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Kristol: N.Y. Times and CBS 'Conspiring' With Kerry to Defeat Bush
NewsMax.com ^
| 10/27/04
| Carl Limbacher
Posted on 10/27/2004 6:37:14 AM PDT by kattracks
What a treat on "Fox & Friends" this morning: William Kristol hammered the pro-Democrat New York Times and pro-Democrat CBS for "colluding" and "conspiring" with Sen. John Kerry to topple President Bush.
Even Kerry's own handlers now admit they have no proof to back up the issue the Democrats concocted with their media allies.
Kristol notes in his new column for Weekly Standard: "Pressed on Tuesday afternoon about the accuracy of the allegations on Fox's Big Story with John Gibson, Richard Holbrooke, a senior adviser to the Kerry campaign, said: 'You don't know the truth and I don't know the truth.' He later underscored this point: 'I don't know the truth.'
"That minor issue hasn't kept the Kerry campaign from creating a television ad based on what may well be untruthful claims. ... Shouldn't he at least make sure that such a charge is true?"
But in the Democrat playbook there's no entry for truth. The party's longtime strategy is to repeat a lie until people believe it. Thanks to their media collaborators, and President Bush's wimpy refusal to denounce the Times and "60 Minutes" and Kerry and John Edwards, the stunt could succeed.
At least a few voices are speaking out. "Kerry gins up his attack machine based on a flawed New York Times story," the Republican National Committee noted Tuesday.
Richard Lessner, executive director of American Conservative Union, blasted the story "a cheap, baseless and partisan hit-job on President Bush" and pointed out that "neither the Times nor CBS has much interest in reporting the facts."
TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ammogate; cbsnews; collusion; kerry; kristol; mediashillsforkerry; nyt; partisanmedia
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To: uncleshag
Don't bother to rouse that desk-bound government slug. He was just stretching out for his afternoon nap.
To: solo gringo
Cbs and the NY SLIME should be shut down and the doors locked or register as part of the dnc.
See BS (Completely Biased Surrogates) needs to be intellectually honest and register as a 527. In fact, they may be breaking various laws with blatant influence peddling, fraudulent voter influence using false documents, and conspiracy under RICO laws. Can I get me a Texas Ranger?
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posted on
10/27/2004 6:53:25 AM PDT
by
SERKIT
("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
To: Salamander
Well ... since the mod pulled that cool thread, I am reposting the cop pic here, using another web host. Can you see this?
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posted on
10/27/2004 6:54:04 AM PDT
by
GretchenM
(Rationing brings out the Ugly in some people.)
To: kattracks
This all started with an IAEA tip. But about them:
Duelfer also said U.N. weapons inspectors recommended in 1995 that the high explosives be destroyed because of their potential use in a nuclear weapons program. The International Atomic Energy Agency instead ordered the explosives stored in sealed bunkers 30 miles south of the Iraqi capital. The last time the IAEA verified that the bunkers were still sealed was in March of last year, about a month before the first U.S. troops moved into the complex as they pushed toward Baghdad.
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posted on
10/27/2004 6:54:21 AM PDT
by
Fatalis
(The Libertarian Party is to politics as Esperanto is to linguistics.)
To: I still care
Bush should run against CBS and the Times in these last few days. Everyone hates them. This would steal a page out of Kerry's playbook when in his race with Gov Weld in the last week started running against Newt Gingrich.
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posted on
10/27/2004 6:54:26 AM PDT
by
Tennessean4Bush
(An optimist believes we live in the best of all possible worlds, a pessimist fears this is true.)
To: Josh in PA
Kristol and Fox News both have the same boss -- Rupert Murdoch. If he stops "toeing the FoxNews line," it's because he was told to do so.
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posted on
10/27/2004 6:54:41 AM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
(I made enough money to buy Miami -- but I pissed it away on the Alternative Minimum Tax.)
To: kattracks
you know, fighting about what Pres Bush SHOULD or SHOULDNT do, on here, is doing nothing .. THEY NEED to do something.... Im surrendering on this CBS / NY TImes mess....its overwhelming ..
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posted on
10/27/2004 6:55:21 AM PDT
by
ArmyBratCutie
("Four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:soap, ballot, jury, ammo in this order!")
To: ArmyBratCutie
the bush campaign needs to come out NOW and refute the ny times and cbs. if they just let this go, im holding bush accountable. hes the voice for us and its time for him to speak up and fight back over this smut.
To: ArmyBratCutie
everyone in his CAMPAIGN should be on TV
How you gonna get 'em there, other than FOX? That's the problem...
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posted on
10/27/2004 6:56:11 AM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(Democrats: appear in September, leavin' November 3 - worse than a 1-night stand...)
To: Alberta's Child
I would say Roger Ailes (sp?) has more influence over what happens in the news division though.
I am guessing they were all told to drop the hammer after the CBS/NY Times attack
To: eyespysomething
He did say that. Additionally, he said he already voted and that he voted for President Bush.
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posted on
10/27/2004 6:56:45 AM PDT
by
Texagirl4W
(Father, bless the person reading this in whatever it is that You know they are needing this day!)
To: Manic_Episode
I agree. If Bush has to he will say something, but it's all of us and the talking heads that have been failing the President. Everyone but Bush should be calling for the NYT and CBS and Kerry to come clean on their lies. They should be pressed so hard that Kerry's got to pull the commercials. THAT WOULD BE THE BACKLASH WE WANT. IF KERRY HAD TO PULL THE COMMERCIALS. IT WOULD MAKE HEADLINES. THEN HE WOULD TAKE IT IN THE POLLS. PERHAPS THIS WEEKEND. Email everyone you know. Talk to everyone you know. Write letters to Newspapers, call talk radio, do everything you can. I am. This is where the hard work really begins. Throw your free time away for the next 6 days and work so hard your miserable. Email letters until your hands ache.
To: kattracks
Cheney needs to go unhinged on this story. This has to remain in the news for the next few days and the conservative commentators needs to keep making the point that this was just an October Suprise coming from the UN to hurt Bush.
To: kattracks
I watched Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai again. The themes of honor, courage, and basic human decency resonate as never before now when the once honorable Free Press, long the protector of representative government and guardian of truth, has sunk to previously unimaginable depths of immorality, dishonor, depravity, distortion, disinformation, depravity, lying, and corruption and has degenerated into nothing more than a ruthless propaganda machine.
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posted on
10/27/2004 6:58:49 AM PDT
by
Savage Beast
( 9/11 was never repeated--thanks to President Bush!)
To: philsfan24
"the bush campaign needs to come out NOW and refute the ny times and cbs. if they just let this go, im holding bush accountable. hes the voice for us and its time for him to speak up and fight back over this smut."
Absolutely. We can claim media bias all day, but if our guy doesn't even bother to respond to the charges, that is his fault.
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posted on
10/27/2004 7:00:11 AM PDT
by
Virginia
To: kattracks
He is speaking in front of 70,000 Michiganders today, ya think the subject may come up?? Please, Kristol go change your depends and grow some stones. This is a hanging curveball in the bottom of the 9th with bases loaded!
Pray for W and Our Troops
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posted on
10/27/2004 7:02:26 AM PDT
by
bray
(Nam Vets Rock!!)
To: GretchenM
You will respect mah au-thor-uh-tay!
LOL!
I have been looking for a gif of that -forever-!
Thanks Gretchen!
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posted on
10/27/2004 7:03:06 AM PDT
by
Salamander
(Pirates of the Appalachians)
To: DarthVader
"No weapon formed against thee shall prosper and every tongue that rises against thee in judgement thou shalt condemn. For this is the inheritance of the servants of the Lord for their righteousness is of Me." Isa 54:17
Thank You,,I have been claiming it. God never fails. We must believe with our whole heart.
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posted on
10/27/2004 7:04:40 AM PDT
by
americanmother
(Thessalonians chapter 2)
To: Mr. K
I don't know why President Bush doesn't defend himself. It kind of dampens the enthusiam. I keep hoping the WH has an ace up the sleeve but I just don't know anymore. The polls are tightening, too. Kind of reflects the fact that the lies are taking off. Yesterday my son came over and he had heard about the missing weapons but he hadn't heard that they were already missing when the troops got there. If the WH doesn't respond, I'm afraid that is going to be the story that sticks. It looks like Rove would know the Dem strategy by now.
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posted on
10/27/2004 7:04:41 AM PDT
by
beckysueb
(REMEMBER: You better hope we don't win!)
To: Josh in PA
Josh, I quit watching o'bloviator. What did he say? Thanks!
LLS
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posted on
10/27/2004 7:04:45 AM PDT
by
LibLieSlayer
(kerry SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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