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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 06:37 PM Original message |
Why is Obama's experience questioned by MSM, while Thompson is mooned over for his "star" quality? |
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sutz12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. In fairness, F. Thompson was a senator from Tenn, IIRC |
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WiseButAngrySara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 06:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Hee Hee! It was in the original op! Eight unremarkable years. ....n/t |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 06:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. No, don't think so. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 07:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
25. He also served as counsel during Watergate. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. And liberals like Alec Baldwin "should just shut up" while Thompson "looks very presidential" |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. Why did we see weeks of Ann Nichole while the bu$h regime continued to commit crimes against |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. Thompson - if we could only find a clip of the Rosanne episode |
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Rusty MacHenry (164 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 07:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. I remember that episode |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 07:27 AM Response to Reply #5 |
27. I do. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 09:53 AM Response to Reply #5 |
32. Rosie probably doesn't own the rights to the series |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. What's really funny, I think, |
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sutz12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
7. Didn't he play a corrupt Senator in an old Melanie Griffith movie? |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
9. Will media remind us how, as DC lobbyist, Fred Thompson enabled the S&L crisis of the late 1980's? |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
10. because they see a ronald reagun moment |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 07:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. That's it in a nutshell, I think. nt |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 07:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. "nut shell" lol ... so very apropos! |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 07:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Bingo!!! |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
13. The US corporatemediawhores |
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youngdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
14. Well, let's be fair |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 07:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Hmmm, I don't think state senate=student council. Obama's experience is just fine. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 07:19 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. The state senate's like student council? Tell that to Abraham Lincoln. |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 07:25 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Ain't that the truth |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 07:27 AM Response to Reply #14 |
26. Yeah, all his years as District Attorney in Manhattan have to count for something. n/t |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
17. It's the difference between D and R. |
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BenDavid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 01:32 AM Response to Original message |
19. I have nothing bad to say about Obama, |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 06:44 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. What does this have to do with the subject? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 07:24 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Obama can take Ohio, now that Blackwell's gone. And he can take Florida |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
20. Because Thompson is a Republican, silly. n/t |
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NormanYorkstein (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
28. Oh well, let's take a wild guess... |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
29. Because Obama is toast in the general election, I'm sorry to say. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 09:28 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Why? All he'd have to do is take Kerry's states, plus Florida OR Ohio |
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Nedsdag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 10:22 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Can't anyone run a 50-state campaign anymore? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 10:28 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I was only disputing the idea that he couldn't carry enough states to win. |
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ripple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 09:49 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Oh, bullshit. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 03:58 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Look, I was a Dean supporter and he was able to raise money like this, also. |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
33. Obama is a serious threat, msm doing what it does best, change the topic content... |
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