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Fri May-15-09 07:02 PM
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| 8. I have been rereading parts of the book this week off and on. |
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It is fascinating. He really digs in to the background of many of our TV anchors. I just read a few paragraphs about Chris Matthews and Joe Scarborough. I plan to transcribe them soon.
Quite the background stuff.
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| -David Brock 2004: "Democrats will be brutally slammed and systematically slandered" |
madfloridian |
May-15-09 05:38 PM |
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The Republican Noise and Distraction Machine is stuck on repeat - It will not succced this time. |
Swamp Rat |
May-15-09 05:42 PM |
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Hey there, where in the world have you been? |
madfloridian |
May-15-09 05:51 PM |
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I remember people saying the exact same thing when the Swift Boat LIARS came after Kerry. |
Bandit |
May-16-09 10:52 AM |
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It was easier when the Junta was still in residence and controlled DoJ. |
L. Coyote |
May-17-09 09:40 AM |
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And people here fall for it! The shit about the Clintons. The shit about Pelosi. Etc. nt |
Captain Hilts |
May-15-09 05:44 PM |
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Every time. nt |
bananas |
May-15-09 05:46 PM |
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Sadly, I don't understand why GHWB and 'Bill the C.' are such good friends.... n/t |
ControlledDemolition |
May-17-09 02:33 AM |
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It was interesting, though. One reason I wanted Obama to be the nominee was that |
Arugula Latte |
May-15-09 05:51 PM |
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It has stuck on too many, though. |
madfloridian |
May-15-09 05:53 PM |
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Obviously, we are not fighting hard enough -- we still have no leverage over Democrats . . . |
defendandprotect |
May-16-09 10:43 AM |
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Big money has the leverage until election time.... |
madfloridian |
May-16-09 03:12 PM |
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Thank goodness the machine has blown a few gaskets since 2004. |
tanyev |
May-15-09 06:28 PM |
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Only because they ran into an UNSPINNABLE EVENT - Katrina. Then the record foreclosures. |
blm |
May-15-09 07:10 PM |
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Adding to the problem of the media... |
madfloridian |
May-15-09 09:05 PM |
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I have been rereading parts of the book this week off and on. |
madfloridian |
May-15-09 07:02 PM |
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Thanks - I Just Reserved Brock's Book Online From My Library |
JimGinPA |
May-15-09 10:07 PM |
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I am getting so much more from the book this time around. |
madfloridian |
May-15-09 10:14 PM |
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It's Coming From Another Branch, So I May Have To Wait A Week Or So... |
JimGinPA |
May-15-09 11:03 PM |
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I was reading some more just now. |
madfloridian |
May-15-09 11:06 PM |
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I thought his book "Blinded By The Right" was very good as well. n/t |
ControlledDemolition |
May-17-09 02:35 AM |
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It was always frustrating that no one pointed to the r-w propaganda until |
defendandprotect |
May-15-09 10:43 PM |
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I have just got to transcribe what he wrote about Scarborough's background. |
madfloridian |
May-16-09 01:38 AM |
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It's been a long since I read Brock's book -- probably time to take it out of |
defendandprotect |
May-16-09 10:38 AM |
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and boy does it work! there are so many more threads condemning Pelosi and Obama right now than |
livefreest |
May-16-09 04:25 AM |
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Unfortunately, Pelosi began disappointing Democratic voters immediately |
defendandprotect |
May-16-09 10:40 AM |
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Like Keith Olbermann said on his January 19, 2009 show: |
livefreest |
May-16-09 11:13 AM |
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Geez I just started a thread on the same subject after watching Fox for 10 minutes |
Peacetrain |
May-16-09 10:41 AM |
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read this a few weeks ago, and coincidentally finished What Liberal Media? by Altermann |
abq e streeter |
May-16-09 11:00 AM |
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This very effective noise machine took decades and billions of dollars to |
wiggs |
May-16-09 11:07 AM |
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Unfortunately, a lot of the information is funded by the tax-payer via the intelligence community. |
ControlledDemolition |
May-17-09 02:39 AM |
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Eric Alterman's book "What Liberal Media?" was also a revelation |
Overseas |
May-16-09 11:12 AM |
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There was one by Joe Conason also around 2004.. |
madfloridian |
May-16-09 11:57 AM |
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That was a good one too ! // |
Overseas |
May-16-09 12:38 PM |
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"WILL BE" brutally slammed and systematically slandered? |
Wednesdays |
May-16-09 11:17 AM |
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The Republican media machine is perhaps the most powerful force in American politics today |
Time for change |
May-16-09 12:25 PM |
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I agree with my buddy Bart at Bartcop.com (hey, I got a sub 64 IQ too!) |
givemebackmycountry |
May-16-09 01:30 PM |
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exactly----our "leaders" keep trying to make nice while getting the old knife in the back |
abq e streeter |
May-16-09 02:05 PM |
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The forceful Dems are silenced by our own or made irrelevant |
madfloridian |
May-16-09 02:24 PM |
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## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
DU GrovelBot |
May-16-09 02:05 PM |
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K&R |
Solly Mack |
May-16-09 02:08 PM |
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Brock: it starts at the RNC, explodes the next day on RW radio and Fox, then spreads. |
madfloridian |
May-16-09 03:18 PM |
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Too late to rec, but I can still kick!! |
BrklynLiberal |
May-16-09 09:05 PM |
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Appreciate that. |
madfloridian |
May-16-09 09:12 PM |
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What's new? (nt) |
UrbScotty |
May-16-09 11:58 PM |
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Kick for Sunday morning |
SecularMotion |
May-17-09 08:27 AM |
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