We have spent too much time whining and bickering amongst each other....
Some see the President as not perfect enough, others see the President as perfect enough..., and so the arguments ensue...
And in the meantime, these Beckying People have been allowed to rally a delusion and a lie about our Country. Doesn't this shit piss you off... don’t this make you angry!!!
My head shakes...
How did we allow ourselves to get so sidetracked, we know what the Media is capable of when we foolishly succumb to division and distraction. We get so busy arguing with one another that when we finally take a moment to breathe, we look up only to discover that some republican named Scott Brown is now occupying the seat of Teddy Kennedy, the man who was our Liberal Lion of the Senate, and even then, we continue to point fingers... It was your fault ... no, it was your fault...
To grant these Glenn Beckying Teabaggers relevance is nothing more than malpractice on all of our parts.
Come on people wake up, is this who we want controlling congress?
It wasn’t easy but there was a time when we battled not only the racist aspect of the Republican Party but the Corporate Run Media as well
The Media has set out to present a narrative to the rest of World that these Beckying Lunatics are a representation of all America, and in order for that narrative to be believed, they have given cover to the Teabaggers by propagandizing their artificial outrage as genuine.
When it comes to the President Achievements, you will find one or three things; many will find that the Media have gone out their way to not report on the President’s Accomplishments. You will find that the Media have gone out their way to misrepresent the President’s Accomplishments; or you will find that the Media have passively acknowledged the Achievements of the Obama Administration...
You will find that the Media have either gone out their way to allow a lie about President Barack Obama to manifest out there in the airways or they have gone out their way to play ignorant to all the FACTS....
How did David Gregory put it when asked about adding a PolitiFact to Meet the Press
accountability is "in the DNA" of his program. He said he had considered Mr. Rosen’s idea but concluded that people can fact check the program on their own online.
A commenter reminisces about the good old days
I have no idea how Tim Russert used to do it, but I can recall many times when someone would say something and within minutes Russert would dispute them and then find the quote, or the video of them saying the opposite. That was truly impressive.
Well those days seem to be almost gone with exceptions from those like Olbermann, Maddow, Hayes, Media Matters, Talking Points Memo, and Thinkprogress to name a few... These have become our Tim Russerts, They care enough about the truth, that the believe is their duty to take down a lie. Is it people like this group who are ready to assist Americans with the facts the moment the lie comes out the opponents mouth; but they can't do it alone, so I ask, Where is our Rally at today?
What happened Democrats why have we decided to allow them to steal the Dream Away...
Remember Election Time 08, in the beginning, the Media and Pundits thought Barack Obama was the irrelevant candidate, and they made the calculated decision not to focus on the young Senator from Chicago, Illinois... but the Media soon learned...
Question: Who was it that NBC sent out to cover Barack Obama during the 08 Election
Was it their Top Gun Correspondents, (smile), why of course not, "America wasn’t ready to elect a Black Man" so why waste the valuable time of those "Skilled Quality Reporters". This Barack Obama Guy would be a forgotten candidate before the first vote is cast in Iowa, so why bother; it wasn’t like he was the first African American to run for President, you know Jesse Jackson ran for President too and look how far he got...
As I remember, Andrea Mitchell was assigned to cover Clinton, because they thought Clinton was going to be the Rock Star on the Left. I believe that it was Kelly O’Donnell who was assigned to cover McCain; they thought he was going to be the Rock Star on the Right; and does anyone remember who NBC assigned to cover Obama? After assigning reporters to the rest of the 08 Candidates, who was left to cover the young Senator from Illinois? Well they sent out what they thought would be an irrelevant Chicago based reporter to cover what they thought would an eventually irrelevant candidate from Chicago.
The assigned coverage of Barack Obama went to a NBC reporter from Chicago by the name of Lee Cowan. I guess NBC figured they could spare him for a few months and then after that, he’ll be back reporting on patient dumping and things of that sort, but it would be Lee Cowan who would be the winner of the Million Dollar Powerball of Presidential Candidates, and can you imagine the envy... It would he who would witness the surprising Presidential emergence of Barack Obama.
In retrospect, Cowan was actually the best reporter Obama could have had assigned to him; he was untainted by Talking Points and Washington Political Spin, he was just a Chicago Based Reporter, reporting the facts as they were presented..
The Dynamic were set in play
The Media tried not to cover Obama because they never believed he would win, but it was the power of who we were, that forced the media’s hand; that forced the media to start paying attention to a movement that was no longer going be held hostage by fear from the Cheney Tyrant Administration.
Trust me, the Media and Pundits didn’t start covering Barack Obama because they wanted to do it, they did it because they had to it; our rallies began to grow at a pace where we could no longer be ignored.
Obama filled up Basketball Arenas, Football Stadiums, outside Parks; Obama’s Rallies drew 10,000 and then it went to 35,000, from there it was 75,000 in Portland, Oregon and Kansas City, Missouri, Denver Colorado drawing 100,000, and outside the US drawing 200,000 in Berlin, Germany.
Even though the Media and Pundits began to mock Barack Obama popularity, we never wallowed. They mocked him for every word he stated and every place he went; but he just let it roll off his shoulders and kept it pushing. And yes they even mocked us The Powerful Obamanation, but we never allowed that to deter us, we never faltered, we stayed strong, we stayed focused, and in the end, it was the Obamnation that got the last laugh....
And so I ask again, Where is our Rally now?
Oh the BLOGS, I do not think so...
Why have we faltered, why have we lost focus, why are we now giving the Glenn Beckyngs, Sarah Palins and the Fox News the last laugh... Yeah, I know President Obama said to hold him accountable but he also said it wasn’t going to be easy, but that latter seems to have cause a lot amnesia on many of our parts...
This is who we were:
The left-wing blogosphere is MUCH more powerful than what you see on the right this cycle and it reminds us of the advantage Bush had in '04. While we all know about that so-called right-wing voice machine, don’t forget that there is now a left-wing noise machine (on the internet) as well. And it has found its voice.
This who is we should be:
Get that? We changed the media narrative. Right there, we changed it. Instead of talking about the candidate's responses, the chatter is about ABC, Charlie Gibson, and George S.
but sadly this is who've become:
The left-wing blogosphere is MUCH more powerful than what you see on the right
the liberal Netroots -- which aren't always on the same page
2008 Election
Having the power and not being on the same page is where we are today.
The attacks on this President began almost from the time he took the oath of office. The attacks were coming from both sides.
The attacks from the Right were to be expected because that is what they do when change threatens their Dictatorial life style, the tyrants will do everything they can to retain power; but the attacks from the left has made sad and shockingly disappointed.
Many of us never allowed this President to get his foot good enough into the door before we went on the attack. We never even allowed him enough time to assess how badly things really were; some of us just naively believed that the moment President Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in to office, the he would quickly being the process of performing all of our miracles at once. We subjectively believed that it would be our personal causes, that he would tackle first; and like little spoiled children we’ve stumped our feet and folded our arms in pout, when it did not happen
Peta attacked him because he didn't get a Shelter Dog. I must when I listened to the Ron Reagan show on this, people were calling crying and upset... Amazing....
Michael Moorewent after President on General Motors. and the Republican went after the President of GM
Jonathan Turleycriticized President Obama Supreme Court of Sonia Sotomayo saying she lacks Intellectual Depth and The Republican Criticized the President Pick, well just because their Republicans.
Did we not see the Huffington Post change right before our eyes attacking the President...... the place has become infested with trolls.
It seemed like every other hour their Headlines read, Fire Geithner, Fire Summer, Huffington Post the Tim Geithner Stalker, Bold Faced their headlines via John Boehner , From Right to Left, Fire Geithner, quoting Boehner with credibility had the Huffing Post reaching a level of pathetically desperate. ....
..... This Diary is incomplete but the words are needed now... I will work on it when I can... suggestions are welcomed as well...