ABC's GMA Highlights Southern Republican Women...Who are Voting for Democrats

newsbusters.org ^ | September 15, 2006 | Megan McCormack

[lowbridge]

Friday’s "Good Morning America" broadcast yet another bad-news-for-Republicans story concerning the party’s chances in the upcoming mid-term elections. In a report from Robin Roberts, three southern women, all either former Republicans or Republicans considering voting for Democratic candidates, were given air time to express their disenchantment with the GOP:

Robin Rasmussen: "I voted Republican in every election since I was 18."

Robin Roberts: "But not this year. Robin Rasmussen is thinking of voting for a Democrat and she’s not alone."

Janna Herbison: "And I used to consider myself to be a Republican."

Tracy Quick Bradford: "...I think that the, the candidates that, that represent the Democratic party this year are most in line with my views."

Roberts told co-anchor Diane Roberts and new GMA newsreader Chris Cuomo (yes, son of the Democratic former governor of New York and brother of New York attorney general candidate, Andrew) that a "lively, lively" discussion took place among the women. Viewers of the segment saw none of that. In the portions of the discussion that did air, Roberts never asked the women why they felt Democrats might make better leaders. Instead, the piece highlighted each of the women expressing their dissatisfaction with the party, or rehashing Democratic talking points:

Roberts: "What are the issues, Tracy, that you’re most concerned about?"

Bradford: "I think health care, education and the economy. And I think that the, the candidates that, that represent the Democratic party this year are most in line with my views."

Rasmussen: "If the Democrats are in power, they’re gonna--you know they’re going to do the best they--you hope that they’re going to do the best that they can."

Janna Herbison: "And I heard a comment, I think, from a congressman the other day that said if the Democrats don't agree with the war, they're more concerned with the terrorists safety than with Americans safety. And I couldn’t–that just, that blew my mind...Don’t say they’re aligning themselves with the terrorists because they disagree with you. That’s un-American."

Before concluding the segment, Sawyer served up some more "worrying" news for Republican incumbents:

Diane Sawyer: "But another worrying thing for the Republicans has to be how much they just seem to want change of some kind."

Chris Cuomo: "That’s right. I mean, you have to distinguish between not liking the Republicans and feeling that the Democrats are a better bet."

The full transcript follows below:

[uncbob]

This is excellent work. Have you e-mailed ABC about this? and the Newsbusters.org blogger? If not, you should.

I was thinking the same thing

[Coldwater Creek]

Janna Herbison is the Tennessee House Dem Caucus Spokesperson. Hardly a former die hard Republican.
Good Morning America did their show from Memphis this morning. I thought that it was all about Justin Timberlake, but apparently not.

[Luke21]

There are many fools who swallow this drivel. But this slimy ooze has existed and passed for reporting since Reagan was first elected and the media began to throw their major tantrums. They didn't find these people in a vaccuum.

[uncbob]

This is excellent work. Have you e-mailed ABC about this? and the Newsbusters.org blogger? If not, you should.

And if you do ask ABC when they are going to feature Dems who are going to vote GOP

[lowbridge]

Have you e-mailed ABC about this? and the Newsbusters.org blogger? If not, you should.

Havent contacted ABC. But I suspect they KNOW what they did. And I dont know how to contact the newbusters blogger. It seems one must be a registered member of newbusters in order to email another user.

[handy]

Why am I not surprised by this. LOL. Good Work.

[Redgirl]

More "lifelong Republicans" jumping ship, I see.

We're doomed! Rs can't even keep those backwards southern hicks duped. /s

[demkicker]

lowbridge, YOU RULE!

GREAT DIG AND ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF BLATANT FRAUD FROM GMA!!!

CONGRATS!

[lowbridge]

And if you do ask ABC when they are going to feature Dems who are going to vote GOP

Hi! My name is Karl Rove and I'm a lifelong Democrat who is going to vote GOP all the way for the first time in my life! <---fighting fire with fire :-)

[TheLion]

Good job. Reminds me of the serial callers to C-SPAN who were once Republicans and now just can't take it anymore and are going to switch parties.

Actually, this type of party switching would probably come from the left to the Republican party.

Nice try ABC. Sheez, you people are disgusting.

[FairOpinion]

Excellent research!

Send it to Hannity.

[Brett66]

Typical, this is just like that story about a reporter that couldn't imagine Nixon could win because she never met anyone that said they would vote for him.

They live in their bubble and they will never try to talk to any real people, they just call up the nearest liberal orginization to give them names of people to interview.

[Republican Wildcat]

Another "Fake but Accurate" story from the press.

[demkicker]

Havent contacted ABC. But I suspect they KNOW what they did.

Please do contact them, lowbridge. It is vitally important that we stay active and get in their collective faces everytime the DBM tries to purpotrate fraud using the airwaves.

You're right in that they probably KNOW what they did, but we need to let them KNOW THAT WE KNOW WHAT THEY DID! If you post their contact information, I'll help ping others to 'knock down their liberal door'. :-)

[D Rider]

I was going to post that women that stupid should vote democrat.

But as your post shows, they lied about leaving the stupid farm. They were already home.

[Azzurri]

Ha ha ha, that's classic investigation. What a farce this "report" turned out to be!

[Republican Wildcat]

You need to get that to the newsbusters site if you can.

[aimee5291]

Southern Women can't stand BALL-LESS DEMS!

;-)



so true!

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[demkicker]

Forgot to use spell check. It should read perpetrate.