NBC Nightly News ws GREAT... socked it to McCain & Repugs!!! Am I dreaming?

[npincus]

Holy crap, did anyone else see that???? If and when video is available, a must-see.

They basically said that McCain and Repubs are running the clock by creating distractions because they don't want to talk about the issues. The segment opened with "Torie Clark, McCain's former spokeswoman wrote a book called "Lipstick on a Pig"..." and then cited all the incidents of the "commonly used expression" being used by a number of Republicans, includong Darth Cheney himself...

OMG... how shocking. What the fuck is going on????

[gaiilonfong]

1. they are pissed that Rove gave his boyfriend Gibson the 1st interview of the PIG PAlin

nuff'said

[nini]

2. I'm hoping at this point

they're going to start falling all over themselves not to be left out now that it's all coming out and the shit is hitting the fan.

If they don't - they'll get scooped etc..

[Blaq Dem]

3. Do you have cable? Watch Chris Mathews on MSNBC

He really came down hard on the republicans and this stupid "lipstick on a pig" crap.

[npincus]

4. can it be streamed? I have to go back to work...

[woolldog]

14. Try this link for MSNBC video

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/

[trueblue2007]

18. He brought out McCain's Lipstick on a pig book and threw it at the Repuke!!

Mathews was GREAT!!!

The book is here. It has a LOUSY rating!!!! LOLOL: Lipstick on a Pig: Winning In the No-Spin Era by Someone Who Knows the Game (Hardcover)by Torie Clarke (Hardcover - January 31, 2006)

9 Reviews: 5 star: (2) -- 4 star: (0) -- 3 star: (1) -- 2 star: (1) 1 star: (5)



http://www.amazon.com/Lipstick-Pig-Winning-No-Spin-Someone/dp/0743271165

Be sure to read the reviews. 5 people said this book is POOR.






You can't put Lipstick on John McCain...cuz he is a real pig.

[dogpatch]

5. The turning of the news cycle

I'm afraid more than actual journalism the MSM now has to switch up the story to keep it interesting and the campaigns buying ad time. Palin could only go so high before they would knock her down, just like they did to Obama after his Kuwait/Europe trip. I just hope the cycle is in our favor come November.

[Shine]

6. on the west coast, so haven't seen it yet. The Palin honeymoon is over!

:woohoo: I'm glad they're getting called out on their crap! Keep it up!!

[valerief]

10. Asshat Gregory is still sucking her toes.

[Alhena]

7. ABC was even better- they didn't even pretend like McCain may have had a point- they basically

ridiculed the guy.

[stopbush]

8. Could be as simple as payback for the Rs taking potshots at NBC

during and after their hatefest, er, convention.

They didn't learn their lesson from Gary Hart.

[progressoid]

9. Yeah, it was almost like a news program.

Shocking.

[npincus]

16. LOL... so right. My ass usually feels sore after I watch the news

but tonight I felt.... hope? Yeah, I know... and then there's tomorrow.

[alwysdrunk]

11. Had to happen

They really insulted people's intelligence on this one. An old common saying = sexist? And the seriously defended it? They insult the journalists intelligence as well.

[central scrutinizer]

12. So. they are avoiding talking about the issues as well, how is that better?

Fuck the pigs. Talk about the economy and stuff that matters, goddamit.

[Marsala]

22. They're never going to talk about the issues.

The issues are boring to most people. They don't want to hear about the issues, they want to hear about new, funny things. And the media provides.

At least they now seem to have recognized the invisible line of ridiculousness that our national discourse has finally crossed and are calling the Republicans on it.

[Hun Joro]

13. CBS Evening News likewise!

I kept wondering if I had wandered into bizarro world...amazing!

[JimWis]

17. Looks like the republican's outrages lies and bs

is finally coming back to bite them in the ass. Glad to see the media waking up.

[Peacetrain]

15. I think I am dreaming,,I had a neighbor this afternoon

the reddest son of gun you would ever want to meet, tell me he is not voting McCain because he is a liar, and liars cannot be trusted. And what got him, the lie about the pig. go figure. I did a whole thread on it I was so floored. :)

[stevebreeze]

19. one of the many things that really piss me off

is how often we have endured the GOp talking point of us insisting on being "politically correct".

[Psst_Im_Not_Here]

20. Watching it now in mountain time country

with a silly little grin on my face. :rofl:

[Psst_Im_Not_Here]

21. Even calling her on the hiding from reporters!

:popcorn:

[WA98296]

23. Are you serious? I still have time to tune in here in Seattle -- THANKS!

[creeksneakers2]

24. Fantastic!

NBC has been under terrible pressure from the right wing. The delegates at the RNC shouted NBC NBC NBC in response to a speaker mentioning press bias. NBC executives went to the RNC to hear Republican complaints. The network is under bombardment from right wing droids who never watch NBC but write in to complain, with the ever classic right wing, "I've been a Democrat all my life and have always watched NBC but after your report tonight about Sarah Palin and the bridge to nowhere I'm voting for McCain and watching Fox from now on."

Here is a link to the NBC Nightly News blog, the Daily Nightly. Words of encouragement would go a long way.

http://dailynightly.msnbc.msn.com/

[McCamy Taylor]

25. I think maybe they overstepped themselves by using Couric out of context.

They made her look like an uber-bimbo...which made all the anchors uber-angry.

John McCain's base may never get over this.