Anna Nicole Smith is furious that an "older woman" snatched her next prize
Posted on 09/23/2004 11:13:13 PM PDT by SFConservative
The CEO of CBS's parent company endorses President Bush.
Friday, September 24, 2004 12:01 a.m.
From The Asian Wall Street Journal
With the scandal at CBS still festering, questions are being raised about whether a felony was committed when the network broadcast apparently forged memos in an attempt to discredit George W. Bush. Yesterday, the chairman of CBS's parent company chose Hong Kong as a place to drop a little bomb. Sumner Redstone, who calls himself a "liberal Democrat," said he's supporting President Bush.
The chairman of the entertainment giant Viacom said the reason was simple: Republican values are what U.S. companies need. Speaking to some of America's and Asia's top executives gathered for Forbes magazine's annual Global CEO Conference, Mr. Redstone declared: "I look at the election from what's good for Viacom. I vote for what's good for Viacom. I vote, today, Viacom.
"I don't want to denigrate Kerry," he went on, "but from a Viacom standpoint, the election of a Republican administration is a better deal. Because the Republican administration has stood for many things we believe in, deregulation and so on. The Democrats are not bad people. . . . But from a Viacom standpoint, we believe the election of a Republican administration is better for our company."
Sharing the stage with Mr. Redstone was Steve Forbes, CEO, president and editor in chief of Forbes and a former Republican presidential aspirant, who quipped: "Obviously you're a very enlightened CEO."
Mr. Redstone's unexpected declaration came at a time when an unwelcome spotlight is directed at him and his board because of the CBS airing of what everyone now believes was a fake memo alleging that Mr. Bush shirked his duties three decades ago in the Texas Air National Guard. On Tuesday, Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie alleged a leftist bias at Viacom. While it was well known that Mary Mapes, the producer who did most of the reporting on the memos, is a liberal, and that anchorman Dan Rather, has always been much tougher on Republicans, the Viacom board had heretofore remained in the background.
Mr. Gillespie said, "This demonstrates a serious lack of judgment separate and apart from the lack of judgment demonstrated in running a report based on discredited documents. Did this producer's own political viewpoint cloud her judgment? Is CBS News's decision to neither suspend nor release the producer in question a result of judgment clouded by Viacom and CBS owner Sumner Redstone's role as a Kerry fundraiser, or Viacom President Tom Freston's public support of John Kerry for President?"
Mr. Redstone's office immediately went into overdrive, denying on Wednesday that he's a raised funds for the Democratic presidential nominee. Then came yesterday's "I vote Republican" vow in Hong Kong.
It was all the more surprising because the Boston-born Mr. Redstone was co-chairman of Edmund Muskie's presidential campaign in 1972. He's also a close friend of the other Massachusetts senator, Ted Kennedy. Monday's New York Sun, quoting the Federal Election Commission, said that since 1998 Mr. Redstone had given $50,000 to the Democratic Party. He's also donated the maximum $2,000 to the Kerry campaign, after supporting Al Gore in 2000.
In his book, "A Passion to Win," Mr. Redstone wrote, "From my early days I have considered myself a liberal Democrat. . . . I had no respect for Nixon. . . . My efforts on Senator Muskie's behalf apparently landed me on Nixon's notorious 'enemies list.' I took that as a badge of honor."
Of his 13-member board, two are former cabinet members for Democratic presidents. It is this board that will ponder what to do about the Rather-Mapes-CBS mess. The bombshell from Hong Kong will not come as welcome news to those responsible for "memogate."
I would not believe squat this cretin and his army or culture destroyers and social engineers say.
He is an anti-Christ.
hell just froze over
There is no way Redstone is backing Bush, and he is certainly no "booster"!
I don't buy it. He has to know the FCC is going to crack his skull after the election.
He is just trying to cover his a##. If Bush wins, and it is provable in court that CBS knowingly tried to influence the election, it is quite possible that they could lose their license to broadcast.
Agreed! He's a major Kerry fundraiser who claims he's voting for Bush???
The whole article smells of forgery, anyway. Take a close look at the type font the article appeared in. Look familiar? That's right! It's Times-Roman!
Case closed.
:-)
Anna Nicole Smith is furious that an "older woman" snatched her next prize
Notice Redstone"s statement included a two edge sword.
He said quite clearly that the Republican Party is a
friend of BIG BUSINESS. So that means the Republican's
are against the down trodden masses. He hoped to plant
one more lie to the dupes out there, to convince them
that Lurch is their best hope. Snakes crawling all over the place, wonder if there is a lot of grass in Hong Kong.
That IS a nice surprise!!
Guess Who's Trying To Cover His Company's A$$?"
This sounds more like a back handed liberal slap at the President. Typical Rant about how the Republicans are all about business and doesn't care about Joe Sixpack, blah blah blah...
It's just wrapped up in a pretty package.
Maybe I'm just cynical.
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