Posted on 03/11/2004 6:21:28 AM PST by chiller
The outrageous attack on President Bush's television commercials was the work of an extreme left-wing group that has been in the forefront of the battle against the War on Terrorism for years, but you'd never know it from the coverage it has received in the establishment news media.
By picking up the charge, rather than reporting on its dubious source, the media have done major damage to the President's campaign, which compounded the problem by "defending" the ads, rather than exposing the hateful anti-Americanism of those who attacked them.
The President's actions in the immediate wake of 9/11 were nothing short of heroic, and were so accepted by a great majority of the American people. But while John Kerry is allowed by the media to trumpet his alleged heroism in Vietnam more than thirty years ago, Bush is castigated for a much milder reference to the leadership he provided at what is arguably the most crucial moment in the country's history since World War II.
One would suppose, from reading the news, that the attacks on the ads represent the general views of the families of those killed in the Trade Center destruction. That is absurd, but the voices of those family members who think otherwise are nowhere reported.
The group that made the attack was not even identified in many news stories, and those that did give its name made no comment on its nature. CNN, for example, identified the organization, September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, simply as an "advocacy group," in one story, without ever saying what it was it advocated. This was not a difficult research task, as the organization has a website that fully identifies its aims and goals, and chronicles its activities.
What percentage of Americans would you say are extreme left-wingers? A good guess would be about four percent. September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows claims to represent some 120 families of victims of the tragedy. There were more than 3,000 such victims. Do the math.
This is the miniscule vocal minority. The silent majority is, of course, by definition, silent.
What has Peaceful Tomorrows been up to since its formation in the weeks following 9/11? They condemned the "invasion" of Afghanistan, supported Dennis Kucinich's bill to gut the Patriot Act, and sent a delegation to Iraq to meet with Tariq Assiz and participate in a peace demonstration organized by Saddam Hussein's government.
"Being kind is all the sad world needs," sang Kristina Olsen, one of the Peaceful Tomorrows members at the demonstration, under the watchful eyes of Saddam's goons, whose commitment to kindness is highly questionable.
Peaceful Tomorrows is an official project of the Tides Foundation, an umbrella organization formed in 1976 to launder money to what has grown to some 350 left-wing groups throughout the world. Among the chief financial backers of Tides is the Heinz Endowments, the foundation run by Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of you-know-who. Mrs. Kerry set up a Tides franchise in Pittsburgh.
That pretty much completes the loop, doesn't it?
A right-wing organization that did what Tides does would long ago have been exposed by the media, but there are no Pulitzers for investigative reporting against liberals.
The Bush campaign, as a campaign, must respond to that fact by saying, "So what?" Their job is to win election running in the world that exists, not one where fairness rules. They are running against John Kerry, not the Tides Foundation.
But as we have seen in the furor over the Bush commercials, the liberal establishment has enormous resources, often clandestine, which have the ability to impact public opinion. In this election year, America faces a potential capitulation to these forces, whose vision of the future is truly frightening.
The Democratic Party has nominated for President the most liberal candidate in its history, and his campaign is marshalling to its banner sub-rosa forces whose agenda can only be described as anti-American.
Had the philosophy of Peaceful Tomorrows been in power fifty years ago, the Gulag would still be torturing and killing daily on the Siberian steppes. Had they been in power two years ago, Saddam would still be adding to his list of 300,000 victims.
If they truly cared about maximizing the number of people who can reasonably anticipate peaceful tomorrows, the extremists of Peaceful Tomorrows would join the cause of those who seek to stop murderous dictators from plying their hideous trade.
Instead, they make common cause with the dictators and attempt to surreptitiously influence the election of a man who has accused American soldiers of hideous crimes, while giving a pass to the truly hideous criminals who threaten our nation every day.
Veteran GOP media consultant Jay Bryant's regular columns are available at www.theoptimate.com, and his commentaries may be heard on NPR's 'All Things Considered.'
Wouldn't it be wonderful if the media woke on Nov. 3rd and found themselves voted out of office along with all the libs!
Well, I guess ol' Kristina would've smiled all the way to her grave if she was in one of the towers on 9/11. Yep, that would've made all the difference.
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