Katie, Matt & Timmeee will be sad.
Nice Work!
Posted on 05/21/2004 4:32:12 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
Somewhere, perhaps in France, Jerry Lewis is green with envy. His telethons last a mere 24 hours. But every morning, Today sets a new world record for its continuing Abu Ghraib-a-thon.
Dutiful soldiers in the liberal army that they are, Matt and Katie were at their posts again today.
Matt led with an interview with a Washington Post journalist. The Post has obtained additional abuse photos and paraded its findings in a front page above-the-fold story this morning. Blah, blah, blah, cue the hand-wringing.
Then it was on to Katie's interview with Tim Russert.
Asked Katie, fingers crossed: "What will be the political impact be of the new photos and videotape?"
Replied Russert with grim face firmly in place: "This continues the very bad political problems for the Bush administration. The new photos will have 'an enormously powerful effect on the American people.' Something has gone terribly wrong."
Katie is never better than when she is offering "helpful" advice to Republicans. "Instead of drip, drip, drip wouldn't it be better to get all this out?"
Russert: "That is the view of John McCain and Lindsey Graham. Yes, it would give us a higher moral authority."
Katie is clearly impatient and concerned that the taint hasn't reached high enough. "There have been congressional hearings, a parade of generals, Sec. Rumsfeld. All have insisted this is limited to a group of rogue soldiers. When will the American people know just how high this gows? It seems the animus toward the US is growing daily. Isn't time of the essence?"
Russert 'sagely' observed that Abu Ghraib has become "A metaphor for the mismanagement of the war."
Referring to W's meeting with congressional Republicans yesterday, Katie asked "did Pres. Bush smooth any ruffled feathers or reassure congressional leaders?"
Russert implied the meeting was a failure: "Deep down there is a lot of anxiety. These pictures are just devastating."
With echoes of Carole Simpson's taunting referral to Pres. Bush I as the "education president," Katie then asked, butter not melting in her mouth: "Is the Bush campaign rethinking the strategy of running the President as a war President in view of all the bad news coming out of Iraq?"
Nope, said Russert.
The most telling moment came at the very end.
Katie asked: "Has John Kerry been overshadowed [by all the Abu Ghraib news]?" She then clearly was beginning to ask "How," and then at the last second caught herself and rephrased her question "Is he breaking through?"
In other words, Katie's instinct was to ask "how can Kerry break through?" as if she were a campaign adviser or at the least the avid supporter that she is.
She might have thought she covered her tracks, but the merciless eye of Free Republic sees all, tells all!
Thanks. I suppose these are vanities, but I like to thing of them as a series of first-hand reports on liberal bias at The Today Show.
Ah, but according to the "journalists," Abu Ghraib is BIGGER than 9-11.
You were expecting balanced reporting?...LOL
Correct. More like "you are there" type reporting. Well done. You encapsulated it perfectly, I read every word and got exactly what went on.
Publish those photos again of the Kurds who were gassed by Saddam. Now next to it, publish a photo of the dude with the undies on his head. YOU tell me which one is "horrific" and which one is "crude".
Thanks again. I post an average of 1-2 such reports a week, though the Abu Ghraib thing is turning into a virtual cottage industry!
Maybe you should make that your tag line....
I hope he's planning a segment describing them in detail after the "interview."
So, is this interview going to be this Sunday? This I gotta see.
Although, I may need a new TV after it's over because I'm sure Chris Wallace won't get to ask actual questions. Then I'll be irritated and throw something at the TV in frustration.
Did you happen to hear the guy on Rush yesterday talking about what's really happening in Iraq with our troops? Because of all this hyped up, phoney baloney angst over the prisoner mistreatment, our troops are in more danger. They are not allowed to do anything until an RPG is flying towards them.
Didn't hear it, but saw the posts here at FR. Infuriating. But of course, this is one more success for the liberal media. Failure in Iraq is success for them.
Appeasers all.
Pithy this morning!
Now that would be funny
All's fair .. if Timmy can do it ... so can Fox
I've seen some of the video on FNC .. but you are correct .. there has been basically no reporting on it
A wedding party at 0300 hours?"
You have really missed out.
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Right on target.
When I was in Kuwait for 10 weeks, the religious day for weddings is our Thursday night. This firefight occurred on Tuesday or Wednesday. This was no wedding. Today on ABCNBCBCCNN the killing of women and children was the headline. Today on centcom in Iraq, carried by all the cable news channel stated that zero, no children were killed in the attack and this was verified by troop inspection. Found 25 30 year old dead Syrian males, passports, mortars, ak47, satellite phone, etc.
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To these whiners
A “Col Jeesup's rant” I think it's time for Donald Rumsfeld to have a few words with ABCNBCBCCNN:
"Liberals, we live in a world that has walls and those walls need to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Michael Moore?"
"I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for prisoners at Abu Ghraib and curse the Commander-In-Chief, you have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: that prisoner intimidation at Abu Ghraib, while tragic, probably saved lives and that my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives."
"You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at ABCNBCBCCNN you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use then as the backbone of a life trying to defend something. You use them as a punch line in a propaganda headline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to TV media who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide and then questions the manner in which I provide it.
I would rather you just said "thank you," and you go back to reporting the real news. Otherwise, I suggest that you get off that elitist throne, put down the microphone equipment, push away from the feeding trough, waddle your fat ass outta my sight and SHUT YOUR MOUTH! Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to."
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As usual....a dynamite report form you. thank you, again!
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