Much to my suprise, I had on NBC and the Today Show this morning. Hubby forgot to change the channel, it wasn't my fault!
It was so embarrasing listening to Matt Lauer trying to make a story out of the talking points being shoved at them from the Obama campaign. Coloring words, emphasis of excitement on words that have little meaning, indignance on possible embelleshing of a scenerio of the First Lady going in to a War Zone in Bosnia.
Citing it must have been embelleshing on the recount of her trip to Bosnia, because Mrs. Clinton was greeted by a young girl on the tarmac. [oh my heavens!](snark). Of course trying to gloss over the fact that Mrs. Clinton DID go in to a WAR ZONE, BOSNIA, and was met with a surrounding of troops upon her arrival.
But, lets get back to the story NBC is trying to make out of this. Andrea Mitchell discusses that they don't recall any sniper fire when arriving as Mrs. Clinton mentioned in a speech. Yes, there was no ceremony on the tarmac and yes, the plane they were on did have a "corkscrew landing", used in WAR ZONES. But Matt Lauer in his dramatic recount of this asks, Chuck Todd, but won't this make people go back and question everything she says. OH my, you mean the Press might actually start doing their job? Reporting facts and issues? You mean they might actually start investigating claims of politicians and presidential candidatess? They will start reporting on what Journalists claim? They will actually look in to all the false claims from Senator Obama? Or do they mean, they will just keep trying to dig up and make up stories on Mrs. Clinton?
Are they going to look in to stories of untruths on Senator Obama's 20 year frienship with indicted Slum Lord, on a host of corruption charges including fraud and influence pedding? Or they might look in to the serious contraversy surrounding Pastor Wright, and their 20 year relationship as Senator Obama refers to hiim also as his Spritual Advisor and Lead Advisor on his presidential campaign, instead of only covering the story after it was being discussed outside mainstream media for a year, and reached epic proportions on the net? Or they might actually report on the false claims Senator Obama continues on his Iraq War votes for his entire 2 years in the US Senate, before running for president?
But wait, they want to get back to embellishing and Hillary. Chuck Todd recounts, indeed, embelleshing on a Presidential Election, when every thing you say is so important. Then Matt Lauer asks to look at upcoming elections and if Hillary can win still, with everyone talking about not getting the delegages. Forgetting the other half of this conversation, that Obama looks unlikely to win and he cannot get the delegates either. OOPS, minor oversight. (no embelleshing here).
So Chuck Todd now points to the Obama future sights of North Carolina and Indiana (and making further Hillarys case that this is far from over, many important states have yet to be heard), because they no longer want to talk about the important state of Pennsylvania. And Chuck Todd raises a new fire wall for Obama by saying only if Hillary wins in May, North Carolina or Indiana can she then say she stands the best chance of winning the General Election with her broad cross appeal and winning small and LARGE states that are so important for the General Election. He then goes on to say, North Carolina is Obama turf (oh really), because "Obama has won every state that touches the Atlantic". WHAT? No, he didn't say that, did he?
[rewind dvd recorder]Chuck Todd says, "Obama has won every state that touches the Atlantic, from Delaware to Georgia". Oh, come on! TALK ABOUT EMBELLESHING? HELLO? Obama has won every state that touches the Atlantic (except all those important states like Massachusettes, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Florida?) He means ALL THOSE OTHER 3 STATES that touch the Atlantic. You know, from (Deleware to Georgia) ALL OF THOSE STATES, Maryland, Virginia and South Carolina. Oh well, is this even categorized as EMBELLESHING by our reporters and journalists, or is out right MISLEADING? ANd using our airwaves to do it?
Mr. Todd, don't you think you should have your Mea Culpa and be a little honest with that careless statement? Maybe you should just try some honesty and say, North Carolina has now become important. An Atlantic state that Obama has won to the south with South Carolina and Georgia and north with Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, but Hillary has won all the other states and larger states like Massachusettes, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey and Florida, but is now surging with momentum raising her numbers even higher in Pennsylvania and is now polling above Obama in North Carolina, which now she stands the chance of overtaking that too?
I'll keep waiting for our media and reporters to start questioning and reporting truths, but in the mean time, can you at least correct this latest EMBELLESHMENT by our our respected Press?
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