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annabanana

(52,791 posts)
1. He must have gone to the john, or gone out for coffee.. I don't believe he
Thu Jun 14, 2012, 03:01 PM
Jun 2012

heard the same speech I did...

EC

(12,287 posts)
9. That's what I screamed at Alter when he said
Thu Jun 14, 2012, 04:16 PM
Jun 2012

that. Obama was talking...he was telling us up front what was what, without the flowery words and phrases...just straight talk. I appreciated it and felt I was in the room listening to a man speaking to me.

 

butterfly77

(17,609 posts)
3. Alter seems to think..
Thu Jun 14, 2012, 03:02 PM
Jun 2012

We need his stamp of approval and how in the hell does he tell us what we think when he just finished giving the speech. Alter seems to be looking for some new tactic because he can't handle the truth.

 

butterfly77

(17,609 posts)
14. Alter is now back on ed schultz..
Thu Jun 14, 2012, 08:23 PM
Jun 2012

saying that we who don't agree with his accessment of the speech don't know how to access the President's speech he says we only hear soundbites. I guess that means we are not thinking if we don't follow his storyline.

 

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)
4. Good thing Martin's on
Thu Jun 14, 2012, 03:03 PM
Jun 2012

Jonathan Alter probably fell asleep. So the President lost the crowd during a 55 minute speech? LOL!

 

Larkspur

(12,804 posts)
5. Alter is anti-populist
Thu Jun 14, 2012, 03:04 PM
Jun 2012

so if Obama was using populist rhetoric, that explains why Alter hated the speech.

pinto

(106,886 posts)
7. Which is why I seldom watch the talking heads follow up, especially immediately after I just
Thu Jun 14, 2012, 03:08 PM
Jun 2012

listened to a speech. I can form my own opinion, thanks.

JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)
10. MOst of them are too busy not talking about the lies Romney told ... except
Thu Jun 14, 2012, 04:19 PM
Jun 2012

Martin Brashir ... he did point out a few of Romney's lies.

 

bigdarryl

(13,190 posts)
11. MSNBC is in the let's fuck with Obama mood
Thu Jun 14, 2012, 04:23 PM
Jun 2012

Tweety was all over the President yesterday on his show.I have been watching Lifetime Movies when he's on the only time I watch MSNBC is when Al Sharton is On and Rachel Maddow and Lawrence

monmouth

(21,078 posts)
12. I'm getting down to a damned precious few to watch on MSNBC. I used to start with MJ but that went
Thu Jun 14, 2012, 04:40 PM
Jun 2012

off the rails, Andrea is unwatchable and Chuckie is...well, Chuckie.

Beaverhausen

(24,472 posts)
13. They want the repubs to spend lots of that Citizens United cash on their network
Thu Jun 14, 2012, 04:45 PM
Jun 2012

they will not bite the hand that feeds them.

senseandsensibility

(17,146 posts)
15. Remember the puff piece he wrote on Arte Duncan?
Thu Jun 14, 2012, 09:00 PM
Jun 2012

He thinks he's the savior of education. He also was a pushover during the bush years until it was very, very safe not to be.

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