Jun 5, 2008 9:21am
Obama’s Bottom 10 VP List…Video
EmailWe did it for Nightline last night, produced by the brilliant Talesha Reynolds. Amazing graphics from our folks in New York!
Watch HERE.
- jpt
We did it for Nightline last night, produced by the brilliant Talesha Reynolds. Amazing graphics from our folks in New York!
Watch HERE.
- jpt
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And that’s the truth. Too, too funny. Can you do it on Letterman or the Tonight Show? Please send it to Matthews and Olbermann.
Posted by: RL in Illinois | June 5, 2008, 10:08 am 10:08 am
I’m not watching it. Why wasn’t there equal air time for McCain’s bottom VP list?
Posted by: katrina | June 5, 2008, 10:12 am 10:12 am
I’d love to see a bottom 10 McCain VP list. The one you did for Obama was very well done.
Posted by: Mike | June 5, 2008, 11:20 am 11:20 am
Yeah I would say just to keep it even you need a mcCain list too.
Which actually would be funnier…and perhaps more hurtful…
I think you may not even need to many graphics since the funny characters that are most hurtful to McCain actually have real photos of the two arm and arm often.
He and the lobbyists…
He and female lobbyists he has been rumored to have relationships with
He and Charles Keating
He and GW
Posted by: dl | June 5, 2008, 11:58 am 11:58 am
“I’m not watching it. Why wasn’t there equal air time for McCain’s bottom VP list?”
Would you have watched one about McCain’s bottom 10 without even thinking about demanding one for Obama? Yeah, I thought so.
Tolerance… its not just about bigger colony insects, you know.
Posted by: sherlock | June 5, 2008, 2:09 pm 2:09 pm
Obama asked Caroline Kennedy to choose the VP for him.
Is she involved in politic?
What does she know about politic?
Is this election about Kennedy reincarnation?
Posted by: catleya | June 5, 2008, 4:05 pm 4:05 pm
Everyone at work who listened today found it hilarious.
Posted by: RL in Illinois | June 6, 2008, 12:00 am 12:00 am
That was embarrasingly biased and not funny. It was a smear job that rehashed most of the negative talking points on Obama. Honestly, that script could’ve been written by Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh.
Something tells me the people who thought it was funny comprise the 25% or so who think Bush is a good president. Either that or they’re friends of the people who produced this terrible segment.
Posted by: Tom | June 6, 2008, 12:51 am 12:51 am
How transparent can you be? As others have already noted, if equal time had been apportioned to airing a McCain list you might have garnered a little more credibility. As it stands, this was nothing short of a pathetic smear masquerading as news entertainment.
Not to worry though. ABC had already lost this viewer and many more of my friends and family after the last farce your network advertised as a presidential debate. Considering the ratings hit the network ultimately took for that, it’s unfortunate you don’t seem able to learn from your mistakes.
Posted by: Mireille | June 6, 2008, 2:44 pm 2:44 pm
“RL in Illinois” said that everyone at his work thought this was hilarious. Apparently RL stands for Rush Limbaugh!
Seriously, this was a pathetic smear-job that was thinly veiled in a humor segment. It was terrible. And who cares if they haven’t had a similar segment about McCain and his many skeletons?
Showing more propaganda and BS about EITHER party is not Nightline’s job. Hiding political propaganda in supposedly humorous skits is best left for Fox News and Comedy Central, not ABC.
Posted by: Cheryl | June 6, 2008, 5:14 pm 5:14 pm
So when will we see McCain’s list? He has more than enough for you to choose from.
You’re supposed to be news aren’t you? Not a late night comedy sketch?
I hope you’re half as ashamed of yourselves as I am ashamed of you.
Posted by: Calli | June 6, 2008, 7:59 pm 7:59 pm
The worse. Will never watch ABC again. Never Again!
Posted by: Disgusted | June 6, 2008, 8:26 pm 8:26 pm
Wow, a new low, even for ABC. Couple this with a lack of fairness and “equal time”, and the horrendous sham of a debate hosted by ABC, and it’s no wonder you guys are seen as pathetic right wing shills.
Posted by: Matthew | June 6, 2008, 8:45 pm 8:45 pm
Looking forward to the McCain list …
Posted by: JoePhilly | June 6, 2008, 9:24 pm 9:24 pm
A waste of airtime…and a shame that ABC would allow this type of story.
Posted by: RobynShack | June 6, 2008, 9:47 pm 9:47 pm
This is news? No fact checking. No journalistic integrity.No unbiased coverage. Just salacious- ratings- getting -Jerry Springer- type crap. I’m so sick of it! If I want to watch political commedy, I’ll watch John Stewart. At least he is billed as commedy, and not the REAL news. I don’t think there IS real news anymore.
Posted by: Norma Asbury | June 6, 2008, 9:48 pm 9:48 pm
This from the station that brought you the Path to 911, the incredibly bad debates, and recently cut off Obama’s end of the primaries speech just when Obama began criticizing McCain. As others have said, this isn’t funny, it’s more of the same from the corporate bought media.
Posted by: Lucy | June 6, 2008, 10:10 pm 10:10 pm
A new journalistic low! I thought the media was supposed to cover “the news” and not make the news. You’re a disgrace to your profession!
Posted by: Donna G. Campbell | June 6, 2008, 10:15 pm 10:15 pm
It is deceptive against Obama and would also be against McCain. How low can you sink.
Posted by: Steve | June 6, 2008, 10:42 pm 10:42 pm
This is outrageous. Has ABC been taken over by Fox News?
Posted by: mary | June 6, 2008, 10:58 pm 10:58 pm
Ted must be retching. Vile, unfunny, sophomoric. What I would expect from the network that brought us “Cavemen.”
Posted by: Wayne | June 6, 2008, 11:00 pm 11:00 pm
Funny? Maybe. A little. Does it belong on Nightline? I don’t think so. You shame Ted Koppel with this kind of crap. Having done it, though, I think it’s only right to follow up, and soon, with a McCain version. Hey, he can name as VP lobbyists for Myanmar and Iran. Or General Petraeus for that American military junta look. What the heck, since a McCain win would mean another four years of Bush, why not go ahead and name Bush as his VP. There’s no telling what damage the pair of them could do. Cheney is a possibility. Gosh, we’re halfway there, and that’s just off the cuff. But off the cuff is what Tapper did, and I bet he gets paid far more than I do. Shame on you.
Posted by: Matt | June 6, 2008, 11:10 pm 11:10 pm
Wow the new Fox network. How long do you think you are going to last with it this time. The internet will destroy you people.
Posted by: Lynn | June 7, 2008, 12:33 am 12:33 am
Wow the new Fox network. How long do you think you are going to last with it this time. The internet will destroy you people.
Posted by: Lynn | June 7, 2008, 12:35 am 12:35 am
How about ten for McCain, including all those convicted in the Keating Convictions.
Posted by: P Connors | June 7, 2008, 12:47 am 12:47 am
This is journalism? Everyone involved should be ashamed of themselves. Simply pathetic.
Posted by: Michael Brown | June 7, 2008, 2:30 am 2:30 am
You know its stuff like this that makes you “news” people the laughing stocks you are. More and more people I know are realizing just how biased you are and how many major stories you do not even cover. Lets face it ABC means ALL BIG CORPORATE news nothing more than the propaganda wing for fat cat corporate interests. Trash away your almost over anyway.
Posted by: Bill | June 7, 2008, 3:28 am 3:28 am
Ever hear of Sibel Edmonds?
I suppose real news is just to boring for you to cover.
Your pathetic,
Posted by: Jon | June 7, 2008, 3:44 am 3:44 am
This piece is disgusting. How many times is ABC news going to shame themselves this election year?
Posted by: Todd | June 7, 2008, 8:53 am 8:53 am
If this was your attempt at humor, it failed. If this was supposed to be political reporting, it failed. Maybe you can explain what it was supposed to be? I assume you will be doing a similar piece on McCain with The Keating Five prominently displayed>
Posted by: MS | June 7, 2008, 9:01 am 9:01 am
Now that bottom 10 was very funny. Some people just don’t have a sense of humor (nor does it look like they believe in the 1st ammendment). Maybe because it was a little too close to the truth. That Harriet Christian part had me laughing out loud.
By the way, for every one commenting here that they will no longer watch ABC, I will recruit two new ABC viewers. I’ve already emailed the clip to about 100 folks. Hilarious.
Lighten up people. Your protesting a humor clip makes it look like you are trying to hide something.
Bravo, Mr. Tapper!
Posted by: Marilyn Johnson | June 7, 2008, 9:39 am 9:39 am
The funniest things about these clips showing Obama with his pals Rezko, Ayers, Wright, Pfleger, Dohn, Hamas, etc is the Obama supporters reaction. Obama is new to the scene and is unknown. All of these shady relationships are recent history. And every time, the Obama fans, shout “what about Keating, Keating?”. They pick a 20 year old story about McCain where he was cleared by Congress of any wrongdoing, he has been re-elected by his home state since and it has come up in every election he has been in. Plus everyone already knows about it, hence there ability to shout “Keating, Keating” every time.
LOL!
Posted by: Jennifer D | June 7, 2008, 9:44 am 9:44 am
Well I guess it’s not going to be hard to know who Nightline and ABC will have biased news of. This really belongs on the “fair and balanced” news network. Oh, I forgot, we don’t need them since we can get the biased repub truth from you.
Posted by: JB | June 7, 2008, 10:17 am 10:17 am
Brilliant piece and right on the money.
Loved it and now ABC is back on my favorites list.
Posted by: Gabi | June 7, 2008, 1:54 pm 1:54 pm
Pretty sorry it was not funny or true. ABC now off my watch list. You are pathetic.
Posted by: Martha Evans | June 7, 2008, 3:28 pm 3:28 pm
How can you think you are entitled to put out such junk as this? Don’t you have any respect for yourself? A man doesn’t get any lower than this.
Posted by: Rita Miller | June 7, 2008, 5:09 pm 5:09 pm
One more reason why I only watch NBC NEWS shows.
Posted by: kim | June 7, 2008, 8:10 pm 8:10 pm
Hey Cheryl: June 6 5:14:57. Had more people listen to it and came back again myself. Yours truly, “Woman” supporter of Hillary Clinton who will vote for McCain.
Posted by: RL in Illinois | June 7, 2008, 10:45 pm 10:45 pm
RL in IL, you and your friends should watch McCain’s Nightmare and see the first thing that comes up. It has almost 2 millions views and is much more telling and relevant than this Nightline segment could ever hope to be.
As someone else said, digging into every single person Obama has ever known in any way is pretty pointless. McCain has been around a very long time and something tells me we could very easily make a smear piece about his fundraisers over the years, his friends the many, many lobbyists that currently work on his campaign.
His Reverend Hagee said things that are far worse than the ridiculous things Reverend Wright could ever hope to say. Among them that poor people should starve, that the antichrist will be Jewish, that my Catholic church is a whore and that God sent Hitler to be a great hunter for the Jews.
Strangely we rarely here that discussed in the mainstream media.
Posted by: Cheryl | June 8, 2008, 12:13 pm 12:13 pm