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Prepare yourself for a shock.

 

Politico: MSNBC hasn’t mentioned Jerusalem yet

 

POLITICO – One widely discussed development in tonight’s Democratic convention coverage is the party’s decision — indeed, Obama’s decision — to include “God” in its platform and affirm Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

 

And yet while CNN and Fox News have discussed the issue frequently, MSNBC has yet to mention it once.

 

In today’s edition of “choose your own adventure” news, the amount of times the word “Jerusalem” was mentioned on each channel between noon and 7 p.m. today:

 

Fox News: 33 times

 

CNN: 16 times

 

MSNBC: 0 times

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It's funny that MSNBC is billing itself as the anti-fox. I think they are more appropriately designated the anti-radio talk show crowd. CNN and Fox seem downright normal now.

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It's funny that MSNBC is billing itself as the anti-fox. I think they are more appropriately designated the anti-radio talk show crowd. CNN and Fox seem downright normal now.

 

Maybe CNN is trying to get its place as a straight news channel back?

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Cecile Richards (born 1958)[1] is a Democratic Party activist and has been the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America since early 2006.[2] In 2010, Richards was elected to the Ford Foundation board of trustees.

 

Richards previously founded and served as president of America Votes, a coalition of national Democratic Party-affiliated organizations.[3] Before that, she was deputy chief of staff to Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic Leader in the U.S. House of Representatives.[4] She has also worked at the Turner Foundation.[5]

In 1996, she founded the Texas Freedom Network, a Texas organization formed to counter the Christian Right.[6]

 

Richards is the daughter of former Texas governor Ann Richards

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A pre-Bubba prebuttal

 

If the WaPo’s Glenn Kessler could fact-check a speech before Mitt Romney gave it, why not a little prebuttal of tonight’s featured DNC speaker? Although many viewers will opt for the opening of the NFL season, a likely female-skewing demo will tune in to hear former Pres. Bill Clinton, a man impeached for lying to a grand jury about lying to a federal judge about his sexual exploitation of his female employees. Unsurprisingly, Bubba was late turning in his homework, but it shouldn’t be difficult to estimate what he will say.

 

Bill is unlikely to mention that a few years ago, Pres. Obama would have been carrying his bags and getting him coffee, let alone suggest that the incumbent is an amateur. He is also unlikely to focus on Mitt Romney’s sterling business record. Rather, the expectation is that Bill will say the things Barack cannot. Clinton is likely to tell a familiar Democratic fairy tale about how the GOP wrecked the awesome achievements of the Clinton administration so thoroughly that Obama is still trying to get America out of a ditch. Thus, it’s worth noting some of the gaping holes in that narrative.

 

(Snip)

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A pre-Bubba prebuttal

 

If the WaPo’s Glenn Kessler could fact-check a speech before Mitt Romney gave it, why not a little prebuttal of tonight’s featured DNC speaker? Although many viewers will opt for the opening of the NFL season, a likely female-skewing demo will tune in to hear former Pres. Bill Clinton, a man impeached for lying to a grand jury about lying to a federal judge about his sexual exploitation of his female employees. Unsurprisingly, Bubba was late turning in his homework, but it shouldn’t be difficult to estimate what he will say.

 

Bill is unlikely to mention that a few years ago, Pres. Obama would have been carrying his bags and getting him coffee, let alone suggest that the incumbent is an amateur. He is also unlikely to focus on Mitt Romney’s sterling business record. Rather, the expectation is that Bill will say the things Barack cannot. Clinton is likely to tell a familiar Democratic fairy tale about how the GOP wrecked the awesome achievements of the Clinton administration so thoroughly that Obama is still trying to get America out of a ditch. Thus, it’s worth noting some of the gaping holes in that narrative.

 

(Snip)

 

gag

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Cecile Richards (born 1958)[1] is a Democratic Party activist and has been the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America since early 2006.[2] In 2010, Richards was elected to the Ford Foundation board of trustees.

 

Richards previously founded and served as president of America Votes, a coalition of national Democratic Party-affiliated organizations.[3] Before that, she was deputy chief of staff to Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic Leader in the U.S. House of Representatives.[4] She has also worked at the Turner Foundation.[5]

In 1996, she founded the Texas Freedom Network, a Texas organization formed to counter the Christian Right.[6]

 

Richards is the daughter of former Texas governor Ann Richards

 

Now be nice. Poor Cecile, She Can't help it!

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Everyone is still here...but is anyone actually watching, or are we just partying tonight? Ha!

 

I am sitting around waiting to go to dinner and was hoping to get really mad so I don't eat as much!

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