Dan Rather blinks [Cal Thomas nails it!]

Townhall.com ^ | November 25, 2004 | Cal Thomas

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

Dan Rather belongs in a Roger Corman B movie.

Or better yet, an episode of Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone.
Hence, Dan always wins our Twilight Zone award here on FR.

He is truly from another dimension.

[international american]

I havent watched CBS news for 20 years, at least. Something in the CBS studio must be driving them all mad:)

[Principled]

I'm still not clear why after the Westinghouse/CBS merger, the network was renamed WeBS.

Before FR, I used a keyboard every 3 years. Hell I'm needing a new one weekly these days!

ROTFL

[It's me]

You wear socks?

[7.62 x 51mm]

Thank you, DC!

[lilmsdangrus]

btt

[DustyMoment]

Focus on that little cretin that actually forged the documents.

Ok. IMO, the "little cretin that actually forged the documents" would be none other than James "T-hate-everything-that-has-an-R-in-it Carville, one of the Clintonistas that joined the Kerry campaign in the later months. I don't think that it is coincidence that these forged docs showed up after Carville, McCurry, Lockhart, et al, joined the campaign. Burkett is just the fool who signed on for patsy duty.

I also believe that Carville has the standing with Rather to get him to push the story forward, in spite of all of the problems the docs presented. In short, Rather got played, and he's too proud to own up to the fact.

Enter the internal investigation and you have Dandy Dan caught in the old squeeze play.

By announcing his retirement now, he saves SeeBS management from having to "fire" him, and he gets to stay on as a "reporter" for 60 Mins.

It's a classic win-win situation in Rather's favor and he knews it. He is thumbing his nose at the pajamahadeen.

[SkyPilot]

HA!

Ping to #77 Hair.

[Ptarmigan]

I blame Dan Rathers for cancelling Garfield and Friends.

[Common Tator]

It didn't have to be this way for Dan Rather or for the once great CBS.

CBS was never great. Unless you mean a great liar or great ememy of our form of government!

Clich here for the 'tator take on CBS's long history of opposing the best interests of the United States.

[Cowboy Bob]

Andy Rooney, has been making a bigger fool of himself lately by calling conservative Christians uneducated and ignorant.

Is the Left calling for IQ tests before someone is allowed to vote?

[ashtanga]

Rather may love his version of this country, this I can buy. He dislikes to a great degree independent thinking. He is, in short, a member of the anointed class. He may make a fine barbecue sauce, hug his dog, love his daughter, give big sums to worthy charities, and even read books. Still, though, he is a very dangerous man who would not blink if the reeducation camps were erected and the guns were being confiscated by the brownskirts.

[ashtanga]

I am willing to say distracting things about Bush, and the Republicans have pulled some very screwy and dangerous hijinks along with the gimmicrats. But I will not flirt with sedition to do so. This is the difference between your average pajama wearer and the MSM news readers.

[Syncro]

...tendered by well-known crank...

Crackand crank?

Oh my...

[cartoonistx]

[MissAmericanPie]

You get the real stories here, you think there are not disgruntled journalists out there, as well as media insiders just as fed up as everyone else?

We ourselves are diggers, and not by lucky happenstance successful at it.

[weegee]

Media Schadenfreude and Media Shenanigans PING

CBS's eye logo is an appropriate metaphor for what ails the network. "There is none so blind as they that won't see," wrote Jonathan Swift. Notice he didn't say "can't see," but "won't see."

CBS is not blind, but it deliberately closes its eyes to the institutional bias that substantial numbers of Americans can see quite clearly.

[weegee]

To those who claim to the support the troops but oppose the war, I suggest going over to their wives and saying "Honey, I love you with all my heart but hate everything you do and the way that you do it."

[Travis McGee]

bttt!