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Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill comes out swinging against Fox News after election loss
The Weak ^ | 11/08/18 | Brendan Morrow

Posted on 11/09/2018 1:47:17 AM PST by Libloather

After being voted out of office, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) is placing some blame on Fox News.

McCaskill, a moderate who attempted to distance herself from "crazy Democrats" during her re-election campaign, lost her bid for a third term on Tuesday to Josh Hawley, a Republican attorney general who President Trump had campaigned for the day before the election. On Wednesday, in an interview with The New York Times, McCaskill cited Trump's inflammatory rhetoric as having had an impact, noting that it had been spread to rural voters by Fox News.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: 2018midterms; crazydemocrats; democrat; fox; hawley; mccaskill; media; missouri; mo2018
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In particular, McCaskill told the Times that whenever she walked into a restaurant in Missouri, she saw a TV tuned into Fox News broadcasting footage of the Central American migrant caravan, saying of Fox, "It's time we all quit dancing around what is now a state-owned news channel."

I wonder what she calls MSLSD. Happy retirement, Claire.

1 posted on 11/09/2018 1:47:17 AM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Tell me if referring to Claire McCaskill as a bitter loser

A) is really rude

B) is objectively accurate


2 posted on 11/09/2018 1:52:15 AM PST by Architect of Avalon
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To: Libloather

Well...she would be correct if referring to PBS or NPR as the state-owned news channel.

McCaskill, had she come out and supported Kavanaugh’s nomination...probably would have picked up at least 50,000 additional votes.


3 posted on 11/09/2018 1:54:18 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: Libloather

:)


4 posted on 11/09/2018 1:55:07 AM PST by dp0622 (The Left should know if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: dp0622

5 posted on 11/09/2018 2:00:03 AM PST by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: Architect of Avalon

I’ll take A) for 500, Alex.


6 posted on 11/09/2018 2:00:26 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Liz

Really??


7 posted on 11/09/2018 2:02:04 AM PST by Architect of Avalon
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To: Libloather

“McCaskill, a moderate who attempted to distance herself from “crazy Democrats” during her re-election campaign, lost her bid for a third term on Tuesday...”

Here’s my problem with this. What in McCaskill’s voting record makes her a moderate.

Just because she was pretending to be moderate to get reelected doesn’t mean she gets to censor all opposing views on her “moderation.”


8 posted on 11/09/2018 2:03:07 AM PST by ModelBreaker
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To: Libloather

Freakin BOO HOO....


9 posted on 11/09/2018 2:03:08 AM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: Architect of Avalon

.....oops....typo.....should be b......


10 posted on 11/09/2018 2:03:48 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Architect of Avalon

She was an extremist but in the closet about it.

She is now taking on H->! characteristics as a looser.


11 posted on 11/09/2018 2:05:02 AM PST by Paladin2
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McCaskill, a moderate

LOL! One of the first supporters of Obama.

12 posted on 11/09/2018 2:05:09 AM PST by Cowboy Bob ("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
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To: Architect of Avalon

This tells you why the Dems and their social media partners are so intent on shutting down conservative news sources. The message, when it gets out, is devastating to them with moderates.


13 posted on 11/09/2018 2:06:01 AM PST by usnavy_cop_retired (Retiree in the P.I. living as a legal immigrant)
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McCaskill dug her own grave......wanted her staff investigated......for telling the truth. Why is McCaskill trying to hide her PP connections?

McCaskill campaign staffers are caught on video explaining that P/Parenthood secretly funnels
pro-abort donations to her to avoid the scrutiny of Missouri’s conservative electorate.
“PP goes through other means to get us that money. Not that PP doesn’t support Claire,
it’s because they know it’s a tough state to win for a pro-abort Democrat.”

McCaskill is playing the same fool-the-stupid-voters game as Louisiana loser Landrieu.

Democrat Landrieu got caught saying she had to “talk down” to the home folks.

They were “too stupid” to understand why she said one thing to them then voted the opposite.


14 posted on 11/09/2018 2:06:35 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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McCaskill cited Trump's inflammatory rhetoric

Oddly enough, that same inflammatory rhetoric from Trump is what Democrats cited as the catalyst that brought out the vote for them.

15 posted on 11/09/2018 2:08:21 AM PST by csvset (illegitimi non carborundum)
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To: usnavy_cop_retired

Exposure.....


16 posted on 11/09/2018 2:17:07 AM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: pepsionice
Poor Claire played the game and lost. Big time.


17 posted on 11/09/2018 2:17:43 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (Nuke the Caravan!)
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To: ModelBreaker

Nothing. There are NO Democrat moderates in the Senate. Not even the ballyhooed Manchin of WV. A moderate is someone who votes at least right 30-75% of the time (in the broadest term). McCaskill had a lifetime rating of 11% from the ACU. She got a 4% Conservative rating in 2017.

Manchin got an 8%, and that was the highest rating for any Senate Democrat in 2017. Virtually the entire Democrat membership votes in lockstep and all but 6 members scored a 0% (perfect ultra-left) rating.


18 posted on 11/09/2018 2:20:39 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: Libloather

Has she had a look at CNN?


19 posted on 11/09/2018 2:23:27 AM PST by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: Liz

The correction is appreciated.


20 posted on 11/09/2018 2:30:20 AM PST by Architect of Avalon
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