[Vision2020] Rupert Murdoch Says Obama Will Win

[g. crabtree]

And "progressive" arguments haven't, in many cases, centered around sound 
bites from huffington, kos, and msnbc? I recall numerous cases of your 
ideological comrades posting demagogic olber-rants to this forum. ("for 
shame, Mr.. president" & "shut the hell up!" leap nauseatingly to mind)

You toss out the noun "opportunist" as though its a horrible thing. I could 
have sworn it meant to take advantage of an opportunity. Murdoch is a 
business man and as such it's in his interest to hedge his bets. I strongly 
doubt that it will have any effect on FOX's editorial policy. Does George 
Soros' money not buy him a fair bit of influence? Does he not seek 
opportunities to do so? I would much sooner trust a greedy, self serving 
capitalist over a flaming ideologue. Their motivations are much more 
transparent.

If where the bulk of the big money goes is of interest to you, please see:

http://www.opensecrets.org/overview/topcontribs.php

and

http://www.opensecrets.org/overview/topindivs.php

You might be surprised where the lion's share ends up. Damn opportunists.

g
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chasuk" <chasuk at gmail.com>
To: "g. crabtree" <jampot at roadrunner.com>
Cc: "Vision2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 9:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Rupert Murdoch Says Obama Will Win


> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 6:59 PM, g. crabtree <jampot at roadrunner.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> What in the world would make you believe that conservatives take their
>> marching orders from rupert murdoch? If memory serves it wasn't all that
>> long ago that he was hosting fund raisers for bill's wife. If I were you 
>> I
>> wouldn't bet the farm on what conservatives (or republicans for that 
>> matter)
>> will do based on a story from the huffington post.
>
> For the last eight years, the "conservative side" of virtually every
> political conversation that I have had has consisted largely of
> soundbites from FoxNews.  No, I would not make that accusation of you,
> but you are one of the exceptions.
>
> I know that Murdoch is an opportunist, but I do think that his money
> buy him a lot of influence.  Murdoch became a naturalized citizen only
> to be able buy American television stations.  I don't trust him.
>