In a Tuesday night look at the battle for Pennsylvania, the CBS Evening News chose to check how, anchor Katie Couric reported, voters in the Keystone state “are doing some last-minute soul-searching.” The story showcased husband and wife “registered Republicans” who are upset by what reporter Jeff Glor characterized as McCain's “overwhelmingly negative” TV ads. The husband, who conceded he'll be voting for Obama, declared: “I just don't think it's necessary to be that ugly and that nasty against the opponent.” His wife concurred: “I think it actually hurts their cause rather than helps it when they're negative like that. At least for me it does.” She described herself as “in the middle, but I'm leaning slightly towards McCain.”
Glor began with how the Allentown-area couple, “Rick, 50, and Jane, 45, are registered Republicans, though Rick especially believes he has reason to cross party lines.” He explained: “In 2006 and again just this year, I've been laid off from two different jobs, and I look at it, and it's all happened under the current party.”
The MRC's Brad Wilmouth corrected the closed-captioning against the video to provide this transcript of the story on the Tuesday, October 28 CBS Evening News:
KATIE COURIC: It's precisely because Virginia is becoming friendlier to the Democrats that Senator McCain, as Dean [Reynolds] just mentioned, is so desperate to win Pennsylvania. The latest poll there shows him trailing Senator Obama by nine points [50-41]. But as Jeff Glor reports, voters are doing some last-minute soul-searching in that battleground state.JEFF GLOR: It's game night inside the Kline household near Allentown, but picking a President this year is the real contest.
JANE KLINE, PENNSYLVANIA VOTER: This is probably the one that stands out the most as far as being undecided.
GLOR: Both Rick, 50, and Jane, 45, are registered Republicans, though Rick especially believes he has reason to cross party lines.
RICK KLINE, PENNSYLVANIA VOTER: In 2006 and again just this year, I've been laid off from two different jobs, and I look at it, and it's all happened under the current party.
GLOR: Even though John McCain is behind here and this state hasn't voted Republican in a presidential election since 1988, the McCain campaign has come to believe that Pennsylvania is essential.
CHRISTOPHER BORICK, MUHLENBERG COLLEGE: It seems almost inevitable that the McCain campaign is going to lose some western states. And if they can somehow offset those losses with wins in Pennsylvania and its 21 electoral votes, it really does give them the chance that they're hoping for.
GLOR: McCain has spent six days here in the past two weeks, and Obama's noticed, launching a two-day swing this week and bringing in Bill Clinton tomorrow.
CLIP OF AD: He's out of ideas.
GLOR: While McCain is being outspent on TV ads, the commercials he is running are overwhelmingly negative.
ANNOUNCER IN McCain AD SHOWING A CLIP OF BARACK OBAMA: Risky.
ANNOUNCER OVER CLIP OF JOHN MCCAIN: Proven.
MAN #1 IN AD: I'm supposed to work harder-
MAN #2 IN AD: -just to pay more taxes?
BORICK; They roll the dice here. They roll the dice in making a negative campaign and so far the results simply don't show that it's beared any fruit.
RICK KLINE: I just don't think it's necessary to be that ugly and that nasty against the opponent.
JANE KLINE: I think it actually hurts their cause rather than helps it when they're negative like that. At least for me it does.
GLOR: That said, she's still likely voting Republican.
JANE KLINE: I'm in the middle, but I'm leaning slightly towards McCain.
GLOR: Her husband likely not.
RICK KLINE: Obama most likely.
GLOR: A split decision here as John McCain keeps swinging for a last chance late round knockout. Jeff Glor, CBS News, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
—Brent Baker is Vice President for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center
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"He explained: “In 2006
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 00:18 ET by ckc1227"He explained: “In 2006 and again just this year, I've been laid off
from two different jobs, and I look at it, and it's all happened under
the current party.”
Interesting. Just about the time the dems took over Congress. By the way, isn't Penn. a democrat state? You might want to keep that in mind the next time you get laid off.
I wonder if they think poor Murtha has been treated nasty too?
Obama's Economic plan: more taxes, more spending, more regulation. Prosperity here we come.
Exactly, ckc, my first
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 05:25 ET by ThisnThatExactly, ckc, my first thoughts were also focused on the "past two years" statement. There's no relationship between his losing jobs and the current Administration, of course, but this is yet another example of a big, wide opening that CBS could have challenged -- but didn't. They simply let statements like this go by the board, because it promotes their agenda -- which is to link any misfortune to President Bush, no matter how rediculous it sounds. Kline's statement just hangs in the air there, like cigarette smoke, stinking up the whole room.
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I am blown away...
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 10:38 ET by Mr XHey I have a GREAT IDEA!
Lets elect a man who could not run a Dairy Queen, he has got to be the best man for the job.
The mental disconnect is surreal.
Comment From a 'Soul Found' Republican
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 00:37 ET by dodecahedronRICK KLINE, PENNSYLVANIA VOTER: In 2006 and again just this year, I've been laid off from two different jobs, and I look at it, and it's all happened under the current party.
This comment makes me question if Rick was ever a Republican. Most Republicans I know don't blame the government for our personal deficiencies. If I were laid off two times from two jobs in three years, I don't think I would be looking to the government for an excuse. You might want to find a mirror and start working the problem from there.
No kidding. Oh, and I'm
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 05:57 ET by motherbeltNo kidding.
Oh, and I'm sure that show will be balanced tonight by interviews with disaffected Democrats.
Particularly offensive is the ever-present condescension in the implication that if one really does some soul-searching, he can't possibly vote Republican.
THAT's what is "ugly and nasty."
Sorry, MB, but disaffected
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 06:44 ET by ThisnThatSorry, MB, but disaffected Dims are racists (see NB Topic Here) -- and CBS won't lower itself to interview racists, don't you know -- they limit their interviews to the true believers and the soon-to-be-converted. It makes the story so much more *sigh* uplifting.
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OMG...you should have
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 07:01 ET by motherbeltOMG...you should have warned me to have a barf bag handy!!
I couldn't even get through the whole thing; I quit at about 30 sec.
Yeah, sorry about that, but
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 07:14 ET by ThisnThatYeah, sorry about that, but I was so full of *choke* *sigh* emotion <wiping away tears>, I must have overlooked the warning. /[fake obama supporter]
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»→ TNT
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 07:24 ET by Cool ArrowWhat hast thou done?
Hast thou indeed broken bread with the Obamanites, which are Obomination unto thy people?
Know ye not the king of the Obamanites hath said in his heart "I shall make slaves of this people that a measure of grain shall be their wage"?
See, thou, don thy sackcloth and ashes that it may once again be well with thee.
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I can't, Cool. I've become
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 09:19 ET by ThisnThatI can't, Cool. I've become smitten with his image; enthranced by his cool; and stunned by the touch of his oratory.
And his promises -- oh, how the promises just roll off his silver tongue. Irresistable. I can become rich just by living off my tax cuts, and free mortgage rollbacks, and renewable energy automobiles, and non-payback college loans, and other things. How can one give all that up, just to live free? Impossible.
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»→ Exorcism is in order
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 09:26 ET by Cool ArrowShall we gather around our fallen brother and cast out the words of the Obamanites from him and his house?
Yes, we shall!
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Well, it needs to be done
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 09:30 ET by ThisnThatWell, it needs to be done in a hurry before I spend all my money. I have this incredible and inexplicable urge to go out and buy packets of cool-aid mix right now. Lots and lots of cool-aid mix, enough to share with my friends, neighbors, and the rest of the world.
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Thisnthat, I think MB is
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 07:30 ET by SeashellThisnthat, I think MB is right. You should have given us the official "barf bag" warning. I suggest that you edit your above post to include the warning for the sake of NBers who will read this later on this morning. : )
Sorry, SeaS, too late to
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 09:13 ET by ThisnThatSorry, SeaS, too late to edit. I must simply take my lashes for this early-morning, breakfast-up-chucking oversight and neglect.
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»→ TNT
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 09:22 ET by Cool ArrowMay you suffer from a continuous mental lilting loop of ♫ KUMBAYA ♪ for the remainder of the day.
Am I cruel, or what?
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My letter to the human
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 09:33 ET by ThisnThatMy letter to the human rights commission has just been mailed. You're next on the investigation list, right behind Joe the Plumber and those wayward Biden-bashing TV stations in FL and PA.
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Well, first of all, I can
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 00:48 ET by wdhorningWell, first of all, I can play "torpedo" and pretend to be a Republican or Democrat, so I do not have to believe CBS for that reason alone. Its just as bad as "anonymous sources said."
Satire: "I am a registered Illinois Democrat. When Obama was Illinois Senator, I lost my job 4 times. When I did find work, I found my taxes had gone up. Then I found that if I had a second job, to make up the difference, taxes were even higher."
See how easy it is for CBS to do this. Even I can do this.-
Maybe "Rick" hasn't heard,
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 01:03 ET by IamTinmanMaybe "Rick" hasn't heard, that congress, the branch of government that writes and passes (or doesn't pass) legislation has been in the hands of the democrats for the past 2 years. They have been totally ineffective and he should be directing his ire at them.
John McCain has said he will change Washington, Barack Obama will change this country into something the founding fathers never imagined or wanted.
Yeah, why didn't the
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 07:02 ET by motherbeltYeah, why didn't the Democrats pass legislation to get him his job back???
Even if that evil Bush would have vetoed it, they should have tried!!
»→ He's a deadbeat?
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 07:07 ET by Cool ArrowI hear ACORN has been hiring for months.
Is he just too principled to fake a bunch of voting registrations? If he's voting for Obama, that shouldn't be a problem.
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--> Cool!
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 07:15 ET by MrShyI'm still up :) Had a job I was working on all night... :p
And wow, another "life-long Republican" story being wheeled out by the fast-becoming-irrelevent MSM (oops, is that a harbinger of things to come for NB? :( )
You're the next contestant on...
THE MESSIAH IS... LEFT !!
»→ Shy
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 07:17 ET by Cool ArrowYesterday was my last night on the night shift after many years.
I won't know how to act. . . or sleep.
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asking alot....
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 10:47 ET by Mr X"Maybe "Rick" hasn't heard, that congress, the branch of government that
writes and passes (or doesn't pass) legislation has been in the hands
of the democrats for the past 2 years."
you are asking a lot of poor Rick! You want him to understand the 3 branches of Gov. and their respective roles?
who has time for that? with all the great sports and sitcoms on TV....
another reason we could never cut off the altar where we worship "TV".
Democrat shame
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 01:09 ET by wdhorningHanging Sarah Palin in effigy is what kind of "soul searching?" Where is CBS on this one?
Selling Your Soul
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 03:48 ET by thericoDwayne P. Theriot
Yeah, they better do thier soul searching now because if Obama gets in they are going to have to sell thier souls. Now where have I heard that before? Oh yeah, the Devil buys souls doesn't he!!
Barak Obama "IS" the third Anti-Christ
Obama gets in and he'll be
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 04:43 ET by SlicksterObama gets in and he'll be permnately unemployed and the government will own his home. 2006? I think he needs to think about Reid and Pelosi.
Paying more taxes
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 05:30 ET by ThisnThatInteresting that they chose to highlight McCain's ad on higher taxes, and then claim it's "negative". If CBS was doing its job, McCain wouldn't have to have an ad about taxes. Instead, CBS would dig into Obama's "95%" statement and provide a real clear analysis of what this is. Instead, McCain's campaign has to create ads to not only knock down Obama's lies, but to also counteract CBS's blind support of those lies.
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thisnthat,
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 06:09 ET by AgnosticThe short article listed in the Editor's Picks titled 'How Obama is going to raise $4.3 trillion?' has a few other examples of how the media and research groups are duping the public with reference to Obama's tax plans. My favorite is the part where gets a $55b tax reduction and McCain gets a $5b tax reduction for the same action. While not detailed it is informative if you haven't read it yet.
If Obama is elected, in a
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 06:24 ET by motherbeltIf Obama is elected, in a couple of months we will be treated to a Clinton style speech about how he "worked harder at it than I've ever worked at anything in my life" but just couldn't deliver on that tax cut he promised. And taxes will go up, just like with Clinton.
And after dumping Bush 41 for breaking his "no new taxes" pledge (which the Democrats suckered him into, BTW) they forgave Clinton. And they will forgive Obama.
Apparently the lesson Obama learned is that Democratic tax hikes will be accepted; Repulican ones will not.
mb,
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 06:30 ET by AgnosticI agree and would like to add that Obama gets the added benefit of not really having to raise taxes that much because Obama and Congress can simply allow the Bush tax cuts to lapse. When the market falters the Democrats can blame it on the effect of the Bush Tax Cuts and actually be telling the truth; only a lie by omission. Politicians love a lie disguised as the truth.
Rick,
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 06:01 ET by NorthCoasterSorry about your job loss. The President and Congress have no control over your employment. They have a little influence by promoting laws and regulations that are good for business. The Democrats in Congress have done nothing but block Republican plans for 8 years.
Vote Republican because when you do get back to work, you will keep more of your income so you can chose how to use it. If the Democrats take control exclusively, be prepared to be "Socialized". Heck if it goes far enough you might even get told what job to work at.
I admit I was ...
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 06:11 ET by BuffNBone... a little bleary-eyed when I misread their names because I thought I was back in first grade reading a Dick and Jane story. But I guess Rick is close enough. Is this how simple the media now makes things up to appeal to a different audience?
The good news is their votes cancel out each other's. Too bad it came to that.
"Fighters are fun but bombers make policy"
First of all how did CBS
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 06:29 ET by msh1973First of all how did CBS even find this guy? What do they do place an ad in the newspaper...."all Bush hating Republicans please call CBS for your fifteen minutes of fame".
My husband lost his job back in 2004, he was unemployed for about 14 months; he did just about everything he could think of to help pay the bills. He never once blamed the Republicans for his situation. What happened to taking responsibiltiy for your mistakes and your own life. Womb to tomb (as Rush calls it).
What a bunch of BS.I'm at
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 07:07 ET by obxrayWhat a bunch of BS.I'm at the point if a repub came up to me and said that he was casting for BO I might just punch them.
»→ Who started it?
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 07:16 ET by Cool ArrowFind me a complete baldfaced lie from the McCain camp that predates the following:
To my reckoning, McCain held back longer than I would have.
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Isn't it funny CA..
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 07:45 ET by HeavyChevythat the MSM can always find a disgruntle Republican voter but never a disgruntle Democrat...oh wait I forgot there is no such thing as a disgruntle Democrat because Obama is perfection incarnate, so all of his flock are eternally happy unlike us sticks in the mud.
"9 out of 10 doctors agree that flag burning is the number one killer of liberals."
»→ He knows his flock
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 07:49 ET by Cool ArrowHe knows his flock, and his flock follow the master who offers the most free stuff.
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To my reckoning, McCain
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 07:47 ET by SeashellTo my reckoning, McCain held back longer than I would have.
Yes, and McCain has been telling the truth in his ads. And frankly, I find nothing "negative" about an ad that points out facts about your opponent.
»→ Nasty Ad
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 07:53 ET by Cool ArrowA nasty ad would be a pictures of William Ayers aside Timothy McVeigh with the quote from Ayers that the Republicans need to get over it.
I think we can easily keep it to domestic terrorists while still getting our message across.
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LA TIMES !!!!!
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 08:06 ET by MrShySpeaking of "Professor" Ayers and the other sordid, sundry characters who all swam together in that Chicago cesspool along side our upstanding Democratic candidate, Ears himself, Fox is really getting the message out this morning about this tape the LAT is clinging to religiously like a gun...
This baby is going to come out soon, I have the feeling. It's purported to be Ears himself with Ayers and that PLO guy, gathering together at some intimate party in 2003, with people making anti-Isreal speeches and all of them havin' a grand ole' time.
Wow. Hold on to yer hat!
You're the next contestant on...
THE MESSIAH IS... LEFT !!
Shy, "Ears" is already spinning
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 09:28 ET by Seashell"Ears" is already spinning. I heard him saying that "yes he knew Khalidi, they were at Columbia together, their kids went to the same school, blah, blah, blah, but he is not one of my advisors." I am so sick of that excuse. Just because he is not one of his advisors doesn't mean he didn't help form his opinions. I've heard that line in regards to Ayers, Rezco and the rest of these thugs. It's no excuse - it doesn't fly.
So Barak,
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 11:53 ET by NorthCoastercan you answer one question?
If you become President, how will you judge the character of your appointments and the people whose judgements you hold valuable?
Rick's Layoff
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 07:43 ET by billbRick has been layed off twice since 2006. I can't identify with his feelings, never having been layed off in 70 years. I was born and raised not too far from him near Wilkes-Barre. He's constantly being brainwashed by the media and the candidates themselves, to vote for someone who will "create jobs!" Entrepenures "create jobs", not government. People are under the mistaken impression that someone goes into buisiness to give people jobs. WRONG! Hiring people is a cost of doing buisiness. Hiring more employees is a measure of the success of the buisiness itself. History repeats itself...this same ploy worked in 1930's Germany.
IF WE EVER NEEDED DIVIDED GOVERNMENT IT'S NOW
Hear, hear! I've never
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 08:05 ET by HockeyKidHear, hear! I've never been "laid off" either. I've quit jobs to go to better ones, I've even walked off jobs in spite--and walked into better ones within a week. I've worked for the military, in the government, for government contractors, in the private sector, and in my own businesses--never once expecting the President to be responsible for my employment and/or income. Rick may be a registered Republican, but he's no more conservative than, for example, Chuck Hagel.
And the Lamestream Media once again displays its weak attempts to show that "even Republicans love The One". Excuse me while I go wash my mouth out with soap...
Some industries do have
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 09:14 ET by Dan The Man 2Some industries do have layoffs on a regular basis. Seasonals, automobile plants and I was personally laid off in 1981 working in the oil business. Sometimes it is because the company is going through hard times and cannot pay you or like Fluor was in a severe downturn in the market.
I was the first wave of over 3K employees, best thing that ever happened to me. Moved to Dallas from Houston, got on with teh City and met my wife. God blessed me many times.
This yoyo and his wife are most likely independents and their values are fungible. The main difference between Obama and McCain is character and values; Is what each man says he is gonna do, is what he is gonna do. And Obama's morals are those of Satan.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
msh1973: "First of all how
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 09:01 ET by TEmsh1973: "First of all how did CBS even find this guy? What do they do place an ad in the newspaper....'all Bush hating Republicans please call CBS for your fifteen minutes of fame.'"
Yes, msh1973, that is what I want to know from CBS. How did CBS and Jeff Glor find this pair of Jeff Glor-alleged "registered Republicans"? Did they find them face down in a gutter? Did they find them at the local abortion mill? Did the Democrat party send CBS a memo claiming to have two "registered Republicans" willing to appear on CBS announcing their support for Obama? This is one of the most familiar techniques used by CBS, ABC, NBC, PBS, CNN, MSDNC, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Time, Newsweek, U.S. News, et al., to wit: mysteriously finding the sad, depressed, mom and pop, so-called "Republicans" who sound identical to any post at the Huffington Post and who, surprise, are voting for the Democrats. Same script; different day.
Doing a little research...
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 10:12 ET by bmoviesThere's a Rick Kline from Kutztown, PA who donated 225 to a Democrat back in 2002. Could this be the same Rick Kline?
http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/contributor.phtml?d=720559692
Anyone still fooled by the networks transparent con game.
Wed, 10/29/2008 - 10:30 ET by Jonah JohansenI would really love to see a focus group or honest poll of network
news viewers who fall for this phony setup "human interest/average folk’s
interviews"
I would think that after years and years of watching these
'setups', even the slow witted and easily manipulated, would notice that
the persons the networks put forward as "representative" always
support or reinforce the position the network is pushing.
I would like to think that the networks keep doing this not
realizing that a large majority of their viewers see right through their con
game and resent the attempt at manipulation, but Obama's poll numbers are hard
to square with the idea of skeptical TV viewers.
Also......
Have you noticed the tendency of "life long
Republicans", affirmative action retired generals, "never voted for a
Democrat" people who announce they are voting for Obama to then volunteer
a series of reasons or talking points that make it clear that they hold liberal
views. The talking points they mouth make it highly unlikely they were
ever really Republicans.
Have you ever heard a real Republican (even liberal New
England Rinos/Chuck Hagel types) who would prefer democrat control of
Supreme Court nominations? (i.e.Colin Powell) or a true Republican
thinking that the criticism of McCain and Palin has been fair and reasonable
while somehow using Obama's own words against him is unfair dirty politics?