Why are you in the tank for Obama? Why don't you discuss the latest NY Times best selling books that are critical of Obama?

Or

When did you stop trying to be journalists and become political hacks?

When did you stop trying to be journalists and become political hacks?

Redsux,

For someone who is as critical of MSNBC as you are, you sure do spend a lot of time on this site.....

Obama/Biden 2012

FR must be gluttons for punishment, opening themselves up again to our questions...

I would like to know what the media is doing with all the money they are raking in from Super PACs and the presidential campaigns themselves. Does the historic amount of money raised and spent on political advertising constitute a kind of stimulus? Surely, all this corporate spending on media will effect the economy. Does it affect the content of today's journalism? Do reporters get bonuses?

I would like to know what the media is doing with all the money they are raking in from Super PACs and the presidential campaigns themselves

Amy - Trying to become 1%er's. And at this rate of ad spending, they should be there by now.......

Given Obama's record on the economy, and his complete failure as the taxpayers' investment counselor, (Solyndra, Evergreen, Ener1, among others), what effect will this

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-29/gm-marketing-chief-said-to-leave-as-ceo-revamps-managers.html

Have on your coverage? Will you continue to ignore the elephant in the room, or continue to minimize the damage done to the economy by his inexperience and naïveté?

Cause, I'm telling you- that's what the electorate is focused on.

"How about Oversampling White Men and Women?"

They have been oversampled since the invention of polls. How about giving citizens of other races and ethnicities a voice? In your racist and shamefully hateful world, though, any poll that includes ethnic groups outside of yours is oversampling, isn't it?

I think white men and women are one of the minority's in the US now. Which is why white men are scratching and clawing to keep that top 2% superiority.

Is it not true the largest growing minority, the Asian community? Which way are they leaning? Also, what is more important to the voter - likability or the platform the candidate stands on?

Why don't you do an exposee on one of Romney's most famous flip flops -- his position on abortion? This from The Last Word about research done by Slate:

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

ROMNEY: And my view is that we should -- we should protect the
sanctity of life, unborn and living. And -- or unborn and born.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

O`DONNELL: That was Mitt Romney just 13 days ago, telling a
Republican audience his current position on abortion. That`s a long way
from the Mitt Romney who ran for governor of Massachusetts saying he would
never, never waiver on keeping abortion safe and legal, because he
personally lost someone close to his family after an illegal abortion.

Some investigative reporter needs to dig into that supposed relative, because I suspect Romney made that up OR Romney really couldn't have cared less, which is likely. And this part in particular should be of particular interest to Mormons who blindly support Romney:

SALETAN: And that`s classic Romney. You know, Romney -- it was the
beginning of a pattern that has characterized his whole career. Here`s a
guy who comes from a background that is pro-life. He`s a Mormon. He`s a
believing Mormon about abortion.

And he`s got a mom who`s pro-choice. And he`s got this personal
experience of a woman in his family who died from an illegal abortion. And
he essentially can play the issue either way depending on which side of his
heart he emphasizes. He`s kind of like a running back, who just sees the
defender coming and sort of steps this way, then the other way. And it`s
back and forth and back and forth, navigating his way through the political
minefield.

And that situation with the Mormon Church is fascinating, because he`s
going to a religious organization, and he`s trying to tell them how he can
square the position he`s going to take with them. And he essentially hands
them this poll, and says, my pollster says I have to say this. And you`re
just going to have to eat it. Otherwise you won`t have a member of church
as a senator in Massachusetts.

I highly recommend people read the entire transcript or watch the video by Slate (http://leanforward.msnbc.com/_news/2012/07/23/12914628-romney-on-abortion-one-issue-seven-positions?lite) with time lines and how Romney is caught yet again in a LIE about his supposed "conversion:"

ROMNEY: On every decision I could make as governor, I came down on
the side of life. On the issue of abortion, for instance, I came down on
the side of life consistently as governor, in every way I knew how I could
do that.

SALETAN: "In every way I could." What Romney is saying is that after
his conversion, he decided he would support the pro-life position on any
bill that came to his desk. But that isn`t true. We know it isn`t true
because "the Washington Post" reporters who interviewed Romney in February
of 2005 saved their recording.

The adamant absolutes always get Romney in trouble -- This is why Romney did not adamantly deny ever paying a tax rate of 13.9% in the interview during his trip. His handlers enforced this.

Correction: Adamant absolutes and denying he ever paid a tax rate of less than 13.9% -- just like he adamantly said he never had anything to do with Bain after 1999 in ANY WAY.

Any Questions?

Yeah...when will Mitt the Monkey release his tax returns?

Any Questions?

Yeah...with some difficulty, Pigotry raises her Chubby Pork Shoulder and ask: How many more minority voters will you Republicant red-neck state governors will suppress to make your states even more red(necked)?

Xx

Really GT? Are you new here?

From Last week:

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/A_Politics/_Today_Stories_Teases/Hispanic-oversample.pdf

WCA: all conspiracy all the time.

So. What conspiracies do you have about Fox "News" and their sampling?

WCA: all conspiracy all the time.

Ain't that the truth! lol

No doubt WCA checks under his bed at night prior to climbing in... everyone is out to get him 24/7!

Any poll that includes people other than just him is considered to be oversampling in WCA's dimly lit fantasy world.

And another conspiracy know it all shows up. Tell me no jo: What kind of nonsense will you spin about the Libs meet up this summer? Or will you simply ruminate on it in the darkness of your room?

newday - I'm guessing the darkness of the room!

Howdy everybody.

Q: Are tax cuts for the rich about to expire at the end of the year?

Any possibility this ends up as a brokered convention?

Sorry baby you guys had your window with Hillary and you decided to run on failure.

I'm with Feisty on the brokered convention question. As Mitt's presumptive "tour" keeps plugging along, it sure looks like a lot of the other members of the GOP are jumping ship (Jon Huntsman for one). Would love to hear your take on it.

I remember how the press badgered Barack Obama in 2008 on whether he "loved his country." Apparently, they think it's a given Republicans are patriotic, even if they evade paying taxes and shirk military duty during times of war.

Amy the press on the right still dog the President about everything.

"I remember how the press badgered Barack Obama in 2008 on whether he "loved his country."

Making up stuff again, Amy? Jeez, your material is lame.

Be careful, Bob .... your party doesn't walk on water and if you want to open the door to "loving his country" well, maybe a poll should be taken as to what Mitt Romney truly loves more, his country or his "church." That elephant needs to come out of the room. . . .

Actually, I've seen journalist Jan Carlson hold Romney's feet to the fire over his taxes - and Romney does not hold up under questioning very well.

And P.S. - After watching that fascinating little mini-documentary you had on here last week about the fiasco in 1972 with McGovern picking Thomas Eagleton for his V.P. at the last minute, do you guys miss the old-style conventions as much as I do? At what point did they stop being conventions and start being overblown infomercials?

That's a very good question, JoAnne, I'm looking forward to seeing Elizabeth Warren and Bill Clinton on the Wednesday night during the convention. Looking forward to seeing the fistfight that will break out at the Republican convention if Ron Paul is not allowed to speak.

Thanks, Ames - personally, I'm looking forward to the big group hug thingie up on the stage on the last night of the GOP convention. "Ron, stand still!" "Newt, get back here!" "Has anyone seen Santorum?" "Herman, put down that 9-9-9 sign!" "Michele, the camera's over here!" "Hey, who's that guy standing next to Mitt?" "Rob WHO?????"

Will Mitt pretend Michelle Bachmann pinched his tushy?

Sorry, Ames, but I'm not touching that one with a ten-foot......ummm.....corn dog!

Will Mitt pretend Michelle Bachmann pinched his tushy?

Amy - Why? When he can get the real thing from "Marcus"...LOL...

Obama/Biden 2012

What are the candidates positions on reducing our debt and restoring the nation's credit rating. How will the it effect Americans if none of the tax cuts are extended.

I would like to know this, too. Mitt's visit to England was marred by poor judgement and gaffes and his trip to Poland was marked by profanity being shouted at journalists by one of Romney's aides at the site of Poland's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Mitt's thoughtless remarks in Israel served to inflame tension among the Palestinians, as well. How much benefit does Romney expect to gain from a trip peppered with goofs and blunders like these?

Well, negative ads seem to not work as well as they want. It seems from conversations I have had that it's Mitt alone who will do himself in.

Sane - please TRY to pay attention as we - once again - debunk the "supermajority" myth. President Obama had a filibuster proof majority for 7 months - during which time Ted Kennedy was ill, so did not vote and there were numerous recesses. So, his filibuster proof majority was a scant 4 months. He made the mistake of trying to work with the Republicans during that time - not knowing they had vowed to do everything in their power to make him a one-term President - to hell with the country.

The Republican congress has filibustered his proposals more than any other President in history.

NOW do you understand????

Obama/Biden 2012

Sane - exactly where are the jobs? Remember the GOP ran on the platform of jobs, jobs, jobs in 2010 which is why they were elected yet no jobs.

But that's okay - we're voting as many Republicans out in November as possible. Then we'll get things done!

The Republican Party's score on its job creation efforts:

33 bills brought before congress to revoke the health care program. All failed.

0 bills dedicated for job creation. None currently on the table.

That is the GOP's shameful legacy in these difficult times.

I work for a rich man. He gave me my job.

Next?

Not hard at all. All Romney has to do is to release his tax reports for the last 10 years.

Not paying taxes for 10 years certainly speaks to Romney's greed. No wonder he refuses to release his returns.

Senile Harry said he didn't know if it was true, it just fit his narrative.

Four excellent questions that will not be answered, since Obama-poodle NBC is too busy "leaning forward"...