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#1091833 - 12/04/08 05:41 PM MSNBC Anchor Frets: Why Hasn't Obama's Election En
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"File this one under "Deluded Expectations." During MSNBC's coverage of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, on Nov. 27, daytime anchor Alex Witt seemed frustrated that the election of Barack Obama 23 days earlier -- and the accompanying "global outpouring of affection, respect, hope" -- had not caused an end to terrorist violence.

Talking with correspondent John Yang, who was covering the Obama side of the story, Witt conceded that while "you certainly can't expect things to change on a dime overnight....There had been such a global outpouring of affection, respect, hope, with the new administration coming in, that precisely these kinds of attacks, it was thought -- at least hoped -- would be dampered down. But in this case it looks like Barack Obama is getting a preview of things to come."

[This item, by the MRC's Rich Noyes, was posted Monday morning on the MRC's blog, Newsbusters.org]

It almost seems like a parody of liberals' blind worship of Obama to actually expect that The One's election would mean terrorists hanging up their bomb belts, peace around the world, lions lying down with lambs, and so forth. For his part, Yang delicately pointed out the more valid concern that "the enemies of the United States, those who don't care for the United States no matter who's leading it, would try and test the United States" during the transition from Bush to Obama.

Here's the full exchange, that took place at about 2:55pm EST on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, after Yang reported on how Obama was being fully briefed by the Bush administration on the terrorist attacks:

ALEX WITT: You know, John, and it's interesting because there are many who had such an optimstic and hopeful opinion of things, and you certainly can't expect things to change [snaps fingers] on a dime overnight, but there are many who suggested that with the outgoing Bush administration and the incoming Obama administration there would be something of a lull in terrorism attacks. There had been such a global outpouring of affection, respect, hope, with the new administration coming in, that precisely these kinds of attacks, it was thought -- at least hoped -- would be dampered down. But in this case it looks like Barack Obama is getting a preview of things to come.
JOHN YANG: He's -- it's a rude awakening, a very, sort of, sober reminder of what he's going to be facing in just a few weeks. And there is some concern also, there had been some concern, that during this period, during this, the transition period, between Election Day and Inauguration Day, that the enemies of the United States, those who don't care for the United States no matter who's leading it, would try and test the United States, would try to take advantage of this period, and I think that may be one thing that we're seeing right now.
WITT: Okay, John Yang there in Chicago, following President-elect Barack Obama's Thanksgiving Day dinner having been interrupted by all of this news from Mumbai. John, thank you very much. "

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122833189150076359.html

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#1091838 - 12/04/08 05:47 PM Re: MSNBC Anchor Frets: Why Hasn't Obama's Election En straw
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MY COD!!! Obama's Thanksgiving Day dinner was interrupted by the news of the attacks in Mumbai? What is next? Terrorists flying planes into buildings while George Bush reads a book above his reading level to kids who don't know who he is?
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#1091892 - 12/04/08 06:27 PM Re: MSNBC Anchor Frets: Why Hasn't Obama's Election En Mint Julep
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President Bush has a degree from Yale. What continuation school did you graduate from?
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#1091893 - 12/04/08 06:28 PM Re: MSNBC Anchor Frets: Why Hasn't Obama's Election En Blade Scrapper
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he's a legacy from harrisburg though!

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#1091894 - 12/04/08 06:29 PM Re: MSNBC Anchor Frets: Why Hasn't Obama's Election En Hated By Some
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#1091906 - 12/04/08 06:36 PM Re: MSNBC Anchor Frets: Why Hasn't Obama's Election En Blade Scrapper
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i think you missed the reference and obviously it is hyperbole to act like he has below a 3rd grade reading level but the truth is in the fact that he does not appear to have the intellect to be accepted to yale and hbs without his connections.

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#1091914 - 12/04/08 06:44 PM Re: MSNBC Anchor Frets: Why Hasn't Obama's Election En Hated By Some
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Yet, you still have to pass the coursework, legacy or not.
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#1091917 - 12/04/08 06:48 PM Re: MSNBC Anchor Frets: Why Hasn't Obama's Election En Blade Scrapper
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College Transcripts of George W. Bush Show C Average

George W. Bush wasn’t the best college student around. But at least he’s been up front about his college record, unlike Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Sarah Palin. John McCain, on the other hand, has been quite upfront about the fact that he was ranked 894 out of 899 in the Naval Academy.


http://www.eduinreview.com/blog/2008/10/college-transcripts-of-george-w-bush-show-c-average/
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#1091924 - 12/04/08 06:51 PM Re: MSNBC Anchor Frets: Why Hasn't Obama's Election En Blade Scrapper
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Originally Posted By: JoeMiddleAmerica
Yet, you still have to pass the coursework, legacy or not.

unless there is a pure curve, the hardest part of elite schools is simply getting into them.

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#1091933 - 12/04/08 06:54 PM Re: MSNBC Anchor Frets: Why Hasn't Obama's Election En Hated By Some
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Objective reports say that while not a good public speaker, Bush is highly intelligent. PS to MJ. The election is over. You have my blessing to seek help for your BDS.
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#1091941 - 12/04/08 06:58 PM Re: MSNBC Anchor Frets: Why Hasn't Obama's Election En Blade Scrapper
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swim, i'm not talking about the public speaking process. i'm talking about the decision-making process.

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#1091945 - 12/04/08 07:00 PM Re: MSNBC Anchor Frets: Why Hasn't Obama's Election En Hated By Some
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Of course you are.
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#1091950 - 12/04/08 07:01 PM Re: MSNBC Anchor Frets: Why Hasn't Obama's Election En Hated By Some
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Originally Posted By: Camaro Power
Originally Posted By: JoeMiddleAmerica
Yet, you still have to pass the coursework, legacy or not.

unless there is a pure curve, the hardest part of elite schools is simply getting into them.


says the obviously jealous failed lawyer turned business student who couldn't get into an Ivy League school

What do you call someone who graduates last in his law class? Attorney!

I wonder if the same statement bolded above applies to The One?
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#1091951 - 12/04/08 07:02 PM Re: MSNBC Anchor Frets: Why Hasn't Obama's Election En Blade Scrapper
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Doesn't Bush have an undergraduate degree from Yale and a MBA from Havard?

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#1091958 - 12/04/08 07:09 PM Re: MSNBC Anchor Frets: Why Hasn't Obama's Election En Creditcop
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MSNBC is not a credible news agency and a recent study identified them as the most bias news network. This is reflected in their ratings. They are a sorry excuse for a news network.
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#1091960 - 12/04/08 07:10 PM Re: MSNBC Anchor Frets: Why Hasn't Obama's Election En HappyGilmore
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why are you so angry? and why do you say that i failed as a lawyer?

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#1091966 - 12/04/08 07:13 PM Re: MSNBC Anchor Frets: Why Hasn't Obama's Election En Hated By Some
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Pulling people out of the ditc...
I'm not angry, I was laughing as I typed this. You told me you failed as a bank counsel, sorry if repeating what you said causes grief. I guess I should be asking you why your anger/hatred/jealousy of Bush.
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#1091972 - 12/04/08 07:15 PM Re: MSNBC Anchor Frets: Why Hasn't Obama's Election En Creditcop
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Just to sum up, Republicans who graduate from prestigious schools only did so by buying their way in and skating through while all Democrats are geniuses in all facets of knowledge and intellect humanly possible, diligently toiling in a society that is stacked against them and has been since A.D.1620.

::made himself throw up in his mouth with the above statement::
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#1091985 - 12/04/08 07:20 PM Re: MSNBC Anchor Frets: Why Hasn't Obama's Election En HappyGilmore
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President George Bush's academic record was almost identical to Senator John Kerry's at university, despite the depiction of Kerry as the more intellectual during the 2004 presidential campaign.

Records released to the Boston Globe show that Kerry's grades at Yale University averaged 76, while Bush, who also attended Yale, averaged 77.

Under the grade system at the time, both marks equate to a C. Kerry's score seems to have been dragged down during his first year, when he got four Ds out of 10 results.

(rumor has it Kerry told his father that D stood for distinction)
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#1092006 - 12/04/08 07:33 PM Re: MSNBC Anchor Frets: Why Hasn't Obama's Election En Pale Rider
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I thought in Kerry's case, "D" stood for "Dang, I wish I didn't look like Herman Munster. laugh
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#1092024 - 12/04/08 07:48 PM Re: MSNBC Anchor Frets: Why Hasn't Obama's Election En GuitarDude
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and have you ever heard him pronouce the word "Genghis" ?
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#1092044 - 12/04/08 08:04 PM Re: MSNBC Anchor Frets: Why Hasn't Obama's Election En Blade Scrapper
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Originally Posted By: JoeMiddleAmerica
President Bush has a degree from Yale. What continuation school did you graduate from?


1) I have never heard of a "continuation school". Is that like one of those adult continuing education things where you attend class at night and finish a degree?

2) The man may have a degree from Yale, but he has trouble stringing together more than three words at a time and making sense.

3) I apparently left my sarcasm font turned off when I wrote that. It should be on now, but you will probably not get it, again, as you seem to have no sense of humor whatsoever.

4) "He's a legacy from Harrisburg" is a line from the movie Animal House. Clearly it was meant as a joke. Again, you have no sense of humor whatsoever, so it was lost on you completely.

5) People who do not have a sense of humor are BORING.

6) I was also gigging MSNBC for having a reporter covering the interruption of BO's Thanksgiving Dinner, as if it were a world event. I'm willing to bet BO hasn't had a quiet meal since the election and few before that. It isn't news, it is an everyday happening.

7) I actually agree that the comments of the MSNBC talking head were foolish and overly optimistic in an almost childlike innocence kind of way.

8) I bet if we locked you in a room with a squirrel, the squirrel would commit suicide from boredom.
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#1092058 - 12/04/08 08:25 PM Re: MSNBC Anchor Frets: Why Hasn't Obama's Election En Mint Julep
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^^^wow, and Ron says I'm angry^^^ shocked
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#1092059 - 12/04/08 08:27 PM Re: MSNBC Anchor Frets: Why Hasn't Obama's Election En HappyGilmore
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You told me you failed as a bank counsel, sorry if repeating what you said causes grief

no, i said that i wanted to have the position created and grow into it and since that didn't happen, i moved on.

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I'm not angry, I was laughing as I typed this

usually i can pick up on your joking. my bad.

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I guess I should be asking you why your anger/hatred/jealousy of Bush.

running joke.

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#1092063 - 12/04/08 08:36 PM Re: MSNBC Anchor Frets: Why Hasn't Obama's Election En Mint Julep
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1) I have never heard of a "continuation school". Is that like one of those adult continuing education things where you attend class at night and finish a degree?
HS Diploma actually.

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3) I apparently left my sarcasm font turned off when I wrote that. It should be on now, but you will probably not get it, again, as you seem to have no sense of humor whatsoever.
I get sarcasm quite well, actually. I regarded your post as your usual BDS rather than sarcasm. My mistake. (or not)

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5) People who do not have a sense of humor are BORING.
I'm not sure if this merits a response.

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6) I was also gigging MSNBC for having a reporter covering the interruption of BO's Thanksgiving Dinner, as if it were a world event. I'm willing to bet BO hasn't had a quiet meal since the election and few before that. It isn't news, it is an everyday happening.
A major terrorist attack against an important American ally is a ho-hum everyday event. You're more jaded than I thought.


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7) I actually agree that the comments of the MSNBC talking head were foolish and overly optimistic in an almost childlike innocence kind of way.
Like most Obamaniacs


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8) I bet if we locked you in a room with a squirrel, the squirrel would commit suicide from boredom.
If it's between me and the squirrel, the squirrel is going down.
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