Schneider (CNN) report compares Dean to Vampire (literally)

[Cooley Hurd]

Just when you thought you've seen it all...

Bill Schneider (CNN Political "reporter" and AEI Fellow) just ran a report that compared Dean to a vampire, complete with movie clips of Bela Lugosi!!! He was saying that, if Dean doesn't win in any states tomorrow, Dean will be "politically "un-dead, swooping down on other candidates, sucking their blood," while clips of Bela Lugosi as Dracula play under Schneider's voice-over.

This guy isn't a "pundit", he's their "Chief Political Correspondent"! That is about as over-the-edge as I've ever seen the media!

:grr:!

[slinkerwink]

1. WTF?!?!?!

That's FUCKED!

[Cooley Hurd]

13. That's exactly what I screamed at the TV when I saw it...

I guess one shouldn't be surprised by such shit flowing from Schneider's mouth...

[krkaufman]

17. Bill Schneider - American Enterprise Institute fellow

Would it surprise you to learn that CNN's Political Analyst, Bill Schneider, is a fellow at the right-wing American Enterprise Institute?

http://www.aei.org/scholars/scholarID.53/scholar.asp

[Cooley Hurd]

25. I said so in my original post...

...that's why I'm not necessarily surprised by it.

[krkaufman]

38. Chuckle.

> "I said so in my original post..."

Chuckle. Yes, sorry. Thanks.

[NashVegas]

48. They Want Dean

hahaha.

[OKNancy]

49. delete

[janx]

24. Schneider hates Dean and doesn't even try to hide it.

I've seen some things from him recently that have really amazed me, the most outstanding one being his saying (after the YEEEAAGHH rally): "That's unpresidential!"

He was outraged.

[emulatorloo]

2. definately over the top - anything for ratings. . . .n/t

[Hep]

3. But the media does nothing wrong!

Non Dean supporters say so themselves!

[lancdem]

14. No one on DU believes that

Dean is hardly the only target.

[Hep]

20. Whatever you say

I saw with my own eyes as people held up Howard Fineman as on point while calling Molly Ivins names.

[democratreformed]

4. Lord help us all!

I don't know how much more I can take.

[maggrwaggr]

5. guess I'm one of those undead Dean supporters

spreading the vampire virus.

This country has sunk lower than I thought possible.

[barbaraann]

6. Terry McAuliffe needs to start earning his money.

He needs to speak up and fight this or resign.

[AntiCoup2K4]

Fight this?

Shit, Terry probably gave them the damn story!

[barbaraann]

19. Sadly, you might be right.

Silence can be damning, can't it?

[Tom Rinaldo]

32. self deleted

message posted at wrong point in thread.

[ibegurpard]

12. Don't hold your breath.

Protecting the insider status-quo is priority number one and Dean was a threat to that. CNN runs this with the blessing of both the Republicans and the Democrats.

[creativelcro]

7. LOL: Kerry is Bela Lagosi

[AntiCoup2K4]

8. Another fine example of

The "liberal media" :eyes: :puke:

[CWebster]

9. they really shouldn't go there

being as how Lurch resembles (and sounds)like the walking dead.

[justinpower]

10. Hey thats not fair

now Dean stands to get some crossover votes from the freepers who put those other undead ghouls in the White House.

[tishaLA]

11. Schnieder is un-dead himself

He feeds on Candy Crowley's leftover carcasses. It's not pretty.

[THUNDER HANDS]

15. Bwahahahahahahahaha

"We're going to South Carolina, and Michigan, and Transelvania..."

:D

[Toucano]

16. Nonsense

It's the media that looks desperate to keep Dean down with "analysis" like this.

It bites! (pun intended)

[Justitia]

18. Schneider is over the cliff

He has been breathlessly slamming Dean for some time now, right in tune with the rest of CNN.

I'm sure he'll be fitting Gov Dean into the Axis of Evil by the end of the week.

[Jerseycoa]

21. I despise Bill Schneider

He literally makes me want to :puke:

[nomaco-10]

22. I hope and think that this kind of....

crap will backfire on the media. I think it's already starting to. The only corporate entity that most people mistrust and hate more than bushco is the mass media.
I'm still trying to put all the pieces together and connect the dots as to why the whore media set out to destroy Dean. I'm getting there, but still have a little more research to do. I want answers.

[mikehiggins]

23. Nah, he's just an old goat that has seen his better days, and even

they weren't that good.

Polls, pollsters and pundits.

Hopefully the internet will put a stake in the dead hearts of all of them.

[Duncan Grant]

26. I love a substantive analysis...LOL!

Looks like Bill took the path of least resistance to the lowest common denominator! The poor dear.
How low can ya go?! :eyes:

[BootinUp]

27. Actually, that kind of report is better than

just plain dead,

or

going down like the hindenburg,

thats how they reported on Clark after his 3rd place in NH.

Lets face it, political punditry is out of control. I would favor a law that forces them to air the candidate in his/her own words from debate clips or other interviews in equal time to any opinions expressed.

[maddezmom]

28. OMG~ they are playing his peice on CNNI now

what an ass, un-dead swooping down on the frontrunner. huh

[Renew Deal]

29. I didn't see it.

And I don't agree with his method, but that's a really good analogy.

[chocolateeater]

30. Thank you for reminding me that watching Nickelodeon

with my son, also means I don't have to see any of this crap. CNN really lost me when they ragged on Dean for not having cable TV at home.

[edzontar]

31. I wish I could say I was surprised.

But this is typical of the swill that has been hurled at Dean by the Media-swine for months now.

[Tom Rinaldo]

33. These people need to retake civics 101

Probably it is an intentional political hit piece, but there is another equally sick theory for this crap. News as entertainment. Keep everything light and lovely, mix in Hollywood and pop culture, come up with some new clever metaphor. Sometimes I think clever metaphors drive the actual reporting. First find a hook, then write coverage around it. It really is unforgivable. This is about electing the next President of the United States. The latest sport is kick Dean while he's down, and cover Clark if at all as an eccentric side show.

[killbotfactory]

34. Hitler, Dracula... what's next?

Osama Bin Laden?

[chocolateeater]

35. They did that one already, remember the "ad"?

[dansolo]

36. This is the type of shit that will nullify ABB

Even Kerry supporters should be pissed off by this, because if this type of over-the-top character assassination keep occurring, then many of Dean's followers may just take the attitude of a "pox on both your houses". Whether you want to admit it or not, ABB is the only hope that Kerry has, because he is basing his entire campaign on the fact that he is not George Bush, but he will still need any and every vote he can get.

[lurk_no_more]

37. Count dean?

And then there were none!
” JAFO”

[MAlibdem]

39. It would be over the edge

If it wasn't an accurate analogy.

But it is.

Dean's a jerk who is having a tantrum because he doesn't get to be President.

And Dean supporters, he's doing it with YOUR money.

[chocolateeater]

44. Is it getting hot in the Kitchen yet?

:evilgrin:

[Edge]

40. Nothin wrong with vampires

:thumbsup:

but that comment was waaaaaaaaaaay over the top. I hate the media.

[Freddie Stubbs]

41. You may not like the way he discribed it, but

it pretty much sums up Dean's campaign is he keeps running without winning any primaries.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

45. The truth hurts

[Vis Numar]

42. same stuff we see everywhere

and at every turn they are pushing up Kerry. Damn Dems, so stupid to take the bait, the switch will be painful. Kerry is un-electable!

[robbedvoter]

43. All the bucks American Entreprize Institute gathered

and all it could buy was a tired hollywood clichee that doesn't work?
Money doesn't buy creativity...

[Leilani]

46. I saw it & it's a disgrace

8 minutes into Inside Politics...Clark is 1st mentioned....that he is giving Kerry a good fight in Oklahoma.

Let's face it Dean supporters..The media doesn't like your guy or mine. They are too independent, & unpredictable. They might make some changes & shake things up.

And that would make it hell for all the media whores.

[TheDonkey]

47. Dean, is more like wolfman

He says he hates the attacks on him!!! I'm a pushpin sympathy speech and all.

But then will turn around at night and begin mud slinging like no other.

Rove is probably giving him a paycheck.

[LuminousX]

50. Bela Lugosi's Dead! Undead, Undead, Undead!

So, this is what passes for journalism now? Thanks, Bill, thanks for taking political reporting down to a brand new depth.