This is too perfect! Barely an hour after Pat Buchanan proclaimed on NBC that the MSM is full of "out-of-the-closet Obamacans," ABC's David Wright provided a perfect illustration of the genre.
In fact, I'm nominating the GMA segment Wright narrated this morning as the single most slanted episode of the MSM primary season. The screen graphic "On the Attack," set the theme: Hillary is unfairly attacking Obama, and to the extent Barack's gone negative, it's only to rebut Clinton's unfair criticism. Oh, and Hillary's demographic is crumbling. And by the way, Bill's dissing Obama supporters.
View video here.
DAVID WRIGHT: Good morning, Kate. Hillary Clinton doesn't even get here in Wisconsin until later today but already she's on the attack. The polls now show that Barack Obama is in the lead here, and Clinton is trying desperately to change that.
Cut to clip of Hillary ad accusing Obama of refusing to accept debates.
WRIGHT: Lashing out in her second attack ad this week, Clinton brazenly accuses Obama of going negative.
Cut to additional Hillary ad clip that speaks of an Obama "false attack ad," and a clip from that Obama ad.
WRIGHT: But Obama's so-called "false attack ad" is a response to Clinton's first negative ad.
Cut to clip of Obama: "I think it's just a distraction. I think that most voters know it."
Wright is then shown speaking with a middle-aged woman.
WRIGHT: That's certainly Dale Lehrer's impression. Obama inspired her to attend her very first political rally.DALE LEHRER: I know I'm the demographic that should be voting for Hillary. I feel strongly about Obama, because I don't think it's, he doesn't have the long, entrenched party politics behind him.
Cut to clip of Bill Clinton addressing a crowd.
BILL CLINTON: If you believe that, I got some land I wanna sell ya.WRIGHT: Speaking in Tyler, Texas, President Clinton appeared to dismiss Obama supporters as a bunch of suckers.
CLINTON: People who want something fresh and new and they find it inspiring that we might like to elect a president who literally was not part of any of the good things that happened or any bad things that were stopped before.
Cut to clip of Obama, presumably responding to Clinton's remarks: "We don't need that kind of approach. We don't need the same old slash-and-burn politics of the past."
LEHRER: Obama shrugs off the attacks. Many of his voters do, too.
Such a saint, that Barack, turning the other cheek. Back to the nice lady from Hillary's demographic.
LEHRER: I think there's a lot of people like me who are sick the negative politics and it's the same old stuff.
WRIGHT: But it is all together possible that some of Obama's voters may well be swayed by it and that is what Clinton is banking on, even if by going negative she risks driving up her own negative ratings as well.
Driving her negative ratings up . . . with a little assist from Obamacans like David Wright. Let's review some of the highlights of his language:
- Already she's on the attack.
- Obama is in the lead here, and Clinton is trying desperately to change that.
- Lashing out in her second attack ad this week, Clinton brazenly accuses Obama
- Obama's so-called "false attack ad" is a response to Clinton's first negative ad.
- President Clinton appeared to dismiss Obama supporters as a bunch of suckers.
- Obama shrugs off the attacks.
And let's not forget the voter hand-picked by Wright, the woman from Hillary's demo who now supports Obama because she's sick of the negativity.
Barack just can't buy coverage like this. Luckily for him, he doesn't have to -- so long as the MSM is filled with Obamacans like David Wright.
Oh, and for good measure, back in the studio Kate Snow and Bill Weir played --twice-- a clip from last night's Leno of a Hillary look-alike shoving a Snow impersonator to the ground after she asked a tough question.
Snow assured viewers that Hillary has a really good sense of humor, and that if she was watching, "I'm sure she's laughing." Right.
—Mark Finkelstein is a NewsBusters contributing editor and host of Right Angle. Contact him at mark@gunhill.net.
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Oh my! They're using
February 16, 2008 - 11:37 ET by motherbeltOh my! They're using language that they normally reserve for Republicans.....attack....going negative...
"Desperate"????? Where's Noel? This is "delicious"!!
One quibble though (with the network story, not you, Mark). In spite of the fact that politicians keep saying no, and the people say no, the fact is that negative ads work! If they didn't, politicians would have learned that years ago.
BTW, I found this in Bob Novak's latest roundup:
HISPANICS FOR HILLARY
Reps. Hilda Solis and Lucille Roybal-Allard, Hispanic-American Democrats from California, have been busy on the House floor lobbying uncommitted Democratic super-delegates to support Hillary Clinton against Barack Obama.
Hispanic voters have been the element in the Democratic coalition that has proved most resistant to Obama and faithful to Clinton. They were most responsible for Clinton's win in the Feb. 5 California primary, where non-Hispanic Caucasians broke evenly.
What do you think....Any chance that HRC will let it come out soon that she intends to pick Richardson as her VP, to solidify the Hispanic vote?
I wouldn't put it past
February 16, 2008 - 14:51 ET by lotrI wouldn't put it past her. Someone get me the alca seltzer...
The media is still pro-Hillary, even if they are more pro-Obama.
MSM
February 16, 2008 - 10:46 ET by StayOnPointThey're eating their own. I love it!
"The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind." --Thomas Jefferson
The Democratic Candidates
February 16, 2008 - 11:13 ET by StencewThis is just too rich....O'Bama is all style and very little substance....Hillary ???? ...were it not for Bill, she would be a one line entry in the Wellesley alumni directory...at best!
→ Mister Calling
February 16, 2008 - 11:19 ET by Cool ArrowYou forgot to mention cattle futures trader extraordinaire
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I think that HRC does have
February 16, 2008 - 11:45 ET by motherbeltI think that HRC does have some "substance"...boring, plodding, pedantic substance...at least she has plans for (taking over) everything...what she lacks is "style."
I agree that Obama is style without substance...all sizzle, no steak.
We are the change that we have been waiting for?
What on earth does that mean? We can do this! (do what?) We can turn the page (or is it the corner?)
Sheesh.
Change? To what?????
February 16, 2008 - 13:24 ET by BEGRUNTMother, have you heard the Limbaugh parody on Obama? Change is good, because of the future we wont go to the past......HUH??? You are absolutely correct, no plan, no substance, nothing except words......empty ones at that. He is an empty suit. When are we going to hear what this big "change" is all about. I dont think he even knows.
"If a man does his best, what else is there"?
General George S. Patton Jr.
Yes I have heard it, and it
February 16, 2008 - 14:52 ET by motherbeltYes I have heard it, and it is hilarious.
In the face of change, I believ in hope...
In the face of hope, I believe in change...
I believe the things that we must do....are the things that have not been done....
ROFL!
This is truly becoming the "Cult of Personality."
What on earth does that
February 18, 2008 - 15:15 ET by pbanks7What on earth does that mean? We can do this! (do what?) We can turn the page (or is it the corner?)
With the same old cliches. Is that a woman or a man? (Apologies to Bob Seger).
Sheesh.
MSM - shaping all the perceptions you need to believe.
Stencew -- you're
February 16, 2008 - 14:57 ET by lotrStencew -- you're absolutely right about Hillary (and Obama for that matter). While Hillary may have been a successful, rich lawyer, these are a dime a dozen. They both scare the hell out of me.
THE biggest worry the
February 16, 2008 - 10:47 ET by MidAmericaTHE biggest worry the dems have is a complete deadlock going into the convention. It may be necessary for the media to take one of them out.
B.O.
February 16, 2008 - 11:06 ET by iveseenitallNo surprise here. This B.O. guy is a perfect fit for the media--- a far-left empty suit whom they will be able to manipulate. He's their "dream" candidate. He is they. I recently read an article stating that B.O.'s wife tells him to "feel, don't think". How apropos. God help America if he or the other socialist/communist gets elected.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
I agree...that's why a lot
February 16, 2008 - 11:46 ET by motherbeltI agree...that's why a lot of pundits describe him as "an empty slate" on which everyone can write their own hopes and expectations. When one has no history, one can indeed be all things to all people, because the people see what they want to see.
Issues for your edifacation
February 16, 2008 - 15:26 ET by docbShould you want to be informed...which is in some doubt!
Articles:
1. Time Magazine - Obama’s Varied Record - This article talks about Obama’s grass roots activities as a young man, his law career, and his State/US senatorial accomplishments. It’s quite detailed and persuasive.
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,170411 7,00.html?imw=Y
2. The Washington Post - Judge Him By His Laws - This article focuses on Obama’s skill as a bipartisan negotiator by detailing how he passed a significant piece of legislation by using skill and hard work.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/20 08/01/03/AR2008010303303.html
3. The Daily News - For Proof Obama Can Manage, Look At His Campaign - This article challenges the assumption that Obama lacks skill as a “manager” by showing how he has managed his campaign more successfully than any other candidate, democrat or republican, this campaign season.
http://personals.nydailynews.com/opinions/2008/02/07/20 08-02-07_for_proof_obama_can_manage_look_at_his_c.html? print=1&page=all
3. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia - Barack Obama - This is, of course, Obama’s Wikipedia entry, but it details a lot of his significant legislative achievements in the section about his Senate career. Very enlightening.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#Senate_career
5. Barack Obama’s Campaign Website Issues Section - This section of his official website, as you probably know, details preliminary plans for the country, and is effective in showing people that Obama has detailed ideas for transforming our country.
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/
Speaking the truth
February 16, 2008 - 11:04 ET by docbI watched this segment...It was the first time I heard a commentator use the real term and not a euphenisim..The old political dictate said to go negative when behind. That worked 15 years ago but people have turned away from falsehoods and slander...We are better informed and have all information at our fingertips today. The only people who buy into such salacious maligning of opponents are those who are already in the bag for their candidate and not open to real discourse. Low knowledge koolaide drinking minions.
While people reject
February 16, 2008 - 11:55 ET by motherbeltWhile people reject falsehoods and slander, negative ads do, in fact, work. (It's like the Bradley effect)..people don't want to admit that they are influenced by them, but they are.
Everything's a trade-off; turn some people off, bring others around. But if they didn't work, or only worked negatively, politicians would have given them up years ago.
falsehood/slander/motherbelt
February 16, 2008 - 15:22 ET by docbThe Bradley effect was 20 yrs ago...At that time our children were still indoctrinated by the bigotry of that age. TOday the youth have no such jaded view and are certainly inclined to discount the bigotry that remains with parents/ grandparents views. They speak out loudly and are quick to see the value of inspiration and hope. The audience for the negative is fast dwindling to a trickle...The Youth won't tolerate it and those of us with access to any multipule news sources are disgusted by it.
So they work for the bigoted, low knowledge, isolated group--that is a lost audience anyway.
Why don't they just get it over with and have a coranation
February 16, 2008 - 11:05 ET by c5thenThe Queen is dead, long live the King.
The MSM have gotten the word. The polls show that Obama beats McCain and with Hillary, it's too close to call. It's time to elevate Obama and minmize Hillary. Liberals are driven by polls.
The day that "politician" became a career choice is the day we started losing the Republic. Let's get it back! Alan Keyes '08.
If this is true (the
February 16, 2008 - 15:00 ET by lotrIf this is true (the polls), then this would no doubt be the reason for the "Obama surge" in the MSM. It's not like the MSM likes Obama because Hillary ain't liberal enough...
It's a vast MSM conspiricay
February 16, 2008 - 11:32 ET by Mr. TerryWonder if she is amazed now that the shoe is on the other foot? She's seeing that she and Bill were being propped up all these years and now she's not the shining star.
“A nation that cannot secure its borders is not a nation.” Ronald Reagan
→ Mr. Terry
February 16, 2008 - 11:39 ET by Cool ArrowWhen I first read your comment about "the shoe on the other foot, I thought yout post was about Heather Mills McCartney.
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CA -
February 16, 2008 - 12:18 ET by drillanwrCOLD! ... But highly funny!!! LMAO!
When you men get home and face an anti-war protestor, look him in the eyes and shake his hand. Then, wink at his girlfriend because she knows she’s dating a pussy… ~ Attributed to General Tommy Franks
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February 16, 2008 - 12:22 ET by Cool ArrowI hear she'll be here in the States this week stumping for Clinton.
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CA -
February 16, 2008 - 12:43 ET by drillanwrLMFAO!!! I see I'm not the only one with cabin fever!!!
You're on a roll ... Keep going! Here, I'll help ...
Well, I'll bet she'll give Hillary that leg-up she's been needing.
When you men get home and face an anti-war protestor, look him in the eyes and shake his hand. Then, wink at his girlfriend because she knows she’s dating a pussy… ~ Attributed to General Tommy Franks
→ drill
February 16, 2008 - 12:48 ET by Cool ArrowYeah, it seems the rhetoric has been amped up a little bit
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Good lord!
February 16, 2008 - 12:17 ET by drillanwrThese are the same people that felt it oh so necessary in the last few years to point out to the toddler minds of the people of this country that war is dangerous and bloody ... people die and/or lose body parts ... things get blown up ... people are taken alive as prisoners so we can pick their evil brains ... and not everyone likes war ... <shhhheeeeyeahhhh!> Who woulda thunk it? Seems George Bush has actually changed war in his time in office!
Now they want to illustrate the political machine of this nation and how its sausage is made ... So, you don't want to eat any of it ...
But it's highly delicious ... You simply can't resist the sizzle in the frying pan, the heated aroma ... Jump in and take a nice big juicy bite and savor the spices and every ugly lump as it rolls around in your mouth. Spit or swallow ... your choice. But the sausage is gonna get made ... It's just whose brand you're willing to buy and ingest you gotta live with in the end.
Is the sausage stuffed with fillers and fat? Will it clog your arteries and stroke you out? Or will you think before you purchase the sausage and look for the brand that has more real and substantial ingredients, not just scraps of snouts and toe nails and pretty food coloring. Will you throw your hard earned money away on bad sausage, or will you invest in a sausage that will be well worth your dollars ... and your rights and way of life?
When you men get home and face an anti-war protestor, look him in the eyes and shake his hand. Then, wink at his girlfriend because she knows she’s dating a pussy… ~ Attributed to General Tommy Franks
NAFTA/clinton-Obama/issues
February 16, 2008 - 15:06 ET by docbNAFTA /clinton The Huffington Post has followed along with a laugh-out-loud piece in which the chief architects of NAFTA (many who are now wealthy corporate lawyers and lobbyists) are now saying, no, no, Hillary Clinton was really opposed to it. These are the same people, of course, who are looking for jobs in the Hillary Clinton White House. What a total joke, really. This campaign clearly thinks we are all just a bunch of fools. Hillary Clinton has made statements unequivocally trumpeting NAFTA as the greatest thing since sliced bread. The Buffalo News reports that back in 1998, Clinton attended the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and thanked praised corporations for mounting "a very effective business effort in the U.S. on behalf of NAFTA." Yes, you read that right: She traveled to Davos to thank corporate interests for their campaign ramming NAFTA through Congress. On November 1, 1996, United Press International reported that on a trip to Brownsville, Texas, Clinton "touted the president's support for the North American Free Trade Agreement, saying it would reap widespread benefits in the region." http://www.huffingto...
Obama on issues: 1. Time Magazine - Obama’s Varied Record - This article talks about Obama’s grass roots activities as a young man, his law career, and his State/US senatorial accomplishments. It’s quite detailed and persuasive. http://www.time.com/... 7,00.html?imw=Y 2. The Washington Post - Judge Him By His Laws - This article focuses on Obama’s skill as a bipartisan negotiator by detailing how he passed a significant piece of legislation by using skill and hard work. http://www.washingto... 08/01/03/AR2008010303303.html 3. The Daily News - For Proof Obama Can Manage, Look At His Campaign - This article challenges the assumption that Obama lacks skill as a “manager” by showing how he has managed his campaign more successfully than any other candidate, democrat or republican, this campaign season. http://personals.nyd... 08-02-07_for_proof_obama_can_manage_look_at_his_c.html? print=1&page=all 3. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia - Barack Obama - This is, of course, Obama’s Wikipedia entry, but it details a lot of his significant legislative achievements in the section about his Senate career. Very enlightening. http://en.wikipedia.... 5. Barack Obama’s Campaign Website Issues Section - This section of his official website, as you probably know, details preliminary plans for the country, and is effective in showing people that Obama has detailed ideas for transforming our country. http://www.barackoba...
BILL CLINTON: If you
February 16, 2008 - 15:13 ET by bigtimerAhhh, yeah Clinton they are
February 16, 2008 - 15:27 ET by lotrAhhh, yeah Clinton they are the same suckers that voted for you too...
Exactly. If memory servese, Clinton was uniquely unqualified to be president.
Ickes/Clinton Superdelegates
February 16, 2008 - 18:34 ET by bigtimerlotr...
Here is the latest plan by the Clintoon Machine on what they will do to win with good ol' icky Harold Ickes leading the way in this.....I know we know some of this already from the msm ect...but this is going to be one helluva an interesting war...they will not be stopped at any cost to them or the party if they have their way...which I do not think they will succeed myself but it is going to be fun to watch....
Hot buttered popcorn and a cold beer will be handy viewing this since football is over....lol.
Flashback....
February 16, 2008 - 15:45 ET by lotrOctober 11, 1992 The First Clinton-Bush-Perot Presidential Debate (First Half of Debate)
This is a transcript of the first half of the first presidential debate of 1992. The debate was held October 11th in St. Louis, Missouri.
http://www.debates.org/pages/trans92a1.html
Excerpts
CLINTON: The most important distinction in this campaign is that I represent real hope for change, ... It's time to change. I want to bring that change to the American people. But we must all decide first we have the courage to change for hope and a better tomorrow.
PRESIDENT [GEORGE H. W.] BUSH: Well, I think one thing that distinguishes is experience. I think we've dramatically changed the world. I'll talk about that a little bit later, but the changes are mind-boggling for world peace. Kids go to bed at night without the same fear of nuclear war. And change for change sake isn't enough. We saw that message in the late 70s when heard a lot about change, and what happened, that misery index went right through the roof...
CLINTON: I believe experience counts, but it's not everything...
LEHRER: President Bush, the question goes to you. you have two minutes. And the question is this: Are there important issues of character separating you from these other two men?
BUSH: I think the American people should be the judge of that. I think character is a very important question. I said something the other day where I was accused of being like Joe McCarthy because I questioned -- I put it this way; I think it's wrong to demonstrate against your own country or organize demonstrations against your own country in foreign soil. I just think it's wrong. I -- well, maybe they say, "Well, it was a youthful indiscretion." I was 19 or 20 flying off an aircraft carrier and that shaped me to be Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces and I'm sorry, but demonstrating -- it's not a question of patriotism. It's a question of character and judgment...
CLINTON: ...I was opposed to the [Vietnam] war but I loved my country and we need a president who will bring this country together, not divide it. We've had enough division. I want to lead a unified country.
(APPLAUSE)