Nah, The Media Isn't In the Tank...

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

The Repubs many debates, which drew a large divers audience, have really f#*ked up the Clintons.

Fixed that for ya.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by Boreas

It's only whell's and the writer's contention that the Town Hall was conceived as a way for Hillary to get "One More Shot to Take Down Sanders". It could just as easily turn out in the exact opposite way.

Yeah, but she didn't want to take that risk before when she thought she had the nomination in the bag. This Town Hall would have never happened if she still had a big lead in the Iowa Polls.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

Yeah, but she didn't want to take that risk before when she thought she had the nomination in the bag. This Town Hall would have never happened if she still had a big lead in the Iowa Polls.

If she thought she had the nomination sewn up, why would a little old Town Hall worry her?

It should also be pointed out that this isn't a debate. The candidates will not be able to directly challenge one another.

[whell]

Originally Posted by Boreas

As it is, however, with all three candidates in attendance, it's just as valid/invalid to assert that it gives Sanders and O'Malley another shot at Hillary.

So what are you / are you not asserting???

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by whell

So what are you / are you not asserting???

I'm asserting that the CNN Town Hall Meeting is as likely to hurt Hillary as help her. It's easy and equally legitimate to argue either position but the most legitimate position is that one result is essentially as likely as the other. I'm also asserting that the VF article is a blatant and utterly transparent hit piece.

For the record, I don't like Hillary very much. It's just that I like political smears masquerading as journalism a whole lot less.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by Boreas

Okay, I finally read the Vanity Fair article. It's a blatant hit piece, trying to hang an exaggerated version of Bill Clinton's sexual indiscretions around Hillary's neck.

Ayup. Everybody wants to be like Maureen Dowd.

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics...linton-rumors/