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In reply to the discussion: Andrea Mitchell: "Hillary Rosen has been to (Obama's) house...his admin threw her under the bus" [View all]FrenchieCat
(68,867 posts)11. When the media wants to draw blood, they will......
not matter what you or I say about it.
Try fighting a media ready to fight you, and get back to me when you win.
I clearly remember how John Kerry's words were twisted back in 2004......
no matter how much it was explained.
But go ahead and blame President Obama....
I hear that is all of the rage anyways....
and exactly what the media has decided you should do...
since the only thing they want is the Obama admin to come up
the loser in this ginned up argument that the media has decided is
required in order of this election to be competitive enough that both
sides have to spend ALL of their millions on advertising...which is how
media makes its money.
Yeah...don't blame the media....blame obama.
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Andrea Mitchell: "Hillary Rosen has been to (Obama's) house...his admin threw her under the bus" [View all]
Amerigo Vespucci
Apr 2012
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I couldn't help but think, when I listened to Biden's, Michelle's and BO's statements -- did they
gateley
Apr 2012
#2
None of US took the bait and as I just said to AV, doesn't it seem like they didn't
gateley
Apr 2012
#14
I agree! It's embarrassing that they seem to be able to whip us around like that. And
gateley
Apr 2012
#13
No Andrea, WOMEN like you threw Hilary under the bus by not accurately reporting what was said...
truebrit71
Apr 2012
#4
Mitchell just said "I get the larger point, and she apologized for it."
Amerigo Vespucci
Apr 2012
#6
We had an opportunity to show the difference between them and the majority of the country --
gateley
Apr 2012
#15
That's who I meant by "us", obviously. And I'm not taking any blame, either, but we're the ones
gateley
Apr 2012
#38
But they could have USED this to our benefit, Frenchie. And we should have FOUGHT BACK.
gateley
Apr 2012
#25
you are right. and also, the 'media' is not a new thing. How many times do they need to
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2012
#32
I do think plenty of us contact the media -- and TPTB also indicate that the media
gateley
Apr 2012
#29
I wish that I, and millions and millions of others, had the strength to do that. nt
gateley
Apr 2012
#35
Even if she has been to the White House 35 times, what does it mean? Nothing!
Cali_Democrat
Apr 2012
#18
Going to the White House doesn't mean you represent the President or his campaign.
TwilightGardener
Apr 2012
#28