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Re: FOX using the same attacks on Obama they used against Kerry

ChicagoSpeaks — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:19:43 -0000

James Cohen also said, "The Christian faith has been interpreted largely by those who enslaved black people, and by the people who segregated them." The book referred to was written in 1969 - a time of great political unrest, civil rights issues, and black oppression. I happen to be a white female, but I live in an urban area and firmly believe that there are still many things tolerated in white people that aren't tolerated in black people. For example, that average welfare mother you all talk about . . . happens to be a WHITE woman with 2 kids.

Re: FOX using the same attacks on Obama they used against Kerry

ChicagoSpeaks — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:15:36 -0000

Frankly, Rush Limbaugh doesn't tout himself as fair and balanced; neither does Keith Olbermann. Talk show hosts spout opinions, but news organizations have a responsibility to be fair and balanced, which doesn't mean stacking guests with only Republican talking heads. Watch CNN, or MSNBC. They both play both sides -- today on MSNBC they were examining Obama's relationship with Blago. You'd never hear Fox examining Palin's relationship with the Alaska Secessionist Party.

Re: FOX using the same attacks on Obama they used against Kerry

ChicagoSpeaks — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:12:03 -0000

No idea, but what I do know is half of the population rejected the conservative party line. I liken it to going to the zoo -- it's fun and entertaining to look at the babboons but I wouldn't necessarily want to jump in there with them.

Re: FOX using the same attacks on Obama they used against Kerry

ChicagoSpeaks — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:59:47 -0000

Maybe token liberal Greta "I love Sarah Palin and want to have sex with her husband, the First Dude, or maybe a threesome" Van Susteren can take Colmes' place with Hannity.

Re: FOX using the same attacks on Obama they used against Kerry

ChicagoSpeaks — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:58:47 -0000

Colmes wants to leave because sitting alongside Hannity is a dirty job that no self-respecting Democrat wants to have.

Re: FOX using the same attacks on Obama they used against Kerry

ChicagoSpeaks — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:56:41 -0000

Like I said, there's a small, twisted faction that listen to Hannity and Rush. Shit, even Colin Powell said the Republicans better quit listening to Rush, because they shouldn't be buying into the hatin' philosophy pushed by both of these guys. Sean Hannity's best friends are Nazi sympathizers and bigots.

Re: FOX using the same attacks on Obama they used against Kerry

ChicagoSpeaks — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:55:50 -0000

Fox News is the station that consistently pushes its Republican party line -- from the comments made by the Aryan newscasters to the captions below the news broadcasts. Other stations have biased talk shows, but Fox News slants its news -- and the most important point is that Fox promotes itself as "fair and balanced," when it's so clearly not.

Re: FOX using the same attacks on Obama they used against Kerry

ChicagoSpeaks — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:52:43 -0000

Oh, I see you've been listening to Hannity and Rush, if you think Palin got cleared of any wrongdoing. She got cleared by the Personnel Board -- the board she herself appointed and can fire -- but the Legislative Board found her to have abused her power. She as usual lied about the outcome, but she's a pathological liar, so I would suggest you don't use her as your source in the future . . . and despite her promise to do so, she has now chosen not to make public her Troopergate II (Personnel Board) testimony. That's, of course, because she and Todd both committed perjury.

Re: FOX using the same attacks on Obama they used against Kerry

ChicagoSpeaks — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:48:14 -0000

Yeah, 'cause Hannity can't stand to share the spotlight with anyone -- especially a liberal. He'll now only have people on his show who agree with him, like Ann Coulter and Michelle Malkin. His show will tank.

Re: FOX using the same attacks on Obama they used against Kerry

ChicagoSpeaks — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:47:21 -0000

Despite the fact that Hannity & Colmes guests Karl Rove and Mike Huckabee wouldn't agree, Sean Hannity kept up his, “Why is he friends with all these radical, corrupt people? What does that say about him?" routine. Let's not focus on Hannity's unrepentant associations with a load of bigots and a Neo-Nazi, specifically Andy Martin - who was denied an Illinois law license for mental instability.

Re: FOX using the same attacks on Obama they used against Kerry

ChicagoSpeaks — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:40:58 -0000

Does a great job, as long as "conservative" is synonymous with "nuts."

Re: FOX using the same attacks on Obama they used against Kerry

ChicagoSpeaks — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:40:24 -0000

Actually, I do watch Hannity -- to know the enemy -- and it's appalling what a sore loser he really is. He's trying his best to go over all the "palling around" evidence he can find - back to Wright (yawn), Ayers (snooze) and now Blago (who himself, on the tapes, exonerated Obama). Funny, where was his demand for transparency when Palin refused to release her e-mails . . . or her Troopergate testimony (which she promised to make public), or her medical records? Hmmm, do I detect a little right-wing "fair and balanced" act?

Re: FOX using the same attacks on Obama they used against Kerry

ChicagoSpeaks — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:36:09 -0000

Republicans don't let facts confuse them, their minds are made up.

Re: FOX using the same attacks on Obama they used against Kerry

ChicagoSpeaks — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:34:14 -0000

A Zogby International spokeswoman declined to comment on the Wilson poll. The polling firm’s founder, John Zogby, had told me he would review his firm’s poll, which he said was flawed. Through a spokesman, he said last week, “We have reviewed and do see what happened and stand by our public statements that the poll had value. Yet there was certainly room for improvement.” He declined to elaborate.

Re: FOX using the same attacks on Obama they used against Kerry

ChicagoSpeaks — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:32:18 -0000

Because there's a small, but twisted, faction of Fox listeners. Too bad for you it wasn't enough -- more than half the country said, thanks but no thanks . . . .

Re: FOX using the same attacks on Obama they used against Kerry

ChicagoSpeaks — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:29:48 -0000

Good Lord, you Repugs are sore losers. You forgot, as I mentioned once before, the part where the pollster admitted his polling was flawed. Get the facts, for once. Don't let those pesky little facts confuse you . . . .

Re: FOX using the same attacks on Obama they used against Kerry

ChicagoSpeaks — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:43:53 -0000

Lose our jobs? Oh, you mean like the 8% unemployment under Bush? Gotcha.

Re: FOX using the same attacks on Obama they used against Kerry

ChicagoSpeaks — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:21:23 -0000

Sore Loser Hannity is turning cartwheels; his newest ploy is, "Now there are two criminal associates of Barack Obama" (the first, of course, being Ayers). He also took the opportunity to renew his attacks on Obama vis a vis Wright and Ayers. He's calling out Rahm Emanuel and Obama to "answer questions" and disclose e-mails, texts, etc. Interesting that he has not demanded the same level of disclosure from Sarah Palin's e-mails in Alaska - e-mails lawsuits have been filed to obtain, and which very likely point to her corruption and perjury. Now, that's fair and balanced.

Re: FOX using the same attacks on Obama they used against Kerry

ChicagoSpeaks — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:04:09 -0000

You are such a lame, poor sport, Republican talking point loser. First, the Hawaii health department verified his birth certificate's authenticity, as did the Recorder of Deeds in Hawaii. The Supreme Court yet again rejected the idiots who keep bringing stupid cases to challenge his birth records. That's over. Second, Peter Fitzgerald specifically said Obama had NOTHING to do with it -- and Rod was taped saying, fuck Obama, he won't give us anything. If that's not exoneration, I don't know what is. Get your facts straight (oh, I forgot, you Republicans are all about "don't confuse me with facts, my mind's made up.")

Re: FOX using the same attacks on Obama they used against Kerry

ChicagoSpeaks — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:46:36 -0000

Don't blog here if you don't like it. Come on, fess up -- are you another Fox intern on a coffee break?

Re: FOX using the same attacks on Obama they used against Kerry

ChicagoSpeaks — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:59:28 -0000

There are no allegations that President-elect Obama or anyone close to him had anything to do with any of the crimes Gov. Blagojevich is accused of having committed.

In fact, there are indications that Mr. Obama and his team refused to go along with the "pay to play" way Blagojevich is accused of operating, offering only "gratitude" if the governor appointed his friend Valerie Jarrett to take his U.S. Senate seat, much to the governor's chagrin.

But there remain questions about how Blagojevich knew that Mr. Obama was not willing to give him anything in exchange for the Senate seat -- with whom was Blagojevich speaking? Did that person report the governor to the authorities?

Yeah, I saw it.

Re: FOX using the same attacks on Obama they used against Kerry

ChicagoSpeaks — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:38:31 -0000

Of course there's a connection, bonehead. Obama was a state senator, Blago was the governor. Chicago's a small town politically, and they "palled around" (you like that, just like Ayers?). Do I think Obama was involved in selling his senate seat? Give me a break. Do I think Obama was involved in holding up Children's Memorial for $50K in exchange for state funding? Not a snowball's chance in hell. Do I think Obama was aware of any of this stuff? Nope. But I think Rahm Emanuel was. And I think he behaved like a good chief of staff and nipped it in the bud, reported Blago to the Feds, and the rest is history. Gee, let's see, wiretaps everywhere, but brilliant Obama avoided detection again! Damn, that guy is GOOD.

Re: FOX using the same attacks on Obama they used against Kerry

ChicagoSpeaks — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:34:32 -0000

Yeah, yeah, old news. The public voted: We don't give a shit.

Re: FOX using the same attacks on Obama they used against Kerry

ChicagoSpeaks — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:33:04 -0000

Oh, I'm sorry. I meant Rush.

Re: FOX using the same attacks on Obama they used against Kerry

ChicagoSpeaks — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:06:31 -0000

Funny, the opposite has occurred with your party. As soon as Obama was elected, Karl Rove became his lapdog. Sarah Palin praises him. All the Repugs jump on the bandwagon. Obama did not support Blago in the primaries; however, once elected, like other politicians (including Repubs, guy) he supported him. Get the facts right -- for once. Oh wait, you get your "facts" from Sean Hannity, right? Yeah, explains a lot.