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.
Wonder if Hannity realized that the source of the campaign was Free Republic?
I say that because I found out about FR from Hannity. I was driving one day, listening to the radio, and Hannity was saying he didn't understand why people on Free Republic were saying negative things about him. He said, "I love Freepers." He was carrying on like some whiney kid.
So that's what led me to FR--to check out what people were saying about the guy. Anyway, that may be why Hannity said that. It's still chicken shit. Pardon my Shakespeare.
He gets a lot of free 'air time' here.
I'm trying to be nice and not say what I really feel ; )
I can't believe there's a wikipedia entry for it, but by golly there is!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base_are_belong_to_us
That is just beautiful, smooth! E-mail coming at ya, by the way!
Where do most Dems get their answers its out of thin air. That is where they get it.
Hey, ma! Do you know southern California? What kind of people live in Mission Viejo? Any idea?
LOL! That goes with smoothsailing's post just above yours!
You expected me to know what that was? Ha, I just found out what OOT meant. :) Thanks.
Here's a link that helps explain what it was all about:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1652498/posts#1
post #23 at the link is the most elaborate version I've ever seen.
That was fast!
That's why Red pays me the big bucks! LOL!
At least you know why I couldn't explain it!
If it's any consolation, I had to look at OOT three times before it came to me.
Who knew there was a FR thread! LOL!
Work work work. Little time for FR past few days.
I've looked at it three times and I don't get it. Is it smutty?
Out Of Town=OOT
It depends who you go OOT with if you want it to be "smutty".
Yes.
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