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911 operator: ‘I don’t give a sh*t what happens to you’

David Edwards — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:28:30 +0000

A Nashville woman waited more than 3 hours for someone to respond to her call to 911 emergency services. A local news report found that one 911 operator said, “I really just don’t give a shit what happens to you.”

Newschannel5.com has more details here.

This video is from NewsChannel 5 Nashville, broadcast May 12, 2008.

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Ocean motion used to power up homes

David Edwards — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:35:47 +0000

When it comes to tapping energy from the ocean, off-shore oil rigs are often what comes to mind. But the ocean itself is proving to be an efficient and environmentally friendly source of energy.

RAW STORY has more details here.

This video is from The Associated Press, broadcast May 13, 2008.

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Congress wants Rove testimony for Siegelman prosecution

David Edwards — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:54:11 +0000

Monday was the last day for former Bush advisor Karl Rove to agree to voluntarily testify about the prosecution of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman. MSNBC’s Dan Abrams talked with Don Siegelman to talk about a case that some say is politically motivated.

This video is from MSNBC’s Verdict, broadcast May 12, 2008.

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Realities collide: Jon Stewart interviews Douglas Feith

David Edwards — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:10:32 +0000

Jon Stewart talked with Iraq war planner Douglas Feith.

This video is from Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, broadcast May 12, 2008.

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McAuliffe hits up CNN reporter for donation to Clinton

David Edwards — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:48:45 +0000

John Roberts talked with Clinton campaign chairman Terry McCauliffe about the West Virginia primary. During the interview, McCauliffe repeated asked Roberts for donations to the Clinton campaign.

This video is from CNN’s American Morning, broadcast May 13, 2008.

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Fox: Ron Paul supporters planning ‘revolt’ at GOP convention

David Edwards — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:24:36 +0000

Fox News contributors discuss how a “revolt” by Ron Paul supporters could mean trouble at the Republican National Convention.

This video is from Fox’s Fox & Friends, broadcast May 13, 2008.

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ABC: West Virginian refuses to believe Obama not Muslim

David Edwards — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:12:52 +0000

ABC News talked to a voter in West Virginia who says she will not vote for Barack Obama because he is a Muslim. After being corrected by the ABC News reporter, the voter refused to believe that Barack Obama is not a Muslim.

This video is from ABC’s Good Morning America, broadcast May 13, 2008.

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Lieberman: Airstrikes on Iran a ‘distinct possibility’

David Edwards — Mon, 12 May 2008 12:52:29 +0000

MSNBC’s Pat Buchanan asked Sen. Joe Lieberman if he expected President Bush to launch airstrike on Iran.

Partial Transcript

BUCHANAN: Now, Do you believe that the United States should conduct air strikes on the Iranian quds force in Iran if they do not stop this and do you expect president Bush to do something like that because almost everyone in the administration at a high level, including gates, are saying this hasn’t stopped, it’s going on.

LIEBERMAN: Pat, I hope we don’t have to get to the point of moving in any way into Iran to strike at the base of the people who are responsible for killing Americans. But I hope that the Quds force and the Iranian government has in mind that that is a distinct possibility because let’s be direct about this — and that’s why I asked General Petraeus the question — the Iranians have been equipping to go back and are responsible for the killing of hundreds of American soldiers. This is an outrageous act of the kind of proxy war against us. These people have American blood on their hands and plenty of Iraqi blood as well. I want them to understand that if they don’t stop this, they run the risk having us strike their, the lines that they are using, the bases, the depots that they have. Pat, you just can’t sit back.

This video is from MSNBC’s Morning Joe, broadcast May 12, 2008.

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Obama: ‘John McCain has been getting a free pass’

David Edwards — Mon, 12 May 2008 10:49:57 +0000

Barack Obama began sketching the outlines of his expected presidential contest against Republican John McCain on Saturday, saying the fall election will be more about specific plans and priorities than about questions of political ideology or who is more patriotic.

Barely mentioning Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton, Obama said he was open to campaigning with McCain in “town hall” events. But he also warned that controversial issues such as McCain’s ties to the Keating Five savings and loan scandal are fair game, and he called McCain’s proposal for a temporary halt in the federal gasoline tax a pander and a gimmick.

Obama said McCain has received “a free pass” while he and Clinton have battled for months.

McCain, he said, “has a straight-talker image, but it’s not clear that lately he’s been following through on that image. I mean, this gas tax holiday was a pander. He didn’t even have a way of paying for it.”

The McCain campaign noted that Obama, as an Illinois state senator, once voted for a temporary gas tax suspension. Obama now says he made a mistake.

Obama was asked Saturday if the fall campaign might touch on the 1987 Keating Five scandal, in which the Senate Ethics Committee said McCain used “poor judgment” for allegedly pressing regulators to go easy on the owner of a failed Arizona savings and loan who was also a campaign contributor.

Obama said there is no doubt the Keating Five case is “germane to the presidency.”

“I can’t quarrel with the American people wanting to know more about that,” he said.

RAW STORY has more here.

(with wire reports)

This video is from MSNBC’s Morning Joe, broadcast May 12, 2008.

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SNL spoofs Clinton: The race is ‘hopelessly deadlocked’

David Edwards — Sun, 11 May 2008 17:59:33 +0000

Saturday Night Live with a harsh depiction of Sen. Clinton as a “sore loser.”

This video is from NBC’s Saturday Night Live, broadcast May 10, 2008.

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Sen. Harry Reid: John McCain ‘is a clone of George Bush’

David Edwards — Sun, 11 May 2008 17:46:30 +0000

ABC’s George Stephanopoulos sat down with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) to discuss Arizona Sen. John McCain as a Presidential candidate. Reid believes that McCain is a flawed candidate because of his support of Bush Administration policies and because McCain has the wrong temperament to be President.

McCain was a better lawmaker before he “wrapped his arms around George Bush,” Reid told Stephanopoulos. “Everybody knows [John McCain] has a real unusual temper, but I think that’s one thing,” Reid continued. “I think the main thing he’s wrong on the issues of America today. He’s wrong on the war. He’s wrong on the economy. He’s a clone of George Bush.”

This video is from ABC’s This Week, broadcast May 11, 2008.

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