THE 61ST MINUTE Blogging on the Eve of Dan Rather's Retirement

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[Valin]

I believe C-SPAN will be covering this.

[beyond the sea]

In addition to talking about the "60 Minutes II" scandal, they will reflect more broadly on what their experience "illustrates about the power of the Internet as a medium of information and the foiling of the dinosaurs of Big Media."

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"It was amazing Thursday to watch the documents story go from FreeRepublic.com, a bastion of right-wing lunacy, to Drudge to the mainstream media in less than 12 hours," said Jim Jordan, a strategist for independent Democratic groups opposed to Bush and Kerry's former campaign manager.

"That's not to say the documents didn't deserve examination. But apparently the entire thing was cooked up by a couple of amateurs on Free Republic. The speed with which it moved was breathtaking."

LOL!!!

[Enterprise]

'Bout time ya left Dan. You made the rest of us look bad.

[demlosers]

Funny... :)

Hey Jim Jordan, what's your DU screen name?

[beyond the sea]

It will NOT be a coincidence that dinner will begin a half-hour before a large-screen showing of Dan Rather's final broadcast as anchor of the "CBS Evening News

As a FReeper wrote yesterday about Blather:

"Memo Real; Nobody Lied" --- chisel that on his tombstone.

LOL.

[beyond the sea]

It will NOT be a coincidence that dinner will begin a half-hour before a large-screen showing of Dan Rather's final broadcast as anchor of the "CBS Evening News

Hope they're able to keep their meals down as they watch that! ;-)

[beyond the sea]

Hey Jim Jordan, what's your DU screen name? ---

He used to work for Kerry too. ;-)

[beyond the sea]

re: Dan Rather's final broadcast as anchor of the "CBS Evening News

Ratherism: "When the going gets weird, anchor men punt." --- time to PUNT, Dan. You will not be missed!

[beyond the sea]

Funny

How's this for funny from the The Taipei Times -- 11/12/04 --

"Conservative mega-sites such as Freerepublic.com galvanized their hundreds of thousands of visitors into an army of amateur attack dogs -- ready to yap and snap the moment a foolish journalist wrote anything bad about Bush.

---- LOL!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Yap and Snap, reporting for duty.

[demlosers]

Gotta love all that yap and snap! Hahaa...

[beyond the sea]

Gotta love all that yap and snap! Hahaa... ---

Yeh, and it's great to 'yap and snap' in your pj's!

;-)

[doctora]

You'll need some of these...

[beyond the sea]

LOL.

[doctora]

OK, last one. Here's where Freepers live...

[Valin]

"Conservative mega-sites such as Freerepublic.com galvanized their hundreds of thousands of visitors into an army of amateur attack dogs -- ready to yap and snap the moment a foolish journalist wrote anything bad about Bush.

Question, is this a good thing or a bad thing? Please use simple words as I'm just a simple minded amateur.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Near Guam ?

[beyond the sea]

'Colonia' --- sounds like something from a Marx Brothers movie. ;-)

[Brian Allen]

<< Conservative mega-site .... FreeRepublic.com galvanized its hundreds of thousands of visitors into an army of amateur attack dogs -- ready to yap and snap the moment a foolish journalist wrote anything bad about [United States of America's President and Armed-Forces Commander-In-Chief, George Walker] Bush. >>

1. As well as noticing how incredibly efficacious we are, the Taipei Times might well also notice there is some fierce support here for Taiwan -- for which it may very well be very grateful at some time in the future!

2. Some of the very worst things I have ever read about, first candidate and later President, Bush -- lots of it written by me -- I have also read here on FR. I reckon we're loyal and we're tough -- but we're not [Collectively, anyway] stupid!

And we are most certainly nobody's lap dogs!