Pedro Picasso takes a break from envelope-stuffing

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=108x132950

Oh my.

The primitives are discussing what the media's job is.

remember2000forever  (117 posts) Thu Jul-31-08 08:45 AM
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The M$M's Job Is To Keep The Appearance Of A Very Close Election.
   
A Landslide Is Not What The "Powers That Be" Want. Then, When It Becomes "Count The Votes" Time, Our Media And Voting Machines Will Work Their Magic. Oh, It Will Be Close, Alright. But Probably Just Not Quite Enough To Elect Change.

Perhaps, This Time Around, Voters Should Wear Huge Obama Buttons. That Way, The Exit Polls Won't Be Deemed As Insignificant, And Wrong, As They Have In The Past.

Hmmm.

I think I'll wear a Barry "Goldwater" Obama button after I vote in November.

I think I'll buy one from the cherub to use.

marmar  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Thu Jul-31-08 08:47 AM
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1. Yup. They're going to do their best to keep the game going....
   
.... and that means keeping McCain in play.

What's this "keeping McCain in play" stuff?

John McCain's still in the locker room, relaxing.  He hasn't even donned his jock-strap and uniform and helmet yet.

John McCain knows when the game starts.

Atman  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Thu Jul-31-08 08:52 AM
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2. I only half agree.
   
They want Obama in so they'll have the Democrats to blame for when the lid is finally pulled back on Bush's eight year crime spree. The results will be (already are?) disastrous for the country, and if McSame is in office, it will be impossible to shift the blame. The GOP will have to own it, no matter what. But Obama, an inexperienced black guy, will be an easy cover for them.

As for the "horse race," that is merely self-serving promotion. It won't be interesting if everyone knows that Obama has a 75% lead. Who'd bother to watch cable news for the next three months if the result is a foregone conclusion? No one, and the Media conglomerates know it. They already have laughably small audiences, and can't afford to lose a single one of them, so instead of telling the truth, they're creating the story that will draw the most viewers.

DCKit  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Thu Jul-31-08 09:14 AM
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4. Can we encourage our friends and neighbors to turn off the MSM?
   
If they lose viewers now, they may realize we're starving for real news and not the crap they've been shoving down our craws the past eight years. If we don't watch (and I'm thinking their numbers come from Neilson and, maybe, companies like TIVO) their advertisers might begin to wonder what benefit they're getting from the millions they're spending.

Can we at least give the appearance that their numbers are declining? I don't see any other way to get the free press back on our side.

rurallib  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Thu Jul-31-08 09:10 AM
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3. per a post over at DKos:
   
"McCain trying to throw the election; media won't let him."

Oh my.

How heavy the lamentations of the Obamaite primitives.

[djones520]

God...  the primaries aren't even over yet, and their already bitching about us "stealing" the election.  Is it possible to open up a can of reality in these dumb shits?

Obama is an empty suit and America knows it.  Everytime he opens his mouth, he makes himself look dumber then John Kerry.  You guys picked the worse candidate possible after Kucinich, and threw your best shot at the White House (Hillary) under the bus.  Don't blame us for your stupid mistakes.

[Splashdown]

remember2000forever  (117 posts) Thu Jul-31-08 08:45 AM
Original message

The M$M's Job Is To Keep The Appearance Of A Very Close Election.
   
A Landslide Is Not What The "Powers That Be" Want. Then, When It Becomes "Count The Votes" Time, Our Media And Voting Machines Will Work Their Magic. Oh, It Will Be Close, Alright. But Probably Just Not Quite Enough To Elect Change.

Perhaps, This Time Around, Voters Should Wear Huge Obama Buttons. That Way, The Exit Polls Won't Be Deemed As Insignificant, And Wrong, As They Have In The Past.

Why Is Every Word This DUmmie Says Capitalized? It Can Get Really, Really Annoying.

[franksolich]

[Why Is Every Word This DUmmie Says Capitalized? It Can Get Really, Really Annoying.

I'm Sure There's Freudian Significance In It, But Being Only A Student Of Sigmund Freud, And Not A Psychatrist, I Can't Say What It Is.

But I'm Confident That Sooner Or Later, I'll Come Across Freud's "Take" On It.

[BlueStateSaint]

[Why Is Every Word This DUmmie Says Capitalized? It Can Get Really, Really Annoying.

I'm Sure There's Freudian Significance In It, But Being Only A Student Of Sigmund Freud, And Not A Psychatrist, I Can't Say What It Is.

But I'm Confident That Sooner Or Later, I'll Come Across Freud's "Take" On It.

Maybe He Feels That, By Capitalizing Every Word, His Words Will Carry Some Sort Of Vaule That Mere Mortals, Who Don't Capitalize Every ****ing Word, Won't Have With Their Words (Or Screeds).

[franksolich]

Maybe He Feels That, By Capitalizing Every Word, His Words Will Carry Some Sort Of Value That Mere Mortals, Who Don't Capitalize Every ****ing Word, Won't Have With Their Words (Or Screeds).

It's a she, but you might be on to something, sir.

I'll bet that's pretty close to what Freud would say.

[delilahmused]

Atman  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Thu Jul-31-08 08:52 AM
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2. I only half agree.
   
They want Obama in so they'll have the Democrats to blame for when the lid is finally pulled back on Bush's eight year crime spree. The results will be (already are?) disastrous for the country, and if McSame is in office, it will be impossible to shift the blame. The GOP will have to own it, no matter what. But Obama, an inexperienced black guy, will be an easy cover for them.

As for the "horse race," that is merely self-serving promotion. It won't be interesting if everyone knows that Obama has a 75% lead. Who'd bother to watch cable news for the next three months if the result is a foregone conclusion? No one, and the Media conglomerates know it. They already have laughably small audiences, and can't afford to lose a single one of them, so instead of telling the truth, they're creating the story that will draw the most viewers.

If we're the ones who are supposed to be racist why is it their side that always brings up race? When I think of Obama I think "flash in the pan empty suit". I've never thought "flash in the pan empty BLACK suit". And if things are truly as bad as the DUmmies say why would they want an (admittedly) inexperienced president regardless of what color/gender?

Cindie

Cindie

[franksolich]

If we're the ones who are supposed to be racist why is it their side that always brings up race? When I think of Obama I think "flash in the pan empty suit". I've never thought "flash in the pan empty BLACK suit". And if things are truly as bad as the DUmmies say why would they want an (admittedly) inexperienced president regardless of what color/gender?

I suspect the Obamaite primitives WANT us to bring up race, but it ain't gonna happen.

Me, the first time I saw Barry "Goldwater" Obama (on a magazine cover, right after the Democrat National Convention of 2004--remember, I don't watch television), my first thought was "Wow.....that guy's got an awesome pair there, those.....big.....floppy.....ears."

It never occurred to me Barry "Goldwater" Obama is "black" (quotation marks intentional) until the primitives told us, maybe about a year ago.