Biggest campaign mistakes of 2008

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Flybrick · #26 Post by **Flybrick** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 2:27 pm

In the general election, the Democratic candidate is going to have to deal with an inherent press and PR andvantage the Republicans have. Fox News and right wing talk radio give the Republicans far more ability to air their talking points and their slams of the Democratic candidate. Meet the Press and the other talk shows will try to balance out who they have on, but Fox and Rush and Bill O will have no such ethical qualms.

Erm, didn't the Democrats refuse to participate in a debate if it was sponsered by Fox?

I'm not a big O'Reilly fan, but I'm not a fan of Olbermann either and except for the massively better ratings for Fox, they are birds of a feather but on different wings. So why the one-sided view of Fox only?

O'Reilly has invited the Dems to appear, but none have taken him up on the offer. Wonder why?

TheConfessor · #27 Post by **TheConfessor** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 2:48 pm

mrkelley23 wrote:I hope no one will interpret this as me being a defender of Fox News, but are you claiming that Fox ignores FCC regulations about equal time provisions? Are you saying that Fox will give less coverage to the Democratic candidate for President than to the Republican?

I'm not talking Rush and O'Reilly and the babblers, but straight news coverage. Whatever my opinions about Fox in general, I do not try to claim that they are ignoring federal regulations.

Fox News is a cable operation. Same with CNN, MSNBC and others. As such, they are not subject to FCC broadcast regulations.

peacock2121 · #28 Post by **peacock2121** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:16 pm

I'm not a big O'Reilly fan, but I'm not a fan of Olbermann either and except for the massively better ratings for Fox, they are birds of a feather but on different wings.

I have said the same thing comparing Olbermann to Rush. I have refused to watch Bill-O for a long enough time to have an honest comparison between him and Keith.

jarnon · #29 Post by **jarnon** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 4:16 pm

5LD wrote:I read (and I may be misremembering parts of this but I don't think so) that Obama and Rezco's wife (i think) bought plots of land side by side at the same time. Rezoc's wife paid market value, Obama paid far less. Then after ward, Obama purchased part of Rezco's wifes land to enlarge his lot. It makes it look less like it was a few billable hours and more like they were pals/business partners of sorts.

Didn't Bill and Hillary do something like that in Arkansas years ago? And it led to a special prosecutor witch hunt, exposure of the Lewinsky scandal, and impeachment. These things can snowball.