Posted on 11/12/2004 9:31:04 AM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
No matter how obnoxious of a conservative-bashing liberal crusader Dan Rather is much of the time, when he returns to his patriotic Texas roots, he does so powerfully -- as he did Wednesday night in concluding the CBS Evening News with an emotional tribute to U.S. Marines. With a photo on screen of a grizzled Marine in Fallujah, Rather urged viewers: "Study it, absorb it, think about it. Then take a deep breath of pride. And if your eyes don't dampen, you're a better man or woman than I. Where such men come from and what will happen to our country when they cease to come, we can wonder with worry. But for now, we have them, and they are there in that brown hell known as Iraq. Whatever you may think of the war, they went for the right reason: They loved their country."
At the end of the November 10 newscast, Rather asked: "Now, if I may, with your indulgence, this is personal."
Up on screen, CBS displayed a picture, by Los Angeles Times photographer Luis Sinco, of a Marine in Fallujah with dirt of his face, blood on his nose and a cigarette hanging from his mouth.
As the photo enlarged and CBS zoomed in, Rather asserted: "The picture, did you see it? The best war photograph of recent years is in many newspapers today, front page in some. Taken by Luis Sinco of the Los Angeles Times, it is this close-up of a U.S. Marine on the front lines of Fallujah. He is tired, dirty and bloodied, dragging on that cigarette, eyes narrowed and alert, not with the thousand-yard stare of a dazed infantryman so familiar to all who have seen combat firsthand up close. No, this is a warrior with his eyes on the far horizon, scanning for danger. See it, study it, absorb it, think about it. Then take a deep breath of pride. And if your eyes don't dampen, you're a better man or woman than I. Where such men come from and what will happen to our country when they cease to come, we can wonder with worry. But for now, we have them, and they are there in that brown hell known as Iraq. Whatever you may think of the war, they went for the right reason [Rather back on screen in place of the picture]: They loved their country. May these men and women of honor, valor, integrity and loyalty know that they, their deeds and their sacrifices are not forgotten. That can be validated by every schoolchild in America being shown the picture and having it explained to them, lest they, and we, forget. For the CBS Evening News, Dan Rather reporting. Good night."
CBS delenda est.
Dan should have added.... "and no matter how much we here at CBS and our friends at the New York Times tried to demoralize soldiers like this and no matter how much support and comfort we gave to their enemies, this Marine and many others continue the brave fight."
It gives me pleasure to know that Dan Blather will be gone before President Bush leaves office.
Like Sharon outlasting Arafat, Bush will still be there when Rather is gone gone gone gone gone.
Yeah, but "biased journalism" is almost a redundancy these days.
He's a PHONEY lying piece of lieberally warned over chit!
Lets hope that Rather didn't utter his oft-repeated lie that he himself is a former Marine.
Broken clock alert.
That is a great picture CL!
LTNS!
Dan Blather's rather not good intentions!
Dan Blather is pulling a Specter!!!
Having been SPANKED by Americans he is groveling for his job.
Bye Dan, we won't miss you. Trust me.
Regardless of what Dan Rather said, that's a great picture.
It's too bad Time magazine chose the American soldier as their "Man of the Year" last year because this would be a great picture to put on the cover of Time as "Man of the Year", representing all U.S. soldiers fighting for our freedom. Some magazine should put it on the cover. Too bad Life isn't around any more.
Why would that make someone a "better" man or woman?
I had to look up delenda. For others who may not know what it means:
"Delenda est Carthago" , that is to say, "Carthage must be destroyed". The root of the word delenda means "to erase", like in English delete , or the Spanish word deletéreo .
Touching, or would be if it weren't coming from such a
hypocrite. OK, Dan, you all can go back to hating the
military now; the holiday is over.
Save it Dan, you would be the first in line to offer the country in surrender if we were ever invaded. You are scum, a louse, a jerk, a criminal, an elitist, morally deficient, and no friend of our military. Be gone Dan we never wanted or needed you in the first place.
While Dan Blather, the leftist dolt attempts to regain the publics trust by praising the military, his purpose is defeated, as no one I know watches/listens to the evening news anymore. Expect letters of protest about him showing a soldier smoking on TV to appear in your local paper soon, you can count on that.
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