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DeepModem Mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 01:37 PM
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Even Conservative Media Chorus Sings Obama's Praises
WP: Even Conservative Media Chorus Sings Obama's Praises
Even Conservative Media Chorus Sings Obama's Praises
By Howard Kurtz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, January 8, 2008; C01

Barack Obama, now the media's odds-on favorite to win the White House, is drawing effusive praise from the chattering classes.

"You'd have to have a heart of stone not to be moved by this. . . . This is a huge moment," one commentator wrote. An unreconstructed liberal? An African American hungering for a racial breakthrough? No, it was David Brooks, the conservative New York Times columnist, and he's got plenty of company on the right.

The media overall are being swept up by a wave of Obamamania, in which normally hard-bitten journalists watch the orator in action and come away dazzled by his gifts. A New York Times piece Saturday compared the Illinois senator to JFK and Martin Luther King in the same paragraph. A Newsweek cover story out yesterday gushed that Obama, "tall and handsome and blessed with a weighty baritone, knows how to bring along a crowd while seeming to stay slightly above it." The journalistic scrutiny usually visited on instant front-runners has been replaced by something akin to a standing ovation.

What's more, the applause extends even to pundits on the right, many of whom routinely denigrate Democratic politicians and yet are strikingly warm toward Obama. There is gratitude, to be sure, that he seems poised to knock off their longtime bete noire, Hillary Clinton -- especially if he wins today's New Hampshire primary -- but also admiration for his inclusive approach to politics and for his sheer talent....

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In the wake of Obama's remarks about unity on the night of his Iowa caucus victory Thursday, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough, a former Republican congressman and self-described conservative, called it "one of the most remarkable speeches I've ever seen."...Scarborough dismisses the notion that some conservatives are talking up Obama in the belief that he would be a weak general-election opponent. "I get e-mails from Republicans, who've never voted for a Democrat before, saying they were tearing up during his Iowa speech," he says from New Hampshire. "I don't think they're being calculated and cynical. This is so damn great for America."...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/07/AR2008010702939_pf.html
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jlake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 01:37 PM
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1. Yes, they are cheering him on. The question is WHY?
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KennedyGuy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 01:39 PM
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2. Yeah..that would make me more than a little nervous
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sam sarrha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 01:46 PM
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7. see post #6
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annie1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 02:57 PM
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27. because they'd rather have someone young and inexperienced...
they might get further with certain agendas. they might have more leeway with him maybe? that's what i'm thinking. he's promising "unity".
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paulk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 01:42 PM
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3. and that should set off alarms
you should be asking why conservatives are talking up Obama.
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Proud2BAmurkin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 01:42 PM
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4. "Even"? Make that "especially." nt
nt
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 01:43 PM
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5. If conservatives like Obama, that scares me.
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goodgd_yall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 01:54 PM
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11. I can think of 2 reasons
And I'm only talking about Fox News here: Obama wasn't in the lead until now. They'll start piling on him if he keeps winning primaries. OR, they think he's beatable by the Republicans, so they're happy to have him in the lead.

I also think they are being careful because they don't want to come across as racist. They have had a field day with Edwards because they have no worries of being charged with any kind of discrimination or bigotry.
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 02:39 PM
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21. Or, maybe they have already thought up enough swiftboat-esque lies about Obama
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sam sarrha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 01:45 PM
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6. the ReThugs want him elected so they can grind him into dog shit, they are stealing this election in
the primaries.... its cheaper

obama is nobody.. no real good history, like edwards working for the working people most of his life.. the most notable thing about him is that he actually admitted to 'smoking crack'.. jesus lord help us!!
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jlake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 01:48 PM
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9. I know the answer. I just cannot believe how naive his supporters are to actually
believe that he has won over right wingers and that they will not attack him and he will "win by a landslide"
They have NOT been paying attention to the last 20 years!
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sam sarrha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 02:07 PM
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13. carl rove and Gingrich love him and dont have a poker face about it, you can see the glee in their
eyes ..so devious and clear they have plans for him.. if he is elected and he is responsible for a thug takeover.. i will quit the party,... why F'n bother anymore.. they will never learn
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avaistheone1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 02:56 PM
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26. When a war-mongering neocon like Bill Kristol endorses Obama that has got to make you wonder.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 01:47 PM
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8. The conservatives haven't been right going back to their backing the Crown in the AmericanRevolution
Why expect that they are anything close to right now?

Bush didn't win in 2000 and the entire phenomenom will be a mystery for years
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goodgd_yall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 01:49 PM
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10. As I've said before
Fox News has been very kind to him. The worst thing they've said is that he's "very liberal" which, of course, worries them. But so far no ridicule, which I can't say for their treatment of Edwards and Clinton.
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movonne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 01:56 PM
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12. That makes me worry....
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Desertrose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 02:10 PM
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15. Exactly!! Me too...big time.
I keep wondering who is really pulling what strings to get what they ultimately want.
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annie1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 02:10 PM
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14. huge movement. lol.
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geardaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 02:44 PM
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23. Damn it!
You made me laugh out loud at work!
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annie1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 02:53 PM
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24. I laughed so hard when i read it that i knocked my cereal bowl over. i'm still cleaning.
Edited on Tue Jan-08-08 03:36 PM by annie1
lol
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geardaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 03:13 PM
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28. he he
Cereal for lunch? Or is it morning there? Or are you just getting up?
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annie1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 03:15 PM
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29. woke up late. started breakfast very late.
I'm on eastern standard time.
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geardaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 04:46 PM
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30. Good cereal?
Or fun cereal?
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Snotcicles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 02:13 PM
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16. He's their safety net. nt
Edited on Tue Jan-08-08 02:13 PM by Snotcicles
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Ron Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 02:22 PM
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17. Damn right. They know it'll be a Democrat in the White House next, and they want
to make sure it's not a Democrat (John Edwards) who'll hold them accountable. When Hillary started to fade, they poured fuel on Obama's fire.
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AspenRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 02:25 PM
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18. I don't trust conservatives
Neither should any clear-thinking person
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laureloak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 02:32 PM
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19. Yeah, they're jubilant that we're playing into their hands.
The ECONOMY is the major issue - Not Iraq. Obama cannot lead us out of the pending recession!
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jackson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 02:38 PM
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20. Obama is the Republican-backed candidate in the Democratic primary
It isn't just Republican media that are supporting him. Republicans and Republican-leaning independents are voting for him in staggering numbers over Democrats Hillary Clinton and John Edwards.
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Catchawave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 02:42 PM
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22. Sounds like Lieberman support ?
My worry, a Democrat who will not help down ticket, and they take back Congress.
Scary, indeed.
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goldcanyonaz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 02:54 PM
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25. This makes me very nervous, since most Repugs vote for hawks, not dove's.
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