Comments on: Do You Doubt MSM Bias? This Maliki Statement Should Settle That

By: msmartin

msmartin — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:22:00 +0000

Change for many, not just a few.

By: Jocko

Jocko — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:16:29 +0000

In light of the fact that the Republican party has appointed more blacks to cabinet positions than Clinto did, 98 % of the black community will not vote for McCain,a white candidate, with a black candidate running against him.

1.Is this racist?

2.If not, what changes does the black community expect when he is elected ?

By: msmartin

msmartin — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:22:00 +0000

Change for many, not just a few.

By: Jocko

Jocko — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:16:29 +0000

By: Lynne

Lynne — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:55:29 +0000

At this point….my God…is John McCain walking around with a “Kick Me” sign on his back? For real, if the MSM really highlighted the relevant happenings around these two camps as they should….I think it would actually work to McCain's advantage because it would actually look like they were picking on a little old man…even though it would just be accurate reporting. I mean….McCain's campaign right now is better left to its own devices..they are literally too easy of a mark. I didn't see that before…I do now. Just look at the happenings in the last 48 hours…wow…..watching the goof-up on Good Morning America today, I just teared up for McCain…it was that bad.

By: GreenLadyHere

GreenLadyHere — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:29:12 +0000

msmartin: AMEN – BIG TIME!!!!

By: D.

D. — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:49:19 +0000

If it helps, I understood where you were going……. :)

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:46:14 +0000

Thanks for the apology, D. I am sometimes not really good at articulating things about whose reality we're centering, though I almost always feel it really strongly (though not in words) and feel a sort of wrongness when something is off.

I'm pretty limited, on this one, though — I don't know how much I can contribute to a discussion of this … I too easily get disoriented and already don't express things very clearly.

But again, I appreciate your comment and apology.

By: D.

D. — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:34:25 +0000

Then that's a different discussion, and I'll apologize for my snarkiness. Working on trying to act civilized.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:28:23 +0000

I missed that piece, D.

I think I stand by what I am saying, though ... there is something off in looking at this from such a US-is-the-center-of-reality perspective when we are actually talking about someone else's country.

But I don't think I am very good at saying this clearly.

And you are playing games with words in your response and it is ugly to me. Actual dialogue - not possible here.

By: D.

D. — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:20:40 +0000

….which was a reply to Ronnie saying that Maliki said he was misquoted/taken out of context. He wasn't; he knew what he was saying.

So, do tell….where does your comment fit in? Looking through my lens, I'm not really sure….

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:12:31 +0000

That was a reply to D's comment starting with “Bullshit, Iraq:”

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:11:08 +0000

Iraq is an actual country where actual real human beings actually LIVE. It is occupied by the U.S military. This is actual lived reality for people.

Looking through this lens, your concerns seem shallow and self-absorbed.

By: rikyrah

rikyrah — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:09:08 +0000

not just you.

By: Karmi

Karmi — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:50:31 +0000

NYT REJECTS MCCAIN'S EDITORIAL; SHOULD 'MIRROR' OBAMA More media bias, and once again…in Obama’s favor.

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Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:44:32 +0000

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By: GreenLadyHere

GreenLadyHere — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:37:50 +0000

rikyrah: GREAT POST – as usual!

By: GreenLadyHere

GreenLadyHere — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:36:10 +0000

msmartin: YEP! I did suggest, on another post, that we could communicate our displeasure[O.K., anger] to Black commentators, e.g., Mr. Roland Martin, etc. who appear on some MSM programs. Let them “carry the message”.

By: GreenLadyHere

GreenLadyHere — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:31:45 +0000

Sepia: My suggestion: Continue our communications with Black media and make this a CENTRAL POINT. For example – Mr. Roland Martin, ? Robinson, etc. appear on various cable media. They could “take the message”. Just a thought.

By: D.

D. — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:10:52 +0000

So, question:

Is the point to.....

1. highlight that Obama's timetable was "endorsed" by the Iraqis, or
2. to "destroy" McCain for not accepting a timetable?

Keep in mind that both candidates have said that we will have to draw down from Iraq.