Levgreee
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Thu May-01-08 08:17 PM
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Today a commentator on CNN was complimenting Obama on opposing the gas tax break, and Blitzer |
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Edited on Thu May-01-08 08:18 PM by Levgreee
Said, in a hurried, rude tone, after the commentator had gone for about 40 seconds, "Yeah, we get it".
Before that there had been another commentator talking about the general energy situation for about 3 minutes, so it's not like that guy was going that long.
It was like it just irritated the heck out of Blitzer for someone to be praising Obama for something he did.
Has anyone seen this happen in other situations? I was very surprised by it, because I had seen advocacies quite a number of times before and the host was always congenial afterwards.
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Thu May-01-08 08:20 PM
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1. Blitzer is big on Clinton talking points |
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Members of his political panel have even mentioned it.
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Thu May-01-08 08:29 PM
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2. Any idea why he is? Does he have a long history of supporting them? |
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Edited on Thu May-01-08 08:30 PM by Levgreee
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Thu May-01-08 08:31 PM
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Thu May-01-08 08:39 PM
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5. I think that he simply feels that is what his job is to try and restate the other sides point of |
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view regardless how stupid it is.
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and-justice-for-all
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Thu May-01-08 08:37 PM
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4. Obama is right, Clinton is pandering... |
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right next to McSame no less.
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Thu May-01-08 09:36 PM
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6. He must have been pandering in Chicago |
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he voted for gas-tax break 2-3 times.
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Thu May-01-08 09:38 PM
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7. Which is why he knows that it doesn't work.....on the other hand |
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Clinton was against giving gas tax holidays before she was for it. So who's pandering now?....which is the issue now.
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Thu May-01-08 09:39 PM
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8. thank You Frenchie...nt |
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Thu May-01-08 10:03 PM
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10. he voted for a plan that was going to pass anyway. the R gov was the one |
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doing the pandering. same deal- summer gas tax holiday intended to wipe his looming indictment off the front page. it was a done deal.
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Thu May-01-08 10:04 PM
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11. Actually, the opposite. He learned it didn't work. Novel concept, eh? Go with what works. |
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Fri May-02-08 12:24 AM
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12. He voted for it, it didn't help, so he didn't vote to continue it |
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He actually changed his mind based on evidence and experience. What a crazy person he must be!
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Fri May-02-08 12:44 AM
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13. But it didn't work, so he voted against extending it |
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After seeing that it did not work.
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Thu May-01-08 09:48 PM
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9. Blitzer Spent Many Years As CNN's Pentagon Correspondent... |
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He has had his studio job for a while, but he still feels that pull to the brass there, and he's been pro-Iraq from the beginning. And face it, he's not the brightest bulb in the pack.
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