By Deb Cupples on May 3, 2008 in ABC News, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Indiana, Media, Media Bias, Mickey Kantor, Obamedia, The War Room | 80 Comments
[Susan's Note: SluggoJD is doing more sleuthing, and we'll be posting his findings and insights later.]
Yesterday, a YouTube video spread throughout the blogosphere and media like mildew in a lazy bachelor’s shower stall. The clip’s audio is terribly unclear, but the editor inserted subtitles to give the false impression that Mickey Kantor, a former Bill [...]
By Deb Cupples on May 3, 2008 in Barack Obama, Gas Prices, Hillary Clinton, John McCain | 55 Comments
Today, I bought gas in North Florida: $3.79 a gallon for regular, up about 83 cents since early February. Friday, Exxon Mobil reported quarterly profits of $10.9 billion. Last quarter, Exxon listed the highest quarterly profits in U.S. corporate history ($11.66 billion), as well as record-high annual profits of $40.66 billion in 2007.
Exxon’s share [...]
By Deb Cupples on Apr 27, 2008 in ABC News, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Lobbyists | 78 Comments
Some bloggers are upset with Barack Obama for giving conflicting responses about the flag-pin non-issue (Little Green Footballs via Memeorandum). Aside from admiring Nancy Pelosi’s pearls, I don’t care about politicians’ jewelry.
I do care about mainstream media’s repeated failure to cover the more substantive misleading statements that Sen. Obama has made: chiefly, those about where [...]
By Deb Cupples on Apr 21, 2008 in Civil Rights, Commander in Chief, Economy, Employment, Flag officers, Foreign Policy, Health Care, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, John McCain, Soldiers/Veterans | 105 Comments
Pennsylvania’s primary is tomorrow, and TV ads are reportedly running round the clock, aimed at swaying undecided voters. Unfortunately, many campaign ads are not truly informative.
This morning, I thought again about why I support Hillary — reasons beyond the intelligence, warmth and wit that would make her a great Happy Hour partner. I [...]
By Deb Cupples on Apr 19, 2008 in Barack Obama, DNC, Democrats, Donna Brazile, Florida, Hillary Clinton, Howard Dean, Michigan | 57 Comments
In early March, I predicted that party leaders’ attempts to sway the Democratic presidential primaries would create a new wave of Independents. Since then, I’ve seen hundreds of comments from democrats expressing intent to register as Independents. Perfectly understandable.
For starters, the DNC’s disenfranchisement of Michigan and Florida (the fourth largest state) was neither forgivable nor [...]
By Deb Cupples on Apr 18, 2008 in ABC News, Barack Obama, Big Oil, Hillary Clinton, Lobbyists, PACs & Lobbying Groups | 16 Comments
Originally posted at the Buck Naked Politics blog.
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During Tuesday’s Clinton-Obama debate, the candidates were restrained but took a few jabs at each other. They made some policy statements, and each said that the other could beat John McCain. Blah, blah, blah. That’s what I figured I’d blog about.
As Barack Obama delivered the final words of [...]
By Deb Cupples on Apr 15, 2008 in Bamboozling, Barack Obama, Democrats, Fund raising, Hillary Clinton, Lobbyists, PACs & Lobbying Groups, Pharmaceutical Companies | 48 Comments
Originally posted at the Buck Naked Politics blog.
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In March, I objected to a fund-raising email (signed by Barack Obama), which claimed that Hillary Clinton was attacking Obama’s supporters. The implication: she’s coming after you, personally, the way Darth Vader went after Luke. Fostering a bellicose, with-us-or-against-us mentality worked for President Bush after 9/11, and Obama’s [...]
By Deb Cupples on Apr 9, 2008 in ABC News, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Media, Media Bias, Obamedia, Soldiers/Veterans | 23 Comments
Apparently, it’s media-bias week at BN-Politics. Some media outlets don’t even try to hide the fact that they’ve unofficially joined the Obama campaign. Some are more subtle: instead of worshiping Obama or trashing Hillary, they merely present or omit "facts" in a way that gives a vague impression.
Case in point: On Monday night, a segment [...]
