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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 12:26 PM Original message |
Why does every right leaning "pundit" parrot the same talking points |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. Someone behind the scenes is feeding them their lines? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. Because they all come from the same place in the middle of the spider web |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. Because they all get their daily talking points |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
4. 'cause it's so much easier than having to think for one's self? |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
5. This guy |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. honest truth -- they get a "message" every morning |
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Chipper Chat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 12:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. And Limbaugh and Hannity are the bullhorns. |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Hillary called it the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. and if you repeat the talking point over and over again |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
28. and have been doing this for like 20 years now |
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dtexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. Because they're the right-leaning-pundit talking points. |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
8. Meanwhile, DU is bitterly fractured over something as commonly agreeable as OWS |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 12:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. true dat |
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JaneQPublic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. The mascots of the GOP and Dems should be changed |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
9. Punditry is an industry and talking points are essential tools like hammers and nails |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
11. The Right hates intellectuals. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
15. That's what their handler faxes all of them daily. |
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RDANGELO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
16. Because what is behind it all has nothing to thinking. |
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No Joe (106 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
17. Party Discipline |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
18. The Heritage Foundation. |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
19. ECHO ECho Echo echo chamber. They don't put much thought into their thoughts. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
22. K&R! |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
23. because it's in the publican bible. and if they doth believe |
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catgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
24. Because they're brainwashed n/t |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
25. The Mighty Wurlitzer |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
26. i'm pretty sure they're told what to say. |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
27. because they can not think for themselves |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
29. They want to show how impartial they are. If they tell the truth, the truth |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
30. it's called orchestration. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
31. What I was getting at is that there is a clear retort to something like |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:43 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. While the right wing is too lock-step, the left is not enough |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 07:09 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Couldn't have said it better myself.... |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
34. Because their scripts are written by the top 1‰ |
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