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Democrats scrambling to find strong liberal voices for media
Houston Chronicle ^
| January 5, 2002
| JIM RUTENBERG, New York Times
Posted on 01/05/2003 1:14:16 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: lewislynn
The efforts among influential Democrats, particularly liberals, range from a grass-roots talent search for progressive radio hosts to the creation of think tanks to provide a Democratic spin for the news media, to nascent discussions by wealthy supporters about starting a cable network with a liberal bent.And who may I ask is going to watch it?
And for what reason?
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posted on
01/05/2003 9:43:45 AM PST
by
VOYAGER
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Liberals aren't passionate. They are strident. I have met them in person and they are the ultimate turn off, always complaining about their "rights" and possessing not a drop of honest humility and gratitude. Many of them are also dangerously destructive, witness Charles Baron of Brooklyn, who talks about if "whitey doesn't give us our reparation money, we are going to city hall and taking it."
Vicious man. And I laugh when they talk about starting a liberal network. They have all the networks, PBS (which I highly resent paying for) and all the cable except Fox.
When you hear people saying over and over, "I thanked God the first time I heard Rush. Finally someone was talking the way I think". That is the secret of conservative success, not fancy focus groups and "messaging, message delivery and coordination of progressive groups." It is because Rush talks to the soul of what people already believe.
To: #3Fan
CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, Hollywood, and network primetime isn't enough?I wouldn't watch any of these media whore networks even to see a piss ant eat a bale of hay!
These are dead air outlets who write their own "rave" reviews!
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posted on
01/05/2003 9:50:01 AM PST
by
VOYAGER
To: Howlin
The Charlotte Observer and our local rag are all liberal and preoccupied with Edwards, which accounts for my NOT reading them.
However, I would really like to SEE a list of Edwards' visits to all 100 of NC counties WITH DATES AND PURPOSES.
To: Carolinamom
To tell you the truth, I'd like to see less of Edwards. Been having trouble keeping anything down these days. :)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
I like Rush a lot but one thing that really bugs me is when he refers to the media as 'mainstream'.
This implies that they are middle of the road or 'mainstream'.
THEY ARE NOT!
I think they could be more accurately discribbed as the 'liberal establishment media'.
Or just 'establishment media'.
Or how about 'Big Media'? Since they like to use the word 'big' to stigmatize something they don't like.
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posted on
01/05/2003 10:29:49 AM PST
by
429CJ
To: Cincinatus' Wife
AND ... THE DEMS STILL DON'T GET IT!!
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posted on
01/05/2003 10:55:53 AM PST
by
CyberAnt
To: VOYAGER
I wouldn't watch any of these media whore networks even to see a piss ant eat a bale of hay! These are dead air outlets who write their own "rave" reviews!Yeah it is weird how they always have to honor each other. It's like Jimmy Carter getting the peace prize, they're awarding themselves.
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posted on
01/05/2003 11:53:54 AM PST
by
#3Fan
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Title should read "Democrats scrambling to find strong Socialists, Communists voices for the media".
To: Cultural Jihad
They think they are smarter that conservatives. BAWHAHAHA! Why, of course they are. They're so smart, they can't even begin to explain to the wee folk just how smart they are. They're so smart, it overwhelms them.
"If you start from the premise that the message was right, which we do, then the problem was that it wasn't getting out to the people," said one official of the Democratic Party
I just love that sentence. I'm going to make it into a sampler and hang it on my wall.
To: Howlin
You're good! (Although Lanny Davis is sort of a waffler; not as strident in his stupidity as the rest.)
To: reformed_democrat
"If you start from the premise that the message was right, which we do, then the problem was that it wasn't getting out to the people," said one official of the Democratic Party The chronic third party losers preach the same victimology.
To: DeFault User
Their "logic" reminds me of an old joke that was/is built into the Unix Operating System and is as follows: In the beginning was the Demo Project. And the Project was without form. And darkness was upon the staff members thereof. So they spake unto their Division Head, saying, "It is a crock of sh*t, and it stinks." ...
The difference being that aging dung dries up, blows away, and will diminish greatly in odor. A crock or vessel facilitates fermentation of such foul substance. Thus, we have the Democratic Party in an urn of the body politic and the scent thereof wafts forth putrified when the lid is loosened from time to time.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
However, they said, the recent Republican gains have perhaps set the backdrop for the emergence of an angry liberal who could claim the same outsider status that worked so well for Limbaugh in the early 1990s.
Bbbbbut, wouldn't he need listeners?
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posted on
01/05/2003 2:41:13 PM PST
by
tet68
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Hey, I have a question maybe one of you can answer for me.
It's kind of off topic, but this is as good a place to post it as any.
Why aren't the Rat's all over Joe Biden to run for President? He's 50 times more impressive than the field of clowns they have now and he's got name recognition.
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posted on
01/05/2003 2:45:45 PM PST
by
Jhoffa_
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Oh, good Lord...not another one of these whining Democrat articles about finding "their voice"!!!!
GAD!! I just finished firing off a letter to Steve Lopez in the LA Times about his identicle column in today's paper. It even had the Harry Thomason quote.
There has been an all out media blitz since the November elections, to find some way...any way to bring the Democrats back to power.
Every newspaper, non-FOX cable network and Carville clone has been beating its breast and howling at Heaven to help them stop the Republicans.
If the Left wasn't so evil they'd make me sad.
Guys: Limbaugh, FOX News and the Washington Times succeeded because there was a void (market) on the Right to be filled. There is no such void on the Left, so your hysterical efforts will fail. Try coming up with better solutions (Ha! Yeah, right).
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posted on
01/05/2003 3:00:18 PM PST
by
Deb
To: reformed_democrat
They think they are smarter than conservatives. BAWHAHAHA! Why, of course they are. They're so smart, they can't even begin to explain to the wee folk just how smart they are...
They don't have to b/c they're annointed. All they have to do is come up with liberal dribble, repeat it ad nauseam, then the minions will accept it, thus becoming empowered with the liberal agenda. i.e.
'Tax cuts for the rich'
'It will benefit the top one percent'.
'Right wing extremists'
'Rrepublicans are mean spirited'
'We feel your pain'
etc.
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posted on
01/05/2003 3:15:56 PM PST
by
Balata
To: Cultural Jihad
They think they are smarter than conservatives. BAWHAHAHA! Shhhhh! ;)
O.K.
(BAWHAHAHA!)#;^)
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posted on
01/05/2003 3:20:13 PM PST
by
Balata
To: Deb
The NYT front page article from Jan. 1 had the same Harry Bloodworth
quote, too.
The VLWC (Vast Left Wing Coincedence).
To: Senator Pardek
CoincedenceWhat the hell does that mean?
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