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Awww. Poor Things

by John Cole|  October 9, 200412:42 pm| 24 Comments

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I can hardly contain my giggles as Kevin Drum notices that the Democrats are going to get a dose of their own medicine:

Sinclair has told its stations

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  1. 1.

    Geek, Esq.

    October 9, 2004 at 12:54 pm

    I can assume that conservatives will forever stop whining about the liberal media.

    This is not “news” programming–it is Karl Rove programming.

    This goes far, far, far beyond any example of “liberal bias” in the history of the press in the United States.

    When a corporate group FORCES its local affiliates to broadcast propaganda, that is unAmerican.

  2. 2.

    Derek Lund

    October 9, 2004 at 1:07 pm

    And you have proof this is propaganda, Geek? Is anything that hurts your canidate defined as “propaganda”? F911 has so many lies, distortions, and made up attacks that it in the same catigory WW2 propaganda. So what evidence do you have that this is the same? Did John Kerry not attack his fellow solders? Did he not lie about commiting war crimes? Was in he in combodia on christmass 1968?

  3. 3.

    Oliver

    October 9, 2004 at 8:10 pm

    So, where’s the station group that’s going to run Fahrenheit? Oh, there aren’t any. They wouldn’t even run ads for the DVD. You’re such a hypocrite, John.

  4. 4.

    Shark

    October 9, 2004 at 8:23 pm

    Oliver, you have some nerve calling ANYONE hypocrite. As you said on here once, “whatever it takes to win.” Now you can’t hack it when it’s not all your own way? Little b*tch.

    Now go back to doing Soros bidding, political whore.

  5. 5.

    RW

    October 9, 2004 at 9:10 pm

    Shouldn’t you guys STILL be telling us that the memos were real & CBS was on the up and up, Oliver?

    Or do you guys think you have credibility outside of the moveon.org folks?

    Remember, you thought Bush would be better on Afghanistan than Gore (and I still have the link should you try to lie, again).

  6. 6.

    Mike

    October 9, 2004 at 9:54 pm

    All those years of constant Repub-bashing in nearly every mainstream press outlet, including TV, public radio, and movies; then, we get one little radio talk show, and they bitch. Years later, we get one cable network and they bitch louder. Now we get one little movie, and the sky is falling. Meanwhile, they still have CBNBABCS, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, NPR, PBS, the NYT, the WaPo, the Blobe, the LAT, the AP, al-Reuters, and plenty more. C’mon, guys, didn’t your mamas ever teach you about the value of sharing?

  7. 7.

    Ernest Brown

    October 10, 2004 at 12:50 am

    Oliver is too busy selling out African progressives like Wole Soyinka and Ousmane Sembene to care about his integrity and honesty.

    digitalnpq.org/archive/2003_winter/soyinka.html

  8. 8.

    Henry

    October 10, 2004 at 6:43 am

    Eat another sack of hamburgers, Oliver. You’re such a tub of lard. And a whore for Soros, too.

  9. 9.

    John

    October 10, 2004 at 10:31 am

    Sure wish there were a Sinclair station in my neck of the Florida woods.

  10. 10.

    Oliver

    October 10, 2004 at 1:42 pm

    I never said such a thing Ricky, but I’m sure you and the other conspiracy theorists have awesome meetings. And I never said whether the CBS memos were real or not. But we’re ALL OUT TO GET YOU, Ricky. Hehehe.

  11. 11.

    chuck

    October 10, 2004 at 6:37 pm

    I was going to vote for Bush until I discovered that Cheney voted against the Meals on Wheels program and a Martin Luthor King holiday. This was enough for me to know where they are coming from.

  12. 12.

    Ricky

    October 10, 2004 at 8:23 pm

    Oops, you’re lying again, Willis.

    While I’m not a “prominent Democrat”, I want it noted for the record that I don’t think Gore would not have done as good a job as Bush with regards to the Current Crisis.

    You had it at the URL oliverwillis.com/2001_10_01_archives.html#6539908
    before you hid it (I can see why).

    Here is a screenshot:
    rjwest.com/blog/wp-images/owliar.jpg

    You aren’t even good at lying, anymore. Ask your boss about it, he can give you some pointers.

    What was that about Gore, again? Heh.

  13. 13.

    HH

    October 10, 2004 at 8:51 pm

    If Sinclar is not calling it a “news presentation,” it ain’t news bias.

  14. 14.

    Oliver

    October 10, 2004 at 9:01 pm

    Still lying again Ricky? I said Bush was better than Gore at being a one-noter for war. That’s a far cry from the reality of what I said. And boy, is it pathetic that you’re sitting there, storing copies of my site on your hard drive. Don’t you have a family? Sheez. I weep for your kids.

  15. 15.

    Oliver

    October 10, 2004 at 9:02 pm

    By the way, I didn’t hide anything. But I’m sure you and the grassy knoll crew will concoct the appropriate theories.

  16. 16.

    Oliver

    October 10, 2004 at 9:04 pm

    “I don’t think Gore would not have done as good a job as Bush”

    Can you not even read?

  17. 17.

    Justin O.

    October 11, 2004 at 1:36 am

    Earl Sinclair style!

  18. 18.

    Ricky

    October 11, 2004 at 4:56 am

    So, your pathetic attempt at a rebuttal is a note of incorrect grammar that you didn’t even realize you’d added until you saw that your first two tries fell short of the laugh test?

    BWAAHAHAHHAAA! I know you’re smarting from being caught in another lie, but….BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

    BTW, please don’t send me e-mail or try to argue by bringing in my family ever again.

  19. 19.

    Oliver

    October 11, 2004 at 6:44 am

    Your just a sad little man with an inferiority complex.

  20. 20.

    wild bird

    October 11, 2004 at 11:11 am

    Well SHAZAM sgt carter inst that the most peachy thing you ever saw i mean the dummycrats are whinning that some station is going to show STOLEN VALOR while they still force their own to abide by such strict rules i suggest the demacraps stop acting like a bunch of girlie men

  21. 21.

    Ricky

    October 11, 2004 at 11:52 am

    Oliver, when you get busted in the future, try not to sit at your PC and call people names….it helps illustrate the hysterical reactions from someone who was caught lying.

    Have a nice day (gotten the bounce from the e-mail you sent me, yet? I warned you.)

  22. 22.

    Fred

    October 11, 2004 at 3:10 pm

    Dig it, Burger Boy is accusing others of having inferiority complexes. To think that anyone ever took that lying tub of goo seriously.

  23. 23.

    Lemminghunter

    October 11, 2004 at 5:35 pm

    Belief in the truth and honor of George W. Bush is a mental disease. This disease begins in the brain grows there until it is impossible for the victim to make rational judgments. The only cure for this disease is removal of the person’s head from the hole which it is occupying in the ground. The removal process is very difficult and could lead to permanent shame — this is why the victim usually leaves their head in the ground, where it rots away leaving an unsightly stump. The good news is these stumps will be helpful in stem cell research when John Kerry is elected President of the United States.

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  1. Oliver Willis says:
    October 9, 2004 at 8:09 pm

    The Media Tries To Swing It To Bush

    If you’ve ever wondered uabout the ulterior motives of corporate controlled media, wonder no more. I guess the subtle manipulation of the media message got to them – and since things have been shifting Kerry’s way (especially after Furious George’s wig ou

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