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(Yahoo)   Media admits it never runs anything negative about Obama, but promises they're looking real hard for the tiniest imperfection and if they ever find it, they'll nail him   (news.yahoo.com) divider line
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DistendedPendulusFrenulum
2008-02-25 1:34:31 PM  
Exactly when did Bob Franken interview The Media

?
 
albo
2008-02-25 1:37:05 PM  
Obama has no flaws. He is glorious perfection in this mortal incarnation and will lead us all to a shining Zion on the hill.
 
Jon Snow
2008-02-25 1:41:18 PM  
Barack Hussein Obama doesn't say "please" or "thank you".
 
Jesus Farking Christ
2008-02-25 1:42:32 PM  
Sounds more like he's describing the media's actions as "going in for the kill" rather than "investigation".
 
cwick [OhFark]
2008-02-25 1:43:22 PM  
Jon Snow: Barack Hussein Obama doesn't say "please" or "thank you".

Instead he says "Tafadhali" and "Asante sana". Savage!
 
ninth_level_dan
2008-02-25 1:45:29 PM  
you should always say "thank you" or at least say "please".

conjunction junction, what's your function...
 
f00f
2008-02-25 1:53:50 PM  
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The Onanist
2008-02-25 1:55:10 PM  
ninth_level_dan: you should always say "thank you" or at least say "please".

conjunction junction, what's your function...

...spreading slander and lies all over your town...


Conjunction Junction, what's your function...

/Obama makes your colors brighter and your whites whiter!
 
BravadoGT
2008-02-25 1:55:43 PM  
Before long, people tend to turn on our messiahs, and Obama will be no different. Come November, his campaign will be nailed to a tree, with a sign overhead:

Barack Obama Rex Laevus
 
Kublai Khan
2008-02-25 1:57:32 PM  
This is the state of the media today: more interested in discussing itself than actual news.
 
what_now
2008-02-25 2:02:02 PM  
What, exactly, would you like the media to tell you about Obama?

Do we think there is some malfeasense in his background?
Do we think he's done something we don't know about?
Do we think he's hiding something?


I would rather the media focus on the issues, than search for something to "nail" the candidates on.
 
Louder And More Dissonant
2008-02-25 2:02:06 PM  
Kublai Khan: This is the state of the media today: more interested in discussing itself than actual news.

I think Kublai Khan's comment is the most insightful comment I'll see on Fark all day.
 
Code_Archeologist
2008-02-25 2:04:06 PM  
The media is far from in love with Obama. They have been trying to find something to nail each of the front runners on... just look at the treatment that media darling McCain is getting because of questionable ties to lobbyists.

Their problem with Obama is that he has already laid out all of his skeletons bare years ago. And every attempt so far to hang an albatross on him has done nothing but embarrass the person doing it. And I think because of that the press may be a bit gun shy of attacking Obama, because doing so in the past has harmed the messenger much more than the target.
 
BobtheFascist
2008-02-25 2:07:10 PM  
But teh emails say he's a mooslum.
 
Gwendolyn
2008-02-25 2:11:54 PM  
Code_Archeologist: And every attempt so far to hang an albatross on him has done nothing but embarrass the person doing it. And I think because of that the press may be a bit gun shy of attacking Obama, because doing so in the past has harmed the messenger much more than the target.

Slick Willy.
 
smooshie
2008-02-25 2:12:28 PM  
BobtheFascist: But teh emails say he's a mooslum.

Worse, he's a mooslum who belongs to a white-hating church! I bet he also eats puppies at the sexist synagogue!
 
smooshie
2008-02-25 2:13:45 PM  
Gwendolyn: Slick Willy.

Teflon President.
 
palladiate [TotalFark]
2008-02-25 2:18:36 PM  
f00f: Is there anything we can get Sen. Obama?

I hear Hillary is pimping Chelsea out.

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albo
2008-02-25 2:23:13 PM  
what_now: I would rather the media focus on the issues, than search for something to "nail" the candidates on.

to me, issues don't mean anything, or if they do, just a little bit. in most cases, the new president has a hard time getting his issues past congress or is forced to water them down. or they give him his easy issues and blow off the big ideas. (anybody remember bill clinton's big issue in 1992? [infrastructure])

that's why character is most important. issues fade quickly; we need to know what kind of person we're putting in charge to deal with problems and issues he isn't briefed on or that which no one can predict happening, but do.
 
BladBoy [TotalFark]
2008-02-25 2:25:18 PM  
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smooshie
2008-02-25 2:25:50 PM  
albo: that's why character is most important. issues fade quickly; we need to know what kind of person we're putting in charge to deal with problems and issues he isn't briefed on or that which no one can predict happening, but do.

Same here. The only issue-related reasons I voted for Obama are his support for net neutrality and Hillary's "Big Mother" approach to video games.

Mostly, I couldn't stand Hillary's obvious politics-as-usual approach, and her eventual loss to McCain.
 
The Onanist
2008-02-25 2:29:03 PM  
BladBoy:

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muck4doo
2008-02-25 2:33:28 PM  
Kublai Khan: This is the state of the media today: more interested in discussing itself than actual news.

It's a natural part of the news cycle.
(Shameful plug warning)
You can learn more about it by reading Drew's book. There's a link right at the top of the page. It says "Buy The Book".
 
Etchy333 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2008-02-25 2:44:59 PM  
smooshie: Mostly, I couldn't stand Hillary's obvious politics-as-usual approach, and her eventual loss to McCain.

This.

Republicans have been gearing up for a Hillary v. GOP race for years. If Barack gets it, the Republicans don't have a chance.

If Hillary gets it, they might just disgust enough left leaning young people to get them to stay home. And Nader will cinch the deal.
 
mr_zero
2008-02-25 2:47:27 PM  
I don't know. This was on the Fox homepage for a good part of the morning.

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madmann
2008-02-25 3:48:36 PM  
Ever since Gary Hart (Yeah, get off my lawn, I know) the media have invested waaaaaaaaay more time investigating a candidate's personal life than their record. I think the fact that Obama's come this far and they haven't dug up anything huge on him yet is a pretty good indicator. I mean seriously, whaddya got?

o Middle name's HUSSEIN!
o Used to go by BARRY!
o I think he's a MUSLIM!
o He's BLACK! SO WELL SPOKEN!
o He put on some Somali woman's DRESS!
o He's mean to HILLARY!

Really? That's it? Wow. And I mean, wow.

I guarantee you'd find a lot more in my past to rag on... most of yours too, I suspect.

/Hey, keep looking... I'm all in favor of that.
/But at some point... consider maybe that he's just not evil incarnate.
 
TeddyRooseveltsMustache
2008-02-25 4:43:23 PM  
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antron
2008-02-25 4:45:27 PM  
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spiderpaz
2008-02-25 4:45:56 PM  
Why the republicans want Hillary to win:

Polls from 02/16

General Election: McCain vs. Obama
Reuters/Zogby, McCain = 40, Obama = 47, Result: Obama +7.0

General Election: McCain vs. Clinton
Reuters/Zogby, McCain = 50, Clinton = 38, Result: McCain +12.0


view source
 
JohnCarter
2008-02-25 4:46:35 PM  
I heard he doesn't always wash his hands after he uses the bathroom, and he leaves the seat up,

oh

and apparently he is a islamic terrorist who helped plan 9/11

/Could be rumor on the bathroom stuff
//got photos of him with Osama in Pakistan
 
zn0k
2008-02-25 4:47:02 PM  
muck4doo: Kublai Khan: This is the state of the media today: more interested in discussing itself than actual news.

It's a natural part of the news cycle.
(Shameful plug warning)
You can learn more about it by reading Drew's book. There's a link right at the top of the page. It says "Buy The Book".

you could also just have common sense. but then you wouldn't get to suck up.
 
spiderpaz
2008-02-25 4:47:13 PM  
Clinton campaign commits felony fundraising violations

Watch the video


Updated 11:21 EST: For more information visit Hillcap.org. Reported in my comments, on Oct. 27 a 1-hour film will be shown at Dartmouth and at the Metropolitan Republican Club in N.Y. on Oct. 30.

For several days now, Google's Top Ranked Video watched, formerly called "Hillary Exposed" has become very popular and I can see why. It is Hillary Clinton in true form captured in her own words and actions. Makes you wonder if anything will come of it involving fraud?? Humm!!


"It is an amazing video- really amazing," Jim at Gateway Pundit stated on his blog along with looking back at Clinton Culture of Corruption years, at must read.

More from Gateway Pundit


UPDATE: This seems like a good time to look back at the the record-setting Clinton Culture of Corruption Years: **


* Number close to the Clinton machine who have been convicted of or pleaded guilty to crimes: 44
* Number of convictions during his administration: 33
* Number of indictments/misdemeanor charges: 61
* Number of imprisonments: 14
* Number of presidential impeachments: 1
* Number of independent counsel investigations: 7
* Number of congressional witnesses pleading the 5th Amendment: 72
* Number of witnesses fleeing the country to avoid testifying: 17
* Number of foreign witnesses who have declined interviews by investigative bodies: 19

The Clinton machine now holds the record for the administration with:

* The most number of convictions and guilty pleas
* The most number of cabinet members to come under criminal investigation
* The most number of witnesses to flee the country or refuse to testify
* The most number of key witnesses to die suddenly
* The greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions
* The greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions from abroad.
The Bush Administration has quite a bit of catching up to do!

** This list does not included the Norman Hsu donations scandal or the Hillcap scandal.
 
cjellibebi
2008-02-25 4:47:19 PM  
Barack Obama ejaculates rainbows
 
Jose628
2008-02-25 4:47:23 PM  
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Meatzilla
2008-02-25 4:47:43 PM  
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"A light will shine through that window, a beam of light will come
down upon you, you will experience an epiphany ... and you will
suddenly realize that you must go to the polls and vote for Obama"
- Barack Obama, Lebanon, New Hampshire. January 7, 2008.

Save us Obamawan Kenobi... you're our only hope!
 
mike_d85
2008-02-25 4:49:56 PM  
what_now: What, exactly, would you like the media to tell you about Obama?

Do we think there is some malfeasense in his background?
Do we think he's done something we don't know about?
Do we think he's hiding something?


I would rather the media focus on the issues, than search for something to "nail" the candidates on.

They all have beds in those tour busses...
 
Zombie Jerry Falwell
2008-02-25 4:50:09 PM  
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"I believe Hillary is not corrupt."
 
swankywanky
2008-02-25 4:50:13 PM  
FTA: There is a collective consciousness in journalism that causes all of us at pretty much the same time, to try and knock our icons off the very pedestals we created for them.

Bob, I'd like to know where you are right now, so I can walk up to you and give you the cockpunch you so rightfully deserve

//comments like that are why I got out of Journalism
 
hoohoodilly
2008-02-25 4:50:23 PM  
In 3rd grade, he ate his boogers with every meal.

nttawwt...
 
Wolfmanjames
2008-02-25 4:50:26 PM  
The press will thoroughly investigate Obama as soon as they're dome felatiating him.
 
Aarontology
2008-02-25 4:51:01 PM  
JohnCarter: //got photos of him with Osama in Pakistan

Impossible. I've got pictures taken at the same time of him in Afghanistan with Mullah Omar.
 
The Stealth Hippopotamus
2008-02-25 4:51:15 PM  
Jon Snow: Barack Hussein Obama doesn't say "please" or "thank you".

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EdNortonsTwin
2008-02-25 4:51:47 PM  
tbn0.google.com

You know who elses country's media didn't run negative about it's new dynamic leader? That's riiight...
 
vernonFL
2008-02-25 4:52:34 PM  
Barak Obama pees in the shower.
 
TeddyRooseveltsMustache
2008-02-25 4:53:36 PM  
vernonFL: Barak Obama pees in the shower.

Ooooh that gave me a chuckle. Nice job.
 
DrForrester
2008-02-25 4:55:28 PM  
He has purple lips!

/so he's obviously a witch
 
Raging Thespian
2008-02-25 4:55:33 PM  
I support Obama and even I know this should have had the Fark user image tag.
 
steamingpile
2008-02-25 4:55:54 PM  
spiderpaz: Why the republicans want Hillary to win:

Polls from 02/16

General Election: McCain vs. Obama
Reuters/Zogby, McCain = 40, Obama = 47, Result: Obama +7.0

General Election: McCain vs. Clinton
Reuters/Zogby, McCain = 50, Clinton = 38, Result: McCain +12.0


view source

Yes cause polls are always right just like the last couple of elections
 
True Value
2008-02-25 4:56:40 PM  
Hmmm...if you're Fox News you can report that Obama is not John McCain. That's negative for Fox News viewers.

/John McCain often differs with John McCain
 
mike_d85
2008-02-25 4:57:16 PM  
steamingpile:
spiderpaz: Why the republicans want Hillary to win:

Polls from 02/16

General Election: McCain vs. Obama
Reuters/Zogby, McCain = 40, Obama = 47, Result: Obama +7.0

General Election: McCain vs. Clinton
Reuters/Zogby, McCain = 50, Clinton = 38, Result: McCain +12.0


view source

Yes cause polls are always right just like the last couple of elections

I give that poll the "that's what I'd do" stamp of approval.
 
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