I was looking around at Daily Puma earlier, and found this list on Cannonfire of people who owe us an apology for their blind, rabid, ridiculous Obama love. Obviously there are many other names that could be added to the list.
The apology list (snip 1. Michael Moore - STILL can't believe he fell for those ridiculous lies about Hillary back in '08 and made NO attempts to actually do research on & disprove them.
2. Keith Olbermann - I know I know he's basically a corporate tool (mainly thanks to debunking by Bob Somerby at The Daily Howler) so why bother with him anyway? I thinks it's because mainly he's still seen as one of the very few fair minded liberal/progressive guys in the MSM (even if that image is false?) Still he did pimp hard for Obama back in '08 and I feel he owes America an apology (whether Rachel Maddow does too I'm still thinking over...)
3. A lot of A-List Bloggers - I just wish people would name WHO they are on this one ya know? Other than people at DailyKos, DemocraticUnderground and Buzzflash it seems like nobody on our side is willing to call out by name other supposed A-List bloggers who blindly pimped for Obama. I could at least name Oliver Willis as another uncritical Obot blogger that I used to like but he was never called out by anybody (not even you Joe.) What's up with that? Is there a "code of silence" among bloggers on that deal?
4. Amy Goodman & Pajamas Media - This is the hardest example of Obot devotion that I have a hard time trying to convince people of. But I think Amy did pimp hard for O on her Democracy Now! show back in '08 (and if you still don't believe me please try searching for Amy on a blog called ThirdEstateSundayReview.blogspot.com) Pajamas Media I think is supposed to be a fair minded lib/prog/dem media group who went deep into the tank for O back then as well (maybe O payed their fair minds to go on vacation?)
5. Drs. Cornel West & Michael Eric Dyson - This one is real hard for me to admit as I'm African American and a fan of their literary work but both went blind for O back then too.
6. Tom Tomorrow - He NEVER 100% came out for O (and even critiqued O a few times) but maybe he could be the Poster-Dude for CDS? "Hi, my name is Sparky The Penguin and I have CDS - Clinton Derangement Syndrome" - "Hi Sparky."
7. Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert - Both are usually WAY smarter than the MSM and do better research on politicians on their shows than the MSM does too but both fell hard for O back in '08 - there's no question about that.
8. Bill Moyers - Another VERY hard one to admit to because I've been a fan of TV & Book work for so long. But Bill didn't investigate on O like he should've and should be called out and on it too.
9. Stevie Wonder - Perhaps the hardest one for me to admit because I'm a fan of his music. Maybe I could cut him some slack because he's a musician but still his endorsement of O was a big disappointment to me.
10. Melissa Etheridge - Think she'll tour with supposed ex-gay Rev. Donnie McClurkin for an "Obama Will Bring Us Together" tour in the coming years? Think any of her gay fanbase will turn out for it?
11. TONS of Hip Hop Artists - I can send you many MP3's of Hip Hop MC's imploring the youth to vote for O simply 'cuz he's black & male - too bad NONE of them would've done tracks for Cynthia McKinney.
12. Oprah Winfrey & Some women of ABC's "The View" - Oprah was the biggest MSM celebrity endorser for Obama - no question about that. As for The View Whoopi Goldberg, Sherri Sheppard and Joy Behar should be called out - all of them should've really done a better job of informing their mainly female viewing audience about Obama. Even my Mom (who loves the show) stoppd watching them (briefly) back then too." http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/2009/09/apology-list.html
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