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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-08 11:54 AM
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2. Putting their fingers in the dyke
trying to hold off the tidal wave coming there way
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  -Why does the media across the board so desperately want Mccain to win? RMP2008  Oct-11-08 11:51 AM   #0 
  - R A C I S M.  BumRushDaShow   Oct-11-08 11:53 AM   #1 
  - Putting their fingers in the dyke  underpants   Oct-11-08 11:54 AM   #2 
  - Cheap labor.  KayLaw   Oct-11-08 11:54 AM   #3 
  - That's even worse lol  RMP2008   Oct-11-08 11:56 AM   #6 
  - And yet in spite of this relentless assault....  Aviation Pro   Oct-11-08 11:55 AM   #4 
  - I honestly think they want this election to APPEAR CLOSE so they  napi21   Oct-11-08 11:55 AM   #5 
  - Because the national media is corporate in nature  rocknation   Oct-11-08 11:56 AM   #7 
  - Most don't care who wins, they want/need a horserace to draw viewers, increases ratings and  54anickel   Oct-11-08 11:57 AM   #8 
  - I agree...they definitely want this to be a horse race.  KathieG   Oct-11-08 11:58 AM   #9 
  - Well-presumably they needed a horserace in 1996  RMP2008   Oct-11-08 11:58 AM   #10 
     - Perhaps, but the MSM  SDJay   Oct-11-08 12:02 PM   #13 
     - They had Perot to use for the ratings game. Old Bob was pretty damned hard to prop up. (No pun  54anickel   Oct-11-08 12:16 PM   #16 
  - It's not so much  iceman66   Oct-11-08 11:59 AM   #11 
  - They do it for the paycheck. Each morning, there is a meeting with the producers  FrenchieCat   Oct-11-08 12:00 PM   #12 
  - I don't see that at all  HughMoran   Oct-11-08 12:02 PM   #14 
  - Big media is heavily invested in the status quo. Sure, individual journalists  Union Thug   Oct-11-08 12:04 PM   #15 
  - General Electric enjoys the gravy train it's been on and figures  Vinca   Oct-11-08 12:17 PM   #17 
  - They believe McSewer is better for their bottom line.  No Surrender   Oct-11-08 12:18 PM   #18 
  - Could it be that the 5 media conglomerates are owned by Republicans?  Overseas   Oct-11-08 12:24 PM   #19 
  - Think about the tax bracket they're in  Mystery2Me   Oct-11-08 12:25 PM   #20 
  - all they want is a close race, for ratings  krawhitham   Oct-11-08 12:31 PM   #21 
 

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