There is a media conspiracy against Clark

[Auntie Bush]

Judy Woodface on CNN just proved it to me. She was discussing who would make a good VP and she ran through the list and gave a few statements and pictures about each candidate. When she mentioned Wesley Clark his picture was removed the next second and they went on and showed Bob Graham singing a song. Clark was cut off just like a curse word. Judy said, "And there is Wes Clark..." bleep! Nothing else said. I swear he was bleeped out! I'm furious!
Did anyone else notice that?

[Richardo]

1. Maybe he said "F*ck CNN"

At least I hope he did. :evilgrin:

[Paradise]

11. i love it!

lol

[democratreformed]

2. Remember when our government put out a gag order on him during the

trial at the Hague? Some think that has never been lifted. I don't know but it is sure suspicious how they act toward him.

[Toucano]

3. This belongs in LBN!

Sorry to be sarcastic...I couldn't resist.

What I really want to know is, what are we supposed to do about it?

Send out some angry emails? Start an online petition? Force CNN's hand? Boycott them or their advertisers?

I think we should get our geek support staff together and hijack their satellite transmissions. The airwaves belong to the people, not the corporations, and if the FCC isn't going to mandate GENUINE fairness and equal time for opposing views, the people have to take the issue into their own hands.

Okay, I've said it. How long until the helicopters start circling me?

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[BootinUp]

9. lol, first the men in white coats have to get in

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[angryinoville]

13. It's not even a joke...

I mean seriously, we've all noticed this blatant omission of Clark's name by the media. Maybe we're only a small portion of America that go online like this and discuss politics, but we should put the word out that we're on to the media. Although, maybe we should keep it down, and let Kerry (if he's smart, and I pray that he is) surprise everyone by picking Clark.

[sadiesworld]

4. I'm a broken record on this one...

Clark has been crucified from the outset. I would submit that he is the only candidate to have been truly Gored in the primary process. Yes, the media exaggerated and played games with all the candidates, but Clark is the one they consistently lied about,e.g., phone call from the WH linking Iraq and 9/11,congressional testimony re Iraq, etc.

[Crachet2004]

5. The media is afraid of Kerry/Clark...

I think that is why they are pushing Kerry/Edwards. Clark would really help with independents,IMO. He has a sharp tongue, and would be an ideal 'hatchet man'-the traditional role for the VP on the campaign trail.

But we need to give Kerry some slack and let it develope. By July, the strategy will become more obvious...if we could get Florida, it's over!

To me, Clark would help the ticket in every state, but the leadership may think it's wiser to use the VP spot to target a specific state, region or set of issues.

Kerry has been outstanding so far, I can't believe he will blow this, first, biggest decision of his (hopefully) presidency.

Clark would be ok with me.

[OneBlueSky]

6. I agree 100% . . .

every listing of potential Kerry running mates I've read conspicuously omits Clark's name . . . why? . . . could it be because BushCo (and their media minions) are scared to death of a Kerry/Clark ticket? . . . I think so . . . Kerry/Clark would be bulletproof on national security and defense issues, thus depriving BushCo of their perceived advantage and thereby re-focusing the campaign to domestic issues . . . BushCo doesn't want to run on domestic issues, for obvious reasons . . . Kerry/Clark puts the ball squarely in our playing field, and that's something that scares them silly . . .

Kerry/Clark = a win in November, imo . . .

[in_cog_ni_to]

10. Now,

Does John Kerry know that? :shrug:

[Spazito]

7. I think the key to winning is for Kerry to choose...

someone who can attract independents and moderate republicans that are unhappy with Bush and his cabal. Clark can do that. Democratic votes alone will not win the election, the independents are crucial and moderate republicans would sew it up, imo.

[Nashyra]

8. Just now on Anderson Cooper

Well not just now, but on the begining of the program Kelly Wallace actually mentioned Clarks name as one of the first three, I think she actually said the better known, Clark Edwards and Graham

[mikehiggins]

12. Well, that's it for Kelly Wallace. She's toast.

Me, the way I see it, if Clark hadn't done that grassroots thing like Dean a lot of the powers-that-(think-they)-be wouldn't have been so quick to go after him like they did.

Populist movements are always anathema to the elitists who believe it is their right to run the world (for its own good). If people actually picked their own candidates and voted according to their own beliefs none of the talking assholes on tv would have a job at all.

It affronts them, and it makes them nervous at the same time, to have people out there making up their own minds, and backing it up with money and engagement. Like any established group, the media understand nothing about "grassroots" other than they don't like it, and the two candidates who had the heaviest involvement of ordinary Joe and Jane Sixpack's in their campaigns are the two candidates that came in for the most media abuse over the course of the primaries.

So, how do we deal with that? Stay organised and stay in touch, do stuff like identifying and supporting worthwhile candidates and, most important to my way of looking at things, GO AFTER the bad guys with money and support. Any group that can knock a couple of horror-show congresscritters out of the box, or give them a good fight in trying, will get paid attention to.

If you can HURT a politician, you can be sure everyone will start returning your calls in a hurry. That's just the way it works.

[Auntie Bush]

14. That's why all the Clark groups and Clark/Kerry groups

should stay united and work together.