Oh Katie, you are my right hand woman. You are better than any of my other wifes or any of the women in my rape rooms. You have aided my cause against that mean President Bush. I know you don't like him either. Come here, let me give you a smooch.
Posted on 07/02/2004 4:37:10 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
In the topsy-turvy world of the liberal media, good news is bad news, because good news threatens to bring about the worst news of all from their perspective - the re-election of George W. Bush.
So when the good news of Saddam being put on trial broke yesterday, The Today Show resorted to the ultimate ostrich maneuever and flatly failed to cover the event.
Taken to task over its omission, there was no way that Today could ignore the 'unfortunate' goings-on in Baghdad this morning.
Still, Katie Couric did her earnest best to cast events in the worst possible light for the United States.
Her guest was NY Times reporter John Burns, one of the few journalists permitted in the courtroom.
Burns described Saddam's defiant attitude. This prompted the following gem from Couric (not verbatim - my best approximation):
"To what extent is Saddam's defiance bolstered by anti-American sentiment in Iraq caused by our invasion and occupation of the country?"
That's right. If Saddam, the brutal dictator who murdered hundreds of thousands of his own citizens and invaded Iran and Kuwait is defiant, it's the fault of . . . the United States.
Though Burns has generally, to my knowledge, earned good marks as a journalist, he was all-too-willing to abet Katie's theory. He claimed that "80% of Iraqis strongly condemn the American occupation."
On the other hand, he described any support for Saddam by Iraqis as virtually a mental illness, suggesting that there is barely a family that has not suffered at his hands. Still he claimed that as many Iraqis object to the trial as support it, seeing it as an affront to Iraqi dignity.
In sum, there is no event, no matter how positive, that cannot and will not be spun by the liberal media in the worst possible light for George W. Bush.
Oh Katie, you are my right hand woman. You are better than any of my other wifes or any of the women in my rape rooms. You have aided my cause against that mean President Bush. I know you don't like him either. Come here, let me give you a smooch.
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