Posted on 02/11/2007 3:56:49 PM PST by RedRover
On the February 9th broadcast of Hannity & Colmes, Alan Colmes made an outrageous and poisonous statement that was not corrected on air.
Speaking to Oliver North, Colmes supported Congressman John Murtha's ugly and destructive lie that, "no question about it", Marines in Haditha had "killed innocent civilians in cold blood".
Defending the indefensible, Colmes told the viewers that there have been "confessions and convictions" in the Haditha Marine case.
Now Darryl Sharratt, the father of a Haditha Marine has a question:
"I would like to ask Alan Colmes where he got his information. There have been no convictions. There have been no confessions."
On the February 10th broadcast of Kit Jarrell's The Front Line, Mr. Sharratt stated, "Evidently, he is not doing the research to be on national television. He comes out in front of millions of people and makes this statement and it is 100% wrong."
So what now, Fox News?
If Mr. Colmes' false assertion continues to be left uncorrected, Fox News will contribute to a tainted jury pool, cause additional pain to the families, and mislead supporters and potential donors to the Haditha Marine defense funds. Through his statement, Mr. Colmes reached millions of people with the message that guilt has already been established.
Fox News and Alan Colmes must make amends...
1. Fox News owes its viewers the opportunity to hear from Darryl Sharratt or other Haditha Marine family members to set the record straight. None of the Haditha Marines have yet faced a hearing. Anything that is known about the case or the investigation has been leaked by prosecutors and politicians. The media has been complicit in this and it must stop now.
2. Alan Colmes owes the Marines and their families an apology. I suggest he make it in the form of a donation to any of the Haditha Marine Defense Funds. (For Mr. Colmes' convenience, all the information he needs about fund donations is here).
These are fair requests to make of a news channel long supported by patriots. Now it's up to Alan Colmes and Fox News.
David Allender
Defend Our Marines
PS. If you have a blog or post online at military websites, please help spread the word. We will keep you posted.
Ma, you are the sweetest pea in the pod! Night!
Caught the interview. Some of the last words Cpl. Thomas said about his experience in Iraq while under constant thread of being killed as a Marine in the field.
"You stop looking at people as people."
He acknowledged that anger can make one full of rage,, and he was sorry for what happened.
God bless him and all those still in harm's way.
War is hell.. and claims the innocent along with the belligerents.
When it happens, who is to blame?
Sorry I missed it. Was he actually admitting to committing a murder? I'm trying to understand his change from a guilty plea.
You know, it's really not hard to imagine not seeing people as people, or civilians as civilians. What IS hard to imagine is seeing 'innocents' who are plotting to kill you.
Amen to that, angels.
I was bouncing between the keyboard and screen but I wouldn't call it a confession per se, however I will defer to others how they would portray what he said, I would prefer to have a transcript in hand or see one posted.
He did say he was sorry for what happened, but that rage can take over and make one strike out in anger. The fact they are constantly at risk can only make the possibility for things like this to happen possible.
I am not sure if his appearing was a good decision and how he was counseled by his defense attorneys.
I'm not trying to be elusive , btw. I have had a dog or two in the hunt over there as well, some now and some previously.
IMO Sean wimped out by giving Colmes a "we all make mistakes" pass. I think if Sean had to apologize, Colmes would have told him to know what he is talking about.
I understand those shows work at a fast pace and they can decide to banter, or move quickly to something else they want to convey in the next segment. For them to mention it at all was huge and I wrote them and said thanks for the gesture.
I had to ask the Magic Eyeball three times if Colmes was forced to leave his home planet before it told me the truth.
That's a good idea. I'll follow suit.
The press would have to criticize St. Murtha (who earned his righteousness by hating Bush sufficiently). Murtha, with the "re-deploy to Okinawa" stupidity. Never called on this utterly dopey plan because the Presstitudes would consider it blasphemous to ask a few pointed questions of their god-of-the-month.
Great, then the next time we FREEP them, they will comply because we have good manners.:)
Darryl just missed it, he left for work, but I saw it. It might be on again around midnight, eastern time. Thank you RedRover! Thank you everyone for your support and prayers for our son and all the Haditha Marines. Please visit Justin's website...
www.justinsharratt.com
Alan wrote me back to say thanks! That was unexpected.
Nite Red; GOOD WORK!!!
Did he write you back when you asked for the apology?
That should take some pressure off of pandora. /s
Nope, I am sure he waw flooded with the FREEPN. I told him Freema says Happy Valentines Day!!!! smooch!:)
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