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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (21808)	2/26/2008 12:59:49 PM
From: TideGlider	Respond to of 224648

Seems like they are going to cut down? No problem the useful idiots of the press with pick up the slack!

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (21808)	2/26/2008 11:23:58 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224648

10:15 p.m. Money, money, money :flipflopdemoRATs Russert puts both candidates on the spot with questions about the nuts and bolts of campaign finance. As I noted here, Obama is equivocating on what appeared to be a firm pledge to participate in public financing in the general election if his GOP rival does the same. As Russert points out, John McCain has called his bluff, and Obama is now trying to postpone the moment of truth until he becomes the nominee. His present line is that he will "sit down with John McCain and ...we will see if we can have a system that is fair for both sides." That is not what he told campaign finance reform groups last September when he said bluntly that he would accept public financing if the Republican candidate also participated. Clinton has difficulty dealing with Russert's challenge to release of her (and Bill Clinton's) tax returns. The issue has become topical now that Clinton has donated $5 million to her own campaign. It is difficult to know where this money came from without the release of the tax returns. She says she "has been as open as she can be," but will not promise to release the returns before next Tuesday's primaries in Ohio and Texas. blog.washingtonpost.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (21808)	2/27/2008 11:12:01 AM
From: Ann Corrigan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224648

Obama & Hillary to Blame for US Economic Problems says LA Times Owner By Noel Sheppard \| February 27, 2008 - 09:54 ET For years, NewsBusters and the Business and Media Institute have informed readers about how the press, since George W. Bush was first elected, have tried to create a self-fulfilling prophecy by misrepresenting economic data in as negative a way as possible. This is likely the cause of the public's continued pessimism about economic conditions even as the economy has expanded for 25 consecutive quarters. On Tuesday, in an interview on CNBC, Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune owner Sam Zell took this thinking a little further when he suggested to "Squawk Box" anchor Becky Quick that many of the economic problems facing the country today are caused by fear-mongering and politicking by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. As reported at CNBC.com (video available): Speaking on "Squawk Box" this morning, Zell attributed much of the current economic troubles to fear-mongering and politicking by Democratic presidential contenders Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama. "Obviously what we have going on is an attempt to create a self-fulfilling prophecy," said Zell, chairman of Equity Investments Group and owner of the Chicago Cubs, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times and other companies. "We have two Democratic candidates who are vying with each other to describe the economic situation worse. "The reality is that if you live on Wall Street and you're in the credit markets the world couldn't be worse. If you're a farmer and you're getting $25 for your wheat, you're having a great time. If you're a CEO and you've got a balance sheet that's bullet-proof, you're in a great position. This whole thing is way out of control, way out of hand." —Noel Sheppard is an economist, business owner, and Associate Editor of NewsBusters.