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Related: About this forumModerator Accidentally Whispers “Oh God” Into Mic When Bernie Brings Up Vietnam
It was the reflexive response of an antsy kid who just had to listen to grandpa talk about his Iraq war vote for the 52nd time, and if you werent paying close attention, you almost certainly would have missed it.
Link with video: http://gawker.com/moderator-accidentally-whispers-oh-god-into-mic-when-1758651605
I thought the moderators were framing most of their questions out of the gate from a bizarre right-wing angle (towards both candidates), and this sort of confirmed my suspicions.
jalan48
(13,883 posts)libdem4life
(13,877 posts)look at and listen to the scroll of dead Americans on the Wall...who either died for her little "Oh, God" flippant dismissal.
Shameful. Fire Her.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)One survived, the other didn't.
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)Fire her. I didn't see who it was...then let her have it...the truth that many of us bear for her flippant "Oh, god."
malletgirl02
(1,523 posts)If you feel that strongly you really should contact PBS. the moderator probably won't be fired, but at least you know you made your voice heard.
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)stillwaiting
(3,795 posts)They are NOT to be trusted.
Mockingbirds.
Mufaddal
(1,021 posts)At least not in the conventional sense. But then, I haven't watched it much in a long time.
stillwaiting
(3,795 posts)Damn shame really.
Mufaddal
(1,021 posts)since that's roughly when I "cut the cord" on my TV.
TalkingDog
(9,001 posts)I considered that they had thrown in the towel.
Mufaddal
(1,021 posts)How is Bernie letting Hillary get away with being some kind of advocate for improving the lives of low-wage workers or being pro-gun control when she sat on their board from 86-92? Safe to say their treatment of workers wasn't any better then, and they were certainly still the largest distributor of guns in the country. He already goes after the Walton family. I hope he starts taking the Walmart talking point to its logical conclusion; and I believe there is a way for him to do that which is principled. The point is to keep it about the broader issue of--again--the incestuous relationship between corporate America and our political system. All he needs to do is point out Hillary's relationship here, but couch it in the terms: "this isn't about personal attacks; I don't believe Hillary wanted to be in this kind of position, but this is just the way the game is rigged, Republicans and Democrats alike are stuck in this crap system, and we need to change that."
shanti
(21,675 posts)that tells you something right there. there's still plenty worth watching on pbs though.
tk2kewl
(18,133 posts)sarge43
(28,945 posts)"Let's you and him fight."
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Mufaddal
(1,021 posts)"put the snobby journos in DC sucking up to Kissinger in a time machine that transforms them into a Cambodian villager staring up at a B-52"
https://twitter.com/lhfang/status/697993282215759873
olddots
(10,237 posts)are they devil's advocates , insult comics or TV Personalities ? TV is evil furnature .
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)We watched Washington Week for years...then I don't remember exactly if it was about 2008 that we got so MAD...she was making just snarky comments, must have been about Obama...it then seemed to blatant that she was either Republican leaning or the very right side of any Democrat. She's another, in the beltway bubble.
Never watched the show again.
mikehiggins
(5,614 posts)This country has no sense of history. It is an open question as to whether our destruction of South East Asia under Nixon/Kissinger is/was worse than what Bush/Cheney did in the Middle East but what kind of a question is that for our country to have to ask?
How did we come to this? Two destructive and world destroying LOST wars. Is that the US heritage after winning against the Nazis?
And cluster bombs? And land mines? And 50,000 dead Iraqi kids was worth it to Allbright?
We have to elect Sanders. He is literally the last chance for me.
in_cog_ni_to
(41,600 posts)Clinton who brought the Vietnam era to the forefront when she fawned all over the war criminal, Kissinger, so don't blame Bernie for enlightening people about just who that asshole is!
PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE
dae
(3,396 posts)Foundation! Doesn't seem "kosher" to me.