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BlueNomad Donating Member (494 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 11:50 AM
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Why Isn't the Discrediting of O'Neill being Covered?
I was unable to watch Nightline last night but it sounds as though the show was a tremendous help to Kerry's side of the story yet I watched all the news shows--cable this morning and read my Washington Post thoroughly and saw nor heard anything. Did anyone in the media pick up Nightline's story anywhere????
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JPace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 12:04 PM
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1. Good question.....
I hope its just that the media is slow to pick up
on anything supportive of Kerry. Maybe they will
do it eventually.
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Toucano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 12:05 PM
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2. There are no lesbians involved in the story. n/t
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LynnTheDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 03:22 PM
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11. We could accuse O'Neill of being one.
THAT would sure discredit him once & for all with the RWWs. :D
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SidDithers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 05:24 PM
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19. Exactly nt
Sid
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NightOwwl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 12:06 PM
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3. O'Neill doesn't think he was discredited...
He and his cohorts would just use the controversy to make the rounds of the "news" shows to bash Kerry.

BTW, I think there is something seriously wrong with O'Neill. The only emotion I have ever seen that man show is anger. I have never seen him smile, let alone laugh. He's a bitter, unhappy man who desperately needs help, and if circumstances were different I might feel sorry for him.
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jonnyblitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 12:09 PM
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5. yup. and the freepers thought O'Neill kicked Coppel's ass...
Edited on Fri Oct-15-04 12:10 PM by jonnyblitz
so "who won the debate" on nightline is in the eye of the beholder(although it is obvious to us). Tis all subjective.
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Mz Pip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 12:09 PM
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4. Because it might help Kerry
Wouldn't want that would we FAUX and CNN?

MzPip
:dem:
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WiseMen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 12:11 PM
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6. Why Didn't the Clearing of Sandy Berger get any press. Smear is news
Unless we make noise the media won't treat the truth as news.
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BUSHOUT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 03:08 PM
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7. I'm amazed about this too. I would have thought these were bombshells....
- new INDEPENDENT witnesses saying there WAS a superior force and a firefight.

- new INDEPENDENT witnesses saying the MAN in VC attire (not boy in loincloth) with the rocket launcher was a provincial military leader.

- somebody w/cameraman was there 6 months ago asking questions and saying Kerry didn't deserve his medals.

- John O'Niel presented himself as a flake....and gave the impression that he's dishonest by avoiding questions.

It was amazing....

Maybe it'll take a couple days to sink in?
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LynnTheDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 03:21 PM
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10. WHY??? The media ALWAYS KNEW it was all bullshit.
MOST the media pundits today were THERE when they discredited O'Neill & his gang 32 years ago.

And of all people, we have to give Dildo O'Reilly credit for admitting it right from the start. And many pundits DID resist giving time to the Liars; Rush & Co shrieked for days at how the media was refusing to cover the SBLiars 24/7.

The media had their fun, now it's OVER.

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BUSHOUT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 03:39 PM
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12. If you think it's over, you're not in the land of reality.
Maybe O'Niel WAS discredited, but that was then and this is now.
There are NEW revelations from Nightline last night.

Go to this topic, read why it's news and tell me if it's not important.

It's time to turn the media against the SBVT gang. We've got the opportunity and all we can yip about is lesbians.

bah.
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LynnTheDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 03:53 PM
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14. I saw the show, thanks.
But it's ALWAYS been total bullshit and the majority of the media has always KNOWN it's been total bullshit and many have said so...but as always, the radical rightwingnuts are very LOUD.

But feel free to yip about whatever you like. :)
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59millionmorons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 03:10 PM
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8. It's called jumping the shark
He and his group did that about a month ago. Knobody cares about him or them anymore they have been so discredited already.
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BUSHOUT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 04:05 PM
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15. But if nobody cares about them, why do we care about "Stolen Honor" and...
why did the swiftboatvetlyingpigdog ads get credited with hurting Kerry before the debates?

We need to push this baby.

go here and PUSH!
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 03:15 PM
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9. If you have a local cable news station
...that does a continuous local or regional news show, CHECK THEIR LISTINGS. In some regions, they RESHOW the previous night's NIGHTLINE in the evening around nine or ten p.m. They also rerun PRIMETIME Live, but it's NIGHTLINE you really want to see!
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Fluffdaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 03:41 PM
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13. D@mn guys give it time. This story has legs.
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NightOwwl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 05:19 PM
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17. Gotta disagree.
You won't hear a peep unless it's Ted Koppell reading next weeks hate email he gets for "smearing" the Swift Boats.

We've got to pick our fights, this one deserves our attention: SBG's 90 minute Kerry hate-fest.

http://www.boycottsbg.com/advertisers/default.aspx


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ciaobox Donating Member (796 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 04:07 PM
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16. It's up to YOU
We need to pound the media like the one legged whor that it is to get this story covered. You can do it but we need focus and organization.
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NightOwwl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 05:23 PM
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18. Forget about it.
Your energy will be better spent against Sinclair Broadcasting Group and their blatant use of OUR airwaves to show a 90 minute Kerry smear disguised as news. Here's where you can make a difference.

http://www.boycottsbg.com/advertisers/default.aspx
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BUSHOUT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 05:27 PM
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20. They can't see the news for the lesbians
Go here for talking points and email them:

DU link

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Shopaholic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-04 05:28 PM
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21. It's all Mary all the time
no one cares about things like the TRUTH and exposing a fraud for what it is.
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