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ibegurpard

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8. and you know what's interesting?

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Sep 1, 2012, 10:19 AM

Sep 2012

they don't know how to respond to it. They've been used to being treated with kid gloves by the media for so long that they just don't know what to do (despite their ridiculous claims of the liberal media...which hasn't been that way in MY adult lifetime (20 plus years).
I have no idea why...maybe powerful people are starting to realize that a nation full of people who can't buy anything is bad for business.

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Jonathan Bernstein, Salon: Press turns on Paul Ryan [View all] highplainsdem Sep 2012 OP

Yes, it seems that a large segment of the "news" establishment has turned Jackpine Radical Sep 2012 #1

I'd agree with you on that were it not for the fact that cali Sep 2012 #2

Yes, I know--but corporate interests are not monolithic. Jackpine Radical Sep 2012 #6

interesting theory cali Sep 2012 #15

Grasping Old Palefaces.. Fumesucker Sep 2012 #5

There was a fascinating thread posted here a while back about the split you describe. I wish I could Guy Whitey Corngood Sep 2012 #17

And his lies and innuendos had nothing to do with it. Even the press couldn't spin for him. nt nanabugg Sep 2012 #18

But compare their treatment of Ryan to how they dealt with the Swiftboat lies Jackpine Radical Sep 2012 #19

And since they are finally doing their jobs, Dems need to be on their toes... OneGrassRoot Sep 2012 #3

I so agree with you because tibbiit Sep 2012 #16

Comeuppance BeyondGeography Sep 2012 #4

Heh-heh-heh..."Running Mate" alcibiades_mystery Sep 2012 #7

and you know what's interesting? ibegurpard Sep 2012 #8

What really fascinates me here is that the lie was so gratuitous-- Jackpine Radical Sep 2012 #9

Ryan is a sicko jsr Sep 2012 #10

It's not sub 3 hrs, its over 4 at 4:01:25 nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2012 #11

Yes, I know. That's what I'm talking about. Jackpine Radical Sep 2012 #12

Backing your play. Lyin' Ryan can't just lie, but has to lie big. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2012 #13

I missed your point. Sorry. Jackpine Radical Sep 2012 #14