Posted on 09/14/2004 2:26:24 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
"MOMMY! DAN RATHER WINKED AT ME!!! WAAAAAAAH WAAAAAAAH!"
They are bullies and they need to be confronted because bullies will only cease when someone bigger than they come against them. I have a theory that these media bullies who seem to care nothing about truth and seem to care a lot about the dictators in the world actually do like the dictators because they are bullies, too. I left the Democratic party when I realized that the ideology was actually one where the government became dictatorial, handing out as it sees fit and not allowing natural human ability to prevail. And, any means of achieving this was deemed acceptable..We are seeing this much played out at the moment.
Just called WJZ in Baltimore but had to leave a message. Was very polite and pointed out that I reproduced the "memos" on my own PC and wanted them to present a story that shows the errors in cBS's reporting.
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KIA 800-333-4542
Infiniti 800-662-6200
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Cingular 800-331-0500
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Call and politely inform them that due to cBS's biased reported and their support for it that I'm not going to choose their brands or purchase their stock unless they stop advertising with cBS.
It's not a matter of courage. It's a kind of "turn the other cheek" Christian thang. There is no need for Bush to attack Rather. People know Bush. He has faith.
And these attacks are against Bush. If Blather was attacking Cheney or H.W. Bush or anyone else he would be right in the middle of it. But defending yourself only admits that you feel vulnerable. Besides, Dubya is on offense not defense. Maybe he is too confident.
IMHO
Barnes, Rather Daughter Co-sponsored Dem's Fund-raiser.
September 12, 2004
Ben Barnes, the Democratic lobbyist and former lieutenant governor of Texas who was featured prominently in the 60 Minutes report that triggered the Memogate controversy, was the co-sponsor of a fund-raiser for a liberal district attorney in Texas along with Dan Rather's daughter, Robin, an Austin-based environmental activist.
According to the web site of Ronnie Earle, district attorney for Travis County, Texas, Ben Barnes and Robin Rather were among a the small group of sponsors for an October 3, 2000 fund-raising event for Earle's reelection campaign.
In 2001, Dan Rather was the keynote speaker at a Travis County Democratic Party event. He spoke there at the behest of his daughter.
Given the closeness of the Travis County, it's very likely that Ben Barnes was at the event.
To which Rather would respond:
"Hey Bill: I already made a semi-limited hangout. Now I'm in my stonewll mode in order to let CBS News twist slowly in the wind. What's the frequency, Bill?"
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these papers should be taken seriously
experts who strongly insist the documents could have been created in the '70s
Lots of wiggle room in their defense, I'd say...
I tend to agree. And don't just stop with they are forgeries. State with clarity that the information contained in them is false also.
For some reason, they have haveen reluctant to do that. It could be staying above the fray or it could be something more.
For the sake of clarity, they need to be crystal clear in denouncing the documents AND the information they bear.
LOL
I can't say that enough: ANY mention of Vietnam, however subliminal or oblique, favors Bush, because Francois has based his entire campaign on Iraq/WOT-by-proxy of Vietnam. He has no other issue. Bush knows this.
It explains that the MSM has now abandoned "objectivity" and makes no bones about it because it figures---FROM A MARKET STANDPOINT---that it has already lost the "conservatives" to Fox and talk radio and the internet. So its sponsors likely have already also made that calculation.
"My prediction: Bush will not attack."
If the press askes Bush to defend what was written in the memos, my bet is he'll say "The memos are fake".
Joe sixpack says, "Why doesn't that Kerry guy talk about something besides Vietnam or these memos?" He may not be smart enought to go through the steps to follow Kerry's "Vietnam-is-how-I-would-deal-with-Iraq/WOT" logic, but intuitively, which is how many Americans vote he senses this.
we need to get past this ....this is what the DEMS want..a side track.....EXPOSE KERRY, Bush can defend himself!!!
this new article about kerry's silver star ...has longer legs regarding the truth about kerry, but press is killing time on this ALREADY BELEIVED TO BE A FORGERY....
**** this is a no brainer...DNC wants Bloggers consumed on this, so swiftvet, and Truth about KERRY DIRECTLY doesn't get presssed *****
Anybody here believe that the Prez would send his wife out to lie for him? I'm not one of them...
It's getting tedious hearing this called a "hoax" like it's some kind of joke perpetrated against poor Dan. It's a fraud clearly perpetrated by Dan.
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