Apologize for what? (by Cal Thomas)

Townhall.com ^ | April 14, 2004 | Cal Thomas

[Molly Pitcher]

So true. So much of the media has thrown caution to the wind in their effort to remove Bush.

Really, it's getting pretty funny, altho there are still "tear your hair out" moments...

[dennisw]

truth!

[southern bale]

did anyone in the media ask clinton to apologize for okc bombing?

How 'bout ruby ridge or waco? the clinton admin was directly responsible for both of those.

[CDHart]

"At a presidential news conference what prevents the president from calling on a variety of reporters so that it balances out to one conservative to one socialist?"

There may not be any conservative reporters there --

Carolyn

[xzins]

It's the president's news conference. He can invite and give press passes to whomever he wishes. There are plenty of conservative NEWSPAPERS and Radio Broadcasters and Internet Bloggers who can be invited by the White House.

I, for instance, would think it an incredible thing for the President to acknowledge the NEW MEDIA by giving them press passes to a Presidential News Conference. I would invite Mark Steyn, Jim Robinson (or designee), NewsMax, World Magazine, CBN, Rush Limbaugh, etc.

We must admit it, given the book "Biased" and the fact that the alphabet reporters are known liberals/socialists and supporters of John Kerry, we might as well recognize reality and, at least, give a news conference that is bi-partisan.

[Chairman_December_19th_Society]

most journalists vote for Democrats

Stop the presses, breaking news alert!

[Alamo-Girl]

I agree with your suggestion! Thanks for the ping!

[Conspiracy Guy]

Sad but true.

[pawdoggie]

While we're at the "apology" game... I demand that President Polk apologize for preemptively invading Mexico. I want William McKinley's apology for letting the "Jingos" push him into war with Spain because the Maine had a coal bunker fire. I want Franklin Roosevelt to apologize for the unpreparedness and errors that contributed to the Pearl Harbor disaster. I want Harry Truman to apologize because his Secretary of State, Acheson, did not mention Korea as being in the US "sphere of influence" (thereby precipitating the North Korean invasion). I want Teddy Kennedy's brother to apologize for the Bay of Pigs, and for the displays of weakness during the Bay of Pigs and at the Vienna summit that led to the Cuban Missile Crisis. I want Lyndon Johnson to apologize, not for the Gulf of Tonkin, but for leading us into a war that we now know (from his White House Tapes) he had no intention of winning. I want Jimmy Carter to apologize for Desert One in Iran (he may have "accepted responsibility", but he never apologized), and for showing such cowardice of the Soviets that they invaded Afghanistan. I demand that Bill Clinton stop blaming Bush '41 and apologize for Somalia.

Now, I realize that most of these guys are dead (and mostly Democrats, for that matter), but we may be able to work something out with the help of a good medium like, say, that John Edward guy on the Sci-Fi Channel. Or their heir and assigns could issue the apologies for them.

[MeekOneGOP]

I would LOVE to see Rush go in and ask a question. haha! That'd be great.
Or "Doug from Upland" here at FR !

FOX News was there. I think Jim Angle got a question in.

I heard quite a while back that Bush's favorite newscaster is mine too !:
Brit Hume. I always make it a point to watch his Special Report at 5 p.m.
Central.

It's coming up in just a couple of minutes, in fact ...

[Jack Armstrong]

I was sort of hoping (at the start of the Iraqi War)...
When I heard the term, "IMBEDDED REPORTERS" I sort of hoped it meant that Ameriaca would actually be witnessing the liberal media in IRAQ with their Heads imbedded up their Arshes!
I remember before the age of instant media, when Americans used to think for themselves, not let Dan Rather do it for them.
Sedition and Treason are words that need to be applied to those who seek to destroy the freedom and liberty given to us.

[Travis McGee]

I honestly wish the President would do the following at the next press conference.

Three sentences into a speech/question setup by a "reporter," he should cut him off. "Bob, if you can't come here prepared with a question, I'll have to move to a reporter who's ready. Mary, what's your question tonight?"

You can bet after losing their big chance once or twice and being humiliated on national TV, the reporters would drop the speechifying, and get right to real questions.

[onyx]

I seem to recall he once interrupted a really rude
reporter (Terry Moron I think) by asking "you have
a question in there somewhere?"

For the life in me,
I know I couldn't endure their hostility.

[Travis McGee]

That's better than nothing, but not enough. He's got to make them lose their turn, if their agenda is to speechify and embarrass him. "Terry, if you're not ready, I'll move on. Jill, do you have a question today?"

That would stop them short.

[onyx]

He ought to do it your way.
I'd pay to see it.

[kellynla]

Thanks for posting. Excellent piece by Cal Thomas.

[kellynla]

AMEN! Your memory of the history is admirable. :-]

[Publius6961]

If any apologies are due, they should come from the warmongering religious fascists who fear freedom and pervert the name of God. If a mistake has been made, it is by the insurgents and terrorists who believe that the United States learned nothing from Vietnam and Mogadishu.

Or of more immediate concern to us, the rats among us who would be either dead or in jail for treason and sedition as little as 50 years ago...