Craig Crawford on MSNBC: media has mental illness about the Clintons.

[chimpymustgo]

They always believe the worse - would believe the town drunk if he said Clinton had poisoned the water in Obama districts. Says the media responsible for the injection of race - not Clinton. I think he's right.

[Evergreen Emerald]

1. I do too. I saw the segment, although I vow never to watch RepublicanJoe

I sometimes find myself there. I can hardly stand to watch the news, or be on DU. The Clintons are so unfairly treated.

[chimpymustgo]

3. I'm not a Clinton supporter. But I think the media has been DISGRACEFUL. Craig Crawford is RIGHT!

He is eating Barnacle's lunch.

[rodeodance]

12. you are right that crawford is right.

Craig Crawford on MSNBC: media has mental illness about the Clintons.

Edited on Sat Jan-26-08 08:10 AM by chimpymustgo
They always believe the worse - would believe the town drunk if he said Clinton had poisoned the water in Obama districts. Says the media responsible for the injection of race - not Clinton. I think he's right.

[neutron]

57. Crawford is one of the few Independent Thinkers

Most media puppets have 7 or 8 TV sets in their office, and they watch and clone each other
afraid to move away from the accepted. Like when they were all repeating Swiftboat over
and over.

[neutron]

67. I'd watch MSNBC again if Crawford had a show

[Skwmom]

20. The only thing disgraceful is that they continue to give Clinton

free press so that he can make his manipulative, racial comments.

[Evergreen Emerald]

21. what racial comments has Clinton made?

[Nedsdag]

31. Yes, please elaborate.

I have yet to hear Obama called the Clintons "whitey" and "that white woman."

::crickets::

[neutron]

58. what racial comments?

let's have a quote.
Or are you just parroting stuff you heard?

[neutron]

66. That's the spin that gave Obama SC

[durrrty libby]

25. Barnacle the plagiarist has no credibility. Craig is one of the few

who is not a media sheep Off to the greatest with you

[neutron]

59. Crawford should have his own Show

He could easiliy replace Olbermann.

[bigdarryl]

2. Crawford is a hillary pundit simple as that

[neutron]

63. He's always spoken honestly

His mouth isn't for sale to the highest bidder like Matthews, and now (sadly) Olbermann.

[MonkeyFunk]

4. Yep

just saw that. I think he's 100% right.

[Atman]

38. I rarely agree with MF, but I do on this.

I'm not supporting The Clintons to win the nomination, but I'll certainly vote for them in the GE. That said, though, I think the bullshit being spewed b the media in completely fabricated. Hillary Clinton supporters have skin as thin as an onion.

.

[durrrty libby]

5. Craig is great and he is right. The MSM does border on mental

illness when it comes to the Clintons

Joe and Mika sure hate hearing the truth about themselves

[neutron]

64. They had it with Swiftboaters too - there's a Pattern

[sufrommich]

6. Crawford smacked them all down. Lovely to watch.nt

[Sparkly]

7. I think it's an epidemic. nt

[gaiilonfong]

8. Craig Crawford is a MENTAL BUMBLING IDIOT

Nobody fumbles and bumbles more than he. He has been shilling for the CINTONSSSSS from the beginning. Barnacle just laughed in his face. Crawford should STFU and get lost.

[kstewart33]

10. Man, do you have anger issues. nt

[sufrommich]

13. .......

:thumbsup:

[rodeodance]

15. ha ha--good one.

[MonkeyFunk]

37. no fucking kidding....

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

9. Crawford's right.

He often is.

[rodeodance]

14. REC

[Armstead]

11. The MSM has mental illness about a lot of things -- In the Clinton's case it is deserved

We have a former president who was getting BJ's while on the phone in his office. Then, when caught, lied about it and denied it in no uncertain terms. Then by continuing that false denial, allowed the GOP to paralyze the nation for a year.

Setting aside all of their other personal and political issues and quirks, that episode alone is enough to induce weird perspective among close observers.

[robbedvoter]

23. Deswrved mental illness??? Ah, the Mighty Clenis!

[Armstead]

45. Never undferestimate the Power of the Wayward Clenis

[robbedvoter]

47. I am not. makes DU-ers think like freepers. Oh, My!

[Armstead]

52. Common sense and a sense of morality is not a freeper trait

I guarantee you that if Bush had been caught in such behavior instead of Clinton, Democrats would be going after him for it with hammer and tong.

[Skwmom]

16. Crawford is a Clinton hack. The Clintons injected race, not

the media. The Clintons are trying to use the publics distrust of the media to lay the blame at their doorstep. I do think though that the media needs to STOP taking the Clinton bait. For example:

Clinton saying that the Obama campaign was feeding the media the race issue and it was the poor people of South Carolina who would suffer. Then he laughs as he goes out the door. Clinton was trying to paint Obama as that trouble making black who is stirring up the racial divide in S.C.

But wait a minute, I shouldn't even take notice of what Clinton is doing, or GASP keep a list, because that would mean I am playing the race card.

[rodeodance]

19. It was the Obama surrogates who made the mlk issue racial--then after several

days of letting the stew get toxic, Obama comes out and makes a statement that what Sen. Clinton said was not racial.

[ProSense]

That's false

It was the Clintons who made this about race.

[Maribelle]

24. I wouldn't expect any Obama supporter to ever talk about the (d) punjab crap Obama started.

But you need to realize that President Clinton might never forget this. By the same token, President Clinton has show tremendous forgiveness in the past, so I will pray we can put this Obama pomp behind us someday.

And to all of our citizens in this country that are from India - I apologize for the ignorance of Obama.

[ProSense]

34. I wouldn't expect any Hillary suppoters to talk about

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4208810&mesg_id=4208810">this.

[Maribelle]

39. I didn't clink on your link. I am wise to your self-promoting pomp.

And seeing that you don't want to talk about the issues being posted here I will say a quite...


amen

[ProSense]

41. It was Hillary making a joke about Ghandi working in a gas station. n/t

[robbedvoter]

17. No exageration! And it works against them for some time now

[MoonRiver]

18. He's completely correct, and I can personally testify that the tactic is backfiring on the media.

Before Iowa I was pretty solidly on the fence about all three candidates, although favoring Edwards. The viciousness of the media's attacks on Hillary, and the nastiness toward her, when she was temporarily down, by Obama and Edwards put me in Hillary's camp.

I think there are a lot of people like me across the country. Right now everybody is focusing on the SC polls, but I suspect the same phenomenon is happening elsewhere.

[robbedvoter]

48. New Hampshire surprise was 100% backlash at the media

[babylonsister]

22. We just watched that; he IS a Hill Shill imo. Notice he was the only

one on the panel with that opinion? Yet you failed to mention that. Hmmmm.

[Evergreen Emerald]

27. are you telling me that the media is not biased, and that HE is!

And you use the idea that no one else had that opinion as proof? I will bet that if we looked back on DU, you would have been one cheering Clinton on when he stood up to Fox News and said that the media is biased.

And now, you turn your back on Clinton, when he is fighting against that BIASED media again.

You are sleeping with the enemy who will turn on your candidate becasue they are the propaganda machine for the right-wing.

[Maribelle]

29. It seems to me MSM is using their Poster Boy for the primaries only.

But we will never know this as fact because Hilliary, it appears, will probably be winning the nomination. MSNBC CNN AP and the rest will probably remain free from accusations on this during the GE when they throw full support to Republicans.

[babylonsister]

30. Did you see the interview? Crawford is probably taking blood pressure

meds as I type to get his down. He looked very partisan.

And yes, I'll turn my back on Clinton because he's playing dirty. I won't tolerate that from anyone, and it's patently obvious.

Read this:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=103&topic_id=334154&mesg_id=334154

And I'll search for one about race just for your edification. I'm not the only one noticing how Slick Willy is playing us. I'm not buying it this time.

[chimpymustgo]

28. Duh! The rest of the panel were members of the media Crawford was CRITICIZING.

Of course, Joe Scarborough and Mike Barnacle (who have been lying and lashing out at the Clintons for DECADES) aren't going to say, "Craig, by golly you're right - we've been unfair to the Clintons.

They are the head patients in the asylum. They don't even recognize their behavior as abberant - it's become the norm.

[babylonsister]

33. I think the Clintons are being unfair to the Obamas, us, and the

Democratic party. Their 'win at all cost regardless of how they tear my party apart' is not something I will tolerate willingly. If you don't believe that, read some recent editorials, read DU, read. It is happening whether you want to acknowledge it or not.

[Evergreen Emerald]

35. hahahaha "read DU" hahaha

that is surely and unbiased source.

The media is a right-wing propaganda machine who continues to unfairly treat HIllary Clinton as they have for a decade. I don't need to read any biased editorials to determine that. I lived with it.

Just as I lived with the hype of Clinton showing emotion. Not ONCE was there a story on Mitt who cried THREE TIMES that week on camera.

The media is not a good sourse for information. You like it now, because the propagnda favors your candidate.

There was a time when we wanted the democrats to stand up to the media and call them on their bias. I guess you all are sitting silent now--well don't say I did not warn you.

[babylonsister]

36. Why is it unbiased? Because we're both here. But unlike your

daily spewing, I actually search out articles and different pov's that prove my point. And if the propaganda favored my candidate, why am I on this thread? Yawn. I just want a fair shake for a decent person, you want the Clintons to win regardless of how much mud they have to roll in to do it.

[Evergreen Emerald]

43. right your posts are always unbiased and reasonable.

Why I think your last 10 posts were favoring Clinton.

[durrrty libby]

51. The BS from BS is downright funny. To her, Obama running ads

on TeeVee in FL is not considered campaigning.:eyes:

[Cameron27]

26. Craig Crawford has been one of the

few sane voices on MSNBC.

K&R

[durrrty libby]

32. Didn't you know? Sane voice = Hill shill...lol

[BeyondGeography]

40. Suck-up

[quickesst]

42. Notice.....

the complete evasion of Crawford's questions. There can be no logical discussion on the subject with the likes of ScarbOOrough and co. Not only would it require jeopardizing their bread and butter, but would also require connecting to reality, which I don't see happening any time soon. As I've said in another thread, the irony of having Scarborouhg, Matthews, and Twit Tucker, as the voices for a large segment of the Democratic Party, is like living in an alternate reality. I suppose people believe, that when the GE is over, they will be able to disassociate themselves from said pundits with an insult or two, and everyone else will forget that these same fools were their voices for an extended period of time. Thanks.
quickesst

ON EDIT: They are scared shitless of Clinton, and contrary to naive belief, and as evidenced, she is not the candidate they want to face. If you are actually listening to Scarborough and co., the desparation to push Obama as the candidate is overwhelming. That would be ok, unless you consider the source(s).

[MoonRiver]

44. The unremitting bias and hatred of said pundits toward the Clintons

is breathtaking. I am unbelievably disgusted at what is happening. It was bad in 2000 and 2004, but it seems MSM at least tried to put a veneer of fairness in their spin. NOT SO NOW. There is NO doubt that the media powers that be are out to destroy the Clintons, by whatever means necessary.

The irony is that their tactics are backfiring. Because of Scarborough and co.'s constant blathering about "the race card" they are painting Obama, THEMSELVES, as only an AA candidate. They are also building a wealth of sympathy for Hillary, who is clearly being victimized by their slimes and lies.

[goldcanyonaz]

46. Exactly, if they weren't scared of her they would be talking her up like some other candidate.

The media love fest for Obama is deafening, many here (Obama supporters) take this to mean that he will get a lot of "crossover" votes.

:rofl:

[busymom]

49. I am

disgusted by the media. Every channel I watch has only negative reporting about Clinton "She will destroy the democratic party, she is dividing the party along racial lines (said before they interview an african american Obama supporter and ask non-stop pointed questions about race and this being a great moment for african americans to vote for a fellow african american), how Clinton isn't really a feminist because she is leaning on her husband...blah, blah blah.

As I watch the coverage, the only *news* I see is the media trying to tell everyone to vote for Obama and not vote for Clinton. That is wrong...and I would feel like this no matter who they were telling us to vote for. Where is the impartial, unbiased reporting?

[MoonRiver]

50. "Where is the impartial, unbiased reporting?"

Buried under a pile of steaming Republican pumping bull shit.

Welcome to DU! It's a tough time to start here, but your input is most appreciated! :hi:

[mzmolly]

53. I agree.

"...the media responsible for the injection of race - not Clinton."

[FrenchieCat]

54. Craig Crawford has a hard on for the Clintons and always has....

he gets really, really excited when he talks about them. It's pretty obvious.

[Catherine Vincent]

56. You only say that because he doesn't support your candidate.

I usually agree with Crawford and this one time he's right. I lost a little respect for him when he defended Imus but I got over it. I disagreed with him and moved on.

[FrenchieCat]

61. He's a journalist. He ain't supposed to be supporting anyone!

He gets too excited for me. I don't really care that he doesn't "support" my candidate. I supported Wes Clark last go round. Do you think I cared what journalists supported him then? None.

[Colobo]

55. Craig is a Hillary cheerleader.

[angie_love]

60. Yup

Agreed, never once have I heard him say something nice about Obama. Not Once.

[UALRBSofL]

70. Scarborough

Now that man is a joke. He is from my hometown. He is the worst Bushbot I have ever seen. I have heard him trash the Clinton's so many times when he was a nobody. Power hungry, and as extreme right as you can get. Not only that but invented Bush's playbook of dirty tricks. Can you tell I don't like the man?

[ShortnFiery]

62. Craig Crawford is a *shameless shill* for The Clintons. When he was on pain meds for a

broken foot last week, he really laid it on thick. :wow: :puke:

I believe that MSNBC need to always "qualify" BOTH Craig Crawford and Joan Walsh as Strategists for The Clintons Campaign. They both must have been promised a night sleep-over within the Lincoln Bedroom. :thumbsdown:

[Seabiscuit]

65. I agree with him. I don't support Hillary but she is getting bashed by the media constantly and

its so blatantly sickening.

[1corona4u]

68. Of course he is right.

[Egnever]

69. Well I guess he can lay that at Bills feet

Since he enabled it with his deregulation of the corporate controlled media.

Weird how Clinton's deeds keep coming back to bite him in the ass.

[VotesForWomen]

71. yep, they've hated the clintons since the early 90s. nt

[ShortnFiery]

72. Yes, just like with The Bushes: it's never EVER any of The Clinton's own fault ...

it's always the fault of the "amorphous other."

Right. After all they're poltical royalty - It's never their fault when it's "a Bush" or "a Clinton." :eyes: