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Lorax7844 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 01:59 AM
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Um, why didn't Al Gore's speeches get any air time.
Edited on Fri May-22-09 02:04 AM by Lorax7844
I don't know if any of you remember, but in the run up to the Iraq War (2003) Al Gore gave a few great speeches. One of them had an itemized list of why going into Iraq was a bad idea.

Seriously look here:
http://www.moveon.org/gore-speech.html

One should notice that a lying asshat like Cheney gets full media coverage, while Gore (who was actually right BTW) got completely ignored.

I know that many of you just love the hotness of Brian Willliams and Anderson Cooper, but seriously get over it. They both refused to honor our country, our constitution, and our standards. The MSM is the ENEMY it would do us all a great benefit if we recognized it.
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 02:02 AM
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1. Because our media is a giant corporate piece of shit.....
That's why.

The only thing they are good for is taking us to war,
keeping congress neutered, selling lies,
and manipulating public opinion
against their own good.
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Jim Sagle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 02:03 AM
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2. His speeches didn't get any air time because he's a Democrat.
Edited on Fri May-22-09 02:04 AM by Jim Sagle
This has been another in the series Short Answers to Easy Questions.
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Lorax7844 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 02:06 AM
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3. Agreed 100%
let us please make sure to judge the media thru the same lens. Especially one that tries to explain Obama to us.
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Lorax7844 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 02:23 AM
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4. Williams may have at one point bee a fire fighter but now he
Edited on Fri May-22-09 02:25 AM by Lorax7844
drives a porche.

Anderson Cooper has now and has always been a part of the elite class. Don't believe me? Just ask his mother Gloria Vanderbilt.
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xxqqqzme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 02:27 AM
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5. I remember seeing a couple of them on TV
The speeches sponsored by MoveOn? Maybe it was on the free speech channel.
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Lorax7844 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 02:32 AM
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6. It was.
I wouldn't be surprised if current tv also didn't take part.

for those with direct tv please watch current tv, it is a channel that deserves your viewership.

http://current.com/
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eShirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 07:02 AM
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10. current was around then?
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Lorax7844 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 09:30 AM
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14. current is awesome
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Hippo_Tron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 02:48 AM
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7. One, he gave them two years after leaving office
Two, M$M didn't want to show anything critical of Bush/Cheney after 9/11.
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 05:57 AM
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8. Yep... We Democrats have noticed that. I've seen more of Cheney n the past 2 weeks than..
...in the entire Bush Administration.
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 06:44 AM
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9. The truths he offers are extremely inconvenient. n/t
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rosesaylavee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 07:10 AM
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11. Good point!
Media bought and paid for by the War Party.

K and R
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Perky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 07:33 AM
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12. Ummm because Al Gore was not defending himself and what he did as VP
ANd No had any great animus towards Gore.
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dsc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 07:43 AM
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13. actually they did get covered
the coverage was derisive, mean spirited, and hateful, but the speeches were covered.
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