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Rather Calls ACLU a "Civil Rights Group"
Dan Rather ^
Posted on 04/25/2003 10:36:26 AM PDT by RepPhil
- With the fighting in Iraq all but over, domestic politics have reemerged after being largely dormant for months. Unfortunately, Dan Rather's liberal bias on domestic issues has reemerged as well. Protecting the nation's airports was back in the news again this week following an ACLU lawsuit on behalf of two opponents of the war who claim they were unjustly stopped from boarding airplanes on account of their political views. But reporting on the brouhaha, the CBS anchor didn't see fit to label the group many conservatives consider anything but innocuous. Instead, it was a "civil rights group."
Rather's version: "Civil rights groups are suing the F.B.I. over a so-called 'no-fly list,' a watch list meant to keep terrorists off commercial flights. A lot of law-abiding U.S. citizens say they're showing up on that list for no good reason. CBS's Richard Schlesinger has a case in point for tonight's Eye on America."
- Dan Rather jumped into the fray Tuesday over comments senator Rick Santorum allegedly made about homosexuality. But in a tell-piece in which he relayed the Pennsylvania Republican's complaints about being quoted out of context, Rather decided to stitch two sentences together (without acknowledging it) and read a quote that sounded much more wide-ranging than anything Santorum actually said.
- Also not mentioned by Rather: Lara Jakes Jordan, the AP correspondent who first reported the remarks, is married to Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's campaign manager, Jim Jordan.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aclu; bias; liberalmedia
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Santorum did nothing wrong, except agreeing to talk to the AP correspondent. She probably asked him, "So, how evil do you think those homosexuals are?" Or "Don't you think it's good to be extreme and right-wing?"
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posted on
04/25/2003 10:36:26 AM PDT
by
RepPhil
To: RepPhil
Or "Don't you think it's good to be extreme and right-wing?"My answer would have been a resounding " YES!
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posted on
04/25/2003 10:41:22 AM PDT
by
RetiredArmy
(We'll put a boot in your ass, it's the American Way! Toby Keith)
To: RepPhil
--Rather Calls ACLU a "Civil Rights Group"--
Sort of like calling Rather a journalist.
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posted on
04/25/2003 10:45:05 AM PDT
by
pbear8
( sed libera nos a malo)
To: RepPhil
I'd like to hear the actual number behind Dan's "a lot." What's he supposed to call the ACLU though?
To: Egregious Philbin; RepPhil
"What's he supposed to call the ACLU though?"
That's what I wondered,
a "[three words, fit for television]"
What do *you* suggest RepPhil?
To: Egregious Philbin; RepPhil
What's he supposed to call the ACLU though?
I always though ACLU stood for "American Center for Leftist Umbrage".
Owl_Eagle
Guns Before Butter.
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posted on
04/25/2003 10:48:53 AM PDT
by
End Times Sentinel
(Involve the U.N. in reconstruction- Perhaps they can turn a bombed out Baghdad into a Gleaming Gaza.)
To: Egregious Philbin
You would not want to hear what I call the ACLU, and believe me it is not a civil rights group.
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posted on
04/25/2003 10:57:39 AM PDT
by
mom-7
To: RepPhil
Just because the term "civil rights" has recently taken on a racial connotation, we don't need to refute the obvious. The ACLU is a civil rights group. I don't see the big deal here...
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posted on
04/25/2003 10:58:19 AM PDT
by
Mr. Bird
To: Egregious Philbin
So would I. I thought I had read that the list was only about 320 names. That number is just in my head for some reason...could be wrong.
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posted on
04/25/2003 11:00:32 AM PDT
by
Adder
To: mom-7
I don't think everything the ACLU does is bad, though I do wish they'd put a little more care into what cases they decide to pursue.
To: Adder
I think
this may be a different list, but if you believe the article, it says that 4.5% of America is on the terror watch list.
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posted on
04/25/2003 11:10:46 AM PDT
by
m1911
To: RepPhil
Well, I think the ACLU is mis-guided, but I think they are a civil rights group.
However, I think the Bill of Rights establishes the key civil rights in this country. Has the ACLU done much to preserve our Right to Keep and Bear Arms? If not, why not?
To: Egregious Philbin
What's he supposed to call the ACLU though? Sociaist.
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posted on
04/25/2003 11:45:19 AM PDT
by
cinFLA
To: RepPhil
America's oldest civil-rights group.
To: RepPhil
Does this mean that Rather did not bother to look into the origins of the ACLU?
Bought maintained and paid for 100% by the Soviet Union.
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posted on
04/25/2003 11:48:55 AM PDT
by
Publius6961
(Californians are as dumm as a sack of rocks)
ACLU is indeed a 'civil rights' group, which is dramatically less honorable than a 'civil liberties' group would be
the fact that the ACLU sacrificed its reputation as the latter for the mantle of the former should be a source of shame to them and i don't mind Rather inadvertently pointing it out
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posted on
04/25/2003 11:53:47 AM PDT
by
dwills
To: Publius6961
Bought maintained and paid for 100% by the Soviet Union. ACLU = American Communist Lawyers Union
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posted on
04/25/2003 12:04:09 PM PDT
by
bassmaner
(Let's take back the word "liberal" from the commies!!)
To: dwills
I agree that the ACLU is not a civil liberties group, but a civil rights group, and should rename itself the American Civil Rights Union (ACRU). Civil liberties involve a protection of the people from intrusions by government. As an example, The ACLU should side with, not against, the Boy Scouts, as the right of association is a civil liberty. Likewise, the ACLU should support Augusta National in staying all male, if it decides to do so. But the ACLU has become a liberal/left political organization instead.
To: RepPhil
read later
To: m1911
Hmmm. Sounds like no one knows what the number of people on the list might be. I found this article interesting especially since they refer to a list from the 1990's.
no fly
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posted on
04/27/2003 2:56:10 AM PDT
by
Adder
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