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99th_Monkey

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6. M$M with any credibility are pretty much obliged to cover Obama

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #3)

Wed Sep 10, 2014, 06:00 PM

Sep 2014

Fox? pppf. Of course they are boycotting it, in effect. Who cares?

I think the point was how many people are going to actually be watching it, on the edge of their seats like thy were when the Shrub was invading Iraq. Which I think is a valid point to make.

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SO WE’RE GOING TO WAR AGAIN, and "it seems barely newsworthy" [View all] 99th_Monkey Sep 2014 OP

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Excellent point. Louisiana1976 Sep 2014 #2

+10 n/t 99th_Monkey Sep 2014 #8

I went to the NBC, ABC, CBS and CNN sites, and they're all leading with Obama's speech muriel_volestrangler Sep 2014 #3

M$M with any credibility are pretty much obliged to cover Obama 99th_Monkey Sep 2014 #6

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...and during this administration. ZombieHorde Sep 2014 #17

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I hear that sigh 99th_Monkey Sep 2014 #12

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