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    Default Weekend Commentary time - why isn't this story in the mainstream media ?

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    My point here is that the mainstream media i.e. NY Times et al, CBS news etc. have gone to major pains to avoid reporting on this story ... a story which involves actual criminal charges against Hilary Clinton's campaign finance director, for committing a crime from which Hilary directly benefitted to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars at a critical juncture during her last election campaign.

    Also, the best 'defense counsel' for Hilary may be the trial judge !



    but it's understandable why this trial judge may be running interference for Hilary, as he was appointed by her husband Bill !



    On the other hand, these same mainstream media outlets continue to give front page coverage to the subject of Tom Delay's ethics committee questions, which involve absolutely no criminal charges against anybody.

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    Default Re: Weekend Commentary time - why isn't this story in the mainstream media ?

    I think Dan Rather is printing up some fake memos on that right now.

    Not to get too off topic here, but this quote caught my eye:

    "These performers didn't come to L.A. by bus. They required, many of them, private jets. Cher required her own particular private jet," Mr. Zeidenberg said..."

    That's the dirty little secret of Hollywood. Many of these celebrities demand a huge amount of perks before they will agree to appear at these "fundraisers". Then they show up and act all concerned about the "little guy". Some even demand "appearance fees" from non-profit charities before they will agree to attend their event.
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    Default Re: Weekend Commentary time - why isn't this story in the mainstream media ?

    Perhaps the mainstream media will "break" the story in a couple of years?

    Hillary vs. Allen
    WASHINGTON -- Members of the inner circle of high-ranking House Republicans privately agree that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York is an absolute lock for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination and will not be easy to defeat in the general election.

    The same lawmakers believe the Republican race to oppose Clinton is wide open but regard Sen. George Allen of Virginia as having the edge over Sen. Bill Frist of Tennessee. The consensus among them is that Allen is a better candidate than Frist and will the advantage over him in GOP primaries. The House members see little or no prospect for former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Sen. John McCain of Arizona or Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
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    I'm firmly convinced that Hilary will be our next president ... particularly in light of recent developments re Newt Gingrich. For better or for worse, the vast majority of American voters have very poor long term memories ! I'll vote for her too just to get her the hell out of New York - and hopefully she'll send some Washington pork barrel spending back to New York after she changes residence to the White House.

    Back on topic, it appears that the NY Times, CBS etc. also agree that Hilary would make a great 44th president, which is arguably the reason that news stories such as the fundraiser trial are conspicuously absent from these mainstream news outlets !

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    Default Re: Weekend Commentary time - why isn't this story in the mainstream media ?

    Not surprising, considering it's the same mainstream media that continues to forget to mention that there were no WMDs, that Tom DeLay had his dad put under, that Antonin Scalia refused to recuse himself from cases involving his hunting and golf buddies, etc. etc.

    And since when was the Daily News not part of the mainstream media? It's not the Times but it sure as hell isn't someone's blog.

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    I'll vote for her too just to get her the hell out of New York -
    Why do you think Texas went for Bush?

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    Not surprising, considering it's the same mainstream media that continues to forget to mention that there were no WMDs, that Tom DeLay had his dad put under, that Antonin Scalia refused to recuse himself from cases involving his hunting and golf buddies, etc. etc.
    There have actually been a large number of 'no WMD' stories (despite the fact that we have yet to check Syrian and Iranian border areas for curious buried containers). There have also been stories re Tom DeLay and his dad during the Schiavo circus (very different scenario too which those stories failed to adequately mention). As to Scalia, would it have mattered considering he's the media's 'sacrificial conservative' no matter what he decides ?

    Why do you think Texas went for Bush?
    Actually, I don't get to Texas that often anymore, but I'm not the least bit surprised to hear this. As I've posted many times, about the only reason I appear to be a GWB supporter is that IMHO the other two options would have been much worse if elected instead. And where Hilary 2008 is concerned, the New York economy has been so severely trounced by high taxes and strict regulations that IMHO about the only thing that can save it is an infusion of federal tax money collected from residents of other states then sent back to NY once Hilary is in a position to do so.

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    I think kerry would have been a lesser evil strategically.

    He would have never gotten away with the things GWB gets away with as a Republican and "Conservative". The conservatives who cheer on bush now would have fought against kerry if he tried the same things.
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    Default Re: Weekend Commentary time - why isn't this story in the mainstream media ?

    As usual, Hillary is getting someone else to take the fall for her. If she became president, we'd have another administration filled with shady people the likes of James Blair, Webster Hubble, Charlie Trie, Craig Livingstone, Marc Rich, Sandy Berger, Henry Cisneros, etc. We'd have numerous scandals where documents were suddenly mysteriously found years late in the map room, confidential opposition FBI files were mistakenly distributed throughout the white house, cabinet secretaries and Justice dept. officials mysteriously just happen to turn up dead, travel office patronage, ceremonial positions on boards like the President's Council on Fitness used to reward contributors, burial plots in Arlington National Cemetary and stays in the Lincoln bedroom auctioned to the highest bidder, etc etc etc. Scandal after scandal after impropriety after coverup, etc. For those with short memories, recall how Rep. Lazio came within a mere 13 points of beating "carpetbagger" Clinton depsite entering the race late with only five months to campaign and with no money. He faced the best-funded Democrat in the country and the most famous woman in the world. A woman who, by the way, had the most effective White House political operation in history working on her behalf. And she still had to resort to cheating (the fund raising scandal mentioned in the article) to win! And remember also how Hillary refused to agree to a pact with her opponent to refuse soft money. And recall how this Jr. Senator was booed continually at every World Trade Center hole appearance less than a year after her election.

    I have been reading about this case occassionly for almost five months on line. The real question is not where the news media has been... but where has the "new media" been... the para-media bloggers who have evolved to keep the official press accountable?
    A related question I'd like to ask members here: Now that it seems obvious that the New York Times has fallen into decline, what newspaper has emerged as this country's premier paper?

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    Ah yes, Sandy Berger. Another 'official mainstream news blackout' example ! Maybe 50 years from now enough records will be declassified such that Americans can really discover how much Bill Clinton knew about Al Queda and whether or not he deliberately decided to do nothing for a few years and then dump the whole mess on GWB. And let's not forget Marc Rich, who is enjoying life in Switzerland after receiving that last minute pardon he paid Bill Clinton so well to provide on inauguration morning 2001. I'm sure that Marc can be counted on for a major political contribution in the 2008 campaign LOL. At any rate ...

    I also agree that Hilary came damn close to losing her senatorial bid to Rick Lazio, very probably owing her senate seat to a blizzard of last minute media advertising made possible by the criminal acts of her campaign manager. But in terms of New Yawk logic, that was then, this is now, and who the hell was this Rick Lazio ?

    As to a 'premiere' paper taking the place of the NY Times, I really don't think that there is one ... or could be one. The whole foundation of mainstream media is changing. As to any modern day 'mouthpiece' for today's prevailing political ideas (with prevailing defined as those that win elections), i.e. the traditional role the NY Times played for decades, by the numbers it's probably (gasp) Rush Limbaugh with 20 million listeners. In regard to a 'respected' publication today, you probably have to look across the Atlantic to the London Times ! IMHO US media has all turned yellow, albeit with red or blue tint mixed in.
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    Default Re: Weekend Commentary time - why isn't this story in the mainstream media ?

    Quote Originally Posted by Susan Wayward
    Why do you think Texas went for Bush?
    Because most Texans would rather make out with a porcupine than vote for somebody from Mass.
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