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Old 10-02-2009, 07:47 AM
 
Location: Oklahoma City
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The only thing keeping Olbermann and most of MSNBC afloat ratings wise was their non stop bashing of Bush. Once Obama got elected it became a cheerleading fest and people got bored and changed channels. People like to bash the people in charge because more than likely they're either idiots or corrupt. Or both.
Beck and Hannity just beat them at their own game. If the left didn't want them to be so popular they could have elected somebody else and made their jobs harder.
America elected Obama not the "left". Obama won a clear mandate by winning the election by 7%. W delcared a mandate in 2004 with a meager 2% victory.
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Old 10-02-2009, 07:51 AM
 
Location: Sacramento
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Beck is touching a raw nerve. He's exposing them, its having an effect and they don't like it.

From Rasmussen: But the latest national telephone survey shows that 83% now view government ethics and corruption as very important, placing it just ahead of the economy on a list of 10 key electoral issues regularly tracked by Rasmussen Reports. Importance of Issues - Rasmussen Reports™

Beck is exposing the corruption in this administration, and people are taking notice.
Kind of difficult for me to believe, but it seems that Beck is being pretty effective in getting under Obama's skin, and eroding a little of the support for the administration.
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Old 10-02-2009, 07:53 AM
 
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The only thing keeping Olbermann and most of MSNBC afloat ratings wise was their non stop bashing of Bush. Once Obama got elected it became a cheerleading fest and people got bored and changed channels. People like to bash the people in charge because more than likely they're either idiots or corrupt. Or both.
Beck and Hannity just beat them at their own game. If the left didn't want them to be so popular they could have elected somebody else and made their jobs harder.

An old football saying works here:

"The backup QB is always the most popular person in town"

Right now, the Dems are the starting QB and the repubs are the backup. The last 8 years the repubs were the starting QB.
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Old 10-02-2009, 07:58 AM
 
Location: PA
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Well, darn if it was, instead, a President McCain making a special trip promoting Chicago for the Olympics, the conservatives would not have made a big deal out of it.
Well actually wouldnt really care about the Olympics either way, but I find it funny how we are broke and this government loves to find new ways to spend money. Obama believes he is a rock star and is spending money like he is a rock star on the american peoples tax dollar. Trips to leno, tv appearances all so he can pad the countries vision of himself. I feel like I'm watching a communist country or the leader of n korea with all the appearances he is making. With state run news media promoting how nice he looks and whatever government promotion he is selling week to week.
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Old 10-02-2009, 07:59 AM
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Good Piece in the Tribune about Beck and Fox News being called out on all their lies... Fox News is such a joke.

White House vs. FOX News: Olympics: The Swamp
Yeah lies, the only lies they pointed out according to their blog last night was that Beck had said Vancouver instead of Calgary.. Ooooooooh, that's damaging. They also went on to say that Beck was lying about Jarrett being on the phone conversation with the NEA, which Beck never said. It was Buffy on the call who dropped Jarrett's name like a fool.
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Old 10-02-2009, 08:01 AM
 
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The only thing keeping Olbermann and most of MSNBC afloat ratings wise was their non stop bashing of Bush. Once Obama got elected it became a cheerleading fest and people got bored and changed channels. People like to bash the people in charge because more than likely they're either idiots or corrupt. Or both.
Beck and Hannity just beat them at their own game. If the left didn't want them to be so popular they could have elected somebody else and made their jobs harder.
When I hear the words "idiot and "corrupt" they automatically bring Bush and his crime family to mind just as when you hear the name Benedict Arnold the word "traitor" comes to mind. The fact is, that The Bush Crime Family now owns those word.
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Old 10-02-2009, 08:02 AM
 
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this just shows how far down in the mud the neocons have fallen. What next does Oboma wipe his rear from the wrong side? ooooooooh my oh dear. The only thing you fools are doing is keeping the shelf void of tin foil. You have not got one good argument so you have to fabricat fairy stories to try to whip up the racists among you which is most of you. Just cant stand it that a black guy wont out over an old white rich guy can you? It just turns your world upside down, and all the laws of phisics are not working properly. LMFSAO
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Old 10-02-2009, 08:04 AM
 
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Why bother?
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Old 10-02-2009, 08:05 AM
 
Location: Sierra Vista, AZ
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Even the Looney Right like Lindsay Graham are starting to realize that this insane whining is driving so many people away that the GOP would come in third

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Old 10-02-2009, 08:12 AM
 
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That's exactly the sort of juvenile knee-jerk rant that turns voters off. This is not a high school football game we are playing here. Most people realize that.
So true. in so many of my posts, I've brought attention to this. These are not individuals that are basing their opionions on facts or any real knowledge of what has transpired over the past decade. They are told what to think and the mentality is one of rooting for a team and not understanding what is actually transpiring. Recent history does not exist for them. You can show them the rotting corpse and they will deny that there has even been a death. Instead of addressing the faults in their chosen party and demanding better by voting these pigs out of offfice, they jump and cheer even louder for the very people that are threatening their democracy.
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