Campbell Brown: Just a reminder that Obama lied about accepting public funding
posted at 12:32 pm on October 29, 2008 by Allahpundit
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I was going to exile this to Headlines but CNN’s done its good journalistic deed for the day by rejecting Team Barry’s half-hour of propaganda power, so let’s give it a little extra play. It’s only because The One is, in fact, a liar and a hypocrite on this point (as duly noted by honest Democrat Bob Kerrey) that he can afford tonight’s extravaganza, a fact not lost on Brown, to her credit.
Have you noticed, by the way, that these commentary segments are now a recurring feature of her show? It’s no accident. With O’Reilly and Hannity killing CNN on the right and now Olby and Maddow beating them on the left, straight news reporting during primetime is as dead as, well, public finance is.
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Speakup on October 29, 2008 at 12:34 PM
CNN, trying to regain the good name they never had.
abinitioadinfinitum on October 29, 2008 at 12:35 PM
“Hillary 2012!, and you know what that means for 2008″ – Campbell Brown
Vashta.Nerada on October 29, 2008 at 12:35 PM
When did CNN doing straight news reporting?
Did I miss the memo?
lorien1973 on October 29, 2008 at 12:36 PM
Would it be wrong to say I am liking Campbell Brown more and more, at the moment?
Ok no rioting, pillaging, tar and feathering me to much. I just agree with her on this and the Sarah Palin clothes bias.
upinak on October 29, 2008 at 12:37 PM
………… just trying to help out a little.
Seven Percent Solution on October 29, 2008 at 12:38 PM
Twas the night….
Twas the night before elections
And all through the town
Tempers were flaring
Emotions all up and down!
.
I, in my bathrobe
With a cat in my lap
Had cut off the TV
Tired of political crap.
.
When all of a sudden
There arose such a noise
I peered out of my window
more…
abinitioadinfinitum on October 29, 2008 at 12:38 PM
Obama campaign: Hey isn’t husband a Republican?
ConservativePartyNow on October 29, 2008 at 12:39 PM
Obama campaign: Hey isn’t her husband a Republican?
ConservativePartyNow on October 29, 2008 at 12:39 PM
ConservativePartyNow on October 29, 2008 at 12:39 PM
Weird. I take it though. Wonder if the Obama camp is going to trash Campbell now like West and the reporters in Philly? Wonder if they will now slam CNN like they have Fox and say CNN is allied with Drudge and the McCain camp? Hmmm?
freeus on October 29, 2008 at 12:39 PM
ROFLMAO
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 29, 2008 at 12:40 PM
Gazing at the clouds on the horizen and hoping to retain access if things go all to sh1t for them. but, the real fun will be in watching Andrea Mitchell, Chrissy, and Keef. Oh, Lord, please make it happen.
a capella on October 29, 2008 at 12:40 PM
She partly blames the Economy for supressing the Republican 527 attack ads (because of which, Obama had to break his word). Eh, just a CYA move by CNN to look objective. Too little, too late. HACKS.
marklmail on October 29, 2008 at 12:40 PM
Why are people crybabying about this now with less than a week to go?
Yawn.
Dave Rywall on October 29, 2008 at 12:41 PM
Very cute.. I forwarded it on.
upinak on October 29, 2008 at 12:42 PM
Whats interesting is that she points out that 527s are hurt by the economy…
and yet Obama’s contributions are Record breaking…
Logical disconnect…
Romeo13 on October 29, 2008 at 12:43 PM
CNN is trying, much too little, much too late, to position itself as a “centrist” alternative to the perceived “right” of Fox and the dead-on accurate hard left of PMSNBC. Campbell Brown is merely the vehicle of the moment for building that posing, just as John Stossel (legitimately so) and Jake Tapper (quasi-legit) are ABC’s vehicles for positioning itself as the “centrist” voice of the Big Three, compared to the hard-left of CBS and NBC.
Stossel is an O’Reilly without the bloviations. When will Fox News bring him on board? And when will Fox offer a national newscast to its broadcast channels? I would bet that a half-hour nightly Fox newscast on its broadcast outlets would rocket to the top in short order.
either orr on October 29, 2008 at 12:44 PM
Yes, CNN decided not to run the half-hour infomercial.
But CNN is giving Osama Obama three hours with Wolf “Softball” Blitzer.
I think their in-the-tankage is amply demonstrated, Campbell Brown or not.
MrScribbler on October 29, 2008 at 12:45 PM
Drywall, go back to sleep.
Oh, I forgot. You are asleep permanently. Your mind stopped processing in a logical manner some time back.
Sorry.
either orr on October 29, 2008 at 12:45 PM
Yes, Campbell, way to go! But Damn, maybe this guy is right.
gxpgxp on October 29, 2008 at 12:46 PM
Pathetic attempt at CYA time.
Another example, take a look at Politico main page today.
For once, it actually does not look like http://www.barackobama.com (at least it did when I last checked.)
aquaviva on October 29, 2008 at 12:46 PM
You made the same comment in another thread about a different issue. Do you paste old comments everywhere and get paid by the number of comments you post? Seriously, you and crr6 do such a poor job for your campaign. Who have you convinced here of anything after so many months of work?
Anyone want to come to Rywall’s defense?
JiangxiDad on October 29, 2008 at 12:46 PM
It’s above my pay grade.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 29, 2008 at 12:47 PM
That’s probably a very good idea. I nominate Neil Cavuto or Meghan Kelly, OR BOTH!
JiangxiDad on October 29, 2008 at 12:48 PM
He is getting there on a
broken promiselie.bloggless on October 29, 2008 at 12:48 PM
Maybe the corporate board rooms are finally waking up to the fact that a vote for Obama is a vote for change that would actually affect them – in their wallets. Oopsie!
Mr_Magoo on October 29, 2008 at 12:48 PM
CNN turned down B.O.’s 1/2 hour VOTE-FOR-ME-AND-I’LL-SET-YOU-FREE! infomercial extravaganza?!!!
You know what this means, of course?
They will have to answer to…….MAMA MICHELLE!!!
(cue scary background voodoo music)
pilamaye on October 29, 2008 at 12:49 PM
Yes, you are a yawn.
Mr_Magoo on October 29, 2008 at 12:49 PM
I just don’t get it. Having obama workers infiltrate web chat sites is fine. They can monopolize places like Time magazine, or Parade, or any number of msm sites.
But what do they accomplish at HA?
JiangxiDad on October 29, 2008 at 12:49 PM
CNN rejected the ad because it was probably a better business decision. Viewers will be looking desperately for something else to watch than the Comrade Barry Adoration Special.
Blake on October 29, 2008 at 12:50 PM
Odd – every time I see Campbell Brown – I find myself looking at her hair. ???
A little old fashioned – what? Like the Seinfeld episode with the physical therapist.
jake-the-goose on October 29, 2008 at 12:50 PM
They are just trying to cover up for a year of Obama propaganda to claim they did their job.
lorien1973 on October 29, 2008 at 12:50 PM
“Now, about that tax-cut I promised for everybody making less than $50,000. Yeah, uh, I worked harder than I ever worked a a community organizer, and I can’t make the numbers work. They, uh, just sit there on the spreadsheet and say ‘you got nothing, nothing to work with’ and I’m saying, uh, how am I gonna break this to the American people because uh, I promised everyone who makes less than $25,000 a year a tax cut, and uh. Look, this isn’t being recorded, is it? We’re off the record here. What’s that? Uh, oh crap.”
jeff_from_mpls on October 29, 2008 at 12:52 PM
Hmmmm… Axelrod is a proffesional AstroTurfer… and there are rumours of a Proffesional campaign to Turf the Net, funded by some big doners…
It will be interesting to see who disappears right after the Election…
Romeo13 on October 29, 2008 at 12:52 PM
I thought it was and I apologies to you for my comment about your shoe’s fitting. I guess I was having a bad day.
abinitioadinfinitum on October 29, 2008 at 12:52 PM
Jeez. Talk about trying to close the barn door after the horse is out! Where the hell was CNN when Obama broke the promise in the first place? How about showing some of the lavish expenditures all this cash has bought, like the O Force One plane, the $5 million Greek temple, the Hawaii vacation in August, the 800k to ACORN, the $1 million a month in catering for his campaign HQ? How about asking whether a candidate this profligate in his campaign can be a decent steward of the nation’s Treasury if he is elected?
rockmom on October 29, 2008 at 12:53 PM
Don’t call Bob Kerrey honest. He’s already laid the groundwork to transform his hypocrisy into “change” or “growth”. Of course, that’s probably as honest as any Democrat could ever be. If that’s OK with you, AP, fine. It’s not OK with me. He’d have been better off keeping this to himself. He has added nothing to the debate.
SKYFOX on October 29, 2008 at 12:53 PM
Well, McCain and the conservative 527s are getting funding from Americans, we aren’t so sure now about Obama and his allies.
18-1 on October 29, 2008 at 12:54 PM
‘and yet Obama’s contributions are Record breaking…’
ALL legally, of course !!
Arrgghh.
pambi on October 29, 2008 at 12:56 PM
Pretty Fing sad when you have to applaud the truth being reported.
These idiots in the media honestly don’t realize they are busy digging under the foundation of the entire nation.
You think the collapse of the financial system was catastrophic when confidence was undermined? You ain’t seen nothin’ yet!
TheBigOldDog on October 29, 2008 at 12:57 PM
Substitute for aerobic exercise. You’re supposed to get your heart rate up for at least 20 minutes, so reading Drywall and his ilk saves me a trip to the health club.
The Monster on October 29, 2008 at 12:59 PM
It’s the discouragement campaign. Someone posted a big letter from an Obama insider about how they had people who did nothing all day but go on blogs, YouTube, and discussion forums and blast people with doom and gloom. Their goal was to make people feel so oppressed, so depressed, so assured that Obama’s win was inevitable that they would just give up.
Dave’s not likely one of these, as he was around long before this stuff started, but it’s likely to blame for some of the newer ones – Barry Norris comes to mind, off the top of my head, and I know there are others.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 29, 2008 at 12:59 PM
How did they recruit AP? /jking (I think)
TheBigOldDog on October 29, 2008 at 1:01 PM
Campbell Brown said that? ( In my best Redd Foxx impersonation)
” Didja here that, Martha? Take home, I’m ready. Take me now!”
MNDavenotPC on October 29, 2008 at 1:01 PM
Bwaaa bwaaa bwaaaaaaaaaa…
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 29, 2008 at 1:02 PM
CNN figured it out.
It’s more beneficial, revenue wise, for a left-leaning netowrk to have a Republican president for the next foru years.
Kind of like when people say the Clinton administration was a benefit to Rush Limbaugh.
Pcoop on October 29, 2008 at 1:04 PM
That is wickedly funny. I bet you got MM, Ed and AP all smirking.
JiangxiDad on October 29, 2008 at 1:05 PM
” Didja here that, Martha? Take home, I’m ready. Take me now!”
MNDavenotPC on October 29, 2008 at 1:01 PM
———-
Elizabeth. Not Martha.
Dave Rywall on October 29, 2008 at 1:06 PM
Remember when CNN had to admit that it purposely did not report on the atrocities that Sadam Hussein was committing on his own population via the rape rooms, horrific torture, and mass graves…………… only because they didn’t want to loose their right to broadcast out of Iraq?
So what’s this all about?
If they wanted to do a story on finance, where is the reporting on the true cause of the economic crisis, what caused it (CRA), and name the names of the Democratic politicians who made it the ponzi scheme it became, and covered it up?
On that note…………. Where is the reporting from CNN that despite the Trillion dollar bail out bill we will all have to payback, all of the laws, regulations, and flawed institutions that caused the failure ARE STILL IN PLACE?
This is only a story because they are reporting the truth….. After being a propaganda arm for the left for so long, reporting the truth is actually “news”.
…………… think about that in the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Seven Percent Solution on October 29, 2008 at 1:07 PM
Actualy, I think this “REAL reporting” stems from how Obama has treated the media lately.
He has not been giving Press conferences, just interviews to softball favorites.
And his campaign blacklisted (RACCCCIISSTTTT) two TV stations who asked Biden tough questions.
Obama done pi$$ed off his psysho Girlfriend (the MSM), and now its payback time…
Sadly though, it may be too late for America.
Romeo13 on October 29, 2008 at 1:08 PM
…no…people have been upset about this for quite some weeks now…”crybabying”, if you insist on using your tortured and insulting verb….
…you just haven’t noticed…having ones head up ones ass severely restricts ones field of vision, don’cha’know….
Puritan1648 on October 29, 2008 at 1:08 PM
What are you talking about?? It’s all pretty objective – - especially that Cafferty guy.
SARCASM
Rick on October 29, 2008 at 1:09 PM
“Kind of like when people say the Clinton administration was a benefit to Rush Limbaugh.”
except he had his strongest growth before and after fuzzbutt’s 2 terms …
Buckaroo on October 29, 2008 at 1:10 PM
You’re right, chief. We should all be focused on those really important issues, like Palin’s wardrobe.
Rick on October 29, 2008 at 1:11 PM
“Romeo13 on October 29, 2008 at 1:08 PM”
au contraire, it’s the PERFECT time for the spurned lover to toss out the dirty laundry!
:-)
Buckaroo on October 29, 2008 at 1:11 PM
Obamamama may have lied, he may be aiding and abetting voter fraud, he may be taking anonymous , unlimited donations from foreigners however everything is justified because the Republicans “stole” the 2000 election.
2000 will also be used as the rational for the riots that will ensue should Obamamama lose.
mylegsareswollen on October 29, 2008 at 1:12 PM
And they got right on this story with Murrow-like courage.
snaggletoothie on October 29, 2008 at 1:12 PM
This is a pattern of behavior that we’ll see play out over and over again in an Obama administration–faithlessness.
baldilocks on October 29, 2008 at 1:13 PM
Her contract has probably not been renewed and she’s auditioning for a spot on Fox News.
Brat on October 29, 2008 at 1:13 PM
…frankly, this thing by Campbell isn’t as plucky as all that….
…in the last week of campaigning, with Obama and all his little Obamaites thinking they’ve got it in the bag, CNN lets one of their minions sound off, doin’ that newsroom-thang, like they’ve still got a shred of credibility left…which, of course, they haven’t….
I do like the sign off, though, about his millions and campaign being based on a lie…to be honest, he really hasn’t lied about his intentions…wealth redistribution, skewing judicial selections based on prospective favoritism to key demographics, standing by radical and anti-American friends….
…no…he’s an honest totalitarian. That’s what’s so scary…people see it, and still back him. After all…Hitler would not have succeeded in a vaccuum.
Puritan1648 on October 29, 2008 at 1:13 PM
At :09 the background makes it look like Campbell has a couple of horns. She’s such a cute little devil, I wish I could believe that she is seeing the light of the Obama campaign and is changing her stripes. Still, two semi-pro GOP stories is not enough.
coloradoranchhand on October 29, 2008 at 1:15 PM
Even the media, regardless of damage to society, will fold. to ADAM SMITHS invisible hand. Even Ted Turner can’t change it. Now that’s reality. That’s why being conservative is good.
That is why even if obama wins, I will still be content. I wont be happy, just patient. WE ARE Pandoras box. We are the idea that cant be put away again. Everything else is old. We are still the new idea. Before the USA there was nothing else new. We just have to wait, and fight. Never give up. Whats new or useful about liberalism? Nothing.
I maybe the crazy guy who makes him comments late(or early) from Japan. But my last two years here have convinced me that our founding Fathers ideas were new and their ideas can’t be stopped.
Lets quit being Keynesian, and start looking at the long term picture. And its us.
tottoritodd on October 29, 2008 at 1:18 PM
Drywall
you’re correct, my apologies but the intent was the same. Ah well, perfection is not my forte, nor do I wish it to be. Go Phillies, go conservatism and objectivism.
MNDavenotPC on October 29, 2008 at 1:19 PM
Objectivity in journalism requires covering stories in a timely manner. This story is so old it is ready for coverage on the history channel.
Support the alternative media and cut out the MSM. Money saving tip, replace the MSM (how much do you pay for Internet access) with alternative media, you will be richer, better informed and more hopeful about the future.
Angry Dumbo on October 29, 2008 at 1:20 PM
Let’s make Obama’s Lie justified. DONATE to National Republic Trust for “God Damn America” ads.
marklmail on October 29, 2008 at 1:20 PM
Terrific, encouraging comment. Arigato gozaimasu!
JiangxiDad on October 29, 2008 at 1:20 PM
What I have noticed is that it is mostly, almost exclusively, the MSM that, with their pseudo polls with skewing and slanting, have been suggesting that Barack Obama might win.
However, much to the contrary, and given that of the 12% Blacks in America — an estimated less than 5% will vote for Obama (less than 14 million Black adult voters in a country of more than 305 million!) — McCain has a better than most chance to win big time on next Tuesday.
Over the last several months, we have learned that Obama is a radical, repugnant, and incessant liar. Obama is a thug much like the many, many “friends” and “mentors” he hangs with — Rezko, Farrakhan, Rev. Wright, Khalidi, communist Frank Marshall David and others. Now we learn that Obama is definitively a socialist and extremist leftist. Obama gets upset when TV hosts point this out — why? — because it’s the truth. Barack Hussein Obama is a loser.
The tens of millions, and more, voters that have learned the ugly truths about Barack Obama are NOT going to vote for him. They will defeat Obama.
The best hope we have for our economy, our military, our health, and our freedom is to vote for John McCain — honorable, with integrity, and a true patriot.
God Bless America.
AdrianS on October 29, 2008 at 1:22 PM
Yep. Along with the one about TPS reports.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on October 29, 2008 at 1:23 PM
Yeah, not saying I’m paranoid, but I remember being on call for the LA riots…
I’ve already got my grocery list planned… and told my 17 tear old son I want him at home that night (I’ve taught him to fence, and shoot)… and even told my current girlfriend to get her and her kids over to the house if she hears anything weird on the news about riots, or violence.
There are parts of Denver which may erupt if Barry boy is not elected, and one of them is not more than about 7 miles from my house.
Romeo13 on October 29, 2008 at 1:27 PM
Obama made promises he didn’t keep? Really? That just can’t be true! I don’t believe it! I won’t believe it!
Who ever would have thought a politician from Chicago could be so dishonest as to set up this scheme to take illegal contributions? Wow didn’t see that coming!
This is going to be a long four years.
petunia on October 29, 2008 at 1:28 PM
Thanks, because its true. Konbonwa my friend
tottoritodd on October 29, 2008 at 1:30 PM
Rywall, why are you even here? Don’t you have Canadian business to attend to?
As long-term resident of a foreign country I make it a rule not to get involved in discussions of local politics, since it isn’t my business. Why to you butt into Americas?
DarkCurrent on October 29, 2008 at 1:31 PM
CNN has a lot of making-up to do for the inequitable coverage of McCain, but this is a start. How long will Ted Turner allow that to go on?
lionheart on October 29, 2008 at 1:36 PM
Shouldn’t that be ‘Oyasumi nasai’?
DarkCurrent on October 29, 2008 at 1:37 PM
I’ll try:
Although Rywall lacks common sense and distorts the truth whenever he posts on HA, we should not judge him harshly for his inability to think logically. Rywall’s mental disability combined with his unique perspective – derived from chronically inserting his head rectally – is perfectly acceptable discourse on the hard left.
I urge that Dave Rywall not but executed, except by majority vote on HA.
Rywall’s defense rests.
Right_of_Attila on October 29, 2008 at 1:39 PM
Canaduh: always there when they need us.
Let’s roll.
ex-Democrat on October 29, 2008 at 1:46 PM
Execution seems unduly harsh. May the jury elect “life in Canada” as an alternative punishment?
DarkCurrent on October 29, 2008 at 1:48 PM
Maybe she didn’t like the way his plane smelled.
benrand on October 29, 2008 at 1:53 PM
Holy cow Batman! I can’t believe Campbell did that piece. I imagine she’s cleaning out her desk as we speak.
Oink on October 29, 2008 at 1:57 PM
I’ll damn Drywall with faint praise. He’s a troll who seldom posts anything worth reading but he adds a needed break from the norm.
snaggletoothie on October 29, 2008 at 2:02 PM
So does shingles.
wise_man on October 29, 2008 at 2:04 PM
why doesn’t he back up his own bullshit by redistributing all this campaign money to the people he thinks should have it? why waste it on air-time?
thedude on October 29, 2008 at 2:07 PM
Campbell Brown is just trying to get some of her journalist bona fides back.
After all the swinging to the left, she’ll be able to say she talked about Palin being a target of sexists and Obama lying. TWO spots versus a hundred Pro OBAMA bits….
We DO NOT BELIEVE YOU CAMPBELL
originalpechanga on October 29, 2008 at 2:20 PM
CNN has just been cut off by the O’Bama campaign.
The reason was not ‘inappropriate’ questioning……
The reason was ‘inappropriate comments’……
Campbell Brown has been told she will be personna non grata in the O’Bama press corps but may atone with any previously undisclosed personal dirt on Joe the Plumber.
Starlink on October 29, 2008 at 2:25 PM
How about you yahoos stop talking about me and you start talking about how you refuse to allow politicians to change their minds.
You could find lots of examples of Obama and McCain flip flops, so it’s a wash.
And you have 6 days to save McCain’s a*s, and this topic ain’t gonna do it – it sounds petty and it’s a day (months) late and a dollar short. None of the independents care.
Dave Rywall on October 29, 2008 at 2:27 PM
Petty? you worry about petty? you’re the one who just had to correct me on a misquote I made earlier. Well, smart guy, you’re candidate blew it big time, more than me. He said Foxx’s wife was “Weezie”…. petty?….
MNDavenotPC on October 29, 2008 at 2:29 PM
Petty? you worry about petty? you’re the one who just had to correct me on a misquote I made earlier. Well, smart guy, you’re candidate blew it big time, more than me. He said Foxx’s wife was “Weezie”…. petty?….
MNDavenotPC on October 29, 2008 at 2:29 PM
——–
I wasn’t trying to be petty about correcting you on Sanford ranting to Elizabeth. Just trying to be nerdily Trivial Pursuitesquely correct. You ned to lighten up.
And you meant “your” not “you’re”.
Dave Rywall on October 29, 2008 at 2:35 PM
Be where you belong and we’ll stop talking about you. Nothing going on in Canada that needs your attention today?
DarkCurrent on October 29, 2008 at 2:39 PM
How about we talk about your mental illness that thinks we have the ability to allow politicians to change their minds.
I bet this isn’t your only mental illness in regard to politics.
wise_man on October 29, 2008 at 2:41 PM
… Dude.
*lurks*
Grue in the Attic on October 29, 2008 at 2:56 PM
What is it with you trolls and bashing on us nerds? Jeez.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 29, 2008 at 2:57 PM
And how is this going to help CNN get out of the hole its already in?
Ryan Gandy on October 29, 2008 at 3:03 PM
And you meant “need” not “ned.” If you are going to be so petty as to correct someone on this level, you would do well to be sure your own correction is correct.
ManlyRash on October 29, 2008 at 3:11 PM
Manly
that one’s gonna hurt…. and thanks!
MNDavenotPC on October 29, 2008 at 3:16 PM
I love it when Campbell Brown talks dirty…about Obama. oooooooooooohhhhh….yeah.
Wyznowski on October 29, 2008 at 3:17 PM
This is good but when will they start reporting about the LA times tape and the story of the credit card fraud for Obama’s campaign donations?
SayWhat on October 29, 2008 at 3:29 PM
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