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BAGHDAD BOB TO CO-HOST 60 MINUTES
broken news | 9/18/04 | Shelby Trail

Posted on 09/18/2004 1:23:09 PM PDT by areafiftyone

Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, the former Iraqi Minister of Information, who is perhaps better known to most Americans by the affectionate moniker "Baghdad Bob," will join CBS on its critically-acclaimed TV news-magazine "60 Minutes" this fall. It is believed that Mr. Bob is the only living person willing to risk his personal integrity by appearing with Dan Rather in public. He claims to "stand behind" Dan Rather in his blatant attempt to topple President Bush. Speaking from an undisclosed location, Mr. Bob said, "although the forged- document thing is a little out of date, and, may I say, they did a really crappy job, I understand where Mr. Rather is coming from and stand behind him one-hundred percent. I know the pressure that people in our business can come under and I just feel bad that I couldn't give him propaganda pointers earlier."

"My staff and I had been fooling UN inspectors for years with fake documents," he continued," and although my creative staff has been involuntarily downsized (may Allah rest their souls) I'd bet a dollar to a dinar that I could still fool Janeane Garafalo. I will give Mr. Rather my full support in overthrowing President Bush."

Surprisingly, Mr. Bob claimed to have just then received a phone call informing him that President "had already been overthrown."

Mr. Rather issued a statement that he "feels Baghdad Bob will make a valuable addition to the CBS News team."


TOPICS: Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: 60minutes; alsahaf; baghdadbob; cbsnews

1 posted on 09/18/2004 1:23:09 PM PDT by areafiftyone
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To: areafiftyone

Bagdhad Bob: "There are no liars in the CBS news division."


2 posted on 09/18/2004 1:24:53 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: areafiftyone

Finally, CBS is working to restore some of their lost credibility.


3 posted on 09/18/2004 1:26:13 PM PDT by CWOJackson
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To: areafiftyone
At least Baghdad Bob will add some creditability to Rat Her
4 posted on 09/18/2004 1:26:50 PM PDT by Fast1
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To: areafiftyone

You mean they are two different people?? They sound so much alike, I thought Baghdad and Dan were the same guy.


5 posted on 09/18/2004 1:38:58 PM PDT by T'wit (Genuine, personally autographed photographs of Genghis Khan for sale. Contact D. Rather at CBS News.)
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To: areafiftyone

He'd make a great replacement for Andy Rooney.
Can you imagine him wrapping up all the SeeBS Stories for a night.


6 posted on 09/18/2004 1:43:23 PM PDT by ProudVet77 (Bathrobe Bombardier)
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To: ProudVet77

LOL that would be funny.


7 posted on 09/18/2004 1:45:02 PM PDT by areafiftyone (Democrats = the hamster is dead but the wheel is still spinning)
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To: areafiftyone

VERY nice! This one just begs for comments. Thanks!


8 posted on 09/18/2004 6:44:03 PM PDT by Seadog Bytes (OPM* - The Liberal solution to all of society's problems. (*...Other Peoples' Money))
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