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    Quote Originally Posted by bem401 View Post
    consistent with the format of the show. one attacks, one defends, depending on the bias of the guest.
    Yes and all those two twits do is generate a lot of heat and smoke without any genuine light being shined on the issues. In the name of ratings; sober discussion is sacrificed for "entertainment" value.
    Fox is just repeating the "Crossfire" format where producers were notorious for speaking to guests during breaks telling them to be more combative ; more emotional and to raise their voice and even name-call. O'Reilly does it with more civility, but he's guilty of a lot of the same ratings grab type stuff.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eric Stoner View Post
    Yes and all those two twits do is generate a lot of heat and smoke without any genuine light being shined on the issues. In the name of ratings; sober discussion is sacrificed for "entertainment" value.
    Fox is just repeating the "Crossfire" format where producers were notorious for speaking to guests during breaks telling them to be more combative ; more emotional and to raise their voice and even name-call. O'Reilly does it with more civility, but he's guilty of a lot of the same ratings grab type stuff.

    All true, but the lefties on the board chose to misinterpret my comment as saying Hannity treated all guests consistently ( which he doesn't ). The show treats guests consistently - one host is pro, the other anti.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bem401 View Post
    All true, but the lefties on the board chose to misinterpret my comment as saying Hannity treated all guests consistently ( which he doesn't ). The show treats guests consistently - one host is pro, the other anti.
    I'm sorry, but Alan Colmes is MUCH more the gentleman than Hannity and he tends to go after conservatives without Hannity's juvenile tactics.

    Hannity on the other hand has continually repeated canards such as "Obama attended a madrassah "; "Obama called Palin a pig " ; "Rev. Wright said this and William Ayers did that " etc. etc.

    When Libs. do the same exact thing, nobody squeals like a stuck pig more than Hannity ( Sorry. I couldn't resist.)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Richard_Head View Post
    Blind people can use email, I'd think he could too.
    My Dad doesn't know how to use a computer, or email; that doesn't make him an idiot, it makes him "old school" and too busy to retire and learn how. *shrug*
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    Quote Originally Posted by kitana View Post
    My Dad doesn't know how to use a computer, or email; that doesn't make him an idiot, it makes him "old school" and too busy to retire and learn how. *shrug*
    Nobody said it made him stupid, just out of touch with the times.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Richard_Head View Post
    Nobody said it made him stupid, just out of touch with the times.
    He is PHYSICALLY unable to use a keyboard because of his war injuries. What is is so hard to understand about that ? What's Bill Clinton's excuse ? Too busy canoodling with Belinda Stronach ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Richard_Head View Post
    Nobody said it made him stupid, just out of touch with the times.
    Jeez, he doesn't have the dexterity to use a keyboard because of injuries dating back to his POW days.

    Why don't you just say "he can't even tie his own shoes?", because he can't do that either.
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    No. In McCain's own words:

    "I use the Blackberry, but I don't e-mail, I've never felt the particular need to e-mail. I read e-mails all the time, but the communications that I have with my friends and staff are oral and done with my cell phone. I have the luxury of being in contact with them literally all the time."


    Here is an excerpt from an interview in July:

    Q: What websites if any do you look at regularly?

    Mr. McCain: Brooke and Mark show me Drudge, obviously, everybody watches, for better or for worse, Drudge. Sometimes I look at Politico. Sometimes RealPolitics, sometimes.

    (Mrs. McCain and Ms. Buchanan both interject: “Meagan’s blog!”)

    Mr. McCain: Excuse me, Meagan’s blog. And we also look at the blogs from Michael and from you that may not be in the newspaper, that are just part of your blog.

    Q: But do you go on line for yourself?

    Mr. McCain: They go on for me. I am learning to get online myself, and I will have that down fairly soon, getting on myself. I don’t expect to be a great communicator, I don’t expect to set up my own blog, but I am becoming computer literate to the point where I can get the information that I need – including going to my daughter’s blog first, before anything else.

    Nothing about not being physically unable. That was what Karl Rove said. Those words have never came from McCain and he has never alluded to that "fact".
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    ^^^^
    Well, he's never really talked about his injuries very much.

    And its really irrelevant. Politicians ( especially the Prez ) should have more pressing things to deal with than blogging, emailing, or chatting.

    I'm going to guess that W is the first "internet" president, and you guys call him the worst ever, so being tech-savvy can't be all that important..
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    Quote Originally Posted by bem401 View Post
    ^^^^
    Well, he's never really talked about his injuries very much.

    And its really irrelevant. Politicians ( especially the Prez ) should have more pressing things to deal with than blogging, emailing, or chatting.
    It does show him as out of touch though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Richard_Head View Post
    It does show him as out of touch though.
    Out of tough with what?

    Blogging, emailing, IMing, surfing porn? What does any of that have to do with running the country?

    Can you imagine if Clinton knew how to access that stuff? My God, he'd have accomplished even less than he did.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Miss_Luscious View Post
    No. In McCain's own words:

    "I use the Blackberry, but I don't e-mail, I've never felt the particular need to e-mail. I read e-mails all the time, but the communications that I have with my friends and staff are oral and done with my cell phone. I have the luxury of being in contact with them literally all the time."


    Here is an excerpt from an interview in July:




    Nothing about not being physically unable. That was what Karl Rove said. Those words have never came from McCain and he has never alluded to that "fact".
    Did you READ your own post ? "Brooke and Mark SHOW me Drudge ..." He has to be shown. He might be able to use a Blackberry but a regular keyboard ? Not afaik. Maybe if he stands up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Richard_Head View Post
    It does show him as out of touch though.
    He's older than dirt. What the hell do you want from him?

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    PS If the media has been manipulated, they have no one but themselves to blame.

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