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AndyA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 07:24 PM
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Why do I feel like the American people are being scammed again?
M$M coverage of the Democratic voting:

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OzarkDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 07:25 PM
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1. Great illustration n/t
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JDPriestly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 07:25 PM
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2. Because they are.
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wildbilln864 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 07:25 PM
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4. absolutely! n/t
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WHEN CRABS ROAR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 07:32 PM
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15. Always have been.
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saracat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 07:25 PM
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3. yup.
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Meshuga Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 07:26 PM
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5. He won in Iowa and he is ahead in the polls in NH
So it is expected that he gets the attention.
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Missy M Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 07:26 PM
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6. They are being scammed.
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LaurenG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 07:26 PM
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7. I love Edwards but if Obama is ahead how is that the MSMs fault? nt
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lynnertic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 07:29 PM
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11. excellent question. I wonder if the 'layering' of Mark Penn will help HRC's popularity.
unless he's being 'layered' by Rove or something...
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AndyA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 07:32 PM
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14. Because the media is promoting Obama to the nation 24/7.
Hillary's campaign is collapsing. She's crying she's so distraught.

Edwards gets...nothing.

If there was any surprise in Iowa, it was John Edwards coming in at #2 after being hugely outspent. But they barely talk about it.

It should be pretty obvious. Why do car lots scream at you on their ads? Because he who stands out gets remembered.
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Triana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 07:47 PM
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23. CLUE
Edited on Tue Jan-08-08 07:49 PM by Triana
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/1/5/12286/27650/142/431084

EDIT:

ANOTHER clue.

http://google.com/trends?q=barack+obama%2C+hillary+clinton%2C+john+edwards&ctab=0&geo=US&geor=all&date=2007&sort=1

They're IGNORING Edwards and have been and continue to do so even after he came in 2nd in Iowa - all they would talk about after Iowa was Obama/Clinton - it was as if Edwards wasn't even THERE!
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LaurenG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 08:12 PM
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26. I see the point. nt
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 07:27 PM
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8. I feel your pain
We have to wait and see on super tuesday....5th Febree............:hi:
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 07:28 PM
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9. Why would today be any different? n/t
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kurth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 07:29 PM
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10. Such thick-headedness
Get with the program, dude:

I'd like to buy the world a home
And furnish it with love
Grow apple trees and honey bees
And snow white turtle doves
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Yuugal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 07:30 PM
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13. will there be kumbaya? nt
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 07:30 PM
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12. Because we are! Don't they think we see this?
:argh:
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Fresh_Start Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 07:33 PM
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16. Because you correctly distrust any message from the MSM NT
NT
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 07:34 PM
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17. Yuh think?
But somebody still posted a piece today screeching how the corporate fascist media was totally behind Hillary. The only way they'd get behind her is with a tapemeasure to report on the size of her ass.
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 07:34 PM
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18. Heavenly ZEUS!1 Tweety is calling him Lawrence of Arabia
"In the great movie Lawrence of Arabia, the Turks pointed all their guns at the sea. But the Arab revolt came from the desert, which was supposed to be impossible. OBAMA raided the CLINTONs from their own base."
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 07:39 PM
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19. well i guess the tweeter really needs a vacation or some meds....
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kurth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 07:43 PM
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20. "The Arab revolt came from the desert, which was supposed to be impossible"
Duh, the desert is where the Bedouin live...
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Triana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 07:44 PM
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21. They'll swallow it whole too, I'm afraid. (n/t)
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krabigirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 07:44 PM
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22. LOL
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Pastiche423 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 07:48 PM
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24. It's better than being scammed by johnnyboy
IMHO
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 07:49 PM
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25. They're just so shocked Obama is doing so well after Clinton
had been the front runner since forever.
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girl gone mad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 08:49 PM
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27. He's been anointed by the media and the Republican party.
Obey your masters.

where's the scam? :shrug:
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