Comments on: Richardson Bumped to Prime Time http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/08/28/richardson-bumped-to-prime-time/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:46:47 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Leen http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/08/28/richardson-bumped-to-prime-time/comment-page-1/#comment-97004 Leen Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:43:24 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/08/28/richardson-bumped-to-prime-time/#comment-97004 <p>Bill Richardson certainly got people on their feet at Invesco</p> Bill Richardson certainly got people on their feet at Invesco

]]> By: Leen http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/08/28/richardson-bumped-to-prime-time/comment-page-1/#comment-96928 Leen Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:36:58 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/08/28/richardson-bumped-to-prime-time/#comment-96928 <p>He started seething immediately after he realized he had been duped with the rest of the believing Americans. He drank the kool aid before the invasion. Was not watching his program before the invasion as closely as I was after. What I do know for sure is that after the invasion he hammered the neo, oil, theo cons on his program. He had Bill Kristol, David Frum, Bolton and others on and pounded them with questions…hard questions about the lies told to the American public before the invasion. I believe he pounded them so hard with his wit, sarcasm and disdain that they will no longer come on his program. He was also the first MSMer to have soldiers on returning from Iraq, he broadcast from Walter Reed for quite a few days in (I believe 2004 or early 05) He had Amy Goodman and Katrina Van Heudal from the Nation on numerous times over the last six years (although he has not had them on much the last year).</p> <p>I really believe Matthews was sincerely duped and is pissed that he was part of the “group think” in the run-up to the invasion.(but again I was not watching him as closely as I was after the invasion) Matthews pisses me off a lot (I agree with Maddow and Olberman far more often), But I really fell Matthews tries harder to mix it up, ask the hard questions of all sides, piss us off with challenging thinking.</p> <p> I will continue to go to the internet for more accurate news but I will also continue to put pressure on the MSM to “do their jobs”</p> He started seething immediately after he realized he had been duped with the rest of the believing Americans. He drank the kool aid before the invasion. Was not watching his program before the invasion as closely as I was after. What I do know for sure is that after the invasion he hammered the neo, oil, theo cons on his program. He had Bill Kristol, David Frum, Bolton and others on and pounded them with questions…hard questions about the lies told to the American public before the invasion. I believe he pounded them so hard with his wit, sarcasm and disdain that they will no longer come on his program. He was also the first MSMer to have soldiers on returning from Iraq, he broadcast from Walter Reed for quite a few days in (I believe 2004 or early 05) He had Amy Goodman and Katrina Van Heudal from the Nation on numerous times over the last six years (although he has not had them on much the last year).

I really believe Matthews was sincerely duped and is pissed that he was part of the “group think” in the run-up to the invasion.(but again I was not watching him as closely as I was after the invasion) Matthews pisses me off a lot (I agree with Maddow and Olberman far more often), But I really fell Matthews tries harder to mix it up, ask the hard questions of all sides, piss us off with challenging thinking.

I will continue to go to the internet for more accurate news but I will also continue to put pressure on the MSM to “do their jobs”

]]> By: bmaz http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/08/28/richardson-bumped-to-prime-time/comment-page-1/#comment-96814 bmaz Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:52:32 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/08/28/richardson-bumped-to-prime-time/#comment-96814 <p>If you want to soar with the eagles, you better polish off the deadly predators first. The other side isn’t play a game of soaring rhetoric, they are playing for keeps; failure to pay heed to that will prove tragic. Kill the opponent before you claim the prize. It is that simple.</p> If you want to soar with the eagles, you better polish off the deadly predators first. The other side isn’t play a game of soaring rhetoric, they are playing for keeps; failure to pay heed to that will prove tragic. Kill the opponent before you claim the prize. It is that simple.

]]> By: MarkH http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/08/28/richardson-bumped-to-prime-time/comment-page-1/#comment-96809 MarkH Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:30:38 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/08/28/richardson-bumped-to-prime-time/#comment-96809 <p>We’ve seen some McCain bashing, but I expect Obama to also soar rhetorically.</p> <p>America is about hopes and dreams. Can a person fly like a bird? Can we have a national higher educational system? Can we harness the lightning to our own purposes? Can ALL people, regardless of color, live together as equals?</p> <p>These were dreams of the Wright brothers who invented powered flight in North Carolina and of Thomas Jefferson who invented a great university in Virginia and of Benjamin Franklin who studied electricity in Pennsylvania and of all Americans who sought the abolition of slavery, so we can live up to our Constitution.</p> <p>Americans are dreamers and we work hard to make those dreams come true.</p> <p>Now is one of those times and we are the people to make it happen.</p> <p>We seek freedom from oil. Cleaner skies. Peace around the world. The rule of Law. And so much more.</p> <p>Yes, we dream big. Yes we make these things happen. Yes we can!</p> We’ve seen some McCain bashing, but I expect Obama to also soar rhetorically.

America is about hopes and dreams. Can a person fly like a bird? Can we have a national higher educational system? Can we harness the lightning to our own purposes? Can ALL people, regardless of color, live together as equals?

These were dreams of the Wright brothers who invented powered flight in North Carolina and of Thomas Jefferson who invented a great university in Virginia and of Benjamin Franklin who studied electricity in Pennsylvania and of all Americans who sought the abolition of slavery, so we can live up to our Constitution.

Americans are dreamers and we work hard to make those dreams come true.

Now is one of those times and we are the people to make it happen.

We seek freedom from oil. Cleaner skies. Peace around the world. The rule of Law. And so much more.

Yes, we dream big. Yes we make these things happen. Yes we can!

]]> By: readerOfTeaLeaves http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/08/28/richardson-bumped-to-prime-time/comment-page-1/#comment-96803 readerOfTeaLeaves Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:54:33 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/08/28/richardson-bumped-to-prime-time/#comment-96803 <p>Thanks, JohnL - I’d forgotten about the foreign policy and humanitarian experience.<br /> Although each day it sure becomes more obvious those topics are interrelated with energy issues (!).</p> Thanks, JohnL – I’d forgotten about the foreign policy and humanitarian experience.
Although each day it sure becomes more obvious those topics are interrelated with energy issues (!).

]]> By: JohnLopresti http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/08/28/richardson-bumped-to-prime-time/comment-page-1/#comment-96759 JohnLopresti Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:31:55 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/08/28/richardson-bumped-to-prime-time/#comment-96759 <p>Maybe Richardson’s interest in <a href="http://www.un.org/icc/speeches/617usa.htm" rel="nofollow">humanitarian</a> law contributes to Barack Obama’s plans for the US presidency. This is the way the best Democratic Party candidates have governed, by strong associations that add to the ticket and the administration. Besides the foregoing UN link’s emphasis on Richardson’s and Clinton’s views on war and crime, there is a courteous sketch of Richardson’s <a href="http://www.cfr.org/bios/7908/bill_richardson.html" rel="nofollow">immigration</a> policies at Council of Foreign Relations.</p> Maybe Richardson’s interest in humanitarian law contributes to Barack Obama’s plans for the US presidency. This is the way the best Democratic Party candidates have governed, by strong associations that add to the ticket and the administration. Besides the foregoing UN link’s emphasis on Richardson’s and Clinton’s views on war and crime, there is a courteous sketch of Richardson’s immigration policies at Council of Foreign Relations.

]]> By: bmaz http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/08/28/richardson-bumped-to-prime-time/comment-page-1/#comment-96734 bmaz Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:35:23 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/08/28/richardson-bumped-to-prime-time/#comment-96734 <p>NEW POST ALERT</p> <p><a href="http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/08/28/mccain-proves-cactus-is-not-the-biggest-prick-in-the-desert/" rel="nofollow">McCain Proves Cactus Is Not The Biggest Prick In The Desert</a></p> NEW POST ALERT

McCain Proves Cactus Is Not The Biggest Prick In The Desert

]]> By: klynn http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/08/28/richardson-bumped-to-prime-time/comment-page-1/#comment-96728 klynn Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:09:01 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/08/28/richardson-bumped-to-prime-time/#comment-96728 <p>My comment @6 was flip and probably encouraged by his last interview he did with President Jimmy Carter. Knowing he had been a speech writer for Carter for 4 years, I watched him display a level of disrespect in his interview approach with Carter. I think he was trying to come off as working to be an “objective” interviewer in light of the history he had with the interviewee. The result was a display of disrespect which he ended with “respectful” commentary that it was an honor to have served in Carter’s administration. A dual-sided mouth spew in action.</p> <p>I have just found his style of late to “bate” both sides despite his history and being “a very decent extrovert”.</p> My comment @6 was flip and probably encouraged by his last interview he did with President Jimmy Carter. Knowing he had been a speech writer for Carter for 4 years, I watched him display a level of disrespect in his interview approach with Carter. I think he was trying to come off as working to be an “objective” interviewer in light of the history he had with the interviewee. The result was a display of disrespect which he ended with “respectful” commentary that it was an honor to have served in Carter’s administration. A dual-sided mouth spew in action.

I have just found his style of late to “bate” both sides despite his history and being “a very decent extrovert”.

]]> By: drational http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/08/28/richardson-bumped-to-prime-time/comment-page-1/#comment-96727 drational Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:51:34 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/08/28/richardson-bumped-to-prime-time/#comment-96727 <p>I wonder if they had the plan in place for a big prime time speech all along but kept it under wraps to avoid pissing off Hillary and Bill C. before the big unification.</p> <p>Watching MSNBC I saw interview with Richardson who said Bill is still pissed at him for endorsing Obama and won’t speak with him. Richardson was a big defection that certainly helped Obama.</p> <p>Just a thought.</p> I wonder if they had the plan in place for a big prime time speech all along but kept it under wraps to avoid pissing off Hillary and Bill C. before the big unification.

Watching MSNBC I saw interview with Richardson who said Bill is still pissed at him for endorsing Obama and won’t speak with him. Richardson was a big defection that certainly helped Obama.

Just a thought.

]]> By: jaboles http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/08/28/richardson-bumped-to-prime-time/comment-page-1/#comment-96726 jaboles Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:36:20 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/08/28/richardson-bumped-to-prime-time/#comment-96726 <p>was this while msnbc was not covering john kerry doing exactly what chris matthews was complaining about the dems not doing?</p> was this while msnbc was not covering john kerry doing exactly what chris matthews was complaining about the dems not doing?

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