CNN Fair & Balanced: Arlen Specter & Joe Lieberman -

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Leave it to CNN to present both sides of the story........ :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm:

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1. Oddly enough, Specter sounds like the Democrat in these discussions.

[mwb970]

8. Specter was the Democrat and Joe was the right-wing wacko.

Weird. Also weird was them identifying Joe as (D). I thought he was (I) or (POJ) or something.

[Quetzal]

2. Wolf Blitzer just reminded Holy Joe

that Syria had nothing to do with 9/11

[Pirate Smile]

3. Now Lieberman is joining the Pelosi bashing. Disgusting. Pathetic.

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12. And Specter saying he had been to Syria...Cross the aisle joe. get the fuck out of here.

[librechik]

4. curious lineup on MTP also--2 RW pitbulls, a couple journalists

as they attack the democrats plan, no one there to speak up for the majority. Kate O'Beirn says "the Dems THINK they have public opinion on their side, but blah bl;a blah won't work against his imperial majesty and me..."

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6. Kate O'bierne is one of the most obnoxious talking heads I've ever seen.

and the politics of last Nov. 7th should have muzzled her kind of shit, but alas....

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11. That drives me crazy. RW advocates - opinion writers and then straight

news people who aren't going to stick for the Democrats when the RW'ers do their thing.

Sunday balance. :eyes: :wtf: :grr:

[Marr]

13. Funny. For the last few years, their constrant refrain has been, "the Republicans are in power, so-"

"...naturally they're guests more often than Democrats."

Wonder what the excuse is now?

[librechik]

15. "We can do it, so we will. Get your own network if you don't like it."

[Quetzal]

5. Liberman claiming that Bush administration is currently in negotiations

that is totally false. If anything, not just the administration, but the Congress also signed onto sanctions on Syria. Joe Lieberman is definitely spouting right wing hyperbole.

[Seattleman]

7. There is something terribly wrong with the media in the US

and that "something" is never discussed by the media.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

9. did i hear lieberman correctly?

first he says something about high-level meetings with assad then blitzer says there were no high-level meetings and then little joe goes on and gives the reason why there no high-level meetings. all within a few seconds.

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10. if the moniker 'political whore' applied to anyone, it's lieberman

[Pirate Smile]

14. Has everyone seen this from Talking Points Memo:

"Are you going to brave tomorrow morning's Sunday shows?

If you are, we'd like your help with a new project we're doing. We're going to put together a compilation of all the best or rather worst moments. We're looking for the straight up fibs, the outrageous statements that deserve more attention and any sundry mumbojumbo or bamboozlement that comes down the pike. Of course, we also want to know about the good stuff -- concise and cutting statements of actual facts, unexpected moments of candor and non-weaselhood, etc. We're just not optimistic that the latter will outnumber the former.

In any case, you get the basic idea. Like all our reporting and projects, we know that the more eyes we have watching, the more key moments we'll catch.

So if you're going to be watching, here's what we'd like. If you see something we should include in our compilation jot down which show you're watching, about how far into the show the statement in question comes up and a brief description of what happened.

So, for instance, "ABC's This Week, about 37 minutes into the show, John McCain tells Stephanopoulos Club Med is opening a new resort in Basra."

Please don't say it happened at 9:30 or 11:43 because different readers are in different time zones and even within the same time zone the show appears at different times in different cities. So we won't be able to use that information. Just tell us how many minutes in it was from the beginning of the show.

And there it is. Watching the Sunday shows ain't for the faint of heart. But if you're already planning to endure the waves of bamboozlement, let us know what you see and what we should look at. We'll have every moment of every show recorded. And please include the subject line "Sunday Shows" on any email tip you send in."

-- Josh Marshall

[The Count]

16. "President Bush: great president or the greatest president?"

Colbert's choice sums it up.