Civil War, D.C.-style (The Press vs. The White House)

New York Daily News ^ | 7/13/05 | Michael Goodwin

[NathanBookman]

It's a civil war in Washington. The combatants have an eye-for-an-eye mentality. The partisanship is heated and nasty.

Republicans versus Democrats? Nah. This one pits the media against the White House.

It's a war the media can't win, and shouldn't wage.

The intense grilling that White House reporters inflicted on presidential spokesman Scott McClellan Monday over whether political guru Karl Rove leaked the name of a CIA operative was no ordinary give-and-take. It was a hostile hectoring that revealed much of the mainstream press for what it has become: the opposition party.

[NathanBookman]

I watched the WH press briefing yesterday and it was a joke. The journalists looked like a bunch of raving lunatics.

[mlc9852]

What is a "cival" war?

[TC Rider]

It's the War of Media Agression!

[Piquaboy]

They are a bunch of raviing lunatics. They are so stupid and biased it is beyond belief. Everyone of them make me want to puke.

[capt. norm]

LOove this line about asking for Rove's resignation:

If everybody resigned when Kerry demanded it, Washington would be empty.

[NathanBookman]

It's kind of like "Civil", but with an "a".

OK, I made the mistake of typing title instead of copying it because I already had a juicy tidbit of info copied and I didn't want to lose it.

[rwa265]

'What is a "cival" war?'

Just a guess - a civil war by a cabal of political manipulators?

[rwa265]

Shame on you for making a typing error. I never maek a typing eroor. <:)

[Malesherbes]

Exactly. I watched it too. The pigs of the MSM had removed their lipstick and were openly wallowing in their own barf.

[mountainfolk]

The reporters are now starring in their own productions. They are insulting and arrogant and not in the very least interested in obtaining facts to pass on to the American public. I am sure they are paid very well to prostitute their profession.