Posted on 02/03/2009 5:19:26 AM PST by Mobile Vulgus
This is why newspapers deserve to be buried in the dust bin of history, at least unless they clean up their act. For well over 20 years a southwest suburban Chicago newspaper called The Reporter has employed a columnist named Michael M. Bates. He has been the local conservative columnist for many years until, that is, his latest column on Barack Obama was altered to add malicious content aimed at the columnist by the paper's editor.
Bates was one of those conservatives (like myself) that wrote that he hoped that Obama would not succeed as president IF success meant that all sorts of socialist, unAmerican policies would be implemented. Bates was not wishing the president to fail except in implementing policies that Bates felt would be bad for America and even more to the point Bates was not saying he wised the U.S. as a whole ill. But it seems that "nuance" is not something that Bates' editor understands because the editor decided to add some things to Bates' column that Bates did not say...
Here was Bates' main point in the column:
Read the rest at Publiusforum.com...
too bad he can’t sue the editor for slander
“too bad he can’t sue the editor for slander”
no, slander law is almost invariably used as a tool of oppression.
just WRITE YOUR CONTRACT CAREFULLY. Eg all changes/additions must be OK’d by me.
I wish him success in carrying out his solemn oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. I also will do my utmost to see that he suffers public scorn and defeat should he attempt to exceed his enumerated powers or to diminish any of the powers delegated to the states and the People. (since the Courts refuse to do this, that task falls to the rest of us)
Isn’t/Wasn’t Michael Bates a Freeper? “My Side of the Swamp” or something like that?
I don’t...I want him to fail...miserably...
Good news!! Your wish will come true . . . . . . he is already failing miserably and his poll numbers are dropping.
Enjoy the rest of your day!! :-)
ping
Something like that.
Obama needs to read the tale of the apprentice in a blacksmith’s shop; ya gotta pick your time if ya wanna learn how to handle a new horseshoe...
Funny thing is, the die-hard conservatives want Barack to succeed, so the country fails under democratic leadership and ushers in a new era of conservative control.
It’s why they voted for Barack in the first place, or a 3rd-party candidate.
Yes, you are correct. He still has the “my side of the swamp” site up. I just found it with a Google search when you mentioned it.
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