Comments for "It's Over." Video at VideoSift.com

By marinara

marinara (http://www.videosift.com/member/marinara) — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:31:44 -0700

Now watch the short victory speech given by Hobama after the North Carolina Primary.
http://www.videosift.com/video/Obamas-speech-after-North-Carolina-victory

My sincere thanks to the people of North Carolina
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina

I just read the wiki, and The offical language of North Carolina is english. Just in case you ever visit there.

By rottenseed

rottenseed (http://rottenseed.videosift.com) — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:05:31 -0700

tell them: "but the gas tax holiday"

By RedSky

RedSky (http://www.videosift.com/member/RedSky) — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:07:36 -0700

If anything, her 20% lead in Pennsylvania being dwindled down to 9% by Obama was a more significant failing, but the media and her campaign spun it as a victory by playing on the general public's short-sightedness.

Whereas here, where she after all did scrape a marginal win in Indiana and lost predictably in North Carolina, at least she managed to make a gain, but the media predictably reports it negatively. It just goes to show that she's just running on puff, and the notion that she can come back when the impracticality of this was decided long ago. I think Pelosi was correct in saying that if the super delegates turned against popular opinion it would be a disaster, especially now that cross-polling suggests McCain is running even or above both Democratic candidates in one-on-one-polls.

The longer this campaign runs on, the larger this margin becomes, the more flack builds up on the eventual Democratic nominee, and the less likely Obama becomes politically capable in taking Hilary as a VP especially now that Democratic voters have become so polarised, all implying the increasingly likely scenario that there'll be more of the same for another 4 years in the US ...

By kronosposeidon

kronosposeidon (http://kronosposeidon.videosift.com) — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:21:43 -0700

I can't believe I upvoted old Pumpkinhead, but then I did upvote Nancy Grace one time too. Geez, who will I upvote next? Sean Hannity?

By HaricotVert

HaricotVert (http://www.videosift.com/member/HaricotVert) — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:07:57 -0700

Make the bad lady go away.

By thatguyjames

thatguyjames (http://www.videosift.com/member/thatguyjames) — Thu, 08 May 2008 09:21:42 -0700

It's interesting when you watch the graphics at the bottom of the screen.

When they show the Indiana results Clinton has beaten Obama 51% to 49%.

Then when they show the North Carolina results where Obama beats Clinton, a golden check mark lands next to Obama's name, and Clinton's name washes out in dark blue.

No subliminal messages here. Move along.

By BillOreilly

BillOreilly (http://www.videosift.com/member/BillOreilly) — Thu, 08 May 2008 09:27:03 -0700

IT'S NOT OVER UNTIL THE FAT LADY SINGS!

And I don't mean Hillary, she's actually quite fit, and in excellent physical health!

By NetRunner

NetRunner (http://www.videosift.com/member/NetRunner) — Thu, 08 May 2008 10:15:29 -0700

>> ^thatguyjames:
It's interesting when you watch the graphics at the bottom of the screen.

When they show the Indiana results Clinton has beaten Obama 51% to 49%.

Then when they show the North Carolina results where Obama beats Clinton, a golden check mark lands next to Obama's name, and Clinton's name washes out in dark blue.

No subliminal messages here. Move along.

That's because at the time they had not yet called Indiana, while North Carolina had been called the second polls closed (and at the time, Obama was up 14% with 99% reporting, an obvious win).

If you're looking for subliminal messages in the crawl, keep in mind that there's nothing subliminal or subtle about what the talking head is saying in the upper portion of the screen.

Also, given the status of the results, it's fair that they're giving subliminal cues that Obama won North Carolina, and Indiana was still up in the air.

By bamdrew

bamdrew (http://www.videosift.com/member/bamdrew) — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:24:07 -0700

>> ^thatguyjames:
Then when they show the North Carolina results where Obama beats Clinton, a golden check mark lands next to Obama's name, and Clinton's name washes out in dark blue.

No subliminal messages here. Move along.

The check-mark means the results were final. You'll notice the crawl says a large county in Indiana in which Obama was expected to do well had not reported many votes, so nobody was putting a gold check-mark to the 51% to 49% win for Hillary until they were sure Gary, Indiana wasn't going to tie it up for Sen. Obama.

If you're a Hillary supporter you're projecting your bias; if not, well, try to take in all the info before berating a news network for doing their job.

By Camhuffman

Camhuffman (http://www.videosift.com/member/Camhuffman) — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:07:54 -0700

I live in Indiana and I was surprised she won. Obama's people campaigned like crazy, i got several phone calls every day for a week and supports coming to my door. I got one phone call about Hillary, after the voting was closed, asking me if I had voted for her

By guessandcheck

guessandcheck (http://guessandcheck.videosift.com) — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:30:05 -0700

***removed comment as it was nearly identical to NetRunner's*** should've read ahead.

By doremifa

doremifa (http://www.videosift.com/member/doremifa) — Fri, 09 May 2008 07:50:54 -0700

After following the news for some time I have come to this conclusion:

Fox News = anti-Obama
CNN = Pro-Democrat
MSN = Pro-Obama (except morning Joe Scarbourogh show)

I admire NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (PBS) and CSPAN.

By NetRunner

NetRunner (http://www.videosift.com/member/NetRunner) — Fri, 09 May 2008 23:32:13 -0700

>> ^doremifa:
After following the news for some time I have come to this conclusion:

Fox News = anti-Obama
CNN = Pro-Democrat
MSN = Pro-Obama (except morning Joe Scarbourogh show)

I admire NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (PBS) and CSPAN.

Really, CNN is Pro-Democrat? I don't watch a lot of CNN, but I generally think of them as Fox-lite these days.

MSNBC is all over the map in my opinion. Olbermann is strongly pro-Obama, but the rest of the network is pretty neutral. Except all the Republican analysts are uniformly pro-Clinton, though I find that's consistent right now across all media everywhere.

PBS is wonderful. It reminds me what real TV journalism looks like. They try their best to provide an even-handed report of the facts, sans spin.

By HaricotVert

HaricotVert (http://www.videosift.com/member/HaricotVert) — Sat, 10 May 2008 02:59:35 -0700

PBS is the only reason I still have any faith at all in televised news.

Can't wait for the Presidential Debate moderated by Jim Lehrer - at least he'll ask truly relevant and pressing questions.