Wow. NYT is such a liberal rag... - Democratic Underground

msallied

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Wed Nov-04-09 11:15 PM
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Wow. NYT is such a liberal rag...

Edited on Wed Nov-04-09 11:17 PM by msallied

This was on my Twitter page:

The Morning After, Democrats Regret Lost Chances to Win http://bit.ly/2MEmve

Great way to frame the way Democrats actually fucking won two Congressional races.

P.S. I realize that it's about the New York mayoral race, but I've been seeing headlines like this ALL DAY.

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EFerrari

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Wed Nov-04-09 11:16 PM
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1. Welcome to the disabused club, msallied. n/t

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tblue

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Wed Nov-04-09 11:25 PM
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2. Yeah. Almost makes it sound like they're rooting for the other team.

That's what me thinks is going on.

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LynnTheDem

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Wed Nov-04-09 11:26 PM
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3. Dems Win Two For Two

A headline not seen in the US media.

Dem Wins Seat Held By Republicans Since U.S Grant Was President

Another headline not seen in the US media.

Damn, the US media is so LIBRUL.

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msallied

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Wed Nov-04-09 11:53 PM
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4. Precisely. And yet all "we" supposedly care about are two gubernatorial races.

And the latest buzzword: referendum.

I fucking HATE our media more and more with every passing day. Hate.

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burning rain

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Thu Nov-05-09 12:44 AM
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8. That's a different issue, but it's interesting.

Democrats have been winning congressional special elections since Obama got elected, while they faired poorly in them after Bill Clinton got elected in 1992. This suggests that Democrats should do alright in 2010, unlike 1994, though we need to post a solid win on healthcare and hopefully some other big ticket issues like EFCA and DADT repeal so our side's pumped up for the mid-terms--Republicans will be pumped up in any case, on sheer hostility.

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Rosa Luxemburg

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Thu Nov-05-09 12:26 AM
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5. Calll the NYT and tell them (but doesn't Rupert own it)

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amandabeech

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Thu Nov-05-09 12:36 AM
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7. You're thinking of the Wall Street Journal. n/.t

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burning rain

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Thu Nov-05-09 12:33 AM
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6. The New York Times is a big newspaper.

It's to be expected that they're going to have an article wholly devoted to Democratic failings in a NYC mayoral race in which the Democratic candidate came tantalizingly close despite being hideously outspent, and having lacked the expected support of major Democrats and allied groups. It doesn't pay to bury one's head in the sand. Bloomberg is an enemy of the middle class, bent on destroying rent stabilization laws. His re-election is unfortunate indeed, especially as it was avoidable.

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jacksonian

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Thu Nov-05-09 01:18 AM
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9. Dems didn't screw up in NYC

exit polls showed Bloomberg had high approval even among those who didn't vote for him. The reason it was close was because the mayor got a lot of term-limit and over-advertising backlash from people thinking their vote didn't really count.

If we had engaged with a serious campaign, it would have just become a referendum on his job and it would have sucked up mucho $$$ to compete - and lose probably anyway. Believe me, no sense running against a billionaire with 60% approval.

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