Why Conservatives can't Whitewater Obama

[rightwinger]

Because of a wholly compliant and corrupt MSM?

Just a guess.

Oh yes.......the old "we are right, it's just the main stream media"

That's the best you can come up with?

Actually, that is he best that the Party of Personal Responsibility can come up with

 

[rightwinger]

To paraphrase a sleaze bag former president and husband of the former secretary/state "it's the media stupid". Clinton is still living proof that a president can get away with anything if he is a democrat.

Even contriving a phony excuse to start a war?

 

[Clementine]

I think reporters used to put their reputation above politics and went after any scandal and Republican scandals really got them excited.

Now, few media outlets have a desire to go after liberal politicians and it's likely because they support the agenda and don't want to see anything derail it. The latest scandals were just too big to ignore and the fact that the liberal media is covering it just means that they have no choice or they will completely lose all credibility. There are some who want to believe that reporters are still on the side of the public and strive to get the truth out. Obviously, some don't care as long as they hear what they want to.

The latest scandals are far worse than Watergate. Not only are millions of people being spied on, but no one in the administration is willing to take the fall. They've closed ranks and have all come up with the same statements, which is that they know nothing. Lerner took the 5th. Normally, this would get the media showing it's fangs and the investigative reporting would go into high gear. It has with certain media and now the others, in an attempt to keep the few viewers they have left, are trying to play catch-up, if only half-heartedly.

The facts aren't in dispute as far as the DOJ spying on media, the IRS illegally obtaining millions of medical records, the IRS targeting of conservatives and the government spying on millions of Americans. The only thing we don't know is exactly who is responsible.

I would suggest that the top dogs, meaning Valerie Jarrett and maybe Obama, would be turning things upside down looking for the guilty parties if their hands were clean. As it is, they are playing along with everyone else involved and pretending they haven't a clue and there is no anger or demands to get to the bottom of things. They avoid it and downplay the seriousness of the acts. This tells me that they are involved and they know if the truth begins to unravel, it will be bad for them. Why else would Obama have Holder investigate himself over the media spying and minimize the other issues? (There is no 'there' there, blah blah)

When the shit hits the fan like this, there will be one of two reactions from officials. Either they start digging for the truth or they start covering their asses. The Obama administration has done everything in it's power to make Benghazi and other issues go away. That is the exact opposite of seeking the truth and that is the most telling.

 

[francoHFW]

zzzzzzzzzzzzzz. MSM REPORTERS are Dems because they know what they're talking about (they're also journalists after the truth), but the Pub/apolitical management just want ratings and controversy, Too bad your "scandals" are Pubcrappe LOL. Clinton got away with nothing. Got impeached for a stupid BJ.N ixon, Reagan, and W lied, subverted the constitution, unbelievable you dupes are...

 

[Avatar4321]

To paraphrase a sleaze bag former president and husband of the former secretary/state "it's the media stupid". Clinton is still living proof that a president can get away with anything if he is a democrat.

Even contriving a phony excuse to start a war?

Did we ever get a reason why we went to war with Libya?

And yes, Clinton did a number phoney attacks to distract people from his impeachment.

 

[francoHFW]

To paraphrase a sleaze bag former president and husband of the former secretary/state "it's the media stupid". Clinton is still living proof that a president can get away with anything if he is a democrat.

Even contriving a phony excuse to start a war?

Did we ever get a reason why we went to war with Libya?

And yes, Clinton did a number phoney attacks to distract people from his impeachment.

A) Of course, to save tens of thousands of civilians and overthrow a terrorist dictator...

B) I thought "he failed to go after Osama" was the story now, ya gd a-hole Pubs and silly dupes. Unbelievable...

 

[CrusaderFrank]

How can Obama "spring into action" when he only learns he's in charge of things by reading the morning paper?

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[Dot Com]

How can Obama "spring into action" when he only learns he's in charge of things by reading the morning paper?

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lol. Good one Frank

DROID RAZOR? You on Verizon too?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

I'm at dca and am convinced that if it weren't for their trapped airport audience CNN would have absolutely no viewers

Their coverage of Obama scandals is "mean poopyheads who hate Obama"

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[Stephanie]

Even contriving a phony excuse to start a war?

Did we ever get a reason why we went to war with Libya?

And yes, Clinton did a number phoney attacks to distract people from his impeachment.

A) Of course, to save tens of thousands of civilians and overthrow a terrorist dictator...

B) I thought "he failed to go after Osama" was the story now, ya gd a-hole Pubs and silly dupes. Unbelievable...

, so taking out a dictator to save thousands of lives is admirable and just accepted no questions asked under Obama.. but not when Bush does the same thing only he did it the way it should be done, he asked CONGRESS and they APPORVED IT..
there's that two faced hypocrites we are used to

 

[Dot Com]

I used to watch Robin Meade on CNN in the morning 10 yrs ago. She was a real minx back then

 

[rightwinger]

To paraphrase a sleaze bag former president and husband of the former secretary/state "it's the media stupid". Clinton is still living proof that a president can get away with anything if he is a democrat.

Even contriving a phony excuse to start a war?

Did we ever get a reason why we went to war with Libya?

And yes, Clinton did a number phoney attacks to distract people from his impeachment.

Once again conservatives demonstrate their difficulties with equivalence

Iraq = Libya in their feeble minds

 

[francoHFW]

Libya= Iraq? O casualties vs 200,000. Made us friends as opposed to millions of jihadist enemies...

 

[bodecea]

oh well how dare they try and pin something on your dear Leader...as the article stated, he is given credit because people resign (that took some leading) but he not RESPONSIBLE for anything ELSE that happens under his rule...we got it..

When the RW crazies throw around words like "your Messiah" and "your dear Leader"....it just makes us laugh at their craziness more. Who can take comments like that and the people who make them seriously?

well bully for you..are we suppose to care?
and you petty libs on the board give atta boy for anything...shallow

And yet...here you are...caring very much Stephanie.

 

[GWV5903]

Why conservatives can't whitewater Obama - The Week

Twenty years ago, conservative media mavens seemed able to turn any minor flap into scandal gold, be it a decade-old land deal that lost money or a mundane replacement of White House travel office staff. They even pressured Bill Clinton, early in his first term, to accept an investigation led by an independent special prosecutor, which years later led to his own impeachment. Liberals, in disturbed awe of the Right's ability to control the media narrative, dubbed the conservative media the "Republican Noise Machine."

Yet today, no matter how loud conservatives scream "Benghazi," "Solyndra," "Fast and Furious" and even "Intim-O-Gate" (Glenn Beck's failed attempt to brand the IRS and leak investigation controversies), President Obama glides past. His poll numbers remain relatively stable.

1. Liberals finally learned how to fight back
When the 1988 George H. W. Bush presidential campaign derided Gov. Michael Dukakis with smear after smear, the Democrat fatally believed he could simply ignore it because "nobody's going to believe it." In the 1990s, Bill Clinton naively believed naming a special prosecutor would put to rest any doubts about his real estate dealings. In 2004, Sen. John Kerry thought he could wait a few weeks before responding to the "Swift Boat" attacks on his war record and avoid inadvertently spreading false smears.

But in 2008, the Obama campaign aggressively fought off smears

2. Conservatives have cried wolf too many times
Conservative firebrand Michelle Malkin futilely tried to tag Obama as fostering a "culture of corruption" in a book published merely six months into his presidency. Breathless charges of cronyism in the Solyndra matter proved to be baseless. You will not be surprised to learn that "Fast and Furious" was not a deliberate plot by Obama to ship guns to Mexican drug cartels, maximize cross-border gun violence, and con the public into accepting draconian gun control. These are a mere few examples of smears gone bust in the Obama era.

3. When something does go wrong, Obama is quick to take care of business
Martha Johnson, resigned. Robert Peck, fired. David Chaney, resigned. Greg Stokes, indefinitely suspended without pay. Louis Caldera, resigned.

Don't know who those people are? That's because President Obama got rid of them fast enough to prevent their minor scandals from being exploited by Republicans and becoming extended media soap operas.

Look, it is painfully clear millions of Americans have decided to stand in front of the bus and support this disgrace, they are welcome to do it...

At the same time there are also millions of Americans who know a worthless POS when they see one...

But you keep telling yourself this is the one, it's like the Jack in the Bean Stalk story, soon he will fall...

 

[Dot Com]

When the RW crazies throw around words like "your Messiah" and "your dear Leader"....it just makes us laugh at their craziness more. Who can take comments like that and the people who make them seriously?

well bully for you..are we suppose to care?
and you petty libs on the board give atta boy for anything...shallow

And yet...here you are...caring very much Stephanie.

she could care less!!! That would explain her posts all over this thread

 

[rightwinger]

Libya= Iraq? O casualties vs 200,000. Made us friends as opposed to millions of jihadist enemies...

Republicans even blocked funds for Libya

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Libya= Iraq? O casualties vs 200,000. Made us friends as opposed to millions of jihadist enemies...

Republicans even blocked funds for Libya

Obama blocked security for our Ambassador then ignored his calls for help

 

[healthmyths]

zzzzzzzzzzzzzz. MSM REPORTERS are Dems because they know what they're talking about (they're also journalists after the truth), but the Pub/apolitical management just want ratings and controversy, Too bad your "scandals" are Pubcrappe LOL. Clinton got away with nothing. Got impeached for a stupid BJ.N ixon, Reagan, and W lied, subverted the constitution, unbelievable you dupes are...

See this is a perfect example of unsubstantiated, OPINION based on MYTHS!!

REMEMBER NONE of these are my statements... BUT THE MEDIA!!!
85% of MSM vote Democratic
That is what Evan Thomas says in his own words...
"There is a liberal bias. It's demonstrable. You look at some statistics.
About 85 percent of the reporters who cover the White House vote Democratic, they have for a long time.
There is a, particularly at the networks, at the lower levels, among the editors and the so-called infrastructure, there is a liberal bias.
There is a liberal bias at Newsweek, the magazine I work for -
- Newsweek Washington Bureau Chief Evan Thomas — Newsweek's Evan Thomas on Inside Washington, May 12, 1996

"they have for a long time."

• In 1964, 94% of media professionals voted for Democrat Lyndon Johnson over Republican Barry Goldwater.
• In 1968, 86% voted for Democrat Hubert Humphrey over Republican Richard Nixon.
• In 1972, 81% voted for Democrat George McGovern over the incumbent Nixon.
• In 1976, 81% voted for Democrat Jimmy Carter over Republican Gerald Ford.
• In 1980, twice as many cast their ballots for Carter rather than for Republican Ronald Reagan.
• In 1984, 58% supported Democrat Walter Mondale, whom Reagan defeated in the biggest landslide in presidential election history.
• In 1988, White House correspondents from various major newspapers, television networks, magazines, and news services supported Democrat Michael Dukakis over Republican George H.W. Bush by a ratio of 12-to-1.
• In 1992, those same correspondents supported Democrat Bill Clinton over the incumbent Bush by a ratio of 9 to 2.
• Among Washington bureau chiefs and congressional correspondents, the disparity was 89% vs. 7%, in Clinton’s favor.
• In a 2004 poll of campaign journalists, those based outside of Washington, DC supported Democrat John Kerry over Republican George W. Bush by a ratio of 3-to-1. Those based inside the Beltway favored Kerry by a 12-to-1 ratio.
• In a 2008 survey of 144 journalists nationwide, journalists were 8 times likelier to make campaign contributions to Democrats than to Republicans.
• A 2008 Investors Business Daily study put the campaign donation ratio at 11.5-to-1, in favor of Democrats. In terms of total dollars given, the ratio was 15-to-1.

Research on Media Bias - Discover the Networks

FACT supporting his opinion..

1) There were 1,160 (85%) of the Senior executives, on-air personalities, producers, reporters, editors, writers and other self-identifying employees of ABC, CBS and NBC contributed more than $1 million to Democratic candidates and campaign committees in 2008, according to an analysis by The Examiner of data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics. an average contribution of $880. By contrast,
only 193 (15%) of the employees contributed to Republican candidates and campaign committees, for a total of $142,863.
The average Republican contribution was $744.
Obama, Democrats got 88 percent of 2008 contributions by TV network execs, writers, reporters | The Daily Caller

2) Now these same donors/news people of the stories about Romney in the 2012 campaign, 71% were NEGATIVE!!!
7 out of 10 stories presented a negative image of Romney.
Study Finds Widespread Bias in Mainstream Media Coverage of Election | Women of Grace

 

[Old Rocks]

The "Conservatives" have a bit of a problem. Their "Scandals" have been blowing back on them. They have been repeatedly caught in creating false e-mails, or altering communications so they state something other than what the originals did.