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americanthinker.com ^ | 11/8/15 | Clarice Feldman

Posted on 11/08/2015 7:01:48 AM PST by cotton1706

Once again the corporate media tars a conservative candidate and those who should know better rush in without waiting at least 24 hours for the half-truths and lies to unravel. This week the target was Dr. Ben Carson and the reason and charge were patent: He’s a Black Republican so obviously honest and sincere the media wolves tried to knock him out of contention by claiming he lied. This time I’ll spare those pundits who fell for it. If you are a naïve dummy, someone ought to point that out publicly. Fair warning -- next time I won’t hold back. You can’t attack the media as dishonest most days and then uncritically accept -- even for a few hours -- their “bombshells”. Keep your skeptic’s hat on for heaven’s sake. On the one hand there’s what I call “the white toga” conservatives who flee their colleague’s side as soon as the wolves approach to prove their own spotless moral perfection. On the other hand there are the conservatives who fall for every claim against their own even when they should know better. It almost makes you wish you were a Democrat whose media pals emulate Helen Keller at even the strongest proofs of wrongdoing. (Hillary didn’t drool or faint during her Congressional appearance even though caught out in big lies so they say she nailed it, for example.)

This week the fools rushed in -- if however briefly -- when both CNN and Politico attacked Dr. Ben Carson.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bencarson; carson; claricespieces; elections; mediabias
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1 posted on 11/08/2015 7:01:48 AM PST by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

A two word reply is all that is needed to completely negate the low achievement box top major MSM reporting on the respected doctor: Barack Obama.


2 posted on 11/08/2015 7:04:21 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: Da Coyote

Oh! I though you were going to say FU. Same thing I guess.


3 posted on 11/08/2015 7:09:24 AM PST by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: Da Coyote

...Barack Obama...

Perhaps if the MSM had given Zero, who has lots to hide, the same scrutiny the USA might have avoided the total chaos we are in now.


4 posted on 11/08/2015 7:10:28 AM PST by Sasparilla
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To: cotton1706

Sweet Clarice lays it out so even the most dedicated Trump supporters can see the error of their ways. Maybe. Lol.


5 posted on 11/08/2015 7:11:02 AM PST by jwalsh07 (.)
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To: cotton1706

The left just ignores dirt on their candidates, even if it is true, they circle the wagons. Of course, they have the MSM on their side.

Think now, Hillary has had one phony debate that was planned to make her look good.

Our side subjects itself to a nauseating amount of these stupid debates with too many people.

While we have to bash our candidates and the candidates have to fight each other just to weed the field, Hillary gets a free pass and is already running for POTUS.


6 posted on 11/08/2015 7:13:58 AM PST by dforest
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7 posted on 11/08/2015 7:16:36 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: cotton1706

With the time spent adding remarks to the title, you might have fixed the apostrophes in the excerpt before posting.


8 posted on 11/08/2015 7:23:04 AM PST by Tax-chick (You have 20 days to get ready for the Advent Kitteh!)
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To: Tax-chick

“With the time spent adding remarks to the title, you might have fixed the apostrophes in the excerpt before posting.”

That’s apparently some new Free Republic update which changes quotation marks, etc., to odd symbols. Very annoying.


9 posted on 11/08/2015 7:24:35 AM PST by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

I understand they’re working on it. The temporary fix is to delete apostrophes and quotation marks from text that has been copied and then type them back in.


10 posted on 11/08/2015 7:27:56 AM PST by Tax-chick (You have 20 days to get ready for the Advent Kitteh!)
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To: cotton1706

In before the “Carson is not conservative” loons


11 posted on 11/08/2015 7:31:21 AM PST by bigbob
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To: cotton1706

Yep. For example, Erick Erickson has pretty much ended his career. Pretty stupid to piss off 90% of your audience by making mindless attacks on both Mr Trump and Dr Carson.


12 posted on 11/08/2015 7:31:42 AM PST by MNJohnnie ( Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered)
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To: cotton1706

When is someone going to come forward with a story about a hair and a coke can?

Carson isn’t getting Borked, he is getting Thomased.


13 posted on 11/08/2015 7:37:29 AM PST by NonValueAdded (In a Time of Universal Deceit, Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act)
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To: cotton1706

Carson is getting Thomased, the black version of getting Borked!


14 posted on 11/08/2015 7:41:44 AM PST by golf lover (goingf)
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To: NonValueAdded
Carson isn't getting Borked, he is getting Thomased.

Good comparison. We might say it was "Borking" if he was being attacked for his political positions. However, given that his political positions are quite mainstream, they're left to exaggerate or fabricate an issue out of something in his life.

15 posted on 11/08/2015 7:43:59 AM PST by Tax-chick (You have 20 days to get ready for the Advent Kitteh!)
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To: golf lover

Or Cained?


16 posted on 11/08/2015 7:44:57 AM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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To: Tax-chick
I understand they're working on it. The temporary fix is to delete apostrophes and quotation marks from text that has been copied and then type them back in.

What you can do is copy the text to Notepad and do a Change All.

Also, judicious use of the "Preview" button. When I quoted your post, it messed up your apostrophe. I had to fix it.

17 posted on 11/08/2015 7:54:14 AM PST by COBOL2Java (I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
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To: COBOL2Java
What you can do is copy the text to Notepad and do a Change All.

I'll take your word for it!

I'm checking my preview more carefully these days, too.

18 posted on 11/08/2015 7:56:01 AM PST by Tax-chick (You have 20 days to get ready for the Advent Kitteh!)
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To: Tax-chick

But why are you picking on this poster for a problem everyone posting at FR is experiencing? He’s free to add to the caption as others do, without having to correct an error that’s within the FR system. Thread after thread after thread contains the same problem without everyone fixing it.


19 posted on 11/08/2015 8:03:25 AM PST by EDINVA
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To: EDINVA

I was expressing an opinion, in a roundabout manner, about putting comments in the title. I am very annoyed by that. I suppose we’ll be getting “trigger warnings” any day now, as if we are not competent to read an article and decide what we think about it on our own.


20 posted on 11/08/2015 8:07:34 AM PST by Tax-chick (You have 20 days to get ready for the Advent Kitteh!)
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