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Old 07-14-2009, 11:40 AM   #220 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by aceventura3 View Post
I thought I listed this issue as an area where, I agree, that she has been critical of Obama. But in spite of the clip, I stand by my view as Maddow being an Obama cheerleader.
I understand your position, but you and I must have two different ideas of what constitutes a "cheerleader" and being in one's camp.

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She will need to do a bit more in my view before I would consider her objective. I can see why some already think she is. However, the problem especially with liberals, when assessing Obama is that with him - it just gets so ridiculously obvious his words and actions can not be reconciled - that it can not be ignored. Most objective and critical thinking people saw that in Obama a long time ago.
This I can accept. However, you should expect liberals to want to give other liberals the benefit of the doubt. This does not equate to cheerleading or sitting in the camp, per se. There is expectation, and then there is outcome. I don't know of many who are singing praises of Obama. I do know there were high expectations though.
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