Posted on 08/06/2004 4:30:40 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
When it comes to toeing the Dem line, NBC's Campbell Brown takes a back seat to no one, including Katie Couric.
Filling in for Al-Kaety today, Brown did her best Terry McAuliffe impersonation. Interviewing Tim Russert, Brown showed a clip from the swift boat veterans' TV commercial in which a number of Kerry's fellow veterans question his honesty and integrity.
Campbell was utterly disinterested in whether the charges are true. Indeed, she effectively seemed to presume the falseness of the allegations.
She observed to Russert: "Republican Sen. John McCain says the ad is dishonest and dishonorable." She then asked: "Should the Bush campaign be doing the same thing?"
Was the ad factual? Campbell could care less. Bush must apologize!
Brown then got an answer she surely didn't want when discussion turned to Kerry's attack on W for not immediately leaving the elementary school classroom when informed of the second 9/11 plane attack. She observed: "Kerry has faulted Bush for a scene people are familiar with from Fahrenheit 911." NBC then displayed Rudy Giuliani's response: "Kerry must be frustrated if he is campaigning based on cues from Michael Moore."
Russert's response: "I'm surprised that Kerry raised it. He might be preaching to the choir. I'm not sure how it will play with independents." When someone in Russert's position says he was "surprised," you know it means that he thought it was a mistake.
Campbell concluded by asking Russert who won the week.
Russert: "What happpened after the Dem convention was that everything froze after the terror alerts. People in both camps believe any time you're talking about terror rather than the economy, it's a plus for the Bush campaign."
I was thinking the same thing about McLame. Strongly condemns the swiftvet ad but is silent on the Fahenheit 9/11 ad (yes, I called it an ad on purpose)
Excellent point.
No, the Bush Campaign should not apologize.The Bush Campaign should tell thhe dnc to refute and expose by evidence the lies in the ad.
I do not believe that there are any lies in the ad.
I do believe that the ad hurt kerry very badly.
And last but not least:
The Bush Campaign should tell the dnc and main stream media to go straight to hell.
The shooting won't play well with the anti-war ultra-libs, though.
while not denying anything actually IN the ads
What I meant was not denying anything in the swiftvet ads
If this weren't post-Toon, I'd agree with you. But after 8 years of Clintonian parsing, I thinks the electorate has become a bit too sophisticated to fall for it again. Something the Dems and the media fail to heed at their peril.
I think that is what he was saying when he claimed he would lead a "sensitive" war against terrorism....
14 posted on 08/06/2004 4:44:02 AM PDT by Just mythoughts [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies | Report Abuse ]
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Well there you go, we have an first hand accounting of War Crimes that John F'nn Kerry admitted during congressional hearings... Looks like an open and Shut Case for the War Crimes Tribunal thru John F'nn Kerry's love child the UN.
I Want the SOB Tried for WAR CRIMES! NOW!
I love the way he crooks his pinkie finger "just so" while saluting, as if he were sipping tea at the Ritz.
Last night on O'Reilly, Dick Morris and Bill were lamenting the ad, saying it was really going to backfire on Bush. That the Dems were going to find the money trail and Bush will come out looking bad. Yadda, yadda, yadda. Of course we all know the press will be as complicit as possible and try to help Kerry with this.
You got that right.....
The Dems screamed for GWs 201 file....but not a word to Kerry to produce his....
The media...including Brit Hume....and Mr Fair & Balanced ....are silent..or actually oppose
The Swift Boat Veterans for the Truth.....
That's not really the question. The question is why did he put himself in for a medal for that?
You are correct. But they would like to have the public get the impression that Bush should because his people are involved. I don't think that will work.
You are correct though. "Condemn" is right.
Never thought of it in that light. LOL Freepers can be so smart.
Ya know, I find it interesting that the same people who claim George Bush = Adolf Hitler are not DEMANDING that he stifle free speech.
My bad. Didn't see the typo.
I meant to say that the same people who compare Bush to Hitler are NOW demanding that he stifle free speech.
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