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graham4anything

(11,464 posts)
Tue Oct 16, 2012, 09:30 AM Oct 2012

Reserving your anger for the idiot left wing punditry.-after debate #1-NOTE THIS WAS PRIOR #2 [View all]

Last edited Wed Oct 17, 2012, 09:43 AM - Edit history (1)

THIS WAS POSTED BEFORE YESTERDAY'S DEBATE-SO IT REALLY IS A BIT DATED,HOWEVER
IT STILL APPLIES, IN general.
The dems need to stick together positive(last night Eddie & Rachel did), but loose lips sink ships.
Kudos most go to Al Sharpton last night, as always 100% correct, without an error.

ANYHOW-this was post yesterday from someone on Kos-
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A comment from a poster in different site has a good post
(not sure how to link to just a comment, so I am not)
poster name is ultraviolet_uk

"How about reserving your anger for a more deserving target: the idiot left wing punditry.

With the benefit of a couple of weeks and a few more pieces of information emerging, the following seem clear to me:

1. Romney did win the first debate, but he did so by lying his ass off.
2. Obama's performance was not remotely as bad as the hysterical firebagger pundits proclaimed. They, not Obama, caused the most damage.
3. Had the liberal pundits instead concentrated on exposing Romney's lies, he would already be dead in the water. Their failure to do so is a betrayal of democracy.
4. A significant part of the shift in the polls has been caused not by any actual movement but by the switch from registered to likely voter models.
5. Some of those likely voter models use some highly questionable screens which appear to tilt Republican way more than is justified.
6. The media is routinely reporting polls of likely voters against previous polls of registered voters as if they show a shift, when they do not.
7. The media also pounced on unreliable polls from Republican marketing organisations, as opposed to reputable polling organisations, and pronounced that they indicated a shift from Obama to Romney when they did not.

In short, Romney did get a small and short-lived bounce, but 95% of it is entirely a media fabrication."

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It's all true lunatica Oct 2012 #1
Thank you for nailing it! corneliamcgillicutty Oct 2012 #5
Obama should come out it a flight suit, that would get Matthew excited to see him. bahrbearian Oct 2012 #6
Recommend post n/t treestar Oct 2012 #10
Excellent post. HappyMe Oct 2012 #2
K/R (nt) NYC_SKP Oct 2012 #3
Exactly what im bracing myself for. Except you can Solomon Oct 2012 #4
Exactly. Since when is lying winning? nt SunSeeker Oct 2012 #14
Look at How Republican Pundits Blunted the Effect of the VP Debate On the Road Oct 2012 #7
There is no way Democrats can try to be even-handed. asjr Oct 2012 #17
I am in agreement except I don't think Romney "won". If President Obama loses his bid for LoisB Oct 2012 #8
LOL Do you really think Tweety and Ed Schultz... WorseBeforeBetter Oct 2012 #19
Yes ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2012 #38
Every freakin' point is dead on the money! Thank you for posting this! nt. OldDem2012 Oct 2012 #9
Exactly! Harriety Oct 2012 #11
left wing pundits and bloggers did not cause any meaningful damage. cali Oct 2012 #12
I think you're wrong brush Oct 2012 #20
You watch the debates so you can speak for the country? GOTV Oct 2012 #33
Polls switched brush Oct 2012 #37
Tell yourself whatever you want. Obama's odds are bleaker now. GOTV Oct 2012 #48
Tell yourself whatever you want. brush Oct 2012 #51
It's weird, but every single person I know in real life who watched the debate thought Romney ... ieoeja Oct 2012 #47
I disagree ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2012 #39
Pundits, particularly those on MSNBC, took off their journalism hats ecstatic Oct 2012 #13
Thanks for an excellent post brush Oct 2012 #15
"They, not Obama, caused the most damage." WilliamPitt Oct 2012 #16
How about some balance though brush Oct 2012 #22
Balance WilliamPitt Oct 2012 #23
Not a problem brush Oct 2012 #27
MSNBC is the only cable news I watch and I saw plenty about Romney's debate lies GOTV Oct 2012 #31
Poor Obama, no culpability whatsoever. WorseBeforeBetter Oct 2012 #24
I've followed your writings for awhile now ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2012 #44
Mitt had his big money guys leaving him.... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2012 #18
or in it for war profiteering... Whisp Oct 2012 #34
Most of the people we see on the TV machine are millionaires. That oughta give you a clue. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2012 #35
Another observation matt819 Oct 2012 #21
The pundits failed miserably at their post debate coverage... -Steph- Oct 2012 #25
I'm not getting good analysis SCVDem Oct 2012 #26
great post my friend. rec hrmjustin Oct 2012 #28
excellent! thanks for bringing that here. Whisp Oct 2012 #29
. n/t porphyrian Oct 2012 #30
Excellent PatSeg Oct 2012 #32
Which is why I xxqqqzme Oct 2012 #36
So, Maddow, Matthews, Shultz, Sullivan, and Stewart are hysterical firebaggers now. Got it. Luminous Animal Oct 2012 #40
They all acted like screaming 2-yr-olds during, and for quite some time after, the 1st debate... OldDem2012 Oct 2012 #54
Re: 3, what liberal pundits? hay rick Oct 2012 #41
Is this a resurrection of the "professional leftist" nonsense again? Tierra_y_Libertad Oct 2012 #42
This is the assertion that I've always made about the first debate. CheapShotArtist Oct 2012 #43
Attacking the left and the few outlets who have treated Obama w/ some fairness doesn't seem like a fishwax Oct 2012 #45
With the exceptions of Bashir, Sharpton, and O'Donnell, MSNBC was a major disappointment.... OldDem2012 Oct 2012 #55
The first debate, like the first quarter in football SCVDem Oct 2012 #46
Taking "jumped the shark" to a whole new level, LWolf Oct 2012 #49
Could you imagine if we went over to Freeperville and found a thread where they were bullwinkle428 Oct 2012 #52
but... graham4anything Oct 2012 #53
Sounds like ABL Capt. Obvious Oct 2012 #50
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