's maddening, isn't it? |
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Blue Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
34. Just Say NO to the M$M |
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Stellar (251 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
36. Agreed! I've noticed that some of my favorite bloggers |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
37. Propaganda honed to perfection. Rec. nt |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
38. You nailed it |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
39. Lead story on RoadRunner this morning |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 11:53 AM Response to Reply #39 |
52. Pacifist Patriot, how many times can a "lead story" be a lead story? |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 08:48 AM Response to Reply #52 |
100. Indeed. I was really put off that Road Runner thought this worthy of |
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tilsammans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 12:30 PM Response to Reply #39 |
57. It's being repeated over and over again in broadcast M$M |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
40. Political ads are the mother's milk of the MSM. Controversy escalates ad buys. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
41. Amen, no one should trust the M$M |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
42. How many people agreed with the MSM |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
43. Excellent |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
44. K & R |
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indimuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
45. KNR! n/t |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
47. It's becoming the norm. |
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felix_numinous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
48. Between propaganda and electronic voting, |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 11:43 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. +1. . . . . . I have seldom seen this expressed more succinctly! |
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syberlion (110 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 02:16 PM Response to Reply #48 |
69. Money does not equal Free Speech... |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
49. HEY MEDIA..MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE ON TO YOU!!!! |
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colsohlibgal (670 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
51. Right Out of the Goebbels Playbook |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
54. Pravda |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
55. K&R n/t |
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tilsammans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
56. Spot on! |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
58. Please.... |
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BlueIdaho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
59. The M$M are the lapdogs of the filthy rich. |
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onlyadream (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
60. Can it back-fire? |
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demi moore (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
61. go to the rally. |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
62. People like hearing Palin talk because it cleans the dustballs out of their TV speakers |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
63. So what? |
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anachro1 (388 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
65. Okay; let's just suppose... |
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felix_numinous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 02:25 PM Response to Reply #65 |
70. Any corporation that backs the most extremist group |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 05:25 PM Response to Reply #65 |
81. Revolution. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
66. We watched the main stream news the other night. First story out was about the HUGE |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
67. Beautifully stated! |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
68. This road doesn't end where they think it does... |
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Proud_Lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
71. I couldn't have said it better. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
72. Kicked and recommended. |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
73. One solution |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
74. And the point of selling this narrative is so people won't ask questions |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
76. And so we... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
77. If you don't like the way the cable TV or other media report the news, |
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hay rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
80. Welcome to America. |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
82. Gee, one would think that our Democrat leaders would say or do something to address this |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
84. Deleted message |
Jokerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 07:06 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. LOL! |
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Mike Niendorff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
87. A related experiment: |
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Clear Blue Sky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
88. The rethugs and their media accomplices will have egg on their face after the election. |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
89. We should be screaming this from the rooftops |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
90. This is an EXCELLENT point |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 11:21 AM Response to Reply #90 |
101. oh, but to have the power of a Network News Producer and to chose what goes on OUR National Airways |
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live love laugh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
91. I never thought we'd be like the USSR. But we are...worse. I shuddered in the 80's |
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sce56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
92. Actually it is setting up the false election results after all the media said they were going to win |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
93. "The myth of a free press died with the assassination of Pres. John F. Kennedy" -- |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 11:46 PM Response to Reply #93 |
96. Well, we're bringing the word back into our language again, defendandprotect. |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
94. You are being a little harsh on nine-year-olds |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
95. Even though this is all true, we need to get the vote out even moreso this year because of it |
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DemocraticPilgrim (472 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
97. There is an antidote Rachel Maddow and Keith Olberman fortunately. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
98. It has been propaganda... |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
102. The U.S. has been about propaganda for decades... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
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