The Diane Rehm Show

Part deux

"There remain several major negative economic factors that prevent a full recovery, two for example, the housing/foreclosure crisis, and the worldwide economic slowdown. This will take years to resolve. All economists know that the last economic factor to recover in a downturn is the unemployment rate."
Housing? yes, "worldwide economic slowdown?" Economists generally do not believe that is a really big factor. Turn off MSNBC and watch CNBC, FFN, or Bloomberg. The biggest factor you don't even mention is the fear that exists in the business world with regard to Obama regualtory policy and tax policy. That's what's keeping us in the doldrums. You don't even MENTION jobs! That is the key to economic recovery, not "stimulus" or QEInfinity.
"Thinking based on beliefs instead of facts and evidence allows deception to gain power" indeed.
I think you need some remedial study.

Buffalobirdie wrote:
"Anyone with eyes and a brain could see that Lehrer, as good as a journalist as he may well be, did an absolutely terrible job. I don't care how nice of a man he is. Lehrer himself knows he did poorly and indicated so outloud in the debate. Perhaps Lehrer was extrememly distraught afterwards and that is why his friends are rallying around him. I can understand that, but it shows a serious and deliberate lack of objectivity as a news show."
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Lehrer did a better job than anyone could have imagined. He allowed, whether intentionally or not, Romney and President Obama to explain and defend their positions. The moderator is not supposed to be the star of the debate. It is refreshing that Diane and her panel are not blaming Lehrer for Obama's poor performance, or conversely, for Romney's superb performance.

I'm glad they brought up the Big Bird thing. I cheered out loud when Romney said that. Of course here they focus on how miniscule the amount of money is compared to the universe at large and all that. That is the usual sand in the eyes kicked up when this topic is raised. The point is that both PBS and NPR are extremely biased towards the left. Especially NPR and especially this show. Only the most deluded or dishonest of the ovine kind would deny it. So, a little empathy and honesty is required to understand that it is not the $$. It is the fact that a taxpayer financed nationwide network exists to promulgate a specific political point of view. Those with empathy will be able to grasp how unacceptable this is by imagining the tables turned. Wouldn't it be all the more wonderful to exist without taxpayer financing and be able to say and do whatever. There was a time when public radio was mostly music and nobody cared of some taxpayer $ was used. Those days are gone and so should the subsidy or the direct injection of real balance. Otherwise Romney and the Republicans should make it job #1 to stop it.

Phil wrote:
"Lehrer did a better job than anyone could have imagined. He allowed, whether intentionally or not, Romney and President Obama to explain and defend their positions."
If this were a Lincoln-Douglas style debate, I would agree, but it wasn't. Lehrer may have done something many people liked, but if so, he did it accidentally. For a 90-minute debate that's supposed to cover x number of questions, the moderator has to maintain control; participants must make their best points succinctly under the rules. That didn't happen because Lehrer never had control at all. If he had, I think Obama would have done EVEN WORSE. I thought he did an awful job, considering the criteria of the debate, and, as I said yesterday, I don't think we have to worry about LOWV ever using him again.

johnandere wrote:
" I don't think we have to worry about LOWV ever using him again."
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Lehrer is 78. While he is younger than Diane Rehm, back in 08, when he was 74, he already knew his limitations and had sworn off moderating any more debates after that one. Since he didn't want to do this Presidential debate, he sure isn't going to do one at age 82.

"SANGER
11:15:59
But at the moment that Susan Rice, nearly three weeks ago, three Sundays ago, the American ambassador to the United Nations, came out on the Sunday TV shows and said, we have no evidence that any of this was preplanned. That the sort of -- her argument was it began as a protest because of the film and then grew into something bigger and then it was exploited basically by these other elements.
SANGER
11:16:25
That didn't quite sound right to anybody even at the moment. I remember she was on "Face the Nation" and John, right, and John McCain was on at the time and I happened to be on that week and McCain said to me, you know, not many people bring an RPG, a rocket propelled grenade, to a demonstration. Well, in Libya, some people do bring RPG's to a demonstration, but the overall point was that this group came pretty well armed and knew exactly where both American sites were, Both the American consult and then this..."

Well, as usual, Sanger...

A Witness reported on the BBC that the Protesters were unarmed and when the Embassy opened fire, they went home and got their guns.

Furthermore, another Witness inspected the Building and said he saw lots of bullet holes, but no evidence of RPG or Mortar damage.

(Cont)

Today (Friday), Diane and Tumulty agreed that the President was off his form because he is so unaccustomed to disagreement and was being pettish.

Then yesterday, Diane and her other Right-Wing Girlfriend, Susan Page said the same thing. Wow, surely the most abused President in my lifetime!!!

But the explanation was quite simple, the President was experiencing what is called Chagrin or Dismay and is a result of the usual dirty Debate tactics and Pre Election attacks from the Bush/CIA/Mossad/FBI/NeoCon/GOP/Jew Media/Military/NRA/Hoover Institution/NPR/Bloomberg News/MI5-MI6 Kabal.

Started off with the standard Right-wing tactic of the Whoppers that can't be rebutted live, then of talking over the Democrat and interruptions of the Moderator. Like the DRShow, the snarling or unctious Righties get to complete their Spiels with out interruption while the Libs are interrupted constantly.

Then for all the Republican Vote Hysteria, a Firm paid by the GOP has been caught in serious Voter Fraud and was formerly accused of destroying Democrat Forms they had been paid to Register.

That plus the Letters with false Voting Dates and Places sent to Minority Voters. Plus hanging around Polling Places challenging Voters to stall the process and deprive Minorities and others of the opportunity to Vote.

Lists of Voters falsely named as Felons.

Falsely accused of Covering up Fast and Furious. Depriving the Benghazi Ambassador of Security.

And so forth, like they have done to ruin every Democrat President or Candidate since Roosevelt.

Monte Haun mchaun@hotmail.com

Phil,
I read this diatribe too and couldn't even be bothered to respond. mchaun has jumped the shark and gone off the deep end. Seriously. I've never heard such psychotic, inchoherent ramblings - not even from Pancake Rankin.