Posted on 09/15/2006 4:36:50 PM PDT by lowbridge
Friday’s "Good Morning America" broadcast yet another bad-news-for-Republicans story concerning the party’s chances in the upcoming mid-term elections. In a report from Robin Roberts, three southern women, all either former Republicans or Republicans considering voting for Democratic candidates, were given air time to express their disenchantment with the GOP:
Robin Rasmussen: "I voted Republican in every election since I was 18."Robin Roberts: "But not this year. Robin Rasmussen is thinking of voting for a Democrat and she’s not alone."
Janna Herbison: "And I used to consider myself to be a Republican."
Tracy Quick Bradford: "...I think that the, the candidates that, that represent the Democratic party this year are most in line with my views."
Roberts told co-anchor Diane Roberts and new GMA newsreader Chris Cuomo (yes, son of the Democratic former governor of New York and brother of New York attorney general candidate, Andrew) that a "lively, lively" discussion took place among the women. Viewers of the segment saw none of that. In the portions of the discussion that did air, Roberts never asked the women why they felt Democrats might make better leaders. Instead, the piece highlighted each of the women expressing their dissatisfaction with the party, or rehashing Democratic talking points:
Roberts: "What are the issues, Tracy, that you’re most concerned about?"Bradford: "I think health care, education and the economy. And I think that the, the candidates that, that represent the Democratic party this year are most in line with my views."
Rasmussen: "If the Democrats are in power, they’re gonna--you know they’re going to do the best they--you hope that they’re going to do the best that they can."
Janna Herbison: "And I heard a comment, I think, from a congressman the other day that said if the Democrats don't agree with the war, they're more concerned with the terrorists safety than with Americans safety. And I couldn’t–that just, that blew my mind...Don’t say they’re aligning themselves with the terrorists because they disagree with you. That’s un-American."
Before concluding the segment, Sawyer served up some more "worrying" news for Republican incumbents:
Diane Sawyer: "But another worrying thing for the Republicans has to be how much they just seem to want change of some kind."
Chris Cuomo: "That’s right. I mean, you have to distinguish between not liking the Republicans and feeling that the Democrats are a better bet."
The full transcript follows below:
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
"He stated that it was a piece of cake and that we shouldn't even try the techniques on the terrorists.
Good grief!
If he said that, then it's obvious he has never been to SERE school!
Excellent work!
Contact GMA on ABC and complain that they don't do any simple diligence on their interviewees...
Personally, I believe what happend was that instead of ABC looking for 3 random Republicans, they went out and hand-picked these women after looking specifically for "Republican women who said they were voting Democrat". The fact is ABC would be hard-pressed to REALLY find such women. Once you go Republican, you never go back. And that's the truth, baby!!
Give GMA hell for this, because, they claimed these women were randomly picked for their sentiments
I watched them in real time and didn't believe them, either. Glad to see this thread to know my instincts are still intact.
Oh, yeah, I had to mute most of the show - "Justin Timberlake, Memphis's most famous musician." Barf.
No, no - use Karen Hughes, not Rove!
Good research! Ping
Hearding south one afternoon, I accidently hit an NPR interview about Tennesseecare. It was a nightmare. Since it cost so much, they had to ration healthcare. One hell of a socialist nightmare.
The guy didn't meant to indict the program, but as he explained the history and the changes, it's was self-indicting.
Helen Thomas and Karena Gore Sciff are the headliners.
Our "Republcan" is a registered lobbyist for the WECF.
Oh yeah, every Republican woman wants to party with Helen Thomas and the Gore kid.
Childishly transparent.
Believe it or not, a live person answered GMA's phone just now and allowed me to email them Janna's URL, told him about the other person being on PP's Board, not a very republican cause.
I was polite, they were polite. He seemed a bit peeved that they got stung and said he would pass it on.
Big RINO!!!
I recall those type of threads on DU. As a matter of fact, they still go on from time to time.
Check out conservativeunderground.com
Better yet, their Best/Worst of DU where such threads are posted and made fun of. Many are labeled: "Bouncy Ball threads" after DUer Bouncy Ball, the most prolific DUer in those kind of threads.
I recall those type of threads on DU. As a matter of fact, they still go on from time to time.
Check out conservativeunderground.com
Better yet, their Best/Worst of DU where such threads are posted and made fun of. Many are labeled: "Bouncy Ball threads" after DUer Bouncy Ball, the most prolific DUer in those kind of threads.
http://www.conservativeunderground.com//forum/showthread.php?t=4530
Yes, Tenncare. Knew it was a sound alike to Medicare. Thanks for the correction in case anyone wants to google that program.
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