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Dan Rather Delivers Powerful Tribute to Marines in Iraq
MRC ^ | 11/11/04 | Brent Baker

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."


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: cbsnews; iraq; rather; tribute
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To: Pagey

What clout does he have to make such a statement? Print it out on some signs, send them to the middle east, and allow the troops additional target practice.


61 posted on 11/12/2004 11:51:20 AM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection (www.whatyoucrave.com)
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection

I can't believe Baker is taken in by Rather's "patriotic" act, his transparent attempt to worm his way back into America's good graces after viciously slandering our President with obvious forgeries and failing to personally apologize to George Bush and his family.


62 posted on 11/12/2004 11:54:17 AM PST by Bonaparte (twisting slowly, slowly in the wind...)
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection

Well, a broken clock is right twice a day ...


63 posted on 11/12/2004 11:55:32 AM PST by MattGarrett
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To: stevefromcalifornia
Why would that make someone a "better" man or woman?

Tears or not, anybody is a better person than that lying sack of shiite. I loved watching that Castro knee-padder squirm on election night.

64 posted on 11/12/2004 11:59:58 AM PST by Bonaparte (twisting slowly, slowly in the wind...)
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To: stevefromcalifornia
Why would that make someone a "better" man or woman?

Tears or not, anybody is a better person than that lying sack of shiite. I loved watching that Castro knee-padder squirm on election night.

65 posted on 11/12/2004 12:01:08 PM PST by Bonaparte (twisting slowly, slowly in the wind...)
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To: RtWngr

I think it's the NY Post photo with the caption "Smokin'"


67 posted on 11/12/2004 12:48:54 PM PST by Marysecretary (Thank you, Lord, for FOUR MORE YEARS!!!)
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
It's nice of Mrs. Rather to masquerade as Brent Baker on-line, but really, your son needs help ma'am!
68 posted on 11/12/2004 12:50:57 PM PST by Doc Savage (...because they stand on a wall, and they say nothing is going to hurt you tonight, not on my watch!)
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection

I'll never watch or listen to him again.


69 posted on 11/12/2004 1:01:05 PM PST by carlyaxt (carlyaxt)
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection

It seemed ...ahem...rather contrived to me. not sincere at all. I don;t care that his voice cracked, that too sounded fake. Kinda like when Shatner was giving Spock's eulogy in Star Trek 2.


70 posted on 11/12/2004 1:02:36 PM PST by Stag (I am the king of bad pick up lines)
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection

Oh, gee. He cried AGAIN?


71 posted on 11/12/2004 1:59:05 PM PST by Conservative Canuck (The Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness)
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To: Innisfree

True, but since there are some exceptions.....I have some friends who are good, fair journalists...I kind of hate it when everybody gets labeled.

But, the vast majority today are really bad.


72 posted on 11/12/2004 3:57:12 PM PST by rwfromkansas ("War is an ugly thing, but...the...feeling which thinks nothing worth a war, is worse." --J.S. Mill)
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To: Cyber Liberty
Kind of looks like Nicholas Cage.



73 posted on 11/12/2004 5:20:12 PM PST by Diverdogz
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Yo, Dan, "SUCK HARDER" when you suck up.
74 posted on 11/12/2004 5:28:36 PM PST by S.O.S121.500 (Opposite of Right -___________*___________-is Just Wrong)
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection

bump


75 posted on 11/12/2004 5:56:50 PM PST by Boazo
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection; reagan_fanatic; Bassfire; Smartass; MeekOneGOP; Happy2BMe


76 posted on 11/12/2004 5:59:02 PM PST by Boazo
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection; reagan_fanatic; Bassfire; Smartass; MeekOneGOP; Happy2BMe

77 posted on 11/12/2004 5:59:28 PM PST by Boazo
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To: AirForceMom

I suspect he is on many desktops as we speak. I know he is on mine :-)


78 posted on 11/12/2004 6:00:58 PM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights (Can You Say MANDATE, boys and girls?)
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection

It just shows God will still speak through a jack ass if he has to to get people to listen.


79 posted on 11/12/2004 6:01:11 PM PST by occutegirl ("She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain." ~ Louisa May Alcott)
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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
I just found out Dan blather owns the corner of highway 19 and Sam Houston Ave in Huntsville.
I will not go on private property but I would like to print out all the cartoons of rather and post them on his property.
80 posted on 11/12/2004 6:03:13 PM PST by HuntsvilleTxVeteran (Dan Rather called Saddam "Mister President and President Bush "bush")
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