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Re: Ari Melber With Another Strong Performance

Debra Moore — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:15:43 -0000

This is the first time, that I've seen except for ex-Hillary supporter Congressman Schultz, that a democrat holds their own against the repugs. Right On! Ari, OMG whoever your boss is should give you a fat raise! You left that other guy looking like he would rather have been someplace else at the end of that take. Have any of you seen Ms. Schultz though she's another one that calls it like it is and won't back down to those Liars. She was tenacious when she was with Hillary and she is just as tenacious working on behalf of Obama, I just wish Hillary was also, but thats for another post. Gooooooooooo Ari! Ari for president 2016.

Re: Ari Melber With Another Strong Performance

Allison — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:22:31 -0000

Oh my God yes someone to wipe the floor with that pathological idiot.Ari is a champ and knows his facts.

Re: Ari Melber With Another Strong Performance

Allison — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:17:45 -0000

As a black person I am embarrassed to see one of my own who is supposed to be intelligent be so dumb and stupid enough to be lying and supporting John McCain who has no clue about economic issues by his own admission and none as a Foreign Policy pro except to regurgitate his POW experience. Joe Watkins needs to take that stupid grin off his dumb ass face and fight for what is right. No wonder some whites do not want to support Barack when if they are already prejudiced and they see this clown it just adds to the stereotying.
I am not saying I am agreeing with them I am only being real.

Thanks Ari we need more of you to knobe surrogates for Barack you rock always!

Re: Ari Melber With Another Strong Performance

GileS — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:41:04 -0000

Why don't people hit harder on the fact that there is a difference between going negative based on facts.. and going negative based on lies? It seems like every time someone points out McCain's lies they argue back with Obama has gone negative while he claims to be a different type of candidate. It's not the same thing! I understand Obama has as well released a couple of sketchy ads where you can argue how truthful it is. But 95% of his ads have been 100% based on facts and even uses McCain's own words. McCain continues to release ads that are base on lies and completely false. Is this just an argument not worth bringing up or are people just missing the opportunity?

Re: Ari Melber With Another Strong Performance

Dusty — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:25:17 -0000

I just saw Mr. Melber debating with Amanda Carpenter (townHall.com). We need a dozen more like him! I love the way he can tell these rethugs to kinda shut the f**k up in essence - I let you talk, now it my turn. She tried to act insulted. NEVER let a rethug take over YOUR conversation.

I think I'm in love with Ari!

Re: Ari Melber With Another Strong Performance

Nafsllib — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:46:46 -0000

Reminds me of Sam Seaborn from the West Wing

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shel — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:33:36 -0000

Never could stand Brad Blakeman and Joe Watkins is horrbily obnoxious. (He rendered Brad speechless - didn't think it was possible)

Love watching someone tear 'em a new one.

Re: Ari Melber With Another Strong Performance

caligirl — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:23:03 -0000

ezpz: michelle b. was the dark-haired one. she is very, VERY odd. seems insane.

the red-haired lady was annoying, but i couldn't help laughing at her 50s hair and makeup!

Re: Ari Melber With Another Strong Performance

highway67 — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:39:13 -0000

Ari baby. I asked you this last time and you never answered me ... WILL YOU MARRY ME, PLEASE??????

Re: Ari Melber With Another Strong Performance

Chase — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:57:24 -0000

Ari Melber may be my new hero. And I agree with Tim, Joe Watkins for as big of a d-bag he is, he is quite impressive with his unwavering support of the candidate and the talking points.

Re: Ari Melber With Another Strong Performance

CarolAl — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 10:38:18 -0000

Joe Watkins is a rude, argumentative, smiling bully, a younger, black Bill-O. It's great to see Ari put him down but good!. Another one, (cross-eyed) Ron Christie was on Hardball the other night, continuing the sex ed. for kindergarteners smear. Seems he found the curriculum extremely offensive and vile. As an IL teacher and a mother, I can assure the public that Stranger Danger and teaching about inappropriate touching is a very appropriate part of the safety curriculum for young children. Perhaps Alaska, the state with the highest rape and incest rates, should consider the idea. Christie's interpretation of the IL law made our curriculum sound preverse. I wonder if he has any kids...

Two other Republican attack dogs who defend their talking points in a nasty wasy are Miss Prim, Nancy Pfotehauer, and Snake Lady, Cheri Jacobus. Cheri looks like she has a forked tongue. Both are attractive young blonds, but their words are sharp and nasty.

Re: Ari Melber With Another Strong Performance

mr.ed — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 09:45:48 -0000

Melber's wunna them pesky Jews everybody wants as a lawyer when they get their cracker asses in deep yogurt.

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JS — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 08:16:23 -0000

Huffington has a good article on McCain health care proposals, this am.

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Beca — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 06:07:48 -0000

I haven't read the Wash Post yet (have to go out and find it!), but how could they say that Obama has had more "negative" ads than McCain?! All McCain has done is lying negative ads, are they not counting the ones where he just lies?
Somebody else needs to review this info. It is hard to believe.
Besides, the "negative" that comes out of Obama's camp is more serious in nature and more focused on the issues than bashing' McCain's negative are low blows, bashing, inuendos, lies and more lies.

Re: Ari Melber With Another Strong Performance

Tommy — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 03:11:38 -0000

I agree with the Watkins hate, guy doesn't seem to have an original thought in his head.

Also hate Brad and the cross eyed guy, can't remember his name, but it's MSNBC's GOP hack.

And have to agree on the Begala comment, he's not afraid to say anything, It was slightly refreshing for him to call out CNN's Palin love fest as BS a few weeks go and take off his mic and leave in the middle of a debate. At least since SNL it seems they are no longer afraid to criticize her. As if Amy Poehler saying grow a pair woke them up.

Re: Ari Melber With Another Strong Performance

ezpz — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:25:47 -0000

caligirl, I saw parts of Larry King tonight.

Where do they GET these people from?

The Michelle Bachmann you mention - was she the one with the plastic look and (fake) red hair?
Maybe she's Carly Fiurino's replacement taken from the pool of back ups.

The next segment had two other (male) jerks on the right.
Both were hatefully and sarcastically mocking Obama.
Neither were too bright.

Stephanie MIller and the other guy from the left were both great.
I loved Stephanie's line that went something like: 'maybe he [McCain] can invent a way back machine to undo Iraq, just like he invented the blackberry'.

And yes, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz was great, as always.
So was the other lady (on the left).

Re: Ari Melber With Another Strong Performance

manamongst hussein — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:21:45 -0000

¨clooney, clooney clooney!¨

Re: Ari Melber With Another Strong Performance

manamongst hussein — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:21:02 -0000

I´d put Ari slightly below Begala this week, and believe me I´m not Begala fan post Clinton-Obama primary but he has really been strong as well as funny this week. And he understand how good government works.

Re: Ari Melber With Another Strong Performance

cybergal619 — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:15:00 -0000

Watkins is a douchebag who only knows how to randomly repeat pug lies. I want all of us to give that "expert" a collective and huge raspberry when Obama buries McSame in November!

Re: Ari Melber With Another Strong Performance

TimF — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:12:21 -0000

I love Joe Watkins in a "I want to punch my TV" kind of way. That guy spews talking points like it is nobody's business. He's always so convinced that everyone is going to love everything McCain says. I've never heard him concede a single point to anyone. It's quite impressive.

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caligirl — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:00:54 -0000

oh, and i agree with the watkins-haters here. watkins is a disgrace.

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already been said — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:59:44 -0000

I understand, ezpz, that you really want to fight for Obama. But a negative ad IS a focus on igniting fear or anger toward the other candidate, as opposed to igniting hope toward yourself. It plays into the "lesser of two evils" paradigm that we are used to dealing with in elections because all the voter is left with are a bunch of negative comparisons. Obama is not all negative comparisons. But truth of the matter is Obama's campaign has turned increasingly negative compared to the "hope" and "optimism" of his earlier campaign. One could argue that he had to go negative because of McCain's negativity, but it's negativity nonetheless. (That Spanish ad Obama did, for example, linking MaCain to Limbaugh was a real disapointment.) And the reason why McCain surrogates appear glad to engage in this mud-slinging is because they feed of of the negativity.

Re: Ari Melber With Another Strong Performance

caligirl — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:58:49 -0000

ez, i completely agree with your assessment on negative ads.

ari and debbie wasserman-schulz both kicked some u-know-what today. i'd love to see ari v. that crazy ass michelle bachmann... where did that NUT come from (bachmann)?!?!

Re: Ari Melber With Another Strong Performance

mikecoatl — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:55:03 -0000

Well done, Melber, stuffing it to that snivelling twit Watkins! He laughs and laughs as if all this shit is funny. But it isn't, because NOTHING LESS THAN THE FATE OF AMERICA is at stake here. And they call Obama arrogant?

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already been said — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:30:23 -0000

I found both of them annoying myself. Both were negative and sounded like two schoolyard kids talking about each other's mama's.