If you happen to tell an Obama voter that there’s media bias they look at you like you’re a stark raving lunatic. I’m not kidding. People who watch the Obama Media really believe Barack Obama has a lot of experience and Sarah Palin is a complete dunce. They’re baffled when they hear that Sarah Palin is the Governor of one of only 9 states with a budget surplus, and so what if she is.
Apparently, these people believe that when Republicans are in charge a budget surplus just happens. Yet when things go wrong it’s the fault of Republicans. I suppose it’s not surprising if people’s only source of news is the likes of ABC News. This morning George Stephanopoulos gave credit to Barack Obama for the recent rally on Wall Street, starting with his 3:00 PM Friday leak of Tim Geithner as Treasury Secretary. As pointed out by Noel Sheppard at NewsBusters, Stephanopoulos failed to address any other possible reasons for the stock rally.
Interesting that Stephanopoulos knew exactly what time Obama leaked the information concerning Geithner two Fridays ago, but chose not to discuss WHY it was leaked at that hour. After all, for the previous two weeks, the final hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange had been absolutely brutal with many big down days seeing most of their losses in the final 60 minutes.
Maybe more important, the Friday in question was the day options on many stocks and stock futures expired which typically creates a lot of volatility. By leaking the information about Geithner at 3:00, the Obama team must have known how this would impact such a normally hectic day, and that those with short positions — meaning that they’re betting on stocks going lower — might have been forced to buy in the final hour to either protect profits or prevent losses.
Stephanopoulos chose not to address the likelihood that this was exactly why the Obama team leaked the information at that time rather than waiting until after the market closed.
What also eluded Stephanopoulos were other key events that happened last week which were likely more the cause of the rally continuing. For instance, the announcement Monday morning that ailing Citicorp was going to get more funds from the government as well as guarantees on all their troubled loans sparked a huge rally in financial stocks which provided much-needed confidence that the banking system wasn’t in imminent danger of a total collapse.
Beyond this, mortgage rates plummeted last week suggesting that the credit markets are finally beginning to ease, and that financial institutions, after almost three months of inactivity, were more interested in lending. The impact such a thawing could have on all industries is huge, and was a big factor in last week’s stock explosion.
Lest we not forget that the shares of GM and Ford more than doubled last week as investors became more confident there would be some federal moneys going to the ailing auto makers. Read full article.
Don’t hold your breath waiting for the media’s Obama love fest to end any time soon. Welcome to the Disinformation Age.
What Media Bias??? Like the total lock-out of any stories having to do with the validity of Obama’s birth certificate???
“Open Letter to Mr. Obama will be published in the Chicago Tribune on both Monday, December 1, 2008 and Wednesday, December 3, 2008. It will appear in the main news section. . .The Open Letter to Mr. Obama is a formal Petition for a Redress (Remedy) for the alleged violation of the “natural born citizen” clause of the Constitution of the United States of America. Mr. Obama is respectfully requested to direct the Hawaiian officials to provide access to his original birth certificate on December 5-7 by our team of forensic scientists, and to provide additional documentary evidence establishing his citizenship status prior to our Washington, D.C. press conference on December 8.”
Let’s see what happens if and when it actually gets published!
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DIsinformation = false or misleading information.
But I don’t think we’re in the Disinformation Age. That’s too politically correct, sanitizes what’s really occurring.
We’re in the Age of Lies.
Even deceit seems to soft and PC here.
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[...] George Bush Dan Maffei humor communism middle class Conservatives unions lies Birth Certificate Economy VP economic plan tax plan change William Ayers Bill Ayers ACORN taxes Democratic National Convention Barney Frank speech Bailout … Original post [...]
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I beg to differ in the matter regarding Mr. Obama’s abilities. I have solid knowledge that he can do and does many outstanding feats – the polar caps stopped melting, the Mumbai attack would have been much worse hadn’t been for his being elected US president, etc., etc….
best regards -
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You need to look no farther than the Zogby Exit Polls to know that Obama supporters are on average not the brightest bulbs in the box.
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The msm wont cover the chicago tribune story on oliars b.c. or anything else that shows that one in a bad light. This country has been lost to the far left fringe wing of the dumbocrat party…….brazille, reid, pelosi, kennedy, daschle, richardson to name a few of its disgusting inhabitants. I am waiting to see if the scotus will defend our constitution and do what they should. If they dont, law and order is over and the supreme court will just become irrelevent. Let our revolution begin……
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You are all Nazi idiots. Go back and crawl under the rock from which you came. Print this.
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Bishop and his/her remarks typify the dim bulbs who voted for and support Barack Hussein “Clinton FDR Lincoln JFK” Obama.
Note that he/she cannot offer anything other that some knee-jerk, adolescent statement.
Note, too, that he/she dares you to print the statement.
This person represents why Ameica is in such spiritual, intellectual and emotional trouble.
And why so many people voted for Obama.
And why he and they are such threats to America and our Constitution.
One final thing: I’ll bet that bishop knows nothing about the Nazis. What they did. When they did it. Why they did it. How they did. And for how long they did it.
If he/she did, then this fascist would never call anyone a Nazi.
Perhaps he and his ilk should take trips to Europe, after they’ve read some history, though not washed in the liberal/policitally correct stain, and see a concentration camp. Try Dachau. Or Auschwitz.
But, then, for them to make that trip would require courage to face truths they don’t want to face.
And it would require an intellecual honesty they seem to lack.
Nazi idiots?
What typical Obamaite.
With such as this person, there is no hope of America being united.
But, then, there’s none with Obama at the helm, either.
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News for you neo-cons/conservatives
The United States is a democratic republic. We still vote for those we want to represent us. What’s the matter devilspeak and friends? Can’t stand it when you lose an election?
CKA- “The Age of Lies?” The last 8 years have been nothing but. You remember your history right? The “big lie” was used all the time. Look at Dick Cheney and his claim that Iraq was involved with 9/11. You tell people the lie long enough and they believe it. As it worked for Bush/Cheney it worked for the fascist and communist regimes until they were thrown on the ash heap of history where they belong.
Speaking of lies, all this Obama is a “Socialist” nonsense. If you people every read anything or thought for yourselves you would know Obama is a MODERATE…always has been.
But I forgot. Your idea of presidential timber is George Bush or Sara Palin. Bush is an unmitigated disaster for the country- financially and Constitutionally-Bill of Rights-what’s that?…Let’s invade Iraq-It will be easy! No understanding of history. Where is he now? Wandering around the White House with nothing to say? Palin has such intellectual gifts when asked “what newpapers do you read” she has no answer. Come on. When asked any question her response is a bunch of talking points strung together that make no sense. Budget surplus in Alaska…really…we had a budget surplus in the Federal government until Bush got his hands on it.
As to the current financial meltdown I’m looking at the hedge fund managers who have dumped stocks to cover their own 30-1 margins and Cox, another Republican, who got rid of the up-tick rule.
This election was won by the people who actually follow finance and politics. We have choosen a person with the intellect and temperament to solve problems.
The Republican party will be out of power for the next 20 years after what they have done to the country.
Bye Bye
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John – The US is a republic? Gee, thanks for sharing that, we had no clue. As far as the financial meltdown, look to your own party, buddy. Do Franklin Raines, Chris Dodd and Barney Frank ring any bells?
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Dear John;
We have welcomed you with open arms and you have spurned all our advances, it is with heavy hearts that we must set you adrift to seek your own.
Sincerely, Wisdom&Common sense
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And you bishop, tsk…tsk…tsk…………….a Troll without a clue.
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Gary, aren’t these trolls fun? I would delete their comments but I think it’s better to leave them up. They say more about themselves than we ever could:-)
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CKA in Red State USA,
Thanks for the reply, thought I would get a bite from a blowhard like you. Do you just troll around all the right-wing blogs and post your weak attempts at intellectual arguments?
Let me answer some of your BS assumptions you made about me:
1 I’m a male, so you can drop the PC stuff.
2 I make so called adolescent statements in response and in the same stream of reason as the blog article and some of the responses.
3 You call me “dim”, funny I have lived most my life trying to get away from the high expectations people have had on my intelligence, 126 GT score and 128 IQ.
4 I was a registered Republican, now Independent.
5 I used the term Nazi to show how the far right that troll around these sites are facists, so kudos to you for at least properly identifying what part of the political spectrum the far right and nazis come from.
6 I have been to Europe many times, lived there awhile, I have also been to Auschwitz.
7 In response to your courage slime, punk, I’m a 16 year veteran of the US Army. I have been stationed around the world, from Europe to Korea, and deployed to many countries in between. As an Infantryman, I have faced rounds fired in anger at me, and I have fired back. Some of those rounds have found their target. I have numerous awards including a couple for valor and a Purple Heart.
8 I enlisted and raised my right hand to protect the Constitution of the US.
So I will agree that I did start this specific argument by labeling some of you, but this is what I have been observing from many of you for many years. And don’t say that you didn’t do it first, you just did it on this site (and other sites I have seen you on) by bastardizing the President-Elect’s middle name.
So if you want to dispute your actions more, well then bring it on. If you want to challenge me on honor and courage, then I’ll make myself available to meet you here at Ft Bragg anytime, but hurry, I deploy back to Iraq, maybe Afghanistan in June 09.
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