Posted on 11/10/2003 4:33:20 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
Just when you thought The Today Show couldn't outdo itself for liberal bias and Bush bashing, along comes this morning's show to demonstrate that Today hasn't hit bottom yet.
The opening footage of this morning's Today Show was a clip of an angry Al Gore, giving a speech it which he accused the Bush administration of "using the war for partisan political gain and posturing themselves as bold defenders of our country while actually weakening rather than strengthening security." Gore called for the repeal of the Patriot Act
Gore must have been unavailable as a guest, but Today made do with Tom Daschle, who ostensibly appeared to flack his new [straight-to-remainder-bin] book "Like No Other Time: The 107th Congress."
Lauer conducted the interview, and was more than happy to offer Daschle the most negative possible interpretation of Bush administration moves and invite Daschle to agree.
Lauer opened with a clip of Gore saying: "it makes no more sense in fighting the war on terrorism to launch an attack on our civil liberties than to launch an assault on Iraq to get OBL."
Daschle was pleased to endorse Gore's thesis.
Of course, being the "man of principle" he is, Daschle equivocated when it came to doing much about the "attack on civil liberties" that Gore alleged.
Q. Do you want to repeal Patriot Act? A. Not sure I'd want to repeal it [but we should look into things, blah, blah, blah]
Lauer than cited Gore's allegation that the war on terror "was an excuse to make a power grab for our personal liberties. The Republicans used the campaign on terror to bolster support for their political standing."
In one of the most stunning personal expressions of his world view I've ever witnessed, Lauer then offered this picture of the Bush administration's tactics:
"So it was smoke and mirrors, drawing people's attention on one thing, to take away civil liberties at the same time?"
Daschle was only too happy to agree with Lauer.
Q. But you supported the $87 billion. Are you comfortable with the way it will be spent?
A. I supported the $65 billion for the troops, but I had reservations about the $22 billion for reconstruction of Iraq.
Lauer: So you would have liked to have separated that?
Daschle: Yes, but we couldn't.
They then spent a couple minutes on Daschle's book, "No Other Time," the story of the 107th Congress.
The political high point for Daschle was Jumpin' Jumpin' Jim Jeffords' defection. The worst was the election of '02 when Dems lost Senate.
Is it any wonder?
Should we take any comfort in the prospect of ABC's Good Morning America supplanting the Today Show in the ratings?
I don't monitor GMA in the same way I follow The Today Show, but from what I've seen there's no particular reason to think that it's any less aggressively liberal in its outlook.
Dems are delusional and in the process of going out of business.
Not sure why they would be interested ... but they did it!
Then he stopped and there was a round of applause. I could just picture this scene. Gore stops speaking and a round of applause ensues from the applause machine, and the camera turns to the audience seating, where you see one street bum asleep in a seat. All other seats are empty.
Then I heard another Dem Pres. Candidate on some talk show, and he had the same spiel. He was asked what HE would do about Iraq, and he went into his tirade about NATO and getting the Iraqi's permission before the forces attacked Saddam.
The lead asked him what if Germany and France vetoed attack via NATO as well. Well, that screwed up his answer, so he did the DEM thing. He said, "I just can't see that happening." Then as he continued, he started backtracking about passing the bill to support the troops, not pulling out until Iraq is safe, etc. So, in the end, he wound up agreeing with Bush's actions, but tried to act like he didn't. His remark about getting the Iraqi's permission had me LMAO!
Just like many other Democratic plans, you send one email to: Joe Citizen, IRAQ. If Joe says OK, then you can attack.
Democratic voters are usually the working stiff, and the oblivious. By that I mean those who are isolated from the everyday worries of the world, and who are in the throes of money and power, in one way or another. Like Hollywierdians.
The working stiff is a Democrat usually because he is union, and Organized Crime runs that. OC votes Democratic, because they want Democracy, no Republic. OC picked Democrat because they were the largest voting base, that was buyable. OC owns the DEM politicians, the media, Hollywierd, and the OC here in the US is dishonorable partners with the 300 some terrorist organizations, the Red Mafia, any crime outfit in the world.
They do not like Bush because he isn't a shady dealer. He won't look the other way.
They liked Iraq the way it was, because there were opportunities to exploit.
We traded Saddam food and medicine for oil, instead of giving him money. He sold it on the black market and likely fed the money into the terrorists, who by that time were gaining control of Iraq. 5000 Children a month died because of lack of that medicine.
Who do you think bought that food and medicine, and what did they do with it? Maybe you bought it. Paid for it twice, we did.
The media doesn't talk about that issue either.
We are fighting Organized Crime on a world-wide basis, with the Al Queda as the most powerful, at the moment, in Iraq,Syria, Afghanistan, Arabia, etc. They just demonstrated that their true goal is power, not their religion, as they killed NON-INFIDELS (Arabs) in Saudi Arabia to punish them for cooperating with the US.
They are using the Muslim religion for cover to run an Organized Crime front in the middle east. It's that simple, and President Bush knows it too. Solving the problem is, of course, very complicated, and must be done diplomatically. Which, Bush is doing.
Another thing I noticed is the Dems keep saying "Bush's failed war" or "Bush's failed plans".
This must be a talking point.
I fail to see where there has been a failure so far. Everything went better than expected, and everything that has happened since, Bush told us to expect.
Anyway (sorry I wandered),
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