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abluelady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-23-10 08:08 AM
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9. You're Right on Target
I was so hoping we would see more class in politics with President Obama. I can't tell you how many times I've had to remind others that two wrongs don't make a right!
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  -Obama Blames Media For His Administration's Firing Of Shirley Sherrod democracy1st  Jul-23-10 07:54 AM   #0 
  - That's a weak excuse for Vilsack's fuck up.  Forkboy   Jul-23-10 07:58 AM   #1 
  - +1  Lost4words   Jul-23-10 08:00 AM   #3 
  - Yep  GreenPartyVoter   Jul-23-10 08:02 AM   #4 
  - this excuse makes them look weak..  frylock   Jul-23-10 11:11 AM   #28 
  - Except he didn't jump when Breitbart asked  WonderGrunion   Jul-24-10 07:30 AM   #50 
  - The Idealist Left should stop finding any excuse to hammer Obama  MannyGoldstein   Jul-23-10 07:58 AM   #2 
  - good take on the issue  Fla_Democrat   Jul-23-10 08:03 AM   #6 
  - When the decision was made to fire her  hobbit709   Jul-23-10 08:09 AM   #12 
  - Precisely. n/t  ljm2002   Jul-23-10 09:49 AM   #26 
  - heheh  SammyWinstonJack   Jul-23-10 08:36 AM   #20 
  - That's just Manny being Manny  HughMoran   Jul-23-10 08:47 AM   #23 
  - C'mon, it might have taken MINUTES to view the whole video.  Ignis   Jul-23-10 10:13 PM   #35 
  - I don't know what other people are reading but ...  Fruittree   Jul-24-10 04:27 AM   #40 
  - The problem is the delivery.  Caliman73   Jul-24-10 05:33 AM   #43 
     - Absolutely they should have taken the time to look into what ...  Fruittree   Jul-24-10 05:52 AM   #44 
  - Except the administration wasn't reacting to the video  WonderGrunion   Jul-24-10 07:32 AM   #51 
  - This is the age of the sound bite.  TheCowsCameHome   Jul-23-10 08:03 AM   #5 
  - Can you reduce that down?  izquierdista   Jul-23-10 09:04 AM   #24 
     - Much better.  TheCowsCameHome   Jul-23-10 11:13 AM   #29 
  - weak.  piratefish08   Jul-23-10 08:04 AM   #7 
  - deep.  Ignis   Jul-23-10 10:07 PM   #32 
  - Well, not so much media as medium.  Deep13   Jul-23-10 08:05 AM   #8 
  - You're Right on Target  abluelady   Jul-23-10 08:08 AM   #9 
  - Worrisome  earthside   Jul-23-10 08:09 AM   #10 
  - What if She had been shown as a complete racist without the tape being edited  Bandit   Jul-23-10 08:09 AM   #11 
  - +1  Wickerman   Jul-23-10 08:12 AM   #14 
  - That happened anyway...  vi5   Jul-23-10 08:45 AM   #22 
  - You think the USDA should fire first and ask questions later?  Ignis   Jul-23-10 10:08 PM   #33 
  - Could the press secretary make an announcement they were looking into it?  ZombieHorde   Jul-24-10 04:04 AM   #38 
  - Except that's not how good leadership and human resources works  LostinVA   Jul-24-10 06:09 AM   #45 
  - How much more of a beating can  asjr   Jul-23-10 08:11 AM   #13 
  - ...  xchrom   Jul-23-10 08:24 AM   #15 
  - For campaigning: Internet good. For anything else: internet bad. n/t  Subdivisions   Jul-23-10 08:27 AM   #16 
  - The buck stops ---------------->  OmmmSweetOmmm   Jul-23-10 08:33 AM   #17 
  - That's the sad message that seems to be  Dorian Gray   Jul-24-10 06:37 AM   #46 
  - heaven forbid the media should have any fault  CTLawGuy   Jul-23-10 08:33 AM   #18 
  - and heaven forbid the admin actually verify misleading stories..  frylock   Jul-23-10 11:16 AM   #30 
  - he basically did say that  CTLawGuy   Jul-23-10 10:02 PM   #31 
  - They should assume the NAACP was wrong about her  WonderGrunion   Jul-24-10 07:36 AM   #52 
  - They are responsible for that,  Dorian Gray   Jul-24-10 06:38 AM   #47 
  - Obama; 'Yes, I'm afraid it's true, Fox has our balls in its purse."  katandmoon   Jul-23-10 08:35 AM   #19 
  - And they made us give the banksters all that money, too! Curse them!  Karmadillo   Jul-23-10 08:37 AM   #21 
  - Fox MADE me do it. yeah, right nt  msongs   Jul-23-10 09:39 AM   #25 
  - The rest of the media is just as guilty as the Obama White House is  rocktivity   Jul-23-10 10:39 AM   #27 
  - If, by "blamed" you mean took responsibility then sure.  USArmyParatrooper   Jul-23-10 10:11 PM   #34 
  - "This administration is definitely too sensitive to what the right is saying," -Ms Sherrod  Fumesucker   Jul-23-10 10:20 PM   #36 
  - Hmm. Has the nature of today's media really changed that much in two years?  bullwinkle428   Jul-23-10 10:22 PM   #37 
  - Face palm time. nt  ZombieHorde   Jul-24-10 04:06 AM   #39 
  - How about placing blame where blame is due?  DFW   Jul-24-10 04:46 AM   #41 
  - The truth is whatever the White House says it is  MikeNY   Jul-24-10 07:09 AM   #48 
  - "focusing on doing the right thing instead of what looks to be politically necessary"  Phoebe Loosinhouse   Jul-24-10 05:14 AM   #42 
     - Did I miss something?  USArmyParatrooper   Jul-24-10 07:16 AM   #49 
 

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