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GetRidOfThem

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17. The WAPO has been in decline for a long time now...

Reply to markpkessinger (Original post)

Mon Sep 30, 2013, 10:37 PM

Sep 2013

...Bezos won't help. This paper is becoming a loser, and the NYT is winning. I get them both every morning, living in D.C. The only reason why we keep the Post is because it is our "local" paper. That is a real winner argument in their defense.

Wow! The paper of revelation and national importance - this how far you have fallen....

(Don't forget how bad they were during the Iraq War debacle - might as well have been the WSJ)

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WAPO's appalling editorial -- and my response [View all] markpkessinger Sep 2013 OP

fucking corporate whore of a newspaper gopiscrap Sep 2013 #1

If the poll that appears on the same page as the editorial is any indication . . . markpkessinger Sep 2013 #2

Many still believe in "1 Party, With 2 Faces" blkmusclmachine Sep 2013 #3

Excellent response Mark! Capt.Rocky300 Sep 2013 #4

Absolutely! ffr Sep 2013 #16

Government by extortion, the Bagger anthem. kairos12 Sep 2013 #5

Excellent. And the position was reiterated by the President today mnhtnbb Sep 2013 #6

You omitted the slash in the [/font] closing tag after the date in the first excerpt. ( n/t ) Make7 Sep 2013 #7

Thanks -- I just corrected it! n/t markpkessinger Sep 2013 #10

Absolutely spot on response. This isn't about pinning blame, this is about one party determined ... marble falls Sep 2013 #8

so is the guy from Amazon a bagger backer? rurallib Sep 2013 #9

Republicans should simply admit that they don't CARE what the public thinks. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2013 #11

Great Response BobbyBoring Sep 2013 #12

Great response. eom 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2013 #13

Great job! Outta the park w/the 1st sentence: Spare us any false equivalence in this discussion.nt MADem Sep 2013 #14

Totally Agree - False Equivalence Only Servces To Protect Republicans... TomCADem Sep 2013 #15

The WAPO has been in decline for a long time now... GetRidOfThem Sep 2013 #17

Excellent! K&R nt TBF Oct 2013 #18