On Monday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Julie Chen introduced a new campaign segment: "...throughout this morning, we're bringing you the voices of Americans and what they're thinking as they prepare to vote." In the brief video clip that followed, Colorado Springs City Council member Jan Martin Described herself as a "lifelong Republican" explained: "I think we are at a place and a point in time where hope and unity are two things that this country needs more than anything."
The only problem is that Jan Martin was similarly touted by the New York Times in early October, at which point, NewsBusters’ P.J. Gladnick discovered that she was a member of the Colorado Springs chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and Colorado’s Gay and Lesbian Fund. In the Early Show segment Martin worried: " There's an uncertainty of what it will mean to my future political career, but I really believe that this election was too important not to -- not to take a stand."
In the 8AM half hour, co-host Maggie Rodriguez introduced a video clip of a McCain supporter: "We heard from a voter who supports Barack Obama. Now how a McCain supporter feels about this election." However, voter Amy Myers did not exactly give McCain unequivocal support: "We checked into both candidates’ tax plans and had realized that we would be saving three times as much in Obama's versus the McCain tax plan. The difference in the tax plans is not enough to change my vote. I feel that McCain, for me, is the proper candidate."
—Kyle Drennen is a news analyst at the Media Research Center.
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I would really like to see...
November 3, 2008 - 17:08 ET by HeavyChevya so called "life long Democrat" cross over to the other side. I guess as soon as hell freezes over.
"9 out of 10 doctors agree that flag burning is the number one killer of liberals."
it was called the Reagan
November 3, 2008 - 17:27 ET by TruthMongerit was called the Reagan revolution
good times
Government is the "greedy capitalism" of marxists
heavy
November 3, 2008 - 17:31 ET by TN MomI predict many "life long Democrats" will cross over to the other side.
when obama raises their electric bills sky-high!
VOTE MCCAIN/PALIN
You know what TN
November 3, 2008 - 18:00 ET by HeavyChevyI guess that is the only up swing if Bambi gets in. The Democrats will realize that they did not get what they paid for.
"9 out of 10 doctors agree that flag burning is the number one killer of liberals."
ah the lifelong
November 3, 2008 - 17:08 ET by TruthMongerah the lifelong republican
a "new" segment!
Government is the "greedy capitalism" of marxists
LOL TM... Yep, you ought
November 3, 2008 - 17:23 ET by bigtimerLOL TM...
Yep, you ought to hear the same so-called life-long repubs calling into C-SPAN Wa. Journal in the mornings...it really is hilarious how obvious they are...what is maddening is the moderators let them stay on the line and go on adn on and on about their disdain for Bush and McC...blah blah blah...
Part of the reason I only watch it partially anymore...if at all...after 18 years to-boot.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
right on bt this is
November 3, 2008 - 17:41 ET by TruthMongerright on bt
this is what they "teach" in journo schools...
top MSM-BS strategies:
- the lifelong repub supporting (insert liberal scam here)
- some say
- print (R-wherever) as much as humanly possible for major humongous gargantuan Republican scandals (such as Larry Craig taking a dump)
- never print (D-wherever) except for annual nobel prize announcements
- Republican concerns are always "an attack"
- Dem attacks are always "serious concerns" and always go STRAIGHT TO THE TOP!!!
- Repub efforts ARE ONLY FOR RICH WHITE BACKWOODS REDNECK EVANGELICAL HOMOPHOBES
- Repub evidence must be ignored
- Dem evidence is not required - we can make up anything we need
- in an absolute no-way-out situation, the way out is that REPUBS DO IT TOO! ACTUALLY...MUCH MUCH MORE!!!
just scratching the surface here...
Government is the "greedy capitalism" of marxists
My pseudo-liberal brother
November 3, 2008 - 17:16 ET by Chris NormanMy pseudo-liberal brother (who I've concluded isn't all that liberal - he just identifies with liberals because he thinks it conveys an intellectual and sophisticated aura on him) just tried to explain to me why he thinks Obama will govern from the center. I asked him what in Obama's writings or record made him come to that delusional conclusion. He "thinks" (no he doesn't) that it will be necessary for Obama to get anything accomplished. I pointed out Obama will probably have a filibuster-proof congress that, if anything, will pull him further to the left. And on and on it went like that. I bet him a thousand bucks that nothing about Obama's administration will be "centrist" - how that's measured, I don't know - it's not like we can rely on the media to label it as leftist.
McNotObama '08
Tell me this CN...
November 3, 2008 - 17:19 ET by HeavyChevywhat are you going to spend your thousand bucks on?
"9 out of 10 doctors agree that flag burning is the number one killer of liberals."
Sleeping pills -so I can
November 3, 2008 - 17:59 ET by Chris NormanSleeping pills -so I can hibernate in a cave for the next four to eight years...
McNotObama '08
Chris... Good luck...I
November 3, 2008 - 17:33 ET by bigtimerChris...
Good luck...I have been in a terrible discussion with my son last night about Obama/socialism ect...
I am so disgusted...
We could no longer talk...which I didn't get to that much anyway...he interrupted constantly when I tried...hmmm...remeind anyone of how all the left acts...I emailed him a long letter and some links about Obama and the truth, just hope he really watches and opens his mind...he is no kid, he is 35...I have tip-toed around a few relatives and most importantly my son until last night...I cannot take it anymore.
I hope God watches over this country...we are really going to need it now more than ever...for Obama to get his eyes on our top secrets here/worldwide, scares me to death with the consequences...plus the leftist Congress goes without saying...I pray more than anything there is an upset tomorrow night and the msm shuts the hell up, they are acting like this over more than ever today.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Frustrating, ain't it? My
November 3, 2008 - 17:57 ET by Chris NormanFrustrating, ain't it? My brother asked me how the conservatives would react to Obama as president. I smiled and replied, "I'm sure that conservatives will give Obama all the respect and support that the liberals gave George W Bush".
McNotObama '08
Chris... ...frustration
November 3, 2008 - 18:18 ET by bigtimerChris...
...frustration and heartbreaking for me... anyhow...you answer is an exceptional answer... I am going to remember it if I need to, but you know what...unfortunately, they will just say whatever do you mean by that? I don't know what you are talking about....blah blah blah...
My son has been around his dad and the brain dead side of the family politically much too long...let alone years at BSU.
Plus I know what he gets via TV and what he likes politically on the internet...The Onion....as far as I know it is just PBS, he only gets television via the antennae same as his dad, which would be fine if they would, especially him, via PC would dig a little deeper into who they are voting for and why...
I asked my ex this morning and my son last night why they were voting for him...it is ...just because.... I said just because what...Hope and Change...change and hope? for me, I knew how his dad was politically, but I have been trying to get him to see the light little by little for years now about the right side of the aisle, our Constitution, what our Forefathers fought and died for, ect ect ect...including plenty o my side of the family too who fought and died for our freedoms we have now...that Obama and the left have worked on for years to destroy...
...oh well...enough about my family saga...hope springs eternal with my son...I will keep chipping away, but he is a typical liberal and makes me feel bad if I dare to talk about any opposing views and says he will not talk about it, which is rare anyway...blah blah blah...
I wished he had a family and had encountered more responsibilities a lot of years ago...he may understand a lot more if he did.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Ditto
November 3, 2008 - 18:20 ET by Prester JohnMy wife is a yellow dog Democrat (coal miner's daughter) and was going to vote for McCain until he picked Palin for VP. Now it looks like she's voting for BHO. When I point out all the stuff he has said she just says, "He's just pandering, just like all politicians". Then she asks, "Aren't you going to give him a chance?" I replied, "I'm going to give him as much of a chance as the Dems gave Bush".
She didn't have anything to say to that.
Prester John...Concerning your wife...
November 3, 2008 - 21:16 ET by PrairieSkyand her political proclivities, you have my sympathy. Better lock up the Kool-Aid.
VOTE MCCAIN/PALIN!!!
"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan, January 20, 1981
Chris,
November 3, 2008 - 18:53 ET by R D HelmThat was a great answer. :-)
-Dave
The MSM is the 21st Century version of the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
Thanks. Some of these
November 3, 2008 - 19:44 ET by Chris NormanThanks. Some of these people actually think that Obama is some kind of "centrist" and "great unifier". Apparently, about the only ones they've fooled with this campaign tripe are themselves.
McNotObama '08
A Republican lesbian ACLU
November 3, 2008 - 17:18 ET by SickofLibsA Republican lesbian ACLU lawyer. Good one.
What, couldn't they find Republican transexual albino Siamese twins?
Harriet Smith, Chen and Glor are the absolute worst.
Other than on Fox...
November 3, 2008 - 17:53 ET by Prester John...has anyone seen a Hillary supporting life long Dem on any of the MSM who is voting for McCain?
(crickets chirping)
Delusion just like in 06
November 3, 2008 - 18:57 ET by TexasOptimistI remember the delusion of so many right-wingers back in 06. The polls were all wrong, they said. The GOP wouldn't lose the House and Senate. It just couldn't happen... but it did.
I see the same delusion this time. The polls are misleading, I hear. McCain has a chance, they say.
Get your heads out of your *****. Look around, see all of the "Republicans for Obama" signs. There are TONS of them in my neighborhood. McCain is perhaps even going to lose in his HOME STATE.
McCain/Palin and the GOP will lose big time. Even the Republicans are jumping ship. I know I am.
I am a conservative who is willing to think for himself.
Texas OPTIMIST????
November 3, 2008 - 19:00 ET by HeavyChevyThat don't sound very optimistic.
Just funning ya. If that what you believe more power to you but until it comes out Obama wins I will still cast my vote for McCain/Palin.
CBS spent 1.2 million
November 3, 2008 - 19:38 ET by TN MomCBS spent 1.2 million covering the obama campaign vs. $222,000 covering McCain!
They're 'in the tank' up to their eyeballs! hahaha
STOP THE MADNESS: STOP OBAMA
VOTE MCCAIN/PALIN
You didn't say where your
November 3, 2008 - 20:52 ET by HockeyKidYou didn't say where your vote was going, but if it's to BO, you're certainly no conservative. Trust me, I started out a died-in-the-wool leftist, and only through the grace of God and having to fend for myself in the world have I learned the truth.
No conservative is voting for 0bama.
Same here, HockeyKid.
November 3, 2008 - 22:02 ET by KarmaI registered and voted as a democrat for many years. Over time, I realized who they really are and now expose and reject their ideology like the cancer it is. Don't get me wrong, I have more friends and family who register and vote as democrats and they are people of good character. The problem is they were raised as democrats and don't really take the time to look deeper into the ideology. That is changing, and very quickly. Most democrats I know, are voting Palin tomorrow. Will it make a difference? Maybe not this time around, but it definitely will very soon.
No representation, without taxation!
Even the Republicans are
November 3, 2008 - 21:03 ET by Dan The Man 2Even the Republicans are jumping ship. I know I am - You mean you are voting for McCain? I mean thats teh only conclusion I can come to. I know you aint conservative or close to it. Probably not from Texas, least I hope not.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
Hey TexasOptimist...If you're voting for Obama...
November 3, 2008 - 21:09 ET by PrairieSkyYou're no conservative.
Get a clue!
VOTE MCCAIN/PALIN!!!
"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan, January 20, 1981
TO - you are a phony - More D's than R's are jumping ship
November 3, 2008 - 21:32 ET by Dee BunkEven the bias polls show in their internals that more Dems are voting for McCain than Reps for Obama.
Hey Dee...been a while
November 3, 2008 - 21:37 ET by BlondeDon't you remember....Texas Optomist was that fool that started up here posting all that stuff from the Socialist website....then about six months later went "just kidding!".
Troll from the get go, LOL.....they're coming out of the woodwork today. La cucarachas!
In his own words (19 seconds): This man is qualified to be VP?
Hi Blonde -
November 3, 2008 - 21:42 ET by Dee BunkI don't remember him - he probably came during one of my absences. I haven't been around too much lately because I don't feel like listening to these trolls.
Blonde..."La cucarachas" is right, and....
November 3, 2008 - 21:48 ET by PrairieSkyI'm all out of bug spray!!! Damn!!! LOL!!
VOTE MCCAIN/PALIN!!!
"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan, January 20, 1981
Wrong post. Wrong site.
November 3, 2008 - 19:46 ET by JWFThis belongs on Newsbusters sister site.
NewsBaloney - Exposing and Combating Lying Media Bastards.
Sincerely,
a Veteran of a 1000 psychic wars.