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NBC's Luke Russert says he made 'dumb statement' (suggesting that smart people supported Obama)
AP via Comcast.net ^ | 9/24/08 | AP

Posted on 09/25/2008 3:33:26 AM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD

Edited on 09/25/2008 5:26:29 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: 2008; barackobama; democrats; dnc; election; electionpresident; elitists; gaffe; liberalelites; liberalpress; liberals; lukerussert; mainstreammedia; mattlauer; mccain; mccainpalin; msdnc; msnbc; nbc; nobama08; obama; obamabiden; propagandawingofdnc; timrussert; todayshow; uva; virginia; youthvote
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD
I thought liberals were against nepotism. Certainly there is some aspiring young journalist from the ghetto whose chance he stole.

Must be nice to have really noble ideals you never have to live up to.

41 posted on 09/25/2008 4:32:34 AM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (Happiness is a choice!)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

Why is it that so-many self-proclaimed “smart” people wind up doing so many “dumb” things? (Cross-reference to basically anything ever said by Joe Biden.)


42 posted on 09/25/2008 4:34:33 AM PDT by kevkrom (McCain/Palin '08 -- Palin / ??? '12)
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To: jude24
How many of us have said the same thing about people who support Obama? How many conservative parents are proud when their kids say how much they hate Democrats?

How many of us are on-air "talent" for supposedly-objective TV news organizations?

43 posted on 09/25/2008 4:35:08 AM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (Happiness is a choice!)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

Sorry... myth... I watched him many times over the years... he gushed love on dims and spewed hatred on Republicans. He was a leftist to the core.

LLS


44 posted on 09/25/2008 4:43:12 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (GOD, Country, Family... except when it comes to dims!)
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To: ovrtaxt

How about (potato) chip off the old block?


45 posted on 09/25/2008 4:47:06 AM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: scrabblehack

Isn’t nepotism great?


46 posted on 09/25/2008 4:51:52 AM PDT by Andy'smom
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

Not too smart starting one’s career in a dying industry.


47 posted on 09/25/2008 4:57:49 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

faux appology.


48 posted on 09/25/2008 5:00:39 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

“Out of the mouths of young, untrained reporters come the unspoken beliefs of the liberal media.”

This is true not just of the media but the libs in general. For all their talk of being tolerant and inclusive they are surprisingly self-righteous and convinced of their moral superiority against all empirical evidence.

Which explains the ease with which they treat opponents with such contempt. Being inherently superior they feel entitled to sneer at the lesser lights.


49 posted on 09/25/2008 5:03:51 AM PDT by bitterdfwrepub
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

“Out of the abundance of the heart doth the mouth speak.”

-Proverbs


50 posted on 09/25/2008 5:06:22 AM PDT by Obadiah (I remember when the climate never changed, then Bush stole the election.)
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To: jude24
LOL, his “mistake” was letting his true self show...he is no kid btw.

And since hatred and bigotry is a resume enhancer for journalists, he will do even better now.

I for one have never met nor heard (for 40 years) of a child of a conservative running around talking about how much they hate Democrats. Nor did I teach my children to hate, unlike the left.

51 posted on 09/25/2008 5:15:17 AM PDT by roses of sharon (The MSM vampires must die!)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD
This all part of their game. They tell the dumbest most easily influenced people that if they hold the correct political position they are smart. They do so by telling them directly that “gee you are really smart if you support Obama" (IE illiberals) and by ridiculing Conservatives as being dumb.They do this in all institutions they have taken over.
52 posted on 09/25/2008 5:20:05 AM PDT by Archon of the East (Universal Executive Power of the Law of Nature)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

Smart Asses vote for Obama.

(At least that has been my experience in talking to some Obama voters)


53 posted on 09/25/2008 5:46:06 AM PDT by Lets Be Frank
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

So how long...or short....before he moderates Meet the Press now????


54 posted on 09/25/2008 5:58:34 AM PDT by MadelineZapeezda ( MUST SEE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkgHkxIfgBc)
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To: jude24
Cut the kid some slack. He recognizes he made a mistake. He might just learn from it.

I'd be willing to cut him slack if it weren't for his mealy-mouthed 'explanation' of what he really meant to say.

In the article, he says that he meant to say that many of the kids who go to UVA are from "affluent, highly educated households" (i.e. their parents are smart). He continues on that, these smart parents lean toward Obama. And then, since the smart parents do, their smart kids tend to lean to him as well.

While he does toss in the obligatory reference to smart kids attending other schools, all he's really saying in his explanation is what he said originally -- smart people are for Obama.

The only lesson he learned here is that you've got to be careful how you say things or those mindless drones might get upset.

55 posted on 09/25/2008 6:28:03 AM PDT by Bob
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

Just another dumb lefty supporting the Communist Party’s candidate.


56 posted on 09/25/2008 6:37:00 AM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

You are in the media, we expect dumb things from you.


57 posted on 09/25/2008 6:41:32 AM PDT by Big Guy and Rusty 99 (Burn Hollywood, Burn! I feel a backlash going on.)
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To: Hacklehead
Its not surprising to see fat Luke getting a job due to his father’s position.

Peter Doocy is also using his father's position.

It's equally wrong.

58 posted on 09/25/2008 8:44:54 AM PDT by mombonn (God is looking for spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.)
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To: mombonn
Peter Doocy is also using his father's position.

It's equally wrong.

I wouldn't say that it's necessarily equally wrong. A lot depends on the talents of the respective sons.

While dad may get the door opened, it's up to the son to either deliver or not. If a non-talent is kept on because of his father's position, that's clearly wrong. If the son does well, though, I can't fault him (or his dad) for the dad having gotten him started.

59 posted on 09/25/2008 9:15:42 AM PDT by Bob
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To: mombonn

“Peter Doocy is also using his father’s position. It’s equally wrong.”

So you are one of these people who when a lib is criticized you have to point to a Repub that does the same thing? Ever see a RAT do that? I haven’t.


60 posted on 09/25/2008 11:04:40 AM PDT by Hacklehead (Crush the liberals, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of the hippies.)
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